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School and Student Safety Act of 2018

Introduced: April 5, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 5, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 5, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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:

  • to allow the Department of Justice to give preference to a COPS program grant applicant that prioritizes hiring veterans or retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers, and
  • to allocate 25% of COPS program funds for grants to establish school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and school systems.
What's happening now April 30, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jun 6, 2018
MacArthur, Thomas
· May 22, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5427: School and Student Safety Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5427/
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"H.R. 5427: School and Student Safety Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5427/.
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H.R. 5427, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5427/.
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