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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
April 3, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Jacque and Tomczyk, cosponsored by
Representatives Krug, Callahan, Armstrong, Behnke, Brandtjen, Green,
Moses and Mursau. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local
Government.
SB209,1,4
1An Act to amend 20.455 (2) (as) and 165.85 (5) (b); and
to create 66.0512, 165.28
2(4) and 165.85 (5) (bm) of the statutes;
relating to: increasing the law
3enforcement training reimbursement, school resource officers, and making an
4appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Law Enforcement Standards Board reimburses each
political subdivision for the costs associated with preparatory training and annual
recertification training for law enforcement officers, jail officers, and juvenile
detention officers. A “political subdivision" means a county, city, village, town, town
sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, and
technical college district.
Under current law, reimbursement to a political subdivision for annual
recertification training must be at least $160 per officer. This bill increases the
reimbursement to at least $320 per officer.
The bill also requires LESB to reimburse the costs of preparatory training that
were paid by an individual who completed the training and subsequently became a
certified law enforcement officer, jail officer, or juvenile detention officer in addition
to those costs that were paid by a political subdivision on behalf of a recruit.
Current law provides standards and training requirements for law
enforcement officers, but current law does not provide specific standards or training
requirements for school resource officers, who are law enforcement officers assigned
by a law enforcement agency to work in collaboration with a school district, private
school, or independent charter school. The bill requires the Office of School Safety
in the Department of Justice to develop standards and approve a certified training
program for school resource officers. The bill prohibits law enforcement agencies
from assigning officers after September 1, 2024, as school resource officers unless
they have completed a training program that OSS has approved.
The bill also requires OSS to maintain a database of all school resource officers.
Under the bill, OSS must include in the database the school district, private school,
or independent charter school to which each school resource officer is assigned and
when the officer completed the training required under the bill.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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1Section
1. 20.455 (2) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.455
(2) (as)
Officer training reimbursements; supplemental funds. The
3amounts in the schedule to make payments under s. 165.85 (5) (b)
and (bm) and (5x).
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4Section
2. 66.0512 of the statutes is created to read:
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566.0512 School resource officers.
(1) In this section:
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(a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
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(b) “Law enforcement officer" means a person who is employed by the state or
8a political subdivision of the state for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime
9and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations
10of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce.
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(c) “School resource officer” means a law enforcement officer who is deployed
12in community-oriented policing and assigned by the law enforcement agency that
13employs him or her to work in a full-time capacity in collaboration with a school
14district, a governing body of a private school, or an operator of a charter school
15authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
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1(2) No law enforcement agency may assign a law enforcement officer to be a
2school resource officer unless the law enforcement officer completes a training
3program that is approved under s. 165.28 (4) (a).
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4(3) If a law enforcement agency assigns a law enforcement officer to be a school
5resource officer, the law enforcement agency shall provide the department of justice
6with the information the department requests for the database under s. 165.28 (4)
7(b).
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8Section
3. 165.28 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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165.28
(4) (a) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this paragraph
10.... [LRB inserts date], develop standards and approve a certified training program
11regarding the role and function of school resource officers, deescalation techniques,
12and the employment of law enforcement officers in an educational environment. In
13this subsection, “school resource officer” has the meaning given in s. 66.0512 (1) (c).
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(b) Maintain a database of individuals employed as school resource officers.
15The database shall include, for each school resource officer, the school district, the
16private school, or the charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to which
17the school resource officer is assigned and when the school resource officer completed
18the training program required under s. 66.0512 (2).
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19Section
4. 165.85 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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165.85
(5) (b) The board shall authorize the reimbursement to each political
21subdivision of approved expenses incurred by recruits who satisfactorily complete
22training at schools certified by the board. Reimbursement of these expenses for law
23enforcement officer, jail officer and juvenile detention officer preparatory training
24shall be for board approved tuition, living, and travel expenses. Reimbursement of
25approved expenses for completion of annual recertification training under sub. (4)
1shall include at least
$160 $320 per officer thereafter. Funds may also be distributed
2for attendance at other training programs and courses or for training services on a
3priority basis to be decided by the department of justice.
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4Section
5. 165.85 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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165.85
(5) (bm) The board shall reimburse approved expenses for an individual
6who satisfactorily completes preparatory training at a board-certified school and
7who subsequently becomes certified as a law enforcement officer, jail officer, or
8juvenile detention officer. Expenses eligible for reimbursement under this
9paragraph include tuition and living and travel expenses.
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10Section
6.
Fiscal changes.
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(1)
In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
12of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (as), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is
13increased by $4,480,000. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation
14to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (as), the dollar amount for fiscal year
152024-25 is increased by $4,480,000.
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16Section
7.
Initial applicability.
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(1) The treatment of s. 66.0512 (2) first applies to assignments made, renewed,
18or extended on the effective date of this subsection.
