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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2577 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish Regional School |
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6 | 6 | | Safety Development Centers to provide consultation for schools to develop |
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7 | 7 | | or improve a school safety plan based on evidence-based best practices, |
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8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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10 | 10 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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11 | 11 | | Mr. R |
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12 | 12 | | UTHERFORD(for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas, |
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13 | 13 | | Mr. C |
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14 | 14 | | ORREA, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the fol- |
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15 | 15 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work- |
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16 | 16 | | force |
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17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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18 | 18 | | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish |
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19 | 19 | | Regional School Safety Development Centers to provide |
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20 | 20 | | consultation for schools to develop or improve a school |
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21 | 21 | | safety plan based on evidence-based best practices, and |
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22 | 22 | | for other purposes. |
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23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preparing Leaders to 4 |
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27 | 27 | | Assess Needs for School Safety Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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28 | 28 | | ‘‘PLAN for School Safety Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. SCHOOL SAFETY DEVELOPMENT CENTER PRO-1 |
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33 | 33 | | GRAM. 2 |
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34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of the 3 |
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36 | 36 | | Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 4 |
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37 | 37 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 5 |
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38 | 38 | | ‘‘SEC. 2220F. SCHOOL SAFETY DEVELOPMENT CENTER PRO-6 |
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39 | 39 | | GRAM. 7 |
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40 | 40 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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41 | 41 | | NGENERAL.—The Director shall make awards, 8 |
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42 | 42 | | including grants or cooperative agreements, to eligible en-9 |
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43 | 43 | | tities to establish, improve, or maintain statewide or intra-10 |
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44 | 44 | | state Regional School Safety Development Centers 11 |
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45 | 45 | | (‘School Safety Development Centers’) for the purposes of 12 |
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46 | 46 | | providing customized consulting services to schools to de-13 |
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47 | 47 | | velop, improve, or implement the school’s individualized 14 |
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48 | 48 | | school safety plan. 15 |
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49 | 49 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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50 | 50 | | WARDS.— 16 |
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51 | 51 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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52 | 52 | | PPLICATION.—To seek an award under 17 |
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53 | 53 | | this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-18 |
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54 | 54 | | cation to the Director at such time, in such manner, 19 |
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55 | 55 | | and containing such information as the Director 20 |
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56 | 56 | | may require. At minimum, any such application 21 |
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57 | 57 | | shall include evidence of the applicant’s expertise in 22 |
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58 | 58 | | comprehensive school safety and school climate, in-23 |
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59 | 59 | | cluding evidence-based violence prevention for stu-24 |
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60 | 60 | | dents and educators, suicide prevention, student 25 |
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61 | 61 | | mental health, and school security. 26 |
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65 | 65 | | ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE.—In making awards under 1 |
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66 | 66 | | this section, the Director shall, as appropriate, give 2 |
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67 | 67 | | preference to eligible entities that have existing rela-3 |
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68 | 68 | | tionships with local schools, particularly those in 4 |
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69 | 69 | | rural, Tribal, or low-resourced communities, as ap-5 |
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70 | 70 | | plicable by the proposed geographical area, or minor-6 |
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71 | 71 | | ity-serving institutions described in sections 371(a) 7 |
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72 | 72 | | and 326(e)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 8 |
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73 | 73 | | (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) and 1063b(e)(1)). 9 |
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74 | 74 | | ‘‘(3) U |
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75 | 75 | | SE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall 10 |
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76 | 76 | | use an award received under this section to estab-11 |
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77 | 77 | | lish, improve, or maintain a School Safety Develop-12 |
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78 | 78 | | ment Center, which shall include each of the fol-13 |
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79 | 79 | | lowing: 14 |
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80 | 80 | | ‘‘(A) Developing communications materials 15 |
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81 | 81 | | for and disseminating to schools, educators, 16 |
