§ 10-233m — Memorandum of understanding re school resource officers.

Connecticut § 10-233m

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 10: Education and Culture
• Ch. 170: Boards of Education

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Each local or regional board of education that assigns a school resource officer to any school under the jurisdiction of such board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency regarding the role and responsibility of such school resource officer. Such memorandum of understanding shall (1) be maintained in a central location in the school district and posted on the Internet web site of the school district and each school in which such school resource officer is assigned, (2) include provisions addressing daily interactions between students and school personnel with school resource officers, and (3) include a graduated response model for student discipline. Any such memorandum of understanding entered into, extended, updated or amended (A) on or after July 1, 2021, shall include a provision that requires all school resource officers to complete, while in the performance of their duties as school resource officers and during periods when such school resource officers are assigned to be at the school, any separate training specifically related to social-emotional learning and restorative practices provided to certified employees of the school pursuant to section 10-148a, and (B) on or after July 1, 2023, shall include provisions specifying a school resource officer's duties concerning, and procedures for, the restraint of students, use of firearms, school-based arrests and reporting of any investigations and behavioral interventions of challenging behavior or conflict that escalates to violence or constitutes a crime, pursuant to the provisions of section 10-233p, provided such provisions are in accordance with any laws or policies concerning the duties of police officers. For the purposes of this section, “school resource officer” means a sworn police officer of a local law enforcement agency who has been assigned to a school pursuant to an agreement between the local or regional board of education and the chief of police of a local law enforcement agency.

Legislative History

(P.A. 15-168, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 342; P.A. 21-95, S. 8; P.A. 23-167, S. 72; 23-208, S. 9; P.A. 24-45, S. 5.) History: P.A. 15-168 effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “may” with “shall” re inclusion of graduated response model for student discipline, deleted references to the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 21-95 added provision re inclusion of provision in memorandum of understanding requiring all school resource officers to complete separate training specifically related to social-emotional learning and restorative practices, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 23-167 added Subdiv. (1) re maintenance at central location and online posting, designated existing provisions re daily interactions and graduated response models as Subdivs. (2) and (3), respectively, designated existing provision re completion of training related to social-emotional learning and restorative practices as Subpara. (A) and added Subpara. (B) re duties and procedures for restraint of students, use of firearms, school-based arrests and reporting of investigations and behavioral interventions, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-208 amended Subpara. (B) by adding “of challenging behavior or conflict that escalates to violence or constitutes a crime” and “provided such provisions are in accordance with any laws or policies concerning the duties of police officers”, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-45 amended Subpara. (A) by deleting reference to Sec. 10-220a and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2024.