2021 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 campus 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 -- School resource officer to be armed with firearm -- 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 campus 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 -- School
resource officer to be armed with firearm -- 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, administrators of statecontrolled facilities, and local and state law enforcement agencies shall cooperate to
assign one (1) or more certified school resource officers to serve each campus
where one (1) or more school buildings are used to deliver instruction to students on
a continuous basis 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.
In accordance with KRS 61.926, 527.020, and 527.070, as applicable, each school
resource officer shall be armed with a firearm, notwithstanding any provision of
local board policy, local school council policy, or memorandum of agreement.
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.
(7) Effective January 1, 2020, all school resource officers with active school resource
officer certification status shall successfully complete forty (40) hours of annual inservice training that has been certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law
Enforcement Council for school resource officers.
(8) 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.
(9) 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 serve in the capacity of a school resource officer in a school.
(10) 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.
(11) 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 may resume service in the
capacity of a school resource officer in a school setting upon successful completion
of the training deficiency.
(12) 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: February 21, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 3, effective February 21, 2020. -- Created
2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 6, effective March 11, 2019.
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