Reference is to Printer's Date 3/29/17 -H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/SECTION 1. Chapter 23,
Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 23-23-150. (A)
As contained in this section, 'school first responder'
means emergency medical service personnel and firefighters
qualified under subsection (B), who respond to a school
emergency.
(B) The Law Enforcement
Training Council shall develop guidelines for a one-week
training program that the Criminal Justice Academy shall offer
to a school first responder that certifies him to possess a
firearm on a school premise and establish requirements for
recertification which includes firearm proficiency. The program
must include:
(1)
shoot/don't shoot training;
(2)
school safety protection training;
(3)
rapid response training;
(4)
identifying and containing potential threats and occurring
threats;
(5)
defusing volatile situations and resolving conflict;
(6)
communicating with law enforcement that has jurisdiction
over the school;
(7)
first responder first aid; and
(8)
other training that the council considers appropriate.
(C) The first responder
is responsible for the costs associated with participating in
the program.
(D) A school first
responder may possess a firearm on a school premise if he:
(1)
holds a valid concealed weapons permit pursuant to Article
4, Chapter 31, Title 23; and
(2)
has completed the training program contained in subsection
(B).
(E) From its fiscal
year 2017-2018 appropriations from the General Assembly, the Law
Enforcement Training Council shall use nine thousand dollars for
the purpose of establishing the program contained in this
section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.