Bill Text: FL S7030 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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Bill Title: Implementation of Legislative Recommendations of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-09 - Chapter No. 2019-22 [S7030 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S7030-Prefiled.html
Bill Title: Implementation of Legislative Recommendations of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-09 - Chapter No. 2019-22 [S7030 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S7030-Prefiled.html
Florida Senate - 2019 (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7030 FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Education 581-02011C-19 20197030pb 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to school safety and security; 3 amending s. 30.15, F.S.; requiring a sheriff to 4 establish a school guardian program under a certain 5 condition; removing the prohibition against classroom 6 teachers serving as school guardians; amending s. 7 943.082, F.S.; requiring school districts to promote a 8 mobile suspicious activity reporting tool through 9 specified mediums; amending s. 1001.10, F.S.; 10 requiring the Commissioner of Education to review 11 recommendations from the School Hardening and Harm 12 Mitigation Workgroup; requiring the commissioner to 13 submit a summary to the Governor and the Legislature 14 by a specified date; providing requirements for the 15 summary; amending s. 1001.11, F.S.; revising the 16 duties of the commissioner to include oversight of 17 compliance with the safety and security requirements 18 of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public 19 Safety Act by specified persons and entities; amending 20 s. 1001.212, F.S.; requiring the Office of Safe 21 Schools to annually provide training for specified 22 personnel; requiring the office to convene a School 23 Hardening and Harm Mitigation Workgroup; providing for 24 membership and duties of the workgroup; requiring the 25 workgroup to submit a report and recommendations to 26 the commissioner; requiring the office to provide 27 technical assistance for school safety incident 28 reporting; requiring the office to review and evaluate 29 school district reports for compliance; requiring a 30 district school board to withhold a superintendent’s 31 salary in response to the superintendent’s 32 noncompliance; requiring the office to develop a 33 behavioral threat assessment instrument; providing 34 requirements for the instrument; requiring the office 35 to establish the Statewide Threat Assessment Database 36 Workgroup to make certain recommendations relating to 37 a statewide threat assessment database; providing 38 requirements for the database; requiring the workgroup 39 to report recommendations to the office by a specified 40 date; providing requirements for such recommendations; 41 requiring the office to monitor school district and 42 public school, including charter schools, compliance 43 with requirements relating to school safety; requiring 44 the office to review and approve district school board 45 and charter school active assailant policies and 46 report deficiencies; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; 47 requiring a charter school to comply with specified 48 provisions; amending s. 1006.04, F.S.; establishing 49 timeframes within which students with mental, 50 emotional, or behavioral disorders must be referred 51 for services; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring 52 that a school security risk assessment conducted by a 53 school safety specialist be completed in conjunction 54 with specified municipal or county first responders; 55 requiring district school boards to adopt and submit 56 to the office an active assailant response policy; 57 requiring that the policy be recommended by the 58 district superintendent; requiring that any school 59 specific modifications to the policy be approved by 60 the district superintendents; requiring that certain 61 policies adopted by school districts include 62 procedures for behavioral threat assessments; 63 requiring threat assessment teams to utilize the 64 behavioral threat assessment instrument and the threat 65 assessment database developed by the office when they 66 become available; requiring district school boards to 67 adopt policies for accurate and timely reporting of 68 school environmental safety incidents; providing 69 penalties for noncompliance with such policies; 70 requiring the State Board of Education to adopt by 71 rule requirements for school environmental safety 72 incident reports; amending s. 1006.12, F.S.; requiring 73 a charter school governing board to partner with law 74 enforcement agencies to establish or assign a safe 75 school officer; expanding the categories of 76 individuals who may serve as school guardians; 77 amending s. 1006.1493, F.S.; requiring the Florida 78 Safe Schools Assessment Tool (FSSAT) to be the primary 79 site security assessment tool for school districts; 80 requiring the office to provide FSSAT training; 81 requiring the superintendent to certify FSSAT 82 assessments within a certain timeframe; providing 83 penalties for failure to comply with requirements; 84 deleting obsolete language; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; 85 modifying the required use of funds in the safe 86 schools allocation; providing for retroactive 87 application; providing legislative intent; expanding, 88 as of a specified date, the categorical fund that may 89 be accessed to improve classroom instruction or 90 improve school safety; deleting obsolete language; 91 providing a declaration of important state interest; 92 providing an effective date. 93 94 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 95 96 Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section 97 30.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read 98 30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.