NC H204

Requires local boards of education to establish school-justice partnerships with law enforcement agencies to reduce in-school arrests, expulsions, and out-of-school suspensions by connecting at-risk youth to services and supporting diversion from the juvenile justice system.

Mandates school safety resource officer agreements to incorporate school-justice partnership elements, including graduated response models for student discipline and protocols for daily interactions between students, school personnel, and officers.

Requires volunteer school safety resource officers to receive training on juvenile justice issues and cultural competency including child development research, behavioral health issues, community services, and school-justice partnerships.

Directs the North Carolina Justice Academy to develop the juvenile justice and cultural competency training program by January 1, 2018.

Requires school districts to collect and maintain data on student arrests on school property, including race, gender, age, grade level, ethnicity, disability status, and whether students had multiple arrests in an academic year.