| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to school safety; amending s. 30.15, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | F.S.; providing that private schools are responsible 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | for specified costs relating to school guardian 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | programs; authorizing sheriffs to waive specified 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | costs for private schools; prohibiting specified fun ds 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | from being used to subsidize certain costs; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | authorizing certain persons to be certified as school 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | guardians without completing certain training 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | requirements; revising specified training requirements 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | for school guardians; requiring school districts, 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | charter schools, private schools, and sheriffs to 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | report specified information relating to school 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | guardians and school guardian programs to the 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Department of Law Enforcement within specified 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | timeframes; requiring the Department of Law 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Enforcement to maintain a list of school guardians and 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | school guardian trainings; providing for the removal 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of specified persons from such list; providing 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | requirements for such list; prohibiting sheriffs who 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | fail to report specified information from receiving 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | certain reimbursement ; prohibiting school districts, 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | charter schools, and private schools that fail to 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | report specified information from operating school 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | guardian programs for the following school year, 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | unless the school district, charter school, or private 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | school has submitted the required information; 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to report 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | certain information to the Department of Education by 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | specified dates of each school year; authorizing the 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules; amending 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 330.41, F.S.; prohibiting the operation of a drone 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | over public and private schools and the recording of 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | video of such schools; providing criminal penalties; 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | providing exemptions; amending s. 943.082, F.S.; 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | requiring district school boards and charter school 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | governing boards to ensure specified instruction 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | relating to the mobile suspicious activity reporting 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tool be provided to students within a specified 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | timeframe; providing requirements for such 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | instruction; amending s. 985.04, F.S.; requiring the 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | superintendent of sc hools, or his or her designee, to 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | notify specified chiefs of police or public safety 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | directors of certain postsecondary institutions of 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | specified alleged acts by children dual enrolled at 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | such institutions within a specified timeframe; 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | amending s. 1001.212 , F.S.; requiring the Office of 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Safe Schools to develop and adopt a specified report 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | relating to compliance and noncompliance with school 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | safety requirements by a specified date; requiring the 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | office to provide such report to specified persons; 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | requiring the office to conduct specified inspections 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | triennially and investigate certain noncompliance; 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | providing requirements for the provision of specified 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | information from such inspections and investigations; 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | requiring the office to provide certain quarterly 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | reports to specified persons; requiring the office to 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | provide bonuses to certain persons who comply with 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | specified requirements; requiring the office to refer 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | certain personnel to specified persons; requiring the 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | office to notify specified personnel electronic ally of 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | certain requirements; requiring the office to evaluate 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | the methodology for the safe schools allocation and, 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | if necessary, recommend an alternative methodology for 64 |
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| 102 | 102 | | specified purposes by a specified date; amending s. 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 1006.07, F.S.; requiring schools, including charter 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | schools, to maintain a specified record relating to 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | certain drills; providing that school safety 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | specialist duties may be completed by his or her 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | designee; providing that certain school safety 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | specialist duties are in conjunction with th e district 71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | school superintendent; requiring school safety 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | specialists to conduct specified annual inspections, 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | investigate specified reports of noncompliance, and 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | report certain noncompliance and violations to 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | specified individuals and the district school board; 76 |
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| 126 | 126 | | requiring school districts and charter school 77 |
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| 127 | 127 | | governing boards to comply with certain school safety 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | requirements by a specified date; providing reporting 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | requirements for violations of certain school safety 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | requirements; requiring district school bo ards and 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | charter school governing boards to adopt a progressive 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | discipline policy for specified personnel who commit 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | specified violations; amending s. 1006.12, F.S.; 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | requiring specified agreements relating to school 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | resource officers to identify the entity responsible 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | for maintaining specified records; providing 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | requirements before the appointment of a school 88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | guardian; requiring the Department of Education to 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | provide certain information to the Department of Law 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Enforcement; repealing specified training requ irements 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | for safe-school officers; subject to legislative 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | appropriation, requiring the Department of Law 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | Enforcement to provide grants to sheriffs' offices and 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | law enforcement agencies for specified purposes 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | relating to school safety in private schools; 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | providing requirements for such grants; requiring the 97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | Department of Law Enforcement to develop a specified 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | form and provide such form to grant recipients; 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | providing requirements for the use of such funds; 100 |
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| 162 | 162 | | providing a limit on the amount of funds an applicant 101 |
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| 163 | 163 | | may receive; providing an effective date. 102 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 104 |
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| 167 | 167 | | Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | 30.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | 30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations. — 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (1) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, in person or 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | by deputy, shall: 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (k) Assist district school boards and charter school 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | governing boards in complying with, or private schools in 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | exercising options in, s. 1006.12. A sheriff must, at a minimum, 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | provide access to a Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and Coach 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Scott Beigel Guardian Program to aid in the prevention or 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | abatement of active assailant incidents on school premises, as 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | required under this paragraph. Persons certified as school 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | guardians pursuant t o this paragraph have no authority to act in 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | any law enforcement capacity except to the extent necessary to 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | prevent or abate an active assailant incident. 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | 1.a. If a local school board has voted by a majority to 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | implement a guardian program, the sheriff i n that county shall 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | establish a guardian program to provide training, pursuant to 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | subparagraph 2., to school district, charter school, or private 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | school employees, either directly or through a contract with 125 |
