EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 792
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BRATTIN.
3156S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 160.665, 170.315, and 590.205, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new
sections relating to school safety.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 160.665, 170.315, and 590.205, RSMo, 1
are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to 2
be known as sections 160.665, 170.315, an d 590.205, to read as 3
follows:4
160.665. 1. Any school district or charter school 1
within the state may designate one or more [elementary or 2
secondary school teachers or administrators ] employees of 3
the district or charter school as a school protection 4
officer. The responsibilities and duties of a school 5
protection officer are voluntary and shall be in addition to 6
the normal responsibilities and duties of the [teacher or 7
administrator] employee. Any compensation for additional 8
duties relating to service as a school protection officer 9
shall be funded by the local school district, with no state 10
funds used for such purpose. 11
2. Any person designated by a school district or 12
charter school as a school protection officer shall be 13
authorized to carry concealed firearms or a self -defense 14
spray device in any school in the district. A self-defense 15
spray device shall mean any device that is capable of 16
carrying, and that ejects, releases, or emits, a nonlethal 17 SB 792 2
solution or projectile capable of incapacitating a violent 18
threat. The school protection officer shall not be 19
permitted to allow any firearm or device out of his or her 20
personal control while that firearm or device is on school 21
property. Any school protection officer who violates this 22
subsection may be removed immediately from the classroom and 23
subject to employment termination proceedings. 24
3. A school protection officer has the same authority 25
to detain or use force against any person on school property 26
as provided to any other person under chapter 563. 27
4. Upon detention of a person under subsection 3 of 28
this section, the school protection officer shall 29
immediately notify a school administrator and a school 30
resource officer, if such officer is present at the schoo l. 31
If the person detained is a student then the parents or 32
guardians of the student shall also be immediately notified 33
by a school administrator. 34
5. Any person detained by a school protection officer 35
shall be turned over to a school administrato r or law 36
enforcement officer as soon as practically possible and 37
shall not be detained by a school protection officer for 38
more than one hour. 39
6. Any [teacher or administrator of an elementary or 40
secondary school] employee of a school district or charter 41
school who seeks to be designated as a school protection 42
officer shall request such designation in writing, and 43
submit it to the superintendent of the school district or 44
the executive director of the charter school governing board 45
which employs him or her [as a teacher or administrator ]. 46
Along with this request, any [teacher or administrator ] 47
employee seeking to carry a concealed firearm on school 48
property shall also submit proof that he or she has a valid 49 SB 792 3
concealed carry endorsement or pe rmit, and all [teachers and 50
administrators] employees seeking the designation of school 51
protection officer shall submit a certificate of school 52
protection officer training program completion from a 53
training program approved by the director of the depar tment 54
of public safety which demonstrates that such person has 55
successfully completed the training requirements established 56
by the POST commission under chapter 590 for school 57
protection officers. 58
7. No school district or charter school may designate 59
[a teacher or administrator ] an employee as a school 60
protection officer unless such person has successfully 61
completed a school protection officer training program, 62
which has been approved by the director of the department of 63
public safety. No school district or charter school shall 64
allow a school protection officer to carry a concealed 65
firearm on school property unless the school protection 66
officer has a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit. 67
8. Any school district or charter school that 68
designates [a teacher or administrator ] an employee as a 69
school protection officer shall, within thirty days, notify, 70
in writing, the director of the department of public safety 71
of the designation, which shall include the following: 72
(1) The full name, date of birth, and address of the 73
officer; 74
(2) The name of the school district; and 75
(3) The date such person was designated as a school 76
protection officer. 77
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, 78
any identifying information collected under the authority of 79
this subsection shall not be considered public information 80 SB 792 4
and shall not be subject to a request for public records 81
made under chapter 610. 82
9. A school district or charter school may revoke the 83
designation of a person as a school protection officer for 84
any reason and shall immediately notify the designated 85
school protection officer in writing of the revocation. The 86
school district or charter school shall also within thirty 87
days of the revocation notify the director of the department 88
of public safety in writing of the revocation of the 89
designation of such person as a school protection officer. 90
A person who has had the designation of school protection 91
officer revoked has no right to appeal the revocation 92
decision. 93
10. The director of the department of public safety 94
shall maintain a listing of all persons designated by school 95
districts and charter schools as school protection officers 96
and shall make this list available to all law e nforcement 97
agencies. 98
11. [Before a school district may designate a teacher 99
or administrator] If an employee submits a request for 100
designation as a school protection officer to the 101
superintendent of the school district or executive director 102
of the charter school governing board , the school board or 103
governing board shall promptly hold a public hearing [on] 104
and determine by a vote at the hearing whether to allow such 105
designation. Notice of the hearing shall be published at 106
least fifteen days be fore the date of the hearing in a 107
newspaper of general circulation within the city or county 108
in which the school district is located. The request for 109
designation as a school protection officer shall also 110
require the school board [may determine at] or governing 111
