| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to student discipline and school safety; |
| 3 | amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; revising district school board |
| 4 | duties relating to emergency management and emergency |
| 5 | preparedness; providing requirements for the number and |
| 6 | type of emergency drills conducted by each school; |
| 7 | providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1006.07, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student |
| 14 | discipline and school safety.--The district school board shall |
| 15 | provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the |
| 16 | attendance and control of students at school, and for proper |
| 17 | attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the |
| 18 | welfare of students, including: |
| 19 | (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.-- |
| 20 | (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures for |
| 21 | emergency preparation and drill activities drills and for |
| 22 | response to and management of emergencies, including incidents |
| 23 | or events resulting from violence, technological malfunction, |
| 24 | human error, and natural disaster actual emergencies, including, |
| 25 | but not limited to, fires, natural disasters, and bomb threats, |
| 26 | for all the public schools of the district which comprise grades |
| 27 | K-12. District school board policies must shall include commonly |
| 28 | used alarm system responses for specific types of emergencies |
| 29 | and verification by each school that drills have been provided |
| 30 | as required by law and fire protection codes. Each school shall |
| 31 | conduct and document at least 10 emergency drills per school |
| 32 | year, at least five of which must be emergency egress drills, at |
| 33 | least one of which must be an accidental or intentional |
| 34 | hazardous materials release drill, and at least two of which |
| 35 | must be tornado drills. The focus of the two remaining emergency |
| 36 | drills shall be at the discretion of each school. |
| 37 | (b) The district school board shall establish model |
| 38 | emergency management and emergency preparedness procedures for |
| 39 | the following life-threatening emergencies: |
| 40 | 1. Manmade emergencies, including fires, bomb threats, and |
| 41 | weapon-use and hostage situations. |
| 42 | 2. Technological emergencies, including radiological, |
| 43 | hazardous materials, and or toxic chemical releases spills. |
| 44 | 3. Weather emergencies, including hurricanes, tornadoes, |
| 45 | and severe storms. |
| 46 | 4. Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency. |
| 47 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |