Bill Text: MI SB0982 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Law enforcement; state police; office of school safety; create, and provide oversight to the department of state police. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - Assigned Pa 0435'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0982 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0982-Chaptered.html
Act No. 435
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
December 20, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 21, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 21, 2019
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Senator Nofs
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 982
AN ACT to create the office of school safety and prescribe its powers and duties; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state entities.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) The office of school safety is created within the department of state police.
(2) The director of the department of state police shall appoint the director of the office of school safety in accordance with civil service procedures.
Sec. 3. (1) The office of school safety shall do all of the following:
(a) In conjunction with the department of education, create model practices for school safety, including, but not limited to, engaging with local law enforcement agencies to assess school buildings for which emergency operation plans are being developed.
(b) Develop and offer training to school staff on school safety. The office of school safety may contract with another party to develop and offer the training required under this subdivision.
(c) In conjunction with the department of education, seek and apply for federal funds relating to school safety and reducing violence and disruption in schools, including, but not limited to, federal funding for alternative schools or programs described in section 1280a of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1280a.
(d) Create and administer a grant program to disburse competitive school safety grants as appropriated by the legislature to public schools, nonpublic schools, school districts, and intermediate school districts to improve the safety and security of school buildings, students, and staff.
(2) Subject to appropriation, the department of state police shall provide the office of school safety with the staff and resources necessary for the office to comply with this act.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
