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119-hr-3430119th CongressWALLET

SRO Funding Protection Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]

Introduced

Summary

Would require states to maintain funding for school resource officer programs at or above recent levels. States would have to certify annual compliance and report five years of SRO spending and staffing, and waivers would be available for major economic downturns or disasters.

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  • State education agencies would have to keep SRO funding at a floor equal to the higher of the most recent non‑waived year or the five‑year average. They must annually certify compliance and publish current and five prior years of SRO spending and the number of SROs.
  • K‑12 schools and families could see SRO positions preserved by the funding floor, since state budgets must hold SRO spending at recent levels.
  • If a state fails to meet the floor and does not receive a waiver, the Secretary of Education would reduce the state's eligible federal education funding the following year in proportion to the funding shortfall. Waivers may be granted for extraordinary financial circumstances such as significant economic downturns or natural disasters.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Funding floor for school resource officers

If enacted, this would require state education agencies to keep state spending on school resource officer programs above a set floor. The floor would be the higher of two amounts. One is the amount from the most recent year they met the rule or had no waiver. The other is the average of the past five years. This would start with the first fiscal year after enactment. Each year, the agency would certify if it complied. It would also publish a public report with SRO funding and officer counts. The report must cover the current year and the past five years. If a state misses the floor and gets no waiver, the Secretary would cut next year’s federal education funds. The cut would be proportional to how far funding fell. The Secretary could waive the rule for extraordinary hardship, like a downturn or a disaster.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]

MI • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 5/15/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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