School Guardian Act of 2023

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1305 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1305

  To provide block grants to assign armed law enforcement officers to 
                   elementary and secondary schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2023

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide block grants to assign armed law enforcement officers to 
                   elementary and secondary schools.

    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 ``School Guardian Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOL GUARDIAN GRANTS.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

                   ``PART PP--SCHOOL GUARDIAN GRANTS

``SEC. 3061. GRANTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `K-12 school' means an elementary school or 
        secondary school, as such terms are defined under section 8101 
        of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 7801); and
            ``(2) the term `local educational agency' has the meaning 
        given such term under section 8101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
    ``(b) Grant Authorization.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Attorney General shall make a grant to each State 
that elects to receive a grant under this section for the cost of 
assigning armed law enforcement officers to provide security at K-12 
schools, which may be used for the cost of pay, training, and equipment 
for the law enforcement officers.
    ``(c) Amount.--A grant under this section to a State for a fiscal 
year shall be in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total 
amount awarded under this section for the fiscal year as the total 
number of individuals attending a K-12 school in the State bears to the 
total number of individuals attending a K-12 school in the United 
States.
    ``(d) Administration of Grants.--The use of, and award of subgrants 
using, amounts received under this section shall be administered by the 
head of the chief law enforcement agency of a State.
    ``(e) Subgrants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The head of the chief law enforcement 
        officer of a State may award a subgrant to a law enforcement 
        agency of a unit of local government in the State for the cost 
        of hiring 1 or more full-time law enforcement officers who will 
        be assigned to provide full-time security at K-12 schools.
            ``(2) Agreements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A law enforcement agency of a 
                unit of local government desiring a subgrant under this 
                subsection shall enter into a written agreement with 
                each K-12 school in the jurisdiction of the agency, or 
                with the local educational agency that serves such K-12 
                school, which shall indicate the number of law 
                enforcement officers the law enforcement agency will 
                hire and assign to each such K-12 school if awarded a 
                subgrant.
                    ``(B) Officers at each school.--The written 
                agreements entered into by a law enforcement agency 
                under subparagraph (A) shall provide for the hiring of 
                not less than 1 full-time law enforcement officer who 
                will be assigned to provide full-time security at each 
                K-12 school in the jurisdiction of the law enforcement 
                agency.
            ``(3) Amount.--The amount of a subgrant under this 
        subsection to a law enforcement agency of a unit of local 
        government shall be based on the number of law enforcement 
        officers the law enforcement agency will hire, as indicated in 
        the written agreements described in paragraph (2).
    ``(f) Reporting.--Each State that receives a grant under this 
section for a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a report 
regarding the use of the grant for that fiscal year, which shall 
include--
            ``(1) the number of subgrants awarded;
            ``(2) the amount of each subgrant awarded;
            ``(3) the number of law enforcement officers hired to 
        provide security at a K-12 school using amounts received under 
        the grant; and
            ``(4) the number of K-12 schools in the State with 1 or 
        more full-time law enforcement officers for whom the cost of 
        the pay, training, or equipment for the law enforcement 
        officers was paid using amounts received under the grant.
    ``(g) Failure To Use Amounts.--
            ``(1) Return.--A State shall return to the Attorney General 
        any amounts received under a grant under this section for a 
        fiscal year which are unobligated as of the day after the last 
        day of the fiscal year.
            ``(2) Use.--Amounts returned to the Attorney General under 
        paragraph (1) shall be merged with other amounts available to 
        carry out this section and remain available until expended to 
        the Attorney General to make grants under this section, without 
        further appropriation.
            ``(3) Reporting.--The Attorney General shall submit to 
        Congress a report that provides, for each fiscal year, the 
        total amount of funds provided for that fiscal year that are 
        returned under paragraph (1) and the amount of funds provided 
        for that fiscal year that are returned under paragraph (1) by 
        each State.
    ``(h) Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Effective on the date of enactment of 
        this Act, of the unobligated balances of amounts made available 
        to the Internal Revenue Service under Public Law 117-169 (136 
        Stat. 1818), $80,000,000,000 shall be transferred, on a pro 
        rata basis, to the Attorney General to carry out this section.
            ``(2) Availability and use.--Amounts transferred under 
        paragraph (1) shall be merged with, and subject to the same 
        terms and conditions as, other amounts available to carry out 
        this section, and shall remain available until expended.
            ``(3) Annual availability of amounts.--From amounts 
        transferred under paragraph (1), the Attorney General may make 
        not more than $8,000,000,000 in grants under this section for 
        each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033.''.
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