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1+*EH1492.3*
2+Reprinted
3+April 18, 2023
4+ENGROSSED
5+HOUSE BILL No. 1492
6+_____
7+DIGEST OF HB 1492 (Updated April 17, 2023 4:52 pm - DI 116)
8+Citations Affected: IC 5-2; IC 10-21; IC 20-19; IC 20-26; IC 20-30;
9+IC 20-34; IC 20-40; IC 33-37.
10+Synopsis: School safety. Makes changes to the permissible uses of the
11+Indiana secured school fund. Moves provisions in the Indiana Code
12+pertaining to the appointment of a school safety specialist, school
13+safety specialist programs, and school safety plans. Makes changes to
14+the Indiana secured school fund application procedures. Makes changes
15+to the Indiana secured school fund reporting requirements. Makes
16+(Continued next page)
17+Effective: July 1, 2023.
18+McNamara, Davis, Goodrich, Pfaff
19+(SENATE SPONSOR — CRIDER)
20+January 17, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
21+February 2, 2023, amended, reported — Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and
22+Means pursuant to Rule 127.
23+February 16, 2023, amended, reported — Do Pass.
24+February 20, 2023, read second time, ordered engrossed.
25+February 21, 2023, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 95, nays 0.
26+SENATE ACTION
27+March 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
28+Development.
29+April 6, 2023, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on
30+Appropriations.
31+April 13, 2023, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
32+April 17, 2023, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
33+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 Digest Continued
34+various changes to provisions regulating the appointment of a school
35+safety specialist, school safety specialist program, and school safety
36+plans. Requires before December 31, 2023, that each county shall
37+establish a county school safety commission. (Current law provides that
38+a county may establish a county school safety commission.) Requires
39+each school corporation and charter school to establish a safe school
40+committee. Requires the division of school building physical security
41+and safety of the department of education to establish and maintain
42+guidelines, in consultation with the department of homeland security
43+and institute for criminal justice, for developing and maintaining school
44+safety plans and assist the secured school safety board in conducting
45+the review and submitting certain reports. Provides that the governing
46+body of a school corporation or charter school organizer shall: (1)
47+approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen by the
48+superintendent of the school corporation or leadership of the charter
49+school; and (2) review the school safety plan. Makes changes to the
50+duties of a school resource officer. Makes changes to information
51+reported by a school corporation or charter school pertaining to a
52+school resource officer that is reported to the department of homeland
53+security. Requires the secured schools safety board to include certain
54+aggregate information relating to the number of school resource
55+officers employed by schools. Provides that an organizer of a charter
56+school shall require each charter school under the authority of the
57+organizer to conduct annual emergency preparedness drills. Makes
58+changes to distribution amounts from the state user fee fund. Makes
59+conforming amendments. Repeals provisions establishing the Indiana
60+safe schools fund, school safe haven programs, and existing provisions
61+relating to the establishment of school safety specialists, county school
62+safety commissions, school safety specialist training and safe school
63+programs. Defines various terms. Provides that a school corporation,
64+charter school, or accredited nonpublic school may receive a matching
65+grant from the Indiana secured school fund to purchase student safety
66+management technology. Makes a technical correction.
67+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 Reprinted
68+April 18, 2023
169 First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
270 PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
371 Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
472 additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
573 Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
674 provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
775 word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
876 a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
977 Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
1078 between statutes enacted by the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11-HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1492
12-AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
79+ENGROSSED
80+HOUSE BILL No. 1492
81+A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
82+education.
1383 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
14-SECTION 1. IC 5-2-10.1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
15-2023]. (Indiana Safe Schools Fund).
16-SECTION 2. IC 10-21-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
17-SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
18-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this
19-chapter:
20-(1) "Accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that:
21-(A) has voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1; or
22-(B) is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency
23-that is recognized by the state board of education.
24-(2) "Active event warning system" refers to a system that includes
25-services and technology that will notify available law enforcement
26-agencies in the area of a school building of a life threatening
27-emergency.
28-(3) "ADM" refers to average daily membership determined under
29-IC 20-43-4-2. In the case of a school corporation career and
30-technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, "ADM"
31-refers to the count on a full-time equivalency basis of students
32-attending the school on the date ADM is determined under
33-IC 20-43-4-2.
34-(4) "Board" refers to the secured school safety board established
35-by section 3 of this chapter.
36-HEA 1492 — Concur 2
37-(5) "Bullying prevention program" refers to a program that
38-must contain one (1) or more of the following components:
39-(A) Offers students and school personnel opportunities to
40-develop the skills and strategies to prevent bullying and
41-potential bullying situations in digital and physical spaces,
42-including the usage of research based models.
43-(B) Enables school personnel, including school safety
44-specialists, safe school committee members, and school
45-resource officers, to identify and acquire the programs,
46-technology software, resources, and training necessary
47-concerning the:
48-(i) development and implementation of bullying and
49-cyberbullying prevention programs and school violence,
50-human trafficking, and self-harm mitigation programs;
51-(ii) establishment of bullying and cyberbullying
52-investigation, intervention, and reporting procedures;
53-(iii) adoption of discipline rules that comply with
54-IC 20-33-8-13.5; and
55-(iv) integration of the program into wider school efforts,
56-including a school safety plan, to promote educational
57-progress and the physical safety and well-being of school
58-students, families, faculty, and staff.
