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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1335
To enhance the safety of elementary and secondary schools by requiring
emergency response and parental notification procedures and improving
the security of interior and exterior doors, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Mr. M
OSKOWITZ(for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mrs. CHERFILUS-
M
CCORMICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To enhance the safety of elementary and secondary schools
by requiring emergency response and parental notifica-
tion procedures and improving the security of interior
and exterior doors, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Measures for Safer 4
School Districts Act’’ or the ‘‘MSD Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PARENTAL NOTIFICA-1
TION PROCEDURES. 2
Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-3
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended 4
by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘PART H—EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND 6
PARENTAL NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES 7
‘‘SEC. 8701. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PARENTAL NOTI-8
FICATION PROCEDURES. 9
‘‘(a) P
OLICIES ANDNOTIFICATIONREQUIRED.—As 10
a condition of receiving funds under this Act, each local 11
educational agency shall— 12
‘‘(1) develop and implement emergency re-13
sponse procedures covering all students, faculty, and 14
staff at public elementary and secondary schools 15
under the jurisdiction of the agency; and 16
‘‘(2) pursuant to such procedures, ensure that 17
parents and guardians receive timely notification of 18
covered threats and emergencies that occur on 19
school grounds, during school transportation, or dur-20
ing school-sponsored activities. 21
‘‘(b) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.—The emergency 22
response and notification procedures developed under sub-23
section (a) shall meet the following criteria: 24
‘‘(1) The procedures shall be developed in con-25
sultation with appropriate public safety agencies. 26
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‘‘(2) Commonly used alarm system responses 1
for specific types of emergencies shall be imple-2
mented. 3
‘‘(3) The procedures shall identify— 4
‘‘(A) the primary emergency response 5
agency that is responsible for each type of cov-6
ered threat or emergency; and 7
‘‘(B) the individuals within each school 8
who are responsible for contacting the primary 9
emergency response agency in the event of such 10
a threat or emergency. 11
‘‘(c) C
OVEREDTHREATS AND EMERGENCIESDE-12
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered threats and 13
emergencies’ means— 14
‘‘(1) weapons possession or use when there is 15
intended harm toward another person; 16
‘‘(2) active shooter or hostage situations; 17
‘‘(3) bomb threats; 18
‘‘(4) murder, homicide, or manslaughter; 19
‘‘(5) sex offenses, including rape, sexual as-20
sault, or sexual misconduct involving a student and 21
school personnel; 22
‘‘(6) trespassing; 23
‘‘(7) fires; 24
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‘‘(8) natural weather emergencies, including 1
hurricanes, tornadoes, and severe storms; 2
‘‘(9) natural disasters; 3
‘‘(10) exposure to harmful substances or condi-4
tions as a result of a manmade emergency; and 5
‘‘(11) such other threats and emergencies as a 6
local educational agency determines appropriate to 7
address through the procedures required under sub-8
section (a).’’. 9
SEC. 3. INSTALLATION OR MODIFICATION OF INTERIOR 10
AND EXTERIOR DOORS IN SCHOOLS. 11
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 12
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cy-13
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of 14
the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation 15
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall convene 16
a rulemaking advisory committee to review and develop 17
findings and recommendations to require the installation 18
or modification of interior and exterior doors in any ele-19
mentary or secondary school in the United States which 20
receives Federal funding. 21
(b) M
EMBERSHIP.—The Director of CISA shall chair 22
and, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-23
rity, appoint the members of the rulemaking committee 24
under subsection (a), which shall be comprised of the Sec-25
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retary of Education (or his or her designee) and at least 1
one representative from the constituencies of— 2
(1) State and local law enforcement officers; 3
(2) school safety personnel or school resource 4
officers; 5
(3) school safety advocates, which may include 6
parents; 7
(4) public, private, or parochial school teachers 8
or administrators; 9
(5) individuals with expertise in the area of bal-10
listic shielding technology; 11
(6) individuals with expertise in the field of 12
school construction, including structural engineering 13
or architecture; and 14
(7) other stakeholders or experts the Director 15
of CISA, in consultation with the Secretary of 16
Homeland Security, determines appropriate. 17
(c) C
ONSIDERATIONS.—The rulemaking advisory 18
committee under subsection (a) shall consider the fol-19
lowing: 20
(1) Requirements for any reinforced door, in-21
cluding an identification or specification of appro-22
priate technologies, mechanisms, covers, adhesives, 23
or other qualities of such doors that may be utilized 24
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to better guarantee security within a classroom or 1
elementary or secondary school building. 2
(2) Reinforced door performance standards that 3
manufacturers and elementary or secondary schools 4
are required to satisfy. 5
(3) The development, certification, testing, 6
manufacturing, installation, and training relating to 7
reinforced doors. 8
(4) The appropriate term of service or lifetime 9
of a reinforced door. 10
(5) How requirements will ensure the effective-11
ness of a reinforced door in protecting against 12
threats while not inhibiting the movement of law en-13
forcement personnel in pursuit of a threat or the 14
ability of students, teachers, and elementary or sec-15
ondary school personnel to safely evacuate in the 16
event of an emergency. 17
(6) Other considerations the Director of CISA 18
determines appropriate. 19
(d) R
EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than one year 20
after the convening of the rulemaking advisory committee 21
under subsection (a), the Director of CISA shall submit 22
to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com-23
mittee on Education and Workforce of the House of Rep-24
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 25
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and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Heath, 1
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 2
based on the findings and recommendations of such com-3
mittee. 4
(e) F
INALRULERELATING TOINSTALLATION OR 5
M
ODIFICATION OFINTERIOR ANDEXTERIORDOORS IN 6
S
CHOOLS.—Not later than six months after the date of 7
submission of the report required under subsection (d), 8
the Director of CISA, taking into consideration the find-9
ings and recommendations contained in such report, shall 10
issue a final rule requiring the installation or modification 11
of interior and exterior doors in elementary or secondary 12
schools for the purpose of reinforcing such doors. 13
(f) S
TATEHOMELAND SECURITYGRANTPRO-14
GRAM.—This section shall be administered under the au-15
thorization of the Homeland Security Grant Program 16
under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 17
(6 U.S.C. 605). There is authorized to be appropriated 18
to such Program to carry out this section an additional 19
$100,000,000 for the fiscal year in which the final rule 20
is issued in accordance with subsection (e) and for each 21
of the nine fiscal years thereafter. Such additional 22
amounts may only be obligated and expended for the pur-23
pose of carrying out this section. 24
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