Bill Text: IL HB4776 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning school safety and security grants, allows a law enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer to a public school to be awarded a grant (to be used exclusively to defray the costs related to providing a school resource officer to a school located within a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school district). Allows grant funds to be used to defray the costs associated with hiring a school resource officer, with the State Board of Education prioritizing estimated law enforcement response time in awarding grant funds for such a purpose. Requires the State Board to annually disseminate a request for grant applications, requires grant funds to be distributed annually, and permits the State Board to adopt rules. In a provision concerning school resource officers, changes how "school resource officer" is defined. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4776 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4776-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4776 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.180
105 ILCS 5/10-20.68
Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning school safety and security grants, allows a law enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer to a public school to be awarded a grant (to be used exclusively to defray the costs related to providing a school resource officer to a school located within a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school district). Allows grant funds to be used to defray the costs associated with hiring a school resource officer, with the State Board of Education prioritizing estimated law enforcement response time in awarding grant funds for such a purpose. Requires the State Board to annually disseminate a request for grant applications, requires grant funds to be distributed annually, and permits the State Board to adopt rules. In a provision concerning school resource officers, changes how "school resource officer" is defined. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by renumbering and
changing Section 2-3.176, as added by Public Act 101-413, and
by changing Section 10-20.68 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.180)
Sec. 2-3.180 2-3.176. School safety and security grants.
(a) In this Section, "school resource officer" has the
meaning given to that term under Section 10-20.68.
(b) Subject to appropriation or private donations, the
State Board of Education shall award grants to school districts
to support school safety and security and to law enforcement
agencies that provide school resource officers to public
schools. Grant funds may be used for school security
improvements, including professional development,
safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment,
including metal detectors and x-ray machines, and facilities,
including school-based health centers, and to defray the costs
associated with hiring a school resource officer. However,
grant funds received by a law enforcement agency under this
Section must be used exclusively to defray the costs related to
providing a school resource officer to a school located within

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a school district designated as Tier 1 or Tier 2 under Section
18-8.15.
(c) The State Board must prioritize the distribution of
grants under this Section to school districts designated as
Tier 1 or Tier 2 under Section 18-8.15.
In awarding grant funds to defray the costs associated with
hiring a school resource officer, the State Board must
prioritize estimated law enforcement response time.
(d) The State Board shall annually disseminate a request
for grant applications under this Section, and grant funds
shall be distributed annually.
(e) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary to
implement this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-413, eff. 1-1-20; revised 10-21-19.)
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.68)
Sec. 10-20.68. 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. "School resource officer" also includes a
retired law enforcement officer associated with a local law
enforcement agency for the purpose of serving as a school
resource officer.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2021, any law enforcement agency
that provides a school resource officer under this Section

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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.
(Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.