and (3) The date such person was designated as a school protection officer.

HCS HB 1866 3 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any identifying information collected under the authority of this subsection shall not be considered public information and shall not be subject to a request for public records made under chapter 610.

9.

A school district or charter school may revoke the designation of a person as a school protection officer for any reason and shall immediately notify the designated school protection officer in writing of the revocation.

The school district or charter school shall also within thirty days of the revocation notify the director of the department of public safety in writing of the revocation of the designation of such person as a school protection officer.

A person who has had the designation of school protection officer revoked has no right to appeal the revocation decision.

10.

The director of the department of public safety shall maintain a listing of all persons designated by school districts and charter schools as school protection officers and shall make this list available to all law enforcement agencies.

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) ThereNo isperson herebyshall establishedbe appointed policeman or officer of police who shall have been convicted of any offense, the "Activepunishment Shooterof andwhich Intrudermay Responsebe Trainingconfinement forin Schoolsthe Programstate (ASIRT)".penitentiary[;

(2)nor]. 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.

TrainingNo [may]person shall also[any includeperson] informationbe andappointed techniqueswho onis hownot proven to addressbe situationsof wheregood ancharacter, active[or shooterwho is presentnot inproven to be a bona fide citizen of the schoolUnited States,] or onwho schoolcannot property.read and write the English language and who does not possess ordinary physical strength and courage, nor shall any person be originally appointed to said police force who is less than twenty-one years of age.

(3)Notwithstanding Forany theother 2026-27provision schoolof yearlaw, andthe allboard subsequentshall schoolhave years,the eachsole schoolauthority districtto anddetermine charterconditions schoolof shallemployment includefor inpolice itsofficers teacherpursuant andto schoolsection employee84.460. training components on:

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(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.

ForIn the 2026-27interest schoolof yearefficiency and allpublic subsequentsafety, schoollaw years,enforcement eachofficers, schoolas district and charter school that elects to provide such trainingterm shallis conductdefined thein training29 onU.S.C. an annual basis.

TheSection length630 ofor trainingany successor statute, shall be determinedseparated byfrom service on the schoollast districtday of the month in which the employee becomes sixty-five years of age or charterreaches schoolthirty-five electingyears toof providecreditable service, as such training.term is defined in subdivision (8) of section 86.900, whichever occurs later.

AllThe schoolboard [personnel]shall employeesfrom maytime participateto intime arequire simulatedopen activecompetitive shooterexaminations andor intrudertests responsefor drilldetermining conductedthe qualifications and ledfitness byof lawall enforcementapplicants professionalsfor orappointment schoolto safetypositions professionals.on the police force.

EachSuch drillexaminations and tests shall includebe anpractical explanationand shall relate to matters which fairly measure the relative fitness of itsthe purposecandidates andto adischarge safetythe briefing.duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed.

Notice of such examinations and tests shall be given not less than ten days in advance thereof by public advertisement in at least one newspaper of general circulation in such city, and by posting notice in the police headquarters building.

A list of those qualifying in such examinations shall be established, listing those qualified in order of rank.

When an appointment is to be made, the appointment shall be made from such eligible list.

AllThe instructorsboard for the program shall bealso certifiedestablish byrules thefor: department of public safety's peace officers standards training commission.

5.(1) Temporary employment for not exceeding sixty days in the absence of any eligible list;

School(2) districtsHours andof charterwork schoolsof maypolice consultemployees and collaborateofficers withsubject law enforcement authorities, emergency response agencies, and other organizations and entities trained to dealthe withprovisions activeof shooterssection or84.510; potentially dangerous or armed intruders.

6.and Page 2 of 4 4736H02.07H (3) Attendance regulations and leaves of absence.

Public590.030. 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].

590.100.

The directorPOST commission shall haveestablish causeminimum tostandards deny any application for athe peace officer license or entrance into a basic training courseof whenpeace theofficers. director has knowledge that would constitute cause to discipline the applicant if the applicant were licensed.

Such standards may vary for each class of license established pursuant to subsection 2 of section 590.020.

The director shall haveestablish causeminimum toage, denycitizenship, anyand applicationgeneral foreducation arequirements peaceand officermay licenserequire ora entrancequalifying intoscore on a basiccertification trainingexamination courseas whenconditions theof applicanteligibility hadfor a peace officer licenselicense. or certification that was revoked or surrendered.

