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Authorizing the use of revenues from the district management levy for the employment of school resource officers and including applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 educationSchool safety
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School districts can now use money from their district management levy to pay for school resource officers. These officers are sworn law enforcement professionals who work with schools to prevent crime, teach safety, and help solve problems like gangs or drugs. This change allows schools to use specific tax funds to hire officers who focus on keeping students and school grounds safe.1
Read the official explanation
This bill authorizes the use of revenues from the district management levy for the employment of school resource officers. Under current law, the board of directors of a school district may certify for levy a tax on all taxable property in the school district for a district management levy. The bill authorizes revenues from the district management levy to be expended to pay the costs of employing a school resource officer. The bill defines “school resource officer” to mean a career law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community-oriented policing, and assigned by the employing police department or agency to work in collaboration with schools and community-based organizations to address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or around an elementary or secondary school; to develop or expand crime prevention efforts for students; to educate likely school-age victims in crime prevention and safety; to develop or expand community justice initiatives for students; to train students in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and crime awareness; to assist in the identification of physical changes in the environment that may reduce crime in or around the school; and to assist in developing school policy that addresses crime and to recommend procedural changes. The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2023.
House subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022. On January 25, 2022 it recommended indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
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