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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
5changing Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 128/25)
7    Sec. 25. Annual review.
8    (a) Each public school district, through its school board
9or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual
10meeting at which it will review each school building's
11emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures
12and each building's compliance with the school safety drill
13programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review
14and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols,
15and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the
16district and each of its school buildings.
17    (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required
18to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the
19following parties to the annual review and provide each party
20with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual
21review:
22        (1) The principal of each school within the school
23    district or his or her official designee.

 

 

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1        (2) Representatives from any other education-related
2    organization or association deemed appropriate by the
3    school district.
4        (3) Representatives from all local first responder
5    organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the
6    review process, including, but not limited to:
7            (A) the appropriate local fire department or
8        district;
9            (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency;
10            (C) the appropriate local emergency medical
11        services agency if the agency is a separate, local
12        first responder unit; and
13            (D) any other member of the first responder or
14        emergency management community that has contacted the
15        district superintendent or his or her designee during
16        the past year to request involvement in a school's
17        emergency planning or drill process.
18        (4) The school board or its designee may also choose to
19    invite to the annual review any other persons whom it
20    believes will aid in the review process, including, but not
21    limited to, any members of any other education-related
22    organization or the first responder or emergency
23    management community.
24    (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school
25board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report,
26which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative

 

 

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1format, that does the following:
2        (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the
3    existing school safety plans and drill plans;
4        (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual
5    review, and includes the annual review's attendance
6    record;
7        (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency
8    and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and
9    the school safety drill programs of the district and each
10    of its school buildings has occurred;
11        (4) states that the school district will implement
12    those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during
13    the academic year; and
14        (5) includes the authorization of the school board or
15    the board's designee; .
16        (6) reports any renovation or addition to a school
17    building or a change in the floor plan of a school
18    building; and
19        (7) acknowledges that there has been submission of a
20    change in floor plans to the local fire department or local
21    law enforcement agency as provided under subsection (f) of
22    this Section.
23    (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of
24the report to each party that participates in the annual review
25process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of
26schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on

 

 

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1the certification document, those parties shall submit their
2comments in writing to the appropriate regional
3superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a
4record of these comments. The certification document may be in
5a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of
6the district superintendent.
7    (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal
8year, at a specific time chosen at the school district
9superintendent's discretion.
10    (f) Upon completion of any renovation or addition to a
11school building or a change in the floor plan of a school
12building that modifies a previously approved emergency and
13crisis response plan at least 60 days prior to the meeting
14required under subsection (a) of this Section, the school board
15or its designee shall contact the local fire department and
16local law enforcement agency to set up a meeting to review any
17changes in procedures and protocols affected by building
18modifications as a result of renovations, additions, or changes
19in floor plans.
20(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.