School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007
Latest action · Apr 25, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the placement and use of surveillance equipment in schools under the matching grant program for public elementary and secondary school security; (2) allow the use of grant funds to establish hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous students and situations and for making capital improvements to make school facilities more secure; (3) set the federal matching share of program costs at 80%; and (4) revise application requirements for school security grants.
Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Secretary of Education to establish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate advisory school safety guidelines.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education participating in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) of that Act to: (1) conduct an annual campus safety assessment in consultation with local law enforcement officials; and (2) develop and implement a campus emergency response plan that addresses a comprehensive set of emergency situations, including natural disasters, law enforcement emergencies, and terrorism.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 25, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Apr 25, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32842 | Gun Control Legislation Archived | Report | Nov 14, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2352 | School Safety Enhancements Act of 2008 | Related bill | Sep 22, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Authorization
- Bombs
- Child safety
- Community and school
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Justice
- Disasters
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic surveillance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Explosives
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Firearms
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Planning
- School buildings
- School security
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Standards
- Student aid
- Telephone
- Terrorism
- Violence
- Youth violence
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
