HB 15-1273 Summary

• Requires schools to separately report sexual violence and marijuana-related incidents in school safety reports instead of grouping them under ambiguous "other" categories.

• Mandates law enforcement agencies report student arrests, tickets, and summons occurring at schools to the Division of Criminal Justice starting August 1, 2016, including student demographics and offense information.

• Requires district attorneys to report pre-file juvenile or adult diversions for school-related offenses beginning August 1, 2015.

• Directs the Division of Criminal Justice to compile and analyze law enforcement data and prepare annual reports by April 1, 2016, disaggregated by race, age, gender, and offense type, made accessible through the Department of Education website.

• Appropriates $73,457 to the Division of Criminal Justice for 2015-16 fiscal year to implement new data collection and analysis requirements.