S0621B0866A01766 AJB:CMD 06/09/19 #90 A01766
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 621
Sponsor: SENATOR HAYWOOD
Printer's No. 866
Amend Bill, page 1, line 6, by striking out ", and" and
inserting a semicolon
Amend Bill, page 1, line 8, by inserting after "Delinquency"
; and establishing a security guard training and certification
program
Amend Bill, page 11, lines 26 and 27, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
(1) The school security guard has successfully completed
and received certification for the completion of a program
established under section 1317-C.
Amend Bill, page 13, by inserting between lines 6 and 7
Section 1317-C. Security guard training and certification
program.
(a) Establishment.--The Municipal Police and Education
Training Commission shall establish a security guard training
and certification program to provide instruction for the
education and certification of school security guards in
accordance with the provisions of this article.
(b) Certification.--The basic requirements for certification
under the program shall not exceed 40 hours of instruction and
shall include all of the following:
(1) Firearms training that is consistent with the
firearms training provided under the program established
under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal
police education and training).
(2) Instruction on c ultural, social and religious
considerations and personal bias regarding race, ethnicity,
sex or sexual orientation or identification.
(3) Instruction on recognizing mental illness,
intellectual disability or autism that is age appropriate for
school-aged children.
(4) Proper techniques to interact with and deescalate
individuals engaging in behavior indicative of mental
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illness, intellectual disability or autism that is age
appropriate for school-aged children.
(5) Behavioral management and crisis intervention.
(c) Ineligibility for compensation.--An individual hired as
a school security guard shall be ineligible to receive any
salary, compensation or other consideration for the performance
of duties as a school security guard unless the individual has
met all the requirements as established by the commission,
including the certification requirements.
(d) Penalty.--An individual who orders, authorizes or pays a
salary, compensation or other consideration to an ineligible
individual under subsection (c) commits a summary offense and
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or a
term of imprisonment not to exceed a period of 30 days. The
commission may stop payment of all funds paid or payable to a
municipality where a school entity is located if the school
entity employs a school security guard who is in violation of
this section. The commission shall notify the State Treasurer to
discontinue the disbursement of any State funds until the
municipality is in compliance with this section.
(e) Temporary r egulations.--
(1) The commission shall promulgate regulations to
implement this section. In order to facilitate the prompt
implementation of this section, regulations promulgated by
the commission shall be deemed temporary regulations and
shall expire no later than two years after the publication of
the temporary regulations in the Pennsylvania Bulletin:
(i) Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the act
of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the
Commonwealth Documents Law.
(ii) Section 204(b) of the act of October 15, 1980
(P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys
Act.
(iii) The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181),
known as the Regulatory Review Act.
(2) The authority provided to the board to adopt
temporary regulations under paragraph (1) shall expire no
later than two years after the publication of the temporary
regulations. Regulations adopted after this period shall be
promulgated as provided by law.
(f) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Certification." The assignment of a certification number to
a school security guard after successful completion of the
program.
"Commission." The Municipal Police and Education Training
Commission established under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D.
"Program." The security guard training and certification
program established under subsection (a).
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