119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 4248
The School Resource Officer Reform Act makes two main changes to federal law affecting school resource officers. First, it excludes compensation received by retired peace officers who work as armed school resource officers in elementary and secondary schools from federal income tax, and also exempts this compensation from payroll taxes and wage withholding requirements. Second, the bill expands eligibility for federal public safety officer death benefits to include school resource officers, ensuring that families of these officers receive the same death benefits available to other law enforcement personnel. The bill applies to compensation received after its enactment and is sponsored by Representatives Weber, Luna, and Evans. While the legislation does not specify dedicated federal funding, the income tax exclusion represents foregone federal revenue, and the death benefits expansion would extend existing federal benefit programs to a new group of workers.