Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1356
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Criminal Justice (Calatayud) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section
6 30.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.—
8 (1) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, in person or by
9 deputy, shall:
10 (k) Assist district school boards and charter school
11 governing boards in complying with, or private schools in
12 exercising options in, s. 1006.12. A sheriff must, at a minimum,
13 provide access to a Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and Coach
14 Scott Beigel Guardian Program to aid in the prevention or
15 abatement of active assailant incidents on school premises, as
16 required under this paragraph. Persons certified as school
17 guardians pursuant to this paragraph have no authority to act in
18 any law enforcement capacity except to the extent necessary to
19 prevent or abate an active assailant incident.
20 1.a. If a local school board has voted by a majority to
21 implement a guardian program, the sheriff in that county must
22 shall establish a guardian program to provide training, pursuant
23 to subparagraph 2., to school district, charter school, or
24 private school employees, either directly or through a contract
25 with another sheriff’s office that has established a guardian
26 program.
27 b. A charter school governing board in a school district
28 that has not voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian
29 program may request the sheriff in the county to establish a
30 guardian program for the purpose of training the charter school
31 employees. If the county sheriff denies the request, the charter
32 school governing board may contract with a sheriff that has
33 established a guardian program to provide such training. The
34 charter school governing board shall must notify the
35 superintendent and the sheriff in the charter school’s county of
36 the contract before prior to its execution.
37 c. A private school in a school district that has not
38 voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian program may
39 request that the sheriff in the county of the private school
40 establish a guardian program for the purpose of training private
41 school employees. If the county sheriff denies the request, the
42 private school may contract with a sheriff from another county
43 who has established a guardian program to provide such training.
44 The private school shall must notify the sheriff in the private
45 school’s county of the contract with a sheriff from another
46 county before its execution. The private school is responsible
47 for all training and screening-related costs for a school
48 guardian program. The sheriff providing such training shall must
49 ensure that any moneys paid by a private school are not
50 commingled with any funds provided by the state to the sheriff
51 as reimbursement for screening-related and training-related
52 costs of any school district or charter school employee.
53 d. The training program required in sub-subparagraph 2.b.
54 is a standardized statewide curriculum, and each sheriff
55 providing such training shall adhere to the course of
56 instruction specified in that sub-subparagraph. This
57 subparagraph does not prohibit a sheriff from providing
58 additional training. A school guardian who has completed the
59 training program required in sub-subparagraph 2.b. is may not be
60 required to attend another sheriff’s training program pursuant
61 to that sub-subparagraph unless there has been at least a 1-year
62 break in his or her appointment employment as a guardian.
63 e. The sheriff conducting the training pursuant to
64 subparagraph 2. for school district and charter school employees
65 must will be reimbursed for screening-related and training
66 related costs and for providing a one-time stipend of $500 to
67 each school guardian who participates in the school guardian
68 program.
69 f. The sheriff may waive the training and screening-related
70 costs for a private school for a school guardian program. Funds
71 provided pursuant to sub-subparagraph e. may not be used to
72 subsidize any costs that have been waived by the sheriff.
73 g. A person who is certified by and in good standing under
74 the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission,
75 who meets the qualifications established in s. 943.13, and who
76 is otherwise qualified for the position of a school guardian may
77 be certified as a school guardian by the sheriff without
78 completing the training requirements of sub-subparagraph 2.b.
79 However, a person certified as a school guardian under this sub
80 subparagraph must meet the requirements of sub-subparagraphs
81 2.c., d., and e.
82 2. A sheriff who establishes a program shall consult with
83 the Department of Law Enforcement on programmatic guiding
84 principles, practices, and resources, and shall certify as
85 school guardians, without the power of arrest, school employees,
86 as specified in s. 1006.12(3), who:
87 a. Hold a valid license issued under s. 790.06.
88 b. Complete a 144-hour training program, consisting of 12
89 hours of training to improve the school guardian’s knowledge and
90 skills necessary to respond to and de-escalate incidents on
91 school premises certified nationally recognized diversity
92 training and 132 total hours of comprehensive firearm safety and
93 proficiency training conducted by Criminal Justice Standards and
94 Training Commission-certified instructors, which must include:
95 (I) Eighty hours of firearms instruction based on the
96 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission’s Law
97 Enforcement Academy training model, which must include at least
98 10 percent but no more than 20 percent more rounds fired than
99 associated with academy training. Program participants must
100 achieve an 85 percent pass rate on the firearms training.
