Bill Text: IN SB0001 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: School resource officers and school safety.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 172 [SB0001 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0001-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
(1) Promote school safety through the:
(A) use of dogs trained to detect drugs and illegal substances; and
(2) Combat truancy.
(3) Provide matching grants to schools for school safe haven programs.
(4) Provide grants for school safety and safety plans.
(5) Provide educational outreach and training to school personnel concerning:
(A) the identification of;
(B) the prevention of; and
(C) intervention in;
bullying.
(b) The fund consists of amounts deposited:
(1) under IC 33-37-9-4; and
(2) from any other public or private source.
(c) The institute shall determine grant recipients from the fund with a priority on awarding grants in the following order:
(1) A grant for a safety plan.
(2) A safe haven grant requested under section 10 of this chapter.
(3) A safe haven grant requested under section 7 of this chapter.
(d) Upon recommendation of the council, the institute shall establish a method for determining the maximum amount a grant recipient may receive under this section.
SECTION 2. IC 5-2-10.1-2 (DELAYED VERSION), AS AMENDED BY SEA 352-2013, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana safe schools fund is established to do the following:
(1) Promote school safety through the:
(A) use of dogs trained to detect drugs and illegal substances; and
(2) Combat truancy.
(3) Provide matching grants to schools for school safe haven programs.
(4) Provide grants for school safety and safety plans.
(5) Provide educational outreach and training to school personnel concerning:
(A) the identification of;
(B) the prevention of; and
(C) intervention in;
bullying.
(6) Provide educational outreach to school personnel and training to school safety specialists and school resource officers concerning:
(A) the identification of;
(B) the prevention of; and
(C) intervention in;
criminal gang activities.
(b) The fund consists of amounts deposited:
(1) under IC 33-37-9-4; and
(2) from any other public or private source.
(c) The institute shall determine grant recipients from the fund with a priority on awarding grants in the following order:
(1) A grant for a safety plan.
(2) A safe haven grant requested under section 10 of this chapter.
(3) A safe haven grant requested under section 7 of this chapter.
(d) Upon recommendation of the council, the institute shall establish a method for determining the maximum amount a grant recipient may receive under this section.
SECTION 3. IC 5-2-10.1-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 9. (a) Each school corporation shall designate an individual to serve as the school safety specialist for the school corporation.
(b) The school safety specialist shall be chosen by the superintendent of the school corporation with the approval of the governing body.
(c) The school safety specialist shall perform the following duties:
(1) Serve on the county school safety commission, if a county school safety commission is established under section 10 of this chapter.
(2) Participate each year in a number of days of school safety training that the council determines.
(3) With the assistance of the county school safety commission, if a county school safety commission is established under section 10 of this chapter, develop a safety plan for each school in the school corporation.
(4) Coordinate the safety plans of each school in the school corporation as required under rules adopted by the Indiana state board of education.
(5) Act as a resource for other individuals in the school corporation on issues related to school discipline, safety, and security.
(d) A school safety plan:
(1) developed by the school safety specialist must include the requirements set forth in IC 20-26-18.2-2(b);
(2) must be provided to a member of the secured school safety
board (as established by IC 10-21-1-3) if a member requests
the plan; and
(3) shall be filed with the county school safety commission
under IC 5-2-10.1-10 if the county has established a county
school safety commission.
SECTION 4. IC 5-2-10.1-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.2-2006,
SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 10. (a) A county may establish a county
school safety commission.
(b) The members of the commission are as follows:
(1) The school safety specialist for each school corporation
located in whole or in part in the county.
(2) The judge of the court having juvenile jurisdiction in the
county or the judge's designee.
(3) The sheriff of the county or the sheriff's designee.
(4) The chief officer of every other law enforcement agency in the
county, or the chief officer's designee.
(5) A representative of the juvenile probation system, appointed
by the judge described under subdivision (2).
(6) Representatives of community agencies that work with
children within the county.
(7) A representative of the Indiana state police district that serves
the county.
(8) A representative of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of
Indiana who specializes in the prosecution of juveniles.
(9) Other appropriate individuals selected by the commission.
(c) If a commission is established, the school safety specialist of the
school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
IC 20-18-2-2) in the county shall convene the initial meeting of the
commission.
(d) The members shall annually elect a chairperson.
(e) A commission shall perform the following duties:
(1) Perform a cumulative analysis of school safety needs within
the county.
(2) Coordinate and make recommendations for the following:
(A) Prevention of juvenile offenses and improving the
reporting of juvenile offenses within the schools.
