HB 527 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0788
04/08
HOUSE BILL 527
AN ACT establishing guidelines for school districts relative to the use of school resource officers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gile, Merr 27; Rep. Shaw, Hills 16
This bill requires the state board of education to establish guidelines for school districts employing a school resource officer.
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15-0788
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT establishing guidelines for school districts relative to the use of school resource officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; State Board of Education; School Resource Officers. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVI the following new paragraph:
XXXVII. School Resource Officers. Require each school district in the state to develop and implement a policy governing the use of a school resource officer (SRO). A school district policy shall include, at a minimum:
(a) A requirement for a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the school district and the law enforcement agency from which the SRO is deployed. The MOU shall include, at a minimum, the mission of the SRO program, guidelines on distinguishing between disciplinary misconduct to be handled by the school district and criminal offenses to be handled by the SRO and law enforcement, the division of authority between school officials and SROs in emergency and non-emergency situations, a plan for supervising the SRO’s performance, a process for filing complaints by students, parents, teachers, and other school officials resulting from misconduct by the SRO, the type and extent to which information may be shared between the school district and the law enforcement agency, guidelines for the SRO’s conduct regarding student searches and seizures, interviewing or questioning a student, arrest of a student, reading Miranda rights to students in certain circumstances, and the SRO’s use of physical force or restraints on a student.
(b) A requirement that a copy of the signed MOU shall be submitted to the commissioner of the department of education.
(c) A requirement that any SRO deployed in a school in this state receive at least 40 hours of pre-deployment training and an additional 10 hours of on-the-job training on the issues of child and adolescent development, and psychology, positive behavioral interventions and supports, conflict resolution, peer mediation and other restorative justice techniques, children with disabilities or other special needs, and cultural competency.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.