59-(6) "County school safety commission" has the meaning set
60-forth in section 12 of this chapter.
61-(7) "Critical incidence digital mapping" means the digitized
62-mapping of a school building and school grounds to best assist
63-first responders in an emergency that must:
64-(A) include accurate floor plans overlaid on or current
65-aerial imagery of a school building or school plan with
66-surrounding school grounds;
67-(B) include site-specific labeling that matches:
68-(i) the structure of the school building, including room
69-labels, hallway names, room numbers, external doors,
70-interior doors, stairwell numbers, locations of hazardous
71-materials, key utility locations, key boxes, automated
72-external defibrillators, and trauma kits; and
73-(ii) the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic
74-fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring proprieties;
75-(C) be compatible with platforms and applications used by
76-local, state, and federal public safety agencies;
77-(D) be verified for accuracy through a walk through of a
78-school building and school grounds;
79-HEA 1492 — Concur 3
80-(E) not require the purchase of additional software for use;
81-(F) be accessible in a printable format;
82-(G) be shared with:
83-(i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
84-have jurisdiction over the mapped school building; and
85-(ii) the statewide 911 system as described in
86-IC 36-8-16.7-22 through the public safety answer point,
87-or "PSAP", described in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has
88-jurisdiction over the mapped school building; and
89-(H) be kept confidential and withheld from public
90-disclosure.
91-(5) (8) "Fund" refers to the Indiana secured school fund
92-established by section 2 of this chapter.
93-(6) (9) "Law enforcement agency" refers to a state, local, or
94-federal agency or department that would respond to an emergency
95-event at a school, including both on duty and off duty officers
96-within the agency or department.
97-(10) "Multi-disciplinary threat assessment team" means a
98-group of individuals with expertise in school physical security,
99-school administration, educational instruction, youth
100-counseling, mental health and behavioral health, and law
101-enforcement established by the leadership of the school
102-corporation or charter school that may serve one (1) or more
103-schools, that must meet the following requirements:
104-(A) Be comprised of at least:
105-(i) a school safety specialist or an individual designated
106-by the school safety committee;
107-(ii) a member of a safe school committee;
108-(iii) a school building level administrator;
109-(iv) a school resource officer, if one (1) is either employed
110-by or assigned to the school corporation or charter
111-school;
112-(v) an individual with expertise in special education; and
113-(vi) a school counselor or social worker.
114-(B) Conduct multi-disciplinary threat assessments that
115-shall:
116-(i) provide guidance to students, faculty, and staff
117-regarding the recognition of threatening or aberrant
118-behavior that may represent a threat to the community,
119-school, or self;
120-(ii) identify members of the school community to whom
121-threatening behavior should be reported;
122-HEA 1492 — Concur 4
123-(iii) establish procedures to assess, identify, and
124-intervene with individuals whose behavior may pose a
125-threat to the safety of school students, families, faculty,
126-and staff; and
127-(iv) inform the adoption, implementation, and updating
128-of policies adopted by the school corporation or charter
129-school, including school safety plans and the policies of
130-a safe school committee for a particular school.
131-(11) "Safe school committee" means a safe school committee
132-established under section 14 of this chapter.
133-(7) "Local plan" means the school safety plan described in
134-IC 20-26-18.2-2(b).
135-(8) (12) "School corporation or charter school" refers to an
136-individual school corporation, a school corporation career and
137-technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, or a charter
138-school but also includes:
139-(A) a coalition of school corporations;
140-(B) a coalition of charter schools; or
141-(C) a coalition of both school corporations and charter schools;
142-that intend to jointly employ a school resource officer or to jointly
143-apply for a matching grant under this chapter, unless the context
144-clearly indicates otherwise.
145-(9) (13) "School official" refers to an employee of a school
146-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school who
147-has access to an active event warning system.
148-(10) (14) "School resource officer" has the meaning set forth in
149-IC 20-26-18.2-1.
150-(15) "School safety plan" means the school safety plan
151-described in section 10 of this chapter.
152-(16) "School safety specialist" means a school safety specialist
153-designated under section 9 of this chapter.
154-(17) "Site vulnerability assessment" means an examination of
155-the physical safety, security, accessibility, and emergency
156-preparedness of buildings and grounds.
157-(18) "Student safety management technology" refers to an
158-information technology platform and related services to
159-improve student safety by mitigating cyberbullying, school
160-violence, human trafficking, and self-harm.
