Amendment No. 594

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 376 (BDR 34-152)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

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Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting line 1 and inserting:

"4. The board of".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 3, after "officers." by inserting;

"If the board of trustees of a school district employs or appoints persons to serve as school police officers, the board of trustees shall employ a law enforcement officer to serve as the chief of school police who is supervised by the board of trustees. The chief of school police shall supervise each person appointed or employed by the board of trustees as a school police officer.".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 7, by deleting "shall" and inserting "may".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 10 and 11 and inserting:

"therein that is owned by the school district. If a contract is entered into pursuant to this section, the contract must make provision for the transfer of each school police officer employed by the board of trustees to the metropolitan police department. If the board of trustees of a school district contracts with a metropolitan police department pursuant to this section, the board of trustees shall, if applicable, cooperate with appropriate local law".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 18, by deleting "shall" and inserting "may".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 22, by deleting "The" and inserting:

"If the department enters into a contract pursuant to this section, the".

Amend sec. 3, page 2, line 37, by deleting "the" and inserting "a".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 4 and renumbering sec. 5 as sec. 4.

Amend the title of the bill by deleting the second through fifth lines and inserting:

"districts to employ a chief of school police; authorizing the boards of trustees of certain school districts to contract with metropolitan police departments for police services; providing for the creation of a school police unit within a metropolitan police department that has entered into a contract with the board of trustees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".