MSD Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
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Summary
Strengthens school emergency procedures and creates federal standards and funding for reinforced door security in K–12 schools. It requires districts to adopt clear emergency response steps and parent notification rules and sets a DHS-led process for door safety standards.
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- Parents and students: Parents must get timely notifications for threats that happen on school grounds, during school transport, or at school events. Covered threats include weapons, active shooters, bomb threats, fires, natural disasters, and other locally chosen dangers.
- Local educational agencies and schools: Districts must develop emergency response plans with public safety input and name who contacts the primary response agency. The bill also authorizes $100 million per year through the Homeland Security Grant Program for the year the final rule is issued and the nine following years to help pay for door installation and related work.
- Federal standards and timeline: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will lead a rulemaking with educators, law enforcement, parents, and technical experts to set performance, testing, and installation standards for interior and exterior reinforced doors. That committee must report within one year and a final rule must be issued within six months after the report.
*Increases federal spending by authorizing $100 million per year for the fiscal year the rule is issued and each of the nine following years.*
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Reinforced school doors, with federal grants
CISA would start a committee within 90 days to set standards for reinforced school doors. The agency would send Congress a report within one year of starting, then issue a final rule within six months. If enacted, schools that get federal funds would need to install or modify interior and exterior doors to meet that rule. The bill would add $100 million a year for 10 years to the Homeland Security Grant Program, starting in the year the final rule is issued. That money could be used only for these door upgrades.
School alerts and emergency plans for families
As a condition of getting federal school funds, local school districts would need written emergency plans. Plans would cover all students, teachers, and staff. They would use common alarm responses, name the lead responder for each threat, and name who must call. Parents and guardians would get timely alerts about threats at school, on buses, or at school events. Covered threats include weapons, active shooters, bomb threats, murder, certain sex offenses, trespassing, fires, severe weather, natural disasters, and harmful substance releases.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
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