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2|ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 101 By: Pemberton, Garvin, Weaver, |
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| Lowe (Dick) and Maynard of |
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7| An Act relating to school security; making |
| appropriation to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency |
8| Management for certain purpose; directing certain |
| percentage of funds to be used for certain purposes; |
9| amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 51.2b, as amended by |
| Section 5, Chapter 302, O.S.L. 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. |
10| 2022, Section 51.2b), which relates to the Oklahoma |
| School Security Grant Program Act; providing |
11| eligibility criteria for grant awards; directing |
| annual report to include certain information; |
12| providing for noncodification; providing an effective |
| date; and declaring an emergency. |
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15|AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthors: Dollens, Wallace, |
| McDugle, Hasenbeck, Baker, Fugate, Provenzano, and Boles |
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17|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill |
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19| "An Act relating to school security; creating the |
| School Resource Officer Grant Program; directing |
20| State Department of Education to administer program; |
| providing for program purpose; establishing program |
21| qualifications; providing duties for program school |
| resource officers; requiring completion of certain |
22| law enforcement training; defining term; providing |
| for codification; providing an effective date; and |
23| declaring an emergency. |
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1|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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2| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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3|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-148.2 of Title 70, unless |
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4|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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5| A. The State Department of Education shall establish and |
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6|maintain the School Resource Officer Grant Program. |
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7| B. The purpose of the School Resource Officer Grant Program |
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8|shall be to improve school safety and enhance campus security by |
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9|providing startup grants for school resource officer programs at |
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10|public and private schools in rural or underserved areas. |
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11| C. To qualify for an award from the program, a public school |
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12|district shall agree to: |
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13| 1. Employ a school resource officer or enter into a contract or |
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14|memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency for |
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15|the services of a school resource officer; and |
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16| 2. Provide fifty percent (50%) matching funds, which may be |
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17|provided in partnership with a local law enforcement agency. |
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18| D. Duties of a school resource officer employed or contracted |
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19|by school districts participating in the School Resource Officer |
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20|Grant Program shall include but shall not be limited to assisting |
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21|school administration in ensuring the physical safety of school |
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22|buildings and the individuals in the school buildings and shall not |
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23|include student discipline issues that administration personnel are |
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1| E. School resource officers employed or contracted by school |
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2|districts participating in the School Resource Officer Grant Program |
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3|shall successfully complete law enforcement active shooter emergency |
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4|response training given by the Council on Law Enforcement Education |
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5|and Training (CLEET) and approved by the Oklahoma Department of |
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6|Public Safety. |
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7| F. For purposes of this section, "school resource officer" |
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8|means a law enforcement officer with sworn authority and training in |
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9|school-based law enforcement and crisis response who is assigned by |
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10|an employing law enforcement agency to work collaboratively with one |
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11|or more schools using community-oriented policing concepts. |
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12| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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13| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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14|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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15|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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16|be in full force from and after its passage and approval." |
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17| Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of April, 2023. |
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20| Presiding Officer of the House of |
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22| Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. |
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