II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1081 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 30, 2023 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To keep schools physically secure using unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of Education to respond to the coronavirus.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Children's Schools Act . 2. Keeping schools physically secure The unobligated balance of funds made available to carry out section 18003 of division B of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ; 20 U.S.C. 3401 note), section 313 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116–260 ; 134 Stat. 1929), and section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ; 20 U.S.C. 3401 note) shall be made available to local educational agencies to keep the elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies physically secure.