Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 11, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Feb 11, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 8, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2541 | Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Apr 24, 2023 |
| HR 8192 | Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2022 | Cross-Congress related bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
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