2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 158 - Conduct of schools -- special programs 158.4414 Cooperation of school personnel with local and state law enforcement agencies in efforts to assign certified school resource officers to each school as funds and personnel become available -- Memorandum of understanding between local boards of education and law enforcement agencies or the Kentucky State Police -- Policies and procedures stating the purpose of the school resource officer program and defining roles and expectations -- Promulgation of administrative regulations establishing levels of training for certification of school resource officers -- Course curriculum, specifications for training requirements, and consequences for deficiencies in required training -- Officers to regain certification status upon completion of training deficiency -- Local school district superintendents to report annually to the Center for School Safety upon the number and placement of school resource officers in the district, source of funding, and methods of employment for each position.
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158.4414
Cooperation of school personnel with local and state law
enforcement agencies in efforts to assign certified school resource
officers to each school as funds and personnel become available -Memorandum of understanding between local boards of education and
law enforcement agencies or the Kentucky State Police -- Policies and
procedures stating the purpose of the school resource officer program
and defining roles and expectations -- Promulgation of administrative
regulations establishing levels of training for certification of school
resource officers -- Course curriculum, specifications for training
requirements, and consequences for deficiencies in required training -Officers to regain certification status upon completion of training
deficiency -- Local school district superintendents to report annually to
the Center for School Safety upon the number and placement of school
resource officers in the district, source of funding, and methods of
employment for each position.
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Local boards of education, school district superintendents, and local and state
law enforcement agencies shall cooperate to assign one (1) or more certified
school resource officers to each school within a school district as funds and
qualified personnel become available.
Local boards of education utilizing a school resource officer employed by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Kentucky State Police shall enter
into a memorandum of understanding with the law enforcement agency or the
Department of Kentucky State Police that specifically states the purpose of the
school resource officer program and clearly defines the roles and expectations
of each party involved in the program. The memorandum shall provide that the
school resource officer shall not be responsible for school discipline matters
that are the responsibility of school administrators or school employees.
Local boards of education utilizing a school resource officer employed directly
by the local board of education shall adopt policies and procedures that
specifically state the purpose of the school resource officer program and clearly
define the roles and expectations of school resource officers and other school
employees.
On or before January 1, 2020, the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, in
collaboration with the Center for School Safety, shall promulgate administrative
regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish three (3) levels of
training for certification of school resource officers first employed as a school
resource officer on or after March 11, 2019: School Resource Officer Training I
(SRO I), School Resource Officer Training II (SRO II), and School Resource
Officer Training III (SRO III). Each level shall consist of forty (40) hours of
training, with SRO I to be completed within one (1) year of the date of the
officer's employment and SRO II and SRO III within the subsequent two (2)
years.
Course curriculum for school resource officers employed on or after March 11,
2019, shall include but not be limited to:
(a) Foundations of school-based law enforcement;
(b) Threat assessment and response;
(c) Youth drug use and abuse;
(d) Social media and cyber security;
(e) School resource officers as teachers and mentors;
(f) Youth mental health awareness;
(g) Diversity and bias awareness training;
(h) Trauma-informed action;
(i) Understanding students with special needs; and
(j) De-escalation strategies.
(6) Effective January 1, 2020, all school resource officers with active certification
status shall successfully complete forty (40) hours of annual in-service training
that has been certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement
Council for school resource officers.
(7) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of an officer that
prevent the officer from completing the in-service training within one (1) year,
the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training or a designee
may grant the officer an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty
(180) days, in which to complete the training.
(8) Any school resource officer who fails to successfully complete training
requirements within the specified time periods, including any approved time
extensions, shall lose his or her school resource officer certification and shall
no longer work in a school.
(9) When a school resource officer is deficient in required training, the
commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training or his or her
designee shall notify the council, which shall notify the officer and the officer's
employing agency.
(10) A school resource officer who has lost school resource officer certification due
solely to the officer's failure to meet the training requirements of this section
may regain certification status as a school resource officer and return to a
school setting upon successful completion of the training deficiency.
(11) No later than November 1 of each year, the local school district superintendent
shall report to the Center for School Safety the number and placement of
school resource officers in the district. The report shall include the source of
funding and method of employment for each position.
Effective:March 11, 2019
History: Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 6, effective March 11, 2019.
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