(B) Proposals for identifying and assessing children who are
at high risk of becoming juvenile offenders.
(C) Methods to meet the educational needs of children who
have been detained as juvenile offenders.
(D) Methods to improve communications among agencies that work with children.
(E) Methods to improve security and emergency preparedness.
(F) Additional equipment or personnel that are necessary to carry out safety plans.
(G) Any other topic the commission considers necessary to improve school safety within the school corporations within the commission's jurisdiction.
(3) Provide assistance to the school safety specialists on the commission in developing and requesting grants for safety plans.
(4) Provide assistance to the school safety specialists on the commission and the participating school corporations in developing and requesting grants for school safe haven programs under section 7 of this chapter.
(5) Assist each participating school corporation in carrying out the school corporation's safety plans.
(f) The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members of the commission are required for the commission to take action on a measure.
(g) A commission shall receive the school safety plans described in IC 20-26-18.2-2(c) for the schools and school corporations located in the county. The commission may share the school safety plans with law enforcement agencies.
SECTION 5. IC 5-2-10.1-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.132-2007, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 12. (a) Each school within a school corporation shall establish a safe school committee. The committee may be a subcommittee of the committee that develops the strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan under IC 20-31-5.
(b) The department of education,
(1) Unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying, and other issues that prevent the maintenance of a safe school.
(2) Professional development needs for faculty and staff to implement methods that decrease problems identified under subdivision (1).
(3) Methods to encourage:
(A) involvement by the community and students;
(B) development of relationships between students and school faculty and staff; and
(C) use of problem solving teams.
(c) As a part of the plan developed under subsection (b), each safe school committee shall provide a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the school's property that clearly indicates each exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials located in the building to the law enforcement agency and the fire department that have jurisdiction over the school.
SECTION 6. IC 10-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW ARTICLE TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]:
ARTICLE 21. SCHOOL SAFETY
Chapter 1. School Safety
Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "ADM" refers to average daily membership determined under IC 20-43-4-2.
(2) "Board" refers to the secured school safety board established by section 3 of this chapter.
(3) "Fund" refers to the Indiana secured school fund established by section 2 of this chapter.
(4) "Local plan" means the school safety plan described in IC 20-26-18.2-2(b).
(5) "School corporation or charter school" refers to an individual school corporation or charter school but also includes:
(A) a coalition of school corporations;
(B) a coalition of charter schools; or
(C) a coalition of both school corporations and charter schools;
that intend to jointly employ a school resource officer or to jointly apply for a matching grant under this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(6) "School resource officer" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-18.2-1.
Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana secured school fund is established to provide matching grants to enable school corporations and charter schools to establish programs under which a school corporation or charter school (or a coalition of schools) may:
(1) employ a school resource officer or enter into a contract or a memorandum of understanding with a:
(A) local law enforcement agency;
(B) private entity; or
(C) nonprofit corporation;
to employ a school resource officer;
(2) conduct a threat assessment of the buildings within a school corporation or operated by a charter school; or
(3) purchase equipment and technology to:
(A) restrict access to school property; or
(B) expedite notification of first responders.
(b) The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland security.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) appropriations from the general assembly;
(2) grants from the Indiana safe schools fund established by IC 5-2-10.1-2;
(3) federal grants; and
(4) amounts deposited from any other public or private source.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 3. (a) The secured school safety board is established to approve or disapprove applications for matching grants to fund programs described in section 2(a) of this chapter.
(b) The board consists of seven (7) members appointed as follows:
(1) The executive director of the department of homeland security or the executive director's designee. The executive director of the department of homeland security or the executive director's designee serves as the chairperson of the board.
(2) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee.
(3) The superintendent of the state police department or the superintendent's designee.
(4) A local law enforcement officer appointed by the governor.
(5) The state superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee.
(6) The director of the criminal justice institute or the director's designee.
(7) An employee of a local school corporation or a charter school appointed by the governor.
(c) The board shall establish criteria to be used in evaluating applications for matching grants from the fund. These criteria must:
(1) be consistent with the fund's goals; and
(2) provide for an equitable distribution of grants to school corporations and charter schools located throughout Indiana.
Sec. 4. (a) The board may award a matching grant to enable a school corporation or charter school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) to establish a program to employ a school resource officer, conduct a threat assessment, or purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite the notification of first responders in accordance with section 2(a) of this chapter.
