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propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the |
month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of |
October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire |
official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and |
if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that |
date. |
(C) The school administrator or his or her |
designee and the local fire official may also, by |
mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill, |
including a date outside of the month of October. |
(D) If the fire official does not select one of the |
4 offered dates in October or set another date by |
mutual agreement, the requirement that the school |
include the local fire service in one of its mandatory |
school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, |
however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to |
include the fire service in a school evacuation drill |
at a mutually agreed-upon time. |
(E) Upon the participation of the local fire |
service, the appropriate local fire official shall |
certify that the school evacuation drill was |
conducted. |
(F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, |
the school administrator or his or her designee and |
the local fire department or fire district may, by |
mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to |
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waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and |
(D) of this paragraph (1). |
Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents |
may involve the participation of the appropriate local |
fire department or district. |
(2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation |
drills to account for other evacuation incidents, |
including without limitation suspicious items or bomb |
threats. |
(3) All drills shall be conducted at each school |
building that houses school children. |
(b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a |
minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be |
accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in |
all other educational institutions in this State that are |
supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds |
and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten |
through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe |
bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct |
additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be |
conducted at each school building that houses school children. |
(b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established |
by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to |
transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection |
(b) of this Section, provided that the chief school |
administrator of the private school provides written assurance |
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to the State Board of Education that the private school does |
not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose |
during the current academic year. The assurance must be made |
on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no |
later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to |
transport students for any purpose during an academic year |
when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been |
filed with the State Board of Education, the private school |
shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and |
comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 |
calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport |
students, except that, at the discretion of the private |
school, students chosen for participation in the bus |
evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students |
that are utilizing bus transportation. |
(c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law |
enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting |
incident. No later than 90 days after the first day of each |
school year, schools must conduct at least one law enforcement |
lockdown drill that addresses an active threat or an active |
shooter within a school building. Such drills must be |
conducted according to the school district's or private |
school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and |
procedures to evaluate the preparedness of school personnel |
and students. Law enforcement lockdown drills must be |
conducted on days and times when students are normally present |
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in the school building and must involve participation from all |
school personnel and students present at school at the time of |
the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school |
support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from |
the lockdown drill. The appropriate local law enforcement |
agency shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill. |
All drills must be conducted at each school building that |
houses school children. |
(1) A law enforcement lockdown drill must meet all of |
the following criteria: |
(A) During each calendar year, the appropriate |
local law enforcement agency shall contact the |
appropriate school administrator to request to |
participate in a law enforcement lockdown drill. The |
school administrator and local law enforcement agency |
shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the |
lockdown drill. |
(A-5) The lockdown drill shall require the on-site |
participation of the local law enforcement agency. If |
a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between |
the school administrator and the appropriate local law |
enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold |
the lockdown drill without participation from the |
agency. |
(B) Upon the participation of a local law |
enforcement agency in a law enforcement lockdown |
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drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official |
shall certify that the law enforcement lockdown drill |
was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner |
of any deficiencies noted during the drill. |
(C) The lockdown drill must not include |
simulations that mimic an actual school shooting |
incident or active shooter event. |
(D) All lockdown drills must be announced in |
advance to all school personnel and students prior to |
the commencement of the drill. |
(E) Lockdown drill content must be age appropriate |
and developmentally appropriate. |
(F) Lockdown drills must include and involve |
school personnel, including school-based mental health |
professionals. |
(G) Lockdown drills must include trauma-informed |
approaches to address the concerns and well-being of |
students and school personnel. |
(2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement |
drills at their discretion. |
(3) (Blank). |
(4) School administrators and school support personnel |
may, in their discretion, exempt a student or students |
from participating in a walk-through lockdown drill. |
(5) Schools must provide sufficient information and |
notification to parents and guardians in advance of any |
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walk-through lockdown drill that involves the |
participation of students. Schools must also provide to |
parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child |
for any reason from participating in the walk-through |
lockdown drill. |
(6) Schools must provide alternative safety education |
and instruction related to an active threat or active |
shooter event to students who do not participate in a
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walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential |
information, training, and instruction through less |
sensorial safety training methods. |
(7) During the drill, students must be allowed to ask |
questions related to the drill. |
(8) Law enforcement may choose to run an active |
shooter simulation, including simulated gun fire drills, |
but only on school days when students are not present. |
Parental notification is not required for drills conducted |
pursuant to this paragraph (8) if students are not |
required to be present. |
(d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a |
minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to |
address and prepare students and school personnel for possible |
tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather |
and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, |
including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous |
materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school |
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building that houses school children.
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(Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 100-996, eff. 1-1-19.)
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(105 ILCS 128/25)
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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, including procedures regarding the school |
district's threat assessment team, the efficacy and effects of |
law enforcement drills, 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. In updating a school building's emergency and crisis |
response plans, consideration may be given to making the |
emergency and crisis response plans available to first |
responders, administrators, and teachers for implementation |
and utilization through the use of electronic applications on |
electronic devices, including, but not limited to, |
smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers. |
(b) Each school board or the board's designee is required |
to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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(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 |
