Emanuel Chris Welch
- Democratic
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education is, subject to appropriation, authorized to award competitive grants under a Safe Schools and Healthy Learning Environments Program. Provides that under the program, selected school districts must reallocate funding for school-based law enforcement personnel in some or all of their schools to other evidence-based and promising practices designed to promote school safety and healthy learning environments, including, but not limited to, restorative justice programs; increased use of school psychologists, social workers, and other mental and behavioral health specialists; drug and alcohol treatment services; wraparound services for youth; and training for school staff on conflict resolution techniques and other disciplinary alternatives. Provides that the program shall match the amount that is reallocated from school-based law enforcement personnel to alternative methods of addressing student behavior on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Prohibits grant funds from being used to increase the use of school-based security personnel. Provides for an annual report to update progress on the Program. Prohibits arrest or being otherwise cited for a criminal offense committed during school hours while on school grounds, in school vehicles, or at school activities or sanctioned events except in certain circumstances. Effective August 1, 2016.
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 22, 2016
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
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