Virginia House Bill 897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-29 - Incorporated by Education
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

School resource officers; memorandums of understanding. The bill requires that the required memorandum of understanding entered into by a local school board and local law-enforcement agency be consistent with the model memorandum of understanding developed by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety. The bill requires that the model memorandum contain provisions that prohibit school resource officers from (i) conducting a search of a student's person or property while on school property unless such resource officer has probable cause to conduct such a search and either has a judicial warrant authorizing the search or has identified exigent circumstances necessitating a warrantless search; (ii) participating in any request for assistance from a federal agency without a subpoena or warrant; (iii) inquiring as to whether a student was born in a country other than the United States or is a citizen of a country other than the United States, unless such inquiry is in connection with an kidnapping or extortion investigation; and (iv) absent exigent circumstances, questioning any student without prior notification to the parent or guardian of such student's right to refuse to be questioned or searched. The bill also provides that the model memorandum of understanding shall contain provisions regarding the use of translators or appropriate guardians to assist students in responding to questions from a school resource officer. The bill requires each such school board and local law-enforcement agency to review the memorandum of understanding every four years or at any time upon request of either party. The bill provides that such memorandum shall be made available for public review and comment at least 30 days prior to its adoption. The bill also redefines "school resource officer" to specifically prohibit a school resource officer from investigating or enforcing violations of school board policies, including student conduct codes.

School resource officers; memorandums of understanding.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-29	House	Incorporated by Education
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB292-VanValkenburg) by voice vote
2020-01-13	House	Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101943D

HB292 (Similar To) 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	280.2:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	184	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB897
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB897+hil