Title: STOP School Violence Act of 2018
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 or the STOP School Violence Act of 2018
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4909 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4909

  To reauthorize the grant program for school security in the Omnibus 
              Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2018

 Mr. Rutherford (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Kilmer, and 
 Mr. Deutch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the grant program for school security in the Omnibus 
              Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Student, Teachers, and Officers 
Preventing School Violence Act of 2018'' or the ``STOP School Violence 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY.

    Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2701 (34 U.S.C. 10551)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``Director of the Office of 
                        Community Oriented Policing Services'' and 
                        inserting ``Director of the Bureau of Justice 
                        Assistance''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``including the placement 
                        and use of metal detectors and other deterrent 
                        measures'' and inserting ``through evidence-
                        based training and technical assistance to 
                        prevent violence'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
                        (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Training to prevent student violence against others 
        and self, including training for local law enforcement 
        officers, school personnel, and students.
            ``(2) The development and operation of anonymous reporting 
        systems for threats of school violence, including mobile 
        telephone applications, hotlines, and internet websites.'';
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
                        and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), 
                        respectively;
                            (iii) in paragraph (3), as so 
                        redesignated--
                                    (I) by striking ``crisis'' and 
                                inserting ``school threat assessment 
                                and''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``and school 
                                personnel,'' after ``law enforcement 
                                agencies''; and
                            (iv) by inserting after paragraph (5), as 
                        so redesignated, the following:
            ``(6) Subgrants to State or local law enforcement agencies, 
        schools, school districts, nonprofit organizations, or Indian 
        tribal organizations to implement grants awarded under this 
        section.'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking ``and has'' and inserting 
                        ``has''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period at the 
                        end the following: ``, and will use evidence-
                        based strategies and programs, such as those 
                        identified by the Comprehensive School Safety 
                        Initiative of the Department of Justice''; and
                    (D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``50 
                percent'' and inserting ``75 percent'';
            (2) in section 2702 (34 U.S.C. 10552)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``child psychologists'' 
                and inserting ``mental health professionals''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``this part'' 
                and inserting ``the STOP School Violence Act of 2018'';
            (3) in section 2704(1) (34 U.S.C. 10554(1)), by striking 
        ``a public'' and inserting ``an''; and
            (4) in section 2705--
                    (A) by striking ``$30,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$50,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2001 through 2009'' and inserting 
                ``2019 through 2028''.
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