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| 199 | 199 | | another sheriff's office that has established a g uardian 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | program. 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | b. A charter school governing board in a school district 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | that has not voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | program may request the sheriff in the county to establish a 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | guardian program for the purpose of training the charter s chool 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | employees. If the county sheriff denies the request, the charter 132 |
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| 206 | 206 | | school governing board may contract with a sheriff that has 133 |
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| 207 | 207 | | established a guardian program to provide such training. The 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | charter school governing board must notify the superintendent 135 |
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| 209 | 209 | | and the sheriff in the charter school's county of the contract 136 |
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| 210 | 210 | | prior to its execution. 137 |
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| 211 | 211 | | c. A private school in a school district that has not 138 |
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| 212 | 212 | | voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian program may 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | request that the sheriff in the county of the private s chool 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | establish a guardian program for the purpose of training private 141 |
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| 215 | 215 | | school employees. If the county sheriff denies the request, the 142 |
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| 216 | 216 | | private school may contract with a sheriff from another county 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | who has established a guardian program to provide such tra ining. 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | The private school must notify the sheriff in the private 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | school's county of the contract with a sheriff from another 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | county before its execution. The private school is responsible 147 |
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| 221 | 221 | | for all training and screening-related costs for a school 148 |
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| 222 | 222 | | guardian program. The sheriff providing such training must 149 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ensure that any moneys paid by a private school are not 150 |
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| 236 | 236 | | commingled with any funds provided by the state to the sheriff 151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | as reimbursement for screening -related and training -related 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | costs of any school district or charter school employee. 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | d. The training program required in sub -subparagraph 2.b. 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | is a standardized statewide curriculum, and each sheriff 155 |
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| 241 | 241 | | providing such training shall adhere to the course of 156 |
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| 242 | 242 | | instruction specified in that sub -subparagraph. This 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | subparagraph does not prohibit a sheriff from providing 158 |
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| 244 | 244 | | additional training. A school guardian who has completed the 159 |
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| 245 | 245 | | training program required in sub -subparagraph 2.b. may not be 160 |
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| 246 | 246 | | required to attend another sheriff's training program pursuant 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | to that sub-subparagraph unless there has been at least a 1 -year 162 |
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| 248 | 248 | | break in his or her appointment employment as a guardian. 163 |
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| 249 | 249 | | e. The sheriff conducting the training pursuant to 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | subparagraph 2. for school district and charter school employees 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | will be reimbursed for screening -related and training -related 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | costs and for providing a one -time stipend of $500 to each 167 |
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| 253 | 253 | | school guardian who participates in the school guardian program. 168 |
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| 254 | 254 | | f. The sheriff may waive the training and screening -169 |
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| 255 | 255 | | related costs for a private school for a school guardian 170 |
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| 256 | 256 | | program. Funds provided pursuant to sub -subparagraph e. may not 171 |
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| 257 | 257 | | be used to subsidize any costs that have been waived by the 172 |
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| 258 | 258 | | sheriff. 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | g. A person who is certified and in good standing under 174 |
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| 260 | 260 | | the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Comm ission, 175 |
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| 273 | 273 | | who meets the qualifications established in s. 943.13, and who 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | is otherwise qualified for the position of a school guardian may 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | be certified as a school guardian by the sheriff without 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | completing the training requirements of sub -subparagraph 2.b. 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | However, a person certified as a school guardian under this sub -180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | subparagraph must meet the requirements of sub -subparagraphs 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | 2.c.-e. 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 2. A sheriff who establishes a program shall consult with 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | the Department of Law Enforcement on programmatic guiding 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | principles, practices, and resources, and shall certify as 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | school guardians, without the power of arrest, school employees, 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | as specified in s. 1006.12(3), who: 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | a. Hold a valid license issued under s. 790.06. 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | b. Complete a 144-hour training program, consisting of 12 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | hours of training to improve the school guardian's knowledge and 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | skills necessary to respond to and de -escalate incidents on 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | school premises certified nationally recognized diversity 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | training and 132 total hours of comprehensive firearm safety and 193 |
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| 291 | 291 | | proficiency training conducted by Criminal Justice Standards and 194 |
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| 292 | 292 | | Training Commission-certified instructors, which must include: 195 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (I) Eighty hours of firearms instruction based on the 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | Criminal Justice Stan dards and Training Commission's Law 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | Enforcement Academy training model, which must include at least 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | 10 percent but no more than 20 percent more rounds fired than 199 |
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| 297 | 297 | | associated with academy training. Program participants must 200 |
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| 310 | 310 | | achieve an 85 percent pass rate on the firearms training. 201 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (II) Sixteen hours of instruction in precision pistol. 202 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (III) Eight hours of discretionary shooting instruction 203 |
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| 313 | 313 | | using state-of-the-art simulator exercises. 204 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (IV) Sixteen hours of instruction in active shooter or 205 |
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| 315 | 315 | | assailant scenarios. 206 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (V) Eight hours of instruction in defensive tactics. 207 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (VI) Four hours of instruction in legal issues. 208 |
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| 318 | 318 | | c. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a 209 |
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| 319 | 319 | | psychologist licensed under chapter 490 and designated by the 210 |
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| 320 | 320 | | Department of Law Enforcement and submit the results of the 211 |
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| 321 | 321 | | evaluation to the sheriff's office. The Department of Law 212 |
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| 322 | 322 | | Enforcement is authorized to provide the sheriff's office with 213 |
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| 323 | 323 | | mental health and substance abuse data for compliance with this 214 |
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| 324 | 324 | | paragraph. 215 |
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| 325 | 325 | | d. Submit to and pass an in itial drug test and subsequent 216 |
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| 326 | 326 | | random drug tests in accordance with the requirements of s. 217 |
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| 327 | 327 | | 112.0455 and the sheriff's office. 218 |
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| 328 | 328 | | e. Successfully complete ongoing training, weapon 219 |
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| 329 | 329 | | inspection, and firearm qualification on at least an annual 220 |
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| 330 | 330 | | basis. 221 |
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| 332 | 332 | | The sheriff who conducts the guardian training or waives the 223 |
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| 333 | 333 | | training requirements for a person under sub -subparagraph 1.g. 224 |
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| 334 | 334 | | shall issue a school guardian certificate to persons individuals 225 |
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| 347 | 347 | | who meet the requirements of this section to the satisfaction of 226 |
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| 348 | 348 | | the sheriff, and shall maintain documentation of weapon and 227 |
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| 349 | 349 | | equipment inspections, as well as the training, certification, 228 |
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| 350 | 350 | | inspection, and qualification records of each school guardian 229 |
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| 351 | 351 | | certified by the sheriff. A person An individual who is 230 |
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| 352 | 352 | | certified under this paragr aph may serve as a school guardian 231 |
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| 353 | 353 | | under s. 1006.12(3) only if he or she is appointed by the 232 |
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| 354 | 354 | | applicable school district superintendent, charter school 233 |
