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2025 and 2026 SB1946 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 128/50 Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires any entity that receives crisis response mapping data to provide copies of the data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Requires the State Board of Education to provide crisis response mapping data to eligible entities in the order in which such entities apply for it and until any appropriations made for the purposes of this Section are exhausted. Makes other changes. LRB104 10964 LNS 21046 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1946 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 128/50 105 ILCS 128/50 Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires any entity that receives crisis response mapping data to provide copies of the data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Requires the State Board of Education to provide crisis response mapping data to eligible entities in the order in which such entities apply for it and until any appropriations made for the purposes of this Section are exhausted. Makes other changes. LRB104 10964 LNS 21046 b LRB104 10964 LNS 21046 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1946 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 128/50 105 ILCS 128/50
105 ILCS 128/50
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires any entity that receives crisis response mapping data to provide copies of the data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Requires the State Board of Education to provide crisis response mapping data to eligible entities in the order in which such entities apply for it and until any appropriations made for the purposes of this Section are exhausted. Makes other changes.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
5 changing Section 50 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 128/50)
7 Sec. 50. Crisis response mapping data grants.
8 (a) Subject to appropriations made for the purposes of
9 this Section, the State Board or its designee shall make
10 crisis response mapping data available to any appropriation, a
11 public school district, a charter school, a special education
12 cooperative or district, an education for employment system, a
13 State-approved area career center, a public university
14 laboratory school, regional office of education or
15 intermediate service center, early childhood or preschool
16 program supported by the Early Childhood Block Grant, the
17 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, the Department of
18 Juvenile Justice School District, a regional office of
19 education, the Illinois School for the Deaf, the Illinois
20 School for the Visually Impaired, the Philip J. Rock Center
21 and School, an early childhood or preschool program supported
22 by the Early Childhood Block Grant, or any other public school
23 entity designated by the State Board of Education by rule. Any
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1946 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 128/50 105 ILCS 128/50
105 ILCS 128/50
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires any entity that receives crisis response mapping data to provide copies of the data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Requires the State Board of Education to provide crisis response mapping data to eligible entities in the order in which such entities apply for it and until any appropriations made for the purposes of this Section are exhausted. Makes other changes.
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1 entity that receives crisis response mapping data pursuant to
2 this subsection shall , may apply to the State Board of
3 Education or the State Board's designee for a grant to obtain
4 crisis response mapping data and to provide copies of the
5 crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county,
6 State, and federal first responders for use in response to
7 emergencies. The crisis response mapping data shall be stored
8 and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist
9 first responders in responding to emergencies at the school.
10 (b) Subject to appropriation, including funding for any
11 administrative costs reasonably incurred, by the State Board
12 of Education or the State Board's designee shall provide
13 crisis response mapping data to eligible entities named in
14 subsection (a) in the order in which such entities apply for it
15 and until any appropriations made for the purposes of this
16 Section are exhausted. in the administration of the grant
17 program described by this Section, the State Board shall
18 provide grants to any entity in subsection (a) upon approval
19 of an application submitted by the entity to cover the costs
20 incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data under this
21 Section. The grant Any application for crisis response mapping
22 data must include crisis response mapping data for all schools
23 under the jurisdiction of the entity submitting the
24 application, including, in the case of a public school
25 district, any charter schools authorized by the school board
26 for the school district.
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1 (c) The To be eligible for a grant under this Section, the
2 crisis response mapping data provided by the State Board or
3 the State Board's designee must include, at a minimum:
4 (1) be compatible and integrate into security software
5 platforms in use by the specific school for which the data
6 is provided without requiring local law enforcement
7 agencies or the school district to purchase additional
8 software or requiring the integration of third-party
9 software to view the data;
10 (2) be compatible with security software platforms in
11 use by the specific school for which the data is provided
12 without requiring local public safety agencies or the
13 school district to purchase additional software or
14 requiring the integration of third-party software to view
15 the data;
16 (3) be capable of being provided in a printable
17 format;
18 (4) be verified for accuracy by an on-site
19 walk-through of the school building and grounds;
20 (5) be oriented to true north;
21 (6) be overlaid on current aerial imagery or plans of
22 the school building;
23 (7) contain site-specific labeling that matches the
24 structure of the school building, including room labels,
25 hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers and
26 the location of hazards, critical utilities, key boxes,
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