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Key Votes
SB 2659 - Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools - Key Vote
Mississippi Key Votes
Stages
- April 25, 2013 Executive Signed
- April 3, 2013 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- April 3, 2013 House Conference Report Adopted
- March 20, 2013 Senate Concurrence Vote Failed
- March 12, 2013 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 6, 2013 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 21, 2013 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 25, 2013
Title: Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools
Signed by Governor Phil Bryant
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (-) - April 3, 2013
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (80-36) - April 3, 2013(Key vote)
Title: Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes a grant to fund School Resource Officers in primary and secondary schools, effective July 1, 2013.
Highlights:
- Establishes the Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program, to provide funding to assist law enforcement agencies in providing additional School Resource Officers to police the grounds of primary and secondary schools (Sec. 1).
- Requires the MCOPS program to meet certain standards, including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
- Requires an incentive for law enforcement agencies to build collaborative partnerships with the school community and to use community policing efforts to combat school violence;
- Requires a maximum state contribution of up to $10,000 per officer position over the 1 year grant period with local funds matching on a 50/50 basis;
- Requires the additional School Resource Officers to devote at least 75 percent of their time to work in and around primary schools; and
- Requires all agencies receiving awards through the MCOPS program to participate in training at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy.
- Authorizes a public school district to develop a plan for the security of its students, faculty, and administration if the public school district is financially unable to participate in the MCOPS program (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Failed (Senate) - March 20, 2013
Title: Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (House) (-) - March 12, 2013
Title: Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (-) - Feb. 6, 2013
Title: Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 21, 2013
Title: Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Albert Butler (MS - D)
- Lydia Graves Chassaniol (MS - R)
- Nancy Adams Collins (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joey Fillingane (MS - R)
- Thomas A. 'Tommy' Gollott (MS - R)
- Josh Harkins (MS - R)
- W. Briggs Hopson III (MS - R)
- Robert L. 'Bobby' Jackson (MS - D)
- Sampson Jackson II (MS - D)
- David Lee Jordan (MS - D)
- David Parker (MS - R)
- Derrick T. Simmons (MS - D)
- Melanie Sojourner (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
