Florida Senate - 2025                             CS for SB 1470
       
       
        
       By the Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; and
       Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       602-02770-25                                          20251470c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school safety; amending s. 30.15,
    3         F.S.; requiring a sheriff to establish a school
    4         guardian program if a school board contracts for the
    5         use of security guards; providing that the security
    6         agency is responsible for training and screening
    7         costs; prohibiting such costs from exceeding a
    8         specified amount; requiring a sheriff who conducts
    9         training for security guards or who waives certain
   10         training requirements for a person and makes a certain
   11         determination to issue a school security guard
   12         certificate; requiring the sheriff to maintain
   13         specified documentation; deleting an obsolete
   14         requirement for a sheriff to report information
   15         relating to school guardians to the Department of Law
   16         Enforcement; deleting an obsolete requirement for a
   17         school district, charter school, or private school to
   18         report information relating to a school guardian to
   19         the Department of Law Enforcement; conforming
   20         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
   21         1001.212, F.S; requiring the Office of Safe Schools to
   22         convene a workgroup of specified entities; requiring
   23         the workgroup to make recommendations for the
   24         establishment of a Florida Institute of School Safety;
   25         requiring the workgroup to submit its findings and
   26         recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by
   27         a certain date; deleting a requirement for the office
   28         to evaluate the methodology for the safe school
   29         allocation; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring the
   30         Department of Education to establish a centralized
   31         system to integrate all panic alert systems and
   32         digital school maps used by specified entities;
   33         providing requirements for the system; revising school
   34         safety requirements that must be followed by a school
   35         district or charter school governing board; defining
   36         the terms “exclusive zone,” “school supervision
   37         hours,” and “nonexclusive zone”; providing certain
   38         exceptions to the safety requirements; providing
   39         applicability; providing an exemption for certain
   40         instructional spaces; specifying requirements for
   41         common areas; requiring substitute teachers to be
   42         provided all school safety protocols and policies;
   43         providing an appropriation; amending s. 1006.12, F.S.;
   44         requiring that a person who serves as a school
   45         security guard be approved by the sheriff; providing
   46         that the sheriff’s approval authorizes the school
   47         security guard to work at any school in the county;
   48         requiring the Office of Safe Schools to provide to the
   49         Department of Law Enforcement certain information
   50         relating to a school security guard; amending s.
   51         1006.121, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
   52         “firearm detection canine”; providing an effective
   53         date.
   54          
   55  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   56  
   57         Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section
   58  30.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   59         30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.—
   60         (1) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, in person or by
   61  deputy, shall:
   62         (k) Assist district school boards and charter school
   63  governing boards in complying with, or private schools in
   64  exercising options in, s. 1006.12. A sheriff shall must, at a
   65  minimum, provide access to a Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and
   66  Coach Scott Beigel Guardian Program to aid in the prevention or
   67  abatement of active assailant incidents on school premises, as
   68  required under this paragraph. Persons certified as school
   69  guardians pursuant to this paragraph have no authority to act in
   70  any law enforcement capacity except to the extent necessary to
   71  prevent or abate an active assailant incident.
   72         1.a. If a local school board has voted by a majority to
   73  implement a guardian program or has contracted for the use of
   74  school security guards to satisfy the requirements of s.
   75  1006.12, the sheriff in that county must shall establish a
   76  guardian program to provide training for school guardians or
   77  school security guards, pursuant to subparagraph 2., to school
   78  district, charter school, or private school, or security agency
   79  employees, either directly or through a contract with another
   80  sheriff’s office that has established a guardian program.
   81         b. A charter school governing board in a school district
   82  that has not voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian
   83  program may request the sheriff in the county to establish a
   84  guardian program for the purpose of training the charter school
   85  employees or school security guards consistent with the
   86  requirements of subparagraph 2. If the county sheriff denies the
   87  request, the charter school governing board may contract with a
   88  sheriff that has established a guardian program to provide such
   89  training. The charter school governing board must notify the
   90  superintendent and the sheriff in the charter school’s county of
   91  the contract prior to its execution. The security agency
   92  employing a school security guard is responsible for all
   93  training and screening-related costs for a school security
   94  guard, but such charges may not exceed the actual cost incurred
   95  by the sheriff to provide the training.
   96         c. A private school in a school district that has not
   97  voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian program may
   98  request that the sheriff in the county of the private school
   99  establish a guardian program for the purpose of training private
  100  school employees or school security guards. If the county
  101  sheriff denies the request, the private school may contract with
  102  a sheriff from another county who has established a guardian
  103  program under subparagraph 2. to provide such training. The
  104  private school must notify the sheriff in the private school’s
  105  county of the contract with a sheriff from another county before
  106  its execution. The private school or security agency is
  107  responsible for all training and screening-related costs for a
  108  school guardian program. The sheriff providing such training
  109  must ensure that any moneys paid by a private school or security
  110  agency are not commingled with any funds provided by the state
  111  to the sheriff as reimbursement for screening-related and
  112  training-related costs of any school district or charter school
  113  employee.
  114         d. The training program required in sub-subparagraph 2.b.
  115  is a standardized statewide curriculum, and each sheriff
  116  providing such training shall adhere to the course of
  117  instruction specified in that sub-subparagraph. This
  118  subparagraph does not prohibit a sheriff from providing
  119  additional training. A school guardian or school security guard
  120  who has completed the training program required in sub
  121  subparagraph 2.b. may not be required to attend another
  122  sheriff’s training program pursuant to that sub-subparagraph
  123  unless there has been at least a 1-year break in his or her
  124  appointment as a guardian or employment by a security agency as
  125  a school security guard in a school.
  126         e. The sheriff conducting the training pursuant to
  127  subparagraph 2. for school district and charter school employees
  128  will be reimbursed for screening-related and training-related
  129  costs and for providing a one-time stipend of $500 to each
  130  school guardian who participates in the school guardian program.
  131         f. The sheriff may waive the training and screening-related
  132  costs for a private school for a school guardian program. Funds
  133  provided pursuant to sub-subparagraph e. may not be used to
  134  subsidize any costs that have been waived by the sheriff. The
  135  sheriff may not waive the training and screening-related costs
  136  required to be paid by a security agency for initial training or
  137  ongoing training of a school security guard.
  138         g. A person who is certified and in good standing under the
  139  Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, who
  140  meets the qualifications established in s. 943.13, and who is
  141  otherwise qualified for the position of a school guardian or
  142  school security guard may be certified as a school guardian or
  143  school security guard by the sheriff without completing the
  144  training requirements of sub-subparagraph 2.b. However, a person
  145  certified as a school guardian or school security guard under
  146  this sub-subparagraph must meet the requirements of sub
  147  subparagraphs 2.c.-e.
  148         2. A sheriff who establishes a program shall consult with
  149  the Department of Law Enforcement on programmatic guiding
  150  principles, practices, and resources, and shall certify as
  151  school guardians, without the power of arrest, school employees,
  152  as specified in s. 1006.12(3), or shall certify as school
  153  security guards those persons employed by a security agency who
  154  meet the criteria specified in s. 1006.12(4), and who:
  155         a. Hold a valid license issued under s. 790.06 or are
  156  otherwise eligible to possess or carry a concealed firearm under
  157  chapter 790.
  158         b. After satisfying the requirements of s. 1006.12(7),
  159  complete a 144-hour training program, consisting of 12 hours of
  160  training to improve the school guardian’s knowledge and skills
  161  necessary to respond to and de-escalate incidents on school
  162  premises and 132 total hours of comprehensive firearm safety and
  163  proficiency training conducted by Criminal Justice Standards and
  164  Training Commission-certified instructors, which must include:
  165         (I) Eighty hours of firearms instruction based on the
  166  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission’s Law
  167  Enforcement Academy training model, which must include at least
  168  10 percent but no more than 20 percent more rounds fired than
  169  associated with academy training. Program participants must
  170  achieve an 85 percent pass rate on the firearms training.
  171         (II) Sixteen hours of instruction in precision pistol.
  172         (III) Eight hours of discretionary shooting instruction
  173  using state-of-the-art simulator exercises.
  174         (IV) Sixteen hours of instruction in active shooter or
  175  assailant scenarios.
  176         (V) Eight hours of instruction in defensive tactics.
  177         (VI) Four hours of instruction in legal issues.