161-SECTION 3. IC 10-21-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
162-SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
163-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana secured school fund is
164-established to provide:
165-HEA 1492 — Concur 5
166-(1) matching grants to enable school corporations, charter
167-schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to establish programs
168-under which a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
169-nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools) may: school
170-corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic
171-schools, where the matching grants may be used to:
172-(A) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
173-enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or a memorandum
174-of understanding with a:
175-(i) local law enforcement agency;
176-(ii) private entity; or
177-(iii) nonprofit corporation;
178-to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
179-officer;
180-(B) conduct:
181-(i) a threat site vulnerability assessment of the buildings
182-within a school corporation or the buildings that are
183-operated by a charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
184-or
185-(ii) critical incident digital mapping of the buildings
186-within a school corporation or the buildings that are
187-operated by a charter school or accredited nonpublic
188-school;
189-(C) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and
190-technology to:
191-(i) restrict access to school property and classrooms; or
192-(ii) assist with visitor management on school property;
193-(ii) (iii) expedite notification of first responders; or
194-(iv) expedite access to school property for first
195-responders;
196-(v) provide school staff with information about the open
197-or closed status of interior and exterior doors;
198-(vi) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
199-(vii) enhance emergency communications inside the
200-building; or
201-(viii) assist with emergency medical response on school
202-property;
203-(D) implement a student and parent support services plan as
204-described in section 4(a)(6) of this chapter; and IC 20-34-9;
205-(E) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to
84+1 SECTION 1. IC 5-2-10.1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
85+2 2023]. (Indiana Safe Schools Fund).
86+3 SECTION 2. IC 10-21-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
87+4 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
88+5 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this
89+6 chapter:
90+7 (1) "Accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that:
91+8 (A) has voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1; or
92+9 (B) is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency
93+10 that is recognized by the state board of education.
94+11 (2) "Active event warning system" refers to a system that includes
95+12 services and technology that will notify available law enforcement
96+13 agencies in the area of a school building of a life threatening
97+14 emergency.
98+15 (3) "ADM" refers to average daily membership determined under
99+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 2
100+1 IC 20-43-4-2. In the case of a school corporation career and
101+2 technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, "ADM"
102+3 refers to the count on a full-time equivalency basis of students
103+4 attending the school on the date ADM is determined under
104+5 IC 20-43-4-2.
105+6 (4) "Board" refers to the secured school safety board established
106+7 by section 3 of this chapter.
107+8 (5) "Bullying prevention program" refers to a program that
108+9 must contain one (1) or more of the following components:
109+10 (A) Offers students and school personnel opportunities to
110+11 develop the skills and strategies to prevent bullying and
111+12 potential bullying situations in digital and physical spaces,
112+13 including the usage of research based models.
113+14 (B) Enables school personnel, including school safety
114+15 specialists, safe school committee members, and school
115+16 resource officers, to identify and acquire the programs,
116+17 technology software, resources, and training necessary
117+18 concerning the:
118+19 (i) development and implementation of bullying and
119+20 cyberbullying prevention programs and school violence,
120+21 human trafficking, and self-harm mitigation programs;
121+22 (ii) establishment of bullying and cyberbullying
122+23 investigation, intervention, and reporting procedures;
123+24 (iii) adoption of discipline rules that comply with
124+25 IC 20-33-8-13.5; and
125+26 (iv) integration of the program into wider school efforts,
126+27 including a school safety plan, to promote educational
127+28 progress and the physical safety and well-being of school
128+29 students, families, faculty, and staff.
129+30 (6) "County school safety commission" has the meaning set
130+31 forth in section 12 of this chapter.
131+32 (7) "Critical incidence digital mapping" means the digitized
132+33 mapping of a school building and school grounds to best assist
133+34 first responders in an emergency that must:
134+35 (A) include accurate floor plans overlaid on or current
135+36 aerial imagery of a school building or school plan with
136+37 surrounding school grounds;
137+38 (B) include site-specific labeling that matches:
138+39 (i) the structure of the school building, including room
139+40 labels, hallway names, room numbers, external doors,
140+41 interior doors, stairwell numbers, locations of hazardous
141+42 materials, key utility locations, key boxes, automated
142+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 3
143+1 external defibrillators, and trauma kits; and
144+2 (ii) the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic
145+3 fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring proprieties;
146+4 (C) be compatible with platforms and applications used by
147+5 local, state, and federal public safety agencies;
148+6 (D) be verified for accuracy through a walk through of a
149+7 school building and school grounds;
150+8 (E) not require the purchase of additional software for use;
151+9 (F) be accessible in a printable format;
152+10 (G) be shared with:
153+11 (i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
154+12 have jurisdiction over the mapped school building; and
155+13 (ii) the statewide 911 system as described in
156+14 IC 36-8-16.7-22 through the public safety answer point,
157+15 or "PSAP", described in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has
158+16 jurisdiction over the mapped school building; and
159+17 (H) be kept confidential and withheld from public
160+18 disclosure.
161+19 (5) (8) "Fund" refers to the Indiana secured school fund
162+20 established by section 2 of this chapter.
163+21 (6) (9) "Law enforcement agency" refers to a state, local, or
164+22 federal agency or department that would respond to an emergency
165+23 event at a school, including both on duty and off duty officers
166+24 within the agency or department.
