AZ HB2656

Establishes an optional school safety designee program administered by the Arizona Attorney General in coordination with the Department of Public Safety to train designated school employees to store and carry firearms on school campuses.

Requires the program to be at least 24 hours long and cover topics including legal issues on deadly force, weapon care, safe handling and storage, marksmanship, scenario-based training, force-on-force training, and coordination with local law enforcement.

Allows school district governing boards and charter school governing bodies to annually approve and designate one or more employees to carry firearms, with trainers required to undergo background investigations.

Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 13-3102 to exempt designated school safety employees who complete the program from the prohibition on possessing firearms on school grounds.

Requires participating schools to store firearms in secure lockers and provide annual training to designated employees, with schools removed from the program list if they fail to annually report the designee's name to the Attorney General's office.