— 99 (1) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, in person or by 100 deputy, shall: 101 (k) Establish, if the sheriff so chooses, a Coach Aaron 102 Feis Guardian Program to aid in the prevention or abatement of 103 active assailant incidents on school premises. However, if a 104 local school board has voted by a majority to implement such a 105 program, the sheriff in that county shall establish a program. A 106 school guardian may nothas no authority toact in any law 107 enforcement capacity except to the extent necessary to prevent 108 or abate an active assailant incident on a school premises. A 109Excluded from participating in the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian110Program are individuals who exclusively perform classroom duties111as classroom teachers as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a). This112limitation does not apply to classroom teachers of a Junior113Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, a current114servicemember, as defined in s. 250.01, or a current or former115law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), (6), or116(8).Thesheriff who establishes achooses to establishthe117 program shall certifyappointas school guardians, without the 118 power of arrest, school employees or contract employees, as 119 specified in s. 1006.12(3), whovolunteer and who: 120 1. Hold a valid license issued under s. 790.06. 121 2. Complete 132 total hours of comprehensive firearm safety 122 and proficiency training conducted by Criminal Justice Standards 123 and Training Commission-certified instructors, which must 124 include: 125 a. Eighty hours of firearms instruction based on the 126 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission’s Law 127 Enforcement Academy training model, which must include at least 128 10 percent but no more than 20 percent more rounds fired than 129 associated with academy training. Program participants must 130 achieve an 85 percent pass rate on the firearms training. 131 b. Sixteen hours of instruction in precision pistol. 132 c. Eight hours of discretionary shooting instruction using 133 state-of-the-art simulator exercises. 134 d. Eight hours of instruction in active shooter or 135 assailant scenarios. 136 e. Eight hours of instruction in defensive tactics. 137 f. Twelve hours of instruction in legal issues. 138 3. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a 139 psychologist licensed under chapter 490 and designated by the 140 Department of Law Enforcement and submit the results of the 141 evaluation to the sheriff’s office. The Department of Law 142 Enforcement is authorized to provide the sheriff’s office with 143 mental health and substance abuse data for compliance with this 144 paragraph. 145 4. Submit to and pass an initial drug test and subsequent 146 random drug tests in accordance with the requirements of s. 147 112.0455 and the sheriff’s office. 148 5. Successfully complete ongoing training, weapon 149 inspection, and firearm qualification on at least an annual 150 basis. 151 6. Successfully complete at least 12 hours of a certified 152 nationally recognized diversity training program. 153 154 The sheriff shall issue a school guardian certificate to 155 individuals who meet the requirements of this paragraph and 156subparagraph 2. The sheriffshall maintain documentation of 157 weapon and equipment inspections, as well as the training, 158 certification, inspection, and qualification records of each 159 school guardian appointed by the sheriff. 160 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 943.082, Florida 161 Statutes, is amended to read: 162 943.082 School Safety Awareness Program.— 163 (4)(a) Law enforcement dispatch centers, school districts, 164 schools, and other entities identified by the department must 165shallbe made aware of the mobile suspicious activity reporting 166 tool. 167 (b) The district school board shall promote the use of the 168 mobile suspicious activity reporting tool by advertising it on 169 the school district website, in newsletters, on school campuses, 170 and in school publications and by installing it on all computer 171 devices issued to students. 172 Section 3. Subsection (9) is added to section 1001.10, 173 Florida Statutes, to read: 174 1001.10 Commissioner of Education; general powers and 175 duties.— 176 (9) The commissioner shall review the report of the School 177 Hardening and Harm Mitigation Workgroup regarding hardening and 178 harm mitigation strategies and recommendations submitted by the 179 Office of Safe Schools, pursuant to s. 1001.212(12). By 180 September 1, 2019, the commissioner shall submit a summary of 181 such recommendations to the Governor, the President of the 182 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. At a 183 minimum, the summary must include policy and funding 184 enhancements and the estimated costs of and timeframes for 185 implementation of the campus hardening and harm mitigation 186 strategies recommended by the workgroup. 187 Section 4. Subsection (9) of section 1001.11, Florida 188 Statutes, is added to read: 189 1001.11 Commissioner of Education; other duties.— 190 (9) The commissioner shall oversee compliance with the 191 safety and security requirements of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas 192 High School Public Safety Act, chapter 2018-03, Laws of Florida, 193 by school districts; district school superintendents; public 194 schools, including charter schools; and regional and state 195 entities. The commissioner must facilitate compliance to the 196 maximum extent provided under law, identify incidents of 197 noncompliance, and impose or recommend to the State Board of 198 Education, the Governor, or the Legislature enforcement and 199 sanctioning actions pursuant to s. 1008.32 and other authority 200 granted under law. 201 Section 5. Subsection (1) is amended, and subsections (12) 202 through (17) are added to section 1001.212, Florida Statutes, to 203 read: 204 1001.212 Office of Safe Schools.