North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina Senate Bill S604 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	S 1
4		-	SENATE BILL 604
	3	+	S D
	4	+	SENATE BILL DRS45325-ML-102
	5	+
5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: School-Based Complaint/SROs. (Public)
8	9		Sponsors: Senator Mohammed (Primary Sponsor).
9		-	Referred to: ~~Rules and Operations of the Senate~~
10		-	~~March 26, 2025~~
11		-	~~S604 -v-1~~
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRS45325 -ML-102
12	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13	14		AN ACT TO DEFINE THE TERM "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER " AND REQUIRE 2
14	15		TRAINING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL 3
15	16		ADMINISTRATOR OR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER TO SIGN A SCHOOL -BASED 4
16	17		COMPLAINT INITIATED BY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PRIOR TO BEING 5
17	18		FILED IN JUVENILE COURT. 6
18	19		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
19	20		SECTION 1.(a) Article 8C of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by 8
20	21		adding a new section to read: 9
21	22		"§ 115C-105.70. School resource officer. 10
22	23		(a) A school resource officer is any law enforcement officer assigned to one or more 11
23	24		public schools within a public school unit for at least 20 hours per week for more than 12 weeks 12
24	25		per calendar year to assist with all of the following, consistent with any written memorandum of 13
25	26		understanding between the public school unit and the law enforcement agency governing the 14
26	27		school resource officer: 15
27	28		(1) School safety. 16
28	29		(2) School security. 17
29	30		(3) Emergency preparedness. 18
30	31		(4) Emergency response. 19
31	32		(5) Any additional responsibilities related to school safety or security assigned by 20
32	33		the officer's employer while the officer is acting as a school resource officer. 21
33	34		(b) All school resource officers shall comply with initial training standards, as established 22
34	35		by subsection (c) of this section, within one year of being assigned as a school resource officer. 23
35	36		After initial training, all school resource officers shall comply with continuing education 24
36	37		standards, as established by subsection (c) of this section. 25
37	38		(c) The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission 26
38	39		and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission, in collaboration 27
39	40		with the Center for Safer Schools, shall establish initial training and continuing education 28
40	41		standards for school resource officers. These standards shall, at a minimum, include training on 29
41	42		the following topics: mental health, students with disabilities, racial equity, and crisis 30
42	43		intervention and de-escalation." 31
43	44		SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 17C-6(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 32
44	45		"(23) Establish initial training and continuing education training standards for 33
45	46		school resource officers, as set forth in G.S. 115C-105.70." 34
46		-	SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 17E-4(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
47		-	Page 2 Senate Bill 604-First Edition
	47	+	SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 17E-4(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 35
	48	+	FILED SENATE
	49	+	Mar 25, 2025
	50	+	S.B. 604
	51	+	PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	52	+	Page 2 DRS45325-ML-102
48	53		"(19) Establish initial training and continuing education training standards for 1
49	54		school resource officers, as set forth in G.S. 115C-105.70." 2
50	55		SECTION 1.(d) The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training 3
51	56		Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards 4
52	57		Commission shall establish initial training standards for school resource officers no later than 5
53	58		January 15, 2026. 6
54	59		SECTION 1.(e) Subsection (a) of this section applies to school resource officers 7
55	60		assigned on or after January 1, 2026. All school resource officers assigned before January 1, 8
56	61		2026, shall complete initial training no later than December 31, 2026. 9
57	62		SECTION 2.(a) Article 18 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes is amended by 10
58	63		adding a new section to read: 11
59	64		"§ 7B-1802A. School-based complaints. 12
60	65		A school-based complaint in which delinquency is alleged to have occurred initiated by a 13
61	66		school resource officer, as defined in G.S. 115C-105.70, shall be signed by a school administrator 14
62	67		or school social worker prior to being referred in accordance with G.S. 7B-1803 or filed in a 15
63	68		court of competent jurisdiction. For the purposes of this section, "a school-based complaint" 16
64	69		means a complaint in which delinquency is alleged to have occurred on school grounds, school 17
65	70		property, at a school bus stop, or at an off-campus school-sanctioned event, or whose victim is 18
66	71		identified as a school." 19
67	72		SECTION 2.(b) This section becomes effective on January 1, 2026, and applies to 20
68	73		school-based complaints initiated on or after that date by school resource officers. 21
69	74		SECTION 3. Except where otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 22
70	75		law. 23