Full Text of SB1371 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 | | 10-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.69. Door security locking means. | 8 | | (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a | 9 | | door locking means intended for use by a trained school | 10 | | district employee in a school building for the purpose of | 11 | | preventing both ingress and egress through a door of the | 12 | | building. | 13 | | (b) A school district may install a door security locking | 14 | | means on a door of a school building to prevent unwanted entry | 15 | | through the door if all of the following requirements are met: | 16 | | (1) The door security locking means can be engaged | 17 | | without opening the door. | 18 | | (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security | 19 | | locking means from the occupied side of the door can be | 20 | | accomplished without the use of a key or tool. | 21 | | (3) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from | 22 | | the occupied side. | 23 | | (4) The door security locking means is capable of being |
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| 1 | | disengaged from the outside by school district employees, | 2 | | and school district employees may use a key or other | 3 | | credentials to unlock the door from the outside. | 4 | | (5) The door security locking means does not modify the | 5 | | door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit | 6 | | hardware. | 7 | | (6) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by the | 8 | | door security locking means do not affect the fire rating | 9 | | of a fire door assembly. | 10 | | (7) School district employees are trained in the | 11 | | engagement and release of the door security locking means, | 12 | | from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency | 13 | | response plan. | 14 | | (8) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the | 15 | | unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means | 16 | | requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors | 17 | | installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and | 18 | | unlatching of a door security locking means requires no | 19 | | more than one releasing operation. If doors installed | 20 | | before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019, | 21 | | the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking | 22 | | means on the replacement door requires no more than one | 23 | | releasing operation. | 24 | | (c) A school district must include the location of any door | 25 | | security locking means and must address the use of the locking | 26 | | and unlocking means from within and outside the room in its |
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| 1 | | filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act. | 2 | | Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department | 3 | | must be notified of the location of any door security locking | 4 | | means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to | 5 | | disengage the door security locking means from the outside of | 6 | | the room must, upon request, be made available to local law | 7 | | enforcement officials and the local fire department. | 8 | | (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a | 9 | | school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii) | 10 | | during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of | 11 | | students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and | 12 | | (iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 13 | | department have been notified of its installation prior to its | 14 | | use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a | 15 | | finite period of time in accordance with the school district's | 16 | | school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act. | 17 | | (e) A school district that has installed a door security | 18 | | locking means shall conduct an in-service training program for | 19 | | school district employees on the proper use of the door | 20 | | security locking means. The school district shall keep a file | 21 | | verifying the employees who have completed the program and | 22 | | must, upon request, provide the file to its regional office of | 23 | | education and the local fire department and local law | 24 | | enforcement agency. | 25 | | (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing | 26 | | operations must be discontinued from use when the door is |
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| 1 | | replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new | 2 | | construction door hardware must include mortise locks, | 3 | | compliant with the applicable building code, and must be | 4 | | lockable from the occupied side without opening the door. | 5 | | However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or | 6 | | fire exit hardware is required. | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new) | 8 | | Sec. 34-18.61. Door security locking means. | 9 | | (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a | 10 | | door locking means intended for use by a trained school | 11 | | district employee in a school building for the purpose of | 12 | | preventing both ingress and egress through a door of the | 13 | | building. | 14 | | (b) The school district may install a door security locking | 15 | | means on a door of a school building to prevent unwanted entry | 16 | | through the door if all of the following requirements are met: | 17 | | (1) The door security locking means can be engaged | 18 | | without opening the door. | 19 | | (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security | 20 | | locking means from the occupied side of the door can be | 21 | | accomplished without the use of a key or tool. | 22 | | (3) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from | 23 | | the occupied side. | 24 | | (4) The door security locking means is capable of being | 25 | | disengaged from the outside by school district employees, |
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| 1 | | and school district employees may use a key or other | 2 | | credentials to unlock the door from the outside. | 3 | | (5) The door security locking means does not modify the | 4 | | door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit | 5 | | hardware. | 6 | | (6) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by the | 7 | | door security locking means do not affect the fire rating | 8 | | of a fire door assembly. | 9 | | (7) School district employees are trained in the | 10 | | engagement and release of the door security locking means, | 11 | | from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency | 12 | | response plan. | 13 | | (8) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the | 14 | | unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means | 15 | | requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors | 16 | | installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and | 17 | | unlatching of a door security locking means requires no | 18 | | more than one releasing operation. If doors installed | 19 | | before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019, | 20 | | the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking | 21 | | means on the replacement door requires no more than one | 22 | | releasing operation. | 23 | | (c) The school district must include the location of any | 24 | | door security locking means and must address the use of the | 25 | | locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room in | 26 | | its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act. |
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| 1 | | Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department | 2 | | must be notified of the location of any door security locking | 3 | | means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to | 4 | | disengage the door security locking means from the outside of | 5 | | the room must, upon request, be made available to local law | 6 | | enforcement officials and the local fire department. | 7 | | (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a | 8 | | school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii) | 9 | | during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of | 10 | | students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and | 11 | | (iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 12 | | department have been notified of its installation prior to its | 13 | | use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a | 14 | | finite period of time in accordance with the school district's | 15 | | school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act. | 16 | | (e) If the school district installs a door security locking | 17 | | means, it must conduct an in-service training program for | 18 | | school district employees on the proper use of the door | 19 | | security locking means. The school district shall keep a file | 20 | | verifying the employees who have completed the program and | 21 | | must, upon request, provide the file to the local fire | 22 | | department and local law enforcement agency. | 23 | | (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing | 24 | | operations must be discontinued from use when the door is | 25 | | replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new | 26 | | construction door hardware must include mortise locks, |
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| 1 | | compliant with the applicable building code, and must be | 2 | | lockable from the occupied side without opening the door. | 3 | | However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or | 4 | | fire exit hardware is required.
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 6 | | 2019.
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