Congress Considers Reviving Secure Our Schools Grant

Yesterday, the House passed the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act (H.R. 4909). The bill amends and reauthorizes the Secure Our Schools (SOS) grant program, which has not received funding since fiscal year (FY) 2011. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate last week.

This Issue Brief describes proposed House and Senate amendments to the SOS program.