Full Text of HB3680 103rd General Assembly
HB3680ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Harry Benton Filed: 3/20/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3680
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3680, on page 15, | 3 | | immediately below line 11, by inserting the following:
| 4 | | "Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 128/20) | 7 | | Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | 8 | | authority participation.
| 9 | | (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 10 | | minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | 11 | | students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | 12 | | must meet all of the following criteria: | 13 | | (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall | 14 | | require the participation of the appropriate local fire | 15 | | department or district. | 16 | | (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 | 15 | | designee and the local fire official may also, by | 16 | | mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill, | 17 | | including 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 | 6 | | the local fire department or fire district may, by | 7 | | mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to | 8 | | waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and | 9 | | (D) of this paragraph (1). | 10 | | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | 11 | | may involve the participation of the appropriate local | 12 | | fire 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 | 2 | | conducted at each school building that houses school children. | 3 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established | 4 | | by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to | 5 | | transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection | 6 | | (b) of this Section, provided that the chief school | 7 | | administrator of the private school provides written assurance | 8 | | to the State Board of Education that the private school does | 9 | | not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose | 10 | | during the current academic year. The assurance must be made | 11 | | on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no | 12 | | later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to | 13 | | transport students for any purpose during an academic year | 14 | | when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been | 15 | | filed with the State Board of Education, the private school | 16 | | shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and | 17 | | comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 | 18 | | calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport | 19 | | students, except that, at the discretion of the private | 20 | | school, students chosen for participation in the bus | 21 | | evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students | 22 | | that are utilizing bus transportation. | 23 | | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | 24 | | enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting | 25 | | incident. No later than 90 days after the first day of each | 26 | | school year, schools must conduct at least one law enforcement |
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| 1 | | lockdown drill that addresses an active threat or an active | 2 | | shooter within a school building. Such drills must be | 3 | | conducted according to the school district's or private | 4 | | school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and | 5 | | procedures to evaluate the preparedness of school personnel | 6 | | and students. Law enforcement lockdown drills must be | 7 | | conducted on days and times when students are normally present | 8 | | in the school building and must involve participation from all | 9 | | school personnel and students present at school at the time of | 10 | | the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school | 11 | | support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from | 12 | | the lockdown drill. The appropriate local law enforcement | 13 | | agency shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill. | 14 | | All drills must be conducted at each school building that | 15 | | houses school children. | 16 | | (1) A law enforcement lockdown drill must meet all of | 17 | | the following criteria: | 18 | | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | 19 | | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | 20 | | appropriate school administrator to request to | 21 | | participate in a law enforcement lockdown drill. The | 22 | | school administrator and local law enforcement agency | 23 | | shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the | 24 | | lockdown drill. | 25 | | (A-5) The lockdown drill shall require the on-site | 26 | | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If |
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| 1 | | a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between | 2 | | the school administrator and the appropriate local law | 3 | | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold | 4 | | the lockdown drill without participation from the | 5 | | agency. | 6 | | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | 7 | | enforcement agency in a law enforcement lockdown | 8 | | drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official | 9 | | shall certify that the law enforcement lockdown drill | 10 | | was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner | 11 | | of any deficiencies noted during the drill. | 12 | | (C) The lockdown drill must not include | 13 | | simulations that mimic an actual school shooting | 14 | | incident or active shooter event. | 15 | | (D) All lockdown drills must be announced in | 16 | | advance to all school personnel and students prior to | 17 | | the commencement of the drill. | 18 | | (E) Lockdown drill content must be age appropriate | 19 | | and developmentally appropriate. | 20 | | (F) Lockdown drills must include and involve | 21 | | school personnel, including school-based mental health | 22 | | professionals. | 23 | | (G) Lockdown drills must include trauma-informed | 24 | | approaches to address the concerns and well-being of | 25 | | students and school personnel. | 26 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement |
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| 1 | | drills at their discretion. | 2 | | (3) (Blank). | 3 | | (4) School administrators and school support personnel | 4 | | may, in their discretion, exempt a student or students | 5 | | from participating in a walk-through lockdown drill. When | 6 | | deciding whether to exempt a student from participating in | 7 | | a walk-through lockdown drill, the administrator and | 8 | | school support personnel shall include the student's | 9 | | individualized education program team or federal Section | 10 | | 504 plan team in the decision to exempt the student from | 11 | | participating. | 12 | | (5) Schools must provide sufficient information and | 13 | | notification to parents and guardians in advance of any | 14 | | walk-through lockdown drill that involves the | 15 | | participation of students. Schools must also provide to | 16 | | parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child | 17 | | for any reason from participating in the walk-through | 18 | | lockdown drill. | 19 | | (6) Schools must provide alternative safety education | 20 | | and instruction related to an active threat or active | 21 | | shooter event to students who do not participate in a
| 22 | | walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential | 23 | | information, training, and instruction through less | 24 | | sensorial safety training methods. | 25 | | (7) During the drill, students must be allowed to ask | 26 | | questions related to the drill. |
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| 1 | | (8) Law enforcement may choose to run an active | 2 | | shooter simulation, including simulated gun fire drills, | 3 | | but only on school days when students are not present. | 4 | | Parental notification is not required for drills conducted | 5 | | pursuant to this paragraph (8) if students are not | 6 | | required to be present. | 7 | | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 8 | | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | 9 | | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | 10 | | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather | 11 | | and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | 12 | | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous | 13 | | materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school | 14 | | building that houses school children.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 102-395, eff. 8-16-21.)".
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