—There is created in the 205 Department of Education the Office of Safe Schools. The office 206 is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The 207 office shall serve as a central repository for best practices, 208 training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters 209 regarding school safety and security, including prevention 210 efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness 211 planning. The office shall: 212 (1) Establish and update as necessary a school security 213 risk assessment tool for use by school districts pursuant to s. 214 1006.07(6). The office shall make the security risk assessment 215 tool available for use by charter schools. The office shall 216 provide annual training to appropriate school district and 217 charter school personnel on the proper assessment of physical 218 site security and completion of the school security risk 219 assessment tool. 220 (12)(a) Convene a School Hardening and Harm Mitigation 221 Workgroup comprised of individuals with subject matter expertise 222 on school campus hardening best practices. The workgroup shall 223 meet as necessary to review school hardening and harm mitigation 224 policies including, but not limited to, the target hardening 225 practices implemented in other states; the school safety 226 guidelines developed by organizations such as the Partner 227 Alliance for Safer Schools; and the tiered approach to target 228 campus hardening strategies identified in the initial report 229 submitted by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public 230 Safety Commission pursuant to s. 943.687(9); and the Florida 231 Building Code for educational facilities construction to 232 determine whether the building code may need to be modified to 233 strengthen school safety and security. Based on this review of 234 school safety best practices, by August 1, 2019, the workgroup 235 shall submit a report to the executive director of the office, 236 which includes, at a minimum: 237 1. A prioritized list for the implementation of school 238 campus hardening and harm mitigation strategies and the 239 estimated costs of and timeframes for implementation of the 240 strategies by school districts and charter schools. The 241 estimated costs must include regional and statewide projections 242 of the implementation costs. 243 2. Recommendations for policy and funding enhancements to 244 strengthen school safety and security. 245 (b) Submit to the commissioner: 246 1. The workgroup’s report pursuant to paragraph (a); and 247 2. Recommendations regarding procedures for the office to 248 use to monitor and enforce compliance by the school districts 249 and charter schools in the implementation of the workgroup’s 250 recommended campus hardening and harm mitigation strategies. 251 (13) Provide technical assistance to school districts and 252 charter school governing boards for school environmental safety 253 incident reporting as required under s. 1006.07(9). The office 254 shall review and evaluate school district reports to ensure 255 compliance with reporting requirements. Upon notification by the 256 department that a superintendent has failed to comply with the 257 requirements of s. 1006.07(9), the district school board shall 258 withhold further payment of his or her salary as authorized 259 under s. 1001.42(13)(b) and impose other appropriate sanctions 260 that the commissioner or state board by law may impose. 261 (14) By August 1, 2019, develop a standardized, statewide 262 behavioral threat assessment instrument for use by all public 263 schools, including charter schools, which addresses early 264 identification, evaluation, early intervention, and student 265 support. 266 (a) The standardized, statewide behavioral threat 267 assessment instrument must include, but need not be limited to, 268 components and forms that address: 269 1. An assessment of the threat, which includes an 270 assessment of the student, family, and school and social 271 dynamics. 272 2. An evaluation to determine if the threat is transient or 273 substantive. 274 3. The response to a substantive threat, which includes the 275 school response and the role of law enforcement agencies. 276 4. The response to a serious substantive threat, including 277 mental health and law enforcement referrals. 278 5. Ongoing monitoring to assess implementation of safety 279 strategies. 280 6. Training for members of threat assessment teams 281 established under s. 1006.07(7) and school administrators 282 regarding the use of the instrument. 283 (b) The office shall: 284 1. By August 1, 2020, evaluate each school district’s 285 behavioral threat assessment procedures for compliance with this 286 subsection. 287 2. Notify the district school superintendent if the school 288 district behavioral threat assessment is not in compliance with 289 this subsection. 290 3. Report any issues of ongoing noncompliance with this 291 subsection to the district school superintendent, commissioner, 292 and state board. 293 (15) Establish the Statewide Threat Assessment Database 294 Workgroup, comprised of members appointed by the department, to 295 make recommendations regarding the development of a statewide 296 threat assessment database. The database must allow authorized 297 public school personnel to enter information related to any 298 threat assessment conducted at their respective schools using 299 the instrument developed by the office pursuant to subsection 300 (14), and must provide such information to authorized personnel 301 in each school district and public school and to appropriate 302 stakeholders. By December 31, 2019, the workgroup shall provide 303 a report to the office with recommendations that include, but 304 need not be limited to: 305 (a) Threat assessment data that should be required to be 306 entered into the database. 307 (b) School district and public school personnel who should 308 be allowed to input student records to the database and view 309 such records. 310 (c) Database design and functionality, to include data 311 security. 