Senate Bill sb0556

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 556

    By Senator Dawson





    29-597-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to student discipline and

  3         school safety; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.;

  4         revising guidelines governing district school

  5         board duties relating to emergency management

  6         and emergency preparedness; providing

  7         requirements for the number and type of

  8         emergency drills that each school must conduct;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 1006.07, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         1006.07  District school board duties relating to

16  student discipline and school safety.--The district school

17  board shall provide for the proper accounting for all

18  students, for the attendance and control of students at

19  school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other

20  matters relating to the welfare of students, including:

21         (4)  EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.--

22         (a)  Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures

23  for emergency preparation and drill activities drills and for

24  emergency response and management, including incidents or

25  events resulting from violence, technological malfunction or

26  human error, and natural disaster actual emergencies,

27  including, but not limited to, fires, natural disasters, and

28  bomb threats, for all the public schools of the district which

29  comprise grades K-12. District school board policies must

30  shall include commonly used alarm system responses for

31  specific types of emergencies and verification by each school

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 556
    29-597-04




 1  that drills have been provided as required by law and fire

 2  protection codes. Each school shall conduct and document at

 3  least 10 emergency drills per school year, at least five of

 4  which must be emergency egress drills, at least one of which

 5  must be an accidental or intentional hazardous material

 6  release drill, and at least two of which must be tornado

 7  drills. The focus of the two remaining emergency drills shall

 8  be at the discretion of each school.

 9         (b)  The district school board shall establish model

10  emergency management and emergency preparedness procedures for

11  the following life-threatening emergencies:

12         1.  Manmade emergencies, including fires, bomb threats,

13  and weapon-use and hostage situations.

14         2.  Technological emergencies, including radiological,

15  hazardous materials, or toxic chemical releases spills.

16         3.  Weather emergencies, including hurricanes,

17  tornadoes, and severe storms.

18         4.  Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Revises guidelines governing district school board duties
      relating to emergency management and emergency
24    preparedness. Provides requirements for the number and
      type of emergency drills that each school must conduct.
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