Bill · H.R. 6683· House(119-HR-6683)

Safer Schools Act of 2025

Age: 77 years

Texas

Introduced: 12/11/2025
Last activity: 12/11/2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsored by: Roger Williams
Cosponsors: - 13 - 11

Education

Introduced
In Committee

What this bill would do

The bill establishes a five-year pilot program managed by the Attorney General to provide grants to public schools. It creates two specific types of grants: one for conducting independent facility security risk assessments and another for making hard security improvements. Public schools applying for the assessment grants must certify that they cannot afford the cost on their own, as outlined in Section 2(b). Schools applying for improvement grants must use the funds for updates identified by their risk assessments and comply with a 50 percent matching funds requirement, detailed in Section 2(c). The legislation gives explicit priority in awarding these grants to schools that have experienced an event involving deadly harm or attempted deadly harm against multiple individuals, according to Section 2(b)(2)(B) and Section 2(c)(2)(B). Finally, the bill requires recipients and the Attorney General to submit reports to Congress tracking the progress and effectiveness of the security updates, as stated in Section 2(e).

Yes· 3 of 8

Does this put more money into public schools?+7
The bill establishes a significant grant program specifically for public school security improvements.
Would students be better off under this?+6
The bill directly aims to increase the physical safety and security of students in schools.
Would children be better off under this?+5
The bill enhances the physical security of public school environments where children are present.