312 (d) Restrictions and authorities on information sharing, 313 including: 314 1. Section 1002.22 and other applicable state laws. 315 2. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 316 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, 42 C.F.R. part 2; the Health Insurance 317 Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 42 U.S.C. s. 1320d6, 318 45 C.F.R. part 164, subpart E; and other applicable federal 319 laws. 320 3. The appropriateness of interagency agreements that will 321 allow law enforcement to view database records. 322 (e) The cost to develop and maintain a statewide online 323 database. 324 (f) An implementation plan and timeline for the workgroup 325 recommendations. 326 (16) Monitor compliance with requirements relating to 327 school safety by school districts and public schools, including 328 charter schools. The office shall report incidents of 329 noncompliance to the commissioner pursuant to 1001.11(9) and the 330 state board pursuant to s. 1008.32 and other requirements of 331 law, as appropriate. 332 (17) Review and approve each district school board’s and 333 charter school governing board’s active assailant response 334 policy submitted pursuant to ss. 1006.07(6)(c) and 335 1002.33(16)(b). The office shall report any policy deficiencies 336 or issues of noncompliance to the commissioner pursuant to 337 1001.11(9) and the state board pursuant to s. 1008.32 and other 338 requirements of law, as appropriate. 339 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section 340 1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended, to read: 341 1002.33 Charter schools.— 342 (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.— 343 (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance 344 with the following statutes: 345 1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and 346 records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties. 347 2. Chapter 119, relating to public records. 348 3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size, 349 except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s. 350 1003.03 shall be the average at the school level. 351 4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and 352 salary schedules. 353 5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions. 354 6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with 355 instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011. 356 7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive 357 requirements for performance evaluations for instructional 358 personnel and school administrators. 359 8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers. 360 9. Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat assessment teams. 361 10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental 362 Safety Incident Reporting. 363 11. Section 1006.1493, relating to Florida Safe School 364 Assessment Tool. 365 12. Section 1006.07(6)(c), relating to adopting an active 366 assailant response policy. 367 13. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile 368 suspicious activity reporting tool. 369 14. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health 370 awareness and assistance training. 371 Section 7. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 372 1006.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 373 1006.04 Educational multiagency services for students with 374 severe emotional disturbance.— 375 (1) 376 (c) The multiagency network shall: 377 1. Support and represent the needs of students in each 378 school district in joint planning with fiscal agents of 379 children’s mental health funds, including the expansion of 380 school-based mental health services, transition services, and 381 integrated education and treatment programs. 382 2. Improve coordination of services for children with or at 383 risk of emotional or behavioral disabilities and their families: 384 a. By assisting multi-agency collaborative initiatives to 385 identify critical issues and barriers of mutual concern and 386 develop local response systems that increase home and school 387 connections and family engagement. 388 b. To provide that children who are referred for an 389 evaluation or screening to determine eligibility for services 390 receive the appropriate evaluation or screening within 45 days 391 after the referral. Students who are eligible for services, and 392 their families, must be provided a referral for the appropriate 393 services within 30 days after completion of the evaluation or 394 screening. 395 3. Increase parent and youth involvement and development 396 with local systems of care. 397 4. Facilitate student and family access to effective 398 services and programs for students with and at risk of emotional 399 or behavioral disabilities that include necessary educational, 400 residential, and mental health treatment services, enabling 401 these students to learn appropriate behaviors, reduce 402 dependency, and fully participate in all aspects of school and 403 community living. 404 Section 8. Subsection (6) and subsection (7) of section 405 1006.07, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (9) is 406 added to that section, to read: 407 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student 408 discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall 409 provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the 410 attendance and control of students at school, and for proper 411 attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the 412 welfare of students, including: 413 (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each district 414 school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures 415 for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the 416 assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior 417 poses a threat to the safety of the school community. 