1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1521 By: Pemberton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1,
7 Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
8 5-148.1), which relates to the School Resource
8 Officer Program; directing certain school districts
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9 enforcement officers; allowing certain school
10 districts to employ or contract with certain officers
10 or security guards under certain circumstances;
11 directing certain law enforcement agency to provide
11 certain individual a radio system to be used in
12 performance of certain duties; allowing use of
12 certain fund for certain purpose; updating statutory
13 reference; providing an effective date; and declaring
13 an emergency.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 281, O.S.L.
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18 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 5-148.1), is amended to read as
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19 follows:
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20 Section 5-148.1. A. The State Department of Education shall
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21 establish and maintain a three-year pilot program known as the
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22 School Resource Officer Program.
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23 B. School resource officers employed or contracted by school
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24 districts participating in the School Resource Officer Program shall
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 1 successfully complete law enforcement active shooter emergency
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2 response training given by the Council on Law Enforcement Education
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3 and Training (CLEET) and approved by the Oklahoma Department of
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4 Public Safety.
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5 C. For purposes of this section, “school resource officer”
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6 means 1. A school district participating in the School Resource
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7 Officer Program shall give first priority to employing or
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8 contracting with a law enforcement officer with sworn authority and
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9 training in school-based law enforcement and crisis response who is
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10 assigned by an employing law enforcement agency to work
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11 collaboratively with one or more schools using community-oriented
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12 policing concepts.
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13 2. If a law enforcement officer described in paragraph 1 of
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14 this subsection is unavailable, a participating school district may
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15 employ or contract with a retired law enforcement officer or a
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16 security guard who is licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Security
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17 Guard and Private Investigator Act. The law enforcement agency that
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18 serves the area in which a school district is located shall provide
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19 an individual employed or contracted, pursuant to this paragraph,
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20 with a police band radio system which may be used by the individual
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21 in the performance of his or her duties. A school district may use
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22 funds from the School Security Revolving Fund created pursuant to
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23 Section 5-148.2 of this title to cover the cost of the radio system.
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24 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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 1 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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2 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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