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Florida House Bill H1421

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1515 An act relating to school safety; amending s. 943.082, 2
1616 F.S.; requiring the FortifyFL reporting tool to notify 3
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1919 certain reports will remain anonymous; amending s. 6
2020 943.687, F.S.; revising the duties of the Marjory 7
2121 Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission; 8
2222 extending the scheduled repeal of the commission; 9
2323 amending s. 1001.11, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner 10
2424 of Education to oversee and enforce compliance with 11
2525 requirements relating to school safety and security; 12
2626 amending s. 1001.212, F.S.; revising the duties of the 13
2727 Office of Safe Schools; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; 14
2828 requiring certain law enforcement officers to be 15
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3030 assailant emergency drills; requiring school districts 17
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3232 specified time period of such drills; requiring the 19
3333 State Board of Education to adopt rules; specifying 20
3434 the requirements for the rul es; requiring district 21
3535 school boards and charter school governing boards, in 22
3636 coordination with specified entities, to adopt family 23
3737 reunification plans; providing for the update and 24
3838 review of such plan; requiring all members of threat 25
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4747 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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5151 assessment teams to be involved in certain processes 26
5252 and decisions; requiring the Department of Education 27
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5454 certain format; requiring district school boards to 29
5555 adopt certain policies relating to suicide screening 30
5656 instruments; amending s. 1006.12, F.S.; making 31
5757 technical changes; authorizing school safety officers 32
5858 to make arrests on property owned or leased by a 33
5959 charter school under a charter contract; requiring 34
6060 district school superintendents, charter school 35
6161 administrators, or th eir designees, instead of school 36
6262 districts, to notify county sheriffs and the Office of 37
6363 Safe Schools of certain safe -school officer-related 38
6464 incidents; specifying training requirements for safe -39
6565 school officers; amending s. 1006.1493, F.S.; 40
6666 requiring the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool to 41
6767 address policies and procedures to prepare for and 42
6868 respond to natural and manmade disasters; amending s. 43
6969 1012.584, F.S.; requiring each school district to 44
7070 annually certify that a specified percentage of school 45
7171 personnel have received certain training by a 46
7272 specified date; providing effective dates. 47
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7474 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 49
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8484 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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8888 Section 1. Effective October 1, 2022, paragraph (c) is 51
8989 added to subsection (2) of section 943.082, Florida S tatutes, to 52
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9191 943.082 School Safety Awareness Program. — 54
9292 (2) The reporting tool must notify the reporting party of 55
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9494 (c) That if, following an investigation, it is determined 57
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9696 the Internet protocol (IP) address of the device on which the 59
9797 tip was submitted will be provided to law enforcement agencies 60
9898 for further investigation, and the reporting party may be 61
9999 subject to criminal penalties under s. 837.05. In all o ther 62
100100 circumstances, unless the reporting party has chosen to disclose 63
101101 his or her identity, the report will remain anonymous. 64
102102 Section 2. Subsections (3) and (9) of section 943.687, 65
103103 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 66
104104 943.687 Marjory Stoneman Dougla s High School Public Safety 67
105105 Commission.— 68
106106 (3) The commission shall monitor implementation of school 69
107107 safety legislation by investigate system failures in the Marjory 70
108108 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and prior mass violence 71
109109 incidents in this state and develop recommendations for system 72
110110 improvements. At a minimum, the commission shall analyze 73
111111 information and evidence from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High 74
112112 School shooting and other mass violence incidents in this state. 75
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126126 (a) Evaluating the activities of the Office of Safe 77
127127 Schools to provide guidance to school districts, identifying 78
128128 areas of noncompliance and mechani sms used to achieve 79
129129 compliance. 80
130130 (b) Reviewing the findings of the Auditor General 81
131131 regarding school distr ict school safety policies and procedures 82
132132 that need improvement to ensure and demonst rate compliance with 83
