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Rep. Jack McGuire
Filed: 4/6/2011
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3040
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3040 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 25 as follows:
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6 | | (105 ILCS 128/25)
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7 | | Sec. 25. Annual review. |
8 | | (a) Each public school district, through its school board |
9 | | or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual |
10 | | meeting at which it will review each school building's |
11 | | emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures |
12 | | and each building's compliance with the school safety drill |
13 | | programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review |
14 | | and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, |
15 | | and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the |
16 | | district and each of its school buildings. |
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1 | | (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required |
2 | | to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the |
3 | | following parties to the annual review and provide each party |
4 | | with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual |
5 | | review: |
6 | | (1) The principal of each school within the school |
7 | | district or his or her official designee. |
8 | | (2) Representatives from any other education-related |
9 | | organization or association deemed appropriate by the |
10 | | school district. |
11 | | (3) Representatives from all local first responder |
12 | | organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the |
13 | | review process, including, but not limited to: |
14 | | (A) the appropriate local fire department or |
15 | | district; |
16 | | (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; |
17 | | (C) the appropriate local emergency medical |
18 | | services agency if the agency is a separate, local |
19 | | first responder unit; and |
20 | | (D) any other member of the first responder or |
21 | | emergency management community that has contacted the |
22 | | district superintendent or his or her designee during |
23 | | the past year to request involvement in a school's |
24 | | emergency planning or drill process. |
25 | | (4) The school board or its designee may also choose to |
26 | | invite to the annual review any other persons whom it |
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1 | | believes will aid in the review process, including, but not |
2 | | limited to, any members of any other education-related |
3 | | organization or the first responder or emergency |
4 | | management community. |
5 | | (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school |
6 | | board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report, |
7 | | which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative |
8 | | format, that does the following: |
9 | | (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the |
10 | | existing school safety plans and drill plans; |
11 | | (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual |
12 | | review, and includes the annual review's attendance |
13 | | record; |
14 | | (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency |
15 | | and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and |
16 | | the school safety drill programs of the district and each |
17 | | of its school buildings has occurred; |
18 | | (4) states that the school district will implement |
19 | | those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during |
20 | | the academic year; and |
21 | | (5) includes the authorization of the school board or |
22 | | the board's designee ; . |
23 | | (6) reports any renovation or addition to a school |
24 | | building or a change in the floor plan of a school |
25 | | building; and |
26 | | (7) acknowledges that there has been submission of a |
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1 | | change in floor plans to the local fire department or local |
2 | | law enforcement agency as provided under subsection (f) of |
3 | | this Section. |
4 | | (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of |
5 | | the report to each party that participates in the annual review |
6 | | process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of |
7 | | schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on |
8 | | the certification document, those parties shall submit their |
9 | | comments in writing to the appropriate regional |
10 | | superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a |
11 | | record of these comments. The certification document may be in |
12 | | a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of |
13 | | the district superintendent. |
14 | | (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal |
15 | | year, at a specific time chosen at the school district |
16 | | superintendent's discretion.
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17 | | (f) Upon completion of any renovation or addition to a |
18 | | school building or a change in the floor plan of a school |
19 | | building that modifies a previously approved emergency and |
20 | | crisis response plan at least 60 days prior to the meeting |
21 | | required under subsection (a) of this Section, the school board |
22 | | or its designee shall contact the local fire department and |
23 | | local law enforcement agency to set up a meeting to review any |
24 | | changes in procedures and protocols affected by building |
25 | | modifications as a result of renovations, additions, or changes |
26 | | in floor plans. |