School Resource Officer Critical Needs Certification
SC Public Employee Benefit Authority

202 Arbor Lake Drive

Columbia, SC 29223

THE LANGUAGE USED IN THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CREATE ANY CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS OR ENTITLEMENTS AND DOES NOT CREATE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE MEMBER AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY.  THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE THE CONTENT OF THIS DOCUMENT. 

Form 7214
Revised 7/6/2018
Sign in blue or black ink

As an authorized representative of the public school district listed above, I certify that the above-referenced retired PORS member is

serving as a critical needs School Resource Officer for the school district.

Please contact PEBA's Customer Contact Center with any questions at 803.737.6800 or 888.260.9430, or www.peba.sc.gov.

As an authorized representative of the covered employer for which the above-referenced retired PORS member is employed, I

certify that the member is a certified Class 1 law enforcement officer, that the member is serving as a critical needs School

Resource Officer with the public school district listed above, and that the employment of the member meets the requirements of the

budget proviso set out above.

Beginning on July 1, 2018, pursuant to the following proviso in the General Appropriations Act:

Any Class 1 law enforcement officer who retired under the Police Officers Retirement System (PORS) on or before December 31, 2017, may return to employment with a public school district as a critical needs School Resource Officer without affecting the monthly retirement allowance that they are receiving from the Police Officers Retirement System. The Law Enforcement Training Council must develop guidelines and curriculum for these officers to be recertified and must not require recertification through basic training for those that have been inactive for a year or more.