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82 | 82 | | parents, legal guardians, and youth, and in-17 |
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83 | 83 | | creasing State-wide or intrastate regional public 18 |
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84 | 84 | | awareness of evidence-based research and best 19 |
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85 | 85 | | practices for school safety and student mental 20 |
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86 | 86 | | health. 21 |
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87 | 87 | | ‘‘(B) Conducting individualized consulta-22 |
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88 | 88 | | tions with schools to research and analyze a 23 |
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89 | 89 | | school’s existing school safety and student men-24 |
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90 | 90 | | tal health policies, or developing or improving, 25 |
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94 | 94 | | in coordination with a school, a customized 1 |
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95 | 95 | | school safety and student mental health plan to 2 |
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96 | 96 | | fit the individualized, age- and developmentally- 3 |
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97 | 97 | | appropriate needs of such school community 4 |
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98 | 98 | | based on evidence-based best practices. 5 |
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99 | 99 | | ‘‘(C) Assisting schools in the implementa-6 |
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100 | 100 | | tion of their customized school safety and men-7 |
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101 | 101 | | tal health plan, including the following: 8 |
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102 | 102 | | ‘‘(i) Identification of Federal or State 9 |
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103 | 103 | | government funding for implementation of 10 |
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104 | 104 | | the plan, in whole or in part. 11 |
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105 | 105 | | ‘‘(ii) Provide training, resources, or 12 |
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106 | 106 | | technical assistance to assist schools in ap-13 |
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107 | 107 | | plying for such Federal or State govern-14 |
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108 | 108 | | ment funding. 15 |
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109 | 109 | | ‘‘(iii) Providing training, resources, 16 |
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110 | 110 | | and technical assistance to educate school 17 |
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111 | 111 | | staff and families regarding the policies 18 |
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112 | 112 | | and procedures of the plan. 19 |
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113 | 113 | | ‘‘(4) M |
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114 | 114 | | ATCHING REQUIREMENT .—The Federal 20 |
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115 | 115 | | share of the cost of activities for which a grant or 21 |
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116 | 116 | | cooperative agreement is made to an eligible entity 22 |
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117 | 117 | | under this section may not exceed 95 percent of the 23 |
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118 | 118 | | total cost of such activities. 24 |
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119 | 119 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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120 | 120 | | WARDADMINISTRATION.— 25 |
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124 | 124 | | ‘‘(1) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .— 1 |
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125 | 125 | | The Director, in consultation with the Secretary of 2 |
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126 | 126 | | Education and the Youth Advisory Council (estab-3 |
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127 | 127 | | lished pursuant to paragraph (2)(C)), shall provide 4 |
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128 | 128 | | eligible entities receiving awards under this section, 5 |
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129 | 129 | | training and technical assistance on the following: 6 |
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130 | 130 | | ‘‘(A) Best practices for individualized con-7 |
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131 | 131 | | sulting with schools based on their unique needs 8 |
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132 | 132 | | for implementation in accordance with sub-9 |
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133 | 133 | | section (b)(3). 10 |
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134 | 134 | | ‘‘(B) Evidence-based practices and rec-11 |
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135 | 135 | | ommendations established under section 2220D 12 |
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136 | 136 | | that are presented in a clear and concise man-13 |
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137 | 137 | | ner for schools and the public. 14 |
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138 | 138 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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139 | 139 | | UBJECT MATTER EXPERTS .— 15 |
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140 | 140 | | ‘‘(A) P |
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141 | 141 | | ERSONNEL.—The Director shall 16 |
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142 | 142 | | hire additional personnel and contractors with 17 |
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143 | 143 | | expertise in school mental health and school ad-18 |
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144 | 144 | | ministration to provide additional subject mat-19 |
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145 | 145 | | ter expertise in implementing evidence-based 20 |
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146 | 146 | | programming within schools to carry out para-21 |
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147 | 147 | | graph (1). 22 |
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148 | 148 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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149 | 149 | | ETAILEE.— 23 |
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150 | 150 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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151 | 151 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary of 24 |
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152 | 152 | | Education shall detail, on a reimbursable 25 |
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156 | 156 | | basis, to the Agency an employee of the 1 |
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157 | 157 | | Department of Education to assist in the 2 |
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158 | 158 | | provision of the training and technical as-3 |
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159 | 159 | | sistance described in paragraph (1). 4 |
