| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 5059 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1374 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 5059 | |
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PS) | |
| 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL SECURITY PERSONNEL | |
| 13 | 20 | TRAINING. | |
| 14 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 15 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
| 16 | 23 | ||
| 17 | 24 | Section 1. Section 7-294x of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 | |
| 18 | 25 | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2 | |
| 19 | 26 | The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under 3 | |
| 20 | - | section 7-294b or an instructor approved by the council and | |
| 21 | - | ||
| 22 | - | ||
| 23 | - | ||
| 24 | - | ||
| 25 | - | instructor, any other location | |
| 27 | + | section 7-294b or an instructor approved by the council and elected by a 4 | |
| 28 | + | local or regional board of education shall provide training to armed and 5 | |
| 29 | + | unarmed security personnel employed in the public schools by a local 6 | |
| 30 | + | or regional board of education. Such training may be provided at the 7 | |
| 31 | + | Connecticut Police Academy or, if provided by such approved 8 | |
| 32 | + | instructor, any other location elected by the local or regional board of 9 | |
| 26 | 33 | education. Such training for armed security personnel shall include, but 10 | |
| 27 | 34 | need not be limited to, (1) use of force, (2) recognition of armed persons, 11 | |
| 28 | 35 | (3) security, including, but not limited to, perimeter strengths and 12 | |
| 29 | 36 | vulnerabilities, (4) stopping blood loss, (5) active assailant response, (6) 13 | |
| 30 | 37 | safe firearm handling, (7) retention of firearms and other weapons, (8) 14 | |
| 31 | - | qualified immunity, (9) lawful firearm storage, and (10) techniques and 15 | |
| 32 | - | strategies for interacting with, and handling incidents that involve, 16 | |
| 33 | - | persons with physical or mental disabilities or special needs, including, 17 | |
| 34 | - | but not limited to, deescalation techniques. Such training for unarmed 18 | |
| 35 | - | security personnel shall include drug detection and gang identification. 19 Substitute Bill No. 1374 | |
| 38 | + | qualified immunity, and (9) lawful firearm storage. Such training for 15 | |
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 1374 | |
| 36 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 41 | ||
| 38 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 39 | 42 | ||
| 40 | - | A local or regional board of education may provide additional training 20 | |
| 41 | - | to armed and unarmed security personnel. 21 | |
| 43 | + | LCO No. 5059 2 of 2 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | unarmed security personnel shall include drug detection and gang 16 | |
| 46 | + | identification. A local or regional board of education may provide 17 | |
| 47 | + | additional training to armed and unarmed security personnel. 18 | |
| 42 | 48 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 43 | 49 | sections: | |
| 44 | 50 | ||
| 45 | 51 | Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-294x | |
| 46 | 52 | ||
| 47 | - | PS Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 53 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 54 | + | To (1) provide that an instructor approved by the Police Officer | |
| 55 | + | Standards and Training Council and elected by a local or regional board | |
| 56 | + | of education may provide training to armed and unarmed security | |
| 57 | + | personnel employed in the public schools, (2) provide that such training | |
| 58 | + | may be provided at the Connecticut Police Academy or any other | |
| 59 | + | location elected by the local or regional board of education, and (3) | |
| 60 | + | establish certain training requirements for armed and unarmed security | |
| 61 | + | personnel. | |
| 62 | + | ||
| 63 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 64 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 65 | + | underlined.] | |
| 48 | 66 |