Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 25 blocked legislation that proponents say could help prevent school shootings.
The bill, known as the Luke and Alex School Safety Act, would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a clearinghouse on best school safety practices after consulting with education, justice, and health officials.
“It’s pretty simple. It just creates a clearinghouse of information of the best practices for school safety. It ensures that parents, teachers, school officials, and other stakeholders have input into what those best practices are. It doesn’t allow the clearinghouse to mandate any school to take any certain action. Maybe most importantly, it publishes the available grant programs and federal resources available for school safety,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on the Senate floor in Washington….