Campus Police At School of Deaf and Blind

This bill is about the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind’s Board of Visitors.

• The Board of Visitors are in charge of the school.

• The Board has 11 members: 4 from the government (2 from the House of Representatives and 2 from the Senate) and 7 regular citizens.

• The Board decides on the rules and how the school works.

• They choose who teaches at the school and how much they get paid.

• The Board also makes sure that students get to go home often and that they have rides to and from school.

• This bill says that the Board can create a police department at the school to keep everyone safe.

• The Board can hire police officers to work at the school.

• These police officers only work at the school.

• The Board decides how much the police officers get paid and what they wear.