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HR2752119th CongressWALLET

Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

Introduced

Summary

Recruits veterans and retired officers into school resource officer roles and adds annual mental-health and student-engagement requirements. This bill would steer COPS grant funds toward hiring and training veterans and retired law enforcement officers and set new standards for SRO programs.

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  • Students and families: Requires SROs to meet with students at least once a year and authorizes annual mental-health screening plus annual training on tactics and response for SROs.
  • Veterans and retired officers: Allows COPS grant money to be used specifically to hire and train veterans and retired officers as school resource officers and creates a formal grant-selection priority for that purpose.
  • Schools and local governments: Lets the Attorney General provide technical help to deliver the screening and training and directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to connect veterans seeking SRO roles with local law enforcement agencies that partner with schools.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Mental health checks and student time for school officers

If enacted, the Attorney General could give technical help to groups using COPS funds for school officers. That help could support a yearly mental health check and a yearly tactics and response training. Veterans and retired officers would count as covered school officers. Covered officers would need to meet with students at least once a year. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

More school officer jobs for veterans

If enacted, local police could use COPS grants to hire and train veterans and retired officers as school resource officers. Grant applications that do this would get extra preference. The Department of Veterans Affairs would work with COPS grantees to connect interested veterans with local agencies in school partnerships. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

NJ • R

Cosponsors

  • DesJarlais

    TN • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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