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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6228
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2009
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. HALL, 59th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF ARMED SCHOOL
SECURITY OFFICERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-244a of the general statutes be amended to authorize 1
school resource officers and school security officers to possess a 2
firearm while on duty at a school and to require the state to provide 3
funding to local and regional boards of education for the hiring of 4
school resource officers or school security officers, unless local or 5
regional boards of education already employs a school resource officer 6
or school security officer. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To allow for the employment of armed school resource officers and
school security officers in public schools.