133133 state law. 84
134134 (c) Reviewing school hardening grant expenditures and 85
135135 evaluating such expenditures based on the report of the School 86
136136 Hardening and Harm M itigation Workgroup, recommendations of law 87
137137 enforcement agencies pursuant to s. 1006.07(8), and the return 88
138138 on investment analysis required by s. 1006.1493. 89
139139 (d) Evaluating the utilization of the centralized 90
140140 integrated data repository by schools and its ef fectiveness in 91
141141 conducting threat assessments. 92
142142 (e) Assessing efforts by local governments to improve 93
143143 communication and coordination among regional emergency 94
144144 communications systems Develop a timeline of the incident, 95
145145 incident response, and all relevant eve nts preceding the 96
146146 incident, with particular attention to all perpetrator contacts 97
147147 with local, state, and national government agencies and entities 98
148148 and any contract providers of such agencies and entities . 99
149149 (f)(b) Investigating Investigate any failures in incident 100
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158158 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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162162 responses by local law enforcement agencies and school resource 101
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164164 1. Identifying Identify existing policies and procedures 103
165165 for active assailant incidents on school premises and evaluating 104
166166 evaluate the compliance with suc h policies and procedures in the 105
167167 execution of incident responses. 106
168168 2. Evaluate existing policies and procedures for active 107
169169 assailant incidents on school premises in comparison with 108
170170 national best practices. 109
171171 2.3. Evaluating Evaluate the extent to which an y failures 110
172172 in policy, procedure, or execution may contribute contributed to 111
173173 an inability to prevent deaths and injuries. 112
174174 3.4. Making Make specific recommendations for improving 113
175175 law enforcement and school resource officer responses to 114
176176 incidents incident response in the future . 115
177177 5. Make specific recommendations for determining the 116
178178 appropriate ratio of school resource officers per school by 117
179179 school type. At a minimum, the methodology for determining the 118
180180 ratio should include the school location, student popul ation, 119
181181 and school design. 120
182182 (g)(c) Investigating Investigate any failures in 121
183183 interactions with perpetrators preceding incidents of mass 122
184184 violence incidents. 123
185185 1. Identify the history of interactions between 124
186186 perpetrators and governmental entities such as schools, law 125
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199199 enforcement agencies, courts, and social service agencies, and 126
200200 identify any failures to adequately communicate or coordinate 127
201201 regarding indicators o f risk or possible threats. 128
202202 1.2. Evaluating Evaluate the extent to which any such 129
203203 failures contributed to an inability to prevent deaths and 130
204204 injuries. 131
205205 2.3. Making Make specific recommendations for improving 132
206206 communication and coordination among entities with knowledge of 133
207207 indicators of risk or possible threats of mass violence in the 134
208208 future. 135
209209 4. Identify available state and local tools and resources 136
210210 for enhancing communication and coordination regarding 137
211211 indicators of risk or possible threats, including, but not 138
212212 limited to, the Department of Law Enforcement Fusion Center or 139
213213 Judicial Inquiry System, and make specific recommendations for 140
214214 using such tools and resources more effectively in the future. 141
215215 (9) The commission shall submit an initial report on its 142
216216 findings and recommendations to the Governor, President of the 143
217217 Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 144
218218 1, 2019, and may issue reports annually thereafter. The 145
219219 commission shall sunset July 1, 2026 2023, and this section is 146
220220 repealed on that date. 147
221221 Section 3. Subsection (9) of section 1001.11, Florida 148
222222 Statutes, is amended to read: 149
223223 1001.11 Commissioner of Education; other duties. — 150
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232232 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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236236 (9) The commissioner shall oversee and enforce compliance 151
237237 with the requirements relating to school safety and security 152
238238 requirements of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public 153
239239 Safety Act, chapter 2018 -3, Laws of Florida, by school 154
240240 districts; district school superintendents; and public schools, 155
241241 including charter schools. The commissioner must facilit ate 156
242242 compliance to the maximum extent provided under law, identify 157
243243 incidents of noncompliance, and impose or recommend to the State 158
244244 Board of Education, the Governor, or the Legislature enforcement 159
245245 and sanctioning actions pursuant to s. 1008.32 and other 160
246246 authority granted under law. 161
247247 Section 4. Present subsections (14) and (15) of section 162
