II 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 148 

To safeguard America’s schools by using community policing strategies to 

prevent school violence and improve student and school safety. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To safeguard America’s schools by using community policing 

strategies to prevent school violence and improve student 

and school safety. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SCHOOL RESOURCE AND SAFETY OFFICER 

4 GRANT PROGRAM. 

5 Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

6 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a et seq.) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking the heading and inserting 

9 ‘‘SCHOOL SECURITY GRANTS’’; 


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1 (2) by inserting before section 2701 the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘Subpart 1—Matching Grant Program for School 

4 Security’’; 

5 (3) in sections 2701 through 2705, by striking 

6 ‘‘part’’ each place that term appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘subpart’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘Subpart 2—School Resource and Safety Officer 

10 Grant Program 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2711. DEFINITIONS. 

12 ‘‘In this subpart— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘career law enforcement officer’ 

14 has the meaning given the term in section 1709; 

15 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

16 the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; 

17 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 

18 given the term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-De19 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 

20 U.S.C. 450b(e)); 

21 ‘‘(4) the term ‘school’ means a public elemen22 tary or secondary school; 

23 ‘‘(5) the term ‘school resource and safety offi24 cer’ means a career law enforcement officer, with 

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1 licing, and assigned by the employing police depart2 ment or agency to protect schools, who works in and 

3 around schools for not less than 75 percent of the 

4 time that the officer is on duty (measured weekly, 

5 monthly, or annually); and 

6 ‘‘(6) the term ‘unit of local government’ means 

7 a county, municipality, town, township, village, par8 ish, borough, or other unit of general government 

9 below the State level. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2712. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to 

12 make grants to units of local government and Indian 

13 tribes to provide for school resource and safety officers 

14 at schools. 

15 ‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 

16 section shall be— 

17 ‘‘(1) distributed directly to a unit of local gov18 ernment or Indian tribe; and 

19 ‘‘(2) used to improve security at schools and on 

20 school grounds in the jurisdiction of the recipient by 

21 hiring and training career law enforcement officers 

22 for deployment in schools as school resource and 

23 safety officers. 

24 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER OFFICER OR TRAINING

25 PROGRAM.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), the amount of a grant may not exceed 

3 $200,000 for each— 

4 ‘‘(A) school resource and safety officer pro5 posed to be hired; or 

6 ‘‘(B) training program proposed to be 

7 funded. 

8 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Director may issue a waiv9 er of the requirement under paragraph (1) for a re10 cipient of a grant under this subpart. 

11 ‘‘(d) DURATION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may make 

13 available funds under a grant under this subpart 

14 during a period of not more than 3 fiscal years. 

15 ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

16 (1), the Director may continue to make available ad17 ditional funds to a recipient after all funds under 

18 the original grant have been made available if the 

19 Director determines that— 

20 ‘‘(A) the funds made available to the re21 cipient were used in a manner required under 

22 an approved application; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the recipient demonstrates significant 

24 financial need. 

25 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) NONSUPPLANTING.—Funds made available 

2 under this subpart to a unit of local government 

3 shall not be used to supplant funds of the unit of 

4 local government, or, in the case of an Indian tribe, 

5 funds supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 

6 shall be used to increase the amount of funds that 

7 would, in the absence of Federal funds received 

8 under this subpart, be made available from the unit 

9 of local government, or in the case of an Indian 

10 tribe, from funds supplied by the Bureau of Indian 

11 Affairs. 

12 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Director 

13 may reserve not more than 2 percent from amounts 

14 appropriated to carry out this subpart for adminis15 trative costs. 

16 ‘‘(f) TRAINING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF GUIDELINES.—The 

18 Director shall establish guidelines for programs that 

19 train school resource and safety officers. 

20 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—In estab21 lishing guidelines under paragraph (1), the Director 

22 shall ensure that the guidelines address how to— 

23 ‘‘(A) distinguish between— 

24 ‘‘(i) minor disciplinary infractions bet25 ter dealt with by school officials; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) major security problems that re2 quire law enforcement involvement; and 

3 ‘‘(B) utilize alternatives to law enforce4 ment involvement in school disciplinary meas5 ures. 

6 ‘‘(g) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding 

7 grants under this subpart, the Director shall ensure, to 

8 the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribu9 tion among the regions of the United States and among 

10 urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2713. APPLICATIONS. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 

13 subpart, the chief executive of a unit of local government 

14 or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the Director 

15 at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 

16 information as the Director may require. 

17 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATIONS.—Each applica18 tion under this section shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) include a detailed explanation of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the intended uses of funds made 

21 available under a grant; and 

22 ‘‘(B) how the activities funded under a 

23 grant will prevent school violence and improve 

24 student and school safety; 


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1 ‘‘(2) describe the ability of the applicant to pre2 vent school violence and improve student and school 

3 safety without Federal assistance; and 

4 ‘‘(3) include a memorandum of understanding 

5 between the law enforcement agency supplying the 

6 school resource and safety officer and the grant re7 cipient that describes the disciplinary actions that 

8 are the exclusive responsibilities of school staff and 

9 faculty. 

10 ‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 90 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this subpart, the Director shall pro12 mulgate guidelines to implement this section. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 2714. REPORTS. 

14 ‘‘(a) DIRECTOR REPORT.—Not later than November 

15 30 of each year, the Director shall submit to Congress 

16 a report relating to the activities carried out under this 

17 subpart that includes, for the preceding fiscal year— 

18 ‘‘(1) the number of grants funded under this 

19 subpart; 

20 ‘‘(2) the amount of funds made available under 

21 the grants described in paragraph (1); and 

22 ‘‘(3) the number of school resource and safety 

23 officers that the funds described in paragraph (2) 

24 supported. 


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1 ‘‘(b) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORT.—For each year 

2 during which a recipient receives funds under this subpart, 

3 the recipient shall, at a date determined by the Director, 

4 submit to the Director a report relating to the activities 

5 carried out by the recipient that includes information, as 

6 determined by the Director, relating to the use of funds. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2715. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

9 this subpart such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 

10 years 2014 through 2023.’’. 

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