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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1374
January Session, 2025
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 Section 7-294x of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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 selected by 4
a local or regional board of education shall provide training to armed 5
and unarmed security personnel employed in the public schools by a 6
local or regional board of education. Such training may be provided at 7
the Connecticut Police Academy or, if provided by such approved 8
instructor, any other location selected 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, (9) lawful firearm storage, and (10) techniques and 15
strategies for interacting with, and handling incidents that involve, 16
persons with physical or mental disabilities or special needs, including, 17
but not limited to, deescalation techniques. Such training for unarmed 18
security personnel shall include drug detection and gang identification. 19 Substitute Bill No. 1374
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A local or regional board of education may provide additional training 20
to armed and unarmed security personnel. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-294x
PS Joint Favorable Subst.