Make Schools Safe Again Act

Bill: 115-hr-5400
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-22
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Elementary and secondary education

Juvenile crime and gang violence

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Make Schools Safe Again Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Education and the Department of Justice from authorizing&nbsp;or encouraging a school to have a policy of not&nbsp;referring a student suspected of criminal activity to law enforcement.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5400 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 22, 2018 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Rokita , Mr. Meadows , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Conaway , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Perry , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Flores , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Harris , Mr. Sanford , and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General from encouraging certain policies or agreements between elementary and secondary schools and local law enforcement agencies.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Make Schools Safe Again Act . 2. Prohibition on certain policies or agreements with law enforcement agencies Neither the Secretary of Education nor the Attorney General shall authorize or otherwise encourage a State educational agency, local educational agency, or an elementary school or secondary school to have a policy or agreement with local law enforcement agencies to not refer a student suspected of committing any criminal activity (including a misdemeanor or felony under State or Federal law) to such an agency. 3. Definitions In this Act, the terms elementary school , local educational agency , secondary school , and State educational agency have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ).