Bill Text: CT HB05318 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning School Resource Officers.
Spectrum:
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - File Number 651 [HB05318 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05318-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5318 | ||
February Session, 2010 |
LCO No. 1417 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Education |
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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 Police Officer Standards and Training Council, in consultation with the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Education, 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. As used in this subsection, "school resource officer" means a sworn member of a local police department or the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety who has been assigned to a school in accordance with an agreement between the chief of the appropriate law enforcement agency or the Commissioner of Public Safety and the local or regional board of education.
(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: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2010 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To develop a plan for a school resource officer training course.
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