101 (II) Sixteen hours of instruction in precision pistol.
102 (III) Eight hours of discretionary shooting instruction
103 using state-of-the-art simulator exercises.
104 (IV) Sixteen hours of instruction in active shooter or
105 assailant scenarios.
106 (V) Eight hours of instruction in defensive tactics.
107 (VI) Four hours of instruction in legal issues.
108 c. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a
109 psychologist licensed under chapter 490 and designated by the
110 Department of Law Enforcement and submit the results of the
111 evaluation to the sheriff’s office. The Department of Law
112 Enforcement is authorized to provide the sheriff’s office with
113 mental health and substance abuse data for compliance with this
114 paragraph.
115 d. Submit to and pass an initial drug test and subsequent
116 random drug tests in accordance with the requirements of s.
117 112.0455 and the sheriff’s office.
118 e. Successfully complete ongoing training, weapon
119 inspection, and firearm qualification on at least an annual
120 basis.
121 3.a. As used in this subparagraph, the term “employer”
122 means the person who employs a certified school guardian to
123 serve as a school guardian and may refer to a district school
124 board, a charter school governing board, a security agency as
125 defined in s. 493.6101(18) which provides school guardian
126 services, or a private school as defined in s. 1002.01(3).
127 b. By September 1, 2024, and thereafter within 30 days
128 after certification by the sheriff, each sheriff shall report to
129 the Department of Law Enforcement the name, date of birth, and
130 certification date of each school guardian certified by the
131 sheriff.
132 c. By February 1 and September 1 of each year, each
133 employer of an appointed school guardian shall report to the
134 Department of Law Enforcement the name, date of birth, and
135 initial and end-of-appointment dates, as applicable, of each
136 appointed or separated school guardian which has not been
137 reported.
138 d. The Department of Law Enforcement shall maintain a list
139 of each person appointed as a school guardian in this state and
140 shall provide the list to any school safety specialist upon
141 request. The list must include the name, certification date, and
142 any appointment or end-of-appointment date of each school
143 guardian, including the name of the employer or last employer of
144 the school guardian. The Department of Law Enforcement shall
145 remove from the list any person whose training has expired
146 pursuant to sub-subparagraph 1.d.
147 e. Each sheriff shall report on a quarterly basis to the
148 Department of Law Enforcement the schedule for upcoming school
149 guardian trainings, including the dates of the training, the
150 training locations, a contact person to register for the
151 training, and the class capacity. The Department of Law
152 Enforcement shall publish on its website a list of the upcoming
153 school guardian trainings. The Department of Law Enforcement
154 shall update such list quarterly.
155 f. By March 1 and October 1 of each year, the Department of
156 Law Enforcement shall notify the Department of Education of any
157 employer of a school guardian which has not complied with the
158 reporting requirements of this subparagraph.
159 g. An employer that is out of compliance with the reporting
160 requirements of this subparagraph may not operate a school
161 guardian program until the employer comes into compliance by
162 reporting the information for all school guardians the employer
163 has appointed.
164 h. A sheriff who is out of compliance with the reporting
165 requirements of this subparagraph may not receive reimbursement
166 from the Department of Education for school guardian trainings
167 until the sheriff comes into compliance by reporting the
168 information for all school guardians whom the sheriff has
169 certified.
170 i. The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules to
171 implement the requirements of this subparagraph, including
172 additional required reporting information only as necessary to
173 uniquely identify each school guardian reported.
174
175 The sheriff who conducts the guardian training or waives the
176 training requirements for a person under sub-subparagraph 1.g.
177 shall issue a school guardian certificate to persons individuals
178 who meet the requirements of this section to the satisfaction of
179 the sheriff, and shall maintain documentation of weapon and
180 equipment inspections, as well as the training, certification,
181 inspection, and qualification records of each school guardian
182 certified by the sheriff. An individual who is certified under
183 this paragraph may serve as a school guardian under s.
184 1006.12(3) only if he or she is appointed by the applicable
185 school district superintendent, charter school principal, or
186 private school head of school.
187 Section 2. Present subsection (5) of section 330.41,
188 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), and a new
189 subsection (5) is added to that section, to read:
190 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act.—
191 (5) PROTECTION OF SCHOOLS.—
192 (a) A person may not knowingly or willfully:
193 1. Operate a drone over a public or private school serving
194 students in any grade from voluntary prekindergarten through
195 grade 12; or
196 2. Allow a drone to make contact with a school, including
197 any person or object on the premises of or within the school
198 facility.
