Full Text of SB2692 103rd General Assembly
SB2692 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2692 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 105 ILCS 5/10-20.72 | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.65 | | 105 ILCS 128/20 | |
| Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (instead of may) install a door security locking means on an entrance or classroom door (instead of a door) of a school building. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that during a law enforcement lockdown drill, a school must train students on how to use a door security locking means. Makes conforming changes. |
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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 changing Sections | 5 | | 10-20.72 and 34-18.65 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.72) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.72. 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 ingress through a door of the building. | 12 | | (b) A school district shall may install a door security | 13 | | locking means on an entrance or classroom a door of a school | 14 | | building that prevents to prevent unwanted entry through the | 15 | | door and that meets if all of the following requirements are | 16 | | 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) The door security locking means complies with all | 23 | | applicable State and federal accessibility requirements. |
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| 1 | | (4) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from | 2 | | the occupied side. | 3 | | (5) The door security locking means is capable of | 4 | | being disengaged from the outside by school district | 5 | | employees, and school district employees may use a key or | 6 | | other credentials to unlock the door from the outside. | 7 | | (6) The door security locking means does not modify | 8 | | the door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit | 9 | | hardware. | 10 | | (7) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by | 11 | | the door security locking means do not affect the fire | 12 | | rating of a fire door assembly. | 13 | | (8) School district employees are trained in the | 14 | | engagement and release of the door security locking means, | 15 | | from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency | 16 | | response plan. | 17 | | (9) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the | 18 | | unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means | 19 | | requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors | 20 | | installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and | 21 | | unlatching of a door security locking means requires no | 22 | | more than one releasing operation. If doors installed | 23 | | before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019, | 24 | | the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking | 25 | | means on the replacement door requires no more than one | 26 | | releasing operation. |
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| 1 | | (10) The door security locking means is no more than | 2 | | 48 inches above the finished floor. | 3 | | (11) The door security locking means otherwise | 4 | | complies with the school building code prepared by the | 5 | | State Board of Education under Section 2-3.12. | 6 | | A school district may install a door security locking | 7 | | means that does not comply with paragraph (3) or (10) of this | 8 | | subsection if (i) the school district meets all other | 9 | | requirements under this subsection and (ii) prior to its | 10 | | installation, local law enforcement officials, the local fire | 11 | | department, and the school board agree, in writing, to the | 12 | | installation and use of the door security locking means. The | 13 | | school district must keep the agreement on file and must, upon | 14 | | request, provide the agreement to its regional office of | 15 | | education. The agreement must be included in the school | 16 | | district's filed school safety plan under the School Safety | 17 | | Drill Act. | 18 | | (c) A school district must include the location of any | 19 | | door security locking means and must address the use of the | 20 | | locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room | 21 | | in its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill | 22 | | Act. Local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 23 | | department must be notified of the location of any door | 24 | | security locking means and how to disengage it. Any specific | 25 | | tool needed to disengage the door security locking means from | 26 | | the outside of the room must, upon request, be made available |
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| 1 | | to local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 2 | | department. | 3 | | (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a | 4 | | school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii) | 5 | | during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of | 6 | | students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and | 7 | | (iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 8 | | department have been notified of its installation prior to its | 9 | | use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a | 10 | | finite period of time in accordance with the school district's | 11 | | school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act. | 12 | | (e) A school district that has installed a door security | 13 | | locking means shall conduct an in-service training program for | 14 | | school district employees on the proper use of the door | 15 | | security locking means. The school district shall keep a file | 16 | | verifying the employees who have completed the program and | 17 | | must, upon request, provide the file to its regional office of | 18 | | education and the local fire department and local law | 19 | | enforcement agency. | 20 | | (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 | 21 | | releasing operations must be discontinued from use when the | 22 | | door is replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement | 23 | | and new construction door hardware must include mortise locks, | 24 | | compliant with the applicable building code, and must be | 25 | | lockable from the occupied side without opening the door. | 26 | | However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or |
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| 1 | | fire exit hardware is required. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-548, eff. 8-23-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) | 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.65) | 4 | | Sec. 34-18.65. Door security locking means. | 5 | | (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a | 6 | | door locking means intended for use by a trained school | 7 | | district employee in a school building for the purpose of | 8 | | preventing ingress through a door of the building. | 9 | | (b) The school district shall may install a door security | 10 | | locking means on an entrance or classroom a door of a school | 11 | | building that prevents to prevent unwanted entry through the | 12 | | door and that meets if all of the following requirements are | 13 | | met : | 14 | | (1) The door security locking means can be engaged | 15 | | without opening the door. | 16 | | (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security | 17 | | locking means from the occupied side of the door can be | 18 | | accomplished without the use of a key or tool. | 19 | | (3) The door security locking means complies with all | 20 | | applicable State and federal accessibility requirements. | 21 | | (4) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from | 22 | | the occupied side. | 23 | | (5) The door security locking means is capable of | 24 | | being disengaged from the outside by school district | 25 | | employees, and school district employees may use a key or |
