Legislation seeks to create national design-focused school safety database


The United States Senate has taken up consideration of The School Safety Clearinghouse Act, a measure that would create a centralized database holding information on school safety measures. 

The federally funded and held archive would provide a vetted "resource where officials can find best practices for school security and design," according to Senator David Purdue of Georgia, one of the sponsors of the bill. According to the American Institute of Architects, who lobbied Congress on behalf of the bill, the legislation would provide state and local officials with "unbiased information for making their schools safer through design."

In a statement reported by The Hill, Senator Perdue added, "As an engineer by trade, I believe the first step to improving school security is addressing the structural safety of schools. Our bill would simply create a resource where state and local officials can find best practices for school security and design." 

Information held within the database, wh...

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