This bill provides amendments to school safety standards regarding requirements for various safety related personnel.
This bill:
- allows county security chiefs to designate approved private security companies to administer required school safety personnel training;
- requires the State Board of Education to administer stipends for a school guardian in coordination with the state security chief;
- requires a local education agency (LEA) to provide a panic alert device for certain school safety personnel;
- expands the definition of an armed school security guard to include a special function officer;
- clarifies requirements of a school guardian concealed carrying a firearm while on duty;
- provides protocols for a school guardian or armed school security guard for an incident using deadly force;
- establishes visitor management protocols for an LEA;
- removes duplicative language; and
- makes conforming changes.
Recommended by: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53-22-103, 53-22-105, 53G-8-101, 53G-8-102, 53G-8-301, 53G-8-701, 53G-8-701.5, 53G-8-704, 53G-8-802, 53G-8-805