[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3510 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3510

 To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to 
    assist with the cost of suicide prevention software for use in 
   elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2025

Mr. Gottheimer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to 
    assist with the cost of suicide prevention software for use in 
   elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Saving Students with Software Act''.

SEC. 2. SUICIDE PREVENTION SOFTWARE GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall establish a 
program (in this section referred to as the ``Program'') under which 
the Secretary may award grants to States to assist with the cost of 
suicide prevention software for use in elementary schools and secondary 
schools.
    (b) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under the Program, a 
State shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at 
such time, and containing such information and assurances as the 
Secretary determines appropriate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Elementary school.--The term ``elementary school'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, each territory or possession 
        of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian 
        Tribe.
            (4) Suicide prevention software.--The term ``suicide 
        prevention software'' means software that may be installed on a 
        device provided by an elementary school or secondary school for 
        student use and that has the ability to alert school personnel 
        if a student types a word or phrase relating to self-harm or 
        suicide.
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