I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3430 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
maintenance of State funds for school resource officers in elementary 
schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2025 
Mr. BERGMAN (for himself and Mr. HUIZENGA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to require maintenance of State funds for school 
resource officers in elementary schools and secondary 
schools, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Resource Offi-
cer Funding Protection Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SRO Fund-
ing Protection Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING. 
Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING MAIN-
TENANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, a State educational agency may receive the total 
amount of funds that the agency is eligible to receive 
under a program under this Act for any fiscal year only 
if the agency maintains funding for school resource officer 
programs in elementary schools and secondary schools 
served by the agency at an amount that is not less than 
the greater of— 
‘‘(1) the amount expended by the agency for 
such school resource officer programs in the most 
recent fiscal year preceding such fiscal year in which 
the agency, as applicable— 
‘‘(A) did not receive a waiver under sub-
section (d); or 
‘‘(B) complied with the requirements of 
this section; or 
‘‘(2) the average annual amount expended by 
the agency for such school resource programs during 
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secondary schools served by the agency for the fiscal 
year in which the agency fails to meet such require-
ment; compared to 
‘‘(2) the amount of such funding expended by 
the agency in the most recent fiscal year preceding 
such fiscal year in which the agency, as applicable— 
‘‘(A) did not receive a waiver under sub-
section (d); or 
‘‘(B) complied with the requirements of 
this section. 
‘‘(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require-
ments under subsection (a) for a State educational agency 
that submits to the Secretary a waiver request dem-
onstrating that extraordinary financial circumstances of 
the State, including but not limited to significant economic 
downturn or natural disaster, resulted in a reduction in 
the amount of State funding for school resource officer 
programs in elementary schools and secondary schools 
served by the agency. 
‘‘(e) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘school resource officer’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1709 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10389).’’. 
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