Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1466 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1466 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 705/10.22105 ILCS 5/10-20.68 Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately. LRB103 05813 AWJ 50833 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1466 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 705/10.22105 ILCS 5/10-20.68 50 ILCS 705/10.22 105 ILCS 5/10-20.68 Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately. LRB103 05813 AWJ 50833 b LRB103 05813 AWJ 50833 b A BILL FOR
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6	6	Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning schools.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
16	16	5 changing Section 10.22 as follows:
17	17	6 (50 ILCS 705/10.22)
18	18	7 Sec. 10.22. School resource officers.
19	19	8 (a) The Board shall develop or approve a course for school
20	20	9 resource officers as defined in Section 10-20.68 of the School
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22	22	11 (b) The school resource officer course shall be developed
23	23	12 within one year after January 1, 2019 (the effective date of
24	24	13 Public Act 100-984) and shall be created in consultation with
25	25	14 organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the
26	26	15 areas of youth and adolescent developmental issues,
27	27	16 educational administrative issues, prevention of child abuse
28	28	17 and exploitation, youth mental health treatment, and juvenile
29	29	18 advocacy.
30	30	19 (c) The Board shall develop a process allowing law
31	31	20 enforcement agencies to request a waiver of this training
32	32	21 requirement for any specific individual assigned as a school
33	33	22 resource officer. Applications for these waivers may be
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38	38	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1466 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately.
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71	71	1 administrator for any officer whose prior training and
72	72	2 experience may qualify for a waiver of the training
73	73	3 requirement of this subsection (c). The Board may issue a
74	74	4 waiver at its discretion, based solely on the prior training
75	75	5 and experience of an officer.
76	76	6 (d) Upon completion, the employing agency shall be issued
77	77	7 a certificate attesting to a specific officer's completion of
78	78	8 the school resource officer training. Additionally, a letter
79	79	9 of approval shall be issued to the employing agency for any
80	80	10 officer who is approved for a training waiver under this
81	81	11 subsection (d).
82	82	12 (e) The Board may offer the school resource officer course
83	83	13 developed under this Section to a qualified retired law
84	84	14 enforcement officer, as that term is defined under the federal
85	85	15 Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, for the purpose
86	86	16 of employment at a school or school district and may issue a
87	87	17 certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course
88	88	18 in the same manner as provided under this Section for any other
89	89	19 officer.
90	90	20 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22;
91	91	21 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)
92	92	22 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
93	93	23 Section 10-20.68 as follows:
94	94	24 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.68)
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105	105	1 Sec. 10-20.68. School resource officer.
106	106	2 (a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means a law
107	107	3 enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a
108	108	4 school or school district under an agreement with a local law
109	109	5 enforcement agency.
110	110	6 (b) Beginning January 1, 2021, any law enforcement agency
111	111	7 that provides a school resource officer under this Section
112	112	8 shall provide to the school district a certificate of
113	113	9 completion, or approved waiver, issued by the Illinois Law
114	114	10 Enforcement Training Standards Board under Section 10.22 of
115	115	11 the Illinois Police Training Act indicating that the subject
116	116	12 officer has completed the requisite course of instruction in
117	117	13 the applicable subject areas within one year of assignment, or
118	118	14 has prior experience and training which satisfies this
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120	120	16 (c) In an effort to defray the related costs, any law
121	121	17 enforcement agency that provides a school resource officer
122	122	18 should apply for grant funding through the federal Community
123	123	19 Oriented Policing Services grant program.
124	124	20 (d) Beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district
125	125	21 may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as
126	126	22 that term is defined under the federal Law Enforcement
127	127	23 Officers Safety Act of 2004, who obtains a certificate of
128	128	24 completion or approved waiver under Section 10.22 of the
129	129	25 Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a
130	130	26 school resource officer.
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141	141	1 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school
142	142	2 resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of
143	143	3 the officer's duties at a school or in a school district.
144	144	4 (Source: P.A. 100-984, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
145	145	5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
146	146	6 becoming law.
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