Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 19, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2007 - Requires local educational agencies to have in effect policies that deem to be reasonable and permissible a search of any minor student on public school grounds if conducted by a full-time teacher or school official, acting on any reasonable suspicion based on professional experience and judgment, to ensure that the school and students remain free from the threat of all weapons, dangerous materials, or illegal narcotics. Requires search measures to be reasonably related to search objectives, without being excessively intrusive in light of the nature of the offense and the student's age and sex.
Denies Safe and Drug Free School funds, provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to local educational agencies that fail to comply with this Act.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2007 to Jun 3, 2008; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-OH | Deborah Pryce | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jan 17, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jun 3, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2007 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Aug 2, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1700)
- Aug 1, 2007Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect students and teachers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Child safety
- Civics education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Environmental Protection
- Evidence (Law)
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Firearms
- Law
- Minors
- School districts
- School personnel
- School security
- Searches and seizures
- Secondary education
- Standards
- Students' rights
- Teachers
- Weapons
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
