Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025

House Votes

This proposal, called the Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025, focuses on putting more trained adults in schools to help keep students safe. It steers federal COPS grants toward hiring and training veterans and retired police officers to serve as school resource officers. Applications that plan to hire and train these officers would get priority for funding. The Attorney General could also offer support so these officers get a yearly mental health check and yearly training on tactics and response. The Department of Veterans Affairs would help connect veterans who want to serve in schools with local police agencies that partner with schools. The bill also updates definitions in the existing law to match these changes.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Students and schools; local police departments; veterans and retired law enforcement officers; the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• What changes: Priority for grants to hire/train veterans and retired officers as school resource officers; federal help for annual mental health screenings and annual training; VA coordination to place interested veterans in schools.
• When: The text provided does not specify dates or timelines.