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PRINTER'S NO. 1556
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1072
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BREWSTER, FONTANA, L. WILLIAMS, HUGHES, BLAKE,
COSTA, YUDICHAK AND SCHWANK, MARCH 3, 2020
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 3, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school security, further providing
for school security guards.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1314-C(b) and (d) of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended July 2, 2019 (P.L.406, No.67), are amended to read:
Section 1314-C. School security guards.
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(b) Training.--The following shall apply:
(1) A school security guard shall successfully complete
the Basic School Resource Officer Course offered by the
National Association of School Resource Officers or an
equivalent course of instruction approved by the commission.
(2) A school security guard who is currently employed or
contracted by a school entity or nonpublic school shall have
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six months from the effective date of this subsection to
complete the instruction.
(3) Before employing a school security guard, a school
entity or nonpublic school must ensure that the security
guard has successfully completed the following modules of the
training required by the Municipal Police Officers' Education
and Training Commission under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D
(relating to municipal police education and training):
(i) Juveniles.
(ii) Patrol Procedures and Operations.
(iii) Human Relations.
(iv) Responding to Special Needs.
(v) Emergency Response Training.
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(d) Active law enforcement officers.--Active law enforcement
officers shall be exempt from the training requirements for
school security guards under subsection (c)(1) and (2) upon
presentation to the school entity or nonpublic school of
evidence of their completion of the training requirements under
53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D [(relating to municipal police
education and training)].
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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