199 (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits a
200 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
201 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or
202 subsequent violation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,
203 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
204 (c) A person who violates paragraph (a) and records video
205 of the school, including any person or object on the premises of
206 or within the school facility, commits a misdemeanor of the
207 first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
208 775.083. A person who commits a second or subsequent violation
209 commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
210 s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
211 (d) This subsection does not apply to actions identified in
212 paragraph (a) which are committed by:
213 1. A person acting under the prior written consent of the
214 school principal, district school board, superintendent, or
215 school governing board.
216 2. A law enforcement agency that is in compliance with s.
217 934.50, or a person under contract with or otherwise acting
218 under the direction of such law enforcement agency.
219 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
220 943.082, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
221 943.082 School Safety Awareness Program.—
222 (4)
223 (b) The district school board shall promote the use of the
224 mobile suspicious activity reporting tool by advertising it on
225 the school district website, in newsletters, on school campuses,
226 and in school publications, by installing it on all mobile
227 devices issued to students, and by bookmarking the website on
228 all computer devices issued to students. Within the first 5 days
229 of each school year, each district school board and charter
230 school governing board must ensure that instruction on the use
231 of the mobile suspicious activity reporting tool known as
232 FortifyFL is provided to students. The instruction must be age
233 and developmentally appropriate and include the consequences for
234 making a threat or false report as defined by ss. 790.162 and
235 790.163, respectively, involving school or school personnel’s
236 property, school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity.
237 Section 4. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (3) of
238 section 943.687, Florida Statutes, to read:
239 943.687 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety
240 Commission.—
241 (3) The commission shall monitor implementation of school
242 safety legislation by:
243 (h) Researching best practices in school safety and making
244 additional legislative recommendations if necessary.
245 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
246 985.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
247 985.04 Oaths; records; confidential information.—
248 (4)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
249 when a child of any age is taken into custody by a law
250 enforcement officer for an offense that would have been a felony
251 if committed by an adult, or a crime of violence, the law
252 enforcement agency must notify the superintendent of schools
253 that the child is alleged to have committed the delinquent act.
254 If the child is a dual enrolled student at a postsecondary
255 institution, the superintendent of schools, or his or her
256 designee, must notify the chief of police or the public safety
257 director of the postsecondary institution at which the student
258 is dual enrolled within 1 business day after receiving the
259 initial notification.
260 Section 6. Subsection (14) of section 1001.212, Florida
261 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (17) is added to that
262 section, to read:
263 1001.212 Office of Safe Schools.—There is created in the
264 Department of Education the Office of Safe Schools. The office
265 is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The
266 office shall serve as a central repository for best practices,
267 training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters
268 regarding school safety and security, including prevention
269 efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness
270 planning. The office shall:
271 (14)(a) By August 1, 2024, develop and adopt a Florida
272 school safety compliance inspection report to document
273 compliance or noncompliance with school safety requirements
274 mandated by law or rule and adherence to established school
275 safety best practices to evaluate the safety, security, and
276 emergency response of the school. Upon the adoption of the
277 report and upon any revisions to the report, the office shall
278 provide a blank copy of the report to each district school
279 superintendent and charter school administrator. The office
280 shall annually provide school safety specialists with training
281 on the report, and any revisions thereof, and the expectations
282 associated with the inspections required under this paragraph.
283 (b) Monitor compliance with requirements relating to school
284 safety by school districts and public schools, including charter
285 schools. The office shall report incidents of noncompliance to
286 the commissioner pursuant to s. 1001.11(9) and the state board
287 pursuant to s. 1008.32 and other requirements of law, as
288 appropriate. The office may conduct inspections, which may
289 include unannounced inspections, of all public schools,
290 including charter schools. The office shall inspect every public
291 school in this state during 3-year inspection cycles. Within 3
292 school days after the inspection, the office shall provide a
293 copy of the completed Florida school safety compliance
294 inspection report, including any photographs or other evidence
295 of noncompliance, to the superintendent, the school safety
296 specialist, and the school principal or charter school
297 administrator. The school safety specialist shall provide the
298 office with written notice of the manner in which any
299 noncompliance has been remediated within 5 school days after
300 receipt of the report. The office shall reinspect any school
301 with documented deficiencies within 6 months.
302 (c) Provide a bonus in an amount determined in the General
303 Appropriations Act, at the conclusion of the initial inspection
304 conducted during the school year, to the school principal or
305 charter school administrator of each school that complies with
306 all school safety requirements.
307 (d)1. Identify any instructional personnel as defined in s.
308 1012.01(2) and any administrative personnel as defined in s.
309 1012.01(3) who knowingly violate school safety requirements of
310 law or rule adopted by the State Board of Education to the
311 district school superintendent or charter school administrator,
312 as applicable, for disciplinary action if such action has not
313 already been commenced by the district school superintendent or
314 charter school administrator upon receipt of the Florida school
315 safety compliance inspection report. The district school
316 superintendent or charter school administrator shall notify the
317 office of the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings within 3
318 school days after the conclusion of the proceedings.
319 2. Maintain a record of any administrative personnel or
320 instructional personnel who violated school safety requirements,
321 and may use such information when making any subsequent
322 determinations of an alleged violation by the same person.
323 (17) By December 1, 2024, evaluate the methodology for the
324 Safe Schools Allocation in s. 1011.62(12) and, if necessary,
325 make recommendations for an alternate methodology to distribute
326 the remaining balance of the Safe Schools Allocation as
327 indicated in s. 1011.62(12) to address school safety personnel,
328 technology, and facility cost needs and each school district’s
329 proportionate share of the state’s total unweighted full-time
330 equivalent student enrollment.
331 Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and paragraph
332 (a) of subsection (6) of section 1006.07, Florida Statutes, are
333 amended, and paragraph (f) is added to subsection (6) of that
334 section, to read:
335 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
336 discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
337 provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
338 attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
339 attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
340 welfare of students, including:
341 (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
342 (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures, in
343 consultation with the appropriate public safety agencies, for
344 emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not
345 limited to, fires, natural disasters, active assailant and
346 hostage situations, and bomb threats, for all students and
347 faculty at all public schools of the district composed of grades
348 K-12, pursuant to State Board of Education rules. Drills for
349 active assailant and hostage situations must be conducted in
350 accordance with developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate
351 procedures, as specified in State Board of Education rules. Law
352 enforcement officers responsible for responding to the school in
353 the event of an active assailant emergency, as determined
354 necessary by the sheriff in coordination with the district’s
355 school safety specialist, must be physically present on campus
356 and directly involved in the execution of active assailant
357 emergency drills. School districts must notify law enforcement
358 officers at least 24 hours before conducting an active assailant
359 emergency drill at which such law enforcement officers are
360 expected to attend. Each public school, including charter
361 schools, shall maintain a record that is accessible on each
362 campus or by request of the Office of Safe Schools of all
363 current and prior school year drills conducted pursuant to this
364 subsection, including the names of law enforcement personnel
365 present on campus for each active assailant emergency drill.
366 District school board policies must include commonly used alarm
367 system responses for specific types of emergencies and
368 verification by each school that drills have been provided as
369 required by law, State Board of Education rules, and fire
370 protection codes and may provide accommodations for drills
371 conducted by exceptional student education centers. District
372 school boards shall establish emergency response and emergency
373 preparedness policies and procedures that include, but are not
374 limited to, identifying the individuals responsible for
375 contacting the primary emergency response agency and the
376 emergency response agency responsible for notifying the school
377 district for each type of emergency. The State Board of
378 Education shall refer to recommendations provided in reports
379 published pursuant to s. 943.687 for guidance and, by August 1,
380 2023, consult with state and local constituencies to adopt rules
381 applicable to the requirements of this subsection which, at a
382 minimum, define the terms “emergency drill,” “active threat,”
383 and “after-action report” and establish minimum emergency drill
384 policies and procedures related to the timing, frequency,
385 participation, training, notification, accommodations, and
386 responses to threat situations by incident type, school level,
387 school type, and student and school characteristics. The rules
388 must require all types of emergency drills to be conducted no
389 less frequently than on an annual school year basis.
390 (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each district
391 school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures
392 for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the
393 assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior
394 poses a threat to the safety of the school community.
