(1) The mission of the working group is to enhance school safety through the cost-effective use of public resources. The work of the working group will focus on evidence-based best practices.
(2) The working group shall:
Study and implement recommendations of the state auditor's report regarding schoolsafety released September 2019;
Consider program organization and recommend reorganization if necessary;
Identify shared metrics to examine program effectiveness;
Facilitate interagency coordination and communication;
Increase transparency and accessibility of state grants and resources, particularly forschool districts without a grant writer, which includes improving outreach and may include developing common grant applications;
Facilitate and address data sharing, including allowable data sharing at the local level,when appropriate and allowable under state and federal law; and
Address school safety program challenges in a coordinated way.
The working group may use available resources, modalities, and nonmembers frominterested members of the community to focus on specific subject matters.
The school safety resource center serves as the clearinghouse for all materials produced by the working group.
The division of criminal justice in the department of public safety, in consultationwith the department of education, shall provide resources for data collection, research, analysis, and publication of the working group's findings and reports.
Source: L. 2020: Entire article added, (SB 20-023), ch. 247, p. 1183, § 1, effective July 7.