School Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1636
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-20
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency communications systems

Law enforcement administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>School Safety Act of </strong><b>2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize through FY2022 the Community Oriented Policing Services Secure Our Schools grant program. The bill also expands the allowable use of grant funds under the program to include acquiring and installing technology to promptly notify local law enforcement during an emergency. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1636 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2017 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Coffman , Mrs. Brooks of Indiana , and Ms. DelBene ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To reauthorize the matching grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Safety Act of 2017 . 2. Matching grant program for school security Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3797a et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 2701— (A) in subsection (a), by striking and other deterrent measures and inserting , other deterrent measures, and emergency notification and response technologies ; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency. ; and (2) in section 2705, by striking fiscal years 2001 through 2009 and inserting fiscal years 2018 through 2022 .