In

a letter

urging members of the House Education and Labor Committee to vote in favor of the bill,

Marc Egan, the Director of Government Relations at the National Education Association wrote

, “NEA members support the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act because it takes a number of steps to track and categorize these tragic incidents, yielding valuable information that will help us safeguard school communities.”

Egan added

, “Gun violence destabilizes us all; no one—least of all children—should have to endure it. We must do all we can to stop the next school shooting from happening. The School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act will help us learn more about these horrific incidents so that we can prevent them.”