(b) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation or charter school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) may not exceed the lesser of the following during a two (2) year period beginning on or after May 1, 2013:
(1) The total cost of the program established by the school corporation or charter school (or the coalition of schools applying jointly).
(2) The following amounts:
(A) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation or charter school that:
(i) has an ADM of at least one thousand (1,000); and
(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation or charter school.
(B) Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation or charter school that:
(i) has an ADM of less than one thousand (1,000); and
(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation or charter school.
(C) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a coalition of schools applying jointly.
(c) A school corporation or charter school may receive only one
(1) matching grant under this section each year.
(d) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation or
charter school under this chapter unless the school corporation or
charter school is in a county that has a county school safety
commission, as described in IC 5-2-10.1-10.
Sec. 5. (a) A school corporation or charter school may annually
apply to the board for a matching grant from the fund for a
program described in section 2(a) of this chapter.
(b) The application must include the following:
(1) A concise description of the school corporation's or
charter school's security needs.
(2) The estimated cost of the program to the school
corporation or charter school.
(3) The extent to which the school corporation or charter
school has access to and support from a nearby law
enforcement agency, if applicable.
(4) The ADM of the school corporation or charter school (or
the combined ADM of the coalition of schools applying
jointly).
(5) Any other information required by the board.
(6) A statement whether the school corporation or charter
school has completed a local plan and has filed the plan with
the county school safety commission for the county in which
the school corporation or charter school is located.
Sec. 6. A school corporation or charter school that is awarded
a matching grant under this chapter is not required to repay or
reimburse the board or fund the amount of the matching grant.
Sec. 7. The department of homeland security shall report before
October 1 of each year to the budget committee concerning
matching grants awarded under this chapter during the previous
fiscal year.
SECTION 7. IC 20-26-18.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]:
Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers
Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "school resource officer"
means an individual who:
(1) has completed the training described in subsection (b); and
(2) is employed by or assigned to one (1) or more school
corporations or charter schools to:
(A) assist the school safety specialist with the development
and implementation of the school safety plan as provided
in section 2 of this chapter; and
(B) carry out any additional responsibilities assigned to the
school resource officer under the employment engagement,
contract, or memorandum of understanding and to:
(i) protect against outside threats to the physical safety
of students;
(ii) prevent unauthorized access to school property; and
(iii) secure schools against violence and natural disasters.
(b) Before being appointed as a school resource officer, an
individual must have:
(1) successfully completed the minimum training
requirements established for law enforcement officers under
IC 5-2-1-9; and
(2) received at least forty (40) hours of certified school
resource officer training through:
(A) the Indiana law enforcement training board
established by IC 5-2-1-3;
(B) the National Association of School Resource Officers;
(C) a certified school resource officer instructor; or
(D) another organization that offers certified instruction to
school resource officers.
(c) Certified training described in subsection (b)(2) must include
instruction regarding skills, tactics, and strategies necessary to
address the special nature of:
(1) school campuses; and
(2) school building security needs and characteristics.
Sec. 2. (a) A school resource officer may be employed:
(1) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools
through a contract between a local law enforcement agency
and the school corporation or school corporations or the
charter school or charter schools;
(2) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;
(3) by a local law enforcement agency that assigns the school
resource officer to one (1) or more school corporations or
charter schools through a memorandum of understanding
between the local law enforcement agency and the school
corporation or school corporations or the charter school or
charter schools; or
(4) through a contract between an Indiana business that
employs persons who meet the qualifications of a school
resource officer and the school corporation or school
corporations or the charter school or charter schools.
(b) A contract or memorandum of understanding entered into
under subsection (a) must state the nature and scope of a school
resource officer's duties and responsibilities. A school resource
officer's duties and responsibilities include the duty to assist the
school corporation's school safety specialist with the development
and implementation of a school safety plan that does the following:
(1) Protects against outside threats to the physical safety of
students.
(2) Prevents unauthorized access to school property.
(3) Secures schools against violence and natural disasters.
(c) A school resource officer shall consult with local law
enforcement officials and first responders when assisting the school
corporation's school safety specialist in the development of the
school safety plan.
Sec. 3. (a) A school resource officer may:
(1) make an arrest;
(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property using
the reasonable suspicion standard;
(3) carry a firearm on or off school property; and
(4) exercise other police powers with respect to the
enforcement of Indiana laws.
(b) A school resource officer has jurisdiction in every county
where the school corporation or charter school engaging the officer
operates a school or where the school corporation or charter
school's students reside. This subsection does not restrict the
jurisdiction that a school resource officer may possess due to the
officer's employment by a law enforcement agency.
