Virginia SB 1130: School resource officers; compulsory minimum training standards.

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CHAPTER 488 

An Act to amend and reenact �� 9.1-102 and 22.1-279.8 of the 
Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 
9.1-114.1, relating to Department of Criminal Justice Services; school resource 
officers; school administrators; compulsory minimum training standards. 

[S 1130] 

Approved March 18, 2019 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 9.1-102 and 22.1-279.8 of the Code of Virginia are 
amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a 
section numbered 9.1-114.1 as follows:

� 9.1-102. Powers and duties of the Board and the Department.

The Department, under the direction of the Board, which shall 
be the policy-making body for carrying out the duties and powers hereunder, 
shall have the power and duty to:

1. Adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Process 
Act (� 2.2-4000 et seq.), for the administration of this chapter including the 
authority to require the submission of reports and information by 
law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth. Any proposed regulations 
concerning the privacy, confidentiality, and security of criminal justice 
information shall be submitted for review and comment to any board, commission, 
or committee or other body which may be established by the General Assembly to 
regulate the privacy, confidentiality, and security of information collected 
and maintained by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof;

2. Establish compulsory minimum training standards subsequent 
to employment as a law-enforcement officer in (i) permanent positions, and (ii) 
temporary or probationary status, and establish the time required for 
completion of such training;

3. Establish minimum training standards and qualifications for 
certification and recertification for law-enforcement officers serving as field 
training officers;

4. Establish compulsory minimum curriculum requirements for 
in-service and advanced courses and programs for schools, whether located in or 
outside the Commonwealth, which are operated for the specific purpose of 
training law-enforcement officers;

5. Establish (i) compulsory minimum training standards for 
law-enforcement officers who utilize radar or an electrical or microcomputer 
device to measure the speed of motor vehicles as provided in � 46.2-882 and 
establish the time required for completion of the training and (ii) compulsory 
minimum qualifications for certification and recertification of instructors who 
provide such training;

6. [Repealed];

7. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and 
advanced training standards for those persons designated to provide courthouse 
and courtroom security pursuant t