Bill Text: VA SB221 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: School boards and local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding, frequency of review.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171) [SB221 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB221-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-280.2:3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-280.2:3. School boards; local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding.
The school board in each school division in which the local
law-enforcement agency employs school resource officers, as defined in §
9.1-101, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with such local
law-enforcement agency that sets forth the powers and duties of such school
resource officers. The provisions of such memorandum of understanding shall be
based on the model memorandum of understanding developed by the Virginia Center
for School and Campus Safety pursuant to subdivision A 12 of §9.1-184, which
may be modified by the parties in accordance with their particular needs. Each
such school board and local law-enforcement agency shall review and amend or
affirm such memorandum at least once every
five two
years or at any time upon the request of either party.
Each school board shall ensure the current division memorandum of
understanding is conspicuously
published on the division website and provide notice and opportunity for public
input and discussion during each memorandum of understanding review period.
