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1+104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0071 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 100/20 new Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that Local Emergency Planning Committees and the State Emergency Response Commission shall partner with schools and school districts regarding safety threats posed by storage and transport of hazardous substances near schools. Provides requirements for a comprehensive emergency response plan to go into effect. Details duties of the State Emergency Response Commission, working in consultation with Local Emergency Planning Committees and schools, with respect to planning and preparedness. Provides for rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Directs the Illinois Emergency Response Commission and Local Emergency Response Committees to create a timeline for compliance with the requirements of the amendatory Act not to exceed 2 years. Defines terms. LRB104 07353 LNS 17393 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0071 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 100/20 new 430 ILCS 100/20 new Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that Local Emergency Planning Committees and the State Emergency Response Commission shall partner with schools and school districts regarding safety threats posed by storage and transport of hazardous substances near schools. Provides requirements for a comprehensive emergency response plan to go into effect. Details duties of the State Emergency Response Commission, working in consultation with Local Emergency Planning Committees and schools, with respect to planning and preparedness. Provides for rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Directs the Illinois Emergency Response Commission and Local Emergency Response Committees to create a timeline for compliance with the requirements of the amendatory Act not to exceed 2 years. Defines terms. LRB104 07353 LNS 17393 b LRB104 07353 LNS 17393 b A BILL FOR
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311 1 AN ACT concerning safety.
412 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
513 3 represented in the General Assembly:
6-4 Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
7-5 changing Sections 5, 10, 15, and 25 and by adding Section 65 as
8-6 follows:
9-7 (105 ILCS 128/5)
10-8 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
11-9 "Emergency services and disaster agency" means an agency
12-10 by the name "emergency services and disaster agency", by the
13-11 name "emergency management agency", or by any other name that
14-12 is established by ordinance within a political subdivision to
15-13 coordinate the emergency management program within that
16-14 political subdivision with private organizations, other
17-15 political subdivisions, and the State and federal governments.
18-16 "First responder" means and includes all fire departments
19-17 and districts, law enforcement agencies and officials,
20-18 emergency medical responders, emergency medical dispatchers,
21-19 and emergency management officials involved in the execution
22-20 and documentation of the drills administered under this Act.
23-21 "Hazardous substance" has the meaning given to that term
24-22 in Section 3.215 of the Environmental Protection Act, except
25-23 that, as used in this Act, "hazardous substance" also includes
14+4 Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Planning and Community
15+5 Right to Know Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
16+6 (430 ILCS 100/20 new)
17+7 Sec. 20. Release or explosion of hazardous substances;
18+8 schools.
19+9 (a) Not later than 60 days after the effective date of this
20+10 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Illinois
21+11 Emergency Response Commission, working with Local Emergency
22+12 Response Committees, shall create a timeline to identify steps
23+13 needed for compliance with the requirements of this Section
24+14 within 2 years.
25+15 (b) Local Emergency Planning Committees, in consultation
26+16 with the SERC, shall partner with schools and school districts
27+17 in their respective regions to:
28+18 (1) disseminate to faculty, staff, and parents of
29+19 students information concerning safety threats posed by
30+20 the storage and transport of hazardous substances near
31+21 schools, including, but not limited to, threats posed by
32+22 hazardous substances that are transported near schools by
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34-1 radioactive materials, hydrocarbons, petroleum, gasoline, and
35-2 crude oil or any products, by-products, or fractions thereof.
36-3 "Local emergency planning committee" means the committee
37-4 that is appointed for an emergency planning district under
38-5 Section 301 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community
39-6 Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
40-7 "School" means a public or private facility that offers
41-8 elementary or secondary education to students under the age of
42-9 21. As used in this definition, "public facility" means a
43-10 facility operated by the State or by a unit of local
44-11 government. As used in this definition, "private facility"
45-12 means any non-profit, non-home-based, non-public elementary or
46-13 secondary school that is in compliance with Title VI of the
47-14 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which satisfies the
48-15 requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code. While more
49-16 than one school may be housed in a facility, for purposes of
50-17 this Act, the facility shall be considered a school. When a
51-18 school has more than one location, for purposes of this Act,
52-19 each different location shall be considered its own school.
53-20 "School district" means any public school district
54-21 established under the School Code, any program of a special
55-22 education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14,
56-23 10-22.31, or 10-22.31a of the School Code, or any charter
57-24 school authorized by the State Board of Education in
58-25 accordance with Section 27A-7.5 of the School Code.
59-26 "School safety drill" means a pre-planned exercise
37+104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0071 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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70-1 conducted by a school in accordance with the drills and
71-2 requirements set forth in this Act.
72-3 (Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 102-1006, eff. 1-1-23;
73-4 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23.)
74-5 (105 ILCS 128/10)
75-6 Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is (i) to
76-7 establish minimum requirements and standards for schools to
77-8 follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing
78-9 school emergency and crisis response plans and, beginning July
79-10 1, 2027, hazardous substance release procedures and (ii) to
80-11 encourage schools and first responders to work together for
81-12 the safety of children. Communities and schools may exceed
82-13 these requirements and standards.
83-14 (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)
84-15 (105 ILCS 128/15)
85-16 Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following
86-17 school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in
87-18 this State:
88-19 (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and
89-20 prepare students and school personnel for situations that
90-21 occur when conditions outside of a school building are
91-22 safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents
92-23 are based on the needs of particular communities and may
93-24 include without limitation the following:
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104-1 (A) fire;
105-2 (B) suspicious items or persons;
106-3 (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
107-4 including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
108-5 and explosives; and
109-6 (D) bomb threats; and .
110-7 (E) incidents involving the release or explosion
111-8 of hazardous substances.
112-9 (2) Except as limited by subsection (b-5) of Section
113-10 20 of this Act, bus evacuation drills, which shall address
114-11 and prepare students and school personnel for situations
115-12 that occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than
116-13 inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the
117-14 needs of particular communities and may include without
118-15 limitation the following:
119-16 (A) fire;
120-17 (B) suspicious items; and
121-18 (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
122-19 including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
123-20 and explosives; and .
124-21 (D) incidents involving the release or explosion
125-22 of hazardous substances.
126-23 (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and
127-24 prepare school personnel for situations calling for the
128-25 involvement of law enforcement when conditions inside a
129-26 school building are safer than outside of a school
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68+1 (2) develop and implement comprehensive emergency
69+2 response plans that include a 4-corner evacuation plan in
70+3 the directions of north, south, east, and west with a
71+4 means for determining wind direction during incidents
72+5 involving the storage and transport of hazardous
73+6 substances and security-sensitive materials near schools,
74+7 including, but not limited to, hazardous substances and
75+8 security-sensitive materials transported by high-hazard
76+9 flammable trains.
77+10 (c) Before any comprehensive emergency response plan may
78+11 go into effect, teachers and administrators of schools and
79+12 school districts within a Local Emergency Planning Committee's
80+13 region must be given the opportunity to provide input on the
81+14 comprehensive emergency response plan, and the Local Emergency
82+15 Planning Committee shall take that input into consideration. A
83+16 comprehensive emergency response plan may vary based on the
84+17 potential impact of the release or explosion of different
85+18 hazardous substances and security-sensitive materials. Each
86+19 Local Emergency Planning Committee must have a team with
87+20 certified and trained personnel who can integrate the Incident
88+21 Command System required under paragraph (14) of subsection (d)
89+22 into the comprehensive emergency response plan. These teams
90+23 may include, but are not limited to, persons employed by
91+24 public works departments, transportation departments,
92+25 hospitals, heavy equipment contractors, food distributors, and
93+26 other such organizations.
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140-1 building and it is necessary to protect building occupants
141-2 from potential dangers in a school building. Law
142-3 enforcement drills may involve situations that call for
143-4 the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a school
144-5 building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation incidents shall
145-6 include a shooting incident.