248248 1001.212, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (15) 163
249249 and (16), respectively, a new subsection (14) and subsection 164
250250 (17) are added to that section, and subsecti ons (2), (6), and 165
251251 (10) of that section are amended, to read: 166
252252 1001.212 Office of Safe Schools. —There is created in the 167
253253 Department of Education the Office of Safe Schools. The office 168
254254 is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The 169
255255 office shall serve as a central repository for best practices, 170
256256 training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters 171
257257 regarding school safety and security, including prevention 172
258258 efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness 173
259259 planning. The office shall: 174
260260 (2) Provide ongoing professional development opportunities 175
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269269 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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273273 to school district and charter school personnel. 176
274274 (6) Coordinate with the Department of Law Enforcement to 177
275275 provide a unified search tool, known as the Florida School 178
276276 Safety Portal, centralized integrated data repository and data 179
277277 analytics resources to improve access to timely, complete, and 180
278278 accurate information integrating data from, at a minimum, but 181
279279 not limited to, the following data sources by August 1, 2019: 182
280280 (a) Social media Internet posts; 183
281281 (b) The Department of Children and Families; 184
282282 (c) The Department of Law Enforcement; 185
283283 (d) The Department of Juvenile Justice; 186
284284 (e) The mobile suspicious activity reporting tool known as 187
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286286 (f) School environmental safety incident reports coll ected 189
287287 under subsection (8); and 190
288288 (g) Local law enforcement. 191
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290290 Data that is exempt or confidential and exempt from public 193
291291 records requirements retains its exempt or confidential and 194
292292 exempt status when incorporated into the centralized integrated 195
293293 data repository. To maintain the confidentiality requirements 196
294294 attached to the information provided to the centralized 197
295295 integrated data repository by the various state and local 198
296296 agencies, data governance and security shall ensure compliance 199
297297 with all applicable state an d federal data privacy requirements 200
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306306 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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310310 through the use of user authorization and role -based security, 201
311311 data anonymization and aggregation and auditing capabilities. To 202
312312 maintain the confidentiality requirements attached to the 203
313313 information provided to the centra lized integrated data 204
314314 repository by the various state and local agencies, each source 205
315315 agency providing data to the repository shall be the sole 206
316316 custodian of the data for the purpose of any request for 207
317317 inspection or copies thereof under chapter 119. The dep artment 208
318318 shall only allow access to data from the source agencies in 209
319319 accordance with rules adopted by the respective source agencies 210
320320 and the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 211
321321 Criminal Justice Information Services security policy, where 212
322322 applicable. 213
323323 (10) Disseminate, in consultation with the Department of 214
324324 Law Enforcement, to participating schools awareness and 215
325325 education materials on the proper use of the School Safety 216
326326 Awareness Program developed pursuant to s. 943.082 , including 217
327327 the consequences of knowingly submitting false information . 218
328328 (14) Develop, in coordination with the Division of 219
329329 Emergency Management; other federal, state, and local law 220
330330 enforcement agencies; fire and rescue agencies; and first 221
331331 responder agencies, a model family reunification plan for use by 222
332332 child care facilities, public K-12 schools, and public 223
333333 postsecondary educational institutions that are closed or 224
334334 unexpectedly evacuated due to a natural or manmade disaster. 225
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343343 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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347347 This model plan shall consider the integration of student 226
348348 information and notification systems to facilit ate reunification 227
349349 after a natural or manmade disaster. This model plan shall be 228
350350 reviewed annually and updated, as applicable. 229
351351 (17) Maintain a current directory of public school -based 230
352352 diversion programs and cooperate with each judicial circuit and 231
353353 the Department of Juvenile Justice to facilitate their efforts 232
354354 to monitor and enforce each governing body's compliance with s. 233
355355 985.12. 234
356356 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) 235
357357 of subsection (7), and subsection (9) of section 1006.07, 236
