Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides for legislative findings. Provides that if a school district employee or volunteer, student, or student's parent or guardian reports a threat made by a student, the principal of that student's school must immediately investigate the threat using specified criteria to determine its credibility; defines "threat". Provides that if the principal determines the threat is credible, he or she shall immediately report the threat to a local law enforcement agency for investigation. Provides that after the principal notifies the local law enforcement agency, the school district must take disciplinary action against the student. Provides that following each reported threat, regardless of whether it was deemed credible, the principal must submit a report to the school board to be reviewed at its next regularly scheduled board meeting or special meeting; specifies the report's requirements. Provides that after the school board reviews the report, the principal must submit the report to the State Board of Education and the State Board must submit an annual report to the General Assembly compiling all of the reports it received in the prior school year. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3643 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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