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| 355 | 355 | | principal, or private school head of school. 234 |
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| 356 | 356 | | 3.a.(I) Within 30 days after issuing a school guardian 235 |
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| 357 | 357 | | certificate, the sheriff who issued the certificate must report 236 |
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| 358 | 358 | | to the Department of Law Enforcement the name, date of birth, 237 |
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| 359 | 359 | | and certification date of the school guardian. 238 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (II) By September 1, 2024, each sheriff who issued a 239 |
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| 361 | 361 | | school guardian certificate mus t report to the Department of Law 240 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Enforcement the name, date of birth, and certification date of 241 |
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| 363 | 363 | | each school guardian who received a certificate from the 242 |
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| 364 | 364 | | sheriff. 243 |
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| 365 | 365 | | b.(I) By February 1 and September 1 of each school year, 244 |
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| 366 | 366 | | each school district, charter scho ol, and private school must 245 |
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| 367 | 367 | | report to the Department of Law Enforcement the name, date of 246 |
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| 368 | 368 | | birth, and appointment date of each person appointed as a school 247 |
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| 369 | 369 | | guardian. The school district, charter school, and private 248 |
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| 370 | 370 | | school must also report to the Department of Law Enforcement the 249 |
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| 371 | 371 | | date each school guardian separates from his or her appointment 250 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (II) By September 1, 2024, each school district, charter 252 |
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| 386 | 386 | | school, and private school must report to the Department of Law 253 |
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| 387 | 387 | | Enforcement the name, da te of birth, and initial and end -of-254 |
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| 388 | 388 | | appointment dates, as applicable, of each person appointed as a 255 |
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| 389 | 389 | | school guardian. 256 |
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| 390 | 390 | | c. The Department of Law Enforcement shall maintain a list 257 |
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| 391 | 391 | | of each person appointed as a school guardian in the state. The 258 |
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| 392 | 392 | | list must include the name and certification date of each school 259 |
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| 393 | 393 | | guardian and the date the person was appointed as a school 260 |
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| 394 | 394 | | guardian, including the name of the school district, charter 261 |
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| 395 | 395 | | school, or private school in which the school guardian is 262 |
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| 396 | 396 | | appointed, any information provided pursuant to s. 1006.12(5), 263 |
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| 397 | 397 | | and, if applicable, the date such person separated from his or 264 |
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| 398 | 398 | | her appointment as a school guardian. The Department of Law 265 |
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| 399 | 399 | | Enforcement shall remove from the list any person whose training 266 |
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| 400 | 400 | | has expired pursuant to sub -subparagraph 1.d. 267 |
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| 401 | 401 | | d. Each sheriff must report on a quarterly basis to the 268 |
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| 402 | 402 | | Department of Law Enforcement the schedule for upcoming school 269 |
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| 403 | 403 | | guardian trainings, including the dates of the training, the 270 |
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| 404 | 404 | | training locations, a contact person to register for the 271 |
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| 405 | 405 | | training, and the class capacity. The Department of Law 272 |
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| 406 | 406 | | Enforcement shall publish on its website a list of the upcoming 273 |
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| 407 | 407 | | school guardian trainings. The Department of Law Enforcement 274 |
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| 408 | 408 | | must update such list quarterly. 275 |
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| 421 | 421 | | e. A sheriff who fails to report the infor mation required 276 |
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| 422 | 422 | | by this subparagraph may not receive reimbursement from the 277 |
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| 423 | 423 | | Department of Education for school guardian trainings. Upon the 278 |
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| 424 | 424 | | submission of the required information, a sheriff is deemed 279 |
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| 425 | 425 | | eligible for such funding and is authorized to continue to 280 |
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| 426 | 426 | | receive reimbursement for school guardian training. 281 |
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| 427 | 427 | | f. A school district, charter school, or private school 282 |
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| 428 | 428 | | that fails to report the information required by this 283 |
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| 429 | 429 | | subparagraph may not operate a school guardian program for the 284 |
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| 430 | 430 | | following school year, unl ess the school district, charter 285 |
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| 431 | 431 | | school, or private school has submitted the required 286 |
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| 432 | 432 | | information. 287 |
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| 433 | 433 | | g. By March 1 and October 1 of each school year, the 288 |
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| 434 | 434 | | Department of Law Enforcement shall notify the Department of 289 |
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| 435 | 435 | | Education of any sheriff, school district , charter school, or 290 |
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| 436 | 436 | | private school that has not complied with the reporting 291 |
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| 437 | 437 | | requirements of this subparagraph. 292 |
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| 438 | 438 | | h. The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules to 293 |
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| 439 | 439 | | implement the requirements of this subparagraph, including 294 |
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| 440 | 440 | | requiring additional report ing information only as necessary to 295 |
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| 441 | 441 | | uniquely identify each school guardian reported. 296 |
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| 442 | 442 | | Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 330.41, Florida 297 |
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| 443 | 443 | | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection 298 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (5) is added to that section to read: 299 |
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| 445 | 445 | | 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. — 300 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (5) PROTECTION OF SCHOOLS. — 301 |
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| 459 | 459 | | (a) A person may not knowingly or willfully: 302 |
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| 460 | 460 | | 1. Operate a drone over a public or private school serving 303 |
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| 461 | 461 | | students in any grade from voluntary prekindergarten through 304 |
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| 462 | 462 | | grade 12; or 305 |
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| 463 | 463 | | 2. Allow a drone to make contact with a school, including 306 |
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| 464 | 464 | | any person or object on the premises of or within the school 307 |
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| 465 | 465 | | facility. 308 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits a 309 |
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| 467 | 467 | | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 310 |
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| 468 | 468 | | 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or 311 |
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| 469 | 469 | | subsequent violation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 312 |
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| 470 | 470 | | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 313 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (c) A person who violates paragraph (a) and records video 314 |
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| 472 | 472 | | of the school, including any person or object on the premises of 315 |
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| 473 | 473 | | or within the school facility, commits a misdemeanor of the 316 |
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| 474 | 474 | | first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 317 |
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| 475 | 475 | | 775.083. A person who commits a second or subsequent violation 318 |
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| 476 | 476 | | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provide d in 319 |
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| 477 | 477 | | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 320 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (d) This subsection does not apply to actions identified 321 |
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| 479 | 479 | | in paragraph (a) which are committed by: 322 |
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| 480 | 480 | | 1. A person acting under the prior written consent of the 323 |
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| 481 | 481 | | school principal, district school board, superintend ent, or 324 |
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| 482 | 482 | | school governing board. 325 |
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| 495 | 495 | | 2. A law enforcement agency that is in compliance with s. 326 |
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| 496 | 496 | | 934.50 or a person under contract with or otherwise acting under 327 |
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| 497 | 497 | | the direction of such law enforcement agency. 328 |
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| 498 | 498 | | Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of sec tion 329 |
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| 499 | 499 | | 943.082, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 330 |
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| 500 | 500 | | 943.082 School Safety Awareness Program. — 331 |
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| 501 | 501 | | (4) 332 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (b) The district school board shall promote the use of the 333 |
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| 503 | 503 | | mobile suspicious activity reporting tool by advertising it on 334 |
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| 504 | 504 | | the school district website, in newsletters, on school campuses, 335 |
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| 505 | 505 | | and in school publications, by installing it on all mobile 336 |
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| 506 | 506 | | devices issued to students, and by bookmarking the website on 337 |
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| 507 | 507 | | all computer devices issued to students. Within the first 5 days 338 |
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| 508 | 508 | | of each school year, each district s chool board and charter 339 |
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| 509 | 509 | | school governing board must ensure that instruction on the use 340 |
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| 510 | 510 | | of the mobile suspicious activity reporting tool known as 341 |
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| 511 | 511 | | FortifyFL is provided to students. The instruction must be age 342 |
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| 512 | 512 | | and developmentally appropriate and include the consequences for 343 |
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| 513 | 513 | | making a threat or false report as described in ss. 790.162 and 344 |
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| 514 | 514 | | 790.163, respectively, involving school or school personnel's 345 |
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| 515 | 515 | | property, school transportation, or a school -sponsored activity. 346 |
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| 516 | 516 | | Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) o f section 347 |
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| 517 | 517 | | 985.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 348 |
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| 518 | 518 | | 985.04 Oaths; records; confidential information. — 349 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (4)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 350 |
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| 532 | 532 | | section, when a child of any age is taken into custody by a law 351 |
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| 533 | 533 | | enforcement officer for an offe nse that would have been a felony 352 |
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| 534 | 534 | | if committed by an adult, or a crime of violence, the law 353 |
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| 535 | 535 | | enforcement agency must notify the superintendent of schools 354 |
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| 536 | 536 | | that the child is alleged to have committed the delinquent act. 355 |
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| 537 | 537 | | If the child is a dual enrolled student at a postsecondary 356 |
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| 538 | 538 | | institution, the superintendent of schools, or his or her 357 |
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| 539 | 539 | | designee, must notify the chief of police or the public safety 358 |
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| 540 | 540 | | director of the postsecondary institution at which the student 359 |
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| 541 | 541 | | is dual enrolled within 1 business day after receivi ng the 360 |
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| 542 | 542 | | initial notification. 361 |
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| 543 | 543 | | Section 5. Subsection (14) of section 1001.212, Florida 362 |
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| 544 | 544 | | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (17) and (18) are added to 363 |
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| 545 | 545 | | that section, to read: 364 |
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| 546 | 546 | | 1001.212 Office of Safe Schools. —There is created in the 365 |
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| 547 | 547 | | Department of Educat ion the Office of Safe Schools. The office 366 |
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| 548 | 548 | | is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The 367 |
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| 549 | 549 | | office shall serve as a central repository for best practices, 368 |
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| 550 | 550 | | training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters 369 |
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| 551 | 551 | | regarding school safety and sec urity, including prevention 370 |
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| 552 | 552 | | efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness 371 |
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| 553 | 553 | | planning. The office shall: 372 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (14)(a) By August 1, 2024, develop and adopt a Florida 373 |
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| 555 | 555 | | school safety compliance inspection report to document 374 |
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| 556 | 556 | | compliance or noncompliance wi th school safety requirements 375 |
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| 569 | 569 | | mandated by law or rule and adherence to established school 376 |
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| 570 | 570 | | safety best practices to evaluate the safety, security, and 377 |
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| 571 | 571 | | emergency response of the school. Upon the adoption of the 378 |
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| 572 | 572 | | report and upon any revisions to the report, th e office shall 379 |
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| 573 | 573 | | provide a blank copy of the report to each district school 380 |
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| 574 | 574 | | superintendent and charter school administrator. 381 |
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| 575 | 575 | | (b) Monitor compliance with requirements relating to 382 |
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| 576 | 576 | | school safety by school districts and public schools, including 383 |
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| 577 | 577 | | charter schools. The office shall conduct unannounced 384 |
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| 578 | 578 | | inspections of all public schools, including charter schools, 385 |
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| 579 | 579 | | while school is in session, triennially and investigate reports 386 |
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| 580 | 580 | | of noncompliance with school safety requirements. Within 3 387 |
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| 581 | 581 | | school days after the unannounc ed inspection, the office shall 388 |
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| 582 | 582 | | provide a copy of the completed Florida school safety compliance 389 |
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| 583 | 583 | | inspection report, including any photographs or other evidence 390 |
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| 584 | 584 | | of noncompliance, to the school safety specialist, the school 391 |
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| 585 | 585 | | principal or charter school admini strator, as appropriate, and 392 |
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| 586 | 586 | | the district school superintendent. The school safety specialist 393 |
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| 587 | 587 | | or charter school administrator shall acknowledge receipt of the 394 |
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| 588 | 588 | | report in writing within 1 school day after receipt. The office 395 |
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| 589 | 589 | | shall reinspect any school with d ocumented deficiencies within 6 396 |
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| 590 | 590 | | months. The school safety specialist or charter school 397 |
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| 591 | 591 | | administrator, or his or her designee, must provide the office 398 |
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| 592 | 592 | | with written notice of how the noncompliance with s. 399 |
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| 593 | 593 | | 1006.07(6)(f) has been remediated within 3 school day s after 400 |
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| 606 | 606 | | receipt of the report. 401 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (c) Provide quarterly reports to each district school 402 |
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| 608 | 608 | | superintendent and school safety specialist identifying the 403 |
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| 609 | 609 | | number and percentage of schools, including charter schools, 404 |
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| 610 | 610 | | inspected or reinspected during that quarter and the number and 405 |
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| 611 | 611 | | percentage of inspected schools that had no school safety 406 |
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| 612 | 612 | | requirement deficiencies. The school safety specialist shall 407 |
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| 613 | 613 | | present each quarterly report to the district school board in a 408 |
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| 614 | 614 | | public meeting. Annually, during the first quarter of eve ry 409 |
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| 615 | 615 | | school year, the school safety specialist shall report to the 410 |
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| 616 | 616 | | district school board in a public meeting the number of schools 411 |
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| 617 | 617 | | inspected during the preceding calendar year and the number and 412 |
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| 618 | 618 | | percentage of schools in compliance during the initial 413 |
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| 619 | 619 | | inspection and reinspection. 414 |
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| 620 | 620 | | (d) Provide a bonus in an amount determined in the General 415 |
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| 621 | 621 | | Appropriations Act, at the conclusion of the initial unannounced 416 |
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| 622 | 622 | | inspection conducted during the triennial period, to the school 417 |
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| 623 | 623 | | principal or charter school administrator of each school that 418 |
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| 624 | 624 | | complies with all school safety requirements. 419 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (e) Refer any instructional personnel as defined in s. 420 |
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| 626 | 626 | | 1012.01(2) and any administrative personnel as defined in s. 421 |
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| 627 | 627 | | 1012.01(3) who knowingly violate s. 1006.07(6)(f) to the 422 |
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| 628 | 628 | | district school superintendent or charter school administrator, 423 |
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| 629 | 629 | | as applicable, for disciplinary action if such action has not 424 |
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| 630 | 630 | | already been commenced by the district school superintendent or 425 |
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| 643 | 643 | | charter school administrator upon receipt of the Florida school 426 |
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| 644 | 644 | | safety compliance in spection report. The district school 427 |
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| 645 | 645 | | superintendent or charter school administrator must notify the 428 |
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| 646 | 646 | | office of the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings within 3 429 |
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| 647 | 647 | | school days after the conclusion of the proceedings. 430 |
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| 648 | 648 | | (17) Annually, at the beginning of the school year, notify 431 |
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| 649 | 649 | | all administrative and instructional personnel by electronic 432 |
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| 650 | 650 | | mail of the requirements of s. 1006.07(6)(f). 433 |
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| 651 | 651 | | (18) By December 1, 2024, evaluate the methodology for the 434 |
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| 652 | 652 | | safe schools allocation in s. 1011.62(12) and, if necessary, 435 |
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| 653 | 653 | | make recommendations for an alternate methodology to distribute 436 |
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| 654 | 654 | | the remaining balance of the safe schools allocation as 437 |
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| 655 | 655 | | indicated in s. 1011.62(12) report incidents of noncompliance to 438 |
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| 656 | 656 | | the commissioner pursuant to s. 1001.11(9) and the state board 439 |
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| 657 | 657 | | pursuant to s. 1008.32 and other requirements of law, as 440 |
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| 658 | 658 | | appropriate. 441 |
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| 659 | 659 | | Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and paragraph 442 |
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| 660 | 660 | | (a) of subsection (6) of section 1006.07, Florida Statutes, are 443 |
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| 661 | 661 | | amended, and paragraph (f) is added to subsection (6) of that 444 |
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| 662 | 662 | | section, to read: 445 |
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| 663 | 663 | | 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student 446 |
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| 664 | 664 | | discipline and school safety. —The district school board shall 447 |
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| 665 | 665 | | provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the 448 |
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| 666 | 666 | | attendance and control of students at school, and for proper 449 |
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| 667 | 667 | | attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the 450 |
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| 680 | 680 | | welfare of students, including: 451 |
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| 681 | 681 | | (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. — 452 |
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| 682 | 682 | | (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures, in 453 |
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| 683 | 683 | | consultation with the appropriate public safety agencies, for 454 |
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| 684 | 684 | | emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not 455 |
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| 685 | 685 | | limited to, fires, natural disasters, active assailant and 456 |
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| 686 | 686 | | hostage situations, and bomb threats, for all students and 457 |
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| 687 | 687 | | faculty at all public schools of the district composed of grades 458 |
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| 688 | 688 | | K-12, pursuant to State Board of Education rules. Drills for 459 |
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| 689 | 689 | | active assailant and hostage situations must be conducted in 460 |
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| 690 | 690 | | accordance with developmentally appropriate and age -appropriate 461 |
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| 691 | 691 | | procedures, as specified in State Board of Education rules. Law 462 |
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| 692 | 692 | | enforcement officers responsible for responding to the school in 463 |
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| 693 | 693 | | the event of an active assailant emergency, as determined 464 |
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| 694 | 694 | | necessary by the sheriff in coordination with the district's 465 |
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| 695 | 695 | | school safety specialist, must be physically present on campus 466 |
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| 696 | 696 | | and directly involved in th e execution of active assailant 467 |
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| 697 | 697 | | emergency drills. School districts must notify law enforcement 468 |
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| 698 | 698 | | officers at least 24 hours before conducting an active assailant 469 |
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| 699 | 699 | | emergency drill at which such law enforcement officers are 470 |
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| 700 | 700 | | expected to attend. Each school, including charter schools, must 471 |
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| 701 | 701 | | maintain a record that is accessible on each campus or by 472 |
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| 702 | 702 | | request of the Office of Safe Schools of all current school year 473 |
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| 703 | 703 | | and prior school year drills conducted pursuant to this 474 |
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| 704 | 704 | | subsection, including the names of law enforcemen t personnel 475 |
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| 717 | 717 | | present on campus for each active assailant emergency drill. 476 |
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| 718 | 718 | | District school board policies must include commonly used alarm 477 |
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| 719 | 719 | | system responses for specific types of emergencies and 478 |
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| 720 | 720 | | verification by each school that drills have been provided as 479 |
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| 721 | 721 | | required by law, State Board of Education rules, and fire 480 |
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| 722 | 722 | | protection codes and may provide accommodations for drills 481 |
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| 723 | 723 | | conducted by exceptional student education centers. District 482 |
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| 724 | 724 | | school boards shall establish emergency response and emergency 483 |
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| 725 | 725 | | preparedness policies and procedures that include, but are not 484 |
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| 726 | 726 | | limited to, identifying the individuals responsible for 485 |
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| 727 | 727 | | contacting the primary emergency response agency and the 486 |
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| 728 | 728 | | emergency response agency responsible for notifying the school 487 |
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| 729 | 729 | | district for each type of emergenc y. The State Board of 488 |
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| 730 | 730 | | Education shall refer to recommendations provided in reports 489 |
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| 731 | 731 | | published pursuant to s. 943.687 for guidance and, by August 1, 490 |
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| 732 | 732 | | 2023, consult with state and local constituencies to adopt rules 491 |
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| 733 | 733 | | applicable to the requirements of this subse ction which, at a 492 |
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| 734 | 734 | | minimum, define the terms "emergency drill," "active threat," 493 |
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| 735 | 735 | | and "after-action report" and establish minimum emergency drill 494 |
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| 736 | 736 | | policies and procedures related to the timing, frequency, 495 |
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| 737 | 737 | | participation, training, notification, accommodations, and 496 |
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| 738 | 738 | | responses to threat situations by incident type, school level, 497 |
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| 739 | 739 | | school type, and student and school characteristics. The rules 498 |
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| 740 | 740 | | must require all types of emergency drills to be conducted no 499 |
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| 741 | 741 | | less frequently than on an annual school year basis. 500 |
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| 754 | 754 | | (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES. —Each district 501 |
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| 755 | 755 | | school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures 502 |
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| 756 | 756 | | for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the 503 |
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| 757 | 757 | | assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior 504 |
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| 758 | 758 | | poses a threat to the safety of the school community. 505 |
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| 759 | 759 | | (a) School safety specialist. —Each district school 506 |
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| 760 | 760 | | superintendent shall designate a school safety specialist for 507 |
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| 761 | 761 | | the district. The school safety specialist must be a school 508 |
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| 762 | 762 | | administrator employed by the school district or a law 509 |
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| 763 | 763 | | enforcement officer employed by the sheriff's office located in 510 |
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| 764 | 764 | | the school district. Any school safety specialist designated 511 |
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| 765 | 765 | | from the sheriff's office must first be authorized and approved 512 |
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| 766 | 766 | | by the sheriff employing the law enforcement officer. Any sc hool 513 |
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| 767 | 767 | | safety specialist designated from the sheriff's office remains 514 |
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| 768 | 768 | | the employee of the office for purposes of compensation, 515 |
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| 769 | 769 | | insurance, workers' compensation, and other benefits authorized 516 |
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| 770 | 770 | | by law for a law enforcement officer employed by the sheriff's 517 |
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| 771 | 771 | | office. The sheriff and the school superintendent may determine 518 |
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| 772 | 772 | | by agreement the reimbursement for such costs, or may share the 519 |
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| 773 | 773 | | costs, associated with employment of the law enforcement officer 520 |
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| 774 | 774 | | as a school safety specialist. The school safety specialist must 521 |
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| 775 | 775 | | earn a certificate of completion of the school safety specialist 522 |
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| 776 | 776 | | training provided by the Office of Safe Schools within 1 year 523 |
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| 777 | 777 | | after appointment and is responsible for the supervision and 524 |
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| 778 | 778 | | oversight for all school safety and security personnel, 525 |
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| 790 | 790 | | |
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| 791 | 791 | | policies, and procedures in the school district. The school 526 |
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| 792 | 792 | | safety specialist, or his or her designee, shall: 527 |
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| 793 | 793 | | 1. In conjunction with the district school superintendent, 528 |
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| 794 | 794 | | annually review school district policies and procedures for 529 |
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| 795 | 795 | | compliance with state law and rules, in cluding the district's 530 |
