Public Act 098-0663
 
SB2710 EnrolledLRB098 14327 NHT 48953 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended  by 
changing Section 25 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 128/25)

    Sec. 25. Annual review.  
    (a)  Each public school district, through its school board 
or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual 
meeting at which it will review each school building's 
emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures 
and each building's compliance with the school safety drill 
programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review 
and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, 
and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the 
district and each of its school buildings. This review must be 
at no cost to the school district.
    (b) Each school board or the board's designee is  required 
to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the 
following parties to the annual review and provide each party 
with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual 
review:
        (1)      The principal of each school within the school 
    district or his or her official designee.
        (2)    Representatives from any other education-related 
    organization or association deemed appropriate by the 
    school district.
        (3)   Representatives from all local first responder 
    organizations  to participate, advise, and consult in the 
    review process, including, but not limited to:
            (A)        the appropriate local fire department or 
        district;
            (B)        the appropriate local law enforcement agency;
            (C)        the appropriate local emergency medical 
        services agency if the agency is a separate, local 
        first responder unit; and
            (D)        any other member of the first responder or 
        emergency management community that has contacted the 
        district  superintendent or his or her designee during 
        the past year to request involvement in a school's 
        emergency planning or drill process.
        (4)  The school board or its designee may also choose to 
    invite to the annual review any other persons whom it 
    believes will aid in the review process, including, but not 
    limited to, any members of any other education-related 
    organization or the first responder or emergency 
    management community.
    (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school 
board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report, 
which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative 
format, that does the following:
        (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the 
    existing school safety plans and drill plans;
        (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual 
    review, and includes the annual review's attendance 
    record;
        (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency 
    and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and 
    the school safety drill programs of the district and each 
    of its school buildings has occurred;
        (4) states that the school district will implement 
    those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during 
    the academic year; and
        (5) includes the authorization of the school board or 
    the board's designee.
    (d)        The school board or its designee shall send a copy of 
the report to each party that participates in the annual review 
process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of 
schools.  If any of the participating parties have comments on 
the certification document, those parties shall submit their 
comments in writing to the appropriate regional 
superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a 
record of these comments.  The certification document may be in 
a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of 
the district superintendent.
    (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal 
year, at a specific time chosen at the school district 
superintendent's discretion.

    (f) A private school shall conduct a minimum of one annual 
meeting at which the school must review each school building's 
emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures 
and each building's compliance with the school safety drill 
programs of the school. The purpose of this annual review shall 
be to review and update the emergency and crisis response 
plans, protocols, and procedures and the school safety drill 
programs of the school. This review must be at no cost to the 
private school.
    The private school shall invite representatives from all 
local first responder organizations to participate, advise, 
and consult in the review process, including, but not limited 
to, the following:
        (1) the appropriate local fire department  or fire 
    protection district;
        (2) the appropriate local law enforcement agency;
        (3) the appropriate local emergency medical services 
    agency if the agency is a separate, local first responder 
    unit; and
        (4) any other member of the first responder or 
    emergency management community that has contacted the 
    school's chief administrative officer or his or her 
    designee during the past year to request involvement in the 
    school's emergency planning or drill process. 
(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  6/23/2014