Grassley announces Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Memorial Act of 2018

By Christen Smith

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, waits for the start of the nomination hearing for Christopher Wray as Director of the FBI on July 12, 2017 in Washington. (Photo: Mary Mathis/USA TODAY)
Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday he will soon introduce a bill designed to help prevent another school shooting like the massacre in Parkland, Florida last month.
As such, the forthcoming bill — entitled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Memorial Act of 2018 — provides additional funding to the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center as it continues its groundbreaking research into school violence prevention.
The proposal also enables the center to provide more extensive training to school districts on how to conduct threat assessments and early interventions. Some 93,000 school administrations, teachers and law enforcement officials have already received Secret Service training on preventing future attacks, Grassley said.
“This bill will enable the National Threat Assessment Center to share its proven techniques and research with more of our nation’s school systems,” Grassley said. “It is a fitting memorial to the victims and survivors of the Parkland attack, and will help prevent future violence.”
Grassley informally introduced the bill during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday regarding the systemic law enforcement failures that

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