418 (a) Each district school superintendent shall designate a 419 school administrator as a school safety specialist for the 420 district. The school safety specialist must earn a certificate 421 of completion of the school safety specialist training provided 422 by the Office of Safe Schools within 1 year after appointment 423 and is responsible for the supervision and oversight for all 424 school safety and security personnel, policies, and procedures 425 in the school district. The school safety specialist shall: 426 1. Review policies and procedures for compliance with state 427 law and rules. 428 2. Provide the necessary training and resources to students 429 and school district staff in matters relating to youth mental 430 health awareness and assistance; emergency procedures, including 431 active shooter training; and school safety and security. 432 3. Serve as the school district liaison with local public 433 safety agencies and national, state, and community agencies and 434 organizations in matters of school safety and security. 435 4. Conduct a school security risk assessment in accordance 436 with s. 1006.1493 at each public school using the school 437 security risk assessment tool developed by the Office of Safe 438 Schools. The security risk assessment must be completed in 439 conjunction with appropriate municipal or county first 440 responders, as defined in s. 112.1815(1). Based on the 441 assessment findings, the district’s school safety specialist 442 shall provide recommendations to the district school board which 443 identify strategies and activities that the district school 444 board should implement in order to improve school safety and 445 security. Annually, each district school board must receive such 446 findings and the school safety specialist’s recommendations at a 447 publicly noticed district school board meeting to provide the 448 public an opportunity to hear the district school board members 449 discuss and take action on the findings and recommendations. 450 Each school safety specialist shall report such findings and 451 school board action to the Office of Safe Schools within 30 days 452 after the district school board meeting. 453 (b) Each school safety specialist shall coordinate with the 454 appropriate public safety agencies, as defined in s. 365.171, 455 that are designated as first responders to a school’s campus to 456 conduct a tour of such campus once every 3 years and provide 457 recommendations related to school safety. The recommendations by 458 the public safety agencies must be considered as part of the 459 recommendations by the school safety specialist pursuant to 460 paragraph (a). 461 (c) Each district school board must adopt a well-developed, 462 written, distributed, and trained upon active assailant response 463 policy, which must be recommended by the district 464 superintendent. The superintendent must approve any school 465 specific modifications to the district policy. Each district 466 school board’s active assailant response policy, including 467 school-specific modifications, must be submitted to the Office 468 of Safe Schools for approval pursuant to s. 1001.212(17) by 469 August 1, 2019. 470 (7) THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS.—Each district school board 471 shall adopt policies for the establishment of threat assessment 472 teams at each school whose duties include the coordination of 473 resources and assessment and intervention with individuals whose 474 behavior may pose a threat to the safety of school staff or 475 students consistent with the model policies developed by the 476 Office of Safe Schools. Such policies mustshallinclude 477 procedures for referrals to mental health services identified by 478 the school district pursuant to s. 1012.584(4), when 479 appropriate, and procedures for behavioral threat assessments in 480 compliance with the instrument developed pursuant to s. 481 1001.212(14). 482 (a) A threat assessment team shall include persons with 483 expertise in counseling, instruction, school administration, and 484 law enforcement. The threat assessment teams shall identify 485 members of the school community to whom threatening behavior 486 should be reported and provide guidance to students, faculty, 487 and staff regarding recognition of threatening or aberrant 488 behavior that may represent a threat to the community, school, 489 or self. Upon the availability of the behavioral threat 490 assessment instrument developed pursuant to s. 1001.212(14), the 491 threat assessment team shall use that instrument. 492 (b) Upon a preliminary determination that a student poses a 493 threat of violence or physical harm to himself or herself or 494 others, a threat assessment team shall immediately report its 495 determination to the superintendent or his or her designee. The 496 superintendent or his or her designee shall immediately attempt 497 to notify the student’s parent or legal guardian. Nothing in 498 this subsection shall preclude school district personnel from 499 acting immediately to address an imminent threat. 500 (c) Upon a preliminary determination by the threat 501 assessment team that a student poses a threat of violence to 502 himself or herself or others or exhibits significantly 503 disruptive behavior or need for assistance, the threat 504 assessment team may obtain criminal history record information, 505 as provided in s. 985.047. A member of a threat assessment team 506 may not disclose any criminal history record information 507 obtained pursuant to this section or otherwise use any record of 508 an individual beyond the purpose for which such disclosure was 509 made to the threat assessment team. 510 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all state 511 and local agencies and programs that provide services to 512 students experiencing or at risk of an emotional disturbance or 513 a mental illness, including the school districts, school 514 personnel, state and local law enforcement agencies, the 515 Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Children and 516 Families, the Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care 517 Administration, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the 518 Department of Education, the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, 519 and any service or support provider contracting with such 520 agencies, may share with each other records or information that 521 are confidential or exempt from disclosure under chapter 119 if 522 the records or information are reasonably necessary to ensure 523 access to appropriate services for the student or to ensure the 524 safety of the student or others. All such state and local 525 agencies and programs shall communicate, collaborate, and 526 coordinate efforts to serve such students. 