Advance legislation to prohibit federal funds from being used to hire or maintain police in K-12 schools and redirect school-safety resources away from policing.

This legislation would prohibit federal funds from being used to hire or maintain police in K-12 schools, diverting that funding toward other uses related to school safety within applicable grant programs.

Pressley's Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act would bar federal funding for police in K-12 schools and redirect funds to other school-safety uses.

As Republicans Attack Public Education, Pressley Reintroduces Bills to Invest in Safe, Nurturing Learning Environments for All Students - Ayanna Pressley
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To divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes

Pressley's bill would prohibit federal funds from being appropriated or used for hiring, maintaining, or training covered law enforcement officers in schools and redirect support toward trauma-informed services.

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Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar, along with Senators Chris Murphy and Elizabeth Warren, unveiled legislation to end over-policing of K-12 schools. The bill would prohibit federal funds for police in schools and provide resources for counselors, nurses, social workers and other health care providers.

Pressley publicly advanced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act in 2020, matching the promise to move federal school-safety resources away from policing and toward support staff.

delivered same_term A for effort

Reps. Pressley, Omar & Sens. Murphy, Warren Unveil Bill to Get Police Out of Schools
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The draft bill states Ms. Pressley introduced a bill to divert federal funding away from police in schools. Section 5 says no federal funding shall be appropriated or used for hiring, maintaining, or training sworn law enforcement officers in elementary or secondary schools. Section 6 creates grants to replace officers with mental health and trauma-informed services.

Official bill text directly contains the promised policy: a federal-funding prohibition for school police and a grant pathway to redirect resources to non-police school safety supports.

delivered same_term A for effort

Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act of 2020 bill text
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Pressley and Senator Murphy highlighted support for the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act. The release says the bill prohibits federal funds for maintaining and growing police presence in schools and establishes a $2.5 billion grant program for counselors, nurses, mental health professionals and trauma-informed staff.

After unveiling the bill, Pressley continued to advance it by organizing public support and describing its funding shift from school police to student-support personnel.

delivered same_term A for effort

Support Grows for the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act
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Pressley reintroduced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act. The release says it would prohibit federal funds from being used to hire or maintain police in K-12 schools, divert that funding toward other school safety uses, and establish a $5 billion grant program for counselors, social workers, school psychologists and other personnel.

Pressley renewed the same policy in a later congressional term, showing continued concrete legislative action on the promise.

delivered later_term A for effort

As Republicans Attack Public Education, Pressley Reintroduces Bills to Invest in Safe, Nurturing Learning Environments for All Students - Ayanna Pressley
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The 119th Congress bill text says Ms. Pressley introduced a bill to divert federal funding away from police in schools. Section 5 bars federal funds from being used for hiring, maintaining, or training covered law enforcement officers, and Section 6 authorizes grants to replace school law enforcement with mental health and trauma-informed services.

The 2025 bill text confirms the reintroduced bill retained the core promise: no federal school-police funding and replacement investments in non-police safety supports.

delivered later_term A for effort

PRESMA_004_xml-CNC-Act.pdf
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