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S. 4162 117th Congress Senate

School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 9, 2022 Introduced by: Michael F. Bennet Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
Education Census and government statisticsChild safety and welfareCrime preventionCrime victims
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Crimes against childrenCriminal justice information and recordsEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEmergency communications systemsEmergency planning and evacuationFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesHigher educationTeaching, teachers, curriculaViolent crime
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 9, 2022
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 Latest action May 9, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety.

The report must collect specified information, including

  • the number of school shootings that have taken place nationwide and the number of those that were mass shootings;
  • the number of people killed or injured in each school shooting;
  • the age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality of each victim;
  • the motivation of the shooter;
  • how the shooting was stopped;
  • the number and type of firearms and ammunition used in each shooting; and
  • the response time of law enforcement.

ED must direct the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and publish specified data on school shootings.

The center must collect information on the existence or absence of specified measures at the time of the shooting, including physical and other types of security measures, a communication plan with local law enforcement, a response plan that includes coordination with local agencies, and an active shooter response plan.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5428 School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4162: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4162/
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"S. 4162: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4162/.
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S. 4162, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4162/.
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