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The STOP School Violence Act is pending legislation to provide funding grants to schools to be used for implementing security measures.
This is outdated. The STOP School Violence Act was enacted on March 23, 2018, and federal school-safety grants are being administered under it.
Full reasoning
The statement says the STOP School Violence Act "is pending legislation", but that is no longer true.
The act was enacted in Public Law 115-141 on March 23, 2018. Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute lists the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 as "115-141, div. S, title V, 2018-03-23", which means it became law rather than remaining pending.
A current U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office page also confirms the law is already in force: it states that the "STOP School Violence Act of 2018 gave the COPS Office authority" to award grants for school security and prevention programs. That same page advertises the FY26 School Violence Prevention Program, further showing the program is actively operating under the enacted statute.
So the article's wording is inaccurate because it describes an enacted law as if it were still awaiting passage.
2 sources
- TOPN: STOP School Violence Act of 2018 | LII / Legal Information Institute
STOP School Violence Act of 2018 — 115-141, div. S, title V, 2018-03-23, 132 Stat. 1128.
- School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) | COPS OFFICE
The Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP School Violence Act of 2018) gave the COPS Office authority to provide awards directly to States, units of local government, or Indian tribes... Up to $73 million in funding is available for FY26 SVPP.