A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Directing each local Board of Education to annually report to the center for safer schools information about school resource officers and directing the center for safer schools to annually report the information to the joint legislative education oversight committee, as recommended by the house select committee on school safety.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 8C of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 115C‑105.57.  School resource officer reports.
(a)	Each local board of education shall report by September 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, in writing to the Center for Safer Schools the number of school resource officers and the placement of each school resource officer in the local school administrative unit. This report shall include the source of funding and method of employment for each school resource officer position.
(b)	The Center for Safer Schools shall report by November 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee an executive summary and the disaggregated data for each local school administrative unit regarding the information reported by the local boards of education pursuant to subsection (a) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.