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Public Act 098-0663
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| SB2710 Enrolled | LRB098 14327 NHT 48953 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by |
changing Section 25 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 128/25)
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Sec. 25. Annual review. |
(a) Each public school district, through its school board |
or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual |
meeting at which it will review each school building's |
emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures |
and each building's compliance with the school safety drill |
programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review |
and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, |
and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the |
district and each of its school buildings. This review must be |
at no cost to the school district. |
(b) Each school board or the board's designee is required |
to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the |
following parties to the annual review and provide each party |
with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual |
review: |
(1) The principal of each school within the school |
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district or his or her official designee. |
(2) Representatives from any other education-related |
organization or association deemed appropriate by the |
school district. |
(3) Representatives from all local first responder |
organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the |
review process, including, but not limited to: |
(A) the appropriate local fire department or |
district; |
(B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; |
(C) the appropriate local emergency medical |
services agency if the agency is a separate, local |
first responder unit; and |
(D) any other member of the first responder or |
emergency management community that has contacted the |
district superintendent or his or her designee during |
the past year to request involvement in a school's |
emergency planning or drill process. |
(4) The school board or its designee may also choose to |
invite to the annual review any other persons whom it |
believes will aid in the review process, including, but not |
limited to, any members of any other education-related |
organization or the first responder or emergency |
management community. |
(c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school |
board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report, |
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which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative |
format, that does the following: |
(1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the |
existing school safety plans and drill plans; |
(2) lists the parties that participated in the annual |
review, and includes the annual review's attendance |
record; |
(3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency |
and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and |
the school safety drill programs of the district and each |
of its school buildings has occurred; |
(4) states that the school district will implement |
those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during |
the academic year; and |
(5) includes the authorization of the school board or |
the board's designee. |
(d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of |
the report to each party that participates in the annual review |
process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of |
schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on |
the certification document, those parties shall submit their |
comments in writing to the appropriate regional |
superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a |
record of these comments. The certification document may be in |
a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of |
the district superintendent. |
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(e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal |
year, at a specific time chosen at the school district |
superintendent's discretion.
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(f) A private school shall conduct a minimum of one annual |
meeting at which the school must review each school building's |
emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures |
and each building's compliance with the school safety drill |
programs of the school. The purpose of this annual review shall |
be to review and update the emergency and crisis response |
plans, protocols, and procedures and the school safety drill |
programs of the school. This review must be at no cost to the |
private school. |
The private school shall invite representatives from all |
local first responder organizations to participate, advise, |
and consult in the review process, including, but not limited |
to, the following: |
(1) the appropriate local fire department or fire |
protection district; |
(2) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; |
(3) the appropriate local emergency medical services |
agency if the agency is a separate, local first responder |
unit; and |
(4) any other member of the first responder or |
emergency management community that has contacted the |
school's chief administrative officer or his or her |
designee during the past year to request involvement in the |