School Resource Officer Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-916
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-01-30
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>School Resource Officer Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modifies it:</p> <ul> <li>to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and</li> <li>to specify that at least 30% of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 916 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2019 Mr. Mitchell (for himself, Mr. Bacon , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Smucker , Mr. Meadows , Mr. Dunn , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Reed , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , and Mr. Collins of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor , 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 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the salaries and benefits of school resource officers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Resource Officer Act of 2019 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) a school resource officer program provides a safe learning environment in our Nation’s schools, provides valuable resources to school staff members, and fosters positive relationships between youth and law enforcement; (2) school resource officers are educators, informal counselors and mentors, and law enforcement officers; (3) local agencies need the resources and flexibility to establish school resource officer programs that will encourage partnerships between schools and local law enforcement agencies to develop innovative ways to make schools safe; and (4) Federal grants for school resource officer salaries are intended to be a starting point for continued local action and should not divert current designated funding. 3. Funding for COPS in Schools (a) Authorization of appropriations Section 1001(a)(11)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)(A) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023 . (b) Repeal termination of grants for hiring officers (1) In general Section 1701(i) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381(i) ) is repealed. (2) Conforming amendment Section 1701(j)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381(j)(1) ) is amended by striking subsection (i) and . (c) School resource officer funding Section 1704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10384 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking $75,000 and inserting $125,000 ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (d) School resource officers set aside Not less than 30 percent of the amount made available for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers shall be made available for the salaries and benefits of the school resource officers hired pursuant to a partnership described in section 1701(b)(12). .