I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1192 
To improve school safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2019 
Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To improve school safety. 
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 ‘‘Student and Teacher 
Safety Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORTING SAFER SCHOOLS. 
(a) STUDENT SUPPORT
AND ACADEMIC ENRICH-
MENT GRANTS.—Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating sections 4109 through 
4112 as sections 4110 through 4113, respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 4108 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 4109. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SCHOOL SAFETY AND 
PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST STUDENTS OR 
SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 
‘‘Each local educational agency, or consortium of 
such agencies, that receives an allocation under section 
4105(a) may use such funds for school safety infrastruc-
ture improvements to prevent, mitigate, or respond to inci-
dents of violence.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4102 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7112) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ‘‘including 
the prevention of gun violence,’’ after ‘‘school safe-
ty,’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) SCHOOL
SAFETY
INFRASTRUCTURE
IM-
PROVEMENTS.—The term ‘school safety infrastruc-
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ture improvements’ means improvements to the 
physical facility or technology of a school to prevent 
intruders from entering a school, ensure students 
and school personnel may safely enter the school 
building and exit during an emergency, or protect 
the life and well-being of students and school per-
sonnel, including— 
‘‘(A) physical improvements to the school 
to prevent and deter unauthorized access to the 
school, including locks, double entry systems, 
hardened entrances, and interior and exterior 
video surveillance systems; 
‘‘(B) security doors, automatic locks, secu-
rity glass, alarm systems, metal detectors, and 
sensor systems; 
‘‘(C) emergency communications systems, 
including wireless and geographically precise 
mobile alert systems; 
‘‘(D) perimeter fencing; 
‘‘(E) emergency exit systems; 
‘‘(F) duress or panic systems; 
‘‘(G) emergency tip lines; and 
‘‘(H) any other physical improvements to 
existing facilities where the primary purpose is 
to improve or enhance school safety.’’. 
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(c) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Section 4103(a) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7113(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 4112’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 4113’’. 
(d) STATE USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4104(b)(3)(B) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) improving the safety and security 
of schools, which may include— 
‘‘(I) identifying and dissemi-
nating best practices for school safety; 
‘‘(II) assisting in the establish-
ment or implementation of emergency 
planning, which may include emer-
gency response teams to address 
emergencies at schools; 
‘‘(III) establishing or identifying 
agreements with local law enforcement 
and health agencies, including non-
profit, public, and private mental 
health agencies and institutions, to 
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Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7119), as 
redesignated by subsection (a), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) providing technology to improve school 
safety.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘A local’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation described in 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to technology infra-
structure that is also a school safety infrastructure 
improvement.’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act is amended by striking the items relating to sections 
4109, 4110, 4111, and 4112 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 4109. Activities to support school safety and prevent violence against stu-
dents or school personnel. 
‘‘Sec. 4110. Activities to support the effective use of technology. 
‘‘Sec. 4111. Supplement, not supplant. 
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‘‘Sec. 4112. Rule of construction. 
‘‘Sec. 4113. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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