School boards; local law-enforcement agencies, memorandums of understanding.
Summary
Requires the school board in each school division in which the local law-enforcement agency employs school resource officers to enter into a memorandum of understanding with such local law-enforcement agency that sets forth the respective roles and responsibilities of the school board and the law-enforcement agency and the roles and responsibilities of such school resource officers. The bill requires each such school board and local law-enforcement agency to (i) review the memorandum of understanding every two years or at any time upon the request of either party with the possibility to revise such memorandum at any time as agreed by the parties, and (ii) ensure that all relevant personnel employed by either party are informed of and review the provisions of the memorandum of understanding, including any revisions to the memorandum of understanding. The bill also requires the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety to develop a model memorandum of understanding that may be used by local school boards and local law-enforcement agencies to satisfy the new requirements put forth in the bill.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 5, 2019
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3
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Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104117D
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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