MN HF1629

School resource officers (SROs) must support the educational process, establish relationships with students and staff, and enforce state and local laws without arresting students for disciplinary issues that school administrators would handle.

School districts contracting for SRO services must maintain a memorandum of understanding with law enforcement agencies that includes the SRO's role, complaint procedures, documentation requirements, information sharing protocols, training costs, daily duties, and extracurricular activity expectations.

SROs must receive at least 40 hours of initial training within three months covering school-based policing, legal issues, cultural fluency, child development, mental health intervention, restorative justice practices, and classroom management, with training costs split between law enforcement and school districts unless otherwise agreed.

School principals or administrators where an SRO is assigned must complete one hour of annual training on the role of school administrators in relation to the SRO.

SROs must report monthly to school principals on arrests, law enforcement referrals, and criminal complaint filings, with school boards reporting this data to the state commissioner along with other disciplinary information.