Bill Text: IL SB1625 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0048 [SB1625 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1625-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0048 [SB1625 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1625-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1625
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1625, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 128/15)
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8 | Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following | ||||||
9 | school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this | ||||||
10 | State: | ||||||
11 | (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and | ||||||
12 | prepare students and school personnel for situations that | ||||||
13 | occur when conditions outside of a school building are | ||||||
14 | safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents | ||||||
15 | are based on the needs of particular communities and may | ||||||
16 | include without limitation the following: |
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1 | (A) fire; | ||||||
2 | (B) suspicious items or persons ; | ||||||
3 | (C) incidents involving hazardous materials, | ||||||
4 | including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | ||||||
5 | and explosives; and | ||||||
6 | (D) bomb threats. | ||||||
7 | (2) Bus evacuation drills, which shall address and | ||||||
8 | prepare students and school personnel for situations that | ||||||
9 | occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than | ||||||
10 | inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs | ||||||
11 | of particular communities and may include without | ||||||
12 | limitation the following: | ||||||
13 | (A) fire; | ||||||
14 | (B) suspicious items; and | ||||||
15 | (C) incidents involving hazardous materials, | ||||||
16 | including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | ||||||
17 | and explosives. | ||||||
18 | (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and | ||||||
19 | prepare students and school personnel for situations | ||||||
20 | calling for the involvement of law enforcement when | ||||||
21 | conditions inside a school building are safer than outside | ||||||
22 | of a school building and it is necessary to protect | ||||||
23 | building occupants from potential dangers in a school | ||||||
24 | building. Law enforcement drills may involve situations | ||||||
25 | that call for the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a | ||||||
26 | school building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation |
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1 | Evacuations incidents shall may include a shooting | ||||||
2 | incident. without limitation the following: | ||||||
3 | (A) shooting incidents; | ||||||
4 | (B) bomb threats; | ||||||
5 | (C) suspicious persons; and | ||||||
6 | (D) incidents involving hazardous materials. | ||||||
7 | (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which | ||||||
8 | shall address and prepare students for situations | ||||||
9 | involving severe weather emergencies or the release of | ||||||
10 | external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and | ||||||
11 | shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and | ||||||
12 | environment of particular communities and may include | ||||||
13 | without limitation the following: | ||||||
14 | (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
15 | shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes; | ||||||
16 | (B) incidents involving hazardous materials, | ||||||
17 | including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, | ||||||
18 | and explosives; and | ||||||
19 | (C) incidents involving weapons of mass | ||||||
20 | destruction, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
21 | biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 128/20)
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24 | Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | ||||||
25 | authority participation.
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1 | (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||||||
2 | minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | ||||||
3 | students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | ||||||
4 | must meet all of the following criteria: | ||||||
5 | (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require | ||||||
6 | the participation of the appropriate local fire department | ||||||
7 | or district. | ||||||
8 | (A) Each local fire department or fire district | ||||||
9 | must contact the appropriate school administrator or | ||||||
10 | his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | ||||||
11 | year in order to arrange for the participation of the | ||||||
12 | department or district in the school evacuation drill. | ||||||
13 | (B) Each school administrator or his or her | ||||||
14 | designee must contact the responding local fire | ||||||
15 | official no later than September 15 of each year and | ||||||
16 | propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | ||||||
17 | month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | ||||||
18 | October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | ||||||
19 | official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | ||||||
20 | if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | ||||||
21 | date. | ||||||
22 | (C) The school administrator or his or her designee | ||||||
23 | and the local fire official may also, by mutual | ||||||
24 | agreement, set any other date for the drill, including | ||||||
25 | a date outside of the month of October. | ||||||
26 | (D) If the fire official does not select one of the |
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1 | 4 offered dates in October or set another date by | ||||||
2 | mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | ||||||
3 | include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | ||||||
4 | school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | ||||||
5 | however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | ||||||
6 | include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | ||||||
7 | at a mutually agreed-upon time. | ||||||
8 | (E) Upon the participation of the local fire | ||||||
9 | service, the appropriate local fire official shall | ||||||
10 | certify that the school evacuation drill was | ||||||
11 | conducted. | ||||||
12 | (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | ||||||
13 | the school administrator or his or her designee and the | ||||||
14 | local fire department or fire district may, by mutual | ||||||
15 | agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive | ||||||
16 | the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of | ||||||
17 | this paragraph (1). | ||||||
18 | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | ||||||
19 | may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire | ||||||
20 | department or district. | ||||||
21 | (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | ||||||
22 | drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | ||||||
23 | including without limitation suspicious items or bomb | ||||||
24 | threats. | ||||||
25 | (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | ||||||
26 | building that houses school children. |
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1 | (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||||||
2 | minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | ||||||
3 | accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | ||||||
4 | all other educational institutions in this State that are | ||||||
5 | supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | ||||||
6 | and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | ||||||
7 | through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | ||||||
8 | bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct | ||||||
9 | additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted | ||||||
10 | at each school building that houses school children. | ||||||
11 | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | ||||||
12 | enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident | ||||||
13 | incidents, including without limitation reverse evacuations, | ||||||
14 | lock-downs, shootings, bomb threats, or hazardous materials . | ||||||
15 | Such drills must be conducted according to the school | ||||||
16 | district's or private school's emergency and crisis response | ||||||
17 | plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the | ||||||
18 | appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may | ||||||
19 | be conducted on days and times when students are not present in | ||||||
20 | the school building. All drills must be conducted at each | ||||||
21 | school building that houses school children. | ||||||
22 | (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the | ||||||
23 | following criteria: | ||||||
24 | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | ||||||
25 | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | ||||||
26 | appropriate school administrator to request to |
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1 | participate in a law enforcement drill . The school | ||||||
2 | administrator and local law enforcement agency shall | ||||||
3 | set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill. | ||||||
4 | (A-5) The drill shall require the on-site | ||||||
5 | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If a | ||||||
6 | mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between the | ||||||
7 | school administrator and the appropriate local law | ||||||
8 | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold | ||||||
9 | the drill without participation from the agency. and | ||||||
10 | may actively participate on-site in a drill. | ||||||
11 | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | ||||||
12 | enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the | ||||||
13 | appropriate local law enforcement official shall | ||||||
14 | certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted | ||||||
15 | and notify the school in a timely manner of any | ||||||
16 | deficiencies noted during the drill . | ||||||
17 | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | ||||||
18 | drills at their discretion. | ||||||
19 | (3) (Blank). | ||||||
20 | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||||||
21 | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | ||||||
22 | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | ||||||
23 | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and | ||||||
24 | shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | ||||||
25 | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous | ||||||
26 | materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school |
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1 | building that houses school children.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05; 95-1015, eff. 12-15-08.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.".
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