HB 1866 — Allows the director of the department of public safety to deny a peace officer license if an applicant has had a license permanently revoked or suspended

11.

Before a school district or charter school may designate [a teacher or administrator] an employee as a school protection officer, the school board or governing board shall hold a public hearing on whether to allow such designation.

Notice of the hearing shall be published at least fifteen days before the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or county in which the school district or charter school is located.

The school board or governing board may determine at a closed meeting, as "closed meeting" is defined under section 610.010, whether to authorize the designated school protection officer to carry a concealed firearm or a self-defense spray device.

12.

Each school district and charter school may consider implementing a school protection officer program consistent with the provisions of this section.

If implementing a school protection officer program, the school board of each school district and governing board of each charter school shall hold a public hearing and determine by a vote at the hearing whether to implement such a program.

170.315.

1.

(1) There is hereby established the "Active Shooter and Intruder Response Training for Schools Program (ASIRT)".

(2) For each school year ending before July 1, [2026] 2027, each school district and charter school [may] shall include in its teacher and school employee training a component on how to properly respond to students who provide them with information about a threatening situation and how to address situations in which there is a potentially dangerous or armed intruder in the school.

Training [may] shall also include information and techniques on how to address situations where an active shooter is present in the school or on school property.

(3) For the 2026-27 school year and all subsequent school years, each school district and charter school shall include in its teacher and school employee training components on:

HCS HB 1866 4 (a) How to properly respond to students who provide a teacher or school employee with information about a threatening situation;

(b) How to address situations in which there is a potentially dangerous or armed intruder in the school;

(c) Information and techniques on how to address situations where an active shooter is present in the school or on school property;

(d) How to identify potential threats or safety hazards;

and (e) Protocols for emergencies in the school including, but not limited to:

a.

Evacuations;

b.

Severe weather;

c.

Earthquakes;

d.

Fire;

and e.

Medical.

2.

For the 2026-27 school year and all subsequent school years, each school district and charter school that elects to provide such training shall conduct the training on an annual basis.

The length of training shall be determined by the school district or charter school electing to provide such training.

3.

All school [personnel] employees may participate in a simulated active shooter and intruder response drill conducted and led by law enforcement professionals or school safety professionals.

Each drill shall include an explanation of its purpose and a safety briefing.

4.

All instructors for the program shall be certified by the department of public safety's peace officers standards training commission.

5.

School districts and charter schools may consult and collaborate with law enforcement authorities, emergency response agencies, and other organizations and entities trained to deal with active shooters or potentially dangerous or armed intruders.

6.

Public schools shall actively foster an environment in which students feel comfortable sharing information they have regarding a potentially threatening or dangerous situation with a responsible adult.

As part of each public school's efforts to actively foster such environment, each public school shall annually provide age-appropriate information and training on the Missouri state highway patrol's Courage2ReportMO (C2R) reporting mechanism or its successor reporting mechanism.

7.

For the 2026-27 school year and all subsequent school years, each school district and charter school shall hold an age-appropriate active shooter exercise in which students, teachers, and other school employees participate in and practice the procedures for safety and protection to be implemented under such conditions.

590.010.

As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:

HCS HB 1866 5 (1) "Commission", when not obviously referring to the POST commission, means a grant of authority to act as a peace officer;

(2) "Director", the director of the Missouri department of public safety or his or her designated agent or representative;

(3) "Peace officer", a law enforcement officer of the state or any political subdivision of the state with the power of arrest for a violation of the criminal code or declared or deemed to be a peace officer by state statute;

(4) "POST commission", the peace officer standards and training commission;

(5) "Reserve peace officer", a peace officer who regularly works less than thirty hours per week;

(6) "School protection officer", an [elementary or secondary school teacher or administrator] employee of a school district or charter school who has been designated as a school protection officer [by a school district].

The director shall have cause to deny any application for a peace officer license or entrance into a basic training course when the applicant is not a citizen of the United States.

4.

[3.] 4.5.

The administrative hearing commission shallEXPLANATION not— considerMatter theenclosed relativein severitybold-faced ofbrackets the[thus] causein for denial or any rehabilitation of the applicantabove orbill otherwiseis impingenot uponenacted theand discretionis ofintended the director to determinebe whetheromitted tofrom grant the applicationlaw. subject to probation or deny the application when cause exists pursuant to this section.

Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

HCS HB 1866 2 shall not consider the relative severity of the cause for denial or any rehabilitation of the applicant or otherwise impinge upon the discretion of the director to determine whether to grant the application subject to probation or deny the application when cause exists pursuant to this section.

[4.] 5.6.

Upon a finding by the administrative hearing commission that cause for denial exists, the director shall not be bound by any prior action on the matter and shall, within thirty days, hold a hearing to determine whether to grant the application subject to probation or HCS HB 1866 6 deny the application.

[5.] 6.7.

590.205.

1.

The POST commission shall establish minimum standards for school protection officer training instructors, training centers, and training programs.

2.

The director shall develop and maintain a list of approved school protection officer training instructors, training centers, and training programs.

The director shall not place any instructor, training center, or training program on its approved list unless such instructor, training center, or training program meets all of the POST commission requirements under this section and section 590.200.

The director shall make this approved list available to every school district in the state.

The required training to become a school protection oficer shall be provided by those firearm instructors, private and public, who have successfully completed a department of public safety POST certified law enforcement firearms instructor school.

3.

Each person seeking entrance into a school protection officer training center or training program shall submit a fingerprint card and authorization for a criminal history background check to include the records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the training center or training program where such person is seeking entrance.

The training center or training program shall cause a criminal history background check to be made and shall cause the resulting report to be forwarded to the school district where the [elementary school teacher or administrator ] employee is seeking to be designated as a school protection officer.

4.

No person shall be admitted to a school protection officer training center or training program unless such person submits proof to the training center or training program that he or she has a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit.

5.

A certificate of school protection officer training program completion may be issued to any applicant by any approved school protection officer training instructor.

On the certificate of program completion the approved school protection officer training instructor shall affirm that the individual receiving instruction has taken and passed a school protection officer training program that meets the requirements of this section and section 590.200 and indicate whether the individual has a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit.

The instructor shall also provide a copy of such certificate to the director of the department of public safety.

HCS HB 1866 7 6.

The POST commission shall establish requirements for the continuing education of all school protection officers.

All school protection officers shall annually receive twenty hours of firearms skill development training.