118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2541Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023

To prioritize the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers, and for other purposes.

Crime and law enforcement
Introduced Apr 6, 2023
Last action Apr 24, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Apr 6, 2023
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Referred
Apr 24, 2023
Education and Workforce · Judiciary · Veterans' Affairs
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program to be used to hire and train veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers. It also directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with COPS grant recipients to connect veterans seeking to serve as school resource officers with local law enforcement agencies participating in school-based partnerships.

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 5 actions
Apr 24, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 6, 2023
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.
Apr 6, 2023
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.
Apr 6, 2023
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.