527 (e) If an immediate mental health or substance abuse crisis 528 is suspected, school personnel shall follow policies established 529 by the threat assessment team to engage behavioral health crisis 530 resources. Behavioral health crisis resources, including, but 531 not limited to, mobile crisis teams and school resource officers 532 trained in crisis intervention, shall provide emergency 533 intervention and assessment, make recommendations, and refer the 534 student for appropriate services. Onsite school personnel shall 535 report all such situations and actions taken to the threat 536 assessment team, which shall contact the other agencies involved 537 with the student and any known service providers to share 538 information and coordinate any necessary followup actions. 539 (f) Each threat assessment team established pursuant to 540 this subsection shall report quantitative data on its activities 541 to the Office of Safe Schools in accordance with guidance from 542 the office and shall utilize the threat assessment database 543 developed pursuant to s. 1001.212(15) upon the availability of 544 the database. 545 (9) SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INCIDENT REPORTING.—Each 546 district school board shall adopt policies to ensure the 547 accurate and timely reporting of incidents related to school 548 safety and discipline. The district school superintendent is 549 responsible for school environmental safety incident reporting. 550 A district school superintendent who fails to comply with this 551 subsection is subject to the penalties specified in law, 552 including, but not limited to, s. 1001.42(13)(b) or s. 553 1001.51(12)(b), as applicable. The State Board of Education 554 shall adopt rules establishing the requirements for the school 555 environmental safety incident report. 556 Section 9. Section 1006.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to 557 read: 558 1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school.—For the 559 protection and safety of school personnel, property, students, 560 and visitors, each district school board,andschool district 561 superintendent, and charter school governing board, as 562 applicable, shall partner with law enforcement agencies to 563 establish or assign one or more safe-school officers at each 564 school facility within the district by implementing any 565 combination of the following options which best meets the needs 566 of the school district: 567 (1) Establish school resource officer programs, through a 568 cooperative agreement with law enforcement agencies. 569 (a) School resource officers shall undergo criminal 570 background checks, drug testing, and a psychological evaluation 571 and be certified law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 572 943.10(1), who are employed by a law enforcement agency as 573 defined in s. 943.10(4). The powers and duties of a law 574 enforcement officer shall continue throughout the employee’s 575 tenure as a school resource officer. 576 (b) School resource officers shall abide by district school 577 board policies and shall consult with and coordinate activities 578 through the school principal, but shall be responsible to the 579 law enforcement agency in all matters relating to employment, 580 subject to agreements between a district school board and a law 581 enforcement agency. Activities conducted by the school resource 582 officer which are part of the regular instructional program of 583 the school shall be under the direction of the school principal. 584 (c) Complete mental health crisis intervention training 585 using a curriculum developed by a national organization with 586 expertise in mental health crisis intervention. The training 587 shall improve officers’ knowledge and skills as first responders 588 to incidents involving students with emotional disturbance or 589 mental illness, including de-escalation skills to ensure student 590 and officer safety. 591 (2) Commission one or more school safety officers for the 592 protection and safety of school personnel, property, and 593 students within the school district. The district school 594 superintendent may recommend, and the district school board may 595 appoint, one or more school safety officers. 596 (a) School safety officers shall undergo criminal 597 background checks, drug testing, and a psychological evaluation 598 and be law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 943.10(1), 599 certified under the provisions of chapter 943 and employed by 600 either a law enforcement agency or by the district school board. 601 If the officer is employed by the district school board, the 602 district school board is the employing agency for purposes of 603 chapter 943, and must comply with the provisions of that 604 chapter. 605 (b) A school safety officer has and shall exercise the 606 power to make arrests for violations of law on district school 607 board property and to arrest persons, whether on or off such 608 property, who violate any law on such property under the same 609 conditions that deputy sheriffs are authorized to make arrests. 610 A school safety officer has the authority to carry weapons when 611 performing his or her official duties. 