| 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 to list the |
| 4 | emergency response agencies that are responsible for |
| 5 | notifying the school district of emergencies; amending s. |
| 6 | 1002.42, F.S.; requiring the emergency response agencies |
| 7 | to notify private schools in the school district under |
| 8 | certain circumstances; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1006.07, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student |
| 15 | discipline and school safety.-The district school board shall |
| 16 | provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the |
| 17 | attendance and control of students at school, and for proper |
| 18 | attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the |
| 19 | welfare of students, including: |
| 20 | (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.- |
| 21 | (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures for |
| 22 | emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not |
| 23 | limited to, fires, natural disasters, and bomb threats, for all |
| 24 | the public schools of the district which comprise grades K-12. |
| 25 | District school board policies shall include commonly used alarm |
| 26 | system responses for specific types of emergencies and |
| 27 | verification by each school that drills have been provided as |
| 28 | required by law and fire protection codes. The emergency |
| 29 | response agency that is responsible for notifying the school |
| 30 | district for each type of emergency must be listed in the |
| 31 | district's emergency response policy. |
| 32 | (b) The district school board shall Establish model |
| 33 | emergency management and emergency preparedness procedures, |
| 34 | including emergency notification procedures pursuant to |
| 35 | paragraph (a), for the following life-threatening emergencies: |
| 36 | 1. Weapon-use and hostage situations. |
| 37 | 2. Hazardous materials or toxic chemical spills. |
| 38 | 3. Weather emergencies, including hurricanes, tornadoes, |
| 39 | and severe storms. |
| 40 | 4. Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency. |
| 41 | Section 2. Subsection (16) is added to section 1002.42, |
| 42 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 43 | 1002.42 Private schools.- |
| 44 | (16) EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.-The emergency response agencies |
| 45 | identified in a district school board's emergency response |
| 46 | policy pursuant to s. 1006.07(4) that are responsible for |
| 47 | notifying the school district of an occurrence that threatens |
| 48 | student safety shall also notify private schools in the district |
| 49 | that request such notification by opting into the district |
| 50 | school board's emergency notification procedures. |
| 51 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |