Bill Text: IL HB5716 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that in updating a public school building's emergency and crisis response plans, the school board shall ensure that the plans are accessible in a digital format. Requires every effort to be made to make the emergency and crisis response plans available to first responders, administrators, and teachers for implementation and utilization on handheld electronic devices.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0661 [HB5716 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5716-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-0661 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 25 as follows:
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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 | ||||
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. 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 | ||
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.
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(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
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