Schools get $500 million to plan for crises.
H.R. 10771 — Emergency Preparedness in Higher Education Act · Filed by Troy Carter (D-LA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill creates a federal grant program run by FEMA. Schools can get $250,000 to $5 million each. The money pays for crisis plans and staff training. It pays for building upgrades and help for students after disasters. Historically Black schools, tribal schools, and Hispanic-serving schools get priority.
Who it affects
Students and school staff get better crisis plans and recovery help. Schools that serve mostly minority students get priority for grants.
One thing to notice
The program ends after five years unless Congress votes to keep it going.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Oct 9, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 9, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- FEMA — The federal agency that helps people prepare for and recover from disasters.
- grant — Money the government gives to schools to pay for a specific purpose.
- historically Black schools — Schools founded before 1964 mainly to teach Black students.
- tribal schools — Schools run by Native American tribes to serve their people.
- Hispanic-serving schools — Schools where at least one-quarter of students are Hispanic.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,941 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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