Full Text of SB2924 102nd General Assembly
SB2924 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2924 Introduced 10/13/2021, by Sen. Chapin Rose, Donald P. DeWitte and Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 50 ILCS 705/10.22 | | 105 ILCS 5/10-20.68 | |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course developed under this provision to a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue, for such purpose, a certificate or waiver in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2023, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing in these provisions prohibit a school resource officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from carrying a firearm. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning schools.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 10.22 as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.22) | 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-652 ) | 8 | | Sec. 10.22. School resource officers. | 9 | | (a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school | 10 | | resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.68 of the School | 11 | | Code. | 12 | | (b) The school resource officer course shall be developed | 13 | | within one year after January 1, 2019 (the effective date of | 14 | | Public Act 100-984) and shall be created in consultation with | 15 | | organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the | 16 | | areas of youth and adolescent developmental issues, | 17 | | educational administrative issues, prevention of child abuse | 18 | | and exploitation, youth mental health treatment, and juvenile | 19 | | advocacy. | 20 | | (c) The Board shall develop a process allowing law | 21 | | enforcement agencies to request a waiver of this training | 22 | | requirement for any specific individual assigned as a school | 23 | | resource officer. Applications for these waivers may be |
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| 1 | | submitted by a local law enforcement agency chief | 2 | | administrator for any officer whose prior training and | 3 | | experience may qualify for a waiver of the training | 4 | | requirement of this subsection (c). The Board may issue a | 5 | | waiver at its discretion, based solely on the prior training | 6 | | and experience of an officer. | 7 | | (d) Upon completion, the employing agency shall be issued | 8 | | a certificate attesting to a specific officer's completion of | 9 | | the school resource officer training. Additionally, a letter | 10 | | of approval shall be issued to the employing agency for any | 11 | | officer who is approved for a training waiver under this | 12 | | subsection (d).
| 13 | | (e) The Board may offer the school resource officer course | 14 | | developed under this Section to a qualified retired law | 15 | | enforcement officer, as defined under the federal Law | 16 | | Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, for the purpose of | 17 | | employment at a school or school district and may issue, for | 18 | | such purpose, a certificate or waiver in the same manner as | 19 | | provided under this Section for any other officer. | 20 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 21 | | contrary, nothing in this Section prohibits a school resource | 22 | | officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from | 23 | | carrying a firearm. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) | 25 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-652 ) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 10.22. School resource officers. | 2 | | (a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school | 3 | | resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.68 of the School | 4 | | Code. | 5 | | (b) The school resource officer course shall be developed | 6 | | within one year after January 1, 2019 (the effective date of | 7 | | Public Act 100-984) and shall be created in consultation with | 8 | | organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the | 9 | | areas of youth and adolescent developmental issues, | 10 | | educational administrative issues, prevention of child abuse | 11 | | and exploitation, youth mental health treatment, and juvenile | 12 | | advocacy. | 13 | | (c) The Board shall develop a process allowing law | 14 | | enforcement agencies to request a waiver of this training | 15 | | requirement for any specific individual assigned as a school | 16 | | resource officer. Applications for these waivers may be | 17 | | submitted by a local governmental agency chief administrator | 18 | | for any officer whose prior training and experience may | 19 | | qualify for a waiver of the training requirement of this | 20 | | subsection (c). The Board may issue a waiver at its | 21 | | discretion, based solely on the prior training and experience | 22 | | of an officer. | 23 | | (d) Upon completion, the employing agency shall be issued | 24 | | a certificate attesting to a specific officer's completion of | 25 | | the school resource officer training. Additionally, a letter | 26 | | of approval shall be issued to the employing agency for any |
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| 1 | | officer who is approved for a training waiver under this | 2 | | subsection (d).
| 3 | | (e) The Board may offer the school resource officer course | 4 | | developed under this Section to a qualified retired law | 5 | | enforcement officer, as defined under the federal Law | 6 | | Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, for the purpose of | 7 | | employment at a school or school district and may issue, for | 8 | | such purpose, a certificate or waiver in the same manner as | 9 | | provided under this Section for any other officer. | 10 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 11 | | contrary, nothing in this Section prohibits a school resource | 12 | | officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from | 13 | | carrying a firearm. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | 15 | | 101-652, eff. 1-1-22.) | 16 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing | 17 | | Section 10-20.68 as follows: | 18 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.68) | 19 | | Sec. 10-20.68. School resource officer. | 20 | | (a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means a law | 21 | | enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a | 22 | | school or school district under an agreement with a local law | 23 | | enforcement agency. | 24 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2021, any law enforcement agency |
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| 1 | | that provides a school resource officer under this Section | 2 | | shall provide to the school district a certificate of | 3 | | completion, or approved waiver, issued by the Illinois Law | 4 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board under Section 10.22 of | 5 | | the Illinois Police Training Act indicating that the subject | 6 | | officer has completed the requisite course of instruction in | 7 | | the applicable subject areas within one year of assignment, or | 8 | | has prior experience and training which satisfies this | 9 | | requirement. | 10 | | (c) In an effort to defray the related costs, any law | 11 | | enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer | 12 | | should apply for grant funding through the federal Community | 13 | | Oriented Policing Services grant program.
| 14 | | (d) Beginning January 1, 2023, a school or school district | 15 | | may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as | 16 | | defined under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act | 17 | | of 2004, who obtains a certificate of completion or approved | 18 | | waiver under Section 10.22 of the Illinois Police Training Act | 19 | | to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. | 20 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 21 | | contrary, nothing in this Section prohibits a school resource | 22 | | officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from | 23 | | carrying a firearm. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) | 25 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
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| 1 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 2 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 3 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 4 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 5 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 6 | | Public Act.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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