HB1346ham001 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jed Davis

Filed: 3/12/2025

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1346

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1346 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by changing Section 10.22 as follows:

(50 ILCS 705/10.22)

Sec. 10.22. School resource officers.

(a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.68 of the School Code.

(b) The school resource officer course shall be developed within one year after January 1, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-984) and shall be created in consultation with organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the areas of youth and adolescent developmental issues, educational administrative issues, prevention of child abuse and exploitation, youth mental health treatment, and juvenile advocacy.

(c) The Board shall develop a process allowing law enforcement agencies to request a waiver of this training requirement for any specific individual assigned as a school resource officer. Applications for these waivers may be submitted by a local law enforcement agency chief administrator for any officer whose prior training and experience may qualify for a waiver of the training requirement of this subsection (c). The Board may issue a waiver at its discretion, based solely on the prior training and experience of an officer.

(d) Upon completion, the employing agency or school district shall be issued a certificate attesting to a specific officer's completion of the school resource officer training. Additionally, a letter of approval shall be issued to the employing agency or school district for any officer who is approved for a training waiver under this subsection (d).

(e) The Board shall develop a process allowing inactive law enforcement officers in good standing to participate in the course for school resource officers and to be issued certificates of completion pursuant to subsection (d). The Board may develop any rules necessary to fulfill the requirements set forth in this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)

Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.06 and by changing Section 10-20.68 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.06 new)

Sec. 2-3.06. School Resource Officer Grant Program. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish the School Resource Officer Grant Program to fund salaries and any other costs associated with the hiring of an active or inactive law enforcement officer as a school resource officer. Eligible entities are schools or school districts that have hired an active or inactive law enforcement officer as a school resource officer. The State Board of Education may adopt rules as needed for the Program's implementation and the distribution of grants under this Section.

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.68)

Sec. 10-20.68. School resource officer.

(a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means an active a law enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a school or school district under an agreement with a local law enforcement agency or an inactive law enforcement officer who has been hired by a school district and who has received a certificate of completion or approved waiver issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board under Section 10.22 of the Illinois Police Training Act and is able to be hired by the school district.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2021, any law enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer under this Section shall provide to the school district a certificate of completion, or approved waiver, issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board under Section 10.22 of the Illinois Police Training Act indicating that the subject officer has completed the requisite course of instruction in the applicable subject areas within one year of assignment, or has prior experience and training which satisfies this requirement.

(c) In an effort to defray the related costs, any law enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer should apply for grant funding through the federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant program.

(d) Any school or school district that hires an active or inactive law enforcement officer as a school resource officer shall be reimbursed for salary and additional costs through the School Resource Officer Grant Program established by the State Board of Education.

(Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)".