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scheduling that results in a school year exceeding 180 days will require a renegotiation of <br />the terms of this Agreement. <br />The parties agree that, because the Explorer Middle School SRO is funded by the City, the <br />City may discontinue providing the Explorer Middle School SRO at any time. <br />The District and the City confirm that all SROs shall be trained in compliance with RCW <br />28A.400 as applicable to SROs and as amended by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1214, <br />and that each SRO will be trained in the following areas, in compliance with RCW 28A.310 <br />as applicable to SROs and as amended by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1214: <br />a) Constitutional and civil rights of children in schools, including state law governing <br />search and interrogation of youth in schools; <br />b) Child and adolescent development; <br />c) Trauma-informed approaches to working with youth; <br />d) Recognizing and responding to youth mental health issues; <br />e) Educational rights of students with disabilities, the relationship of disability to <br />behavior, -and best practices for interacting with students with disabilities; <br />t) Bias free policing and cultural competency, including best practices for interacting <br />with students from particular backgrounds, including English learners, LGBTQ, <br />immigrant, female and nonbinary students; <br />g) Local and national disparities in the use of force and arrests of children; <br />h) Collateral consequences of arrest, referral for prosecution, and court involvement; <br />i) Resources available in the community that serve as alternatives to arrest and <br />prosecution and pathways for youth to access services without court or criminal <br />justice involvement; <br />j) De-escalation techniques when working with youth or groups of youth; <br />k) State law regarding restraint and isolation in schools, including RCW <br />28A.600.485; <br />1) The federal family educational rights and privacy act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) <br />requirements including limits on access to and dissemination of student records <br />for noneducational purposes; and <br />m) Restorative justice principles and practices. <br />B. The parties agree to follow the requirements for School Resource Officer programs set <br />forth in RCW 28A.320 as applicable to SROs and as amended by Engrossed Substitute <br />House Bill 1214 along with the goals and expectations outlined in the Everett Police <br />Department SRO Handbook which includes the best practices of the National Association <br />of School Resource Officers (NASRO). The SRO Handbook will be reviewed, and updated <br />as necessary by the City, in conjunction with the annual renewal of this agreement through <br />the process described in Section 1, Paragraph G. Pursuant to RCW 28A.320 as applicable <br />to SROs and as amended by Engrossed Substitute House Bill, it is agreed that the City will <br />select the officer to be assigned as SRO to the school after consultation with the District, <br />but the Police Chief retains the authority to make the final determination as to officer <br />selection. At the end of each school semester, the school principal shall provide written <br />feedback about the performance of the SRO to the administrator supervising the SRO <br />program for the District, who shall then provide that information to the Youth Services <br />Sergeant for purposes of the officer's performance evaluation. The City retains the <br />authority to provide the officer's annual performance evaluation pursuant to City <br />contracts, policies and procedures. The District's feedback and City performance <br />evaluation shall be considered in the selection of the officers to be assigned as SROs. <br />Interlocal Cooperative Agreement <br />City of Everett and Mukilteo SD <br />SRO - 2024-2025 Page 2 of 6