S382 - Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes. (SL 2024-57)
Session Year 2024
Overview: Section 3J.17 of S.L. 2024‑57 transfers the Center for Safer Schools (Center) from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) as a Type I transfer with a new budget fund created for the Center where all funds supporting the Center will be transferred and be administered by the Executive Director of the Center. The Executive Director must be appointed by the Director of the SBI. Various school safety grant programs will be overseen by the Executive Director instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. An additional $370,000 is appropriated to create four full‑time criminal justice specialist positions for the Center. Position number 60009394 is also transferred from DPI to the SBI.
This section also repeals the Task Force for Safer Schools.
This bill was vetoed by the Governor on November 26, 2024, and that veto was overridden by the General Assembly on December 11, 2024. This section of the act became effective December 11, 2024.
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