Advisory Board Serving Office of School Safety

The advisory board's role was broadened to make policy recommendations for the entire Office of School Safety instead of limited areas.

Multiple specific committee member appointment requirements were deleted, including members representing the Department of Public Health and Environment, Department of Law, and various professional expertise categories.

The document was updated to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process with new reading dates and statuses for both House and Senate.

The advisory board's mandate was broadened to cover the entire Office of School Safety rather than just the school safety resource center.

Added a new board member requirement for representation of the Behavioral Health Administration, appointed by the Behavioral Health Administration Commissioner.

Added a new board member requirement for an individual with professional expertise in school security, appointed by the executive director.

Added a new definition for 'first responder' to include school administrators and teachers who respond to emergencies in school buildings.

Added a new definition for 'office' to clarify it refers to the Office of School Safety created under section 24-33.5-2702.

Updated the definition of 'Advisory board' to reference section 24-33.5-1804 instead of 24-33.5-1803, clarifying its creation within the Office of School Safety.

Corrected member appointment language throughout the bill, replacing inconsistent terms like 'shall MUST' with 'shall' to standardize legal requirements for board composition.

Added specific section references (e.g., 26-1-105, C.R.S.) for the behavioral health unit representation requirement, clarifying which departmental unit must be represented.

Corrected typographical errors and formatting inconsistencies in member descriptions, such as fixing 'ccntci' to 'center' and 'shaft' to 'shall'.

Added new definitions for 'first responder' (including teachers and school administrators) and clarified that 'school' includes institutions of higher education.

Added new advisory board members representing behavioral health, public health, and law enforcement to broaden the board's expertise.

Changed the advisory board's purpose from recommending policies for the resource center to recommending policies for the entire Office of School Safety.

Added provisions allowing additional advisory board members to be added as necessary with executive director approval and board majority vote.

Updated appointment deadlines from a specific 2008 date to ongoing annual appointments before term expiration.

Added four new co-sponsors (Clifford, Duran, Garcia Sander, McCluskie, Phillips, Ricks, Stewart) to the House sponsorship list, increasing bipartisan or coalition support for the bill.

Added a new advisory board member requirement for the Behavioral Health Administration, appointed by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health Administration.

Removed advisory board member positions for human services, public health and environment, Colorado department of law, and school security expertise.

Changed the advisory board composition requirements, reducing the total number of required member positions.