Bill Text: IL SB2057 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires the State Board of Education and the Office of the Fire Marshal to develop clear and definitive guidelines to school districts, private schools, and first responders as to how to develop threat assessment procedures, rapid entry response plans, and cardiac emergency response plans. Requires the State Board of Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal to cooperate to adopt rules to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Grants emergency rulemaking powers to the State Board of Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act for a period not to exceed 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires the State Board of Education to provide school districts with standards outlining what steps or consideration shall be included within the school district's threat assessment procedure. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB2057 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2057-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2057 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 100/5-45.65 new
105 ILCS 128/40
105 ILCS 128/45
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires the State Board of Education and the Office of the Fire Marshal to develop clear and definitive guidelines to school districts, private schools, and first responders as to how to develop threat assessment procedures, rapid entry response plans, and cardiac emergency response plans. Requires the State Board of Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal to cooperate to adopt rules to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Grants emergency rulemaking powers to the State Board of Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act for a period not to exceed 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires the State Board of Education to provide school districts with standards outlining what steps or consideration shall be included within the school district's threat assessment procedure. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by adding Section 5-45.65 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/5-45.65 new)
Sec. 5-45.65. Emergency rulemaking; the State Board of
Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal. To provide
for the expeditious and timely implementation of Section 40 of
the School Safety Drill Act, emergency rules implementing the
Section 40 of the School Safety Drill Act may be adopted in
accordance with Section 5-45 by the State Board of Education
and the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The adoption of
emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is
deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and
welfare.
This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
changing Sections 40 and 45 as follows:
(105 ILCS 128/40)

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Sec. 40. Common rules. The State Board of Education and
the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall cooperate together
and coordinate with all appropriate education, first
responder, and emergency management officials to (i) develop
and implement one common set of rules to be administered under
this Act and (ii) develop clear and definitive guidelines to
school districts, private schools, and first responders as to
how to develop school emergency and crisis response plans, how
to develop school emergency and crisis response plans, threat
assessment procedures, rapid entry response plans, and cardiac
emergency response plans, how to exercise and drill based on
such plans, and how to incorporate lessons learned from these
exercises and drills into school emergency and crisis response
plans. The State Board of Education and the Office of the State
Fire Marshal shall cooperate to adopt rules to implement the
provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly. Recognizing the adoption of such rules are deemed an
emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety, and
welfare of Illinois schools, the State Board of Education and
the Office of the State Fire Marshal may adopt rules necessary
to implement the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly through the use of emergency rulemaking
in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act for a period not to exceed 180 days after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th amendatory
Act.

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(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)
(105 ILCS 128/45)
Sec. 45. Threat assessment procedure.
(a) Each school district must implement a threat
assessment procedure that may be part of a school board policy
on targeted school violence prevention. The procedure must
include the creation of a threat assessment team. The team
must include at least one law enforcement official and
cross-disciplinary representatives of the district who are
most directly familiar with the mental and behavioral health
needs of students and staff. Such cross-disciplinary
representatives may include the following members:
(1) An administrator employed by the school district
or a special education cooperative that serves the school
district and is available to serve.
(2) A teacher employed by the school district or a
special education cooperative that serves the school
district and is available to serve.
(3) A school counselor employed by the school district
or a special education cooperative that serves the school
district and is available to serve.
(4) A school psychologist employed by the school
district or a special education cooperative that serves
the school district and is available to serve.
(5) A school social worker employed by the school

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district or a special education cooperative that serves
the school district and is available to serve.
(6) (Blank).
If a school district is unable to establish a threat
assessment team with school district staff and resources, it
may utilize a regional behavioral threat assessment and
intervention team that includes mental health professionals
and representatives from the State, county, and local law
enforcement agencies.
(b) A school district shall establish the threat
assessment team under this Section no later than 180 days
after August 23, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act
101-455) and must implement an initial threat assessment
procedure no later than 120 days after August 23, 2019 (the
effective date of Public Act 101-455). Each year prior to the
start of the school year, the school board shall file the
threat assessment procedure and a list identifying the members
of the school district's threat assessment team or regional
behavior threat assessment and intervention team with (i) a
local law enforcement agency and (ii) the regional office of
education or, with respect to a school district organized
under Article 34 of the School Code, the State Board of
Education.
(b-5) A charter school operating under a charter issued by
a local board of education may adhere to the local board's
threat assessment procedure or may implement its own threat

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assessment procedure in full compliance with the requirements
of this Section. The charter agreement shall specify in detail
how threat assessment procedures will be determined for the
charter school.
(b-10) A special education cooperative operating under a
joint agreement must implement its own threat assessment
procedure in full compliance with the requirements of this
Section, including the creation of a threat assessment team,
which may consist of individuals employed by the member
districts. The procedure must include actions the special
education cooperative will take in partnership with its member
districts to address a threat.
(c) Any sharing of student information under this Section
must comply with the federal Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 and the Illinois School Student Records
Act.
(d) (Blank).
(e) The State Board of Education shall provide school
districts with standards outlining what steps or consideration
shall be included within the school district's threat
assessment procedure. The standards shall provide guidance for
how and when a school district will notify parents and
community members of a threat.
(Source: P.A. 102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22;
103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23; 103-780, eff.
8-2-24.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.