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160 | 160 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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161 | 161 | | EIMBURSEMENT.—The Director 5 |
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162 | 162 | | shall reimburse the Secretary of Education 6 |
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163 | 163 | | for any costs associated with the detailee 7 |
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164 | 164 | | under clause (i). 8 |
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165 | 165 | | ‘‘(C) Y |
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166 | 166 | | OUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL .— 9 |
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167 | 167 | | ‘‘(i) E |
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168 | 168 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later 10 |
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169 | 169 | | than one year after the date of the enact-11 |
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170 | 170 | | ment of this section, the Director shall es-12 |
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171 | 171 | | tablish and convene a Youth Advisory 13 |
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172 | 172 | | Council for the purpose of providing joint 14 |
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173 | 173 | | advice on the implementation of this sec-15 |
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174 | 174 | | tion. 16 |
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175 | 175 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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176 | 176 | | ARTICIPATION.—The Youth Ad-17 |
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177 | 177 | | visory Council shall include participation 18 |
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178 | 178 | | from the following: 19 |
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179 | 179 | | ‘‘(I) Parents, academic experts, 20 |
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180 | 180 | | mental health professionals, and mem-21 |
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181 | 181 | | bers of civil society with respect to the 22 |
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182 | 182 | | prevention of violence in schools. 23 |
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186 | 186 | | ‘‘(II) Youth representation, in-1 |
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187 | 187 | | cluding youth who have experienced 2 |
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188 | 188 | | school violence. 3 |
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189 | 189 | | ‘‘(d) R |
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190 | 190 | | EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than two 4 |
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191 | 191 | | years after the date of the enactment of this section and 5 |
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192 | 192 | | annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to the Com-6 |
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193 | 193 | | mittee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judi-7 |
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194 | 194 | | ciary, the Committee on Education and Workforce, and 8 |
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195 | 195 | | the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-9 |
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196 | 196 | | resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 10 |
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197 | 197 | | and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Health, 11 |
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198 | 198 | | Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on 12 |
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199 | 199 | | Appropriations of the Senate a report on actions taken 13 |
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200 | 200 | | by the Director to implement this section, including infor-14 |
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201 | 201 | | mation relating to the following: 15 |
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202 | 202 | | ‘‘(1) The name, location, and number of eligible 16 |
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203 | 203 | | entities in each State receiving awards under this 17 |
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204 | 204 | | section. 18 |
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205 | 205 | | ‘‘(2) A comparative analysis of actions rec-19 |
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206 | 206 | | ommended in school safety plans by such eligible en-20 |
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207 | 207 | | tities through the School Safety Development Cen-21 |
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208 | 208 | | ters assisted through such awards. 22 |
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209 | 209 | | ‘‘(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of such 23 |
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210 | 210 | | School Safety Development Centers in assisting 24 |
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215 | 215 | | plans, as a means to avert violence, including self- 1 |
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216 | 216 | | harm, if applicable, and policy recommendations for 2 |
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217 | 217 | | improved effectiveness. 3 |
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218 | 218 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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219 | 219 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.— 4 |
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220 | 220 | | ‘‘(1) W |
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221 | 221 | | AIVER OF REQUIREMENTS .—Nothing in 5 |
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222 | 222 | | this section may be construed to establish, satisfy, or 6 |
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223 | 223 | | waive any requirement under any of the following: 7 |
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224 | 224 | | ‘‘(A) Title II of the Americans With Dis-8 |
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225 | 225 | | abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.). 9 |
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226 | 226 | | ‘‘(B) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 10 |
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227 | 227 | | U.S.C. 701 et seq.). 11 |
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228 | 228 | | ‘‘(C) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 12 |
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229 | 229 | | 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). 13 |
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230 | 230 | | ‘‘(D) Title IX of the Education Amend-14 |
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231 | 231 | | ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 15 |
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232 | 232 | | ‘‘(E) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 16 |
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233 | 233 | | (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.). 17 |
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234 | 234 | | ‘‘(F) The Family Educational Rights and 18 |