  178         c. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a
  179  psychologist licensed under chapter 490 and designated by the
  180  Department of Law Enforcement and submit the results of the
  181  evaluation to the sheriff’s office. The Department of Law
  182  Enforcement is authorized to provide the sheriff’s office with
  183  mental health and substance abuse data for compliance with this
  184  paragraph.
  185         d. Submit to and pass an initial drug test and subsequent
  186  random drug tests in accordance with the requirements of s.
  187  112.0455 and the sheriff’s office.
  188         e. Successfully complete ongoing training, weapon
  189  inspection, and firearm qualification on at least an annual
  190  basis.
  191  
  192  The sheriff who conducts the guardian training or waives the
  193  training requirements for a person under sub-subparagraph 1.g.
  194  shall issue a school guardian certificate to persons who meet
  195  the requirements of this section to the satisfaction of the
  196  sheriff, and shall maintain documentation of weapon and
  197  equipment inspections, as well as the training, certification,
  198  inspection, and qualification records of each school guardian
  199  certified by the sheriff. A person who is certified under this
  200  paragraph may serve as a school guardian under s. 1006.12(3)
  201  only if he or she is appointed by the applicable school district
  202  superintendent, charter school principal, or private school head
  203  of school. A sheriff who conducts the training for a school
  204  security guard or waives the training requirements for a person
  205  under sub-subparagraph 1.g. and determines that the school
  206  security guard has met all the requirements of s. 1006.12(4)
  207  shall issue a school security guard certificate to persons who
  208  meet the requirements of this section to the satisfaction of the
  209  sheriff and shall maintain documentation of weapon and equipment
  210  inspections, training, certification, and qualification records
  211  for each school security guard certified by the sheriff.
  212         3.a.(I) Within 30 days after issuing a school guardian or
  213  school security guard certificate, the sheriff who issued the
  214  certificate must report to the Department of Law Enforcement the
  215  name, date of birth, and certification date of the school
  216  guardian or school security guard.
  217         (II)By September 1, 2024, each sheriff who issued a school
  218  guardian certificate must report to the Department of Law
  219  Enforcement the name, date of birth, and certification date of
  220  each school guardian who received a certificate from the
  221  sheriff.
  222         b.(I) By February 1 and September 1 of each school year,
  223  each school district, charter school, employing security agency,
  224  and private school must report in the manner prescribed to the
  225  Department of Law Enforcement the name, date of birth, and
  226  appointment date of each person appointed as a school guardian
  227  or employed as a school security guard. The school district,
  228  charter school, employing security agency, and private school
  229  must also report in the manner prescribed to the Department of
  230  Law Enforcement the date each school guardian or school security
  231  guard separates from his or her appointment as a school guardian
  232  or employment as a school security guard in a school.
  233         (II)By September 1, 2024, each school district, charter
  234  school, and private school must report to the Department of Law
  235  Enforcement the name, date of birth, and initial and end-of
  236  appointment dates, as applicable, of each person appointed as a
  237  school guardian.
  238         c. The Department of Law Enforcement shall maintain a list
  239  of each person appointed as a school guardian or certified as a
  240  school security guard in the state. The list must include the
  241  name and certification date of each school guardian and school
  242  security guard and the date the person was appointed as a school
  243  guardian or certified as a school security guard, including the
  244  name of the school district, charter school, or private school
  245  in which the school guardian is appointed, or the employing
  246  security agency of a school security guard, any information
  247  provided pursuant to s. 1006.12(5), and, if applicable, the date
  248  such person separated from his or her appointment as a school
  249  guardian or the last date a school security guard served in a
  250  school as of the last reporting date. The Department of Law
  251  Enforcement shall remove from the list any person whose training
  252  has expired pursuant to sub-subparagraph 1.d.
  253         d. Each sheriff shall must report on a quarterly basis to
  254  the Department of Law Enforcement the schedule for upcoming
  255  school guardian trainings, to include guardian trainings for
  256  school security guards, including the dates of the training, the
  257  training locations, a contact person to register for the
  258  training, and the class capacity. If no trainings are scheduled,
  259  the sheriff is not required to report to the Department of Law
  260  Enforcement. The Department of Law Enforcement shall publish on
  261  its website a list of the upcoming school guardian trainings.
  262  The Department of Law Enforcement shall must update such list
  263  quarterly.
