Pennsylvania Public School Code Sections 1305-C, 1313-C, 1314-C, and 1315-C, under Act 67 of 2019 and Act 47 of 2025, require all school police officers, school resource officers, and school security guards to complete training for school security personnel in accordance with the standards approved by the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and with a provider approved by PCCD, prior to working in a school setting.
The Commission adopted standards for instruction of school security personnel (SSP) on December 11, 2019, and the SSP training standards were subsequently reviewed, updated and reapproved by the Commission in January 2022. Section 1315-C of the PA Public School Code was revised under Act 47 of 2025 and provides for PCCD, the PA Department of Education (PDE), and the PA State Police (PSP) to adopt minimum standards for training of school security personnel who will provide school security services in school entities and nonpublic schools. The standards must incorporate the subjects included in the Basic School Resource Officer Course offered by NASRO and subjects specific to Pennsylvania law. PCCD, PDE, and PSP must periodically reassess the training requirements for all school security personnel.
In March 2026, PCCD, in collaboration with PDE and PSP, established a workgroup that reviewed the School Security Personnel Standard, based on the requirements of Act 47 of 2025 to add Pennsylvania specific components, as well as elements based on current school environments and the school safety and security landscape. The revised School Security Personnel Training Standards were presented to the School Safety and Security Committee and approved on June 3, 2026. On June 10, 2026, they were presented to and approved by the Commission. All school security personnel who have not yet completed training will need to receive training aligned with these approved standards as of June 10, 2026.
Please contact RA-CD-SSSC@pa.gov for more information.