To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to include school security as an element of the National Security Strategy, and for other purposes.

Summary

Requires the President's quadrennial National Security Strategy to explicitly address the safety and security of K–12 schools and institutions of higher education. Directs the Education and Homeland Security Secretaries to jointly assess threats to elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions nationwide, consult each state's chief executive, and deliver a report to specified congressional committees and leaders within 180 days of enactment.

• Adds school safety and security (K–12 and higher education) to the list of topics required in the quadrennial National Security Strategy.
• Directs the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to jointly assess threats to U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions.
• Requires consultation with each state's chief executive during the assessment process.
• Mandates a joint report to specified congressional committees and congressional leadership within 180 days of enactment.
• Identifies which congressional committees and leaders must receive the report and relies on existing statutory definitions for schools and higher education.
• Does not appropriate new funding or create direct federal funding authorizations for school safety improvements.
• Places school safety explicitly within a national security planning framework, potentially shaping future federal priorities and resource decisions.
• Imposes administrative responsibilities on two federal agencies to conduct the assessment and produce the report.