Senate Enrolled Act No. 1 - Summary

• Establishes school resource officer (SRO) positions with required training of at least 40 hours through certified instructors; SROs assist school safety specialists and can make arrests, conduct searches, carry firearms, and exercise police powers on school property.

• Creates Indiana Secured School Fund administered by Department of Homeland Security to provide matching grants to schools for employing SROs, conducting threat assessments, or purchasing security equipment and technology.

• Establishes Secured School Safety Board with seven members to approve grant applications, with maximum grants of $50,000 per year for schools with 1,000+ students and $35,000 per year for smaller schools.

• Modifies Indiana Safe Schools Fund to prioritize use of drug detection dogs instead of firearm detection equipment and adds criminal gang activity training requirements for school safety personnel.

• Requires law enforcement agencies to notify school administrators within 48 hours when students are arrested for serious crimes or gang-related situations; grants state indemnification for public schools against losses from SRO weapon-related injuries.