Public Act 095-0881
 		





SB2691 Enrolled
LRB095 05590 NHT 25680 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The Campus Security Act is amended  by changing 
Section 1 and by adding Section 20 as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 12/1)


    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Campus 
Security Enhancement Act of 2008.

(Source: P.A. 88-629, eff. 9-9-94.)


 
    (110 ILCS 12/20  new)
    Sec. 20. Campus security enhancement.
    (a)  In this Section, "higher education institution" means a 
public university, a public community college, or an 
independent, not-for-profit or for-profit higher education 
institution located in this State.
    (b)  Each higher education institution is required to do the 
following:
        (1)  develop a National Incident Management 
    System-compliant, all-hazards, emergency response plan in 
    partnership with the institution's county or major 
    municipal emergency management official, report the plan 
    to this official, and have training and exercises for the 
    plan annually at a minimum; and
        (2)  develop an inter-disciplinary and 
    multi-jurisdictional campus violence prevention plan, 
    including coordination of and communication between all 
    available campus and local mental health and first response 
    resources, in partnership with the institution's county or 
    major municipal emergency management official, report the 
    plan to this official, and have training and exercises for 
    the plan annually at a minimum.  The campus violence 
    prevention plan shall include the development and 
    implementation of a campus violence prevention committee 
    and campus threat assessment team.
    (c)  County and major municipal emergency managers and 
Illinois Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators 
shall assist in the planning and training process for the plans 
specified in  subdivisions (1) and (2)  of  subsection (b) of this 
Section with all resources available to them.
    (d)  County and major municipal emergency managers and 
Illinois Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators 
shall provide higher education institutions with appropriate 
standards and guidelines for the plans specified in 
subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this Section and 
for the training and exercises for these plans.