146-7 (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which
147-8 shall address and prepare students for situations
148-9 involving severe weather emergencies or the release of
149-10 external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and
150-11 shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and
151-12 environment of particular communities and may include
152-13 without limitation the following:
153-14 (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to,
154-15 shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes;
155-16 (B) incidents involving hazardous materials,
156-17 including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
157-18 and explosives; and
158-19 (C) incidents involving weapons of mass
159-20 destruction, including, but not limited to,
160-21 biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons; and .
161-22 (D) incidents involving the release or explosion
162-23 of hazardous materials.
163-24 (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)
164-25 (105 ILCS 128/25)
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104+1 (d) The SERC, in consultation with Local Emergency
105+2 Planning Committees and schools, shall:
106+3 (1) identify worst-case and most likely-case scenarios
107+4 that are to be communicated to both administrators and
108+5 teachers of any school district that is within the region
109+6 of a Local Emergency Planning Committee;
110+7 (2) identify routes and safety zones indicated in the
111+8 4-corner evacuation plan in the general directions of
112+9 north, south, east, and west, which shall be visibly
113+10 marked and communicated to administrators, teachers, and
114+11 school personnel with information on routes to take and
115+12 locations where students can seek shelter;
116+13 (3) identify and communicate to both administrators
117+14 and teachers specific types of hazardous substances that
118+15 can negatively impact a school;
119+16 (4) include drills as a component of comprehensive
120+17 emergency response plans that administrators, teachers,
121+18 and students must be given opportunities to practice and
122+19 that shall be reviewed by the SERC within 3 years after the
123+20 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
124+21 Assembly to find opportunities for improvement to better
125+22 protect students, teachers, administrators, and any other
126+23 school personnel;
127+24 (5) develop comprehensive emergency response plans for
128+25 students with special needs or who have an Individualized
129+26 Education Program or a plan developed under Section 504 of
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175-1 Sec. 25. Annual review.
176-2 (a) Each public school district, through its school board
177-3 or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual
178-4 meeting at which it will review each school building's
179-5 emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and
180-6 procedures, including procedures regarding the school
181-7 district's threat assessment team, the school district's
182-8 hazardous substance release procedures, procedures regarding
183-9 the school district's cardiac emergency response plan, the
184-10 efficacy and effects of law enforcement drills, and each
185-11 building's compliance with the school safety drill programs.
186-12 The purpose of this annual review shall be to review and update
187-13 the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and
188-14 procedures and the school safety drill programs of the
189-15 district and each of its school buildings. This review must be
190-16 at no cost to the school district. In updating a school
191-17 building's emergency and crisis response plans, consideration
192-18 may be given to making the emergency and crisis response plans
193-19 available to first responders, administrators, and teachers
194-20 for implementation and utilization through the use of
195-21 electronic applications on electronic devices, including, but
196-22 not limited to, smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers.
197-23 (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required
198-24 to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the
199-25 following parties to the annual review and provide each party
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140+1 the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
141+2 (6) develop comprehensive emergency response plans
142+3 that include medication distribution for students and
143+4 school personnel with medical needs;
144+5 (7) communicate evacuation locations and procedures to
145+6 parents of students;
146+7 (8) create a hierarchy for communication to ensure
147+8 that administrators, teachers, parents, and students know
148+9 where and how to access relevant information during the
149+10 implementation of a comprehensive emergency response plan;
150+11 (9) identify and visibly mark, by means that may
151+12 include, but are not limited to, signs, stickers on doors,
152+13 or the like, (i) potential areas that may be impacted by
153+14 the release or explosion of a hazardous substance or
154+15 security-sensitive material and (ii) safety zones;
155+16 (10) provide information to school districts for the
156+17 communication to students and their parents, during
157+18 student registration, of potential areas that may be
158+19 impacted by the release or explosion of a hazardous
159+20 substance, updated as necessary for each new school year;
160+21 (11) create model rules requiring disclosure, prior to
161+22 the sale of a home, that the home is located within a
162+23 potential area that may be impacted by the release or
163+24 explosion of a hazardous substance, based upon or similar
164+25 to requirements that water damage must be communicated
165+26 prior to the sale of a home;
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211-1 review:
212-2 (1) The principal of each school within the school
213-3 district or his or her official designee.
214-4 (2) Representatives from any other education-related
215-5 organization or association deemed appropriate by the
216-6 school district.
217-7 (3) Representatives from all local first responder
218-8 organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the
219-9 review process, including, but not limited to:
220-10 (A) the appropriate local fire department or
221-11 district;
222-12 (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency;
223-13 (C) the appropriate local emergency medical
224-14 services agency if the agency is a separate, local
225-15 first responder unit; and
226-16 (D) any other member of the first responder or
227-17 emergency management community that has contacted the
228-18 district superintendent or his or her designee during
229-19 the past year to request involvement in a school's
230-20 emergency planning or drill process; and .
231-21 (E) the applicable emergency services and disaster
232-22 agency or the applicable local emergency planning
233-23 committee.
234-24 (4) The school board or its designee may also choose
235-25 to invite to the annual review any other persons whom it
236-26 believes will aid in the review process, including, but
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176+1 (12) restrict new construction of public schools to
177+2 locations outside a 5-mile radius of existing and planned
178+3 railroad infrastructure where hazardous substances and
179+4 security-sensitive materials are stored or transported;
180+5 (13) work in collaboration with the Illinois Commerce
181+6 Commission to create a reduced speed zone for high-hazard
182+7 flammable trains that shall impose a speed limit of 20
183+8 miles per hour for trains transporting hazardous
184+9 substances and security-sensitive materials, including
185+10 high-hazard flammable trains, and require the posting of
186+11 signage representing the reduced speed zone, in an area
187+12 (i) beginning within a radius that can negatively impact a
188+13 school during the approach of a train carrying hazardous
189+14 substances and security-sensitive materials, including
190+15 high-hazard flammable trains, and (ii) extending within a
191+16 radius that can negatively impact a school during the
192+17 movement away from it of a train carrying hazardous
193+18 substances and security-sensitive materials, including
194+19 high-hazard flammable trains; and
195+20 (14) implement an Incident Command System as a
196+21 mandatory process to channel communication during the
197+22 release or explosion of a hazardous substance or
198+23 security-sensitive material and that shall govern the
199+24 command, control, and coordination of a comprehensive
200+25 emergency response plan's implementation during the
201+26 release or explosion of a hazardous substance or
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247-1 not limited to, any members of any other education-related
248-2 organization or the first responder or emergency
249-3 management community.
250-4 (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school
251-5 board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report,
252-6 which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative
253-7 format, that does the following:
254-8 (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the
255-9 existing school safety plans and drill plans;
256-10 (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual
257-11 review, and includes the annual review's attendance
258-12 record;
259-13 (3) certifies that an effective review of the
260-14 emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and
261-15 procedures and the school safety drill programs of the
262-16 district and each of its school buildings has occurred;
263-17 (4) states that the school district will implement
264-18 those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during
265-19 the academic year; and
266-20 (5) includes the authorization of the school board or
267-21 the board's designee.
268-22 (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of
269-23 the report to each party that participates in the annual
270-24 review process and to the appropriate regional superintendent
271-25 of schools. If any of the participating parties have comments
272-26 on the certification document, those parties shall submit
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213+2 school within the Local Emergency Planning Committee's
214+3 region.
215+4 (e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
216+5 Homeland Security shall adopt any rules necessary to implement
217+6 the provisions of this Section, but only after consulting with
218+7 the State Board of Education on the rules to be adopted.
