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The bill centralizes and speeds up identification and federal coordination of school security needs—potentially improving safety and funding access—but creates risks around sensitive information exposure, local implementation costs, and federal resource diversion.
Students and school staff nationwide gain a coordinated national strategy that requires identification and remediation of school security vulnerabilities within one year, improving physical safety planning and threat preparedness.
Schools and districts receive a consolidated accounting of federal programs and spending related to school security, making it easier for local education agencies to find and align federal funding for security upgrades.
Congress and federal agencies get stronger oversight and clearer direction through required briefings, annual updates/certifications, and mandated reforms to streamline and reduce duplication in federal support for school security.
Disclosure of detailed federal spending and identified school vulnerabilities could expose sensitive security information if not carefully redacted, potentially increasing risk rather than reducing it.
Local school districts may face pressure to implement recommended security measures, creating new costs that could strain local budgets or divert funds from instructional programs and services.
Preparing, updating, and managing the national strategy will require DHS and other agencies to commit staff time and resources, which could divert federal personnel and attention from other operational priorities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DHS, with ED and other agencies, to produce and periodically update (through 2033) a national K–12 school security strategy and brief Congress, including a federal program and spending inventory.
Requires the Department of Homeland Security, working with the Department of Education and other federal agencies, to develop and deliver to Congress a national school security strategy for K–12 schools within one year of enactment and to brief relevant congressional committees. The strategy must inventory federal programs and spending related to school security, identify vulnerabilities and goals, describe actions and reforms to achieve those goals, and avoid duplicating prior evaluations; DHS may update the strategy annually through 2033 or certify no update was needed.
Introduced March 21, 2025 by Tony Gonzales · Last progress November 20, 2025