612 (c) A district school board may enter into mutual aid 613 agreements with one or more law enforcement agencies as provided 614 in chapter 23. A school safety officer’s salary may be paid 615 jointly by the district school board and the law enforcement 616 agency, as mutually agreed to. 617 (3) At the school district’s, or charter school governing 618 board’s, discretion, participate in the Coach Aaron Feis 619 Guardian Programif such program is established pursuant to s.62030.15,to meet the requirement of establishing a safe-school 621 officer. The following individuals may serve as a school 622 guardian upon satisfactory completion of the requirements under 623 s. 30.15(1)(k) and certification by a sheriff: 624 (a) A school district employee or personnel, as defined 625 under s. 1012.01, or a charter school employee, as provided 626 under s. 1002.33(12)(a), who volunteers to serve as a school 627 guardian in addition to his or her official job duties; 628 (b) An employee of a school district or a charter school 629 who is hired for the specific purpose of serving as a school 630 guardian; or 631 (c) A contract employee licensed under s. 493.6301 who 632 works in the school district or for a charter school through a 633 contract with a security agency as that term is defined in s. 634 493.6101(18). Contract employees may receive school guardian 635 training through a participating sheriff’s office contingent 636 upon defined financial or service obligations by the security 637 agency enumerated in the contract between the school district or 638 the charter school governing board, as appropriate, and the 639 security agency. 640 (4) Any information that would identify whether a 641 particular individual has been appointed as a safe-school 642 officer pursuant to this section held by a law enforcement 643 agency, school district, or charter school is exempt from s. 644 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This 645 subsection is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act 646 in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 647 2, 2023, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 648 reenactment by the Legislature. 649 Section 10. Section 1006.1493, Florida Statutes, is amended 650 to read: 651 1006.1493 Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool.— 652 (1) The department, through the Office of Safe Schools 653 pursuant s. 1001.212, shall contract with a security consulting 654 firm that specializes in the development of risk assessment 655 software solutions and has experience in conducting security 656 assessments of public facilities to develop, update, and 657 implement a risk assessment tool, which shall be known as the 658 Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool (FSSAT). The FSSAT must be 659 the primary physical site security assessment tool as revised 660 and required by the Office of Safe Schools that is used by 661 school officials at each school district and public school site 662 in the state in conducting security assessmentsfor use by663school officials at each school district and public school site664in the state. 665 (2) The FSSAT must help school officials identify threats, 666 vulnerabilities, and appropriate safety controls for the schools 667 that they supervise, pursuant to the security risk assessment 668 requirements of s. 1006.07(6). 669 (a) At a minimum, the FSSAT must address all of the 670 following components: 671 1. School emergency and crisis preparedness planning; 672 2. Security, crime, and violence prevention policies and 673 procedures; 674 3. Physical security measures; 675 4. Professional development training needs; 676 5. An examination of support service roles in school 677 safety, security, and emergency planning; 678 6. School security and school police staffing, operational 679 practices, and related services; 680 7. School and community collaboration on school safety; and 681 8. A return on investment analysis of the recommended 682 physical security controls. 683 (b) The department shall require by contract that the 684 security consulting firm: 685 1. Generate written automated reports on assessment 686 findings for review by the department and school and district 687 officials; 688 2. Provide training to the department and school officials 689 in the use of the FSSAT and other areas of importance identified 690 by the department; and 691 3. Advise in the development and implementation of 692 templates, formats, guidance, and other resources necessary to 693 facilitate the implementation of this section at state, 694 district, school, and local levels. 695 (3) The Office of Safe Schools must provide annual training 696 to each district’s school safety specialist and other 697 appropriate school district personnel on the assessment of 698 physical site security and completing the FSSAT. 699 (4) Each district school superintendent, by August 1 of 700 each year, shall submit an FSSAT assessment to the department 701 for each school site. Each school-specific assessment must be 702 approved by the district superintendent or his or her designee, 703 who must be the district’s school safety specialist or a deputy 704 superintendent or assistant superintendent. Any superintendent 705 who fails to comply with the requirements of this subsection is 706 subject to penalties under s. 1001.51(12)(b) and other sanctions 707 that may be applied by the commissioner or state board. 708 (5) By December 1 of each year,By December 1, 2018, and709annually by that date thereafter,the department shallmust710 report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the 711 Speaker of the House of Representatives on the status of 712 implementation across school districts and schools. The report 713 must include a summary of the positive school safety measures in 714 place at the time of the assessment and any recommendations for 715 policy changes or funding needed to facilitate continued school 716 safety planning, improvement, and response at the state, 717 district, or school levels. 