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School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007

Introduced: February 17, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 17, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 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.

What's happening now February 17, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1097 Identical bill School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 10, 2007
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 17, 2007
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