Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 494
       
       
       
       By Senator Negron
       
       
       
       
       28-00569-12                                            2012494__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to student safety; amending s.
    3         1006.07, F.S.; requiring district school board
    4         policies to list the emergency response agencies that
    5         are responsible for notifying the school district of
    6         emergencies; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; requiring the
    7         emergency response agencies to notify private schools
    8         in the school district under certain circumstances;
    9         providing an effective date.
   10  
   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. The emergency
   30  response agency that is responsible for notifying the school
   31  district for each type of emergency must be listed in the
   32  district’s emergency response policy.
   33         (b) The district school board shall Establish model
   34  emergency management and emergency preparedness procedures,
   35  including emergency notification procedures pursuant to
   36  paragraph (a), for the 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 emergency response agencies
   46  identified in a district school board’s emergency response
   47  policy pursuant to s. 1006.07(4) that are responsible for
   48  notifying the school district of an occurrence that threatens
   49  student safety shall also notify private schools in the district
   50  that request such notification by opting into the district
   51  school board’s emergency notification procedures.
   52         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.