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| 796 | 796 | | timely and accurate submission of school environmental safety 531 |
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| 797 | 797 | | incident reports to the department pursuant to s. 1001.212(8). 532 |
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| 798 | 798 | | At least quarterly, the school safety specialist must report to 533 |
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| 799 | 799 | | the district school superintendent and the d istrict school board 534 |
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| 800 | 800 | | any noncompliance by the school district with laws or rules 535 |
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| 801 | 801 | | regarding school safety. 536 |
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| 802 | 802 | | 2. Provide the necessary training and resources to 537 |
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| 803 | 803 | | students and school district staff in matters relating to youth 538 |
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| 804 | 804 | | mental health awareness and assis tance; emergency procedures, 539 |
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| 805 | 805 | | including active shooter training; and school safety and 540 |
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| 806 | 806 | | security. 541 |
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| 807 | 807 | | 3. Serve as the school district liaison with local public 542 |
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| 808 | 808 | | safety agencies and national, state, and community agencies and 543 |
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| 809 | 809 | | organizations in matters of school safety and security. 544 |
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| 810 | 810 | | 4. In collaboration with the appropriate public safety 545 |
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| 811 | 811 | | agencies, as that term is defined in s. 365.171, by October 1 of 546 |
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| 812 | 812 | | each year, conduct a school security risk assessment at each 547 |
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| 813 | 813 | | public school using the Florida Safe Schools Assessm ent Tool 548 |
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| 814 | 814 | | developed by the Office of Safe Schools pursuant to s. 549 |
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| 815 | 815 | | 1006.1493. Based on the assessment findings, the district's 550 |
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| 828 | 828 | | school safety specialist shall provide recommendations to the 551 |
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| 829 | 829 | | district school superintendent and the district school board 552 |
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| 830 | 830 | | which identify strategies and activities that the district 553 |
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| 831 | 831 | | school board should implement in order to address the findings 554 |
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| 832 | 832 | | and improve school safety and security. Each district school 555 |
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| 833 | 833 | | board must receive such findings and the school safety 556 |
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| 834 | 834 | | specialist's recommendation s at a publicly noticed district 557 |
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| 835 | 835 | | school board meeting to provide the public an opportunity to 558 |
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| 836 | 836 | | hear the district school board members discuss and take action 559 |
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| 837 | 837 | | on the findings and recommendations. Each school safety 560 |
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| 838 | 838 | | specialist, through the district school sup erintendent, shall 561 |
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| 839 | 839 | | report such findings and school board action to the Office of 562 |
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| 840 | 840 | | Safe Schools within 30 days after the district school board 563 |
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| 841 | 841 | | meeting. 564 |
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| 842 | 842 | | 5. Conduct annual unannounced inspections, using the form 565 |
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| 843 | 843 | | adopted by the Office of Safe Schools pursuant to s. 566 |
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| 844 | 844 | | 1001.212(14), of all public schools, including charter schools, 567 |
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| 845 | 845 | | while school is in session and investigate reports of 568 |
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| 846 | 846 | | noncompliance with school safety requirements. 569 |
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| 847 | 847 | | 6. Report violations of paragraph (f) by administrative 570 |
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| 848 | 848 | | personnel and instructiona l personnel to the district school 571 |
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| 849 | 849 | | superintendent or charter school administrator, as applicable. 572 |
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| 850 | 850 | | (f) School safety requirements. — 573 |
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| 851 | 851 | | 1. By August 1, 2024, each school district and charter 574 |
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| 852 | 852 | | school governing board shall comply with the following school 575 |
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| 870 | | - | normal school hours, unless: 581 |
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| 871 | | - | (I) Attended or actively staffed by a person when st udents 582 |
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| 872 | | - | are on campus; 583 |
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| 873 | | - | (II) The use is in accordance with a shared use agreement 584 |
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| 874 | | - | pursuant to s. 1013.101; or 585 |
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| 875 | | - | (III) The school safety specialist, or his or her 586 |
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| 876 | | - | designee, has documented in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment 587 |
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| 877 | | - | Tool portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools that the 588 |
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| 878 | | - | gate or other access point is not subject to this requirement 589 |
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| 879 | | - | based upon other safety measures at the school. The office may 590 |
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| 880 | | - | conduct a compliance visit pursuant to s. 1001.212(14) to review 591 |
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| 881 | | - | if such determination is appropria te. 592 |
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| 882 | | - | b. All school classrooms and other instructional spaces 593 |
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| 883 | | - | must be locked to prevent ingress when occupied by students, 594 |
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| 884 | | - | except between class periods when students are moving between 595 |
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| 885 | | - | classrooms or other instructional spaces. If a classroom or 596 |
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| 886 | | - | other instructional space door must be left unlocked or open for 597 |
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| 887 | | - | any reason other than between class periods when students are 598 |
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| 888 | | - | moving between classrooms or other instructional spaces, the 599 |
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| 889 | | - | door must be actively staffed by a person standing or seated at 600 |
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| 890 | | - | ENROLLED |
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| 870 | + | normal school hours, unless attended or actively staffed by a 581 |
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| 871 | + | person when students are on campus or the school safety 582 |
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| 872 | + | specialist, or his or her designee, has documented in the 583 |
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| 873 | + | Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool portal maintained by the 584 |
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| 874 | + | Office of Safe Schools that the gate or other access point is 585 |
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| 875 | + | not subject to this requirement based upon other safety measures 586 |
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| 876 | + | at the school. The office may conduct a compliance visit 587 |
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| 877 | + | pursuant to s. 1001.212(14) to review if such determination is 588 |
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| 878 | + | appropriate. 589 |
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| 879 | + | b. All school classrooms and other instructional spaces 590 |
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| 880 | + | must be locked to prevent ingress when occupied by students, 591 |
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| 881 | + | except between class periods when students are moving between 592 |
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| 882 | + | classrooms or other instructional spaces. If a classroom or 593 |
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| 883 | + | other instructional space door must be left unlocked or open for 594 |
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| 884 | + | any reason other than between class periods when students are 595 |
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| 885 | + | moving between classrooms or other instructional spaces, the 596 |
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| 886 | + | door must be actively staffed by a person standing or seated at 597 |
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| 887 | + | the door. 598 |
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| 888 | + | c. All campus access doors, gates, and other access points 599 |
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| 889 | + | that allow ingress to or egress from a school building shall 600 |
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| 890 | + | |
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| 891 | + | CS/CS/HB 1473 2024 |
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| 902 | | - | the door. 601 |
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| 903 | | - | c. All campus access doors, gates, and other access points 602 |
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| 904 | | - | that allow ingress to or egress from a school building shall 603 |
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| 905 | | - | remain closed and locked at all times to prevent ingress, unless 604 |
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| 906 | | - | a person is actively entering or exiting the door, gate, or 605 |
|---|
| 907 | | - | other access point or the school safety specialist, or his or 606 |
|---|
| 908 | | - | her designee, has documented in the Florida Safe Schools 607 |
|---|
| 909 | | - | Assessment Tool portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools 608 |
|---|
| 910 | | - | that the open and unlocked door, gate, or other access point is 609 |
|---|
| 911 | | - | not subject to this req uirement based upon other safety measures 610 |
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| 912 | | - | at the school. The office may conduct a compliance visit 611 |
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| 913 | | - | pursuant to s. 1001.212(14) to review if such determination is 612 |
|---|
| 914 | | - | appropriate. All campus access doors, gates, and other access 613 |
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| 915 | | - | points may be electronically or manually controlled by school 614 |
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| 916 | | - | personnel to allow access by authorized visitors, students, and 615 |
