HR 5324 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act

Introduced Mar 19, 2018 Originated House Sponsor A. Drew Ferguson IV R-GA

Latest action · Mar 19, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

IntroducedMar 19, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act

This bill allows state and local educational agencies to use certain federal funds for activities related to school safety, including professional development for school personnel in mental-health awareness and violence prevention.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2018 to Jun 20, 2018.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Mar 20, 2018
R-TN	David P. Roe	Mar 22, 2018
I-MI	Paul Mitchell	Mar 22, 2018
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Apr 17, 2018
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Apr 23, 2018
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Jun 13, 2018
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Jun 20, 2018

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 Mar 19, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 19, 2018Introduced in House
Mar 19, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 47, March 19, 2018, page H1698.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2513	School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 2018	Related bill	Mar 7, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To improve school safety and mental health services, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 19, 2018Introduced in House

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