115 HR 5242 IH: School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018 U.S. House of Representatives 2018-03-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 5242IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 9, 2018Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concernedA BILLTo require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to conduct a survey of all public schools to determine the number of school resource officers at such schools.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018.

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Mandatory survey of public schools

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress, a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at public elementary schools and secondary schools, which shall include a determination of whether each such school— (1)on or after January 1, 2018, has been assigned a school resource officer; and (2)in the case of a school that has been assigned such an officer— (A)the number of such assignments; and (B)whether each such assignment is on a full-time or part-time basis.

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Definitions

In this Act: (1)

ESEA terms

The terms elementary school and secondary school have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (2)

School resource officer

The term school resource officer has the meaning given the term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389(4)).