School Guardian Program Training

The Texas School Safety Certification Course is an advanced two-day training program for eligible Texas school personnel who may serve in an authorized School Guardian Program. The course prepares participants with the knowledge, judgment, and handgun skills necessary to help protect students and respond effectively during a violent critical incident.

The course combines classroom instruction, practical exercises, and live-fire training. This is not a basic handgun course. Participants must arrive with safe gun-handling skills and a solid foundation in handgun marksmanship.

Course Objectives

The course focuses on the following required training objectives:

• Protection of students
• Interaction of license holders with first responders
• Tactics for denying an intruder entry into a classroom or school facility
• Methods for increasing a license holder’s accuracy with a handgun while under duress

Eligibility

This course is intended for eligible personnel of a Texas school district or open-enrollment charter school, including individuals preparing to serve in an authorized School Guardian Program.

Eligible individuals may complete the training without first being authorized by their school district to carry on campus. However, completion of this course does not, by itself, authorize an individual to carry a handgun on school premises. Authorization to carry is determined separately by the school or district in accordance with applicable Texas law and local policy.