2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2297: School boards; employment of school resource officers in each public elementary & secondary school.

Legislative Summary

School boards; employment of school resource officers in each public elementary and secondary school. Requires each school board to enter into a collaborative agreement with the local law-enforcement agency to employ at least one school resource officer in each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division and provides that no school board shall be granted any full or partial waiver from such staffing requirements. The bill contains a contingent effective date that states that the foregoing requirement shall become effective beginning with the fiscal year in which funding has been provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to fully fund such requirement.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102107D
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2297)
House of Delegates
1/27/2025
Impact statement from CLG (HB2297)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Left in Education
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
1/28/2025
5
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED