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| Public Act 100-0984 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 10.22 as follows: | ||||
(50 ILCS 705/10.22 new) | ||||
Sec. 10.22. School resource officers. | ||||
(a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school | ||||
resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.67 of the School | ||||
Code. | ||||
(b) The school resource officer course shall be developed | ||||
within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||
of the 100th General Assembly 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 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 for any | ||
officer who is approved for a training waiver under this | ||
subsection (d).
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Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||
10-20.67 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new) | ||
Sec. 10-20.67. School resource officer. | ||
(a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means a law | ||
enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a school | ||
or school district under an agreement with a local law | ||
enforcement agency. | ||
(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. | ||