                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANTS PROGRAM AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER INCENTIVE
GRANTS FUND (§ 9.1-110)

A. From the funds appropriated for such purpose and from the gifts, donations,
grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf, there is established
(i) the School Resource Officer Grants Program, to be administered by the Board,
in consultation with the Board of Education, and (ii) a special nonreverting
fund within the state treasury known as the School Resource Officer Incentive
Grants Fund, hereinafter known as the &#8220;Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be
established on the books of the Comptroller, and any moneys remaining in the
Fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the general fund but shall
remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such funds shall remain in the Fund and
be credited to it.
			Subject to the authority of the Board to provide for its disbursement, the
Fund shall be disbursed to award matching grants to local law-enforcement
agencies and local school boards that have established a collaborative agreement
in accordance with &#xA7; 22.1-280.2:3 to employ uniformed school resource
officers, as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101, school security officers, as defined in
&#xA7; 9.1-101, and other relevant school safety personnel within the relevant
school division or law-enforcement agency as determined by the Department.
Grants may be awarded for the expenses related to the equipment necessary for
such uniformed school resource officers, school security officers, and other
relevant school safety personnel and the enhancement of the school-law
enforcement partnership through training and programming as determined by the
Department, provided, however, that such grants shall not be used for any
expense related to the purchase of firearms, handcuffs or other wrist
restraints, or any stun weapon as defined in &#xA7; 18.2-308.1.
			The Board may disburse annually up to five percent of the Fund for the
training of the school resource officers. School resource officers shall be
certified law-enforcement officers and shall be employed to help ensure safety
and prevent truancy and violence in schools.

B. The Board shall establish criteria for making grants from the Fund, including
procedures for determining the amount of a grant and the required local match.
Any grant of general funds shall be matched by the locality on the basis of the
composite index of local ability to pay. The Board may adopt guidelines
governing the Program and the employment and duties of the school resource
officers as it deems necessary and appropriate.

HISTORY: 1999, c. 512, § 9-171.1; 2000, c. 785; 2001, cc. 33, 844; 2002, cc.
836, 868; 2016, c. 466; 2023, cc. 609, 610.