Bill Text: WV SB275 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-01 - Chapter 127, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 [SB275 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-SB275-Enrolled.html

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WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 275

By Senators Trump, Deeds, and Phillips

[Passed February 17, 2023; in effect 90 days from passage]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-9F-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adding State Fire Marshals to the list of persons who receive information related to school safety requirements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9F. SCHOOL ACCESS SAFETY ACT.

§18-9F-10. School safety requirements.

 

In addition to any other requirement contained in this article or the Crisis Response Plan required by §18-9F-9 of this code, each county board of education shall implement a school safety program before September 1, 2019, that at a minimum, requires:

(1) Room numbers to be placed on exterior walls or windows of school buildings, so rooms with exterior walls can be identified by law enforcement, first responders, and State Fire Marshals from the outside;

(2) Providing updated floor plans of the school to first responders, local law enforcement, and State Fire Marshals by September 1 of each school year;

(3) First aid training for all school personnel and students each school year; and

(4) Active shooter training for all school personnel and students at the beginning of each school year.