Bill Text - HB527 (2016)

(New Title) requiring school districts employing school resource officers to adopt a written agreement.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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HB 527 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2015 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL\t\t527

 

AN ACT\trequiring school districts employing school resource officers to adopt a written agreement.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Gile, Merr 27; Rep. Shaw, Hills 16

 

COMMITTEE:\tEducation

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill requires school districts employing a school resource officer to adopt a written agreement.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

 

AN ACT\trequiring school districts employing school resource officers to adopt a written agreement.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t1  New Paragraph; State Board of Education; School Resource Officers.  Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVI the following new paragraph:

\t\tXXXVII.  School Resource Officers.  Require each school district in the state to which a school resource officer (SRO) is assigned to develop and implement a policy governing the use of a SRO.  A school district policy shall include, at a minimum, a requirement for a signed memorandum of understanding between the school district and the law enforcement agency from which the SRO is deployed.

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.