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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1374
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL SECURITY PERSONNEL
TRAINING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-294x of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under 3
section 7-294b or an instructor approved by the council and elected by a 4
local or regional board of education shall provide training to armed and 5
unarmed security personnel employed in the public schools by a local 6
or regional board of education. Such training may be provided at the 7
Connecticut Police Academy or, if provided by such approved 8
instructor, any other location elected by the local or regional board of 9
education. Such training for armed security personnel shall include, but 10
need not be limited to, (1) use of force, (2) recognition of armed persons, 11
(3) security, including, but not limited to, perimeter strengths and 12
vulnerabilities, (4) stopping blood loss, (5) active assailant response, (6) 13
safe firearm handling, (7) retention of firearms and other weapons, (8) 14
qualified immunity, and (9) lawful firearm storage. Such training for 15
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unarmed security personnel shall include drug detection and gang 16
identification. A local or regional board of education may provide 17
additional training to armed and unarmed security personnel. 18
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-294x
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) provide that an instructor approved by the Police Officer
Standards and Training Council and elected by a local or regional board
of education may provide training to armed and unarmed security
personnel employed in the public schools, (2) provide that such training
may be provided at the Connecticut Police Academy or any other
location elected by the local or regional board of education, and (3)
establish certain training requirements for armed and unarmed security
personnel.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]