,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ac1      
#bjah,mr4 ,byrne 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,handel7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,director of the      
,institute of ,education ,sciences to   
make available to elementary and        
secondary school officials research for 
improving school safety1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,make ,schools      
,safer ,act4  #b4 ,dissemination of     
research on best practices to improve   
school safety  7a7 ,in general ,the     
,director of the ,institute of          
,education ,sciences shall make         
available to elementary school and      
secondary school officials1 including   
school counselors1 rigorous research1 as
 determined by the ,director1 for       
improving school safety1 which may      
include identifying best practices for--

  7#a7 educating appropriate school     
personnel on techniques for identifying 
students who may pose a violent threat2 
and  7#b7 collaborating1 as appropriate1
 with health care professionals1 ,state 
and local law enforcement1 youth        
organizations1 and parents to implement 
procedures for--  7,a7 early            
identification of students at risk of   
committing violence1 including those who
 may have mental illness2  7,b7 use of  
crisis response systems2  7,c7 use of   
referral mechanisms for mental health   
and other treatment services2 and  7,d7 
designing interventions for students    
described in subparagraph 7,a74  7b7    
,construction ,nothing in this section  
shall be constructed to authorize       
advocacy or promotion of gun control4