Florida Senate - 2014 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1394
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Soto moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 43 and 44
4 insert:
5 Section 3. Subsections (4) and (6) of section 1006.07,
6 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (7) is added to
7 that section, to read:
8 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
9 discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
10 provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
11 attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
12 attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
13 welfare of students, including:
14 (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
15 (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures for
16 emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not
17 limited to, fires, natural disasters, active shooters, hostage
18 situations, and bomb threats, for all the public schools of the
19 district which comprise grades K-12. District school board
20 policies shall include commonly used alarm system responses for
21 specific types of emergencies and verification by each school
22 that drills have been provided as required by law and fire
23 protection codes. The emergency response agency that is
24 responsible for notifying the school district for each type of
25 emergency must be listed in the district’s emergency response
26 policy.
27 (b) Establish model emergency management and emergency
28 preparedness procedures, including emergency notification
29 procedures pursuant to paragraph (a), for the following life
30 threatening emergencies:
31 1. Weapon-use, and hostage, and active-shooter situations.
32 The active-shooter situation procedures for each school shall be
33 developed in consultation with a local law enforcement agency.
34 2. Hazardous materials or toxic chemical spills.
35 3. Weather emergencies, including hurricanes, tornadoes,
36 and severe storms.
37 4. Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency.
38 (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Use the Safety and
39 Security Best Practices developed by the Office of Program
40 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a self
41 assessment of the school districts’ current safety and security
42 practices. Based on these self-assessment findings, the district
43 school superintendent shall provide recommendations to the
44 district school board and local law enforcement agencies that
45 are first responders to the district campuses which identify
46 strategies and activities that the district school board should
47 implement in order to improve school safety and security.
48 Annually each district school board must receive the self
49 assessment results at a publicly noticed district school board
50 meeting to provide the public an opportunity to hear the
51 district school board members discuss and take action on the
52 report findings. Each district school superintendent shall
53 report the self-assessment results and school board action to
54 the commissioner within 30 days after the district school board
55 meeting.
56 (7) SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING.—
57 (a) A district school board or private school principal or
58 governing board must allow local law enforcement agencies that
59 are first responders to the schools to tour the school campuses
60 at least once every 3 years. Any changes related to school
61 safety and emergency issues recommended by a law enforcement
62 agency based on a campus tour must be documented by the district
63 school board or the private school principal or governing board.
64 (b) A school safety program shall be created and defined by
65 the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission and may
66 include, but is not limited to, active shooter training, firearm
67 proficiency, school resource officer training, crisis
68 intervention training, weapons retention training, and
69 continuing education and training. The school safety program
70 shall be developed and created by January 1, 2015.
71 Section 4. For the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the sum of
72 $157,927 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
73 Revenue Fund to the Department of Law Enforcement for the
74 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to develop
75 the training curriculum as required by s. 1006.07(7)(b), Florida
76 Statutes.
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79 And the title is amended as follows:
80 Between lines 6 and 7
81 insert:
82 amending s. 1006.07, F.S., requiring that active
83 shooter procedures for each school be developed in
84 consultation with local law enforcement agencies;
85 requiring that district school boards and private
86 schools allow campus tours by local law enforcement
87 agencies for specified purposes; requiring the
88 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to
89 develop a school safety program; providing an
90 appropriation;