358358 Florida Statutes, are amended, paragraph (d) is added to 237
359359 subsection (6), and subsection (11) is added to that section, to 238
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361361 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student 240
362362 discipline and school safety. —The district school board shall 241
363363 provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the 242
364364 attendance and control of students at school, and for proper 243
365365 attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the 244
366366 welfare of students, including: 245
367367 (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. — 246
368368 (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures, in 247
369369 consultation with the appropriate public safety agencies, for 248
370370 emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not 249
371371 limited to, fires, natural disasters, active assailant and 250
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384384 hostage situations, a nd bomb threats, for all students and 251
385385 faculty at all public schools of the district composed comprised 252
386386 of grades K-12, pursuant to State Board of Education rules . 253
387387 Drills for active assailant and hostage situations must shall be 254
388388 conducted in accordance with developmentally appropriate and 255
389389 age-appropriate procedures , as specified in State Board of 256
390390 Education rules at least as often as other emergency drills . Law 257
391391 enforcement officers responsible for responding to the school in 258
392392 the event of an active assailant e mergency, as determined 259
393393 necessary by the sheriff in coordination with the district's 260
394394 school safety specialist, must be physically present on campus 261
395395 and directly involved in the execution of active assailant 262
396396 emergency drills. School districts must notify la w enforcement 263
397397 officers at least 24 hours before conducting an active assailant 264
398398 emergency drill at which such law enforcement officers are 265
399399 expected to attend. District school board policies must shall 266
400400 include commonly used alarm system responses for specifi c types 267
401401 of emergencies and verification by each school that drills have 268
402402 been provided as required by law , State Board of Education 269
403403 rules, and fire protection codes and may provide accommodations 270
404404 for drills conducted by exceptional student education centers . 271
405405 District school boards shall establish emergency response and 272
406406 emergency preparedness policies and procedures that include, but 273
407407 are not limited to, identifying the individuals responsible for 274
408408 contacting the primary emergency response agency and the 275
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421421 emergency response agency that is responsible for notifying the 276
422422 school district for each type of emergency. The State Board of 277
423423 Education shall refer to recommendations provided in reports 278
424424 published pursuant to s. 943.687 for guidance and, by August 1, 279
425425 2023, consult with state and local constituencies to adopt rules 280
426426 applicable to the requirements of this subsection which, at a 281
427427 minimum, define the terms "emergency drill," "active threat," 282
428428 and "after-action report" and establish minimum emergency drill 283
429429 policies and procedures related to the timing, frequency, 284
430430 participation, training, notification, accommodations, and 285
431431 responses to threat situations by incident type, school level, 286
432432 school type, and student and school characteristics. The rules 287
433433 must require all types of emergency drills to be conducted no 288
434434 less frequently than on an annual school year basis. 289
435435 (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES. —Each district 290
436436 school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures 291
437437 for the prevention of violence on school grou nds, including the 292
438438 assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior 293
439439 poses a threat to the safety of the school community. 294
440440 (d) Each district school board and charter school 295
441441 governing board shall adopt, in coordination with local law 296
442442 enforcement agencies and local governments, a family 297
443443 reunification plan to reunite students and employees with their 298
444444 families in the event that a school is closed or unexpectedly 299
445445 evacuated due to a natural or manmade disaster. This 300
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459459 applicable. 302
460460 (7) THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS. —Each district school board 303
461461 shall adopt policies for the establishment of threat assessment 304
462462 teams at each school whose duties include the coordination of 305
463463 resources and assessment and in tervention with individuals whose 306
464464 behavior may pose a threat to the safety of school staff or 307
465465 students consistent with the model policies developed by the 308
466466 Office of Safe Schools. Such policies must include procedures 309
467467 for referrals to mental health services identified by the school 310
468468 district pursuant to s. 1012.584(4), when appropriate, and 311
