Indiana § 20-26-18.2-5 Reporting; school resource officer; secured school safety board

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-18.2-5 — Reporting; school resource officer; secured school safety board

Indiana § 20-26-18.2-5

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 26SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL

Ch. 18.2School Resource Officers

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Ind. Code § 20-26-18.2-5 (2026).

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(a)Beginning on September 1, 2023, and each September 1 thereafter, each school corporation or charter school served by a school resource officer employed for the protection of the school corporation or charter school under section 2 of this chapter shall report on a form prescribed by the department of homeland security:

(1)the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school;

(2)the amount budgeted and the sources of the funds to employ a school resource officer or school resource officers to serve the school corporation or charter school;

(3)the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school employed by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;

(4)an attestation that the school resource officers e

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(a) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and
each September 1 thereafter, each school corporation or charter school
served by a school resource officer employed for the protection of the
school corporation or charter school under section 2 of this chapter
shall report on a form prescribed by the department of homeland
security:
(1) the number of school resource officers serving the school
corporation or charter school;
(2) the amount budgeted and the sources of the funds to employ
a school resource officer or school resource officers to serve the
school corporation or charter school;
(3) the number of school resource officers serving the school
corporation or charter school employed by one (1) or more school
corporations or charter schools;
(4) an attestation that the school resource officers employed by
the school corporation or charter school have met the training
requirements under section 1 of this chapter;
(5) the number of school resource officers serving the school
corporation or charter school through a contract or memorandum
of understanding with a local law enforcement agency or an
Indiana business that employs persons who meet the
qualifications of a school resource officer under section 2 of this
chapter; and
(6) if applicable, the number of law enforcement officers who are
not school resource officers also serving the school corporation or
charter school through a contract or memorandum of
understanding with a local law enforcement agency;
to the department of homeland security.
(b) The department of homeland security shall:
(1) annually compile the information reported under subsection
(a); and
(2) retain the information reported under subsection (a).
(c) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the department of homeland security
shall keep information compiled and retained under subsection (b)
confidential and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
(d) The secured school safety board established by IC 10-21-1-3
shall include the following aggregate level information in the review
and report submitted to the governor and legislative council as required
under IC 10-21-1-8:
(1) The total number of school resource officers employed:
(A) in Indiana, including the number of unique school
corporations and charter schools employing a school resource
officer;
(B) exclusively by a school corporation;
(C) by one (1) or more school corporations;
(D) exclusively by a charter school;
(E) by a coalition of charter schools; and
(F) by a combination of one (1) or more school corporations
and one (1) or more charter schools.
(2) A statewide overview of how school corporations and charter
schools are budgeting for the employment of school resource
officers and the employment of law enforcement officers.