SCHOOL OFFICERS: Currently, the school board of the Blue Springs school district may authorize and commission school officers to enforce laws relating to crimes committed on school premises, at school activities, and on school buses. This act allows the school board of any school district to authorize and commission such school officers. (Section 162.215)

DARE PROGRAM CURRICULUM: The Missouri State Training Center for the DARE program must develop curriculum and certification requirements for school resource officers. School resource officers must complete, at a minimum, forty hours of basic school resource officer training that includes legal operations within an educational environment, intruder training and planning, juvenile law, and other relevant topics.

This provision is also contained in perfected SB 211 (2013), SCS/HCS/HB 388 (2013) and HCS/HB 675 (2013). (Section 1)

MICHAEL RUFF