School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2649 To 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 17, 2023 Mr. 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 deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Edu- cation to conduct a survey of all public schools to deter- mine the number of school resource officers at such schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Resource Offi- 4 cer Assessment Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2649.IH H2649 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2649 IH SEC. 2. MANDATORY SURVEY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 1 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 2 of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 3 Education shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress 4 a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at 5 public elementary schools and secondary schools, which 6 shall include a determination of whether each such 7 school— 8 (1) on or after January 1, 2022, has been as- 9 signed a school resource officer; and 10 (2) in the case of a school that has been as- 11 signed such an officer— 12 (A) the number of such assignments; and 13 (B) whether each such assignment is on a 14 full-time or part-time basis. 15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 16 In this Act: 17 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 18 school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 19 given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 20 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 21 7801). 22 (2) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—The term 23 ‘‘school resource officer’’ has the meaning given the 24 term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2649.IH H2649 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 2649 IH trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 1 10389(4)). 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2649.IH H2649 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB