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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7291
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5088
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING SC HOOL SECURITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-222n of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Department of Emergency 3
Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Department of 4
Education, shall develop school security and safety plan standards. 5
Not later than January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter, the 6
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in 7
consultation with the Department of Education, shall reevaluate and 8
update the school security and safety plan standards. The school 9
security and safety plan standards shall be an all-hazards approach to 10
emergencies at public schools and shall include, but not be limited to, 11
(1) involvement of local officials, including the chief executive officer 12
of the municipality, the superintendent of schools, law enforcement, 13
fire, public health, emergency management and emergency medical 14
services, in the development of school security and safety plans, (2) a 15
command center organization structure based on the federal National 16
Incident Management System and a description of the responsibilities 17 Raised Bill No. 7291
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of such command center organization, (3) a requirement that a school 18
security and safety committee be established at each school, in 19
accordance with the provisions of section 10-222m, (4) crisis 20
management procedures, (5) a requirement that local law enforcement 21
and other local public safety officials evaluate, score and provide 22
feedback on fire drills and crisis response drills, conducted pursuant to 23
section 10-231, (6) a requirement that local and regional boards of 24
education annually submit reports to the Department of Emergency 25
Services and Public Protection regarding such fire drills and crisis 26
response drills, (7) procedures for managing various types of 27
emergencies, (8) a requirement that each local and regional board of 28
education conduct a security and vulnerability assessment for each 29
school under the jurisdiction of such board every two years and 30
develop a school security and safety plan for each such school, in 31
accordance with the provisions of section 10-222m, based on the results 32
of such assessment, (9) a requirement that the safe school climate 33
committee for each school, established pursuant to section 10-222k, 34
collect and evaluate information relating to instances of disturbing or 35
threatening behavior that may not meet the definition of bullying, as 36
defined in section 10-222d, and report such information, as necessary, 37
to the district safe school climate coordinator, described in section 10-38
222k, and the school security and safety committee for the school, 39
established pursuant to section 10-222m, and (10) a requirement that 40
the school security and safety plan for each school provide an 41
orientation on such school security and safety plan to each school 42
employee, as defined in section 10-222d, at such school and provide 43
violence prevention training in a manner prescribed in such school 44
security and safety plan. The Department of Emergency Services and 45
Public Protection shall make such standards available to local officials, 46
including local and regional boards of education, and the Department 47
of Education shall distribute such standards to all public schools 48
within the state. 49
(b) Not later than January 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the 50
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall submit 51 Raised Bill No. 7291
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the school security and safety plan standards and any 52
recommendations for legislation regarding such standards to the joint 53
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 54
matters relating to public safety and education, in accordance with the 55
provisions of section 11-4a. 56
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) The Department of Emergency 57
Services and Public Protection shall evaluate and seek methods to 58
simplify the documentation required from local and regional boards of 59
education to comply with the reporting requirements of section 10-60
244m of the general statutes and subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of 61
section 10-222n of the general statutes, as amended by this act. Not 62
later than January 1, 2020, the department shall submit a report, in 63
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 64
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 65
cognizance of matters relating to public safety, identifying the essential 66
components and documentation required for such reports and 67
indicating how the department will simplify the required 68
documentation. The department shall implement new requirements 69
for documentation for reports, pursuant to the department's findings, 70
not later than July 1, 2020. 71
(b) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 72
and the School Safety Infrastructure Council, established under section 73
10-292r of the general statutes, shall evaluate and seek methods to 74
simplify the documentation required of applicants for the school 75
security infrastructure competitive grant program. Not later than 76
January 1, 2020, the department and council shall submit a report, in 77
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 78
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 79
cognizance of matters relating to public safety, identifying the essential 80
components and documentation required for such applications and 81
indicating how the department will simplify the required 82
documentation. The department and council shall implement new 83
requirements for documentation for reports, pursuant to the 84
department's and council's findings, not later than July 1, 2020. 85 Raised Bill No. 7291
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Sec. 3. Section 29-452 of the general statutes is repealed and the 86
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 87
The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall 88
develop criteria to identify qualified school security consultants 89
operating in this state. The department shall establish and maintain a 90
registry of [school security consultants operating in the state] such 91
consultants. The registry shall contain the names and employers of 92
qualified school security consultants and such other information as the 93
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may 94
require. Such registry shall be updated at least annually by the 95
department, be made available to the public upon request and be 96
published on the department's Internet web site. 97
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 10-222n
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 29-452
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) require the Department of Emergency Services and Public
Protection to update school security and safety plan standards, (2)
require the department to report on and implement simplified
documentation requirements for reporting by local and regional
boards of education on school security and safety plans and drills, (3)
require the department and the School Safety Infrastructure Council to
report on and implement simplified documentation requirements for
school security infrastructure grants, and (4) require the department to
develop criteria to identify qualified school security consultants.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]