• The East Contra Costa, California school district want to keep its school resource officer program to avoid isolation and long emergency response times of at least 10 minutes.
• The Ohio legislature introduces Senate Bill 74, which would allow school districts to use a property tax levy exclusively to pay for the cost of implementing school resource officer programs.
• The South Dakota legislature has sent a bill to the governor that would authorize “school sentinels” — armed teachers, administrators, security guards or community volunteers.
• Indiana lawmakers are considering legislation that would help fund school resource officers through matching grants.
• Beaufort County, South Carolina has reassigned six deputies from animal control to schools to implement a school resource officer program.