School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow state and local educational agencies to use certain federal funds for activities related to school safety, including: (1) infrastructure improvements to prevent, mitigate, or respond to incidents of school violence; and (2) professional development for school personnel in mental-health awareness, crisis response, and other programs designed to reduce and prevent school violence. The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the programs for which the Department of Health and Human Services may provide financial support to assist local communities in helping children deal with violence. Such programs may include those designed to provide mental-health and substance-use disorder assessments, crisis-intervention training, counseling, treatment, and referral. The President must convene an interagency task force to address school safety.
Advisory bodiesBuilding constructionChild healthChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEducational facilities and institutionsEducational guidanceEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency communications systemsExecutive agency funding and structureFirearms and explosivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingMental healthSchool administrationTeaching, teachers, curriculaViolent crime
A bill to improve school safety and mental health services.
USA115th CongressS-2513| Senate
| Updated: 3/7/2018
School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow state and local educational agencies to use certain federal funds for activities related to school safety, including: (1) infrastructure improvements to prevent, mitigate, or respond to incidents of school violence; and (2) professional development for school personnel in mental-health awareness, crisis response, and other programs designed to reduce and prevent school violence. The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the programs for which the Department of Health and Human Services may provide financial support to assist local communities in helping children deal with violence. Such programs may include those designed to provide mental-health and substance-use disorder assessments, crisis-intervention training, counseling, treatment, and referral. The President must convene an interagency task force to address school safety.
Advisory bodiesBuilding constructionChild healthChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEducational facilities and institutionsEducational guidanceEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency communications systemsExecutive agency funding and structureFirearms and explosivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingMental healthSchool administrationTeaching, teachers, curriculaViolent crime