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  • H.R. 1470, known as the "Strengthening Our Schools Act of 2025," amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase funding for school resource officers. The bill raises the annual funding to $1,097,119,000 for each of the fiscal years from 2026 to...

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    The bill wants to give more money to help put police officers in schools to keep kids safe, but some people are worried because there aren’t clear rules about how this extra money should be used.

  • H.R. 2752, also known as the “Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2025,” aims to prioritize the hiring and training of veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers. This bill proposes amendments to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,...

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    This bill wants to make schools safer by hiring people who used to be in the military or police to help keep the school safe, and it plans to give them special training so they can do a good job. It also suggests using certain government money to help pay for this and working with veteran groups to make sure the right people are chosen.