Full Text of HB5716 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 Section 25 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 128/25)
| 7 | | Sec. 25. Annual review. | 8 | | (a) Each public school district, through its school board | 9 | | or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual | 10 | | meeting at which it will review each school building's | 11 | | emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures | 12 | | and each building's compliance with the school safety drill | 13 | | programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review | 14 | | and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, | 15 | | and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the | 16 | | district and each of its school buildings. In updating a school | 17 | | building's emergency and crisis response plans, consideration | 18 | | may be given to making the emergency and crisis response plans | 19 | | available to first responders, administrators, and teachers | 20 | | for implementation and utilization through the use of | 21 | | electronic applications on electronic devices, including, but | 22 | | not limited to, smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers. | 23 | | (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required |
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| 1 | | to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the | 2 | | following parties to the annual review and provide each party | 3 | | with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual | 4 | | review: | 5 | | (1) The principal of each school within the school | 6 | | district or his or her official designee. | 7 | | (2) Representatives from any other education-related | 8 | | organization or association deemed appropriate by the | 9 | | school district. | 10 | | (3) Representatives from all local first responder | 11 | | organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the | 12 | | review process, including, but not limited to: | 13 | | (A) the appropriate local fire department or | 14 | | district; | 15 | | (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; | 16 | | (C) the appropriate local emergency medical | 17 | | services agency if the agency is a separate, local | 18 | | first responder unit; and | 19 | | (D) any other member of the first responder or | 20 | | emergency management community that has contacted the | 21 | | district superintendent or his or her designee during | 22 | | the past year to request involvement in a school's | 23 | | emergency planning or drill process. | 24 | | (4) The school board or its designee may also choose to | 25 | | invite to the annual review any other persons whom it | 26 | | believes will aid in the review process, including, but not |
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| 1 | | limited to, any members of any other education-related | 2 | | organization or the first responder or emergency | 3 | | management community. | 4 | | (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school | 5 | | board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report, | 6 | | which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative | 7 | | format, that does the following: | 8 | | (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the | 9 | | existing school safety plans and drill plans; | 10 | | (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual | 11 | | review, and includes the annual review's attendance | 12 | | record; | 13 | | (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency | 14 | | and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and | 15 | | the school safety drill programs of the district and each | 16 | | of its school buildings has occurred; | 17 | | (4) states that the school district will implement | 18 | | those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during | 19 | | the academic year; and | 20 | | (5) includes the authorization of the school board or | 21 | | the board's designee. | 22 | | (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of | 23 | | the report to each party that participates in the annual review | 24 | | process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of | 25 | | schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on | 26 | | the certification document, those parties shall submit their |
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| 1 | | comments in writing to the appropriate regional | 2 | | superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a | 3 | | record of these comments. The certification document may be in | 4 | | a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of | 5 | | the district superintendent. | 6 | | (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal | 7 | | year, at a specific time chosen at the school district | 8 | | superintendent's discretion.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
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