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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1508" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Safe to Learn Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local school system shall designate a school safety coordinator.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A designated school safety coordinator shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be certified by the Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Serve as a liaison between the local school system, the local law enforcement agency, and the Center.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On or before September 1, 2018, the Center, in consultation with local school systems, shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Develop a specialized curriculum for use in training of school resource officers and school security employees; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Submit the curriculum to the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission for approval.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The specialized curriculum developed under this subsection shall include training in:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>De–escalation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Disability awareness;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Maintaining a positive school climate;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Constructive interactions with students; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Implicit bias and disability and diversity awareness with specific attention to racial and ethnic disparities.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The specialized curriculum developed under this subsection may not go into effect until it is approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission does not initially approve the specialized curriculum, the Center shall amend the curriculum until it meets with the Commission’s approval.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On or before March 1, 2019, the Center shall develop and submit to the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission for approval a model training program that meets the requirements of the curriculum approved under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each local law enforcement agency shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Enroll individuals assigned to be school resource officers in the model training program developed by the Center under paragraph (2) of this subsection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Submit to the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission for approval a training program that is consistent with the curriculum developed under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Enroll individuals assigned to be school resource officers in the training program developed under item 1 of this item.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Beginning September 1, 2019, to be assigned as a school resource officer an individual shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Complete:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The model training program developed by the Center under paragraph (2) of this subsection through instruction provided by the Center in collaboration with the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A local law enforcement agency’s training program developed under paragraph (3)(ii) of this subsection; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Beginning September 1, 2019, to be employed as a school security employee at a public school, an individual shall complete:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The model training program developed by the Center under paragraph (2) of this subsection through instruction provided by the Center in collaboration with the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A local law enforcement agency’s training program developed under paragraph (3)(ii) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Center shall collect data regarding the school resource officers in each local school system, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The number of full–time and part–time school resource officers assigned to each elementary school, middle school, and high school; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other local school system employees or local law enforcement officers who are fulfilling the role of a school resource officer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 15, 2018, the Center, in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies and local school systems, shall analyze the initial data collected under subsection (c) of this section and develop guidelines to assist local school systems in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Identifying the appropriate number and assignment of school resource officers, including supplemental coverage by local law enforcement agencies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Collaborating and communicating with local law enforcement agencies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On or before July 1, 2019, each local school system, in consultation with local law enforcement agencies, shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Develop a plan to implement the guidelines developed by the Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submit the plan to the Center for review and comment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the 2018–2019 school year begins, each local school system shall file a report with the Center identifying:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The public high  schools in the local school system’s jurisdiction that have a school resource officer assigned to the school; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a public high school in the local school system’s jurisdiction is not assigned a school resource officer, the adequate local law enforcement coverage that will be provided to the public high school.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning with the 2019–2020 school year, and each school year thereafter, before the school year begins, each local school system shall, in accordance with the plan developed under subsection (d)(2) of this section, file a report identifying:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The public schools in the local school system’s jurisdiction that have a school resource officer assigned to the school; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a public school in the local school system’s jurisdiction is not assigned a school resource officer, the adequate local law enforcement coverage that will be provided to the public school.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On or before October 1, 2018, and each October 1 thereafter, the Center shall submit a summary of the reports required under this subsection to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each local school system shall post on the school system’s website information on the role and authority of school resource officers assigned to public schools within the school system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the purpose of providing grants to local school systems and local law enforcement agencies to assist in meeting the requirements of subsection (e) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Grants provided under this subsection shall be made to each local school system based on the number of schools in each school system in proportion to the total number of public schools in the State in the prior year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A local school system may use funds provided under subsection (g) of this section for school security employees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Center shall collect data on incidents of use of force between:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any school resource officer and a student while a school resource officer is carrying out the officer’s duties; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any school security employee and a student while the school security employee is carrying out the employee’s duties.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On or before December 1, 2020, and each December 1 thereafter, the Center shall submit a report on the data collected under paragraph (1) of this subsection for each jurisdiction, in accordance with federal and State law, to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