718 (6)(4)In accordance with ss. 119.071(3)(a) and 281.301, 719 data and information related to security risk assessments 720 administered pursuant to this section and s. 1006.07(6) and the 721 security information contained in the annual report required 722 pursuant to subsection (3) are confidential and exempt from 723 public records requirements. 724 Section 11. Subsection (15) of section 1011.62, Florida 725 Statutes, is amended to read: 726 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual 727 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 728 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 729 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 730 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 731 follows: 732 (15) SAFE SCHOOLS ALLOCATION.—A safe schools allocation is 733 created to provide funding to assist school districts in their 734 compliance with s. 1006.07, with priority given to implementing 735 the district’s school resource officer program pursuant to s. 736 1006.12. Each school district shall receive a minimum safe 737 schools allocation in an amount provided in the General 738 Appropriations Act. Of the remaining balance of the safe schools 739 allocation, two-thirds shall be allocated to school districts 740 based on the most recent official Florida Crime Index provided 741 by the Department of Law Enforcement and one-third shall be 742 allocated based on each school district’s proportionate share of 743 the state’s total unweighted full-time equivalent student 744 enrollment. Any additional funds appropriated to this allocation 745 in the 2018-2019 fiscal year mustto the school resource officer746program established pursuant to s. 1006.12shallbe used 747 exclusively for employing or contracting for safe-school 748resourceofficers, established or assigned under s. 1006.12 749which shall be in addition to the number of officers employed or750contracted for in the 2017-2018 fiscal year. This subsection 751 applies retroactively to July 1, 2018. The amendments to this 752 subsection are intended to be clarifying and remedial in nature. 753 Section 12. Effective July 1, 2019, paragraph (b) of 754 subsection (6) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, and 755 subsection (15) of that section, as amended by this act, are 756 amended to read: 757 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual 758 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 759 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 760 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 761 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 762 follows: 763 (6) CATEGORICAL FUNDS.— 764 (b) If a district school board finds and declares in a 765 resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the school board that 766 the funds received for any of the following categorical 767 appropriations are urgently needed to maintain school board 768 specified academic classroom instruction or improve school 769 safety, the school board may consider and approve an amendment 770 to the school district operating budget transferring the 771 identified amount of the categorical funds to the appropriate 772 account for expenditure: 773 1. Funds for student transportation. 774 2. Funds for research-based reading instruction if the 775 required additional hour of instruction beyond the normal school 776 day for each day of the entire school year has been provided for 777 the students in each low-performing elementary school in the 778 district pursuant to paragraph (9)(a). 779 3. Funds for instructional materials if all instructional 780 material purchases necessary to provide updated materials that 781 are aligned with applicable state standards and course 782 descriptions and that meet statutory requirements of content and 783 learning have been completed for that fiscal year, but no sooner 784 than March 1. Funds available after March 1 may be used to 785 purchase hardware for student instruction. 786 4. Funds for the guaranteed allocation as provided in 787 subparagraph (1)(e)2. 788 5. Funds for the supplemental academic instruction 789 allocation as provided in paragraph (1)(f). 790 6. Funds for Florida digital classrooms allocation as 791 provided in subsection (12). 792 7. Funds for the federally connected student supplement as 793 provided in subsection (13). 794 8. Funds for class size reduction as provided in s. 795 1011.685. 796 (15) SAFE SCHOOLS ALLOCATION.—A safe schools allocation is 797 created to provide funding to assist school districts in their 798 compliance with s. 1006.07, with priority given to implementing 799 the district’s school resource officer program pursuant to s. 800 1006.12. Each school district shall receive a minimum safe 801 schools allocation in an amount provided in the General 802 Appropriations Act. Of the remaining balance of the safe schools 803 allocation, one-thirdtwo-thirdsshall be allocated to school 804 districts based on the most recent official Florida Crime Index 805 provided by the Department of Law Enforcement and two-thirds 806one-thirdshall be allocated based on each school district’s 807 proportionate share of the state’s total unweighted full-time 808 equivalent student enrollment.Any additional funds appropriated809to this allocation in the 2018-2019 fiscal yearmustbe used810exclusively for employing or contracting forsafe-school811officers, established or assigned under s. 1006.12. This812subsection applies retroactively toJuly 1, 2018.The amendments813to this subsection are intended to be clarifying and remedial in814nature.815 Section 13. The Legislature finds that a proper and 816 legitimate state purpose is served when district school boards 817 are afforded options for the provision of safe-school officers 818 for the protection and safety of school personnel, property, 819 students, and visitors. School guardians must be available to 820 any district school board that chooses such an option. 821 Therefore, the Legislature determines and declares that this act 822 fulfills an important state interest. 823 Section 14. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 824 act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.