Section 53G-8-701.8 - School safety and security director(1) Except as provided in Subsection 53G-8-701.5(3), an LEA shall designate a school safety and security director as the LEA point of contact for the county security chief, local law enforcement, and the state security chief.(2) A school safety and security director shall:(a) participate in and satisfy the training requirements, including the annual and biannual requirements, described in:(i) Section 53-22-105 for school guardians;(ii) Section 53G-8-702 for school resource officers; and(iii) Section 53G-8-704 for armed school security guards;(b) have a valid concealed carry permit issued under Title 53, Chapter 5, Part 7, Concealed Firearm Act;(c) if the designee is an employee of an LEA, participate on the multidisciplinary team the LEA establishes;(d) coordinate security responses among, if applicable, the following individuals in the LEA that employs the school safety and security director: (i) school safety and security specialists;(ii) school resource officers;(iii) armed school security guards; and(iv) school guardians; and(e) collaborate and maintain effective communications with local law enforcement, a county security chief, the LEA, and school-based behavioral and mental health professionals to ensure adherence with all policies, procedures, protocols, rules, and regulations relating to school safety and security.(3) A school safety and security director:(a) does not have authority to act in a law enforcement capacity; and(b) may, at the LEA that employs the director:(i) take actions necessary to prevent or abate an active threat;(ii) temporarily detain an individual when the school safety and security director has reasonable cause to believe the individual has committed or is about to commit a forcible felony, as that term is defined in Section 76-2-402;(4) Notwithstanding Subsection 76-10-505.5(4), if a school safety and security director is carrying a firearm, the school safety and security director shall carry the school safety and security director's firearm in a concealed manner and may not, unless during an active threat, display or open carry a firearm while on school grounds.(5) A school may use the services of the school safety and security director on a temporary basis to satisfy the school safety personnel requirement of Subsection 53G-8-701.5(2).(6) The state security chief shall: (a) for each school safety and security director, track each school safety and security director by collecting the photograph and the name and contact information for each school safety and security director; and(b) make the information described in Subsection (6)(a) readily available to each law enforcement agency in the state categorized by LEA.Added by Chapter 21, 2024 General Session ,§ 29, eff. 5/1/2024.