395 (a) School safety specialist.—Each district school
396 superintendent shall designate a school safety specialist for
397 the district. The school safety specialist must be a school
398 administrator employed by the school district or a law
399 enforcement officer employed by the sheriff’s office located in
400 the school district. Any school safety specialist designated
401 from the sheriff’s office must first be authorized and approved
402 by the sheriff employing the law enforcement officer. Any school
403 safety specialist designated from the sheriff’s office remains
404 the employee of the office for purposes of compensation,
405 insurance, workers’ compensation, and other benefits authorized
406 by law for a law enforcement officer employed by the sheriff’s
407 office. The sheriff and the school superintendent may determine
408 by agreement the reimbursement for such costs, or may share the
409 costs, associated with employment of the law enforcement officer
410 as a school safety specialist. The school safety specialist must
411 earn a certificate of completion of the school safety specialist
412 training provided by the Office of Safe Schools within 1 year
413 after appointment and is responsible for the supervision and
414 oversight for all school safety and security personnel,
415 policies, and procedures in the school district. The school
416 safety specialist shall:
417 1. In conjunction with the district school superintendent,
418 annually review school district policies and procedures for
419 compliance with state law and rules, including the district’s
420 timely and accurate submission of school environmental safety
421 incident reports to the department pursuant to s. 1001.212(8).
422 Annually, during the first quarter of every school year, the
423 school safety specialist shall report to the district school
424 board in a public meeting the number of schools inspected during
425 the preceding calendar year and the number and percentage of
426 schools in compliance during the initial inspection and
427 reinspection.
428 2. Provide the necessary training and resources to students
429 and school district staff in matters relating to youth mental
430 health awareness and assistance; emergency procedures, including
431 active shooter training; and school safety and security.
432 3. Serve as the school district liaison with local public
433 safety agencies and national, state, and community agencies and
434 organizations in matters of school safety and security.
435 4. In collaboration with the appropriate public safety
436 agencies, as that term is defined in s. 365.171, by October 1 of
437 each year, conduct a school security risk assessment at each
438 public school using the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool
439 developed by the Office of Safe Schools pursuant to s.
440 1006.1493. Based on the assessment findings, the district’s
441 school safety specialist shall provide recommendations to the
442 district school superintendent and the district school board
443 which identify strategies and activities that the district
444 school board should implement in order to address the findings
445 and improve school safety and security. Each district school
446 board must receive such findings and the school safety
447 specialist’s recommendations at a publicly noticed district
448 school board meeting to provide the public an opportunity to
449 hear the district school board members discuss and take action
450 on the findings and recommendations. Each school safety
451 specialist, through the district school superintendent, shall
452 report such findings and school board action to the Office of
453 Safe Schools within 30 days after the district school board
454 meeting.
455 (f) Progressive discipline policy.—Each district school
456 board and charter school governing board shall adopt a
457 progressive discipline policy for addressing any instructional
458 personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2) and any administrative
459 personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(3) who knowingly violate
460 school safety requirements.
461 Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsections
462 (3) and (6) of section 1006.12, Florida Statutes, are amended to
463 read:
464 1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school.—For the
465 protection and safety of school personnel, property, students,
466 and visitors, each district school board and school district
467 superintendent shall partner with law enforcement agencies or
468 security agencies to establish or assign one or more safe-school
469 officers at each school facility within the district, including
470 charter schools. A district school board must collaborate with
471 charter school governing boards to facilitate charter school
472 access to all safe-school officer options available under this
473 section. The school district may implement any combination of
474 the options in subsections (1)-(4) to best meet the needs of the
475 school district and charter schools.
476 (1) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—A school district may
477 establish school resource officer programs through a cooperative
478 agreement with law enforcement agencies.
479 (b) School resource officers shall abide by district school
480 board policies and shall consult with and coordinate activities
481 through the school principal, but shall be responsible to the
482 law enforcement agency in all matters relating to employment,
483 subject to agreements between a district school board and a law
484 enforcement agency. The agreements must identify the entity
485 responsible for maintaining records related to training.
486 Activities conducted by the school resource officer which are
487 part of the regular instructional program of the school shall be
488 under the direction of the school principal.
489 (3) SCHOOL GUARDIAN.—
490 (a) At the school district’s or the charter school
491 governing board’s discretion, as applicable, pursuant to s.
492 30.15, a school district or charter school governing board may
493 participate in the Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and Coach
494 Scott Beigel Guardian Program to meet the requirement of
495 establishing a safe-school officer. The following individuals
496 may serve as a school guardian, in support of school-sanctioned
497 activities for purposes of s. 790.115, upon satisfactory
498 completion of the requirements under s. 30.15(1)(k) and
499 certification by a sheriff:
500 1.(a) A school district employee or personnel, as defined
501 under s. 1012.01, or a charter school employee, as provided
502 under s. 1002.33(12)(a), who volunteers to serve as a school
503 guardian in addition to his or her official job duties; or
504 2.(b) An employee of a school district or a charter school
505 who is hired for the specific purpose of serving as a school
506 guardian.