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235 | 235 | | Privacy Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 19 |
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236 | 236 | | ‘‘(2) N |
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237 | 237 | | O EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS .—Nothing in 20 |
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238 | 238 | | this section may be construed to preclude or con-21 |
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239 | 239 | | tradict any other provision of law authorizing train-22 |
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240 | 240 | | ing in the use of firearms. 23 |
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241 | 241 | | ‘‘(f) A |
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242 | 242 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 24 |
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246 | 246 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 1 |
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247 | 247 | | there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 2 |
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248 | 248 | | annually from fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 3 |
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249 | 249 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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250 | 250 | | ESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS .— 4 |
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251 | 251 | | Amounts made available to carry out this section 5 |
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252 | 252 | | may not be used to— 6 |
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253 | 253 | | ‘‘(A) consult or train any school or person 7 |
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254 | 254 | | in the use of firearms; or 8 |
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255 | 255 | | ‘‘(B) hire school personnel or school-based 9 |
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256 | 256 | | contractors for the schools the School Safety 10 |
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257 | 257 | | Development Centers are advising under sub-11 |
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258 | 258 | | section (b)(3). 12 |
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259 | 259 | | ‘‘(g) D |
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260 | 260 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 |
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261 | 261 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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262 | 262 | | LIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible 14 |
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263 | 263 | | entities’ means any of the following: 15 |
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264 | 264 | | ‘‘(A) A State. 16 |
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265 | 265 | | ‘‘(B) A State educational agency (as such 17 |
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266 | 266 | | term is defined in section 8101 of the Elemen-18 |
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267 | 267 | | tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 19 |
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268 | 268 | | U.S.C. 7801). 20 |
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269 | 269 | | ‘‘(C) A Tribal educational agency (as such 21 |
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270 | 270 | | term is defined in section 6132 of the Elemen-22 |
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271 | 271 | | tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 23 |
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272 | 272 | | U.S.C. 7452)). 24 |
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276 | 276 | | ‘‘(D) An institution of higher education eli-1 |
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277 | 277 | | gible for assistance under title III of the Higher 2 |
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278 | 278 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et 3 |
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279 | 279 | | seq.). 4 |
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280 | 280 | | ‘‘(E) A Tribal College or University (as 5 |
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281 | 281 | | such term is defined in section 313 of the High-6 |
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282 | 282 | | er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c)). 7 |
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283 | 283 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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284 | 284 | | VIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence- 8 |
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285 | 285 | | based’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 |
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286 | 286 | | 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 10 |
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287 | 287 | | Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 11 |
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288 | 288 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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289 | 289 | | CHOOL.—The term ‘school’ has the 12 |
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290 | 290 | | meaning given such term in section 2704 of the Om-13 |
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291 | 291 | | nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 14 |
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292 | 292 | | (34 U.S.C. 10554). 15 |
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293 | 293 | | ‘‘(4) S |
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294 | 294 | | CHOOL SAFETY PLAN .—The term ‘school 16 |
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295 | 295 | | safety plan’ means a set of common actions schools 17 |
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296 | 296 | | can take to address the foundational elements of 18 |
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297 | 297 | | school safety, including designated staff, school cli-19 |
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298 | 298 | | mate and mental health, reporting systems, threat 20 |
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299 | 299 | | assessment, emergency planning, educator training, 21 |
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300 | 300 | | student prevention training, exercises and drills, site 22 |
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301 | 301 | | assessments, and recovery plans.’’. 23 |
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302 | 302 | | (b) C |
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303 | 303 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 24 |
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304 | 304 | | in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 25 |
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308 | 308 | | amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1 |
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309 | 309 | | 2220E the following new item: 2 |
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310 | 310 | | ‘‘Sec. 2220F. School Safety Development Center program.’’. |
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