Assigned to ED & APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1355
school mapping data; requirements; accessibility
Purpose
Establishes the School Mapping Data Program (Program) and School Mapping Data
Program Fund (Program Fund) to facilitate efficient emergency responses on school campuses.
Outlines administrative and policy requirements for the Program. Appropriates $10,360,000 from
the state General Fund in FY 2026 to the Program Fund.
Background
In conjunction with local law enforcement and emergency response agencies, a school
district governing board must develop an emergency response plan for each school in the school
district that is in accordance with the minimum standards developed by the Arizona Department
of Education (ADE) and the Division of Emergency Management within the Arizona Department
of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) (A.R.S. ยง 15-341).
The emergency response plan minimum standards require an emergency response plan to
include: 1) an incident command system; 2) prescribed content and sections, including a basic
plan, functional annexes and threat and hazard annexes; and 3) a plan for maintenance, training
and exercise (ADE). In addition to emergency response plan minimum standards, ADE provides
guidance, templates and resources for developing an emergency response plan (ADE).
S.B. 1355 appropriates $10,360,000 from the state General Fund in FY 2026 to the
Program Fund.
Provisions
1. Establishes the Program within ADE to facilitate efficient emergency responses on school
campuses by ensuring that school mapping data is accurate, standardized and accessible to
public safety agencies.
2. Establishes the Program Fund, administered by ADE, and consisting of legislative
appropriations and grants, gifts, devises and donations from any public or private source.
3. Appropriates $10,360,000 from the state General Fund in FY 2026 to the Program Fund.
4. Requires ADE to develop standardized Program requirements and guidelines that ensure that
the school mapping data software:
a) is compatible with software platforms used by local, state and federal public safety
agencies that provide emergency services to Arizona schools;
b) does not require a public safety agency to purchase additional software or pay a fee to view
or access the school mapping data; FACT SHEET
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c) includes school mapping data in a printable format; and
d) does not allow the school mapping data for a school site to be modified or updated without
updating the school mapping data for a school site within each platform that is used by
local, state and federal public safety agencies that may provide emergency services to the
school site.
5. Requires ADE to develop standardized Program requirements and guidelines that ensure that
the school mapping data is oriented true north, overlaid with gridded X and Y coordinates and
includes:
a) accurate floor plans overlaid on current, verified aerial images of the school campus;
b) site-specific labels that match the structure of each school building, including room labels,
hallway names, external door numbers and stairwell numbers;
c) site-specific labels that match the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields,
roadways and neighboring properties; and
d) the location of each critical utility, key box, automated external defibrillator and trauma kit
and any known hazard at each school site.
6. Requires ADE to develop standardized Program requirements and guidelines that ensure that,
if a school contracts with a vendor to produce school mapping data, the contract includes
provisions ensuring that:
a) public safety agencies and the school will have perpetual access to all school mapping data
at no additional cost; and
b) each contractor that produces school mapping data will verify the accuracy of the data by
conducting a walk-through of all school buildings and school grounds that are included in
the data.
7. Requires each Arizona school to:
a) develop school mapping data consistent with the Program requirements for each school
site that is operated by the school;
b) annually provide the school mapping data for each school site to each public safety agency
that may provide emergency services to the school; and
c) annually review school mapping data for each school site.
8. Directs each school, when annually reviewing the school mapping data, to:
a) certify to ADE that the school mapping data is complete and accurate and meets the
Program requirements; or
b) update the school mapping data to ensure that it is complete and accurate and meets the
Program requirements.
9. Requires ADE to distribute grants from the Program Fund to eligible Arizona schools on a
first-come, first-served basis.
10. Allows each Arizona school to apply for a grant as prescribed by ADE.
11. Requires a school that receives Program Fund monies to use the monies for the costs of
developing the prescribed school mapping data. FACT SHEET
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12. Specifies that Program Fund monies are continuously appropriated and are exempt from
lapsing.
13. Defines school as a public school or accredited private school in Arizona that offers instruction
to students in a kindergarten program, or any grades 1 through 12.
14. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 17, 2025
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