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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1335
5	5	To enhance the safety of elementary and secondary schools by requiring
6	6	emergency response and parental notification procedures and improving
7	7	the security of interior and exterior doors, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY13, 2025
10	10	Mr. M
11	11	OSKOWITZ(for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mrs. CHERFILUS-
12	12	M
13	13	CCORMICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
14	14	Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
15	15	mittee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined
16	16	by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
17	17	within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
18	18	A BILL
19	19	To enhance the safety of elementary and secondary schools
20	20	by requiring emergency response and parental notifica-
21	21	tion procedures and improving the security of interior
22	22	and exterior doors, and for other purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Measures for Safer 4
27	27	School Districts Act’’ or the ‘‘MSD Act’’. 5
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31	31	SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PARENTAL NOTIFICA-1
32	32	TION PROCEDURES. 2
33	33	Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-3
34	34	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended 4
35	35	by adding at the end the following: 5
36	36	‘‘PART H—EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND 6
37	37	PARENTAL NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES 7
38	38	‘‘SEC. 8701. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PARENTAL NOTI-8
39	39	FICATION PROCEDURES. 9
40	40	‘‘(a) P
41	41	OLICIES ANDNOTIFICATIONREQUIRED.—As 10
42	42	a condition of receiving funds under this Act, each local 11
43	43	educational agency shall— 12
44	44	‘‘(1) develop and implement emergency re-13
45	45	sponse procedures covering all students, faculty, and 14
46	46	staff at public elementary and secondary schools 15
47	47	under the jurisdiction of the agency; and 16
48	48	‘‘(2) pursuant to such procedures, ensure that 17
49	49	parents and guardians receive timely notification of 18
50	50	covered threats and emergencies that occur on 19
51	51	school grounds, during school transportation, or dur-20
52	52	ing school-sponsored activities. 21
53	53	‘‘(b) A
54	54	DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.—The emergency 22
55	55	response and notification procedures developed under sub-23
56	56	section (a) shall meet the following criteria: 24
57	57	‘‘(1) The procedures shall be developed in con-25
58	58	sultation with appropriate public safety agencies. 26
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62	62	‘‘(2) Commonly used alarm system responses 1
63	63	for specific types of emergencies shall be imple-2
64	64	mented. 3
65	65	‘‘(3) The procedures shall identify— 4
66	66	‘‘(A) the primary emergency response 5
67	67	agency that is responsible for each type of cov-6
68	68	ered threat or emergency; and 7
69	69	‘‘(B) the individuals within each school 8
70	70	who are responsible for contacting the primary 9
71	71	emergency response agency in the event of such 10
72	72	a threat or emergency. 11
73	73	‘‘(c) C
74	74	OVEREDTHREATS AND EMERGENCIESDE-12
75	75	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered threats and 13
76	76	emergencies’ means— 14
77	77	‘‘(1) weapons possession or use when there is 15
78	78	intended harm toward another person; 16
79	79	‘‘(2) active shooter or hostage situations; 17
80	80	‘‘(3) bomb threats; 18
81	81	‘‘(4) murder, homicide, or manslaughter; 19
82	82	‘‘(5) sex offenses, including rape, sexual as-20
83	83	sault, or sexual misconduct involving a student and 21
84	84	school personnel; 22
85	85	‘‘(6) trespassing; 23
86	86	‘‘(7) fires; 24
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90	90	‘‘(8) natural weather emergencies, including 1
91	91	hurricanes, tornadoes, and severe storms; 2
92	92	‘‘(9) natural disasters; 3
93	93	‘‘(10) exposure to harmful substances or condi-4
94	94	tions as a result of a manmade emergency; and 5
95	95	‘‘(11) such other threats and emergencies as a 6
96	96	local educational agency determines appropriate to 7
97	97	address through the procedures required under sub-8
98	98	section (a).’’. 9
99	99	SEC. 3. INSTALLATION OR MODIFICATION OF INTERIOR 10
100	100	AND EXTERIOR DOORS IN SCHOOLS. 11
101	101	(a) I
102	102	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 12
103	103	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cy-13
104	104	bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of 14
105	105	the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation 15
106	106	with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall convene 16
107	107	a rulemaking advisory committee to review and develop 17