469469 procedures for behavioral threat assessments in compliance with 312
470470 the instrument developed pursuant to s. 1001.212(12). 313
471471 (a) A threat assessment team shall include persons with 314
472472 expertise in counseling, instruction, school administration, and 315
473473 law enforcement. All members of the threat assessment team must 316
474474 be involved in the threat assessment process and final 317
475475 decisionmaking. The threat assessment teams shall identify 318
476476 members of the school community to whom threatening behavior 319
477477 should be reported and provide guidance to students, faculty, 320
478478 and staff regarding recognition of threatening or aberrant 321
479479 behavior that may represent a threat to the community, school, 322
480480 or self. Upon the availability of the behavioral threat 323
481481 assessment instrument developed pursuant to s. 1001.212(12), the 324
482482 threat assessment team shall use that instrument. 325
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491491 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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495495 (9) SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INCIDENT REPORTING. —Each 326
496496 district school board shall adopt policies to ensure the 327
497497 accurate and timely reporting of incidents related to school 328
498498 safety and discipline. The district school superintendent is 329
499499 responsible for school environmental safety incident reporting. 330
500500 A district school superintendent who fails to comply with this 331
501501 subsection is subject to the penalties specified in law, 332
502502 including, but not limited to, s. 1001.42(13)(b) or s. 333
503503 1001.51(12)(b), as applicable. The State Board of Education 334
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505505 environmental safety incident report. Annually, the department 336
506506 shall publish on its website the most recently available school 337
507507 environmental safety incident data along with other school 338
508508 accountability and performance data in a uniform, statewide 339
509509 format that is easy to rea d and understand. 340
510510 (11) SUICIDE SCREENING INSTRUMENT. —Each district school 341
511511 board shall adopt policies to ensure that district schools and 342
512512 local mobile response teams use the same suicide screening 343
513513 instrument approved by the department pursuant to s. 1012. 583. 344
514514 Section 6. Present subsection (6) of section 1006.12, 345
515515 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (8), a new 346
516516 subsection (6) and subsection (7) are added to that section, and 347
517517 paragraph (c) of subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) of 348
518518 subsection (2), and subsection (5) of that section are amended, 349
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532532 1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school. —For 351
533533 the protection and safety of school personnel, property, 352
534534 students, and visitors, each district school board and school 353
535535 district superintendent shall partner with law enforcement 354
536536 agencies or security agencies to establish or assign one or more 355
537537 safe-school officers at each school facility within the 356
538538 district, including charter schools. A district school board 357
539539 must collaborate with charter s chool governing boards to 358
540540 facilitate charter school access to all safe -school officer 359
541541 options available under this section. The school district may 360
542542 implement any combination of the options in subsections (1) -(4) 361
543543 to best meet the needs of the school distric t and charter 362
544544 schools. 363
545545 (1) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. —A school district may 364
546546 establish school resource officer programs through a cooperative 365
547547 agreement with law enforcement agencies. 366
548548 (c) Complete mental health crisis intervention training 367
549549 using a curriculum developed by a national organization with 368
550550 expertise in mental health crisis intervention. The training 369
551551 shall improve officers' knowledge and skills as first responders 370
552552 to incidents involving students with emotional disturbance or 371
553553 mental illness, includi ng de-escalation skills to ensure student 372
554554 and officer safety. 373
555555 (2) SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER. —A school district may 374
556556 commission one or more school safety officers for the protection 375
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569569 and safety of school personnel, property, and students within 376
570570 the school district. The district school superintendent may 377
571571 recommend, and the district school board may appoint, one or 378
572572 more school safety officers. 379
573573 (a) School safety officers shall undergo criminal 380
574574 background checks, drug testing, and a psychological evaluation 381
575575 and be law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 943.10(1), 382
576576 certified under the provisions of chapter 943 and employed by 383
577577 either a law enforcement agency or by the district school board. 384
578578 If the officer is employed by the district school board, the 385
