INCREASE FUNDING FOR SRO GRANT.

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2017-2018 Session

House Bill 941 (Public) Filed Wednesday, May 16, 2018

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL SAFETY.

Intro. by J. Bell, Lewis, Torbett.

Status: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations (House Action) (May 17 2018)

Bill History:

Wed, 16 May 2018 House: Filed
Thu, 17 May 2018 House: Passed 1st Reading
Thu, 17 May 2018 House: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations

H 941

Bill Summaries:

Bill H 941 (2017-2018)

Summary date: May 16 2018 - View Summary

Appropriates $1.8 million in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2018-19 fiscal year. Specifies that the funds are to be used for grants for school resource officers in elementary and middle schools pursuant to Section 8.36 of SL 2013-360 (Appropriations Act of 2013), which requires grant funds be used by local school administrative units, regional schools, and charter schools to employ and/or train resource officers. Section 8.36 of SL 2013-360 also clarifies that the grants are meant to supplement rather than supplant State, local, and federal funding for school resource officers. Effective July 1, 2018.

Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Government, Budget/Appropriations, Public Safety and Emergency Management, State Agencies, Department of Public Instruction

APPROP

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