The National Strategy for School Security Act of 2024 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with the Secretary of Education and other federal agencies, to develop a comprehensive national strategy for protecting elementary and secondary schools from terrorism threats within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The strategy must catalog all existing federal school security programs and their funding levels, identify specific security vulnerabilities in schools across the country, set goals to address those vulnerabilities, and recommend actions and authorities needed to improve school security. This requirement applies to all public and private elementary and secondary schools nationwide and affects school administrators, security personnel, and education officials who will need to implement recommendations from the strategy. The law requires the strategy to be submitted to relevant congressional committees and updated regularly, with the mandate to produce updated strategies ending seven years after the bill becomes law.
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