579579 district school board is the employing agency for purposes of 386
580580 chapter 943, and must comply with the provisions of that 387
581581 chapter. 388
582582 (b) A school safety officer has and shall exercise the 389
583583 power to make arrests for violations of law on district school 390
584584 board property or on property owned or leased by a charter 391
585585 school under a charter contract, as applicable, and to arrest 392
586586 persons, whether on or off such property, who violate any law on 393
587587 such property under the same conditions that deputy sheriffs are 394
588588 authorized to make arrests . A school safety officer has the 395
589589 authority to carry weapons when performing his or her official 396
590590 duties. 397
591591 (5) NOTIFICATION.—The district school superintendent or 398
592592 charter school administrator, or a respective designee, school 399
593593 district shall notify the coun ty sheriff and the Office of Safe 400
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607607 (a) A safe-school officer is dismissed for misconduct or 402
608608 is otherwise disciplined. 403
609609 (b) A safe-school officer discharges his or her firearm in 404
610610 the exercise of the safe-school officer's duties, other than for 405
611611 training purposes. 406
612612 (6) CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING. — 407
613613 (a) Each safe-school officer who is also a sworn law 408
614614 enforcement officer shall complete mental health crisis 409
615615 intervention training using a curriculu m developed by a national 410
616616 organization with expertise in mental health crisis 411
617617 intervention. The training must improve the officer's knowledge 412
618618 and skills as a first responder to incidents involving students 413
619619 with emotional disturbance or mental illness, incl uding de-414
620620 escalation skills to ensure student and officer safety. 415
621621 (b) Each safe-school officer who is not a sworn law 416
622622 enforcement officer shall receive training to improve the 417
623623 officer's knowledge and skills necessary to respond to and de -418
624624 escalate incidents on school premises. 419
625625 (7) LIMITATIONS.—An individual must satisfy the background 420
626626 screening, psychological evaluation, and drug test requirements 421
627627 and be approved by the sheriff before participating in any 422
628628 training required by s. 30.15(1)(k), which may be conducted only 423
629629 by a sheriff. 424
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644644 procedures, or actions, denies a charter school access to any 427
645645 safe-school officer options pursuant to this section, the school 428
646646 district must assign a school resource of ficer or school safety 429
647647 officer to the charter school. Under such circumstances, the 430
648648 charter school's share of the costs of the school resource 431
649649 officer or school safety officer may not exceed the safe school 432
650650 allocation funds provided to the charter school p ursuant to s. 433
651651 1011.62(13) and shall be retained by the school district. 434
652652 Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 435
653653 1006.1493, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 436
654654 1006.1493 Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool. — 437
655655 (2) The FSSAT must help school officials identify threats, 438
656656 vulnerabilities, and appropriate safety controls for the schools 439
657657 that they supervise, pursuant to the security risk assessment 440
658658 requirements of s. 1006.07(6). 441
659659 (a) At a minimum, the FSSAT must address all of the 442
660660 following components: 443
661661 1. School emergency and crisis preparedness planning; 444
662662 2. Security, crime, and violence prevention policies and 445
663663 procedures; 446
664664 3. Physical security measures; 447
665665 4. Professional development training needs; 448
666666 5. An examination of support servic e roles in school 449
667667 safety, security, and emergency planning; 450
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681681 practices, and related services; 452
682682 7. School and community collaboration on school safety; 453
683683 and 454
684684 8. Policies and procedures for school officials to prepare 455
685685 for and respond to natural and manmade disasters, including 456
686686 family reunification plans to reunite students and employees 457
687687 with their families after a school is closed or unexpectedly 458
688688 evacuated due to such disasters; and 459
689689 9. A return on investment analysis of the recommended 460
690690 physical security controls. 461
691691 Section 8. Subsection (5) is added to section 1012.584, 462
692692 Florida Statutes, to read: 463
693693 1012.584 Continuing education and inservice training for 464
694694 youth mental health awareness and assistan ce.— 465
695695 (5) No later than July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter by 466
696696 July 1, each school district shall certify to the department, in 467
697697 a format determined by the department, that at least 80 percent 468
698698 of school personnel in elementary, middle, and high schools h ave 469
699699 received the training required under this section. 470
700700 Section 9. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 471
701701 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 472