SECTION 8. IC 31-37-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.126-2012,
SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 3. (a) This section applies if a child is arrested or
taken into custody for allegedly committing an act that would be any of
the following crimes if committed by an adult:
(1) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
(2) Attempted murder (IC 35-41-5-1).
(3) Voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3).
(4) Involuntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-4).
(5) Reckless homicide (IC 35-42-1-5).
(6) Aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5).
(7) Battery (IC 35-42-2-1).
(8) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
(9) A sex crime listed in IC 35-42-4-1 through IC 35-42-4-8.
(10) Sexual misconduct with a minor (IC 35-42-4-9).
(11) Incest (IC 35-46-1-3).
(12) Robbery as a Class A felony or a Class B felony (IC 35-42-5-1).
(13) Burglary as a Class A felony or a Class B felony (IC 35-43-2-1).
(14) Carjacking (IC 35-42-5-2).
(15) Assisting a criminal as a Class C felony (IC 35-44.1-2-5).
(16) Escape (IC 35-44.1-3-4) as a Class B felony or Class C felony.
(17) Trafficking with an inmate as a Class C felony (IC 35-44.1-3-5).
(18) Causing death when operating a vehicle (IC 9-30-5-5).
(19) Criminal confinement (IC 35-42-3-3) as a Class B felony.
(20) Arson (IC 35-43-1-1) as a Class A or Class B felony.
(21) Possession, use, or manufacture of a weapon of mass destruction (IC 35-47-12-1).
(22) Terroristic mischief (IC 35-47-12-3) as a Class B felony.
(23) Hijacking or disrupting an aircraft (IC 35-47-6-1.6).
(24) A violation of IC 35-47.5 (controlled explosives) as a Class A or Class B felony.
(25) A controlled substances offense under IC 35-48.
(26) A criminal gang offense under IC 35-45-9.
(b) If a child is taken into custody under this chapter for a crime or act listed in subsection (a) or a situation to which IC 12-26-4-1 applies, the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer who takes the child into custody shall notify the chief administrative officer of the primary or secondary school, including a public or nonpublic school, in which the child is enrolled or, if the child is enrolled in a public school, the superintendent of the school district in which the child is enrolled:
(1) that the child was taken into custody; and
(2) of the reason why the child was taken into custody.
(c) The notification under subsection (b) must occur within forty-eight (48) hours after the child is taken into custody.
(d) A law enforcement agency may not disclose information that is confidential under state or federal law to a school or school district under this section.
(e) A law enforcement agency shall include in its training for
law enforcement officers training concerning the notification
requirements under subsection (b).
SECTION 9. IC 34-31-10.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]:
Chapter 10.2. Indemnification: School Resource Officers
Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Public school" means:
(A) a public school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-15); or
(B) a charter school.
(2) "School resource officer" has the meaning set forth in
IC 20-26-18.2-1.
Sec. 2. The state shall indemnify a public school against a loss
resulting from any injury to a person caused by a school resource
officer if the loss was the result of misfeasance, malfeasance, or
nonfeasance in connection with the use of the officer's weapon.
SECTION 10. IC 35-31.5-2-185, AS AMENDED BY HEA
1176-2013, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013] Sec. 185. (a) "Law enforcement officer"
means:
(1) a police officer (including a correctional police officer),
sheriff, constable, marshal, prosecuting attorney, special
prosecuting attorney, special deputy prosecuting attorney, the
securities commissioner, or the inspector general;
(2) a deputy of any of those persons;
(3) an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector
general;
(4) a conservation officer;
(5) an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco
commission;
(6) an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office
of the secretary of state; or
(7) a gaming agent employed under IC 4-33-4.5 or a gaming
control officer employed by the gaming control division under
IC 4-33-20.
(b) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-42-2-1,
includes an alcoholic beverage enforcement officer, as set forth in
IC 35-42-2-1(b)(1).
(c) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-45-15,
includes a federal enforcement officer, as set forth in IC 35-45-15-3.
(d) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-44.1-3-1
and IC 35-44.1-3-2, includes a school resource officer (as defined
in IC 20-26-18.2-1) and a school corporation police officer
appointed under IC 20-26-16.
