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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio allows law enforcement agencies to provide school resource officers to chartered nonpublic schools
Last action · June 3, 2026: Reported (Education)Sponsors: Al Cutrona and 20 others
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What This Bill Would Do
To amend sections 505.431 and 3313.951 of the Revised Code to authorize a law enforcement agency to provide school resource officer services to a chartered nonpublic school.
Nonpublic schools gain explicit statutory authority to partner with local police departments for campus security personnel, with temporary flexibility for officer training qualifications leading up to the 2026-2027 academic year.
- Under prior Ohio law, statutory provisions governing school resource officers primarily addressed public school districts rather than nonpublic schools. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Chartered nonpublic schools
Nonpublic schools are authorized to engage township police departments and law enforcement agencies to provide school resource officer services.
Township police departments
Township police departments are granted the legal authority to provide school resource officer services to chartered nonpublic schools within their jurisdiction.
School resource officers
Peace officers serving as school resource officers must meet specific basic and specialized training requirements established by the Ohio peace officer training commission.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who has final authority over student discipline when an SRO is present?
Are there temporary rules for nonpublic schools getting an SRO before the 2026-2027 school year?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
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Procedural history
7 actions- Jun 3, 2026HouseCommitteeReported (Education)
- May 13, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Education
- Mar 31, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Mar 25, 2026SenateFloorPassed
- Mar 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported (Education)
- Nov 18, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Education
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- Nov 5, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced
Version history & redline
4 versions on fileVoting Record
Favorable Passage
Total
12
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (10)
Show 2 earlier roll calls
Favorable Passage
Total
32
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Favorable Passage
Total
6
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Expansion of SRO Authorizations to Nonpublic Schools
The bill broadens existing school resource officer statutes that previously applied primarily to public school districts to now explicitly include chartered nonpublic schools.
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Sources
www.legislature.ohio.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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