167+25 (10) "Multi-disciplinary threat assessment team" means a
168+26 group of individuals with expertise in school physical security,
169+27 school administration, educational instruction, youth
170+28 counseling, mental health and behavioral health, and law
171+29 enforcement established by the leadership of the school
172+30 corporation or charter school that may serve one (1) or more
173+31 schools, that must meet the following requirements:
174+32 (A) Be comprised of at least:
175+33 (i) a school safety specialist or an individual designated
176+34 by the school safety committee;
177+35 (ii) a member of a safe school committee;
178+36 (iii) a school building level administrator;
179+37 (iv) a school resource officer, if one (1) is either employed
180+38 by or assigned to the school corporation or charter
181+39 school;
182+40 (v) an individual with expertise in special education; and
183+41 (vi) a school counselor or social worker.
184+42 (B) Conduct multi-disciplinary threat assessments that
185+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 4
186+1 shall:
187+2 (i) provide guidance to students, faculty, and staff
188+3 regarding the recognition of threatening or aberrant
189+4 behavior that may represent a threat to the community,
190+5 school, or self;
191+6 (ii) identify members of the school community to whom
192+7 threatening behavior should be reported;
193+8 (iii) establish procedures to assess, identify, and
194+9 intervene with individuals whose behavior may pose a
195+10 threat to the safety of school students, families, faculty,
196+11 and staff; and
197+12 (iv) inform the adoption, implementation, and updating
198+13 of policies adopted by the school corporation or charter
199+14 school, including school safety plans and the policies of
200+15 a safe school committee for a particular school.
201+16 (11) "Safe school committee" means a safe school committee
202+17 established under section 14 of this chapter.
203+18 (7) "Local plan" means the school safety plan described in
204+19 IC 20-26-18.2-2(b).
205+20 (8) (12) "School corporation or charter school" refers to an
206+21 individual school corporation, a school corporation career and
207+22 technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, or a charter
208+23 school but also includes:
209+24 (A) a coalition of school corporations;
210+25 (B) a coalition of charter schools; or
211+26 (C) a coalition of both school corporations and charter schools;
212+27 that intend to jointly employ a school resource officer or to jointly
213+28 apply for a matching grant under this chapter, unless the context
214+29 clearly indicates otherwise.
215+30 (9) (13) "School official" refers to an employee of a school
216+31 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school who
217+32 has access to an active event warning system.
218+33 (10) (14) "School resource officer" has the meaning set forth in
219+34 IC 20-26-18.2-1.
220+35 (15) "School safety plan" means the school safety plan
221+36 described in section 10 of this chapter.
222+37 (16) "School safety specialist" means a school safety specialist
223+38 designated under section 9 of this chapter.
224+39 (17) "Site vulnerability assessment" means an examination of
225+40 the physical safety, security, accessibility, and emergency
226+41 preparedness of buildings and grounds.
227+42 (18) "Student safety management technology" refers to an
228+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 5
229+1 information technology platform and related services to
230+2 improve student safety by mitigating cyberbullying, school
231+3 violence, human trafficking, and self-harm.
232+4 SECTION 3. IC 10-21-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
233+5 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
234+6 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana secured school fund is
235+7 established to provide:
236+8 (1) matching grants to enable school corporations, charter
237+9 schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to establish programs
238+10 under which a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
239+11 nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools) may: school
240+12 corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic
241+13 schools, where the matching grants may be used to:
242+14 (A) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
243+15 enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or a memorandum
244+16 of understanding with a:
245+17 (i) local law enforcement agency;
246+18 (ii) private entity; or
247+19 (iii) nonprofit corporation;
248+20 to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
249+21 officer;
250+22 (B) conduct:
251+23 (i) a threat site vulnerability assessment of the buildings
252+24 within a school corporation or the buildings that are
253+25 operated by a charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
254+26 or
255+27 (ii) critical incident digital mapping of the buildings
256+28 within a school corporation or the buildings that are
257+29 operated by a charter school or accredited nonpublic
258+30 school;
259+31 (C) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and
260+32 technology to:
261+33 (i) restrict access to school property and classrooms; or
262+34 (ii) assist with visitor management on school property;
263+35 (ii) (iii) expedite notification of first responders; or
264+36 (iv) expedite access to school property for first
265+37 responders;
266+38 (v) provide school staff with information about the open
267+39 or closed status of interior and exterior doors;
268+40 (vi) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
269+41 (vii) enhance emergency communications inside the
270+42 building; or
271+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 6
272+1 (viii) assist with emergency medical response on school
273+2 property;
274+3 (D) implement a student and parent support services plan as
275+4 described in section 4(a)(6) of this chapter; and IC 20-34-9;
276+5 (E) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to
277+6 detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms,
278+7 or to otherwise provide protection for students and school
279+8 employees and the canine shall:
280+9 (i) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
281+10 school, or accredited nonpublic school;
282+11 (ii) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or
283+12 law enforcement officer described in clause (A) who has
284+13 received appropriate training for handling a canine
285+14 trained to detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives,
286+15 or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for
287+16 students and school employees, including training
288+17 regarding handling a canine in a school setting; and
289+18 (iii) receive continuous training as appropriate;
290+19 (F) provide funding for school employees to receive
291+20 training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and
292+21 lodging, related to:
293+22 (i) site vulnerability assessments;
294+23 (ii) mental health or behavioral health threat
295+24 assessments;
296+25 (iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
297+26 (iv) emergency preparedness or response activities;
298+27 (G) provide funding for school resource officers or law
299+28 enforcement officers described in clause (A) to receive
300+29 training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and
301+30 lodging, related to handling a canine trained to detect
302+31 drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
303+32 otherwise provide protection for students and school
304+33 employees;
305+34 (H) purchase student safety management technology;
306+35 (I) design and construct additions or renovations on school
307+36 property if the primary purpose of the construction project
308+37 is to enhance the physical security of the school building;
309+38 or
310+39 (J) implement a bullying prevention program; and
311+40 (2) one (1) time grants to enable school corporations, charter
312+41 schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the
313+42 county in which the school corporation, charter school, or
314+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 7
315+1 accredited nonpublic school is located, to provide the initial set up
316+2 costs for an active event warning system.