  264         e. A sheriff who fails to report the information required
  265  by this subparagraph may not receive reimbursement from the
  266  Department of Education for school guardian trainings. Upon the
  267  submission of the required information, a sheriff is deemed
  268  eligible for such funding and is authorized to continue to
  269  receive reimbursement for school guardian training.
  270         f. A school district, charter school, or private school, or
  271  employing security agency that fails to report the information
  272  required by this subparagraph is prohibited from operating may
  273  not operate a school guardian program or employing school
  274  security guards in for the following school year, unless the
  275  missing school district, charter school, or private school has
  276  submitted the required information is provided.
  277         g. By March 1 and October 1 of each school year, the
  278  Department of Law Enforcement shall notify the Department of
  279  Education of any sheriff, school district, charter school, or
  280  private school that has not complied with the reporting
  281  requirements of this subparagraph.
  282         h. The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules to
  283  implement the requirements of this subparagraph, including
  284  requiring additional reporting information only as necessary to
  285  uniquely identify each school guardian and school security guard
  286  reported.
  287         Section 2. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (11)
  288  and subsection (17) of section 1001.212, Florida Statutes, are
  289  amended to read:
  290         1001.212 Office of Safe Schools.—There is created in the
  291  Department of Education the Office of Safe Schools. The office
  292  is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The
  293  office shall serve as a central repository for best practices,
  294  training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters
  295  regarding school safety and security, including prevention
  296  efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness
  297  planning. The office shall:
  298         (11) Develop a statewide behavioral threat management
  299  operational process, a Florida-specific behavioral threat
  300  assessment instrument, and a threat management portal.
  301         (a)1. By December 1, 2023, The office shall maintain the
  302  develop a statewide behavioral threat management operational
  303  process to guide school districts, schools, charter school
  304  governing boards, and charter schools through the threat
  305  management process. The process must be designed to identify,
  306  assess, manage, and monitor potential and real threats to
  307  schools. This process must include, but is not limited to:
  308         a. The establishment and duties of threat management teams.
  309         b. Defining behavioral risks and threats.
  310         c. The use of the Florida-specific behavioral threat
  311  assessment instrument developed pursuant to paragraph (b) to
  312  evaluate the behavior of students who may pose a threat to the
  313  school, school staff, or other students and to coordinate
  314  intervention and services for such students.
  315         d. Upon the availability of the threat management portal
  316  developed pursuant to paragraph (c), the use, authorized user
  317  criteria, and access specifications of the portal.
  318         e. Procedures for the implementation of interventions,
  319  school support, and community services.
  320         f. Guidelines for appropriate law enforcement intervention.
  321         g. Procedures for risk management.
  322         h. Procedures for disciplinary actions.
  323         i. Mechanisms for continued monitoring of potential and
  324  real threats.
  325         j. Procedures for referrals to mental health services
  326  identified by the school district or charter school governing
  327  board pursuant to s. 1012.584(4).
  328         k. Procedures and requirements necessary for the creation
  329  of a threat assessment report, all corresponding documentation,
  330  and any other information required by the Florida-specific
  331  behavioral threat assessment instrument under paragraph (b).
  332         2. Upon availability, Each school district, school, charter
  333  school governing board, and charter school shall must use the
  334  statewide behavioral threat management operational process.
  335         3. The office shall provide training to all school
  336  districts, schools, charter school governing boards, and charter
  337  schools on the statewide behavioral threat management
  338  operational process.
  339         4. The office shall coordinate the ongoing development,
  340  implementation, and operation of the statewide behavioral threat
  341  management operational process.
  342         (b)1. By August 1, 2023, The office shall maintain the
  343  develop a Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
  344  instrument for school districts, schools, charter school
  345  governing boards, and charter schools to use to evaluate the
  346  behavior of students who may pose a threat to the school, school
  347  staff, or students and to coordinate intervention and services
  348  for such students. The Florida-specific behavioral threat
  349  assessment instrument must include, but is not limited to:
  350         a. An assessment of the threat, which includes an
  351  assessment of the student, family, and school and social
  352  dynamics.
  353         b. An evaluation to determine whether a threat exists and
  354  if so, the type of threat.
  355         c. The response to a threat, which includes the school
  356  response, the role of law enforcement agencies in the response,
  357  and the response by mental health providers.
