Document addresses requirements for multi-hazard practice drills and exercises.

The purpose of this Act is to establish minimum requirements and Standard for schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans and to encourage schools and first responders to work together for the safety of children. Communities and schools may exceed these requirements and Standard.

Under this Act, the following school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this State:

• (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and prepare students and school personnel for situations that occur when conditions outside of a school building are safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs of particular communities and may include without limitation the following:
• (A) fire;
• (B) suspicious items or persons;
• (C) incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, and explosives; and
• (D) bomb threats.
• (2) Except as limited by subsection (b-5) of Section 20 of this Act [105 ILCS 128/20], bus evacuation drills, which shall address and prepare students and school personnel for situations that occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs of particular communities and may include without limitation the following:
• (A) fire;
• (B) suspicious items; and
• (C) incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, and explosives.
• (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and prepare school personnel for situations calling for the involvement of law enforcement when conditions inside a school building are safer than outside of a school building and it is necessary to protect building occupants from potential dangers in a school building. Law enforcement drills may involve situations that call for the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a school building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation incidents shall include a shooting incident.
• (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which shall address and prepare students for situations involving severe weather emergencies or the release of external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and environment of particular communities and may include without limitation the following:
• (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to, shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes;
• (B) incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary, and explosives; and
• (C) incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.

(c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident. Such drills must be conducted according to the school district’s or private school’s emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may be conducted on days and times when students are not present in the school building. All drills must be conducted at each school building that houses school children.

• (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the following criteria:
• (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate local law enforcement agency shall contact the appropriate school administrator to request to participate in a law enforcement drill. The school administrator and local law enforcement agency shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill.
• (A-5) The drill shall require the on-site participation of the local law enforcement agency. If a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between the school administrator and the appropriate local law enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold the drill without participation from the agency.
• (B) Upon the participation of a local law enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official shall certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner of any deficiencies noted during the drill.
• (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement drills at their discretion.
• (3) (Blank).

(d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to address and prepare students and school personnel for possible tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school building that houses school children.

Document addresses requirements for multi-hazard practice drills and exercises.

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