119-hr2752

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2752 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2752

 To prioritize the hiring and training of veterans and retired law 
 enforcement officers as school resource officers, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 8, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Education and Workforce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
 of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
 concerned

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 A BILL

 To prioritize the hiring and training of veterans and retired law 
 enforcement officers as school resource officers, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. USES OF COPS GRANTS TO HIRE VETERANS AND RETIRED LAW 
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

 

Section 1701

    (b)

    (13) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381

    (b)

    (12) ) is amended by inserting ``, and 
the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement 
officers to serve as school resource officers'' after ``offenses''.

SEC. 3. PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.

 

Section 1701
            (c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; or''; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (3) the following:
 ``

    (4) for hiring and training veterans and retired law 
 enforcement officers as school resource officers.''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

 

Section 1701
            (d) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381
            (d) (3) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph

    (3) :
 ``

    (4) Mental health screening and training.--The Attorney 
 General may provide technical assistance to States, units of 
 local government, Indian tribal governments, and to other 
 public and private entities using funds under this section for 
 purposes described in subsection

    (b)

    (13) to provide school 
 resource officers with an annual mental health screening and an 
 annual training on tactics and response.''.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

 

Section 1709

    (4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389

    (4) ) is amended--

    (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting 
 ``, veteran, or retired law enforcement officer'' after 
 ``career law enforcement officer'';

    (2) in subparagraph
        (F) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (3) in subparagraph
        (G) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; and''; and

    (4) by inserting after subparagraph
        (G) the following:
 ``
        (H) to meet at least annually with students in 
 order to increase familiarity between students and the 
 officer and to foster community engagement.''.

SEC. 6. COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall coordinate with recipients 
of grants under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.) to connect veterans 
seeking to serve as school resource officers (as such term is defined 
in 

section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 1038)) with local law enforcement agencies 
participating in school-based partnerships described in 

section 1701

    (b)

    (12) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10381

    (b)

    (12) ).
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