Title: School and Student Safety Act of 2018
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
School and Student Safety Act of 2018
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permanently reauthorize the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modify it:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5427 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5427

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to give 
a public safety and community policing grant preference for applicants 
  prioritizing the hiring of school resource officers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2018

  Mr. Marino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to give 
a public safety and community policing grant preference for applicants 
  prioritizing the hiring of school resource officers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 and Student Safety Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING GRANT PREFERENCE FOR 
              APPLICANTS PRIORITIZING THE HIRING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) Preference.--Section 1701(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) from an applicant that prioritizes hiring new, 
        additional career law enforcement officers for deployment as 
        school resource officers and individuals for such positions 
        who--
                    ``(A) are--
                            ``(i) veterans (as defined in section 101 
                        of title 38, United States Code); or
                            ``(ii) retired law enforcement officers 
                        who--
                                    ``(I) separated from service in 
                                good standing from service with a 
                                public agency as a career law 
                                enforcement officer; and
                                    ``(II) before such separation, 
                                served as a career law enforcement 
                                officer for an aggregate of 10 years or 
                                more; and
                    ``(B) have not been officially found to be 
                unqualified for a position as a career law enforcement 
                officer for reasons relating to mental health by a 
                medical professional in a medical profession determined 
                by the Attorney General to be qualified to make such 
                determinations.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a)(11) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10261(a)(11)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``, and such sums as may be necessary to carry 
        out part Q for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence by striking 
        the period at the end and inserting the following: ``, and 25 
        percent shall be made available for grants to State and local 
        law enforcement agencies for the purposes described in section 
        1701(b)(12).''.
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