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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2495 

To require State educational agencies to hire and train school resource 

officers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2023 

Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 

to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Financial Services, 

Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign 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 

A BILL 

To require State educational agencies to hire and train school 

resource officers, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Strengthening School 

5 Security for Students Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HIRING AND TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OF2 FICERS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds shall be made available 

4 under any applicable program to any State educational 

5 agency, unless such agency ensures each elementary school 

6 and secondary school under the jurisdiction of such agency 

7 hires two full time school resource officers for every 500 

8 students in attendance at such school who are licensed to 

9 carry a firearm and are trained to prevent student violence 

10 to others and self. 

11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘appli13 cable program’’ has the meaning given such term in 

14 section 400(c) of the General Education Provisions 

15 Act (20 U.S.C. 1221). 

16 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

17 school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational 

18 agency’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec19 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

21 (3) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—The term 

22 ‘‘school resource officer’’ has the meaning given such 

23 term in section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

24 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated $28,000,000,000 for each 

3 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

4 SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 

5 ACT OF 2021 FUNDS. 

6 The total unobligated balance of funds available 

7 under the following accounts and programs established by 

8 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 

9 2; in this section referred to as ‘‘ARPA’’) are hereby re10 scinded: 

11 (1) Fund for State, territories, tribal, and local 

12 governments under section 602 or 603 of the Social 

13 Security Act, as added by section 9901 of ARPA. 

14 (2) Emergency rental assistance under section 

15 3201 of ARPA. 

16 (3) State small business credit initiative under 

17 the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 

18 2010, as amended by section 3301 of ARPA. 

19 (4) Federal Transit Administration grants 

20 under section 3401 ARPA. 

21 (5) Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund under 

22 section 604 of the Social Security Act, as added by 

23 section 9901 of ARPA. 


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1 (6) Global response funds under section 10003 

2 of ARPA. 

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