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| 917 | | - | school personnel. 616 |
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| 918 | | - | d. All school classrooms and other instructional spaces 617 |
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| 919 | | - | must clearly and conspicuously mark the safest areas in each 618 |
|---|
| 920 | | - | classroom or other instru ctional space where students must 619 |
|---|
| 921 | | - | shelter in place during an emergency. Students must be notified 620 |
|---|
| 922 | | - | of these safe areas within the first 10 days of the school year. 621 |
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| 923 | | - | If it is not feasible to clearly and conspicuously mark the 622 |
|---|
| 924 | | - | safest areas in a classroom or ot her instructional space, the 623 |
|---|
| 925 | | - | school safety specialist, or his or her designee, must document 624 |
|---|
| 926 | | - | such determination in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool 625 |
|---|
| 927 | | - | ENROLLED |
|---|
| 928 | | - | CS/CS/HB 1473, Engrossed 1 2024 Legislature |
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| 902 | + | remain closed and locked at all times to prevent ingress, unless 601 |
|---|
| 903 | + | a person is actively entering or exiting the door, gate, or 602 |
|---|
| 904 | + | other access point or the school safety specialist, or his or 603 |
|---|
| 905 | + | her designee, has documented in the Florida Safe Schools 604 |
|---|
| 906 | + | Assessment Tool portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools 605 |
|---|
| 907 | + | that the open and unlocked door, gate, or other access point is 606 |
|---|
| 908 | + | not subject to this requir ement based upon other safety measures 607 |
|---|
| 909 | + | at the school. The office may conduct a compliance visit 608 |
|---|
| 910 | + | pursuant to s. 1001.212(14) to review if such determination is 609 |
|---|
| 911 | + | appropriate. All campus access doors, gates, and other access 610 |
|---|
| 912 | + | points may be electronically or man ually controlled by school 611 |
|---|
| 913 | + | personnel to allow access by authorized visitors, students, and 612 |
|---|
| 914 | + | school personnel. 613 |
|---|
| 915 | + | d. All school classrooms and other instructional spaces 614 |
|---|
| 916 | + | must clearly and conspicuously mark the safest areas in each 615 |
|---|
| 917 | + | classroom or other instructi onal space where students must 616 |
|---|
| 918 | + | shelter in place during an emergency. Students must be notified 617 |
|---|
| 919 | + | of these safe areas within the first 10 days of the school year. 618 |
|---|
| 920 | + | If it is not feasible to clearly and conspicuously mark the 619 |
|---|
| 921 | + | safest areas in a classroom or other instructional space, the 620 |
|---|
| 922 | + | school safety specialist, or his or her designee, must document 621 |
|---|
| 923 | + | such determination in the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool 622 |
|---|
| 924 | + | portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools, identifying 623 |
|---|
| 925 | + | where affected students must shelter in pl ace. The office shall 624 |
|---|
| 926 | + | assist the school safety specialist with compliance during the 625 |
|---|
| 927 | + | |
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| 928 | + | CS/CS/HB 1473 2024 |
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| 939 | | - | portal maintained by the Office of Safe Schools, identifying 626 |
|---|
| 940 | | - | where affected students must shelter in place. The office shall 627 |
|---|
| 941 | | - | assist the school safety specialist with compliance during the 628 |
|---|
| 942 | | - | inspection required under s. 1001.212(14). 629 |
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| 943 | | - | 630 |
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| 944 | | - | Persons who are aware of a violation of this paragraph must 631 |
|---|
| 945 | | - | report the violation to the school principal. The school 632 |
|---|
| 946 | | - | principal must report the violation to the school safety 633 |
|---|
| 947 | | - | specialist no later than the next business day after receiving 634 |
|---|
| 948 | | - | such report. If the person who violated this paragraph is the 635 |
|---|
| 949 | | - | school principal or charter school administrator, the report 636 |
|---|
| 950 | | - | must be made directl y to the district school superintendent or 637 |
|---|
| 951 | | - | charter school governing board, as applicable. 638 |
|---|
| 952 | | - | (g) Progressive discipline policy. —Each district school 639 |
|---|
| 953 | | - | board and charter school governing board shall adopt a 640 |
|---|
| 954 | | - | progressive discipline policy for addressing any inst ructional 641 |
|---|
| 955 | | - | personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2) and any administrative 642 |
|---|
| 956 | | - | personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(3) who knowingly violate 643 |
|---|
| 957 | | - | school safety requirements. 644 |
|---|
| 958 | | - | Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsections 645 |
|---|
| 959 | | - | (3) and (6) of section 1006.12, Fl orida Statutes, are amended to 646 |
|---|
| 960 | | - | read: 647 |
|---|
| 961 | | - | 1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school. —For 648 |
|---|
| 962 | | - | the protection and safety of school personnel, property, 649 |
|---|
| 963 | | - | students, and visitors, each district school board and school 650 |
|---|
| 964 | | - | ENROLLED |
|---|
| 965 | | - | CS/CS/HB 1473, Engrossed 1 2024 Legislature |
|---|
| 939 | + | inspection required under s. 1001.212(14). 626 |
|---|
| 940 | + | 627 |
|---|
| 941 | + | Persons who are aware of a violation of this paragraph must 628 |
|---|
| 942 | + | report the violation to the school principal. The school 629 |
|---|
| 943 | + | principal must report the violation to the school safety 630 |
|---|
| 944 | + | specialist no later than the next business day after receiving 631 |
|---|
| 945 | + | such report. If the person who violated this paragraph is the 632 |
|---|
| 946 | + | school principal or charter school administrator, the report 633 |
|---|
| 947 | + | must be made directly t o the district school superintendent or 634 |
|---|
| 948 | + | charter school governing board, as applicable. 635 |
|---|
| 949 | + | (g) Progressive discipline policy. —Each district school 636 |
|---|
| 950 | + | board and charter school governing board shall adopt a 637 |
|---|
| 951 | + | progressive discipline policy for addressing any instruc tional 638 |
|---|
| 952 | + | personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2) and any administrative 639 |
|---|
| 953 | + | personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(3) who knowingly violate 640 |
|---|
| 954 | + | school safety requirements. 641 |
|---|
| 955 | + | Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsections 642 |
|---|
| 956 | + | (3) and (6) of section 1006.12, Flori da Statutes, are amended to 643 |
|---|
| 957 | + | read: 644 |
|---|
| 958 | + | 1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school. —For 645 |
|---|
| 959 | + | the protection and safety of school personnel, property, 646 |
|---|
| 960 | + | students, and visitors, each district school board and school 647 |
|---|
| 961 | + | district superintendent shall partner with la w enforcement 648 |
|---|
| 962 | + | agencies or security agencies to establish or assign one or more 649 |
|---|
| 963 | + | safe-school officers at each school facility within the 650 |
|---|
| 964 | + | |
|---|
| 965 | + | CS/CS/HB 1473 2024 |
|---|
| 976 | | - | district superintendent shall partner with law enforcement 651 |
|---|
| 977 | | - | agencies or security agencies to establish or assign one or more 652 |
|---|
| 978 | | - | safe-school officers at each school facility within the 653 |
|---|
| 979 | | - | district, including charter schools. A district school board 654 |
|---|
| 980 | | - | must collaborate with charter school governing boards to 655 |
|---|
| 981 | | - | facilitate charter school access to all safe -school officer 656 |
|---|
| 982 | | - | options available under this section. The school district may 657 |
|---|
| 983 | | - | implement any combination of the options in subsections (1) -(4) 658 |
|---|
| 984 | | - | to best meet the needs of the school district and charter 659 |
|---|
| 985 | | - | schools. 660 |
|---|
| 986 | | - | (1) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. —A school district may 661 |
|---|
| 987 | | - | establish school resource officer programs through a cooperative 662 |
|---|
| 988 | | - | agreement with law enforcement agencies. 663 |
|---|
| 989 | | - | (b) School resource officers shall abide by district 664 |
|---|
| 990 | | - | school board policies and shall consult with and coordinate 665 |
|---|
| 991 | | - | activities through the school principal, but shall be 666 |
|---|
| 992 | | - | responsible to the law enforcement agency in all matters 667 |
|---|
| 993 | | - | relating to employment, subject to agreements between a district 668 |
|---|
| 994 | | - | school board and a law enforcement agency. The agreements shall 669 |
|---|
| 995 | | - | identify the entity responsible for maintaining records relating 670 |
|---|
| 996 | | - | to training. Activities conducted by the school resource officer 671 |
|---|
| 997 | | - | which are part of the regular instructional program of the 672 |
|---|
| 998 | | - | school shall be under the direction of the school principal. 673 |
|---|
| 999 | | - | (3) SCHOOL GUARDIAN.— 674 |
|---|
| 1000 | | - | (a) At the school district's or the charter school 675 |
|---|
| 1001 | | - | ENROLLED |
|---|
| 1002 | | - | CS/CS/HB 1473, Engrossed 1 2024 Legislature |
|---|
| 976 | + | district, including charter schools. A district school board 651 |
|---|
| 977 | + | must collaborate with charter school governing boards to 652 |
|---|
| 978 | + | facilitate charter school access to all safe -school officer 653 |
|---|
| 979 | + | options available under this section. The school district may 654 |
|---|
| 980 | + | implement any combination of the options in subsections (1) -(4) 655 |
|---|
| 981 | + | to best meet the needs of the school district and charter 656 |
|---|
| 982 | + | schools. 657 |
|---|
| 983 | + | (1) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. —A school district may 658 |
|---|
| 984 | + | establish school resource officer programs through a cooperative 659 |
|---|
| 985 | + | agreement with law enforcement agencies. 660 |
|---|
| 986 | + | (b) School resource officers shall abide by district 661 |
|---|
| 987 | + | school board policies and shall consult with and coordinate 662 |
|---|
| 988 | + | activities through the school principal, but shall be 663 |
|---|
| 989 | + | responsible to the law enforcement agency in all matters 664 |
|---|
| 990 | + | relating to employment, subject to agreements between a district 665 |
|---|
| 991 | + | school board and a law enforcement agency. The agreements shall 666 |
|---|
| 992 | + | identify the entity responsible for maintaining records relating 667 |
|---|
| 993 | + | to training. Activities conducted by the school resource officer 668 |
|---|
| 994 | + | which are part of the regular instructional program of the 669 |
|---|
| 995 | + | school shall be under the direction of the school principal. 670 |
|---|
| 996 | + | (3) SCHOOL GUARDIAN.— 671 |
|---|
| 997 | + | (a) At the school district's or the charter school 672 |
|---|
| 998 | + | governing board's discretion, as applicable, pursuant to s. 673 |
|---|
| 999 | + | 30.15, a school district or charter school governing board may 674 |
|---|
| 1000 | + | participate in the Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and Coach 675 |
|---|
| 1001 | + | |
|---|
| 1002 | + | CS/CS/HB 1473 2024 |
|---|
| 1013 | | - | governing board's discretion, as applicable, pursuant to s. 676 |
|---|
| 1014 | | - | 30.15, a school district or charter school governing board may 677 |
|---|
| 1015 | | - | participate in the Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and Coach 678 |
|---|
| 1016 | | - | Scott Beigel Guardian Program to meet the requirement of 679 |
|---|
| 1017 | | - | establishing a safe-school officer. The following individuals 680 |
|---|
| 1018 | | - | may serve as a school guardian, in support of school -sanctioned 681 |
|---|
| 1019 | | - | activities for purposes of s. 790.115, upon satisfactory 682 |
|---|
| 1020 | | - | completion of the requirements under s. 30.15(1)(k) and 683 |
|---|
| 1021 | | - | certification by a sheriff: 684 |
|---|
| 1022 | | - | 1.(a) A school district employee or personnel, as defined 685 |
|---|
| 1023 | | - | under s. 1012.01, or a charter school employee, as provided 686 |
|---|
