| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to student safety; amending s. 1006.07, |
| 3 | F.S.; requiring district school board policies that |
| 4 | specify emergency procedures to identify the agency that |
| 5 | is responsible for notifying the school district of an |
| 6 | occurrence that threatens the safety of students; amending |
| 7 | s. 1002.42, F.S.; requiring the agency to notify private |
| 8 | schools in the school district; providing an effective |
| 9 | 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 student |
| 16 | discipline and school safety.-The district school board shall |
| 17 | provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the |
| 18 | attendance and control of students at school, and for proper |
| 19 | attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the |
| 20 | welfare of students, including: |
| 21 | (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.- |
| 22 | (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures for |
| 23 | emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not |
| 24 | limited to, fires, natural disasters, and bomb threats, for all |
| 25 | the public schools of the district which comprise grades K-12. |
| 26 | District school board policies shall include commonly used alarm |
| 27 | system responses for specific types of emergencies and |
| 28 | verification by each school that drills have been provided as |
| 29 | required by law and fire protection codes. District school board |
| 30 | policies shall identify the agency that is responsible for |
| 31 | notifying the school district of an occurrence that threatens |
| 32 | the safety of students in the district. |
| 33 | (b) The district school board shall Establish model |
| 34 | emergency management and emergency preparedness procedures, |
| 35 | including agency notification pursuant to paragraph (a), for the |
| 36 | following life-threatening emergencies: |
| 37 | 1. Weapon-use and hostage situations. |
| 38 | 2. Hazardous materials or toxic chemical spills. |
| 39 | 3. Weather emergencies, including hurricanes, tornadoes, |
| 40 | and severe storms. |
| 41 | 4. Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency. |
| 42 | Section 2. Subsection (16) is added to section 1002.42, |
| 43 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 44 | 1002.42 Private schools.- |
| 45 | (16) EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.-The agency identified in |
| 46 | district school board policy which is responsible for notifying |
| 47 | the school district of an occurrence that threatens the safety |
| 48 | of students in the district, pursuant to s. 1006.07(4), shall |
| 49 | notify private schools in the district which request |
| 50 | notification by opting into the school district's notification |
| 51 | procedures. |
| 52 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |