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Virginia · 2027 Regular Session
HB1035Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training.
Direction
FirearmscarryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Allows more former law-enforcement officers to serve as armed school security officers by updating and easing some training and qualification requirements for carrying a firearm in schools, so greater ability to carry firearms in that setting.
Such school security officer may carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) 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) he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing; (ii
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FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Updates compulsory training standards for school security officers who carry firearms by replacing 'active shooter emergency' training with 'critical incident preparedness and response' while retaining requirements for emergency evacuation and behavioral threat assessment, resulting in no net change
The Department shall require any school security officer who carries a firearm in the performance of his duties to provide proof that he has completed a training course provided by a federal, state, or local law-enforcement agency that includes training in [deleted: active shooter emergency] critical incident preparedness and response, emergency evacuation procedure, and behavioral threat assessment;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill addresses school security officers' ability to carry firearms by expanding eligibility to certain former officers meeting updated criteria and by modifying the specific training language required for those who carry firearms; these provisions fall under the firearms topic with subtags carry and other. No provisions address transgender issues, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
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