Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 412
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-26-5-32.
Synopsis: School resource officers. Provides that a regular or special
police officer who is assigned as a school resource officer for a school
corporation is required to receive at least 30 hours annually of duty
specific training and education. Provides that the school corporation
pays the cost of the training.
Effective: July 1, 2009.
January 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
Introduced
First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)
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SENATE BILL No. 412
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-26-5-32; (09)IN0412.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-26-5-32 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2009]:
Sec. 32. (a) This section applies to a regular or special
police officer who is assigned as a school resource officer for a
school corporation under IC 36-8-3-7. The governing body of the
school corporation to which the police officer is assigned shall
ensure that the police officer annually receives at least thirty (30)
hours of duty specific training and education provided by a
national association of school resource officers or a similar
organization.
(b) The governing body of a school corporation shall pay the
cost of providing training under this section for a regular or special
police officer assigned to the school corporation.