National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025
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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:
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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
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
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Homeland Security and cooperating agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Capito (for herself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of Homeland Security and partner agencies preparing the school-security strategy
Elementary and secondary schools covered by terrorism-focused federal planning
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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