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15-249.08 - Training program; law enforcement officers and security personnel; certification; definitions
15-249.08. Training program; law enforcement officers and security personnel; certification; definitions
(Eff. 7/1/26)
A. The department of education, in collaboration with the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, shall establish a training program for law enforcement officers and security personnel who are employed by a school district or charter school in this state. The department shall provide a certificate of completion to each individual who successfully completes the training program.
B. Each school district in this state shall require any law enforcement officer or security personnel employed by the school district, including employment through a third-party contractor, to complete the training program established pursuant to subsection A of this section not later than one month after the individual begins working for the school district. An individual who successfully completed the training program less than two years before the date on which the individual begins working for the school district is not required to complete the training program if the individual submits to the school district a valid certificate of completion. A school district may terminate a school district employee or a third-party contractor who fails to complete the training program required by this subsection. A charter school may choose to require a law enforcement officer or security officer employed by the charter school, including employment through a third-party contractor, to complete the training program established pursuant to subsection A of this section.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Law enforcement officer":
(a) Means a peace officer, school resource officer or school safety officer who is employed by a school district or charter school in an off-duty capacity.
(b) Does not include a peace officer who is assigned to work on off-duty security detail or a school resource officer who is assigned to a school district or charter school pursuant to the school safety program established by section 15-154.
2. "School safety officer" means a school resource officer who is working in an off-duty capacity.