507 (6) CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING.—
508 (a) Each safe-school officer who is also a sworn law
509 enforcement officer shall complete mental health crisis
510 intervention training using a curriculum developed by a national
511 organization with expertise in mental health crisis
512 intervention. The training must improve the officer’s knowledge
513 and skills as a first responder to incidents involving students
514 with emotional disturbance or mental illness, including de
515 escalation skills to ensure student and officer safety.
516 (b) Each safe-school officer who is not a sworn law
517 enforcement officer shall receive training to improve the
518 officer’s knowledge and skills necessary to respond to and de
519 escalate incidents on school premises.
520
521 If a district school board, through its adopted policies,
522 procedures, or actions, denies a charter school access to any
523 safe-school officer options pursuant to this section, the school
524 district must assign a school resource officer or school safety
525 officer to the charter school. Under such circumstances, the
526 charter school’s share of the costs of the school resource
527 officer or school safety officer may not exceed the safe school
528 allocation funds provided to the charter school pursuant to s.
529 1011.62(12) and shall be retained by the school district.
530 Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
531 1006.1493, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
532 1006.1493 Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool.—
533 (2) The FSSAT must help school officials identify threats,
534 vulnerabilities, and appropriate safety controls for the schools
535 that they supervise, pursuant to the security risk assessment
536 requirements of s. 1006.07(6).
537 (a) At a minimum, the FSSAT must address all of the
538 following components:
539 1. School emergency and crisis preparedness planning;
540 2. Security, crime, and violence prevention policies and
541 procedures;
542 3. Physical security measures, which include, but are not
543 limited to, security for gates or other access points that
544 restrict ingress to or egress from a school campus, a school
545 facility, and rooms and areas within the facility, and the
546 identification and demarcation of safe spaces;
547 4. Professional development training needs;
548 5. An examination of support service roles in school
549 safety, security, and emergency planning;
550 6. School security and school police staffing, operational
551 practices, and related services;
552 7. School and community collaboration on school safety;
553 8. Policies and procedures for school officials to prepare
554 for and respond to natural and manmade disasters, including
555 family reunification plans to reunite students and employees
556 with their families after a school is closed or unexpectedly
557 evacuated due to such disasters; and
558 9. A return on investment analysis of the recommended
559 physical security controls.
560 Section 10. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year and subject to
561 legislative appropriation, the Department of Law Enforcement
562 shall provide grants to sheriffs’ offices and law enforcement
563 agencies to conduct physical site security assessments for and
564 provide reports to private schools with recommendations on
565 improving such schools’ infrastructure safety and security; to
566 assist private schools in developing active assailant response
567 protocols and develop and implement training relating to active
568 assailant responses, including active assailant response drills
569 for students and school personnel; and to consult with or
570 provide guidance to private schools in implementing a threat
571 management program similar to the process required under s.
572 1001.212(12), Florida Statutes, for public schools. The
573 Department of Law Enforcement shall develop a site security
574 assessment form for use by sheriffs’ offices and law enforcement
575 agencies and make the form available, including any subsequent
576 revisions, to private schools. Grants awarded under this section
577 may be used for personnel costs and to purchase software and
578 other items necessary to assist private schools. The Department
579 of Law Enforcement may establish criteria and set specific time
580 periods for the acceptance of applications and for the selection
581 process for awarding grant funds under this section. Grants must
582 be awarded no later than October 1, 2024.
