Milwaukee Public Schools have been ordered to implement school resource officers (SROs) into school buildings.A Milwaukee County Judge issued the ruling on Thursday, Jan. 23, according to a press release from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL). The court ordered 25 SROs to be in place by Feb. 17.The decision follows a lawsuit filed last year by a mother of an MPS student, who claimed the district violated a state law requiring SR…

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Milwaukee County judge orders public schools to employ 25 resource officers by Feb. 17. The district must comply or explain non-compliance in court.

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A Wisconsin judge ordered Milwaukee Public Schools to comply with state law and provide the legally required number of school resource officers in all public schools no later than Feb. 17.

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Milwaukee Public Schools must return police officers to the district no later than Feb. 17, or appear in court to explain why it is not following state law.  The post Judge rules Milwaukee Public Schools must have police in schools by Feb. 17 appeared first on WPR.

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MILWAUKEE — A judge ruled on Thursday that Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) must place 25 School Resource Officers (SROs) at public schools across the district no later than February 17. SROs would need to be be actively available during regular school hours in compliance with Act 12. Act 12 was codified into Wisconsin state law in 2023 and took effect on January 1, 2024. MPS has technically been out of compliance with this law since it took effec…

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State representative Jed Davis (R-Yorkville) introduced House Bill 1346, Tuesday, Jan. 14, which aims to bolster school safety in Illinois by establishing the School Resource Officer (SRO) Grant Program. This legislation will provide critical funding to support the hiring of active or retired law enforcement officers as SROs in schools throughout the state. “Every child...

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