Local school boards and private or religious schools may employ school security officers, as defined in § 9.1-101, for the purposes set forth therein. 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; (iii) he meets the training and qualifications described in subsection C of § 18.2-308.016; (iv) he has provided proof of completion of a training course that includes training in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and threat assessment to the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to subdivision 42 of § 9.1-102, provided that if he received such training from a local law-enforcement agency he received the training in the locality in which he is employed; (v) the local school board or private or religious school solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and (vi) the local school board or private or religious school grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties.
2002, cc. 836, 868; 2017, c. 311; 2019, cc. 120, 493.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 22.1-254.01. Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions
§ 22.1-254.02. Students transferring from a public school
§ 22.1-254.1. Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children
§ 22.1-254.2. Testing for high school equivalency; eligibility; guidelines
§ 22.1-255. Nonresident children
§ 22.1-259. Teachers to keep daily attendance records
§ 22.1-260. Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance
§ 22.1-261. Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer
§ 22.1-262. Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law
§ 22.1-263. Violation constitutes misdemeanor
§ 22.1-264. Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age
§ 22.1-265. Inducing children to absent themselves
§ 22.1-266. Law-enforcement officers and truant children
§ 22.1-267. Proceedings against habitually absent child
§ 22.1-269.1. Alternative attendance programs
§ 22.1-270. Preschool physical examinations
§ 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements
§ 22.1-271.4. Health requirements for home-instructed, exempted, and excused children
§ 22.1-271.5. Guidelines and policies and procedures on concussions in student-athletes
§ 22.1-271.6. School division policies and procedures on concussions in students
§ 22.1-271.7. Public middle school student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination
§ 22.1-271.8. Sudden cardiac arrest prevention in student-athletes
§ 22.1-272. Contagious and infectious diseases
§ 22.1-273. Vision and hearing of student to be tested; exceptions
§ 22.1-273.1. Annual screening for scoliosis
§ 22.1-273.2. Parent educational information regarding eating disorders
§ 22.1-273.3. Parent educational information regarding tobacco and nicotine vapor products
§ 22.1-273.4. Department of Education; guidance and resources; applied behavior analysis services
§ 22.1-274. School health services
§ 22.1-274.02. Certain memorandum of agreement required
§ 22.1-274.1. Criteria to identify toxic art materials; labeling; use in certain grades prohibited
§ 22.1-274.3. Policies regarding medication recommendations by school personnel
§ 22.1-274.4. Automated external defibrillators
§ 22.1-274.5. Topical sunscreen
§ 22.1-274.6. Seizure management and action plan; training
§ 22.1-275. Protective eye devices
§ 22.1-275.1. School health advisory board
§ 22.1-276.2. Removal of students from classes
§ 22.1-276.3. Ineligibility of students to compete in athletic competitions
§ 22.1-277. Suspensions and expulsions of students generally
§ 22.1-277.04. Short-term suspension; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.05. Long-term suspensions; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.06. Expulsions; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.07. Expulsion of students under certain circumstances; exceptions
§ 22.1-277.07:1. Policies prohibiting possession of firearms
§ 22.1-277.08. Expulsion of students for certain drug offenses
§ 22.1-277.2:2. Alternative education program data
§ 22.1-279.1. Corporal punishment prohibited
§ 22.1-279.1:1. The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations
§ 22.1-279.3. Parental responsibility and involvement requirements
§ 22.1-279.3:2. Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders; notification
§ 22.1-279.3:3. Alternative school discipline process for certain incidents
§ 22.1-279.4. Information regarding prosecution for certain crimes
§ 22.1-279.7. Guidelines for student searches
§ 22.1-279.9. Development of programs to prevent crime and violence
§ 22.1-279.10. School resource officers; data
§ 22.1-280.2:1. Employment of school security officers
§ 22.1-280.2:2. Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013
§ 22.1-280.2:3. School boards; safety and security personnel
§ 22.1-280.2:4. School boards; firearms on school property
§ 22.1-280.4. School board action regarding destruction of property
§ 22.1-287. Limitations on access to records
§ 22.1-287.01. Student information; release to federal government agencies
§ 22.1-287.02. Students' personally identifiable information
§ 22.1-287.03. Unique student identification numbers
§ 22.1-287.04. Uniformed services-connected students
§ 22.1-287.1. Directory information
§ 22.1-288.1. Notation in school records of missing children; local law-enforcement cooperation
§ 22.1-289.01. School service providers; school-affiliated entities; student personal information