108	108	findings and recommendations to require the installation 18
109	109	or modification of interior and exterior doors in any ele-19
110	110	mentary or secondary school in the United States which 20
111	111	receives Federal funding. 21
112	112	(b) M
113	113	EMBERSHIP.—The Director of CISA shall chair 22
114	114	and, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-23
115	115	rity, appoint the members of the rulemaking committee 24
116	116	under subsection (a), which shall be comprised of the Sec-25
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120	120	retary of Education (or his or her designee) and at least 1
121	121	one representative from the constituencies of— 2
122	122	(1) State and local law enforcement officers; 3
123	123	(2) school safety personnel or school resource 4
124	124	officers; 5
125	125	(3) school safety advocates, which may include 6
126	126	parents; 7
127	127	(4) public, private, or parochial school teachers 8
128	128	or administrators; 9
129	129	(5) individuals with expertise in the area of bal-10
130	130	listic shielding technology; 11
131	131	(6) individuals with expertise in the field of 12
132	132	school construction, including structural engineering 13
133	133	or architecture; and 14
134	134	(7) other stakeholders or experts the Director 15
135	135	of CISA, in consultation with the Secretary of 16
136	136	Homeland Security, determines appropriate. 17
137	137	(c) C
138	138	ONSIDERATIONS.—The rulemaking advisory 18
139	139	committee under subsection (a) shall consider the fol-19
140	140	lowing: 20
141	141	(1) Requirements for any reinforced door, in-21
142	142	cluding an identification or specification of appro-22
143	143	priate technologies, mechanisms, covers, adhesives, 23
144	144	or other qualities of such doors that may be utilized 24
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148	148	to better guarantee security within a classroom or 1
149	149	elementary or secondary school building. 2
150	150	(2) Reinforced door performance standards that 3
151	151	manufacturers and elementary or secondary schools 4
152	152	are required to satisfy. 5
153	153	(3) The development, certification, testing, 6
154	154	manufacturing, installation, and training relating to 7
155	155	reinforced doors. 8
156	156	(4) The appropriate term of service or lifetime 9
157	157	of a reinforced door. 10
158	158	(5) How requirements will ensure the effective-11
159	159	ness of a reinforced door in protecting against 12
160	160	threats while not inhibiting the movement of law en-13
161	161	forcement personnel in pursuit of a threat or the 14
162	162	ability of students, teachers, and elementary or sec-15
163	163	ondary school personnel to safely evacuate in the 16
164	164	event of an emergency. 17
165	165	(6) Other considerations the Director of CISA 18
166	166	determines appropriate. 19
167	167	(d) R
168	168	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than one year 20
169	169	after the convening of the rulemaking advisory committee 21
170	170	under subsection (a), the Director of CISA shall submit 22
171	171	to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com-23
172	172	mittee on Education and Workforce of the House of Rep-24
173	173	resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 25
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177	177	and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Heath, 1
178	178	Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 2
179	179	based on the findings and recommendations of such com-3
180	180	mittee. 4
181	181	(e) F
182	182	INALRULERELATING TOINSTALLATION OR 5
183	183	M
184	184	ODIFICATION OFINTERIOR ANDEXTERIORDOORS IN 6
185	185	S
186	186	CHOOLS.—Not later than six months after the date of 7
187	187	submission of the report required under subsection (d), 8
188	188	the Director of CISA, taking into consideration the find-9
189	189	ings and recommendations contained in such report, shall 10
190	190	issue a final rule requiring the installation or modification 11
191	191	of interior and exterior doors in elementary or secondary 12
192	192	schools for the purpose of reinforcing such doors. 13
193	193	(f) S
194	194	TATEHOMELAND SECURITYGRANTPRO-14
195	195	GRAM.—This section shall be administered under the au-15
196	196	thorization of the Homeland Security Grant Program 16
197	197	under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 17
198	198	(6 U.S.C. 605). There is authorized to be appropriated 18
199	199	to such Program to carry out this section an additional 19
200	200	$100,000,000 for the fiscal year in which the final rule 20
201	201	is issued in accordance with subsection (e) and for each 21
202	202	of the nine fiscal years thereafter. Such additional 22
203	203	amounts may only be obligated and expended for the pur-23
204	204	pose of carrying out this section. 24
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