Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023
HR 2541, the Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023, modifies federal COPS grants to prioritize hiring veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers (SROs). It adds preferential consideration for grant applications focused on this hiring, requires annual mental health screenings and training for SROs, and mandates annual student engagement activities by SROs. The bill directly affects schools receiving COPS grants, veterans seeking SRO roles, and law enforcement agencies partnering with schools. It also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to connect veterans with local SRO programs. These changes adjust existing grant rules without creating new funding or altering school safety protocols.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
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Introduced Apr 6, 2023
Last action Apr 24, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and 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.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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