board to hold a closed meeting, as "closed meeting" is 112 SB 792 5
defined under section 610.010, and determine by a vote at 113
the closed meeting whether to authorize the designated 114
school protection officer to carry a concealed firearm or a 115
self-defense spray device. The school board or governing 116
board shall hold the closed meeting and vote on the issue 117
regardless of whether the employee specifically requested 118
authorization to carry a concealed firearm or a self -defense 119
spray device on school propert y in his or her request for 120
designation as a school protection officer. 121
12. Each school district and charter school shall 122
consider implementing a school protection officer program 123
consistent with the provisions of this section. The school 124
board of each school district and governing board of each 125
charter school shall hold a public hearing and determine by 126
a vote at the hearing whether to implement such a program. 127
13. Any school board or governing board that approves 128
a school protection of ficer program by a vote described in 129
subsection 13 of this section shall notify all the employees 130
of the school district or charter school of the program and 131
the option to request designation as a school protection 132
officer. 133
170.315. 1. There is hereby established the Active 1
Shooter and Intruder Response Training for Schools Program 2
(ASIRT). Each school district and charter school [may] 3
shall, by [July 1, 2014,] July 1, 2026, include in its 4
teacher and school employee training a component on how to 5
properly respond to students who provide them with 6
information about a threatening situation and how to address 7
situations in which there is a potentially dangerous or 8
armed intruder in the school. Training [may] shall also 9
include information and techniques on how to address 10 SB 792 6
situations where an active shooter is present in the school 11
or on school property. 12
2. Each school district and charter school [may] shall 13
conduct the training on an annual basis. If no formal 14
training has previously occurred, the length of the training 15
may be up to eight hours. The length of annual continuing 16
training may be up to four hours. 17
3. All school [personnel] employees shall participate 18
in a simulated active shooter and intruder r esponse drill 19
conducted and led by current or retired commissioned law 20
enforcement professionals. Each drill may include an 21
explanation of its purpose and a safety briefing. The drill 22
training shall require each participant to know and 23
understand how to respond in the event of an actual 24
emergency on school property or at a school event. The 25
drill may include: 26
(1) Allowing school [personnel] employees to respond 27
to the simulated emergency in whatever way they have been 28
trained or informed; and 29
(2) Allowing school [personnel] employees to attempt 30
and implement new methods of responding to the simulated 31
emergency based upon previously used unsuccessful methods of 32
response. 33
4. All instructors for the program shall be certified 34
by the department of public safety's peace officers 35
standards training commission. 36
5. School districts and charter schools may consult 37
and collaborate with law enforcement authorities, emergency 38
response agencies, and other organizations and entiti es 39
trained to deal with active shooters or potentially 40
dangerous or armed intruders. 41 SB 792 7
6. Public schools shall foster an environment in which 42
students feel comfortable sharing information they have 43
regarding a potentially threatening or dangerous s ituation 44
with a responsible adult. 45
590.205. 1. The POST commission shall establish 1
minimum standards for school protection officer training 2
instructors, training centers, and training programs. 3
2. The director shall develop an d maintain a list of 4
approved school protection officer training instructors, 5
training centers, and training programs. The director shall 6
allow private companies to serve as training centers and 7
operate training programs under this section. The director 8
shall not place any instructor, training center, or training 9
program on its approved list unless such instructor, 10
training center, or training program meets all of the POST 11
commission requirements under this section and section 12
590.200. The director shall make this approved list 13
available to every school district in the state. The 14
required training to become a school protection officer 15
shall be provided by those firearm instructors, private and 16
public, who have successfully completed a depart ment of 17
public safety POST certified law enforcement firearms 18
instructor school. 19
3. Each person seeking entrance into a school 20
protection officer training center or training program shall 21
submit a fingerprint card and authorization for a criminal 22
history background check to include the records of the 23
Federal Bureau of Investigation to the training center or 24
training program where such person is seeking entrance. The 25
training center or training program shall cause a criminal 26
history background check to be made and shall cause the 27
resulting report to be forwarded to the school district 28 SB 792 8
where the [elementary school teacher or administrator ] 29
employee is seeking to be designated as a school protection 30
officer. 31
4. No person shall be admit ted to a school protection 32
officer training center or training program unless such 33
person submits proof to the training center or training 34
program that he or she has a valid concealed carry 35
endorsement or permit. 36
5. A certificate of school protec tion officer training 37
program completion may be issued to any applicant by any 38
approved school protection officer training instructor. On 39
the certificate of program completion the approved school 40
protection officer training instructor shall affirm tha t the 41
individual receiving instruction has taken and passed a 42
school protection officer training program that meets the 43
requirements of this section and section 590.200 and 44
indicate whether the individual has a valid concealed carry 45
endorsement or permit. The instructor shall also provide a 46
copy of such certificate to the director of the department 47
of public safety. 48
6. The POST commission shall establish requirements 49
for the continuing education of all school protection 50
officers. All school protection officers shall annually 51
receive twenty hours of firearms skill development training. 52
7. At least two times each year, all school protection 53
officers shall participate in a joint training on school 54
protection with a local law enforcemen t agency. 55