Stronger Schools Act

Bill: 118-hr-6566
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2023-12-01
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><strong>Stronger Schools Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to make physical improvements at elementary and secondary schools.</p> <p>Grant funds must be used to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA (1) hires a school resource officer who carries a firearm, and (2) establishes a single point of entry that includes a locked anteroom with metal detectors and bulletproof windows and where the school resource officer inspects all guests prior to entry into another area of the school.</p></body></html>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6566 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 2023 Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Mr. Bacon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to make physical improvements at the elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stronger Schools Act . 2. Physical improvement grant program (a) In general The Secretary of Education shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies to perform the physical improvements referred to in subsection (b) for elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies. (b) Use of funds Each local educational agency receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall use such funds to ensure each elementary school and secondary school served by such agency— (1) hires a school resource officer who carries a firearm; and (2) establishes a single point of entry that includes a locked anteroom— (A) in which all guests of such school are inspected by such officer prior to entry into another area of such school; and (B) which has metal detectors and bullet proof windows at such point of entry. (c) Application To receive a grant under subsection (a), a local educational agency shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (d) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of subsection (a). (e) Definitions In this section: (1) ESEA terms The terms elementary school , local educational agency , secondary school , and State educational agency have the meaning given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (2) School resource officer The term school resource officer has the meaning given such term in section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10389 ).