To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the salaries and benefits of school resource officers, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-7209House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 30, 2018

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.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. 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.

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