House Democrats are proposing federal grants to help train elementary and secondary school nurses to respond to biological and chemical attacks, including those launched by terrorists.

The School Protection Act, from Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., would authorize spending $20 million each year beginning in fiscal year 2018 on programs that help train school nurses so they can serve as “first responders and crisis managers.”

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