S3472-119

In Committee

National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Dec 15, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill requires DHS, in coordination with the Department of Education and other agencies, to produce and update a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools from threats of terrorism.

Who Benefits and How

Schools and policymakers would gain a centralized federal strategy identifying school-security vulnerabilities, federal programs, spending, and actions to reduce terrorism-related risk.

Who Bears the Burden and How

DHS and cooperating agencies would have to prepare the strategy, update it through 2033 when appropriate, and brief Congress.

Key Provisions

  • Requires a national school security strategy within 1 year.
  • Requires annual updates through 2033 when appropriate or certifications if no update is needed.
  • Requires the strategy to inventory federal efforts, identify vulnerabilities, set goals, and avoid duplication.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill requires DHS, in coordination with the Department of Education and other agencies, to produce and update a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools from threats of terrorism.

Key Policy Areas

Homeland Security, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill requires DHS, in coordination with the Department of Education and other agencies, to produce and update a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools from threats of terrorism.

Policy Domains

Homeland Security Education

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Elementary and secondary schools facing terrorism-related security risks
  • Congressional oversight of school-security coordination
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Department of Homeland Security and cooperating agencies
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 15, 2025

Mrs. Capito (for herself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following …

Dec 15, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Dec 15, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Department of Homeland Security and partner agencies preparing the school-security strategy

Education
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Elementary and secondary schools covered by terrorism-focused federal planning

3/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Homeland Security Education
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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