Full Text of SB1685 102nd General Assembly
SB1685 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1685 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Allows parents of students to exempt their children from participation in a law enforcement drill.
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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 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 | 14 | | require the participation of the appropriate local fire | 15 | | department or district. | 16 | | (A) Each local fire department or fire district | 17 | | must contact the appropriate school administrator or | 18 | | his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | 19 | | year in order to arrange for the participation of the | 20 | | department or district in the school evacuation drill. | 21 | | (B) Each school administrator or his or her | 22 | | designee must contact the responding local fire | 23 | | official no later than September 15 of each year and |
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| 1 | | propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | 2 | | month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | 3 | | October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | 4 | | official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | 5 | | if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | 6 | | date. | 7 | | (C) The school administrator or his or her | 8 | | designee and the local fire official may also, by | 9 | | mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill, | 10 | | including a date outside of the month of October. | 11 | | (D) If the fire official does not select one of the | 12 | | 4 offered dates in October or set another date by | 13 | | mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | 14 | | include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | 15 | | school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | 16 | | however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | 17 | | include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | 18 | | at a mutually agreed-upon time. | 19 | | (E) Upon the participation of the local fire | 20 | | service, the appropriate local fire official shall | 21 | | certify that the school evacuation drill was | 22 | | conducted. | 23 | | (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | 24 | | the school administrator or his or her designee and | 25 | | the local fire department or fire district may, by | 26 | | mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to |
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| 1 | | waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and | 2 | | (D) of this paragraph (1). | 3 | | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | 4 | | may involve the participation of the appropriate local | 5 | | fire department or district. | 6 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | 7 | | drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | 8 | | including without limitation suspicious items or bomb | 9 | | threats. | 10 | | (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | 11 | | building that houses school children. | 12 | | (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 13 | | minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | 14 | | accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | 15 | | all other educational institutions in this State that are | 16 | | supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | 17 | | and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | 18 | | through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | 19 | | bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct | 20 | | additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be | 21 | | conducted at each school building that houses school children. | 22 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established | 23 | | by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to | 24 | | transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection | 25 | | (b) of this Section, provided that the chief school | 26 | | administrator of the private school provides written assurance |
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| 1 | | to the State Board of Education that the private school does | 2 | | not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose | 3 | | during the current academic year. The assurance must be made | 4 | | on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no | 5 | | later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to | 6 | | transport students for any purpose during an academic year | 7 | | when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been | 8 | | filed with the State Board of Education, the private school | 9 | | shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and | 10 | | comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 | 11 | | calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport | 12 | | students, except that, at the discretion of the private | 13 | | school, students chosen for participation in the bus | 14 | | evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students | 15 | | that are utilizing bus transportation. | 16 | | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | 17 | | enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident. No | 18 | | later than 90 days after the first day of each school year, | 19 | | schools must conduct at least one law enforcement drill that | 20 | | addresses an active threat or an active shooter within a | 21 | | school building. Such drills must be conducted according to | 22 | | the school district's or private school's emergency and crisis | 23 | | response plans, protocols, and procedures to evaluate the | 24 | | preparedness of school personnel and students. Law enforcement | 25 | | drills must be conducted on days and times when students are | 26 | | normally present in the school building and must involve |
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| 1 | | participation from all school personnel and students present | 2 | | at school at the time of the drill, except that | 3 | | administrators , or school support personnel , or students' | 4 | | parents in their discretion may exempt students from the | 5 | | drill. The appropriate local law enforcement agency shall | 6 | | observe the administration of the drill. All drills must be | 7 | | conducted at each school building that houses school children. | 8 | | (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the | 9 | | following criteria: | 10 | | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | 11 | | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | 12 | | appropriate school administrator to request to | 13 | | participate in a law enforcement drill. The school | 14 | | administrator and local law enforcement agency shall | 15 | | set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill. | 16 | | (A-5) The drill shall require the on-site | 17 | | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If | 18 | | a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between | 19 | | the school administrator and the appropriate local law | 20 | | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold | 21 | | the drill without participation from the agency. | 22 | | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | 23 | | enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the | 24 | | appropriate local law enforcement official shall | 25 | | certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted | 26 | | and notify the school in a timely manner of any |
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| 1 | | deficiencies noted during the drill. | 2 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | 3 | | drills at their discretion. | 4 | | (3) (Blank). | 5 | | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 6 | | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | 7 | | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | 8 | | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather | 9 | | and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | 10 | | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous | 11 | | materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school | 12 | | building that houses school children.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 100-996, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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