Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The bill creates a new School Guardian grant program to fund assignment of armed, full-time law enforcement officers to K–12 schools.
Grants are awarded to states (administered by the state chief law enforcement agency) which may subgrant to local law enforcement to hire officers.
Each subgrant agreement must provide at least one full-time officer per K–12 school in the agency’s jurisdiction.
Substantive, costly program on a polarizing issue: could win supporters on school safety but faces organized opposition and procedural hurdles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clearly stated, well-funded federal grant program and includes concrete allocation formulas and basic administrative assignments, but it leaves significant operational and definitional details unspecified.
Progressives emphasize criminalization and lost supportive services.
Progressives emphasize criminalization and lost supportive services.
Skeptical and generally opposed.
Concerns center on increasing policing in schools, impacts on students of color, and replacing supportive services.
Emphasis on missing limits, oversight, and alternatives like counselors.
Cautious, mixed support.
Accepts goal of increased school safety but worries about costs, evidence of effectiveness, and governance.
Wants clearer training standards, accountability, and measures for balanced services.
Generally supportive.
Views the bill as a strong federal commitment to visible law enforcement in schools and improved safety.
Likes block-grant approach and state/local execution via law enforcement agencies.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Substantive, costly program on a polarizing issue: could win supporters on school safety but faces organized opposition and procedural hurdles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize criminalization and lost supportive services.
Substantive, costly program on a polarizing issue: could win supporters on school safety but faces organized opposition and procedural hurd…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clearly stated, well-funded federal grant program and includes concrete allocation formulas and basic administrative assignments, but it leaves signific…
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