Amendment ID: S2800-80-R2

2nd Redraft Amendment 80

School Committee Approval of SROs and Data Reporting

Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Rausch, Mr. Welch and Ms. Creem move to amend the bill by striking out section 50 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 50. Subsection (b) of section 37P of said chapter 71, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

A chief of police, at the request of the superintendent and subject to appropriation, shall assign at least 1 school resource officer to serve the city, town, commonwealth charter school, regional school district or county agricultural school. In the case of a regional school district, commonwealth charter school or county agriculture school, the chief of police of the city or town in which the school is located shall, at the request of the superintendent, assign the school resource officer who may be the same officer for all schools in the city or town, subject to annual approval by public vote of the relevant school committee. Annually, not later than August 1, the superintendent shall report to the department of elementary and secondary education and publicly present to the relevant school committee: (i) the cost to the school district of assigning a school resource officer; (ii) a description of the proposed budget for mental, social or emotional health support personnel for the school; and (iii) the number of school-based arrests, citations and court referrals made in the previous year disaggregated as required by the department of elementary and secondary education.”.