Bill Text: IL HB1466 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-09 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver [HB1466 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1466-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning schools.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10.22 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 705/10.22) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10.22. School resource officers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.68 of the School | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Code. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) The school resource officer course shall be developed | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | within one year after January 1, 2019 (the effective date of | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Public Act 100-984) and shall be created in consultation with | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | areas of youth and adolescent developmental issues, | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | educational administrative issues, prevention of child abuse | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | and exploitation, youth mental health treatment, and juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | advocacy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (c) The Board shall develop a process allowing law | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | enforcement agencies to request a waiver of this training | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | requirement for any specific individual assigned as a school | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | resource officer. Applications for these waivers may be | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | submitted by a local law enforcement agency chief |
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1 | administrator for any officer whose prior training and | ||||||
2 | experience may qualify for a waiver of the training | ||||||
3 | requirement of this subsection (c). The Board may issue a | ||||||
4 | waiver at its discretion, based solely on the prior training | ||||||
5 | and experience of an officer. | ||||||
6 | (d) Upon completion, the employing agency shall be issued | ||||||
7 | a certificate attesting to a specific officer's completion of | ||||||
8 | the school resource officer training. Additionally, a letter | ||||||
9 | of approval shall be issued to the employing agency for any | ||||||
10 | officer who is approved for a training waiver under this | ||||||
11 | subsection (d). | ||||||
12 | (e) The Board may offer the school resource officer course | ||||||
13 | developed under this Section to a qualified retired law | ||||||
14 | enforcement officer, as that term is defined under the federal | ||||||
15 | Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, for the purpose | ||||||
16 | of employment at a school or school district and may issue a | ||||||
17 | certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course | ||||||
18 | in the same manner as provided under this Section for any other | ||||||
19 | officer.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; | ||||||
21 | 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)
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22 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing | ||||||
23 | Section 10-20.68 as follows:
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24 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.68) |
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1 | Sec. 10-20.68. School resource officer. | ||||||
2 | (a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means a law | ||||||
3 | enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a | ||||||
4 | school or school district under an agreement with a local law | ||||||
5 | enforcement agency. | ||||||
6 | (b) Beginning January 1, 2021, any law enforcement agency | ||||||
7 | that provides a school resource officer under this Section | ||||||
8 | shall provide to the school district a certificate of | ||||||
9 | completion, or approved waiver, issued by the Illinois Law | ||||||
10 | Enforcement Training Standards Board under Section 10.22 of | ||||||
11 | the Illinois Police Training Act indicating that the subject | ||||||
12 | officer has completed the requisite course of instruction in | ||||||
13 | the applicable subject areas within one year of assignment, or | ||||||
14 | has prior experience and training which satisfies this | ||||||
15 | requirement. | ||||||
16 | (c) In an effort to defray the related costs, any law | ||||||
17 | enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer | ||||||
18 | should apply for grant funding through the federal Community | ||||||
19 | Oriented Policing Services grant program.
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20 | (d) Beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district | ||||||
21 | may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as | ||||||
22 | that term is defined under the federal Law Enforcement | ||||||
23 | Officers Safety Act of 2004, who obtains a certificate of | ||||||
24 | completion or approved waiver under Section 10.22 of the | ||||||
25 | Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a | ||||||
26 | school resource officer. |
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1 | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school | ||||||
2 | resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of | ||||||
3 | the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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