Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2752 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2752 To prioritize the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2025 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prioritize the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. USES OF COPS GRANTS TO HIRE VETERANS AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. Section 1701(b)(13) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)(12)) is amended by inserting ``, and the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers to serve as school resource officers'' after ``offenses''. SEC. 3. PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS. Section 1701(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(c)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: ``(4) for hiring and training veterans and retired law enf