(105 ILCS 128/50)
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-8)
    Sec. 50. Crisis response mapping data grants.
    (a) Subject to appropriation, a public school district, a charter school, a special education cooperative or district, an education for employment system, a State-approved area career center, a public university laboratory school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, the Department of Juvenile Justice School District, a regional office of education, the Illinois School for the Deaf, the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the Philip J. Rock Center and School, an early childhood or preschool program supported by the Early Childhood Block Grant, or any other public school entity designated by the State Board of Education by rule, may apply to the State Board of Education or the State Board of Education or the State Board's designee for a grant to obtain crisis response mapping data and to 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, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education or the State Board's designee in the administration of the grant program described by this Section, the State Board shall provide grants to any entity in subsection (a) upon approval of an application submitted by the entity to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data under this Section. The grant application must include crisis response mapping data for all schools under the jurisdiction of the entity submitting the application, including, in the case of a public school district, any charter schools authorized by the school board for the school district.
    (c) To be eligible for a grant under this Section, 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.
    (e) Crisis response mapping data obtained pursuant to this Section are confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
    (f) The State Board may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
 
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-194)
    Sec. 50. Rapid entry. A school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency.
(Source: P.A. 103-194, eff. 1-1-24.)