This bill reauthorizes and expands the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) operated by the Secret Service. It sets out the Center's functions: training, consultation, research, information sharing, and development of evidence-based threat assessment programs. The bill requires the Center to create a national Safe School Initiative to study and help prevent targeted school violence. The initiative must publish research, offer training to public and private entities (including local school districts), coordinate with the Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services, and may create an interactive website for sharing practices. The Director may hire additional staff, including at least one expert in child development and one expert in school threat assessment. The bill requires a report to specified congressional committees within two years describing hires, training delivered, evaluations of effectiveness, and a strategic dissemination plan. It authorizes $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, prohibits using these funds to provide firearms training, and sets the program to terminate on September 30, 2030.
The bill's findings and sense of Congress state that a fact-based behavioral threat assessment approach is an effective way to prevent targeted violence. The bill cites prior NTAC research showing many attackers gave warning signs, that early intervention can prevent violence, and that Center training has been widely requested and linked to declines in juvenile arrests in K-12 communities that received training. Supporters emphasize research, training, and local coordination as tools to identify, assess, and manage potential threats and to connect people in need to community resources.
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