219+8 (f) In this Section:
220+9 "Comprehensive emergency response plan" means a set of
221+10 strategic and operational documents that define principles and
222+11 priorities, assign roles and responsibilities, and direct
223+12 action in all phases of emergency management. The purpose of a
224+13 comprehensive emergency response plan is to document emergency
225+14 planning specifically related to schools, school personnel,
226+15 and students that may potentially be impacted by the release
227+16 or explosion of a hazardous substance or security-sensitive
228+17 material resulting from its storage or transport. The
229+18 comprehensive emergency response plan may include, but shall
230+19 not be limited to:
231+20 (1) a regularly updated list of schools located within
232+21 each Local Emergency Planning Committee region that may
233+22 potentially be impacted from a release or explosion
234+23 resulting from the storage or transport of a hazardous
235+24 substance or security-sensitive material;
236+25 (2) methods and procedures to be followed by school
237+26 personnel and local emergency and medical personnel in
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283-1 their comments in writing to the appropriate regional
284-2 superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a
285-3 record of these comments. The certification document may be in
286-4 a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of
287-5 the district superintendent.
288-6 (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal
289-7 year, at a specific time chosen at the school district
290-8 superintendent's discretion.
291-9 (f) A private school shall conduct a minimum of one annual
292-10 meeting at which the school must review each school building's
293-11 emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and
294-12 procedures, including procedures regarding the school's
295-13 cardiac emergency response plan, and each building's
296-14 compliance with the school safety drill programs of the
297-15 school. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review
298-16 and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols,
299-17 and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the
300-18 school. This review must be at no cost to the private school.
301-19 The private school shall invite representatives from all
302-20 local first responder organizations to participate, advise,
303-21 and consult in the review process, including, but not limited
304-22 to, the following:
305-23 (1) the appropriate local fire department or fire
306-24 protection district;
307-25 (2) the appropriate local law enforcement agency;
308-26 (3) the appropriate local emergency medical services
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248+1 response to the release or explosion of a hazardous
249+2 substance or security-sensitive material;
250+3 (3) the designation of roles needed within the
251+4 region's Incident Command System;
252+5 (4) the identification of procedures that provide
253+6 reliable, effective, and timely notification to persons
254+7 designated in the comprehensive emergency response plan
255+8 and to the public that the release or explosion of a
256+9 hazardous substance or security-sensitive material has
257+10 occurred;
258+11 (5) the methods used for determining whether the
259+12 release or explosion of a hazardous substance or
260+13 security-sensitive material has occurred and any school
261+14 that will likely be negatively impacted by the release or
262+15 explosion;
263+16 (6) descriptions of emergency equipment in the region,
264+17 each school and relevant emergency facility in the region,
265+18 and emergency equipment located at each school and
266+19 relevant emergency facility in the region and the
267+20 identification of persons responsible for the equipment
268+21 and each school and relevant emergency facility;
269+22 (7) evacuation plans, including provisions for a
270+23 precautionary evacuation, alternative traffic routes, and
271+24 means for determining wind direction;
272+25 (8) training programs, including schedules for
273+26 emergency response and medical personnel; and
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319-1 agency if the agency is a separate, local first responder
320-2 unit; and
321-3 (4) any other member of the first responder or
322-4 emergency management community that has contacted the
323-5 school's chief administrative officer or his or her
324-6 designee during the past year to request involvement in
325-7 the school's emergency planning or drill process.
326-8 (Source: P.A. 102-395, eff. 8-16-21; 103-608, eff. 1-1-25.)
327-9 (105 ILCS 128/65 new)
328-10 Sec. 65. Hazardous substance release guidance and
329-11 procedures.
330-12 (a) By July 1, 2026, the Illinois Emergency Management
331-13 Agency and Office of Homeland Security, in consultation with
332-14 the State Board of Education, shall develop and provide
333-15 guidance to all local emergency planning committees, emergency
334-16 services and disaster agencies, and school districts in the
335-17 State specifically related to the potential impact to school
336-18 districts of a release or explosion of a hazardous substance
337-19 resulting from storage or rail transport. This guidance shall
338-20 also be made available to these entities on the website of the
339-21 Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland
340-22 Security.
341-23 (b) The guidance developed under subsection (a) shall
342-24 include:
343-25 (1) a description of the methods and procedures to be
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284+1 (9) methods and schedules for drills to exercise the
285+2 comprehensive emergency response plan.
286+3 "Drill" means an exercise for students and school
287+4 personnel to routinely review and practice emergency
288+5 organization and procedures and to identify necessary
289+6 facilities, equipment, routes, and safety zones in the event
290+7 of the release or explosion of a hazardous substance or
291+8 security-sensitive material.
