Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “School Watch and Training Act of 2018”.
School Watch and Training Act of 2018
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to develop and implement national standards and best practices for school resource officers.
Sec. 2 Development and implementation of standards and best practices
In general— Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall develop and implement—
national standards for school resource officers, including—
a requirement that all school resource officers complete any training recommended by the Attorney General and the Secretary;
standards governing the quality of security training and active shooter training provided to school resource officers; and
any other standards the Attorney General and the Secretary determine to be necessary to ensure the competence of school resource officers; and
best practices for school resource officers.
School resource officer defined— In this section, 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)).
Sec. 3 Report
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall submit to Congress a report that includes—
the standards and best practices developed under section 2; and
a plan for implementing such standards and best practices.