Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 212
By the Appropriations Committee on Education; and Senators
Collins, Avila, Burgess, Calatayud, Harrell, and Book
602-02564-23 2023212c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to emergency response mapping data;
3 amending s. 1013.13, F.S.; creating the School Mapping
4 Data Grant Program within the Department of Education;
5 authorizing each school district to apply for funds to
6 provide mapping data for public school buildings;
7 authorizing a school district to use the funds to
8 procure a vendor; requiring the entity that produces
9 the data to provide the data to certain entities;
10 specifying requirements for the data; providing an
11 effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 1013.13,
16 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new
17 subsection (2) is added to that section, to read:
18 1013.13 Coordination of school safety information;
19 construction design documents.—
20 (2) In order to facilitate efficient emergency response,
21 the School Mapping Data Grant Program is created within the
22 Department of Education. Each school district, in consultation
23 with the sheriff’s office having jurisdiction, may apply to
24 receive funds from the program to provide school mapping data
25 for every public school building in the district. The school
26 district shall use the funds to satisfy all or some of the
27 requirements of this section, which may include procuring a
28 vendor to do so. The entity producing the data is responsible
29 for providing the data to the applicable county and district
30 school boards and to the appropriate local, state, and federal
31 public safety agencies for use in response to emergencies.
32 (a) School mapping data must be provided in an electronic
33 or a digital format to assist first responders in responding to
34 emergencies at schools.
35 (b) The school mapping data provided must:
36 1. Be compatible with software platforms used by local,
37 state, and federal public safety agencies that provide emergency
38 services to the specific school for which the data is provided
39 without requiring such agencies to purchase additional software
40 or requiring a fee to view or access the data;
41 2. Be compatible with security software platforms in use by
42 the specific school for which the data is provided without
43 requiring the local law enforcement agencies or school districts
44 to purchase additional software or requiring a fee to view or
45 access the data;
46 3. Be in a printable format and, if requested in addition
47 to paragraph (a), be in a digital file format that can be
48 integrated into interactive mobile platforms in use;
49 4. Be verified for accuracy by a walk-through of school
50 buildings and grounds;
51 5. Be oriented true north;
52 6. Be overlaid on current aerial imagery;
53 7. Contain site-specific labeling that matches the
54 structure of school buildings, including room labels, hallway
55 names, and external door or stairwell numbers and locations of
56 hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, automated
57 external defibrillators, and trauma kits;
58 8. Contain site-specific labeling that matches the school
59 grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding
60 roads, and neighboring properties; and
61 9. Be overlaid with gridded x/y coordinates.
62 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.