317+3 (b) A school corporation or charter school may use money received
318+4 under a matching grant for a purpose listed in subsection (a) to provide
319+5 a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter
320+6 school sees fit, including firearms training or other self-defense
321+7 training.
322+8 (c) The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland
323+9 security.
324+10 (d) The fund consists of:
325+11 (1) appropriations from the general assembly;
326+12 (2) grants from the Indiana safe schools fund established by
327+13 IC 5-2-10.1-2;
328+14 (3) (2) federal grants; and
329+15 (4) (3) amounts deposited from any other public or private source.
330+16 (e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
331+17 money in the fund.
332+18 (f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
333+19 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
334+20 manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues
335+21 from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
336+22 (g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
337+23 to the state general fund.
338+24 SECTION 4. IC 10-21-1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
339+25 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
340+26 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. (a) The board may award a matching grant to
341+27 enable a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
342+28 school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) to:
343+29 (1) establish a program to employ a school resource officer;
344+30 (2) employ a law enforcement officer;
345+31 (3) provide school resource officer training described in
346+32 IC 20-26-18.2-1(c);
347+33 (4) conduct a threat assessment;
348+34 (5) purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite
349+35 the notification of first responders; or
350+36 (6) implement a student and parent support services plan in the
351+37 manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
352+38 (1) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
353+39 enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or memorandum
354+40 of understanding with a:
355+41 (A) local law enforcement agency;
356+42 (B) private entity; or
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358+1 (C) nonprofit corporation;
359+2 to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
360+3 officer;
361+4 (2) conduct a site vulnerability assessment of the buildings
362+5 within a school corporation or the buildings that are operated
363+6 by a charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
364+7 (3) conduct critical incident digital mapping of the buildings
365+8 within a school corporation or the buildings that are operated
366+9 by a charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
367+10 (4) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and technology
368+11 to:
369+12 (A) restrict access to school property and classrooms;
370+13 (B) assist with visitor management on school property;
371+14 (C) expedite notification of first responders;
372+15 (D) expedite access to school property for first responders;
373+16 (E) provide staff with information about open or closed
374+17 status of interior and exterior doors;
375+18 (F) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
376+19 (G) enhance emergency communications inside the school
377+20 building; or
378+21 (H) assist with emergency medical response on school
379+22 property;
380+23 (5) implement a student and parent support services plan in
381+24 the manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
382+25 (6) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect
383+26 drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
384+27 otherwise provide protection for students and school
385+28 employees and the canine shall:
386+29 (A) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
387+30 school, or accredited nonpublic school;
388+31 (B) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or
389+32 law enforcement officer described in subdivision (1)(A)
390+33 who has received appropriate training for handling a
391+34 canine trained to detect drugs and illegal substances,
392+35 explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection
393+36 for students and school employees, including training
394+37 regarding handling a canine in a school setting; and
395+38 (C) receive continuous training as appropriate;
396+39 (7) provide funding for:
397+40 (A) school employees to receive training, including
398+41 expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related to:
399+42 (i) site vulnerability assessments;
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401+1 (ii) mental health or behavioral health threat
402+2 assessments;
403+3 (iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
404+4 (iv) emergency preparedness or response activities; or
405+5 (B) school resource officers or law enforcement officers
406+6 described in subdivision (1)(A) to receive training,
407+7 including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging,
408+8 related to handling a canine trained to detect drugs and
409+9 illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise
410+10 provide protection for students and school employees;
411+11 (8) design and construct additions or renovations on school
412+12 property if the primary purpose of the construction project is
413+13 to enhance the physical security of the school building;
414+14 (9) provide one (1) time grants to enable school corporations,
415+15 charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the
416+16 sheriff for the county in which the school corporation, charter
417+17 school, or accredited nonpublic school is located to provide
418+18 the initial set up costs for an active event warning system;
419+19 (10) implement a bullying prevention program; or
420+20 (11) purchase student safety management technology;
421+21 in accordance with section 2(a) of this chapter.
422+22 (b) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation, charter
423+23 school, or accredited nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools
424+24 applying jointly) may not exceed the lesser of the following during a
425+25 two (2) year period beginning on or after May 1, 2013:
426+26 (1) The total cost of the program established by the school
427+27 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or the
428+28 coalition of schools applying jointly).