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| 1 | | other credentials to unlock the door from the outside. | 2 | | (6) The door security locking means does not modify | 3 | | the door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit | 4 | | hardware. | 5 | | (7) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by | 6 | | the door security locking means do not affect the fire | 7 | | rating of a fire door assembly. | 8 | | (8) School district employees are trained in the | 9 | | engagement and release of the door security locking means, | 10 | | from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency | 11 | | response plan. | 12 | | (9) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the | 13 | | unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means | 14 | | requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors | 15 | | installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and | 16 | | unlatching of a door security locking means requires no | 17 | | more than one releasing operation. If doors installed | 18 | | before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019, | 19 | | the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking | 20 | | means on the replacement door requires no more than one | 21 | | releasing operation. | 22 | | (10) The door security locking means is no more than | 23 | | 48 inches above the finished floor. | 24 | | (11) The door security locking means otherwise | 25 | | complies with the school building code prepared by the | 26 | | State Board of Education under Section 2-3.12. |
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| 1 | | The school district may install a door security locking | 2 | | means that does not comply with paragraph (3) or (10) of this | 3 | | subsection if (i) the school district meets all other | 4 | | requirements under this subsection and (ii) prior to its | 5 | | installation, local law enforcement officials, the local fire | 6 | | department, and the board agree, in writing, to the | 7 | | installation and use of the door security locking means. The | 8 | | school district must keep the agreement on file and must, upon | 9 | | request, provide the agreement to the State Board of | 10 | | Education. The agreement must be included in the school | 11 | | district's filed school safety plan under the School Safety | 12 | | Drill Act. | 13 | | (c) The school district must include the location of any | 14 | | door security locking means and must address the use of the | 15 | | locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room | 16 | | in its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill | 17 | | Act. Local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 18 | | department must be notified of the location of any door | 19 | | security locking means and how to disengage it. Any specific | 20 | | tool needed to disengage the door security locking means from | 21 | | the outside of the room must, upon request, be made available | 22 | | to local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 23 | | department. | 24 | | (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a | 25 | | school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii) | 26 | | during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of |
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| 1 | | students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and | 2 | | (iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire | 3 | | department have been notified of its installation prior to its | 4 | | use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a | 5 | | finite period of time in accordance with the school district's | 6 | | school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act. | 7 | | (e) If the school district installs a door security | 8 | | locking means, it must conduct an in-service training program | 9 | | for school district employees on the proper use of the door | 10 | | security locking means. The school district shall keep a file | 11 | | verifying the employees who have completed the program and | 12 | | must, upon request, provide the file to the local fire | 13 | | department and local law enforcement agency. | 14 | | (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 | 15 | | releasing operations must be discontinued from use when the | 16 | | door is replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement | 17 | | and new construction door hardware must include mortise locks, | 18 | | compliant with the applicable building code, and must be | 19 | | lockable from the occupied side without opening the door. | 20 | | However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or | 21 | | fire exit hardware is required. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 101-548, eff. 8-23-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) | 23 | | Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | 24 | | changing Section 20 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 128/20) | 2 | | Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | 3 | | authority participation. | 4 | | (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 5 | | minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | 6 | | students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | 7 | | must meet all of the following criteria: | 8 | | (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall | 9 | | require the participation of the appropriate local fire | 10 | | department or district. | 11 | | (A) Each local fire department or fire district | 12 | | must contact the appropriate school administrator or | 13 | | his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | 14 | | year in order to arrange for the participation of the | 15 | | department or district in the school evacuation drill. | 16 | | (B) Each school administrator or his or her | 17 | | designee must contact the responding local fire | 18 | | official no later than September 15 of each year and | 19 | | propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | 20 | | month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | 21 | | October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | 22 | | official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | 23 | | if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | 24 | | date. | 25 | | (C) The school administrator or his or her | 26 | | designee and the local fire official may also, by |
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| 1 | | mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill, | 2 | | including a date outside of the month of October. | 3 | | (D) If the fire official does not select one of the | 4 | | 4 offered dates in October or set another date by | 5 | | mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | 6 | | include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | 7 | | school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | 8 | | however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | 9 | | include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | 10 | | at a mutually agreed-upon time. | 11 | | (E) Upon the participation of the local fire | 12 | | service, the appropriate local fire official shall | 13 | | certify that the school evacuation drill was | 14 | | conducted. | 15 | | (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | 16 | | the school administrator or his or her designee and | 17 | | the local fire department or fire district may, by | 18 | | mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to | 19 | | waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and | 20 | | (D) of this paragraph (1). | 21 | | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | 22 | | may involve the participation of the appropriate local | 23 | | fire department or district. | 24 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | 25 | | drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | 26 | | including without limitation suspicious items or bomb |
