HB426 Alabama 2015 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Merika Coleman

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Education, School Resource Officers' Act, half of funding for hiring, training, and equipping of officers from local school system, contingent upon constitutional amendment creating Alabama Lottery Corporation

Description

Currently, federal or local funds are used to provide for the hiring, training, and equipping of school resource officers in public schools

This bill provides for one-half of the necessary funding for the hiring, training, and equipping of school resource officers from a designated funding source and the requirements, duties, and responsibilities of a school resource officer

To establish the School Resource Officers' Act; to provide for the funding necessary to hire, train, and equip school resource officers for every public school in participating school systems; to provide for the requirements, duties, and responsibilities of a school resource officer; and to require the State Department of Education to implement and administer this act.

Subjects

Education

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
April 7, 2015	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education

Bill Text

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Bill Documents