; and (VI) implementing any technology or system that would reduce the time needed to disseminate official information to parents regarding the safety of their children during and immediately following a crisis; . 4. Improving school security through the COPS ON THE BEAT program Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (22), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (24) to pay salaries and expenses of school resource officers at public, charter, and private elementary schools and secondary schools (as such terms are defined under section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )); and (25) to improve physical school security at public, charter, and private elementary schools and secondary schools (as such terms are defined under section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )) by obtaining security equipment to protect students in schools and equip law enforcement officers responding to school security issues and installing physical structure improvements, including— (A) fencing, external gates, door locks, and check-in points, to establish a secured campus; (B) active shooter alert systems; (C) access controls; (D) internal door locks; (E) school site alarm and protection systems; (F) metal detector or x-ray machines (including portable machines); (G) ballistic safety equipment for schools and responding law enforcement officers; (H) increased lighting on school grounds; (I) emergency call boxes; (J) two-way radios; (K) emergency alert systems; (L) surveillance cameras or systems, including infrastructure for such systems such as poles and wiring; (M) software costs and warranties