SB2577 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2577

Introduced 5/9/2023, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 128/50 new

Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Provides that the crisis response mapping data shall be stored and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at the school. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to public schools to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data. Sets forth requirements for the crisis response mapping data. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the crisis response mapping data may be reviewed annually to update the data as necessary. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by adding Section 50 as follows:

(105 ILCS 128/50 new)

Sec. 50. Crisis response mapping data.

(a) Subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. The crisis response mapping data shall be stored and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at the school.

(b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to public schools to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data under this Section.

(c) The crisis response mapping data must, at a minimum:

(1) be compatible and integrate into security software platforms in use by the specific school for which the data is provided without requiring local law enforcement agencies or the school district to purchase additional software or requiring the integration of third-party software to view the data;

(2) be compatible with security software platforms in use by the specific school for which the data is provided without requiring local public safety agencies or the school district to purchase additional software or requiring the integration of third-party software to view the data;

(3) be capable of being provided in a printable format;

(4) be verified for accuracy by an on-site walk-through of the school building and grounds;

(5) be oriented to true north;

(6) be overlaid on current aerial imagery or plans of the school building;

(7) contain site-specific labeling that matches the structure of the school building, including room labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers and the location of hazards, critical utilities, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits, and that matches the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring properties; and

(8) be overlaid with gridded x/y coordinates.

(d) Subject to appropriation, the crisis response mapping data may be reviewed annually to update the data as necessary.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.