.03 School Resource Officers and School Security Employees Training.

A. A school resource officer or school security employee shall complete the Center’s model curriculum or an approved local training, as required under Education Article, §7-1508, Annotated Code of Maryland.

B. A school resource officer or school security employee assigned or hired after the start of the school year will register and complete the model curriculum prior to the next school year and may begin work in a school:

(1) Following notification to the Center; and

(2) Following completion of the preliminary curriculum prescribed by the Center.

C. School resource officers and school security employees shall complete additional hours of training annually in content areas approved by the Center, including:

(1) Updated legislative and regulatory changes affecting the work of school resource officers and school security employees;

(2) Expanded training in existing content areas;

(3) Any training identified or approved by the Center; or

(4) Any other mandates under State, federal, or local law.

D. Each year, the local school superintendent shall certify to the Center’s Executive Director that school security employees assigned to the jurisdiction’s schools have completed the training required under this chapter.