429+29 (2) Except as provided in subsection (d), the following amounts:
430+30 (A) Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year, in the case
431+31 of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
432+32 nonpublic school that:
433+33 (i) has an ADM of at least one (1) and less than one
434+34 thousand one (1,001) students; and
435+35 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
436+36 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
437+37 (B) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a
438+38 school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
439+39 school that:
440+40 (i) has an ADM of more than one thousand (1,000) and less
441+41 than five thousand one (5,001) students; and
442+42 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
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444+1 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
445+2 (C) Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per year, in the
446+3 case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
447+4 nonpublic school that:
448+5 (i) has an ADM of more than five thousand (5,000) and less
449+6 than fifteen thousand one (15,001) students; and
450+7 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
451+8 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
452+9 (D) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the
453+10 case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
454+11 nonpublic school that:
455+12 (i) has an ADM of more than fifteen thousand (15,000); and
456+13 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
457+14 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
458+15 (E) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the
459+16 case of a coalition of schools applying jointly.
460+17 (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the match requirement for
461+18 a grant under this chapter is based on the ADM for the school
462+19 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or
463+20 coalition of schools applying jointly) that is the subject of the grant
464+21 as follows:
465+22 (1) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
466+23 nonpublic school with an ADM of less than five hundred one
467+24 (501) students, the grant match must be twenty-five percent
468+25 (25%) of the grant amount described in subsection (b).
469+26 (2) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
470+27 nonpublic school with an ADM of more than five hundred (500)
471+28 and less than one thousand one (1,001) students, the grant match
472+29 must be fifty percent (50%) of the grant amount described in
473+30 subsection (b).
474+31 (3) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
475+32 nonpublic school with an ADM of more than one thousand
476+33 (1,000) students or a coalition of schools applying jointly, the
477+34 grant match must be one hundred percent (100%) of the grant
478+35 amount described in subsection (b).
479+36 (d) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
480+37 school may be eligible to receive a grant of up to:
481+38 (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) if:
482+39 (A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited
483+40 nonpublic school receives a grant match of one hundred
484+41 percent (100%) of the requested grant amount; and
485+42 (B) the board approves the grant request; or
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487+1 (2) for a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
488+2 nonpublic school described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2), a grant
489+3 of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) if:
490+4 (A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited
491+5 nonpublic school receives a grant match of fifty percent (50%)
492+6 of the requested grant amount; and
493+7 (B) the board approves the grant request.
494+8 (e) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
495+9 school may receive only one (1) matching grant under this section each
496+10 year.
497+11 (f) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation, charter
498+12 school, or accredited nonpublic school under this section unless the
499+13 school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is in
500+14 a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in
501+15 IC 5-2-10.1-10. section 12 of this chapter.
502+16 SECTION 5. IC 10-21-1-4.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.50-2019,
503+17 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
504+18 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4.5. (a) The board may award a grant to provide
505+19 for the initial set up costs for an active event warning system to a
506+20 school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that
507+21 jointly applies with the sheriff for the county in which the school
508+22 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is located.
509+23 The specifications for an active event warning system must include the
510+24 following:
511+25 (1) A two (2) phone application based system that includes school
512+26 officials as a sender within the system and law enforcement
513+27 agencies as a receiver within the system.
514+28 (2) An adjusted geofence to alert law enforcement agencies that
515+29 are within a certain geographic location, including settings based
516+30 on rural and urban locations, with an urban setting having a
517+31 reduced geofence and a rural setting having a broader geofence.
518+32 (3) The ability for students and the public to submit anonymous
519+33 tips through a free reporting application.
520+34 (4) The ability for information within the system to be
521+35 interoperable with 911 dispatch.
522+36 (5) The ability to display the school's address and location on a
523+37 map.
524+38 (6) The ability to provide notifications during emergencies and
525+39 nonemergencies.
526+40 (7) The ability to call 911 automatically when the system is
527+41 triggered.
528+42 (8) The ability to operate several individual school response
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530+1 plans.
531+2 (b) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
532+3 school may receive only one (1) grant under this section.
533+4 (c) A sheriff for a county may receive multiple grants under this
534+5 section.
535+6 (d) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation or
536+7 charter school under this section unless the school corporation or
537+8 charter school is in a county that has a county school safety
538+9 commission, as described in IC 5-2-10.1-10. section 12 of this
539+10 chapter.
540+11 SECTION 6. IC 10-21-1-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2022,
541+12 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
542+13 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5. (a) A school corporation, charter school, or
543+14 accredited nonpublic school may annually apply to the board for a
544+15 matching grant from the fund for a program described in section
545+16 2(a)(1) of this chapter.
546+17 (b) The application must include the following:
547+18 (1) A concise description of the school corporation's, charter
548+19 school's, or accredited nonpublic school's security needs.
549+20 (2) The estimated cost of the program to the school corporation,
550+21 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
551+22 (3) The extent to which the school corporation, charter school, or
552+23 accredited nonpublic school has access to and support from a
553+24 nearby law enforcement agency and other first responder
554+25 services, if applicable.
