Security camera footage shows a school resource officer bodyslamming a Rockford student, slamming his head into the ground, knocking him unconscious.

During their Tuesday evening meeting, the Urbana School District 116 Board of Education reaffirmed its decision to hire two full-time school resource officers (SRO), including one each for Urbana Middle and High Schools.

At their Tuesday night meeting, members of the Urbana School District 116 Board of Education approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city that would quadruple police presence in the district’s middle and high school buildings. 

If a school resource officer wants to question a student about a criminal act, they first have to notify the student's parents. That's according to a new law implemented at the beginning of this school year.

Illinois House lawmakers passed legislation requiring a parent be present when students are questioned or detained in connection to a crime.