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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 waive |
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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 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 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 , with the participation of the |
appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills |
must may be conducted on days and times when students are |
normally not present in the school building and must involve |
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participation from all school personnel and students present at |
school at the time of the drill, except that administrators or |
school support personnel in their discretion may exempt |
students from the drill. The appropriate local law enforcement |
agency shall observe the administration of the drill. All |
drills must be conducted at each school building that houses |
school children. |
(1) A law enforcement 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 drill. The school |
administrator and local law enforcement agency shall |
set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill. |
(A-5) The 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 drill without participation from the agency. |
(B) Upon the participation of a local law |
enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the |
appropriate local law enforcement official shall |
certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted |
and notify the school in a timely manner of any |
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deficiencies noted during the drill. |
(2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement |
drills at their discretion. |
(3) (Blank). |
(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 |
building that houses school children.
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(Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)
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