Veterans Securing Schools Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5186
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2018-03-06
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Law enforcement officers

School administration

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veterans Securing Schools Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to broaden the definition of &quot;school resource officer&quot; for purposes of the Community Oriented Policing Services program to include a veteran who is hired by a state or local agency to serve as a school resource officer.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5186 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2018 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , 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 amend the definition of a school resource officer to include certain veterans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Securing Schools Act of 2018 . 2. Veterans employable as school resource officers Section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10389(4) ) is amended by inserting after a career law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, the following: or a veteran (as such term is defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code) who is hired by a State or local public agency as a law enforcement officer for purposes of serving as a school resource officer, who is .