An Act relative to safer schools

This bill amends Massachusetts law to define the specific roles of school resource officers and limit their involvement in student discipline. It explicitly prohibits these officers from acting as disciplinarians, enforcing school rules, or replacing mental health professionals, restricting their police powers to serious criminal or delinquent conduct that poses substantial harm. Additionally, the legislation requires school superintendents to publicly report detailed data on officer costs, proposed mental health budgets, and specific interactions with students, such as arrests and searches, to ensure transparency. Failure to provide this data could prevent the state from approving the assignment of new school resource officers to a district.