Sec. 2. Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices
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Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 651 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 2215 the following: The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices (in this section referred to as the Clearinghouse ) within the Department. The Clearinghouse shall be the primary resource of the Federal Government to identify and publish online through SchoolSafety.gov, or any successor website, the best practices and recommendations for school safety for use by State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, State and local law enforcement agencies, health professionals, and the general public.
The Clearinghouse shall be assigned such personnel and resources as the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out this section. The Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may detail personnel to the Clearinghouse. Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act ) shall not apply to any rulemaking or information collection required under this section. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.) shall not apply for the purposes of carrying out this section. In identifying the best practices and recommendations for the Clearinghouse, the Secretary may consult with appropriate Federal, State, local, Tribal, private sector, and nongovernmental organizations. The best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse shall, at a minimum— involve comprehensive school safety measures, including threat prevention, preparedness, protection, mitigation, incident response, and recovery to improve the safety posture of a school upon implementation; include any evidence or research rationale supporting the determination of the Clearinghouse that the best practice or recommendation under subparagraph
(A)has been shown to have a significant effect on improving the health, safety, and welfare of persons in school settings, including— relevant research that is evidence-based, as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ), supporting the best practice or recommendation; findings and data from previous Federal or State commissions recommending improvements to the safety posture of a school; or other supportive evidence or findings relied upon by the Clearinghouse in determining best practices and recommendations to improve the safety posture of a school upon implementation; and include information on Federal grant programs for which implementation of each best practice or recommendation is an eligible use for the program. To the greatest extent practicable, the Clearinghouse shall present, as appropriate, Federal, State, local, Tribal, private sector, and nongovernmental organization issued best practices and recommendations and identify any best practice or recommendation of the Clearinghouse that was previously issued by any such organization or commission. The Secretary may produce and publish materials on the Clearinghouse to assist and train educational agencies and law enforcement agencies on the implementation of the best practices and recommendations. The Secretary shall— collect for the purpose of continuous improvement of the Clearinghouse— Clearinghouse data analytics; user feedback on the implementation of resources, best practices, and recommendations identified by the Clearinghouse; and any evaluations conducted on implementation of the best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse; and in coordination with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General— regularly assess and identify Clearinghouse best practices and recommendations for which there are no resources available through Federal Government programs for implementation; and establish an external advisory board, which shall be comprised of appropriate State, local, Tribal, private sector, and nongovernmental organizations, including organizations representing parents of elementary and secondary school students, to— provide feedback on the implementation of best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse; and propose additional recommendations for best practices for inclusion in the Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse shall produce materials to assist parents and legal guardians of students with identifying relevant Clearinghouse resources related to supporting the implementation of Clearinghouse best practices and recommendations. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( Public Law 107–296 ; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2215 the following: Sec. 2216. Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices. .
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Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-296
Stat.116 Stat. 2135
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