Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Filed: 3/8/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 492

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 492 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
5changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 128/15)
7    Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following
8school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this
9State:
10        (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and
11    prepare students and school personnel for situations that
12    occur when conditions outside of a school building are
13    safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents
14    are based on the needs of particular communities and may
15    include without limitation the following:
16            (A) fire;

 

 

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1            (B) suspicious items or persons;
2            (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
3        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
4        and explosives; and
5            (D) bomb threats.
6        (2) Bus evacuation drills, which shall address and
7    prepare students and school personnel for situations that
8    occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than
9    inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs
10    of particular communities and may include without
11    limitation the following:
12            (A) fire;
13            (B) suspicious items; and
14            (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
15        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
16        and explosives.
17        (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and
18    prepare students and school personnel for situations
19    calling for the involvement of law enforcement when
20    conditions inside a school building are safer than outside
21    of a school building and it is necessary to protect
22    building occupants from potential dangers in a school
23    building. Law enforcement drills may involve situations
24    that call for the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a
25    school building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation
26    Evacuations incidents shall may include a shooting

 

 

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1    incident. without limitation the following:
2            (A) shooting incidents;
3            (B) bomb threats;
4            (C) suspicious persons; and
5            (D) incidents involving hazardous materials.
6        (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which
7    shall address and prepare students for situations
8    involving severe weather emergencies or the release of
9    external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and
10    shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and
11    environment of particular communities and may include
12    without limitation the following:
13            (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to,
14        shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes;
15            (B) incidents involving hazardous materials,
16        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
17        and explosives; and
18            (C) incidents involving weapons of mass
19        destruction, including, but not limited to,
20        biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
21(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)
 
22    (105 ILCS 128/20)
23    Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local
24authority participation.
25    (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a

 

 

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1minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare
2students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills
3must meet all of the following criteria:
4        (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require
5    the participation of the appropriate local fire department
6    or district.
7            (A) Each local fire department or fire district
8        must contact the appropriate school administrator or
9        his or her designee no later than September 1 of each
10        year in order to arrange for the participation of the
11        department or district in the school evacuation drill.
12            (B) Each school administrator or his or her
13        designee must contact the responding local fire
14        official no later than September 15 of each year and
15        propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the
16        month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of
17        October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire
18        official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and
19        if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that
20        date.
21            (C) The school administrator or his or her designee
22        and the local fire official may also, by mutual
23        agreement, set any other date for the drill, including
24        a date outside of the month of October.
25            (D) If the fire official does not select one of the
26        4 offered dates in October or set another date by

 

 

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1        mutual agreement, the requirement that the school
2        include the local fire service in one of its mandatory
3        school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools,
4        however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to
5        include the fire service in a school evacuation drill
6        at a mutually agreed-upon time.
7            (E) Upon the participation of the local fire
8        service, the appropriate local fire official shall
9        certify that the school evacuation drill was
10        conducted.
11            (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill,
12        the school administrator or his or her designee and the
13        local fire department or fire district may, by mutual
14        agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive
15        the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of
16        this paragraph (1).
17        Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents
18    may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire
19    department or district.
20        (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation
21    drills to account for other evacuation incidents,
22    including without limitation suspicious items or bomb
23    threats.
24        (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school
25    building that houses school children.
26    (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a

 

 

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1minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be
2accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in
3all other educational institutions in this State that are
4supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds
5and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten
6through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe
7bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct
8additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted
9at each school building that houses school children.
10    (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law
11enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident
12incidents, including without limitation reverse evacuations,
13lock-downs, shootings, bomb threats, or hazardous materials.
14Such drills must be conducted according to the school
15district's or private school's emergency and crisis response
16plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the
17appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may
18be conducted on days and times when students are not present in
19the school building.
20        (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the
21    following criteria:
22            (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate
23        local law enforcement agency shall contact the
24        appropriate school administrator to request to
25        participate in a law enforcement drill and must may
26        actively participate on-site in a drill.

 

 

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1            (B) Upon the participation of a local law
2        enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the
3        appropriate local law enforcement official shall
4        certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted.
5        (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement
6    drills at their discretion.
7        (3) (Blank).
8    (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
9minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to
10address and prepare students and school personnel for possible
11tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and
12shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents,
13including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous
14materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school
15building that houses school children.
16(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05; 95-1015, eff. 12-15-08.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.".