1| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION |
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2| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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3| 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) |
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4|ENGROSSED SENATE |
|BILL NO. 1521 By: Pemberton and Stephens of |
5| the Senate |
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7| Lowe (Dick) of the House |
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9| An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1, |
| Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section |
10| 5-148.1), which relates to the School Resource |
| Officer Program; directing certain school districts |
11| to give first priority to hiring certain law |
| enforcement officers; allowing certain school |
12| districts to employ or contract with certain officers |
| or security guards under certain circumstances; |
13| directing certain law enforcement agency to provide |
| certain individual a radio system to be used in |
14| performance of certain duties; allowing use of |
| certain fund for certain purpose; updating statutory |
15| reference; providing an effective date; and declaring |
| an emergency. |
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18|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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19| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 281, O.S.L. |
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20|2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 5-148.1), is amended to read as |
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21|follows: |
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22| Section 5-148.1. A. The State Department of Education shall |
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23|establish and maintain a three-year pilot program known as the |
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24|School Resource Officer Program. |
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1| B. School resource officers employed or contracted by school |
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2|districts participating in the School Resource Officer Program shall |
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3|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| C. For purposes of this section, "school resource officer"means 1. A school district participating in the School Resource |
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9|Officer Program shall give first priority to employing or |
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10|contracting with a law enforcement officer with sworn authority and |
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11|training in school-based law enforcement and crisis response who is |
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12|assigned by an employing law enforcement agency to work |
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13|collaboratively with one or more schools using community-oriented |
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14|policing concepts. |
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15| 2. If a law enforcement officer described in paragraph 1 of |
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16|this subsection is unavailable, a participating school district may |
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17|employ or contract with a retired law enforcement officer or a |
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18|security guard who is licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Security |
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19|Guard and Private Investigator Act. The law enforcement agency that |
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20|serves the area in which a school district is located shall provide |
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21|an individual employed or contracted, pursuant to this paragraph, |
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22|with a police band radio system which may be used by the individual |
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23|in the performance of his or her duties. A school district may use |
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24|funds from the School Security Revolving Fund created pursuant to |
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1|Section 5-148.2 of this title to cover the cost of the radio system. |
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2| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. |
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3| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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4|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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5|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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6|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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8|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dated 04/09/2024 - DO PASS. |
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