Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Creates a federal grant program, to be run by the Secretary of Education, that awards grants to States to help pay for "suicide prevention software" installed on school‑provided devices in elementary and secondary schools. The bill defines eligible entities, the covered software (alerts school personnel when a student types self‑harm or suicide words/phrases), and requires States to apply to receive grants; it does not specify funding amounts or operational details.
Progressives stress mental‑health benefits and funding for counselors
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, narrowly focused federal grant program in principle but is skeletal in execution.
Creates a federal grant program, to be run by the Secretary of Education, that awards grants to States to help pay for "suicide prevention software" installed on school‑provided devices in elementary and secondary schools.
The bill defines eligible entities, the covered software (alerts school personnel when a student types self‑harm or suicide words/phrases), and requires States to apply to receive grants; it does not specify funding amounts or operational details.
Modest-to-strong chance if funded or folded into broader education/mental-health package; standalone bill lacks appropriations language.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, narrowly focused federal grant program in principle but is skeletal in execution. It specifies the program’s purpose, a short deadline to establish it, and basic definitions, while leaving most operational, fiscal, and oversight elements to later administrative determination.
Progressives stress mental‑health benefits and funding for counselors
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives stress mental‑health benefits and funding for counselors
Generally supportive because the bill funds early identification of students at risk and targets schools lacking resources.
Would insist on strong privacy, equity, and counseling follow‑up requirements alongside the software.
Cautiously favorable: supports targeted grants and state discretion but wants clarity on funding, evidence of effectiveness, and civil‑liberties protections.
Would favor pilots, outcome measurement, and clear implementation rules.
Skeptical: supports suicide prevention goals but worries about student surveillance, federal influence, and parental rights.
More likely to back the bill only with strong local control and parental‑consent safeguards.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Modest-to-strong chance if funded or folded into broader education/mental-health package; standalone bill lacks appropriations language.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives stress mental‑health benefits and funding for counselors
Modest-to-strong chance if funded or folded into broader education/mental-health package; standalone bill lacks appropriations language.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, narrowly focused federal grant program in principle but is skeletal in execution. It specifies the program’s purpose, a short deadline to establi…
Go beyond the headline summary with full stakeholder mapping, legislative design analysis, passage barriers, and lens-by-lens tradeoff breakdowns.