SECTION 11. IC 35-44.1-3-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.126-2012,
SECTION 54, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) forcibly resists, obstructs, or interferes with a law enforcement
officer or a person assisting the officer while the officer is
lawfully engaged in the execution of the officer's duties;
(2) forcibly resists, obstructs, or interferes with the authorized
service or execution of a civil or criminal process or order of a
court; or
(3) flees from a law enforcement officer after the officer has, by
visible or audible means, including operation of the law
enforcement officer's siren or emergency lights, identified himself
or herself and ordered the person to stop;
commits resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor, except as
provided in subsection (b).
(b) The offense under subsection (a) is a:
(1) Class D felony if:
(A) the offense is described in subsection (a)(3) and the person
uses a vehicle to commit the offense; or
(B) while committing any offense described in subsection (a),
the person draws or uses a deadly weapon, inflicts bodily
injury on or otherwise causes bodily injury to another person,
or operates a vehicle in a manner that creates a substantial risk
of bodily injury to another person;
(2) Class C felony if, while committing any offense described in
subsection (a), the person operates a vehicle in a manner that
causes serious bodily injury to another person;
(3) Class B felony if, while committing any offense described in
subsection (a), the person operates a vehicle in a manner that
causes the death of another person; and
(4) Class A felony if, while committing any offense described in
subsection (a), the person operates a vehicle in a manner that
causes the death of a law enforcement officer while the law
enforcement officer is engaged in the officer's official duties.
(c) For purposes of this section, a law enforcement officer includes
an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission and a
conservation officer of the department of natural resources.
(d) (c) If a person uses a vehicle to commit a felony offense under
subsection (b)(1)(B), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4), as part of the criminal
penalty imposed for the offense, the court shall impose a minimum
executed sentence of at least:
(1) thirty (30) days, if the person does not have a prior unrelated
conviction under this section;
(2) one hundred eighty (180) days, if the person has one (1) prior
unrelated conviction under this section; or
(3) one (1) year, if the person has two (2) or more prior unrelated
convictions under this section.
(e) (d) Notwithstanding IC 35-50-2-2 and IC 35-50-3-1, the
mandatory minimum sentence imposed under subsection (d) (c) may
not be suspended.
(f) (e) If a person is convicted of an offense involving the use of a
motor vehicle under:
(1) subsection (b)(1)(A), if the person exceeded the speed limit by
at least twenty (20) miles per hour while committing the offense;
(2) subsection (b)(2); or
(3) subsection (b)(3);
the court may notify the bureau of motor vehicles to suspend or revoke
the person's driver's license and all certificates of registration and
license plates issued or registered in the person's name in accordance
with IC 9-30-4-6(b)(3) for the period described in IC 9-30-4-6(d)(4) or
IC 9-30-4-6(d)(5). The court shall inform the bureau whether the
person has been sentenced to a term of incarceration. At the time of
conviction, the court may obtain the person's current driver's license
and return the license to the bureau of motor vehicles.
(f) A person may not be charged or convicted of a crime under
subsection (a)(3) if the law enforcement officer is a school resource
officer acting in the officer's capacity as a school resource officer.
SECTION 12. IC 35-47-9-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not
apply to the following:
(1) A:
(A) federal;
(B) state; or
(C) local;
law enforcement officer.
(2) A person who may legally possess a firearm and who has
been employed or authorized by:
(A) a school; or a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4);
or
(B)
to
(3) A person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses the firearm in a motor vehicle that is being operated by the person to transport another person to or from a school or a school function.
(4) A person who is a school resource officer, as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1.
SECTION 13. IC 35-47-9-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. A person who possesses a firearm:
(1) in or on school property; or
commits a Class D felony.
SECTION 14. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) As used in this SECTION, "committee" refers to the school safety interim study committee established under subsection (b).
(b) The legislative council, under IC 2-5-1.1-5(a)(2), shall establish an interim study committee to be known as the school safety interim study committee.
(c) The committee shall include the following members:
(1) An adolescent development expert or pediatrician.
(2) A mental health professional.
(3) A law enforcement official.
(4) A school principal or superintendent.
(d) The committee shall do the following:
(1) Study how to improve the safety of schools in Indiana.
(2) Develop best practices for a school resource officer to employ in order to successfully carry out the officer's responsibilities under IC 20-26-18.2-1(a)(2).
(3) Study any additional topics the legislative council considers necessary.
(e) The committee shall operate under the policies governing study committees adopted by the legislative council. The committee
shall submit a final report to the following:
(1) The legislative council, in an electronic format under
IC 5-14-6.
(2) The governor.
(f) This SECTION expires December 31, 2013.
SECTION 15. An emergency is declared for this act.
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Governor of the State of Indiana
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