School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 2018
Latest action · Mar 7, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 7, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 2018
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow state and local educational agencies to use certain federal funds for activities related to school safety, including: (1) infrastructure improvements to prevent, mitigate, or respond to incidents of school violence; and (2) professional development for school personnel in mental-health awareness, crisis response, and other programs designed to reduce and prevent school violence.
The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the programs for which the Department of Health and Human Services may provide financial support to assist local communities in helping children deal with violence. Such programs may include those designed to provide mental-health and substance-use disorder assessments, crisis-intervention training, counseling, treatment, and referral.
The President must convene an interagency task force to address school safety.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2018 to Jun 20, 2018; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Mar 7, 2018 |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Mar 21, 2018 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Mar 7, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1362 | Lamar Alexander R-TN | Mar 6, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5324 | Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act | Related bill | Mar 19, 2018 |
| HR 5332 | Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2018 | Related bill | Mar 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve school safety and mental health services.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Advisory bodies
- Building construction
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Detention of persons
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Firearms and explosives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health programs administration and funding
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Mental health
- School administration
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2018Introduced 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.
