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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 14.40.04.01" title_num="14" subtitle_num="40" chapter_num="04" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Center” means the Maryland Center for School Safety.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“School resource officer” has the meaning stated in Education Article, §7-1501(j), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“School safety coordinator” means an individual or individuals in a school system, regardless of job title, who serve as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The head of safety or security for the school system; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The liaison between the Center, local law enforcement, and the local school system as required under Education Article, §7-1508(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>School Security Employee.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“School security employee” has the meaning stated in Education Article, §7-1501(k), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>School security employee includes individuals:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Employed by a local school system, either as salaried or contractual employees, to provide safety or security-related services at a public school; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Assigned to a public school, whose job description includes safety or security related services as part of the individual’s primary duties.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>School security employee does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A school resource officer;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Local law enforcement providing supplemental coverage to local school systems;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>An employee of the school system not assigned to work in an individual public school as part of their duties; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>A school administrator.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>