Establishing the school resource officer grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions

This bill establishes the school resource officer grant program within the department of education to provide grants to school districts to offset the costs associated with employing, or retaining the services of, one school resource officer, as defined under federal law, for each high school within the school district. The bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules to administer the grant program, including rules relating to grant application materials, eligibility requirements, and award criteria. The state board is responsible for approving or rejecting applications submitted by school districts under the grant program. The bill establishes a school resource officer grant program fund in the state treasury and, beginning July 1, 2025, appropriates from the general fund of the state to the school resource officer grant program fund the amount necessary to provide grants to all school districts that submitted an application under the grant program that was approved by the state board of education. The bill allows the state board of education to adopt emergency rules to administer the grant program. The bill takes effect upon enactment.