Make Schools Safer Act
Latest action · Sep 13, 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.
- IntroducedSep 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Make Schools Safer Act
This bill directs the Institute of Education Sciences to make available to elementary and secondary school officials, including school counselors, rigorous research for improving school safety.
Such research may include best practices for: (1) educating appropriate school personnel on techniques for identifying students who may pose a violent threat; and (2) collaborating with health care professionals, state and local law enforcement, youth organizations, and parents.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 13, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Karen C. Handel | Original | Sep 13, 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 Sep 13, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 153, September 13, 2018, page H8726.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences to make available to elementary and secondary school officials research for improving school safety, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Make Schools Safer Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2018Introduced 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.