Such general education requirements shall require completion of a high school program of education under chapter 167 or obtainment of a General Educational Development (GED) certificate.

WhenThe the director hasshall knowledgeprovide offor causethe tolicensure, denywith anor applicationwithout pursuantadditional tobasic thistraining, section,of thepeace directorofficers maypossessing grantcredentials theby applicationother subjectstates toor probationjurisdictions, orincluding mayfederal denyand themilitary application.law enforcement officers.

The director shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for such action and of the right to appeal pursuant to this section.

[3.] 4.

Any applicant aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant to this section may appeal within thirty days to the administrative hearing commission, which shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the director has cause for denial, and which shall issue findings of fact and conclusions of law on the matter.

The administrative hearing commission 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.

Failure to submit a written request for a hearing to the administrative hearing commission within thirty days after a decision of the director pursuant to this section shall constitute a waiver of the right to appeal such decision.

[4.] 5.

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.

If the licensee fails to appear at the director's hearing, this shall constitute a waiver of the right to such hearing.

[5.] 6.

The provisions of chapter 621 and any amendments thereto, except those provisions or amendments that are in conflict with this chapter, shall apply to and govern the proceedings of the administrative hearing commission pursuant to this section and the rights and duties of the parties involved.

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.

NoThe persondirector shall beestablish admitted to a schoolprocedure protectionfor officerobtaining traininga centerpeace orofficer traininglicense programand unlessshall suchissue personthe submitsproper prooflicense towhen the trainingrequirements centerof orthis trainingchapter programhave thatbeen hemet. or she has a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit.

AAs certificateconditions of schoollicensure, protectionall officerlicensed trainingpeace programofficers completionshall: may be issued to any applicant by any approved school protection officer training instructor.

On(1) theObtain certificatecontinuing oflaw programenforcement completioneducation thepursuant approvedto schoolrules protectionto officerbe trainingpromulgated instructorby shall affirm that the individualPOST receivingcommission; 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(2) instructorMaintain shall also provide a copycurrent address of suchrecord certificateon tofile thewith director of the departmentdirector; of public safety.

HCSand HB(3) 1866Submit 7to 6.being fingerprinted on or before January 1, 2022, and at any time a peace officer is commissioned with a different law enforcement agency, for the purposes of a criminal history background check and enrollment in the state and federal Rap Back programs, pursuant to section 43.540.

The POSTcriminal commissionhistory shallbackground establishcheck requirementsshall forinclude the continuingrecords education of allthe schoolFederal protectionBureau officers.of Investigation.

AllThe schoolresulting protectionreport officersshall be forwarded to the officer's commissioning law enforcement agency at the time of enrollment and Rap Back enrollment shall annuallybe receivefor twentythe hourspurpose of firearmsthe skillrequirements developmentof training.subsection 3 of section 590.070 and subsection 2 of section 590.118.

An officer shall take all necessary steps to maintain enrollment in Rap Back at all law enforcement agencies where the officer is commissioned for as long as the officer is commissioned with a law enforcement agency or that agency.

6.

A peace officer license shall automatically expire if the licensee fails to hold a commission as a peace officer for a period of five consecutive years, provided that the POST commission shall provide for the relicensure of such persons and may require retraining as a condition of eligibility for relicensure, and provided that the director may provide for the continuing licensure, subject to restrictions, of persons who hold and exercise a law enforcement commission requiring a peace officer license but not meeting the definition of a peace officer pursuant to this chapter.

7.

All law enforcement agencies shall enroll in the state and federal Rap Back programs on or before January 1, 2022, and continue to remain enrolled.

The law enforcement agency shall take all necessary steps to maintain officer enrollment for all officers commissioned with that agency in the Rap Back programs.

An officer shall submit to being fingerprinted at any law enforcement agency upon commissioning and for as long as the officer is commissioned with that agency.

8.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any citizenship requirements established by the POST commission as a condition of eligibility for a peace officer license shall allow a person to serve as a law enforcement officer if he or she is a permanent resident of the United States who has been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.";

and Page 3 of 4 4736H02.07H Further amend said bill and page, Section 590.100, Line 9, by inserting after the word "States" the words "or is not a permanent resident of the United States who has been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces";

and Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references accordingly.

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