Full Text of SB2350 100th General Assembly
SB2350sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Julie A. Morrison Filed: 4/12/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2350
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2350 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 128/20)
| 7 | | Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | 8 | | authority participation.
| 9 | | (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 10 | | minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | 11 | | students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | 12 | | must meet all of the following criteria: | 13 | | (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require | 14 | | the participation of the appropriate local fire department | 15 | | or district. | 16 | | (A) Each local fire department or fire district |
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| 1 | | must contact the appropriate school administrator or | 2 | | his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | 3 | | year in order to arrange for the participation of the | 4 | | department or district in the school evacuation drill. | 5 | | (B) Each school administrator or his or her | 6 | | designee must contact the responding local fire | 7 | | official no later than September 15 of each year and | 8 | | propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | 9 | | month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | 10 | | October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | 11 | | official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | 12 | | if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | 13 | | date. | 14 | | (C) The school administrator or his or her designee | 15 | | and the local fire official may also, by mutual | 16 | | agreement, set any other date for the drill, including | 17 | | a date outside of the month of October. | 18 | | (D) If the fire official does not select one of the | 19 | | 4 offered dates in October or set another date by | 20 | | mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | 21 | | include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | 22 | | school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | 23 | | however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | 24 | | include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | 25 | | at a mutually agreed-upon time. | 26 | | (E) Upon the participation of the local fire |
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| 1 | | service, the appropriate local fire official shall | 2 | | certify that the school evacuation drill was | 3 | | conducted. | 4 | | (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | 5 | | the school administrator or his or her designee and the | 6 | | local fire department or fire district may, by mutual | 7 | | agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive | 8 | | the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of | 9 | | this paragraph (1). | 10 | | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | 11 | | may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire | 12 | | department or district. | 13 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | 14 | | drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | 15 | | including without limitation suspicious items or bomb | 16 | | threats. | 17 | | (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | 18 | | building that houses school children. | 19 | | (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 20 | | minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | 21 | | accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | 22 | | all other educational institutions in this State that are | 23 | | supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | 24 | | and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | 25 | | through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | 26 | | bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct |
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| 1 | | additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted | 2 | | at each school building that houses school children. | 3 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established | 4 | | by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to | 5 | | transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection | 6 | | (b) of this Section, provided that the chief school | 7 | | administrator of the private school provides written assurance | 8 | | to the State Board of Education that the private school does | 9 | | not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose | 10 | | during the current academic year. The assurance must be made on | 11 | | a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no | 12 | | later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to | 13 | | transport students for any purpose during an academic year when | 14 | | an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been filed | 15 | | with the State Board of Education, the private school shall | 16 | | immediately notify the State Board of Education and comply with | 17 | | subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 calendar days | 18 | | after utilization of the bus to transport students, except | 19 | | that, at the discretion of the private school, students chosen | 20 | | for participation in the bus evacuation drill need include only | 21 | | the subgroup of students that are utilizing bus transportation. | 22 | | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | 23 | | enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident. No | 24 | | later than 90 days after the first day of each school year, | 25 | | schools must conduct at least one law enforcement drill that | 26 | | addresses an active threat or an active shooter within a school |
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| 1 | | building. Such drills must be conducted according to the school | 2 | | district's or private school's emergency and crisis response | 3 | | plans, protocols, and procedures to evaluate the preparedness | 4 | | of school personnel and students , with the participation of the | 5 | | appropriate law enforcement agency . Law enforcement drills | 6 | | must may be conducted on days and times when students are | 7 | | normally not present in the school building and must involve | 8 | | participation from all school personnel and students present at | 9 | | school at the time of the drill. The appropriate local law | 10 | | enforcement agency shall observe the administration of the | 11 | | drill . All drills must be conducted at each school building | 12 | | that houses school children. | 13 | | (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the | 14 | | following criteria: | 15 | | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | 16 | | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | 17 | | appropriate school administrator to request to | 18 | | participate in a law enforcement drill. The school | 19 | | administrator and local law enforcement agency shall | 20 | | set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill. | 21 | | (A-5) The drill shall require the on-site | 22 | | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If a | 23 | | mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between the | 24 | | school administrator and the appropriate local law | 25 | | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold | 26 | | the drill without participation from the agency. |
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| 1 | | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | 2 | | enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the | 3 | | appropriate local law enforcement official shall | 4 | | certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted | 5 | | and notify the school in a timely manner of any | 6 | | deficiencies noted during the drill. | 7 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | 8 | | drills at their discretion. | 9 | | (3) (Blank). | 10 | | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 11 | | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | 12 | | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | 13 | | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and | 14 | | shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | 15 | | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous | 16 | | materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school | 17 | | building that houses school children.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)".
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