555+26 (4) The ADM of the school corporation or charter school or the
556+27 equivalent for an accredited nonpublic school (or the combined
557+28 ADM of the coalition of schools applying jointly) that is the
558+29 subject of the grant application.
559+30 (5) Any other information required by the board.
560+31 (6) This subdivision applies to an application from a school
561+32 corporation or charter school (or coalition of public schools
562+33 applying jointly). A statement whether the school corporation or
563+34 charter school has completed a local school safety plan and has
564+35 filed the school safety plan with the county school safety
565+36 commission for the county in which the school corporation or
566+37 charter school is located. In the case of a charter school, each
567+38 charter school shall include a statement whether the charter
568+39 school has developed and filed with the county school safety
569+40 commission for the county in which the charter school is
570+41 located:
571+42 (A) a local school safety and emergency plan under
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573+1 IC 20-34-3-23(a); or
574+2 (B) not later than July 1, 2024, a school safety plan.
575+3 For a charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, the
576+4 information described in clauses (A) or (B) shall comply with
577+5 this subdivision on or before July 1, 2024.
578+6 (7) This subdivision applies to an application from a school
579+7 corporation or charter school (or coalition of public schools
580+8 applying jointly). A statement whether the school corporation or
581+9 charter school (or coalition of public schools applying jointly)
582+10 requests an advance under IC 20-49-10 in addition to a matching
583+11 grant under this chapter.
584+12 (8) If the application requests funding for school employee
585+13 training, the extent to which the school corporation, charter
586+14 school, or accredited nonpublic school has used or attempted
587+15 to use training offered at no cost, or a reduced cost, by law
588+16 enforcement, the department of homeland security, the
589+17 department of education, or the federal government,
590+18 including an explanation as to why grant funding is necessary
591+19 to fund any training expenses except for per diem, travel, and
592+20 lodging costs associated with training.
593+21 (9) If the application requests funding to employ a school
594+22 resource officer, a statement whether the school resource
595+23 officer information required under IC 20-26-18.2-5 has been,
596+24 if applicable, submitted to the department of homeland
597+25 security.
598+26 (10) This subdivision applies to an application from a school
599+27 corporation, charter school, or an accredited nonpublic school
600+28 (or coalition of public and accredited nonpublic schools
601+29 applying jointly). A statement of whether the school
602+30 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school
603+31 has:
604+32 (A) provided a copy of the floor plans for each building
605+33 located on the school's property to the law enforcement
606+34 agency and the fire department that have jurisdiction over
607+35 each school building that clearly indicates each entrance
608+36 and exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location
609+37 of any hazardous materials located in the building; or
610+38 (B) conducted critical incidence digital mapping as defined
611+39 in section 1 of this chapter for each school building,
612+40 including whether it has provided the critical incidence
613+41 digital mapping information to:
614+42 (i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
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616+1 have jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
617+2 (ii) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
618+3 through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP", (as
619+4 described in IC 36-8-16.7-20) that has jurisdiction over
620+5 the mapped school buildings.
621+6 (c) This subsection applies to an application from a school
622+7 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or
623+8 coalition of public and accredited nonpublic schools applying
624+9 jointly). Each school corporation, charter school, or accredited
625+10 nonpublic school shall certify to the department of homeland security
626+11 that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
627+12 school has: conducted a threat assessment for each school building
628+13 used by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
629+14 school before applying for a grant under this chapter.
630+15 (1) conducted a site vulnerability assessment for each school
631+16 building used by the school corporation, charter school, or
632+17 accredited nonpublic school; and
633+18 (2) a memorandum of understanding in place with a
634+19 community mental health center established under IC 12-29-2
635+20 or provider certified or licensed by the state to provide mental
636+21 or behavioral health services to students before applying for
637+22 a grant under this chapter. A provider described in this
638+23 subdivision may be employed by the school corporation,
639+24 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
640+25 (d) This subsection applies to an application from a school
641+26 corporation or charter school (or coalition of public schools
642+27 applying jointly). Each school corporation shall certify to the
643+28 department of homeland security that the school safety plan of the
644+29 school corporation was reviewed by the governing body as
645+30 described in section 11 of this chapter. In the case of a charter
646+31 school, beginning July 1, 2024, each charter school shall certify to
647+32 the department of homeland security that the school safety plan of
648+33 the charter school was reviewed by the organizer as described in
649+34 section 11 of this chapter.
650+35 (d) Each school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
651+36 school shall certify to the department of homeland security that the
652+37 school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has
653+38 a memorandum of understanding in place with a community mental
654+39 health center established under IC 12-29-2 or provider certified or
655+40 licensed by the state to provide mental or behavioral health services to
656+41 students before applying for a grant under this chapter. A provider
657+42 described in this subsection may be employed by the school
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659+1 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
660+2 SECTION 7. IC 10-21-1-5.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.50-2019,
661+3 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
662+4 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5.5. (a) A school corporation, charter school, or
663+5 accredited nonpublic school and the sheriff for the county in which the
664+6 school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is
665+7 located may jointly apply to the board for a one (1) time grant from the
666+8 fund to provide for the initial set up costs for an active event warning
667+9 system.
