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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1374
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL SECURITY PERSONNEL
TRAINING.
SUMMARY
Current law requires the Police Officer Standards and Training
Council (POST) to provide training to public school security personnel
employed by local and regional boards of education. This bill (1)
expands the training’s required components for armed school security
personnel and (2) allows a POST-approved instructor selected by a
board of education to provide the training.
Current law requires the training to include drug detection and gang
identification. The bill retains these requirements for the training
provided to unarmed security personnel and additionally requires the
training provided to armed personnel to include the following
components:
1. use of force;
2. recognizing armed people;
3. security, including perimeter strengths and vulnerabilities;
4. stopping blood loss;
5. responding to active assailants;
6. handling firearms safely;
7. retaining firearms and other weapons;
8. qualified immunity;
9. lawfully storing firearms; and 2025SB-01374-R000432-BA.DOCX
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10. interacting with, and handling incidents involving, people with
mental, physical, or special needs, including ways to de-escalate
these events.
The bill also explicitly allows school boards to provide additional
training to both armed and unarmed security personnel.
Lastly, the bill allows the required training to take place at the
Connecticut Police Academy or any other location chosen by the
approved instructor.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025
COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Safety and Security Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 29 Nay 0 (03/18/2025)