3.0.0 1217 2023-01-11T19:40:45Z 2023-01-11T19:40:45Z Senate S S 2007-04-25 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-04-25T22:36:47Z School Safety Enhancements Act of 2008 110 2352 HR 2008-09-22 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS 2007-04-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-04-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-04-25 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-04-25 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-04-25 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-04-25 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-04-25 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-04-25 True Crime and Law Enforcement Authorization Bombs Child safety Community and school Department of Justice Disasters Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic surveillance Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Explosives Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Firearms Government Operations and Politics Higher education Intergovernmental fiscal relations Planning School buildings School security Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Standards Student aid Telephone Terrorism Violence Youth violence Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-04-25 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-01T14:01:29Z 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 public elementary and secondary 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.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education participating in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) of that Act to: (1) conduct an annual campus safety assessment in consultation with local law enforcement officials; and (2) develop and implement a campus emergency response plan that addresses a comprehensive set of emergency situations, including natural disasters, law enforcement emergencies, and terrorism.

]]> School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1217is/xml/BILLS-110s1217is.xml 2007-04-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.