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CHAPTER 33 An Act to amend and reenact § 9-171.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to funds distributed for the training of school resource officers. [H 1652] Approved March 2, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 9-171.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 9-171.1. School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund.

A. From such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose and from such gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds as may be received on its behalf, there is hereby established the School Resource Officer Grants Program, to be administered by the Criminal Justice Services Board, in consultation with the Board of Education, and a special nonreverting fund within the state treasury known as the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund, hereinafter known as the "Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller, and any moneys remaining in such Fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such funds shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it.

Subject to the authority of the Criminal Justice Services Board to provide for its disbursement, the Fund shall be disbursed to award matching grants to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards that have established a collaborative agreement to employ uniformed school resource officers in middle and high schools within the relevant school division. The Board may disburse annually up to five percent of the Fund for the training of the school resource officers. Such school resource officers shall be certified law-enforcement officers and shall be employed to help ensure safety, to prevent truancy and violence in schools, and to enforce school board rules and codes of student conduct.

B. The Criminal Justice Services Board shall establish criteria for making grants from the Fund, including procedures for determining the amount of a grant and the required local match. Any grant of general funds shall be matched by the locality on the basis of the composite index of local ability to pay. The Criminal Justice Services Board may issue guidelines governing the Program and the employment and duties of the school resource officers as it deems necessary and appropriate.