Outline of the state of Pennsylvania
State
Pennsylvania
Encouraged

Category
Emergency Operations Plans—Interagency Coordination

Category
Emergency Operations Plans—Interagency Coordination

State law encourages or requires inter-agency coordination as part of initial emergency plan development only.

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 35. Section 7701. Duties concerning disaster prevention.

(g)  Plans. — Every school district and custodial child care facility, in cooperation with the local Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, shall develop and implement a comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan consistent with the guidelines developed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and other pertinent State requirements. The plan shall be reviewed annually and modified as necessary. A copy of the plan shall be provided to the county emergency management agency.

Policy Type
Statute

Pennsylvania Unconsolidated Statutes 1949 Act 13. Section 1303-B. School safety and security assessment criteria

(a) Duty to establish. — No later than September 30, 2018, the committee shall establish criteria to be used when conducting school safety and security assessments that include the following: … (iv) Discussions with the local law enforcement agencies that are primarily responsible for protecting and securing the school. (v) An analysis of the school entity’s cooperative agreements with the local law enforcement agencies that are primarily responsible for protecting and securing the school

Policy Type
Statute

Pennsylvania Unconsolidated Statutes 1949 Act 14. Article XIII-A. Safe Schools. Section 1302-A. Office for Safe Schools.

(a) There is hereby established in the Department of Education an Office for Safe Schools. (b) The office shall have the power and duty to implement the following: (1) To coordinate antiviolence efforts between school, professional, parental, governmental, law enforcement and community organizations and associations. ... (6) To verify that each school entity has a biennially updated and reexecuted memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement and has filed such memorandum with the office on a biennial basis. ... (c) In addition to the powers and duties set forth under subsection (c.1) (1) In addition to the powers and duties set forth under subsections (b) and (c), the office is authorized to make targeted grants to school entities, municipalities, local law enforcement agencies and approved vendors to fund programs which address school violence by establishing or enhancing school security, including costs associated with the training and compensation of school resource officers and school police officers. Municipalities or local law enforcement agencies that receive grants under this subsection shall, with the prior consent of the governing board of the school entity or nonpublic school, assign school resource officers to carry out their official duties on the premises of the school entity or nonpublic school. (2) Municipalities or local law enforcement agencies may not receive grant funds under this subsection for any purpose other than for costs associated with school resource officers and are not eligible for other grants provided to school entities under this section. In assigning school resource officers pursuant to this subsection, municipalities shall take into consideration the proportion of students enrolled in each school entity or nonpublic school. (3) Nonpublic schools are authorized to apply to the office for grant funding under paragraph (1) to be used for the costs associated with obtaining the services of a school police officer from a list of approved vendors certified by the office. Grant awards for this purpose shall be awarded and paid directly to the approved vendor with which the nonpublic school contracts for services. Nonpublic schools may not apply for grant funding under this section for any purpose other than obtaining the services of a school police officer under this paragraph.

Policy Type
Statute

The Pennsylvania Code § 10.24. Emergency and nonemergency response and preparedness

(a) Each school district, in cooperation with the local emergency management agency and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, shall develop and implement a comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan as required under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7701(g) (relating to duties concerning disaster prevention). The plan shall be reviewed annually and modified as necessary. (b) A school district's comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan shall be consistent with the guidelines developed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and other applicable State requirements as required under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7701.(g). (c) In developing a comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan, a school district shall consider the framework presented in the National Incident Management System. (d) A school district shall provide the emergency management agency of every county of which the school district is a part a copy of the district's comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan as required under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7701.(g). (e) A school district shall provide to each local police department and each local fire department having jurisdiction over geographic territory of which the school district is a part a copy of the district's comprehensive disaster and response emergency preparedness plan. (f) In an emergency, a school district shall follow the procedures in its comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan adopted under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7701.(g). (g) By September 30 of each year, a school entity shall assemble and make ready for immediate deployment to the Incident Command Post, that is, a physical location established in accordance with the school entity's plan adopted under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7701.(g) to manage an emergency incident or disaster, the following information for the purpose of assisting local police and fire departments in responding to an emergency: (1) Blueprints or floor plans of the school buildings. (2) Aerial photo, map or layout of the school campus, adjacent properties and surrounding streets or roads. (3) Locations of predetermined or prospective command posts. (4) Current teacher/employee roster. (5) Current student roster. (6) Most recent school yearbook. (7) School fire-alarm shutoff location and procedures. (8) School sprinkler system shutoff location and procedures. (9) Gas/utility line layouts and shutoff valve locations. (10) Cable/satellite television shutoff location and procedures. (11) Other information the school entity deems pertinent to assist local police and fire departments in responding to an emergency.

Policy Type
Regulation