United States 117th Congress Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HR 8192 — Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2022

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2022 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.

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The bill prioritizes the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers and establishes additional requirements and definitions related to their roles.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10381(b)(12)

    , and the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers to serve as school resource officers

    This addition specifies that hiring and training veterans and retired officers as school resource officers is a permitted use of grant funds.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10381(c)

    or → ; or

    This change expands grant application criteria to include hiring and training veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10381(c)

    . → ;

    This change allows for an additional condition in the grant application considerations.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10381(c)

    (4) for hiring and training veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers.

    This adds a specific new category for which grant applications can be submitted.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10381(d)(3)

    (4) Mental health screening and training.--The Attorney General may provide technical assistance to States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and to other public and private entities using funds under this section for purposes described in subsection (b)(12) to provide school resource officers with an annual mental health screening and an annual training on tactics and response.

    This amendment allows for the provision of mental health training and screening for school resource officers supported by grant funding.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10389(4)

    career law enforcement officer → career law enforcement officer, veteran, or retired law enforcement officer

    This expands the definition of school resource officers to include veterans and retired law enforcement officers.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10389(4)(F)

    and → ; and

    This change allows for an additional requirement to be added to the responsibilities of school resource officers.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10389(4)(G)

    . → ; and

    This change prepares for the introduction of an additional responsibility for school resource officers.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10389(4)

    (H) to meet at least annually with students in order to increase familiarity between students and the officer and to foster community engagement.

    This adds a requirement for school resource officers to engage with students annually to promote community relations.

  • The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall coordinate with recipients of grants under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.) to connect veterans seeking to serve as school resource officers with local law enforcement agencies participating in school-based partnerships described in section 1701(b)(12) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

    This provision establishes a requirement for the coordination between Veterans Affairs and law enforcement agencies to facilitate veteran involvement as school resource officers.

Action History

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

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and 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.

  5. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and 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.

  6. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 8192 do?
Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2022 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.
Who sponsors HR 8192?
HR 8192 is sponsored by Van Drew, Jefferson (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 8192?
This bill died with 117th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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