Effective: September 12, 2022
Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio school safety and crisis center is hereby created within the department of public safety and shall be operated by the mobile training team established under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code.
(B) The mobile training team shall develop curriculum and provide instruction and training, including firearms training, that individuals may complete to satisfy the criterion specified in division (D)(1)(d)(i) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code to be permitted to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under division (D)(1)(d) of that section. Except as otherwise specified in division (D)(1)(d)(i) of that section, an individual shall successfully complete the curriculum, instruction, and training so developed as a requirement to be permitted to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under the authority of division (D)(1)(d) of that section.
The curriculum, instruction, and training shall follow the private investigator and security guard firearms training guidelines adopted under section 4749.06 of the Revised Code and include both of the following:
(1) Initial instruction and training, which shall not exceed twenty-four hours;
(2) Annual requalification training, which shall not exceed eight hours.
Nothing in this section prohibits a school district board of education or governing body of a school from requiring additional training for an individual to which this section applies.
(C)(1) The curriculum of the initial and requalification instruction and training required under this section shall include instruction in all of the following:
(a) Mitigation techniques;
(b) Communications capabilities and coordination and collaboration techniques;
(c) Neutralization of potential threats and active shooters;
(d) Accountability;
(e) Reunification;
(f) Psychology of critical incidents;
(g) De-escalation techniques;
(h) Crisis intervention;
(i) Trauma and first aid care;
(j) The history and pattern of school shootings;
(k) Tactics of responding to critical incidents in schools;
(l) At least four hours of training in scenario-based or simulated training exercises;
(m) Completion of tactical live firearms training;
(n) Realistic urban training.
(2) The board or governing body of the school that authorizes an individual to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone, under division (D)(1)(d) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code, shall pay all fees for the training described in divisions (B) and (C)(1) of this section that the individual receives.
(3) A school district board of education or governing body of a school may adopt alternate curriculum, instruction, and training, provided it includes all of the topics specified in division (C)(1) of this section.
A district board or governing body shall submit any alternate curriculum, instruction, and training adopted under division (C)(3) of this section to the school safety and crisis center for approval prior to granting authorization to an individual to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under the control of the district board or governing authority. The school safety center shall approve any curriculum, instruction, and training within thirty days after receipt if the curriculum, instruction, and training comply with divisions (B) and (C) of this section.
(D) Each school district board of education or governing body of a school shall provide to the school safety and crisis center a current list of the qualified personnel authorized to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under the control of the district board or governing body who have completed training under this section.
The list is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(E) The department of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Last updated October 17, 2022 at 11:07 AM
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges
Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety
Section 5502.01 | General Duties of Department.
Section 5502.011 | Duties of Director.
Section 5502.02 | Spending to Administer and Enforce Motor Vehicle and Traffic Laws.
Section 5502.03 | Division of Homeland Security.
Section 5502.031 | Regulation of Amateur Radio Service Communications and Structures.
Section 5502.05 | Driver's License Examination Section.
Section 5502.06 | Duty of Examiners.
Section 5502.07 | Training Schools for Examiners.
Section 5502.08 | Database of Persons With a Communication Disability.
Section 5502.10 | State Registry of Habitual Ovi/omwi Offenders.
Section 5502.11 | Written Report of Motor Vehicle Accident.
Section 5502.12 | Use of Written Report of Motor Vehicle Accident.
Section 5502.13 | Investigative Unit.
Section 5502.132 | Ohio Investigative Unit Fund.
Section 5502.1321 | Ohio Investigative Unit Contingency Fund.
Section 5502.14 | Enforcement Agent.
Section 5502.15 | Using Federal Funds.
Section 5502.16 | Cooperative or Contractual Arrangements With Other Governmental Entities.
Section 5502.17 | Public Safety Enforcement Agents Requirements.
Section 5502.18 | Enforcement Agents May Assist State or Local Law Enforcement Officers.
Section 5502.19 | Department of Public Safety Inspections of Retail Liquor Permit Premises.
Section 5502.21 | Emergency Management Definitions.
Section 5502.22 | Emergency Management Agency.
Section 5502.25 | Rules for Emergency Management of State.
Section 5502.26 | Countywide Emergency Management Agency.
Section 5502.261 | Appropriation From General Fund for Agency Functions.
Section 5502.262 | School Emergency Management Plans.
Section 5502.27 | Regional Authority for Emergency Management.
Section 5502.271 | Program for Emergency Management.
Section 5502.28 | Cooperation With Governor and Executive Director.
Section 5502.281 | Volunteer Database; Registration; Privacy Provisions; Liability.
Section 5502.29 | Mutual Emergency Management Assistance or Aid Agreements.
Section 5502.291 | Interstate Arrangements - Coordination of Mutual Aid Plans.
Section 5502.30 | Immunity From Liability.
Section 5502.31 | Appropriations for Expenses.
Section 5502.32 | Acceptance of Private Offers of Assistance for Purposes of Emergency Management.
Section 5502.33 | Political Activity Prohibited.
Section 5502.34 | Disqualification for Subversive Activities - Registration and Oath Required.
Section 5502.35 | Exercising Emergency Management Powers Outside Jurisdiction.
Section 5502.36 | Judicial Notice.
Section 5502.37 | Emergency Management Prohibitions.
Section 5502.38 | Emergency Response Provisions Not Affected by Emergency Planning Provisions.
Section 5502.39 | Emergency Management Agency Service and Reimbursement Fund.
Section 5502.40 | Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Section 5502.41 | Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact.
Section 5502.42 | Civil Defense Certificate of Necessity - Application.
Section 5502.43 | Notice and Hearing Prior to Issuance of Certificate - Revocation or Modification.
Section 5502.44 | Distribution of Certificate.
Section 5502.46 | Revocation Due to Fraud - Taxes and Penalties.
Section 5502.47 | Exemption From Real Property Tax.
Section 5502.48 | Exemption From Personal Property Tax.
Section 5502.49 | Exemption From Corporate Franchise Tax.
Section 5502.50 | Cost of Superior Protection From Attack Does Not Increase Tax Value of Structure.
Section 5502.51 | Rules and Standards for Issuance of Certificates.
Section 5502.52 | Statewide Emergency Alert Program - Abducted Children - False Report.
Section 5502.521 | Amber Alert Advisory Committee.
Section 5502.522 | Statewide Emergency Alert Program.
Section 5502.53 | Statewide Blue Alert Program.
Section 5502.61 | Criminal Justice Services Definitions.
Section 5502.62 | Office of Criminal Justice Services - Powers and Duties.
Section 5502.64 | Metropolitan County Criminal Justice Services Agency - Powers and Duties.
Section 5502.65 | Metropolitan County Criminal Justice Services Agency - Funding, Supervisory Board.
Section 5502.67 | Justice Program Service Fund.
Section 5502.68 | Drug Law Enforcement Fund.
Section 5502.70 | Ohio Mobile Training Team.
Section 5502.701 | Mobile Training Team Officer Qualifications.
Section 5502.702 | Mobile Training Team Officer Duties.