98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3133

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 128/25

    Amends the School Safety Drill Act. With respect to the report produced after the annual review required to be conducted by a public school district, requires the report to report any renovation or addition to a school building or a change in the floor plan, any emergency and crisis response plan, or any evacuation plan of a school building and acknowledge that there has been submission of a change in floor plans, an emergency and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan to the local fire department, the local law enforcement agency, or other emergency responders. Provides that, within 30 days after completion of any renovation or addition to a school building or a change in the floor plan, an emergency and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan of a school building that modifies a previously approved emergency crisis response plan at least 60 days prior to the annual review meeting required to be conducted by a public school district, the school board or its designee shall contact the local fire department, the local law enforcement agency, and other emergency responders to set up a meeting to review any changes in procedures and protocols affected by building modifications as a result of renovations, additions, or changes in floor plans, an emergency and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
5changing Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 128/25)
7    Sec. 25. Annual review.
8    (a) Each public school district, through its school board
9or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual
10meeting at which it will review each school building's
11emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures
12and each building's compliance with the school safety drill
13programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review
14and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols,
15and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the
16district and each of its school buildings.
17    (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required
18to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the
19following parties to the annual review and provide each party
20with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual
21review:
22        (1) The principal of each school within the school
23    district or his or her official designee.

 

 

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1        (2) Representatives from any other education-related
2    organization or association deemed appropriate by the
3    school district.
4        (3) Representatives from all local first responder
5    organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the
6    review process, including, but not limited to:
7            (A) the appropriate local fire department or
8        district;
9            (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency;
10            (C) the appropriate local emergency medical
11        services agency if the agency is a separate, local
12        first responder unit; and
13            (D) any other member of the first responder or
14        emergency management community that has contacted the
15        district superintendent or his or her designee during
16        the past year to request involvement in a school's
17        emergency planning or drill process.
18        (4) The school board or its designee may also choose to
19    invite to the annual review any other persons whom it
20    believes will aid in the review process, including, but not
21    limited to, any members of any other education-related
22    organization or the first responder or emergency
23    management community.
24    (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school
25board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report,
26which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative

 

 

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1format, that does the following:
2        (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the
3    existing school safety plans and drill plans;
4        (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual
5    review, and includes the annual review's attendance
6    record;
7        (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency
8    and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and
9    the school safety drill programs of the district and each
10    of its school buildings has occurred;
11        (4) states that the school district will implement
12    those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during
13    the academic year; and
14        (5) includes the authorization of the school board or
15    the board's designee; .
16        (6) reports any renovation or addition to a school
17    building or a change in the floor plan, any emergency and
18    crisis response plan, or any evacuation plan of a school
19    building; and
20        (7) acknowledges that there has been submission of a
21    change in floor plans, an emergency and crisis response
22    plan, or an evacuation plan to the local fire department,
23    the local law enforcement agency, or other emergency
24    responders as provided under subsection (f) of this
25    Section.
26    (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of

 

 

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1the report to each party that participates in the annual review
2process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of
3schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on
4the certification document, those parties shall submit their
5comments in writing to the appropriate regional
6superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a
7record of these comments. The certification document may be in
8a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of
9the district superintendent.
10    (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal
11year, at a specific time chosen at the school district
12superintendent's discretion.
13    (f) Within 30 days after completion of any renovation or
14addition to a school building or a change in the floor plan, an
15emergency and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan of a
16school building that modifies a previously approved emergency
17and crisis response plan at least 60 days prior to the meeting
18required under subsection (a) of this Section, the school board
19or its designee shall contact the local fire department, the
20local law enforcement agency, and other emergency responders to
21set up a meeting to review any changes in procedures and
22protocols affected by building modifications as a result of
23renovations, additions, or changes in floor plans, an emergency
24and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan.
25(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.