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Public Act 098-0048 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 128/15)
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Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following | ||||
school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this | ||||
State: | ||||
(1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and | ||||
prepare students and school personnel for situations that | ||||
occur when conditions outside of a school building are | ||||
safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents | ||||
are based on the needs of particular communities and may | ||||
include without limitation the following: | ||||
(A) fire; | ||||
(B) suspicious items or persons ; | ||||
(C) incidents involving hazardous materials, | ||||
including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | ||||
and explosives; and | ||||
(D) bomb threats. | ||||
(2) Bus evacuation drills, which shall address and | ||||
prepare students and school personnel for situations that |
occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than | ||
inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs | ||
of particular communities and may include without | ||
limitation the following: | ||
(A) fire; | ||
(B) suspicious items; and | ||
(C) incidents involving hazardous materials, | ||
including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | ||
and explosives. | ||
(3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and | ||
prepare students and school personnel for situations | ||
calling for the involvement of law enforcement when | ||
conditions inside a school building are safer than outside | ||
of a school building and it is necessary to protect | ||
building occupants from potential dangers in a school | ||
building. Law enforcement drills may involve situations | ||
that call for the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a | ||
school building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation | ||
Evacuations incidents shall may include a shooting | ||
incident. without limitation the following: | ||
(A) shooting incidents; | ||
(B) bomb threats; | ||
(C) suspicious persons; and | ||
(D) incidents involving hazardous materials. | ||
(4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which | ||
shall address and prepare students for situations |
involving severe weather emergencies or the release of | ||
external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and | ||
shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and | ||
environment of particular communities and may include | ||
without limitation the following: | ||
(A) severe weather, including, but not limited to, | ||
shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes; | ||
(B) incidents involving hazardous materials, | ||
including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | ||
and explosives; and | ||
(C) incidents involving weapons of mass | ||
destruction, including, but not limited to, | ||
biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
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(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.) | ||
(105 ILCS 128/20)
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Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | ||
authority participation.
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(a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||
minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | ||
students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | ||
must meet all of the following criteria: | ||
(1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require | ||
the participation of the appropriate local fire department | ||
or district. | ||
(A) Each local fire department or fire district |
must contact the appropriate school administrator or | ||
his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | ||
year in order to arrange for the participation of the | ||
department or district in the school evacuation drill. | ||
(B) Each school administrator or his or her | ||
designee must contact the responding local fire | ||
official no later than September 15 of each year and | ||
propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | ||
month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | ||
October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | ||
official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | ||
if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | ||
date. | ||
(C) The school administrator or his or her designee | ||
and the local fire official may also, by mutual | ||
agreement, set any other date for the drill, including | ||
a date outside of the month of October. | ||
(D) If the fire official does not select one of the | ||
4 offered dates in October or set another date by | ||
mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | ||
include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | ||
school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | ||
however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | ||
include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | ||
at a mutually agreed-upon time. | ||
(E) Upon the participation of the local fire |
service, the appropriate local fire official shall | ||
certify that the school evacuation drill was | ||
conducted. | ||
(F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | ||
the school administrator or his or her designee and the | ||
local fire department or fire district may, by mutual | ||
agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive | ||
the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of | ||
this paragraph (1). | ||
Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | ||
may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire | ||
department or district. | ||
(2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | ||
drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | ||
including without limitation suspicious items or bomb | ||
threats. | ||
(3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | ||
building that houses school children. | ||
(b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||
minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | ||
accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | ||
all other educational institutions in this State that are | ||
supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | ||
and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | ||
through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | ||
bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct |
additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted | ||
at each school building that houses school children. | ||
(c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | ||
enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident | ||
incidents, including without limitation reverse evacuations, | ||
lock-downs, shootings, bomb threats, or hazardous materials . | ||
Such drills must be conducted according to the school | ||
district's or private school's emergency and crisis response | ||
plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the | ||
appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may | ||
be conducted on days and times when students are not present in | ||
the school building. All drills must be conducted at each | ||
school building that houses school children. | ||
(1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the | ||
following criteria: | ||
(A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | ||
local law enforcement agency shall contact the | ||
appropriate school administrator to request to | ||
participate in a law enforcement drill . The school | ||
administrator and local law enforcement agency shall | ||
set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill. | ||
(A-5) The drill shall require the on-site | ||
participation of the local law enforcement agency. If a | ||
mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between the | ||
school administrator and the appropriate local law | ||
enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold |
the drill without participation from the agency. and | ||
may actively participate on-site in a drill. | ||
(B) Upon the participation of a local law | ||
enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the | ||
appropriate local law enforcement official shall | ||
certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted | ||
and notify the school in a timely manner of any | ||
deficiencies noted during the drill . | ||
(2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | ||
drills at their discretion. | ||
(3) (Blank). | ||
(d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||
minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | ||
address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | ||
tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and | ||
shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | ||
including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous | ||
materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school | ||
building that houses school children.
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(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05; 95-1015, eff. 12-15-08.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |