I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8280 
To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational 
agencies to enhance school and community safety, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2024 
Mr. NUNN of Iowa (for himself and Mr. SORENSEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to 
local educational agencies to enhance school and commu-
nity safety, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Schools and Com-
munities Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
award, on a competitive basis, grants to local educational 
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agencies to carry out the activities described in subsection 
(c). 
(b) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such form, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require. 
(c) GRANT USES.—A local educational agency that 
receives a grant under this section shall use such grant 
funds to— 
(1) provide, to school personnel who work at el-
ementary schools and secondary schools served by 
such agency and who are in contact with students on 
at least a weekly basis, training on— 
(A) human trafficking risk factors, indica-
tors, and protocols; 
(B) fentanyl and drug abuse prevention; 
(C) strategies to prevent, intervene, and 
reduce participation of students in gang activ-
ity; and 
(D) local and community resources for the 
prevention and intervention described in sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C). 
(2) cover the costs of providing such training, 
including with respect to instructor and program 
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fees, training supplies, and educational materials; 
and 
(3) implement— 
(A) specialized human trafficking cur-
riculum; 
(B) fentanyl and drug abuse prevention in-
struction or materials; or 
(C) gang education and prevention pro-
grams. 
(d) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’, 
‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(e) FUNDING.—Section 4103(a)(3) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7113(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘technical assistance’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘(A) technical assistance’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B) awarding grants under the Safe 
Schools and Communities Act of 2024.’’. 
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