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Timestamp: 2019-12-13 04:47:20
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HB1656ER
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-101, 18.2-57, and 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school security officers; private or religious schools; carrying a firearm in performance of duties. [H 1656] Approved
1. That §§ 9.1-101, 18.2-57, and 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
"School security officer" means an individual who is employed by the local school board or a private or religious school for the singular purpose of maintaining order and discipline, preventing crime, investigating violations of the policies of the school board policies or the private or religious school, and detaining students violating the law or the policies of the school board or the private or religious school policies on school property, school buses, or at school-sponsored events and who is responsible solely for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors in the assigned school.
"School security officer" means an individual who is employed by the local school board for the purpose of maintaining order and discipline, preventing crime, investigating violations of school board policies and detaining persons violating the law or school board policies on school property, a school bus or at a school-sponsored activity and who is responsible solely for ensuring the safety, security and welfare of all students, faculty and staff in the assigned school the same as that term is defined in § 9.1-101.
Local school boards and private or religious schools may employ school security officers, as defined in § 9.1-101, for the purposes set forth therein. Such school security officer may carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board or private or religious school he was an active law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 in the Commonwealth; (ii) he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing; (iii) he meets the training and qualifications described in subsection C of § 18.2-308.016; (iv) he has provided proof of completion of a training course that includes training in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and threat assessment to the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to subdivision 42 of § 9.1-102, provided that if he received such training from a local law-enforcement agency he received the training in the locality in which he is employed; (v) the local school board or private or religious school solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and (vi) the local school board or private or religious school grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1656 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled November 29, 2018 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-101, 18.2-57, and 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school security officers; private or religious schools; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
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