Bill Text: IL HB2609 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code to create the Office of School Safety within the State Board of Education. Provides for the Office's duties. Requires the Office to create a grant program for expenditures related to improving school safety. Provides that grant funds must be used for school security improvements, including training and safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment (including metal detectors and x-ray machines), and facilities. Specifies the grant application requirements. Effective January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2609 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2609-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.176 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.176. Office of School Safety. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) There is created an Office of School Safety within the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | State Board of Education. The Director of the Office shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) The Office has all of the following duties: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) Create model practices for school safety. The State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Board must provide any necessary resources or staff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | requested by the Office to create the model practices under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | this paragraph. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) Coordinate with school districts and nonpublic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | schools to compile blueprints and geographic information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | system maps for all schools. The Office must keep all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | blueprints and maps confidential unless a law enforcement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | agency requests access to the blueprints or maps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (3) Offer, or contract with another party to offer, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | training for school employees on school safety. Training | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | subjects may include trauma-informed care and how adverse |
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1 | childhood experiences have an impact on a child's | ||||||
2 | development and may increase a child's need for counseling | ||||||
3 | or support. If a school district or nonpublic school | ||||||
4 | receives a grant for the training under this paragraph, the | ||||||
5 | Office may charge a fee for the training. | ||||||
6 | (4) Seek and apply for federal funds related to school | ||||||
7 | safety improvements. | ||||||
8 | (c) The Office shall create a grant program for | ||||||
9 | expenditures related to improving school safety. The Office | ||||||
10 | must accept grant applications under this subsection from | ||||||
11 | public school boards and the governing bodies of charter | ||||||
12 | schools and nonpublic schools. Grant funds must be used for | ||||||
13 | school security improvements, including training and | ||||||
14 | safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment | ||||||
15 | (including metal detectors and x-ray machines), and | ||||||
16 | facilities. An application submitted under this subsection | ||||||
17 | must include all of the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) A school safety plan. | ||||||
19 | (2) Blueprints of each school building and facility or, | ||||||
20 | if a school has already submitted to the Office blueprints | ||||||
21 | under paragraph (2) of subsection (b), a certification that | ||||||
22 | the blueprints submitted are current. | ||||||
23 | (3) A proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys.
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
25 | 1, 2020.
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