Bill Text: MS HB1045 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School Safety; authorize all districts to develop security plan in addition to participating in MCOPS Grant Program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB1045 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1045-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representatives Carpenter, Arnold, Boyd, Formby, Hopkins, Roberson, Staples
House Bill 1045
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-82.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL BOARD OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES IN SCHOOLS (MCOPS) GRANT PROGRAM, TO DEVELOP ITS OWN SECURITY PLAN IN ADDITION TO APPLYING FOR GRANTS UNDER THE MCOPS PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-3-82.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-3-82.1. * * * The
local school board of * * *
any school district may develop a plan for the security of its students,
faculty and administration, which must be approved by the State Board of
Education and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety prior to its
implementation. * * *
A local school board developing its own security plan as authorized
under this section may still apply for grants under the MCOPS program for
training of security personnel employed by the school district.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
