Kentucky lawmakers took a step last week to help increase security measures at private schools, which Governor Andy Beshear signed into law.
House Bill 540 allows private and parochial schools to enter agreements with local law enforcement agencies or the department of Kentucky State Police to provide school resource officers. Previous legislation required public schools to have resource officers on every campus.
Last year, the Governor signed House Bill 63, which requires every public school campus to have a school resource officer. And as of Friday, private and parochial schools will be able to do the same.
The last school shooting in Kentucky was in 2018. A 15-year-old male student opened fire at Marshall County High School, killing two and injuring 18. It was after this shooting that work began to require an School Resource Officer on every campus.
Source: WBKO
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