| 1024 | | - | under s. 1002.33(12)(a), who volunteers to serve as a school 687 |
|---|
| 1025 | | - | guardian in addition to his or her official job duties; or 688 |
|---|
| 1026 | | - | 2.(b) An employee of a school district or a charter school 689 |
|---|
| 1027 | | - | who is hired for the specific purpose of serving as a school 690 |
|---|
| 1028 | | - | guardian. 691 |
|---|
| 1029 | | - | (b) Before appointing an individual as a school guardian, 692 |
|---|
| 1030 | | - | the school district or charter school shall contact the 693 |
|---|
| 1031 | | - | Department of Law Enforcement and review all information 694 |
|---|
| 1032 | | - | maintained under s. 30.15(1)(k)3.c. related to the individual. 695 |
|---|
| 1033 | | - | (c) The department shall provide to the Department of Law 696 |
|---|
| 1034 | | - | Enforcement any information relatin g to a school guardian 697 |
|---|
| 1035 | | - | received pursuant to subsection (5). 698 |
|---|
| 1036 | | - | (6) CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING. — 699 |
|---|
| 1037 | | - | (a) Each safe-school officer who is also a sworn law 700 |
|---|
| 1038 | | - | ENROLLED |
|---|
| 1039 | | - | CS/CS/HB 1473, Engrossed 1 2024 Legislature |
|---|
| 1013 | + | Scott Beigel Guardian Program to meet the requirement of 676 |
|---|
| 1014 | + | establishing a safe-school officer. The following individuals 677 |
|---|
| 1015 | + | may serve as a school guardian, in support of school -sanctioned 678 |
|---|
| 1016 | + | activities for purposes of s. 790.115, upon satisfactory 679 |
|---|
| 1017 | + | completion of the requ irements under s. 30.15(1)(k) and 680 |
|---|
| 1018 | + | certification by a sheriff: 681 |
|---|
| 1019 | + | 1.(a) A school district employee or personnel, as defined 682 |
|---|
| 1020 | + | under s. 1012.01, or a charter school employee, as provided 683 |
|---|
| 1021 | + | under s. 1002.33(12)(a), who volunteers to serve as a school 684 |
|---|
| 1022 | + | guardian in addition to his or her official job duties; or 685 |
|---|
| 1023 | + | 2.(b) An employee of a school district or a charter school 686 |
|---|
| 1024 | + | who is hired for the specific purpose of serving as a school 687 |
|---|
| 1025 | + | guardian. 688 |
|---|
| 1026 | + | (b) Before appointing an individual as a school guardian, 689 |
|---|
| 1027 | + | the school district or charter school shall contact the 690 |
|---|
| 1028 | + | Department of Law Enforcement and review all information 691 |
|---|
| 1029 | + | maintained under s. 30.15(1)(k)3.c. related to the individual. 692 |
|---|
| 1030 | + | (c) The department shall provide to the Department of Law 693 |
|---|
| 1031 | + | Enforcement any information relating t o a school guardian 694 |
|---|
| 1032 | + | received pursuant to subsection (5). 695 |
|---|
| 1033 | + | (6) CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING. — 696 |
|---|
| 1034 | + | (a) Each safe-school officer who is also a sworn law 697 |
|---|
| 1035 | + | enforcement officer shall complete mental health crisis 698 |
|---|
| 1036 | + | intervention training using a curriculum developed by a national 699 |
|---|
| 1037 | + | organization with expertise in mental health crisis 700 |
|---|
| 1038 | + | |
|---|
| 1039 | + | CS/CS/HB 1473 2024 |
|---|
| 1050 | | - | enforcement officer shall complete mental health crisis 701 |
|---|
| 1051 | | - | intervention training using a curriculum developed by a national 702 |
|---|
| 1052 | | - | organization with expertise in mental health crisis 703 |
|---|
| 1053 | | - | intervention. The training must improve the officer's knowledge 704 |
|---|
| 1054 | | - | and skills as a first responder to incidents involving students 705 |
|---|
| 1055 | | - | with emotional disturbance or mental illness, including de -706 |
|---|
| 1056 | | - | escalation skills to ensure student and officer safety. 707 |
|---|
| 1057 | | - | (b) Each safe-school officer who is not a sworn law 708 |
|---|
| 1058 | | - | enforcement officer shall receive training to improve the 709 |
|---|
| 1059 | | - | officer's knowledge and skills necessary to respond to and de -710 |
|---|
| 1060 | | - | escalate incidents on school premises. 711 |
|---|
| 1061 | | - | 712 |
|---|
| 1062 | | - | If a district school board, through its adopted policies, 713 |
|---|
| 1063 | | - | procedures, or actions, denies a charter school access to any 714 |
|---|
| 1064 | | - | safe-school officer options pursuant to this section, the school 715 |
|---|
| 1065 | | - | district must assign a school resource officer or school safety 716 |
|---|
| 1066 | | - | officer to the charter school. Under such circumstances, the 717 |
|---|
| 1067 | | - | charter school's share of the costs of the school resource 718 |
|---|
| 1068 | | - | officer or school safety officer may not exceed the safe school 719 |
|---|
| 1069 | | - | allocation funds provided to the charter school pursuant to s. 720 |
|---|
| 1070 | | - | 1011.62(12) and shall be retained by the school district. 721 |
|---|
| 1071 | | - | Section 8. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year and subject to 722 |
|---|
| 1072 | | - | legislative appropriation, the Department of Law Enforcement 723 |
|---|
| 1073 | | - | shall provide grants t o sheriffs' offices and law enforcement 724 |
|---|
| 1074 | | - | agencies to conduct physical site security assessments for and 725 |
|---|
| 1075 | | - | ENROLLED |
|---|
| 1076 | | - | CS/CS/HB 1473, Engrossed 1 2024 Legislature |
|---|
| 1050 | + | intervention. The training must improve the officer's knowledge 701 |
|---|
| 1051 | + | and skills as a first responder to incidents involving students 702 |
|---|
| 1052 | + | with emotional disturbance or mental illness, including de -703 |
|---|
| 1053 | + | escalation skills to ensure student and officer safety. 704 |
|---|
| 1054 | + | (b) Each safe-school officer who is not a sworn law 705 |
|---|
| 1055 | + | enforcement officer shall receive training to improve the 706 |
|---|
| 1056 | + | officer's knowledge and skills necessary to respond to and de -707 |
|---|
| 1057 | + | escalate incidents on school premises. 708 |
|---|
| 1058 | + | 709 |
|---|
| 1059 | + | If a district school board, through its adopted policies, 710 |
|---|
| 1060 | + | procedures, or actions, denies a charter school access to any 711 |
|---|
| 1061 | + | safe-school officer options pursuant to this section, the school 712 |
|---|
| 1062 | + | district must assign a school resource officer or school saf ety 713 |
|---|
| 1063 | + | officer to the charter school. Under such circumstances, the 714 |
|---|
| 1064 | + | charter school's share of the costs of the school resource 715 |
|---|
| 1065 | + | officer or school safety officer may not exceed the safe school 716 |
|---|
| 1066 | + | allocation funds provided to the charter school pursuant to s. 717 |
|---|
| 1067 | + | 1011.62(12) and shall be retained by the school district. 718 |
|---|
| 1068 | + | Section 8. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year and subject to 719 |
|---|
| 1069 | + | legislative appropriation, the Department of Law Enforcement 720 |
|---|
| 1070 | + | shall provide grants to sheriffs' offices and law enforcement 721 |
|---|
| 1071 | + | agencies to conduct physical site security assessments for and 722 |
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| 1072 | + | provide reports to private schools with recommendations on 723 |
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| 1073 | + | improving such schools' infrastructure safety and security; to 724 |
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| 1074 | + | assist private schools in developing active assailant response 725 |
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| 1076 | + | CS/CS/HB 1473 2024 |
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| 1087 | | - | provide reports to private schools with recommendations on 726 |
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| 1088 | | - | improving such schools' infrastructure safety and security; to 727 |
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| 1089 | | - | assist private schools in devel oping active assailant response 728 |
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| 1090 | | - | protocols and develop and implement training relating to active 729 |
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| 1091 | | - | assailant responses, including active assailant response drills 730 |
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| 1092 | | - | for students and school personnel; and to consult with or 731 |
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| 1093 | | - | provide guidance to private schools in implementing a threat 732 |
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| 1094 | | - | management program similar to the program required under s. 733 |
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| 1095 | | - | 1001.212(12), Florida Statutes, for public schools. The 734 |
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| 1096 | | - | Department of Law Enforcement shall develop a site security 735 |
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| 1097 | | - | assessment form for use by sheriffs' offices and law enfo rcement 736 |
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| 1098 | | - | agencies and provide the form, including any subsequent 737 |
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| 1099 | | - | revisions, to the recipient of funds in conducting the duties 738 |
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| 1100 | | - | outlined in this section. Grants awarded under this section may 739 |
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| 1101 | | - | be used to provide reimbursements for personnel costs, software, 740 |
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| 1102 | | - | and other items necessary to assist private schools. The 741 |
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| 1103 | | - | Department of Law Enforcement shall establish the requirements 742 |
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| 1104 | | - | for awarding grants under this section. An applicant may not 743 |
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| 1105 | | - | receive more than 10 percent of the total amount appropriated 744 |
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| 1106 | | - | for the program. 745 |
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| 1107 | | - | Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 746 |
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| 1087 | + | protocols and develop and im plement training relating to active 726 |
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| 1088 | + | assailant responses, including active assailant response drills 727 |
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| 1089 | + | for students and school personnel; and to consult with or 728 |
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| 1090 | + | provide guidance to private schools in implementing a threat 729 |
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| 1091 | + | management program similar to the pro gram required under s. 730 |
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| 1092 | + | 1001.212(12), Florida Statutes, for public schools. The 731 |
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| 1093 | + | Department of Law Enforcement shall develop a site security 732 |
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| 1094 | + | assessment form for use by sheriffs' offices and law enforcement 733 |
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| 1095 | + | agencies and provide the form, including any subsequ ent 734 |
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| 1096 | + | revisions, to the recipient of funds in conducting the duties 735 |
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| 1097 | + | outlined in this section. Grants awarded under this section may 736 |
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| 1098 | + | be used to provide reimbursements for personnel costs, software, 737 |
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| 1099 | + | and other items necessary to assist private schools. The 738 |
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| 1100 | + | Department of Law Enforcement shall establish the requirements 739 |
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| 1101 | + | for awarding grants under this section. An applicant may not 740 |
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| 1102 | + | receive more than 10 percent of the total amount appropriated 741 |
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| 1103 | + | for the program. 742 |
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| 1104 | + | Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 743 |
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