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To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. 9/17/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on August 1, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) School Safety Enhancements Act of 2008 - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Safety Enhancements - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow matching grants to states, localities, and Indian tribes for public elementary and secondary school security to be used for: (1) installing and using surveillance equipment in schools; (2) developing and implementing safety measures to protect students in the event of a terrorist attack or other hazardous condition or situation; and (3) establishing hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous students and situations, including hazardous conditions.[...] show full description
- 09/22/2008 - Received in the Senate.
- 09/17/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8368-8369)
- 09/17/2008 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 09/17/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/15/2008 H8083-8084)
- 09/15/2008 - Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
show all actions- 09/22/2008 - Received in the Senate.
- 09/17/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8368-8369)
- 09/17/2008 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 09/17/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/15/2008 H8083-8084)
- 09/15/2008 - Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 09/15/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules.
- 09/15/2008 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2352.
- 09/15/2008 - At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Issa objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- 09/15/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8083-8085)
- 09/15/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8083-8085; text of measure as introduced: CR H8083-8084)
- 09/15/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8083-8085; text of measure as reported in House: CR H8083-8084)
- 09/12/2008 - Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
- 09/12/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 543.
- 08/01/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-821, Part I.
- 08/01/2008 - House Committee on Education and Labor Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 12, 2008.
- 06/11/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 06/11/2008 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 05/14/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 05/13/2008 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 05/13/2008 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- 05/06/2008 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 04/17/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- 06/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 05/16/2007 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 05/16/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
- 05/16/2007 - Referred to House Education and Labor
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