,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ae1 #bjah,mr4
 ,knight introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require that certain ,federal     
education funds be used for the         
improvement of security at elementary   
and secondary schools4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,school 
,training1 ,equipment1 and ,protection  
,act of #bjah or the ,,step ,act of     
#bjah4  #b4 ,funds for school training1 
equipment1 and protection  7a7 ,in      
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 not less than         
#ej1jjj1jjj of any unobligated amounts  
made available before the date of the   
enactment of this ,act to carry out part
 ,a of title ,,iv of the ,elementary and
 ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gaja et seq47 shall be  
used to provide elementary schools and  
secondary schools with funds for the    

following3  7#a7 ,barricade technology4 
7#b7 ,surveillance technology4  7#c7    
,individualized active shooter alarms4  
7#d7 ,security and active shooter       
training for school faculty and staff4  
7#e7 ,coordination activities with local
 law enforcement agencies4  7#f7 ,active
 shooter training exercises on school   
grounds for local law enforcement       
agencies4  7#g7 ,vulnerability          
assessments and corresponding action    
plans1 as executed by local law         
enforcement agencies4  7b7 ,elementary  
and secondary schools defined ,in this  
section1 the terms elementary school and
 secondary school have the meanings     
given the terms in section #haja of the 
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
#c4 ,report ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,education shall
 submit to ,congress a report describing
 how funds made available under section 
#b have been distributed among the      

geographic regions of the ,united       
,states and among urban1 suburban1 and  
rural areas4