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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5523 

To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to develop 

and implement best practices for occupation-specific education for school 

resource officers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2018 

Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. MAST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 

to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to develop and implement best practices for occupation-specific education for school resource officers. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Watch and Tac5 tics Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST 

2 PRACTICES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of Education, shall— 

5 (1) for the purpose of developing best practices 

6 for occupation-specific education for school resource 

7 officers, consult with— 

8 (A) State educational agencies and local 

9 educational agencies; 

10 (B) State and local law enforcement agen11 cies; 

12 (C) school resource officers; 

13 (D) principals and other school leaders; 

14 (E) school safety experts, including individ15 uals with expertise in tactical responses to secu16 rity concerns; and 

17 (F) any other stakeholders determined to 

18 be relevant by the Attorney General; 

19 (2) not later than one year after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act, and based on the consultation 

21 carried out under paragraph (1), develop and dis22 seminate best practices for any occupation-specific 

23 education for school resource officers, including edu24 cation in tactical responses to active shooter inci25 dents and other security concerns; and 


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1 (3) publish the best practices developed under 

2 paragraph (2) on a publicly accessible website of the 

3 Department of Justice. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—The term 

6 ‘‘school resource officer’’ has the meaning given the 

7 term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Con8 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

9 10389(4)). 

10 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu11 cational agency’’, ‘‘school leader’’, and ‘‘State edu12 cational agency’’ have the meanings given the terms 

13 in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

16 Not later than one year after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation 

18 with the Secretary of Education, shall submit to Congress 

19 a report that includes the best practices developed under 

20 section 2. 

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