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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 25 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 128/25)
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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. This review must be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | at no cost to the school district. In updating a school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | building's emergency and crisis response plans, consideration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | may be given to making the emergency and crisis response plans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | available to first responders, administrators, and teachers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | for implementation and utilization through the use of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | electronic applications on electronic devices, including, but | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | not limited to, smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers. |
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1 | (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required | ||||||
2 | to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the | ||||||
3 | following parties to the annual review and provide each party | ||||||
4 | with a minimum of 30 days' 30-days' notice before the date of | ||||||
5 | the annual review: | ||||||
6 | (1) The principal of each school within the school | ||||||
7 | district or his or her official designee. | ||||||
8 | (2) Representatives from any other education-related | ||||||
9 | organization or association deemed appropriate by the | ||||||
10 | school district. | ||||||
11 | (3) Representatives from all local first responder | ||||||
12 | organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the | ||||||
13 | review process, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
14 | (A) the appropriate local fire department or | ||||||
15 | district; | ||||||
16 | (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; | ||||||
17 | (C) the appropriate local emergency medical | ||||||
18 | services agency if the agency is a separate, local | ||||||
19 | first responder unit; and | ||||||
20 | (D) any other member of the first responder or | ||||||
21 | emergency management community that has contacted the | ||||||
22 | district superintendent or his or her designee during | ||||||
23 | the past year to request involvement in a school's | ||||||
24 | emergency planning or drill process. | ||||||
25 | (4) The school board or its designee may also choose to | ||||||
26 | invite to the annual review any other persons whom it |
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1 | believes will aid in the review process, including, but not | ||||||
2 | limited to, any members of any other education-related | ||||||
3 | organization or the first responder or emergency | ||||||
4 | management community. | ||||||
5 | (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school | ||||||
6 | board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report, | ||||||
7 | which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative | ||||||
8 | format, that does the following: | ||||||
9 | (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the | ||||||
10 | existing school safety plans and drill plans; | ||||||
11 | (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual | ||||||
12 | review, and includes the annual review's attendance | ||||||
13 | record; | ||||||
14 | (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency | ||||||
15 | and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and | ||||||
16 | the school safety drill programs of the district and each | ||||||
17 | of its school buildings has occurred; | ||||||
18 | (4) states that the school district will implement | ||||||
19 | those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during | ||||||
20 | the academic year; and | ||||||
21 | (5) includes the authorization of the school board or | ||||||
22 | the board's designee ; . | ||||||
23 | (6) reports any renovation or addition to a school | ||||||
24 | building or a change in the floor plan, any emergency and | ||||||
25 | crisis response plan, or any evacuation plan of a school | ||||||
26 | building; and |
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1 | (7) acknowledges that there has been submission of a | ||||||
2 | change in floor plans, an emergency and crisis response | ||||||
3 | plan, or an evacuation plan to the local fire department, | ||||||
4 | the local law enforcement agency, or other emergency | ||||||
5 | responders as provided under subsection (e-5) of this | ||||||
6 | Section. | ||||||
7 | (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of | ||||||
8 | the report to each party that participates in the annual review | ||||||
9 | process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of | ||||||
10 | schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on | ||||||
11 | the certification document, those parties shall submit their | ||||||
12 | comments in writing to the appropriate regional | ||||||
13 | superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a | ||||||
14 | record of these comments. The certification document may be in | ||||||
15 | a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of | ||||||
16 | the district superintendent. | ||||||
17 | (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal | ||||||
18 | year, at a specific time chosen at the school district | ||||||
19 | superintendent's discretion.
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20 | (e-5) Within 30 days after completion of any renovation or | ||||||
21 | addition to a school building or a change in the floor plan, an | ||||||
22 | emergency and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan of a | ||||||
23 | school building that modifies a previously approved emergency | ||||||
24 | and crisis response plan at least 60 days prior to the meeting | ||||||
25 | required under subsection (a) of this Section, the school board | ||||||
26 | or its designee shall contact the local fire department, the |
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1 | local law enforcement agency, and other emergency responders to | ||||||
2 | set up a meeting to review any changes in procedures and | ||||||
3 | protocols affected by building modifications as a result of | ||||||
4 | renovations, additions, or changes in floor plans, an emergency | ||||||
5 | and crisis response plan, or an evacuation plan. | ||||||
6 | (f) A private school shall conduct a minimum of one annual | ||||||
7 | meeting at which the school must review each school building's | ||||||
8 | emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures | ||||||
9 | and each building's compliance with the school safety drill | ||||||
10 | programs of the school. The purpose of this annual review shall | ||||||
11 | be to review and update the emergency and crisis response | ||||||
12 | plans, protocols, and procedures and the school safety drill | ||||||
13 | programs of the school. This review must be at no cost to the | ||||||
14 | private school. | ||||||
15 | The private school shall invite representatives from all | ||||||
16 | local first responder organizations to participate, advise, | ||||||
17 | and consult in the review process, including, but not limited | ||||||
18 | to, the following: | ||||||
19 | (1) the appropriate local fire department or fire | ||||||
20 | protection district; | ||||||
21 | (2) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; | ||||||
22 | (3) the appropriate local emergency medical services | ||||||
23 | agency if the agency is a separate, local first responder | ||||||
24 | unit; and | ||||||
25 | (4) any other member of the first responder or | ||||||
26 | emergency management community that has contacted the |
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1 | school's chief administrative officer or his or her | ||||||
2 | designee during the past year to request involvement in the | ||||||
3 | school's emergency planning or drill process. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 98-661, eff. 1-1-15; 98-663, eff. 6-23-14; | ||||||
5 | revised 7-15-14.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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