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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 4132 By: Swope
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school safety; amending Section 1,
Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
5-148.1), which relates to the School Resource
Officer Program; requiring completion of certain
training for school resource officers; modifying
school resource officer d efinition; providing an
effective date; and declaring an e mergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 281, O.S.L.
2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 5 -148.1), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 5-148.1 A. The State Department of Education sh all
establish and maintain a three-year pilot program known as the
School Resource Officer Program.
B. School resource officers emp loyed or contracted by sc hool
districts participating in the Sch ool Resource Officer Program shall
successfully complete forty (40) hours of the National Association
of School Resource Officers (NASRO) Basic School Resource Officer
Course training and an additional twelve (12) hours of Adolescent
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Mental Health Training offered by NASRO. Training shall include
behavioral threat assessment and management and law enforcement
active shooter emergency response training given by the Council on
Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) and a pproved by the
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.
C. For purposes of this section, "school resource officer"
means a law enforcement officer with sworn authority and or
otherwise contracted entity with training in school-based law
enforcement and crisis response wh o is assigned by an employing law
enforcement agency to work collaboratively with one o r more schools
using community-oriented policing concepts.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency i s hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
59-2-8521 EK 01/04/24