(j) employ a law enforcement officer as a public safety liaison to be housed at the State Board of Education who shall work with the State Board of Education to:

(i) support training with relevant state agencies for school resource officers as described in Section 53G-8-702;

(ii) coordinate the creation of model policies and memorandums of understanding for a local education agency and a local law enforcement agency; and

(iii) ensure cooperation between relevant state agencies, a local education agency, and a local law enforcement agency to foster compliance with disciplinary related statutory provisions, including Sections 53E-3-516 and 53G-8-211.

(a) in grade 1 through 6; and

(b) truant at least five times during the school year.

(a) may authorize a school administrator, a designee of a school administrator, a law enforcement officer acting as a school resource officer, or a truancy specialist to issue a notice of truancy in accordance with Subsection (4); and

(b) shall establish a procedure for a school-age child, or the school-age child's parents, to contest a notice of truancy.

(i) "School resource officer" means a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who contracts with, is employed by, or whose law enforcement agency contracts with a local education agency to provide law enforcement services for the local education agency.

(1) "Law enforcement agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102.

(2) “Public School” means the same as that term is defined in section 53G-205.1.

(3) "School resource officer" or "SRO" means a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who contracts with or whose law enforcement agency contracts with an LEA to provide law enforcement services for the LEA.

(4) “School Safety Specialist” means a school employee who is responsible for supporting school safety initiatives, including the threat assessment described in subsection 53G-8-802(2)(G)(I)

(a) an acknowledgment by the law enforcement agency or the individual that an SRO hired under the contract shall:

(i) provide for and maintain a safe, healthy, and productive learning environment in a school;

(ii) act as a positive role model to students;

(iii) work to create a cooperative, proactive, and problem-solving partnership between law enforcement and the LEA;

(iv) emphasize the use of restorative approaches to address negative behavior; and

(v) at the request of the LEA, teach a vocational law enforcement class;

(b) a description of the shared understanding of the LEA and the law enforcement agency or individual regarding the roles and responsibilities of law enforcement and the LEA to:

(i) maintain safe schools;

(ii) improve school climate; and

(iii) support educational opportunities for students;

(c) a designation of student offenses that the SRO shall confer with the LEA to resolve, including an offense that:

(i) is a minor violation of the law; and

(ii) would not violate the law if the offense was committed by an adult;

(d) a designation of student offenses that are administrative issues that an SRO shall refer to a school administrator for resolution in accordance with Section 53G-8-211;

(e) a detailed description of the rights of a student under state and federal law with regard to:

(i) searches;

(ii) questioning; and

(iii) information privacy;

(f) a detailed description of:

(i) job duties;

(ii) training requirements; and

(iii) other expectations of the SRO and school administration in relation to law enforcement at the LEA;

(g) that an SRO who is hired under the contract and the principal at the school where an SRO will be working, or the principal's designee, will jointly complete the SRO training described in Section 53G-8-702; and

(h) if the contract is between an LEA and a law enforcement agency, that:

(i) both parties agree to jointly discuss SRO applicants; and

(ii) the law enforcement agency will accept feedback from an LEA about an SRO's performance.