  358         d. Ongoing monitoring to assess implementation of threat
  359  management and safety strategies.
  360         e. Ongoing monitoring to evaluate interventions and support
  361  provided to the students.
  362         f. A standardized threat assessment report, which must
  363  include, but need not be limited to, all documentation
  364  associated with the evaluation, intervention, management, and
  365  any ongoing monitoring of the threat.
  366         2. A report, all corresponding documentation, and any other
  367  information required by the instrument in the threat management
  368  portal under paragraph (c) is an education record and may not be
  369  retained, maintained, or transferred, except in accordance with
  370  State Board of Education rule.
  371         3. Upon availability, Each school district, school, charter
  372  school governing board, and charter school shall must use the
  373  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument.
  374         4. The office shall provide training for members of threat
  375  management teams established under s. 1006.07(7) and for all
  376  school districts and charter school governing boards regarding
  377  the use of the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
  378  instrument.
  379         (c)1. By August 1, 2025, the office shall develop, host,
  380  maintain, and administer a threat management portal that will
  381  digitize the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
  382  instrument for use by each school district, school, charter
  383  school governing board, and charter school. The portal will also
  384  facilitate the electronic threat assessment reporting and
  385  documentation as required by the Florida-specific behavioral
  386  threat assessment instrument to evaluate the behavior of
  387  students who may pose a threat to the school, school staff, or
  388  students and to coordinate intervention and services for such
  389  students. The portal may not provide the office with access to
  390  the portal unless authorized in accordance with State Board of
  391  Education rule. The portal must include, but need not be limited
  392  to, the following functionalities:
  393         a. Workflow processes that align with the statewide
  394  behavioral threat management operational process.
  395         b. Direct data entry and file uploading as required by the
  396  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument.
  397         c. The ability to create a threat assessment report as
  398  required by the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
  399  instrument.
  400         d. The ability of authorized personnel to add to or update
  401  a threat assessment report, all corresponding documentation, or
  402  any other information required by the Florida-specific
  403  behavioral threat assessment instrument.
  404         e. The ability to create and remove connections between
  405  education records in the portal and authorized personnel.
  406         f. The ability to grant access to and securely transfer any
  407  education records in the portal to other schools or charter
  408  schools in the district.
  409         g. The ability to grant access to and securely transfer any
  410  education records in the portal to schools and charter schools
  411  not in the originating district.
  412         h. The ability to retain, maintain, and transfer education
  413  records in the portal in accordance with State Board of
  414  Education rule.
  415         i. The ability to restrict access to, entry of,
  416  modification of, and transfer of education records in the portal
  417  to a school district, school, charter school governing board, or
  418  charter school and authorized personnel as specified by the
  419  statewide behavioral threat management operational process.
  420         j. The ability to designate school district or charter
  421  school governing board system administrators who may grant
  422  access to authorized school district and charter school
  423  governing board personnel and school and charter school system
  424  administrators.
  425         k. The ability to designate school or charter school system
  426  administrators who may grant access to authorized school or
  427  charter school personnel.
  428         l. The ability to notify the office’s system administrators
  429  and school district or charter school governing board system
  430  administrators of attempts to access any education records by
  431  unauthorized personnel.
  432         2. Upon availability, each school district, school, charter
  433  school governing board, and charter school shall use the portal.
  434         3. A threat assessment report, including, but not limited
  435  to, all corresponding documentation, and any other information
  436  required by the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
  437  instrument which is maintained in the portal, is an education
  438  record and may not be retained, maintained, or transferred,
  439  except in accordance with State Board of Education rule.
  440         4. The office and the office system administrators may not
  441  have access to a threat assessment report, all corresponding
  442  documentation, and any other information required by the
  443  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument which
  444  is maintained in the portal, except in accordance with State
  445  Board of Education rule.
  446         5. A school district or charter school governing board may
  447  not have access to the education records in the portal, except
  448  in accordance with State Board of Education rule.
  449         6. The parent of a student may access his or her student’s
  450  education records in the portal in accordance with State Board
  451  of Education rule, but may not have access to the portal.
  452         7. The office shall develop and implement a quarterly
  453  portal access review audit process.
  454         8. Upon availability, each school district, school, charter
  455  school governing board, and charter school shall comply with the
  456  quarterly portal access review audit process developed by the
  457  office.
  458         9. By August 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the office
  459  shall provide role-based training to all authorized school
  460  district, school, charter school governing board, and charter
  461  school personnel.
  462         10. Any individual who accesses, uses, or releases any
  463  education record contained in the portal for a purpose not
  464  specifically authorized by law commits a noncriminal infraction,
  465  punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
  466         (17) Convene a workgroup of stakeholders, including, but
  467  not limited to, postsecondary institutions, law enforcement,
  468  fire and EMS, emergency management, school facilities staff,
  469  school safety specialists, school administrators,
  470  superintendents, school-based mental health professionals, and
  471  threat management practitioners. The workgroup shall make
  472  recommendations for the establishment of a Florida Institute of
  473  School Safey, including programs and functions to enhance school
  474  safety. The workgroup shall submit the findings and
  475  recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
  476  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than
  477  January 1, 2026 By December 1, 2024, evaluate the methodology
  478  for the safe schools allocation in s. 1011.62(12) and, if
  479  necessary, make recommendations for an alternate methodology to
  480  distribute the remaining balance of the safe schools allocation
  481  as indicated in s. 1011.62(12).
  482         Section 3. Paragraph (f) of subsection (6) of section
  483  1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended, paragraph (h) is added to
  484  that subsection, and paragraphs (f) and (g) are added to
  485  subsection (4) of that section, to read:
  486         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
  487  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
  488  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
  489  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
  490  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
  491  welfare of students, including:
  492         (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
  493         (f)The Department of Education shall establish a
  494  centralized system to integrate all panic alert systems and
  495  digital school maps used by public schools, charter schools, and
  496  other educational institutions. The system must:
  497         1.Receive and process alerts from department-approved
  498  panic alert systems.
  499         2.Integrate digital maps to provide real-time situational
  500  awareness to law enforcement and emergency responders.
  501         3.Store and provide access to historical alert data for
  502  authorized state agencies.
  503         (g)Each public and charter school shall connect its panic
  504  alert system to the centralized system. Panic alert systems must
  505  be interoperable with the centralized system to ensure seamless
  506  communication with law enforcement and emergency responders.
  507  Digital maps required under s. 1013.13 must also be integrated
  508  into the system to support emergency response.
  509         (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each district
  510  school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures
  511  for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the
  512  assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior
  513  poses a threat to the safety of the school community.
  514         (f) School safety requirements.By August 1, 2024, Each
  515  school district and charter school governing board shall comply
  516  with the following school safety requirements:
  517         1. All gates or other access points that restrict ingress
  518  to or egress from the exclusive zone of a school campus shall
  519  remain closed and locked during school supervision hours. For
  520  the purposes of this section, the term “exclusive zone” means
  521  the area within a gate or door allowing access to the interior
  522  perimeter of a school campus beyond a single point of entry. The
  523  term “school supervision hours” means the hours of the school
  524  day plus the reasonable time immediately before and after school
  525  during which student supervision is available per school
  526  district policy when students are on campus. A gate or other
  527  campus access point to the exclusive zone may only not be open
  528  or unlocked during school supervision hours if one of the
  529  following conditions is met, regardless of whether it is during
  530  normal school hours, unless:
  531         a. It is attended or actively staffed by a person when
  532  students are on campus;
  533         b. The use complies is in accordance with a shared use
  534  agreement pursuant to s. 1013.101;
  535         c.Another closed and locked gate or access point separates
  536  the open or unlocked gate from areas occupied by students; or
  537         d.c. The school safety specialist, or his or her designee,
  538  has documented in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool
  539  portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools that the gate or
  540  other access point is not subject to this requirement based upon
  541  other safety measures at the school. The office may conduct a
  542  compliance visit pursuant to s. 1001.212(14) to review if such
  543  determination is appropriate.
  544  
  545  This subparagraph does not apply to the nonexclusive zone of a
  546  school campus. The term “nonexclusive zone” means the area
  547  outside of the exclusive zone but contained on school property.
  548  Nonexclusive zones may include, but are not limited to, such
  549  spaces as parking lots, athletic fields and stadiums, mechanical
  550  buildings, playgrounds, bus ramps, agricultural spaces, and
  551  other areas that do not give direct, unimpeded access to the
  552  exclusive zone.
