NEA speaks up for the rights of students. Browse recent messages to Congressional leadership, and add your voice.
Many of today’s youth have grown up in the shadow of mass shootings, including at Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School.
Active shooter drills are commonly practiced, starting in elementary school, and can cause a trauma of its own. Educators are increasingly expected to transform from nurturers to first responders at a moment’s notice—having to react and decide the best ways to protect their students based on the circumstances.
Fighting for an End to Gun Violence in our Schools, Communities
Just as students can’t learn if they feel unsafe, they also can’t learn if they are dealing with trauma from incidents that happen outside school grounds or are worried about how to get home safely.
To keep students safe—in our schools and in our communities— we must limit access to guns in the first place by providing universal background checks, banning assault-style weapons, passing red flag laws, and other legislation.
Bills in Congress
Learn NEA's position on pending legislation related to public education, and take action to protect our schools
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HR 7537 Help for Healing Communities Act www.congress.gov
Introduced on 04/18/2022
A bill which would establish a grant program for eligible entities to provide community-based mental health services in communities in which an active shooter event or incident of targeted violence occurred.
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HR 7540 Safe Workplaces Act www.congress.gov
Introduced on 04/18/2022
A bill to help prevent mass shootings and provide resources to victims, especially workers, who survive.
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HR 7533 the Prioritizing Resources for Victims of Firearm Violence Act www.congress.gov
Introduced on 04/18/2022
A bill to ensure that states allocate at least 10 percent of Victims of Crime Act funding to programs that provide mental health services to victims of firearm violence.
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