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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to emergency response mapping data; 2
amending s. 1013.13, F.S.; creating the School Mapping 3
Data Grant Program within the Department of Education; 4
authorizing each school district to apply for program 5
funds to provide mapping data for public schools 6
within the district; providing requirements for the 7
use of such funds; providing requirements for 8
specified entities and school mapping data; providing 9
an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1013.13, Florida 14
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (3), and a new subsecti on 15
(2) is added to that section, to read: 16
1013.13 Coordination of school safety information; 17
construction design documents. — 18
(2) In order to facilitate efficient emergency responses, 19
the School Mapping Data Grant Program is created within the 20
Department of Education. Each school district, in consultation 21
with local law enforcement and public safety agencies, may apply 22
to receive funds from the program to provide school mapping data 23
for each public school, including charter schools, in the 24
district. The school district shall use the funds to satisfy all 25
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or some of the requirements of this section, which may include 26
procuring a vendor to provide such data. The entity producing 27
the data is responsible for providing the data to the school 28
district and local law enforcement and public safety agencies 29
for use in response to emergencies and for conducting drills 30
required under s. 1006.07(4). 31
(a) School mapping data must be provided in an electronic 32
or a digital format to assist first responders in responding t o 33
emergencies at schools. 34
(b) The school mapping data provided must: 35
1. Be compatible with software platforms used by local, 36
state, and federal public safety agencies that provide emergency 37
services to the specific school for which the data is provided 38
without requiring such agencies to purchase additional software 39
or requiring a fee to view or access the data. 40
2. Be compatible with security software platforms in use 41
by the specific school for which the data is provided without 42
requiring the local law enforcement agencies or school districts 43
to purchase additional software or requiring a fee to view or 44
access the data. 45
3. Be in a printable format and, if requested in addition 46
to paragraph (a), be in a digital file format that can be 47
integrated into interactive mobile platforms in use. 48
4. Be verified for accuracy by a walk -through of school 49
buildings and grounds. 50
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5. Be oriented true north. 51
6. Be overlaid on current aerial imagery. 52
7. Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 53
structure of school buildings, including room labels, hallway 54
names, and external door or stairwell numbers and locations of 55
hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, automated 56
external defibrillators, and trauma kits. 57
8. Contain site-specific labeling that mat ches the school 58
grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding 59
roads, and neighboring properties. 60
9. Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates. 61
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 62