1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2019”.
School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2019
A BILL
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.
2. 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, with respect to each such school that chose to respond to such survey, a determination of whether—
on or after January 1, 2019, such a school has been assigned a school resource officer; and
in the case of a school that has been assigned such an officer—
the number of such assignments; and
whether each such assignment is on a full-time or part-time basis.
3. Definitions
In this Act:
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).
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)).