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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10.22 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 705/10.22) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10.22. School resource officers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.68 10-20.67 of | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the School Code. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) The school resource officer course shall be developed | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | within one year after January 1, 2019 ( the effective date of | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Public Act 100-984) this amendatory Act of the 100th General | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Assembly and shall be created in consultation with | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | areas of youth and adolescent developmental issues, | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | educational administrative issues, prevention of child abuse | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | and exploitation, youth mental health treatment, and juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | advocacy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (c) The Board shall develop a process allowing law | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | enforcement agencies to request a waiver of this training | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | requirement for any specific individual assigned as a school | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | resource officer. Applications for these waivers may be |
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1 | submitted by a local law enforcement agency chief administrator | ||||||
2 | for any officer whose prior training and experience may qualify | ||||||
3 | for a waiver of the training requirement of this subsection | ||||||
4 | (c). The Board may issue a waiver at its discretion, based | ||||||
5 | solely on the prior training and experience of an officer. | ||||||
6 | (d) Upon completion, the employing agency shall be issued a | ||||||
7 | certificate attesting to a specific officer's completion of the | ||||||
8 | school resource officer training. Additionally, a letter of | ||||||
9 | approval shall be issued to the employing agency for any | ||||||
10 | officer who is approved for a training waiver under this | ||||||
11 | subsection (d).
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12 | (e) The Board may offer the school resource officer course | ||||||
13 | developed under this Section to a qualified retired law | ||||||
14 | enforcement officer, as defined under the federal Law | ||||||
15 | Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, for the purpose of | ||||||
16 | employment at a school or school district and may issue, for | ||||||
17 | such purpose, a certificate or waiver in the same manner as | ||||||
18 | provided under this Section for any other officer. | ||||||
19 | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | ||||||
20 | contrary, nothing in this Section prohibits a school resource | ||||||
21 | officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from | ||||||
22 | carrying a firearm. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-22-18.)
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24 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by renumbering and | ||||||
25 | changing Section 10-20.67, as added by Public Act 100-984, as |
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1 | follows:
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2 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.68) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 10-20.68 10-20.67 . School resource officer. | ||||||
4 | (a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means a law | ||||||
5 | enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a school | ||||||
6 | or school district under an agreement with a local law | ||||||
7 | enforcement agency. | ||||||
8 | (b) Beginning January 1, 2021, any law enforcement agency | ||||||
9 | that provides a school resource officer under this Section | ||||||
10 | shall provide to the school district a certificate of | ||||||
11 | completion, or approved waiver, issued by the Illinois Law | ||||||
12 | Enforcement Training Standards Board under Section 10.22 of the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Police Training Act indicating that the subject | ||||||
14 | officer has completed the requisite course of instruction in | ||||||
15 | the applicable subject areas within one year of assignment, or | ||||||
16 | has prior experience and training which satisfies this | ||||||
17 | requirement. | ||||||
18 | (c) In an effort to defray the related costs, any law | ||||||
19 | enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer | ||||||
20 | should apply for grant funding through the federal Community | ||||||
21 | Oriented Policing Services grant program.
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22 | (d) Beginning January 1, 2021, a school or school district | ||||||
23 | may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as | ||||||
24 | defined under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act | ||||||
25 | of 2004, who obtains a certificate of completion or approved |
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1 | waiver under Section 10.22 of the Illinois Police Training Act | ||||||
2 | to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. | ||||||
3 | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | ||||||
4 | contrary, nothing in this Section prohibits a school resource | ||||||
5 | officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from | ||||||
6 | carrying a firearm. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-22-18.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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