  553         2.a.During school supervision hours, all school classrooms
  554  and other instructional spaces must be locked to prevent ingress
  555  when occupied by students, except between class periods when
  556  students are moving between classrooms or other instructional
  557  spaces. If a classroom or other instructional space door must be
  558  left unlocked or open for any other reason other than between
  559  class periods when students are moving between classrooms or
  560  other instructional spaces, the door must be actively staffed by
  561  a person standing or seated at the door.
  562         b.Instructional spaces for career and technical education
  563  which are designed as open areas for which compliance with the
  564  requirements of sub-subparagraph a. affects the health and
  565  safety of students may be exempted from compliance with that
  566  sub-subparagraph by the school safety specialist. For such a
  567  space to be exempt, the school safety specialist, or his or her
  568  designee, must document in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment
  569  Tool portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools that the
  570  instructional space is exempt from these requirements due to
  571  negative impacts to student health and safety and the presence
  572  of other safety measures at the school which prevent egress from
  573  the instructional space to hallways or other classrooms or
  574  instructional spaces.
  575         c.Common areas on a school campus, including, but not
  576  limited to, cafeterias, auditoriums, and media centers, which
  577  are used for instructional time or student testing must meet the
  578  requirements of sub-subparagraph a. only when such areas are
  579  being used for instructional time or student testing.
  580         3. For schools that do not have a secure exclusive zone,
  581  all campus access doors, gates, and other access points that
  582  allow ingress to or egress from a school building shall remain
  583  closed and locked during school supervision hours at all times
  584  to prevent unauthorized access, except when:
  585         a.ingress, unless A person is actively entering or exiting
  586  the door, gate, or other access point;
  587         b.The door, gate, or access point is actively staffed by
  588  school personnel to prevent unauthorized entry; or
  589         c. The school safety specialist, or his or her designee,
  590  has documented in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool
  591  portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools that the open
  592  and unlocked door, gate, or other access point is not subject to
  593  this requirement based upon other safety measures at the school.
  594  The office may conduct a compliance visit pursuant to s.
  595  1001.212(14) to review if such determination is appropriate. All
  596  campus access doors, gates, and other access points may be
  597  electronically or manually controlled by school personnel to
  598  allow access by authorized visitors, students, and school
  599  personnel.
  600         4. All school classrooms and other instructional spaces
  601  must clearly and conspicuously mark the safest areas in each
  602  classroom or other instructional space where students must
  603  shelter in place during an emergency. Students must be notified
  604  of these safe areas within the first 10 days of the school year.
  605  If it is not feasible to clearly and conspicuously mark the
  606  safest areas in a classroom or other instructional space, the
  607  school safety specialist, or his or her designee, must document
  608  such determination in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool
  609  portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools, identifying
  610  where affected students must shelter in place. The office shall
  611  assist the school safety specialist with compliance during the
  612  inspection required under s. 1001.212(14).
  613  
  614  Persons who are aware of a violation of this paragraph must
  615  report the violation to the school principal. The school
  616  principal must report the violation to the school safety
  617  specialist no later than the next business day after receiving
  618  such report. If the person who violated this paragraph is the
  619  school principal or charter school administrator, the report
  620  must be made directly to the district school superintendent or
  621  charter school governing board, as applicable.
  622         (h)Provision of school safety protocols and policies.—Each
  623  substitute teacher must be provided with all school safety
  624  protocols and policies before beginning his or her first day of
  625  substitute teaching at a school.
  626         Section 4. For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the sum of
  627  $450,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
  628  appropriated to the Department of Education to implement the
  629  requirements under s. 1006.07(4)(f) and (g), Florida Statutes,
  630  as amended by this act.
  631         Section 5. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 1006.12,
  632  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  633         1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school.—For the
  634  protection and safety of school personnel, property, students,
  635  and visitors, each district school board and school district
  636  superintendent shall partner with law enforcement agencies or
  637  security agencies to establish or assign one or more safe-school
  638  officers at each school facility within the district, including
  639  charter schools. A district school board shall must collaborate
  640  with charter school governing boards to facilitate charter
  641  school access to all safe-school officer options available under
  642  this section. The school district may implement any combination
  643  of the options in subsections (1)-(4) to best meet the needs of
  644  the school district and charter schools.
