Outline of the state of Wisconsin
State
Wisconsin
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Category
Emergency Operations Plans—Interagency Coordination

Category
Emergency Operations Plans—Interagency Coordination

State law encourages or requires inter-agency coordination as part of both initial plan development and review and update procedures.

Wisconsin Statutes 118.07 Health and safety requirements

(4) (a) Each school board and the governing body of each private school shall have in effect a school safety plan. (b) A school safety plan shall be created with the active participation of appropriate parties, as specified by the school board or governing body of the private school. The appropriate parties may include the department of justice, local law enforcement officers, fire fighters, school administrators, teachers, pupil services professionals, as defined in s. 118.257 (1) (c), and mental health professionals. Before creating or updating a school safety plan, a school board or governing body of a private school shall, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency, conduct an on-site safety assessment of each school building, site, and facility that is regularly occupied by pupils. The on-site assessment shall include playgrounds, athletic facilities or fields, and any other property that is occupied by pupils on a regular basis. (bm) A school safety plan shall include all of the following:

  1. An individualized safety plan for each school building and facility that is regularly occupied by pupils. The individualized safety plan shall include any real property related to the school building or facility that is regularly occupied by pupils.
  2. General guidelines specifying procedures for emergency prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
  3. Guidelines and procedures to address school violence and attacks, threats of school violence and attacks, bomb threats, fire, weather-related emergencies, intruders, parent-student reunification, and threats to non-classroom events, including recess, concerts and other performances, athletic events, and any other extracurricular activity or event.
  4. The process for reviewing the methods for conducting drills required to comply with the plan. (c) The school board or governing body of the private school shall determine which persons are required to receive school safety plan training and the frequency of the training. The training shall be based upon the school district’s or private school’s prioritized needs, risks, and vulnerabilities. (cf) Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par. (a) and upon each review of a school safety plan under par. (d), a school board shall submit a copy of the most recent blueprints of each school building and facility in the school district to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over any portion of the school district and to the office of school safety. Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par. (a) and upon each review of a safety plan under par. (d), a governing body of a private school shall submit a copy of the most recent blueprints of the private school and all of its facilities to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the private school and to the office of school safety. (cm) Neither a school board nor a governing body of a private school may include in a school safety plan any of the following:
  5. A requirement for an employee to contact a school administrator, school official, or any other person before calling the telephone number “911”.
  6. A prohibition against an employee reporting school violence or a threat of school violence directly to a law enforcement agency.
  7. A prohibition against an employee reporting a suspicious individual or activity directly to a law enforcement agency. (cp) Each school board and the governing body of each private school shall ensure that, at each school building regularly occupied by pupils, pupils are drilled, at least annually, in the proper response to a school violence event in accordance with the school safety plan in effect for that school building. The person having direct charge of the school building at which a drill is held under this paragraph shall submit a brief written evaluation of the drill to the school board or governing body of the private school within 30 days of holding the drill. The school board or governing body of the private school shall review all written evaluation submitted under this paragraph. A drill under this paragraph may be substituted for a school safety drill required under sub. (2) (a). (d) Each school board and the governing body of each private school shall review and approve the school safety plan at least once every 3 years after the plan goes into effect. (e) Before January 1, 2019, and before each January 1 thereafter, each school board and the governing body of each private school shall file a copy of its school safety plan with the office of school safety. At the time a school board or governing body files a school safety plan, the school board or governing body shall also submit all of the following to the office of school safety:
  8. The date of the annual drill or drills under par. (cp) held during the previous year.
  9. Certification that a written evaluation of the drill or drills under par. (cp) was reviewed by the school board or governing body under par. (cp).
  10. The date of the most recent school training on school safety required under par. (c) and the number of attendees.
  11. The most recent date on which the school board or governing body reviewed and approved the school safety plan.
  12. The most recent date on which the school board or governing body consulted with a local law enforcement agency to conduct on-site safety assessments required under par. (b).
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