Relates to budgets of boards of cooperative educational services.
Prohibits the use of hands-free mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold learner's permits or class DJ or class MJ licenses.
Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed; enacts "Suzanne's Law".
Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools and to implement a plan to increase the school counselor, school social worker and school psychologist to student ratio to nationally accepted standards and provide funding for such.
Establishes active shooter drills in public and private educational institutions.
Relates to providing for security hardware and software safety technology; defines technology equipment; relates to providing aid for computer software purchases; and relates to providing building aid for security hardware and software safety technology.
Authorizes a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and establishes the guardians for schools fund.
Relates to action on security upgrades recommended by school safety improvement teams and to financing of such recommended upgrades.
Establishes the school mental health services program coordinator to provide qualifying public and nonpublic schools with mental health services professionals.
Relates to approvals, modifications and rejections of smart school investment plans by the smart schools review board; requires the board to meet on a monthly basis; provide notification of rejections or modifications within seven days; and make payments within thirty days of approval.
