HR 7209
115th Congress
House
Education
Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
School administration
School Resource Officer Act of 2018
Introduced: November 30, 2018
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Became law
Nov 30, 2018
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.
Nov 30, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
School Resource Officer Act of 2018
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize through FY2022 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modify it:
- to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and
- to specify that at least 30 percent of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers.
What's happening now
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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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