Here are its recommendations for ending school-based policing and SRO programs:

Redirect state and federal funding for SRO programs and police-school partnerships toward public health approaches.
School districts should implement policies specifying that staff may not call the police to address student behavior unless there is an emergency.
Repeal laws that require school administrators to call the police for minor student misbehavior.
Decriminalize truancy, curfew violations, and other status offenses.
Decriminalize consensual "sexting" between teenagers of similar ages.
End school-based drug testing and the use of drug-sniffing dogs.
Ban facial recognition software in school video surveillance systems.
Ban remote access of cameras and microphones on school-owned tablets and laptops.
Remove vague language in school discipline policies and codes of conduct to reduce the risk of inequitable application.
Ban corporal punishment, seclusion and restraint in K-12 schools.
Explore social-emotional learning and trauma-informed school environments to prevent school violence.
Require school districts to collect and report data on staff-initiated student-police contacts.
Require police to document the outcome of student referrals as well as all investigatory detentions and uses of force.

For more details on these approaches, read “Redesigning Public Safety: K12 Schools.”

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Police in schools: Advocates detail 13 public safety alternatives