583 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
584
585 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
586 And the title is amended as follows:
587 Delete everything before the enacting clause
588 and insert:
589 A bill to be entitled
590 An act relating to school safety; amending s. 30.15,
591 F.S.; providing that sheriffs are responsible for
592 screening-related costs for school guardian programs;
593 authorizing sheriffs to waive training and screening
594 related costs for a private school for a school
595 guardian program; providing conditions for an
596 individual to be certified as a school guardian;
597 revising specified training requirements for school
598 guardians; defining the term “employer”; requiring
599 sheriffs and employers of school guardians to report
600 certain information to the Department of Law
601 Enforcement by specified dates; requiring the
602 Department of Law Enforcement to maintain a list of
603 school guardians and provide the list to any School
604 Safety Specialist upon request; providing requirements
605 for the list; requiring each sheriff to report on a
606 quarterly basis to the Department of Law Enforcement
607 the schedule for school guardian trainings; requiring
608 the Department of Law Enforcement to publish a list of
609 the upcoming trainings on its website; requiring the
610 Department of Law Enforcement to notify the Department
611 of Education by specified dates of any employer of a
612 school guardian who has not complied with certain
613 requirements; prohibiting an employer who is not in
614 compliance from operating a school guardian program;
615 prohibiting a sheriff who is not in compliance with
616 certain reporting requirements from receiving certain
617 reimbursements; making technical changes; authorizing
618 the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules;
619 amending s. 330.41, F.S.; prohibiting the operation of
620 a drone over public and private schools and recording
621 video of such schools; providing criminal penalties;
622 providing exemptions; amending s. 943.082, F.S.;
623 requiring each district school board and charter
624 school governing board to ensure that instruction on
625 the mobile suspicious activity reporting tool is
626 provided to students; providing requirements for the
627 instruction; amending s. 943.687, F.S.; requiring the
628 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety
629 Commission to research best practices in school safety
630 and make additional legislative recommendations if
631 necessary; amending s. 985.04, F.S.; requiring
632 superintendents or their designees to notify, within a
633 specified timeframe, the chief of police or the public
634 safety director of a postsecondary institution in
635 which a student is dual enrolled if such student
636 commits certain offenses; amending s. 1001.212, F.S.;
637 requiring the Office of Safe Schools by a specified
638 date to develop and adopt a Florida school safety
639 compliance inspection report to document compliance or
640 noncompliance with school safety requirements;
641 requiring the office to provide a blank copy of the
642 report to each district school superintendent and
643 charter school administrator; requiring the office to
644 provide school safety specialists with trainings on
645 the report; authorizing the office to conduct
646 inspections of public schools and charter schools;
647 requiring the office to conduct inspections of every
648 public school within a specified timeframe; requiring
649 the office to provide a copy of the inspection report
650 to specified entities within a specified timeframe
651 after an inspection; requiring a school safety
652 specialist to provide the office with written notice
653 of the manner in which noncompliance has been
654 remediated within a specified timeframe; requiring the
655 office to reinspect schools with documented
656 deficiencies within a specified timeframe; requiring
657 the office to provide a bonus to a school principal or
658 charter school administrator of a school that complies
659 with all school safety requirements; requiring the
660 office to identify any instructional personnel and
661 administrative personnel who knowingly violate school
662 safety requirements for disciplinary action; requiring
663 a district school superintendent or charter school
664 administrator to notify the office of the outcome of
665 the disciplinary proceedings within a specified
666 timeframe; requiring the office to maintain a record
667 of any administrative personnel or instructional
668 personnel who violate school safety requirements;
669 requiring the office to evaluate the methodology for
670 the Safe Schools Allocation by a specified date;
671 amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring public schools,
672 including charter schools, to maintain a record that
673 is accessible to the Office of Safe Schools of
674 specified drills conducted; requiring the school
675 safety specialist to report to the district school
676 board in a public meeting the number of schools
677 inspected during the preceding calendar year;
678 requiring each district school board and charter
679 school governing board to adopt a progressive
680 discipline policy for addressing any instructional
681 personnel or administrative personnel who knowingly
682 violate school safety requirements; amending s.
683 1006.12, F.S.; requiring that agreements between a
684 district school board and a law enforcement agency
685 include a certain provision; deleting a requirement
686 for certain safe-school officers to receive specified
687 training; amending s. 1006.1493, F.S.; specifying
688 physical security measures that must be addressed by
689 the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool; subject to
690 legislative appropriation, requiring the Department of
691 Law Enforcement to provide grants to sheriffs’ offices
692 and law enforcement agencies to conduct physical site
693 security assessments for and provide reports to
694 private schools; requiring sheriffs’ offices and law
695 enforcement agencies to provide private schools with
696 recommendations on improving infrastructure safety and
697 security; requiring sheriffs’ offices and law
698 enforcement agencies to assist private schools in
699 developing active assailant responses; requiring the
700 Department of Law Enforcement to develop a site
701 security assessment form for use by sheriffs’ offices
702 and law enforcement agencies; requiring the Department
703 of Law Enforcement to provide such form to private
704 schools; authorizing the use of grants for specified
705 purposes; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement
706 to establish requirements for awarding such grants;
707 requiring that grants be awarded by a specified date;
708 providing an effective date.