HB 1419

Abstract

School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to SB 171. 

School resource officers and school securityofficers; training standards. Requires school resource officersand school security officers to receive training specific to therole and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working withstudents in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevantstate and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues;(iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediationand conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversityand implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities,mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumaticexperiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research.