Virginia SB 1238: School security officers; carrying of firearms by United States Armed Forces veterans.

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21100258D

SENATE BILL NO. 1238 

Offered January 13, 2021 

Prefiled January 11, 2021 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to employment of school security officers; United States 
 Armed Forces veterans; employees of local school boards. 
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Patron-- Chase 

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 22.1-280.2:1. Employment of school security officers.

Local school boards and private or religious schools may 
 employ school security officers, as 
 defined in � 9.1-101, for the 
 purposes set forth therein. Such school security officer may carry a firearm in 
 the performance of his duties if (i) he 
 is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed 
 Forces; (ii) he is an employee of 
 a local school board who has completed an auxiliary training academy authorized 
 by the local law-enforcement agency where the local 
 school board presides; or (iii) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the 
 local school board or private or religious school he (a) was an active 
 law-enforcement officer as defined in � 9.1-101 in the Commonwealth or (b) was 
 employed by a law-enforcement agency of the United States or any state or 
 political subdivision thereof and his duties were substantially similar to 
 those of a law-enforcement officer as defined in � 9.1-101; 
 (ii) and 
 (1) if 
 employed by a law-enforcement agency, 
 he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in 
 good standing; (iii) (2) he meets the training and 
 qualifications described in subsection C of � 18.2-308.016; 
 (iv) (3) 
 he has provided proof of completion of a training course that includes training 
 in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and 
 threat assessment to the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to 
 subdivision 42 of � 9.1-102, provided that if he received such training from a 
 local law-enforcement agency he received the training in the locality in which 
 he is employed; (v) (4) the local school board or 
 private or religious school solicits input from the chief law-enforcement 
 officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security 
 officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that 
 the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from 
 possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and 
 (vi) (5) 
 the local school board or private or religious school grants him the authority 
 to carry a firearm in the pe