Bill Text: CT HB05318 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning School Resource Officers.
Spectrum:
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - File Number 651 [HB05318 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05318-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2010) (a) On or before January 1, 2011, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Department of Children and Families, the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department and the Connecticut School Resource Officer Association, shall develop a plan for a school resource officer training course that includes, but is not limited to, (1) the role and responsibility of school resource officers, (2) relevant state and federal laws, (3) security awareness in the school environment, (4) counseling, mediation and conflict resolution, (5) disaster and emergency response, (6) deescalation of student behavior, including, but not limited to, students with behavioral health and special education needs, (7) child and adolescent psychology and development, (8) cultural competence, and (9) gender-responsive strategies. The plan shall include a cost estimate and timetable for development and implementation of such course and the requirement for successful completion of such course by school resource officers.
(b) On or before January 1, 2011, the Department of Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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