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Dorchester School District 2 authorizes superintendent to apply for new proprietary security business license
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the Dorchester School District 2 board voted 6–0 (1 absent) to authorize Superintendent Doherty to apply for a proprietary security business license under recently enacted state legislation; the district plans SLED-approved training and background checks for district security staff and said SROs will remain in schools.
The Dorchester School District 2 Board of Trustees on May 19 voted to authorize Superintendent Doherty to apply for a proprietary security business license under legislation signed May 12, 2025 requiring school districts that use security officers who are not school resource officers to hold such a license.
District leaders told the board the license will allow the district to certify and oversee its own security staff, require South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)–approved training and background checks for individual officers, and — in limited circumstances described by staff…
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