The bill would require state education agencies to maintain state funding for school resource officer programs in elementary and secondary schools. The required amount would be at least the greater of the agency’s spending in a recent qualifying year or its average annual spending over the previous five years. Agencies would report funding amounts and officer counts each year. If an agency did not meet the requirement and had no waiver, its eligible federal education funds would be reduced the following year. The Education Secretary could grant waivers for extraordinary financial circumstances, such as a major economic downturn or natural disaster.
Schools and communities could see changes in state funding for school resource officer programs. State education agencies would also have to publish information about program funding and the number of officers. The bill does not specify how individual schools would be affected.
No publicly available information on implementation costs or total funding amounts. The bill could reduce an agency’s eligible federal education funds if it does not meet the funding requirement and has no waiver.
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