Nebraska Legislators Advance School Resource Officer Bill

BEATRICE - Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that seeks to provide duties in state law for school resource officers, in Nebraska.
LB 390 advanced to second round on a 34-0 vote Monday, with a Judiciary Committee amendment essentially replacing the bill.
Bill sponsor, Senator Patty Pansing-Brooks says the measure came out of an interim study this past year, where input was obtained from law enforcement and educators.
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:18 "school districts"
One issue is the handling of disciplinary issues….and whether those should be handled by school resource officers or school officials.
Pansing-Brooks says the bill would not require a district to hire a school resource officer.
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:23 "and school staff"
Legislators approved an amendment to the bill put forward by the Judiciary Committee. Its' Chairman, Senator Steve Lathrop says the amendment would shift state-level responsibilities over school resource officers from the Nebraska Crime Commission, to the State Department of Education.
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:09 "the school districts"
Both the amendment and bill advanced without any opposition votes.