  645         (4) SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD.—A school district, or charter
  646  school governing board, or private school, as authorized under
  647  s. 1002.42(20), may contract with a security agency as defined
  648  in s. 493.6101(18) to employ as a school security guard an
  649  individual who holds a Class “D” and Class “G” license pursuant
  650  to chapter 493, provided the following training and contractual
  651  conditions are met:
  652         (a) An individual who serves as a school security guard,
  653  for purposes of satisfying the requirements of this section,
  654  must:
  655         1. Demonstrate completion of 144 hours of required training
  656  conducted by a sheriff pursuant to s. 30.15(1)(k)2.
  657         2. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a
  658  psychologist licensed under chapter 490 and designated by the
  659  Department of Law Enforcement and submit the results of the
  660  evaluation to the sheriff’s office and, school district, or
  661  charter school governing board, private school, or employing
  662  security agency as applicable. The Department of Law Enforcement
  663  is authorized to provide the sheriff’s office, school district,
  664  or charter school governing board, private school, or employing
  665  security agency with mental health and substance abuse data for
  666  compliance with this paragraph.
  667         3. Submit to and pass an initial drug test and subsequent
  668  random drug tests in accordance with the requirements of s.
  669  112.0455 and the sheriff’s office, school district, or charter
  670  school governing board, private school, or employing security
  671  agency, as applicable.
  672         4. Be approved to work as a school security guard by the
  673  sheriff of each county in which the school security guard will
  674  be assigned to a school before commencing work at any school in
  675  that county. The sheriff’s approval authorizes the security
  676  agency to assign the school security guard to any school in the
  677  county, and the sheriff’s approval is not limited to any
  678  particular school.
  679         5. Successfully complete ongoing training, weapon
  680  inspection, and firearm qualification conducted by a sheriff
  681  pursuant to s. 30.15(1)(k)2.e. on at least an annual basis and
  682  provide documentation to the sheriff’s office, school district,
  683  or charter school governing board, private school, or employing
  684  security agency as applicable.
  685         (b) The contract between a security agency and a school
  686  district, private school, or a charter school governing board
  687  regarding requirements applicable to school security guards
  688  serving in the capacity of a safe-school officer for purposes of
  689  satisfying the requirements of this section must shall define
  690  the entity or entities responsible for training and the
  691  responsibilities for maintaining records relating to training,
  692  inspection, and firearm qualification.
  693         (c) School security guards serving in the capacity of a
  694  safe-school officer pursuant to this subsection are in support
  695  of school-sanctioned activities for purposes of s. 790.115, and
  696  must aid in the prevention or abatement of active assailant
  697  incidents on school premises.
  698         (d)The Office of Safe Schools shall provide the Department
  699  of Law Enforcement any information related to a school security
  700  guard that it receives pursuant to subsection (5).
  701         (5) Notification.—The district school superintendent or
  702  charter school administrator, private school administrator, or a
  703  respective designee, shall notify the county sheriff and the
  704  Office of Safe Schools immediately after, but no later than 72
  705  hours after:
  706         (a) A safe-school officer is dismissed for misconduct or is
  707  otherwise disciplined.
  708         (b) A safe-school officer discharges his or her firearm in
  709  the exercise of the safe-school officer’s duties, other than for
  710  training purposes.
  711  
  712  If a district school board, through its adopted policies,
  713  procedures, or actions, denies a charter school access to any
  714  safe-school officer options pursuant to this section, the school
  715  district must assign a school resource officer or school safety
  716  officer to the charter school. Under such circumstances, the
  717  charter school’s share of the costs of the school resource
  718  officer or school safety officer may not exceed the safe school
  719  allocation funds provided to the charter school pursuant to s.
  720  1011.62(12) and shall be retained by the school district.
  721         Section 6. Subsection (2) of section 1006.121, Florida
  722  Statutes, is amended to read:
  723         1006.121 Florida Safe Schools Canine Program.—
  724         (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “firearm
  725  detection canine” means any canine that is owned or the service
  726  of which is employed by a law enforcement agency or school
  727  district for use by a sworn law enforcement officer in K-12
  728  schools for the primary purpose of aiding in the detection of
  729  firearms and ammunition.
  730         Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.