Prioritize retired officers and veterans as school guards

Bacon co-sponsored the Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023, which would prioritize hiring retired law-enforcement officers and veterans to guard schools. He presents this as a way to support school safety.

Context: The source does not specify how schools would hire or fund guards, or the bill’s status.

In their own words

Co-sponsoring the **Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023** to prioritize hiring retired law enforcement officers and veterans to guard our schools

The source

Don Bacon: Issues

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