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School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013

Introduced: April 10, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 30, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 10, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 10, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize school security grants by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to be used for the installation of surveillance equipment and the establishment of hotlines or tiplines for the reporting of potentially dangerous students and situations.

Requires the Office Director: (1) in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to establish an interagency task force to develop a set of advisory school safety guidelines; and (2) to consider such guidelines in determining permissible uses of school security grant funds.

Requires a grant application to be accompanied by a report that is signed by the heads of each law enforcement agency and school district with jurisdiction over the schools where the safety improvements will be implemented and that demonstrates that each proposed use of the grant funds will be: (1) an effective means for improving school safety, (2) consistent with a comprehensive approach to preventing school violence, and (3) individualized to the needs of each school.

Authorizes appropriations for such grant program for FY2014-FY2023.

What's happening now April 30, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 146 Related bill School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013
  • S 649 Related bill Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Apr 28, 2014
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Apr 18, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1470: School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1470/
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"H.R. 1470: School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1470/.
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