Safer Schools Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 11, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safer Schools Act of 2025
This bill establishes a pilot program through which the Department of Justice must award grants to public elementary and secondary schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements (e.g., video monitoring and alert notification equipment).
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 11, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jan 9, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Aug 20, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Sep 15, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 6, 2026 |
Committees 2
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 Dec 11, 2025 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 11, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 11, 2025Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 171, no. 209, December 11, 2025, page H5811.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a grant program to encourage schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safer Schools Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2025Introduced 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.