292+9 "Hazardous substance" means a substance transported or
293+10 stored in a cumulative total of quantities greater than its
294+11 corresponding threshold planning quantity and is considered
295+12 severely harmful to human health and the environment, as
296+13 defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
297+14 under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,
298+15 Compensation, and Liability Act. "Hazardous substance" may
299+16 include, but is not limited to, any product's, substance's, or
300+17 waste's presence, use, manufacture, disposal, transportation,
301+18 or release, either by itself or in combination with other
302+19 materials, that is:
303+20 (1) potentially injurious to the public health,
304+21 safety, or welfare, the environment, or a school;
305+22 (2) regulated or monitored by any governmental
306+23 authority; or
307+24 (3) a basis for potential liability of a school to any
308+25 governmental agency or third party under any applicable
309+26 statute or common law theory.
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354-1 followed by school personnel in response to a release or
355-2 explosion of a hazardous substance;
356-3 (2) a description of the federal, State, or local
357-4 agencies, including first responders, responsible for
358-5 identifying whether the release or explosion of a
359-6 hazardous substance has occurred and how that information
360-7 will be communicated to school personnel, including any
361-8 appropriate precautions school districts should take to
362-9 protect their students and staff and how the wind
363-10 direction may impact their evacuation plans;
364-11 (3) recommendations for school evacuation plans,
365-12 including recommendations for an alternative plan if
366-13 advised by federal, State, or local agencies, including
367-14 first responders, that one is needed due to the wind
368-15 direction;
369-16 (4) a list of available training programs;
370-17 (5) a description of recommended communication
371-18 protocols for school districts with first responders,
372-19 local law enforcement agencies, and other local, State, or
373-20 federal emergency management agencies; and
374-21 (6) a list of instructions for school districts on how
375-22 to identify their applicable local emergency planning
376-23 committee or emergency services and disaster agency.
377-24 (c) By July 1, 2027, each school district shall, in
378-25 consultation with the applicable local emergency planning
379-26 committee or emergency services and disaster agency, develop
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320+1 "Hazardous substance" includes, but is not limited to,
321+2 radioactive materials, hydrocarbons, petroleum, gasoline, and
322+3 crude oil or any products, by-products, or fractions thereof.
323+4 "Security-sensitive materials" means materials within
324+5 hazardous proximity to schools that, as defined by the
325+6 Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the
326+7 Secretary of Transportation and determined through rulemaking
327+8 with opportunity for public comment, pose a significant risk
328+9 to national security while being transported or stored in
329+10 commerce due to the potential use of the material in an act of
330+11 terrorism.
331+12 "High-hazard flammable train" means any single train
332+13 transporting 20 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable
333+14 liquid in a continuous block or any single train carrying 35 or
334+15 more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid throughout
335+16 the train.
336+17 "Route" means an established, plainly marked, and visible,
337+18 at all times, transition area for students, school personnel,
338+19 and other persons to move either on foot or by means of
339+20 appropriate transportation from an area contaminated by the
340+21 release or explosion of a hazardous substance to a safety
341+22 zone.
342+23 "Safety zone" means an established, plainly marked, and
343+24 visible, at all times, area that is free from actual or
344+25 potential contamination resulting from the release or
345+26 explosion of a hazardous substance and that may be safely used
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390-1 procedures for each of its schools to address the release or
391-2 explosion of a hazardous substance based on the guidance
392-3 developed under subsection (a). However, a school district is
393-4 not required to develop procedures until the guidance provided
394-5 in subsection (a) is made available on the website of the
395-6 Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland
396-7 Security.
397-8 (d) Each school district shall make available to all
398-9 school personnel relevant and appropriate information related
399-10 to the procedures in subsection (c), including identified
400-11 evacuation plans, as well as alternative evacuation plans,
401-12 safe locations where student and staff can seek shelter, and a
402-13 description of how that information will be communicated to
403-14 school personnel in such an emergency.
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