Full Text of HB0492 98th General Assembly
HB0492eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 128/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following | 8 | | school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this | 9 | | State: | 10 | | (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and | 11 | | prepare students and school personnel for situations that | 12 | | occur when conditions outside of a school building are | 13 | | safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents | 14 | | are based on the needs of particular communities and may | 15 | | include without limitation the following: | 16 | | (A) fire; | 17 | | (B) suspicious items or persons ; | 18 | | (C) incidents involving hazardous materials, | 19 | | including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | 20 | | and explosives; and | 21 | | (D) bomb threats. | 22 | | (2) Bus evacuation drills, which shall address and | 23 | | prepare students and school personnel for situations that |
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| 1 | | occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than | 2 | | inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs | 3 | | of particular communities and may include without | 4 | | limitation the following: | 5 | | (A) fire; | 6 | | (B) suspicious items; and | 7 | | (C) incidents involving hazardous materials, | 8 | | including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | 9 | | and explosives. | 10 | | (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and | 11 | | prepare students and school personnel for situations | 12 | | calling for the involvement of law enforcement when | 13 | | conditions inside a school building are safer than outside | 14 | | of a school building and it is necessary to protect | 15 | | building occupants from potential dangers in a school | 16 | | building. Law enforcement drills may involve situations | 17 | | that call for the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a | 18 | | school building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation | 19 | | Evacuations incidents shall may include a shooting | 20 | | incident. without limitation the following: | 21 | | (A) shooting incidents; | 22 | | (B) bomb threats; | 23 | | (C) suspicious persons; and | 24 | | (D) incidents involving hazardous materials. | 25 | | (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which | 26 | | shall address and prepare students for situations |
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| 1 | | involving severe weather emergencies or the release of | 2 | | external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and | 3 | | shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and | 4 | | environment of particular communities and may include | 5 | | without limitation the following: | 6 | | (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to, | 7 | | shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes; | 8 | | (B) incidents involving hazardous materials, | 9 | | including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | 10 | | and explosives; and | 11 | | (C) incidents involving weapons of mass | 12 | | destruction, including, but not limited to, | 13 | | biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.) | 15 | | (105 ILCS 128/20)
| 16 | | Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | 17 | | authority participation.
| 18 | | (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 19 | | minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | 20 | | students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | 21 | | must meet all of the following criteria: | 22 | | (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require | 23 | | the participation of the appropriate local fire department | 24 | | or district. | 25 | | (A) Each local fire department or fire district |
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| 1 | | must contact the appropriate school administrator or | 2 | | his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | 3 | | year in order to arrange for the participation of the | 4 | | department or district in the school evacuation drill. | 5 | | (B) Each school administrator or his or her | 6 | | designee must contact the responding local fire | 7 | | official no later than September 15 of each year and | 8 | | propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | 9 | | month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | 10 | | October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | 11 | | official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | 12 | | if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | 13 | | date. | 14 | | (C) The school administrator or his or her designee | 15 | | and the local fire official may also, by mutual | 16 | | agreement, set any other date for the drill, including | 17 | | a date outside of the month of October. | 18 | | (D) If the fire official does not select one of the | 19 | | 4 offered dates in October or set another date by | 20 | | mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | 21 | | include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | 22 | | school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | 23 | | however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | 24 | | include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | 25 | | at a mutually agreed-upon time. | 26 | | (E) Upon the participation of the local fire |
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| 1 | | service, the appropriate local fire official shall | 2 | | certify that the school evacuation drill was | 3 | | conducted. | 4 | | (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | 5 | | the school administrator or his or her designee and the | 6 | | local fire department or fire district may, by mutual | 7 | | agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive | 8 | | the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of | 9 | | this paragraph (1). | 10 | | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | 11 | | may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire | 12 | | department or district. | 13 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | 14 | | drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | 15 | | including without limitation suspicious items or bomb | 16 | | threats. | 17 | | (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | 18 | | building that houses school children. | 19 | | (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 20 | | minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | 21 | | accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | 22 | | all other educational institutions in this State that are | 23 | | supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | 24 | | and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | 25 | | through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | 26 | | bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct |
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| 1 | | additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted | 2 | | at each school building that houses school children. | 3 | | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | 4 | | enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident | 5 | | incidents, including without limitation reverse evacuations, | 6 | | lock-downs, shootings, bomb threats, or hazardous materials . | 7 | | Such drills must be conducted according to the school | 8 | | district's or private school's emergency and crisis response | 9 | | plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the | 10 | | appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may | 11 | | be conducted on days and times when students are not present in | 12 | | the school building. All drills must be conducted at each | 13 | | school building that houses school children. | 14 | | (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the | 15 | | following criteria: | 16 | | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | 17 | | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | 18 | | appropriate school administrator to request to | 19 | | participate in a law enforcement drill . The school | 20 | | administrator and local law enforcement agency shall | 21 | | set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill. | 22 | | (A-5) The drill shall require the on-site | 23 | | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If a | 24 | | mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between the | 25 | | school administrator and the appropriate local law | 26 | | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold |
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| 1 | | the drill without participation from the agency. and | 2 | | may actively participate on-site in a drill. | 3 | | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | 4 | | enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the | 5 | | appropriate local law enforcement official shall | 6 | | certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted | 7 | | and notify the school in a timely manner of any | 8 | | deficiencies noted during the drill . | 9 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | 10 | | drills at their discretion. | 11 | | (3) (Blank). | 12 | | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 13 | | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | 14 | | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | 15 | | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and | 16 | | shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | 17 | | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous | 18 | | materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school | 19 | | building that houses school children.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05; 95-1015, eff. 12-15-08.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law. |
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