Washington SB 6274: Establishing a grant program to fund school resource officers on public school campuses.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to establishing a grant program to fund school 1
resource officers on public school campuses; and amending RCW 2
28A.300.650.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.300.650 and 2019 c 333 s 13 are each amended to 5
read as follows:6
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this 7
specific purpose, by January 1, 2020, the state school safety center, 8
established in RCW 28A.300.630, in collaboration with the school 9
safety and student well-being advisory committee, established in RCW 10
28A.300.635, and law enforcement entities interested in providing 11
training to school resource officers, shall identify and make 12
publicly available training materials that are consistent with the 13
requirements in RCW 28A.320.124.14
(2)(((a))) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated 15
for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public 16
instruction must establish and implement a grant program to fund 17
training for school resource officers ((as described in RCW 18
28A.320.124)). Eligible grantees include school districts, 19
educational service districts, law enforcement agencies, and law 20
enforcement training organizations. Training under this section may 21
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SENATE BILL 6274
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senators Torres, Dozier, Lovick, Mullet, Wagoner, and J. Wilson
Read first time 01/18/24. Referred to Committee on Early Learning &
K-12 Education.
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be developed by schools in partnership with local law enforcement and 1
organizations that have expertise in topics such as juvenile brain 2
development; restorative practices or restorative justice; social-3
emotional learning; civil rights; and student rights, including free 4
speech and search and seizure. This training may be provided by the 5
criminal justice training commission.6
(((b))) (3) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated 7
for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public 8
instruction must establish and implement a grant program to help fund 9
school resource officers on school campuses. School districts may 10
apply for these grants and must identify how many school resource 11
officers are needed for their district in their grant application. 12
Funding priority must be given to urban and rural school districts.13
(4) By December 1st of each year the program ((is)) in either 14
subsection (2) or (3) of this section, or both, are funded, the 15
office of the superintendent of public instruction must submit an 16
annual report to the governor and appropriate committees of the 17
legislature on the program.18
(5) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may 19
adopt rules to implement this section.20
(6) For purposes of this section, "school resource officer" has 21
the same meaning as in RCW 28A.320.124.22
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