New school safety bill in Kentucky seeks to address SRO shortage, rise in teen suicides

AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT. SENATOR MAX WEISS SAYS SOME OF THE PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY RECENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, AS WELL AS SOME DISTURBING TRENDS THAT HE SAW DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC. THE NEEDS OF SCHOOL SAFETY ARE A PRIORITY FOR THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF맥스카지노�S OFFICE. LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS KENTUCKY, SHELBY COUNTY IS IN THE MIDST OF HIRING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW, OUR SROS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING BALL GAMES, EXTRACURRICULAR EVENTS. UH, THEY맥스카지노�RE ACTUALLY ON SITE FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS OPENING UP IN THE SUMMER. ACROSS KENTUCKY, MORE THAN 600 SCHOOL CAMPUSES DO NOT HAVE AN SRO, DESPITE A 2019 LAW REQUIRING ONE. SENATE BILL TWO WOULD CREATE THE GUARDIAN PROGRAM TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP, JUST BECAUSE OF A LACK OF A WORKFORCE FROM SHERIFF맥스카지노�S OFFICES AS WELL AS CITY POLICE. AND IT맥스카지노�S NOTHING ON THEIR PART OF PRIORITIZING. IT맥스카지노�S JUST SIMPLY WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ABLE BODIES THAT CAN FILL SRO POSITIONS, THE GUARDIANS COULD BE RETIRED MILITARY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY COULD CARRY A GUN, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ARREST ANYONE. SENATE BILL TWO WOULD ALSO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO CREATE TEAMS WITH THEIR SROS, COUNSELORS, AND OTHERS TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND THEN INTERVENE. AND IT REQUIRES TWO SUICIDE PREVENTION SESSIONS PER YEAR FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12. WE맥스카지노�RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH OF A PREVENTIVE APPROACH ON THE FRONT END, AND NOT SO MUCH A REACTIVE APPROACH ON THE BACK END. THE BILL WOULD ALSO CREATE A NEW CENTRAL MAP DATABASE. SO IF THERE IS A SCHOOL SHOOTING, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN QUICKLY ACCESS CAMPUS LAYOUTS. YOU LOOK ABOUT VIVALDI. I USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THEY WAITED AND DID NOT RUSH INTO A SITUATION WHICH WAS HORRIFIC. THIS WOULD ALLOW EVERY BIT OF DATA TO BE GIVEN TO THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO KNOW WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, SPECIFICALLY IN THAT SCHOOL. SENATOR WEISS SAYS HE맥스카지노�S BEEN TOLD THAT THIS BILL COULD RECEIVE A HEARING IN THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

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Despite a 2019 law requiring every school campus in Kentucky to have at least one school resource officer, more than 600 campuses still do not have an SRO.That's according to Sen. Max Wise, who cited the Kentucky Center for School Safety. "For many campuses across the commonwealth, it's just simply not being able to get the buy-in just because of a lack of workforce from sheriff's offices and city police," Wise said. "And it's nothing on their part of prioritizing, it's just simply where we are right now in terms of able bodies that can fill SRO positions."To help districts struggling to place SROs, Wise filed Senate Bill 2, a school safety bill with several provisions.The bill creates a "Guardian" program, which allows school districts to directly hire former law enforcement and military veterans. Like an SRO, guardians would be able to carry a gun, but unlike an SRO, they would not have the power to arrest someone."We're not trying with this bill to eliminate an SRO," Wise said. "We're still holding that as the highest regard in the commonwealth. This is just another layer of protection."SB 2 also builds upon the trauma-informed teams created in the 2019 School Safety and Resiliency Act, passed in the wake of the Marshall County High School shooting and sponsored by Wise.Those teams would be required to add SROs, and their duties are more clearly spelled out to include supporting students impacted by trauma, responding to mental health issues and helping students build resiliency and wellness. The bill also requires schools to offer two suicide prevention training sessions to students in grades 6-12 instead of one. It also creates a central database so that law enforcement officers responding to a school can quickly pull up a map of a school campus. SB 2 could receive a hearing in the Senate education committee on Thursday, Wise said.

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Despite a 2019 law requiring every school campus in Kentucky to have at least one school resource officer, more than 600 campuses still do not have an SRO.

That's according to Sen. Max Wise, who cited the Kentucky Center for School Safety.

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"For many campuses across the commonwealth, it's just simply not being able to get the buy-in just because of a lack of workforce from sheriff's offices and city police," Wise said. "And it's nothing on their part of prioritizing, it's just simply where we are right now in terms of able bodies that can fill SRO positions."

To help districts struggling to place SROs, Wise filed Senate Bill 2, a school safety bill with several provisions.

The bill creates a "Guardian" program, which allows school districts to directly hire former law enforcement and military veterans. Like an SRO, guardians would be able to carry a gun, but unlike an SRO, they would not have the power to arrest someone.

"We're not trying with this bill to eliminate an SRO," Wise said. "We're still holding that as the highest regard in the commonwealth. This is just another layer of protection."

SB 2 also builds upon the trauma-informed teams created in the 2019 School Safety and Resiliency Act, passed in the wake of the Marshall County High School shooting and sponsored by Wise.

Those teams would be required to add SROs, and their duties are more clearly spelled out to include supporting students impacted by trauma, responding to mental health issues and helping students build resiliency and wellness.

The bill also requires schools to offer two suicide prevention training sessions to students in grades 6-12 instead of one.

It also creates a central database so that law enforcement officers responding to a school can quickly pull up a map of a school campus.

SB 2 could receive a hearing in the Senate education committee on Thursday, Wise said.

New school safety bill in Kentucky seeks to address SRO shortage, rise in teen suicides

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