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| 1 | | threats. | 2 | | (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | 3 | | building that houses school children. | 4 | | (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 5 | | minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | 6 | | accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | 7 | | all other educational institutions in this State that are | 8 | | supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | 9 | | and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | 10 | | through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | 11 | | bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct | 12 | | additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be | 13 | | conducted at each school building that houses school children. | 14 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established | 15 | | by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to | 16 | | transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection | 17 | | (b) of this Section, provided that the chief school | 18 | | administrator of the private school provides written assurance | 19 | | to the State Board of Education that the private school does | 20 | | not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose | 21 | | during the current academic year. The assurance must be made | 22 | | on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no | 23 | | later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to | 24 | | transport students for any purpose during an academic year | 25 | | when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been | 26 | | filed with the State Board of Education, the private school |
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| 1 | | shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and | 2 | | comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 | 3 | | calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport | 4 | | students, except that, at the discretion of the private | 5 | | school, students chosen for participation in the bus | 6 | | evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students | 7 | | that are utilizing bus transportation. | 8 | | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | 9 | | enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting | 10 | | incident. No later than 90 days after the first day of each | 11 | | school year, schools must conduct at least one law enforcement | 12 | | lockdown drill that addresses an active threat or an active | 13 | | shooter within a school building. Such drills must be | 14 | | conducted according to the school district's or private | 15 | | school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and | 16 | | procedures to evaluate the preparedness of school personnel | 17 | | and students. Law enforcement lockdown drills must be | 18 | | conducted on days and times when students are normally present | 19 | | in the school building and must involve participation from all | 20 | | school personnel and students present at school at the time of | 21 | | the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school | 22 | | support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from | 23 | | the lockdown drill. The appropriate local law enforcement | 24 | | agency shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill. | 25 | | All drills must be conducted at each school building that | 26 | | houses school children. |
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| 1 | | (1) A law enforcement lockdown drill must meet all of | 2 | | the following criteria: | 3 | | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | 4 | | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | 5 | | appropriate school administrator to request to | 6 | | participate in a law enforcement lockdown drill. The | 7 | | school administrator and local law enforcement agency | 8 | | shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the | 9 | | lockdown drill. | 10 | | (A-5) The lockdown drill shall require the on-site | 11 | | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If | 12 | | a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between | 13 | | the school administrator and the appropriate local law | 14 | | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold | 15 | | the lockdown drill without participation from the | 16 | | agency. | 17 | | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | 18 | | enforcement agency in a law enforcement lockdown | 19 | | drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official | 20 | | shall certify that the law enforcement lockdown drill | 21 | | was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner | 22 | | of any deficiencies noted during the drill. | 23 | | (C) The lockdown drill must not include | 24 | | simulations that mimic an actual school shooting | 25 | | incident or active shooter event. | 26 | | (D) All lockdown drills must be announced in |
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| 1 | | advance to all school personnel and students prior to | 2 | | the commencement of the drill. | 3 | | (E) Lockdown drill content must be age appropriate | 4 | | and developmentally appropriate. | 5 | | (F) Lockdown drills must include and involve | 6 | | school personnel, including school-based mental health | 7 | | professionals. | 8 | | (G) Lockdown drills must include trauma-informed | 9 | | approaches to address the concerns and well-being of | 10 | | students and school personnel. | 11 | | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | 12 | | drills at their discretion. | 13 | | (3) (Blank). | 14 | | (4) School administrators and school support personnel | 15 | | may, in their discretion, exempt a student or students | 16 | | from participating in a walk-through lockdown drill. When | 17 | | deciding whether to exempt a student from participating in | 18 | | a walk-through lockdown drill, the administrator and | 19 | | school support personnel shall include the student's | 20 | | individualized education program team or federal Section | 21 | | 504 plan team in the decision to exempt the student from | 22 | | participating. | 23 | | (5) Schools must provide sufficient information and | 24 | | notification to parents and guardians in advance of any | 25 | | walk-through lockdown drill that involves the | 26 | | participation of students. Schools must also provide to |
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| 1 | | parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child | 2 | | for any reason from participating in the walk-through | 3 | | lockdown drill. | 4 | | (6) Schools must provide alternative safety education | 5 | | and instruction related to an active threat or active | 6 | | shooter event to students who do not participate in a | 7 | | walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential | 8 | | information, training, and instruction through less | 9 | | sensorial safety training methods. | 10 | | (7) During the drill, students must be allowed to ask | 11 | | questions related to the drill. | 12 | | (8) Law enforcement may choose to run an active | 13 | | shooter simulation, including simulated gun fire drills, | 14 | | but only on school days when students are not present. | 15 | | Parental notification is not required for drills conducted | 16 | | pursuant to this paragraph (8) if students are not | 17 | | required to be present. | 18 | | (9) During the drill, the school must train students | 19 | | on how to use a door security locking means as defined | 20 | | under Section 10-20.72 of the School Code. | 21 | | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | 22 | | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | 23 | | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | 24 | | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather | 25 | | and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | 26 | | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous |
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| 1 | | materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school | 2 | | building that houses school children. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-395, eff. 8-16-21; 103-197, eff. 1-1-24 .) |
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