668+10 (b) The application must include the following:
669+11 (1) A concise description of the school corporation's, charter
670+12 school's, or accredited nonpublic school's security needs.
671+13 (2) Any other information required by the board.
672+14 (3) A statement whether the school corporation or charter school
673+15 has completed a local school safety plan and has filed the plan
674+16 with the county school safety commission for the county in which
675+17 the school corporation or charter school is located.
676+18 (4) A statement from the school corporation, charter school, or
677+19 accredited nonpublic school verifying that the active event
678+20 warning system meets the specifications listed under section
679+21 4.5(a) of this chapter.
680+22 SECTION 8. IC 10-21-1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2019,
681+23 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
682+24 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 6. A school corporation, charter school, or
683+25 accredited nonpublic school that is awarded a grant under this chapter
684+26 is not required to repay or reimburse the board or fund the amount of
685+27 the grant.
686+28 SECTION 9. IC 10-21-1-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.211-2018(ss),
687+29 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
688+30 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 8. On or before December 1, 2018, and
689+31 periodically thereafter, Not later than November 1, 2023, and each
690+32 November 1 thereafter, the board shall conduct a review and submit
691+33 a report to the governor and legislative council in an electronic format
692+34 under IC 5-14-6. The report:
693+35 (1) must provide an overview of the current status of school safety
694+36 across the state; and
695+37 (2) must include information concerning grants awarded
696+38 under this chapter since the establishment of this chapter;
697+39 (3) must include the aggregate statewide school resource
698+40 officer information specified and collected under
699+41 IC 20-26-18.2-5(d); and
700+42 (2) (4) may make recommendations to improve the safety of
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702+1 elementary and secondary school students.
703+2 SECTION 10. IC 10-21-1-9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
704+3 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
705+4 1, 2023]: Sec. 9. (a) Each school corporation shall designate at least
706+5 one (1) individual who is not a school resource officer as described
707+6 in IC 20-26-18.2-2 to serve as the school safety specialist for the
708+7 school corporation.
709+8 (b) Each charter school shall designate at least one (1) individual
710+9 who is not a school resource officer as described in IC 20-26-18.2-2
711+10 to serve as the school safety specialist for the charter school. A
712+11 charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, shall comply with this
713+12 subsection on or before July 1, 2024.
714+13 (c) All school safety specialists shall be chosen by the
715+14 superintendent of the school corporation or leadership of the
716+15 charter school with the approval of the governing body or
717+16 organizer.
718+17 (d) A school safety specialist shall perform the following duties:
719+18 (1) Serve on the county school safety commission with
720+19 jurisdiction over the school corporation if that individual
721+20 school safety specialist is chosen by the superintendent of the
722+21 school corporation with the approval of the governing body.
723+22 Except as provided in section 12 of this chapter, the school
724+23 safety specialists of charter schools do not serve on a county
725+24 school safety commission.
726+25 (2) Participate each year in a number of days of school safety
727+26 training that the department of education determines
728+27 necessary under section 13 of this chapter.
729+28 (3) With the assistance of the county school safety commission
730+29 with jurisdiction over the school corporation or charter
731+30 school, develop, implement, and improve a school safety plan
732+31 for each school building in the school corporation or charter
733+32 school.
734+33 (4) Coordinate the school safety plans of each school building
735+34 in the school corporation or charter school as required under
736+35 this chapter and under rules adopted by the Indiana state
737+36 board of education.
738+37 (5) Act as a resource for the school corporation's or charter
739+38 school's safe school committees and other individuals in the
740+39 school corporation or charter school on issues related to
741+40 school discipline, safety, and security.
742+41 (6) Serve as a liaison for the school corporation or charter
743+42 school regarding school safety matters with the board, the
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745+1 department of homeland security, the department of
746+2 education, the Indiana criminal justice institute, and other
747+3 state agencies, as applicable.
748+4 SECTION 11. IC 10-21-1-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
749+5 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
750+6 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 10. (a) A school corporation shall
751+7 develop a school safety plan in accordance with subsection (c) for
752+8 review as described in section 11 of this chapter.
753+9 (b) Each charter school shall develop a school safety plan in
754+10 accordance with subsection (c) for review as described in section
755+11 11 of this chapter. A charter school in operation on July 1, 2023,
756+12 shall comply with this subsection on or before July 1, 2024.
757+13 (c) The school safety plan:
758+14 (1) must be developed by a school safety specialist and the
759+15 school's safe school committee, including a school resource
760+16 officer if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or
761+17 charter school, in consultation with the:
762+18 (A) law enforcement agency; and
763+19 (B) fire department;
764+20 that have jurisdiction over the particular school building;
765+21 (2) must:
766+22 (A) protect against outside and internal threats to the
767+23 physical safety of students, faculty, staff, and the public,
768+24 including unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school
769+25 violence, bullying and cyberbullying, criminal organization
770+26 activity, child abuse and child sexual abuse, mental health
771+27 and behavioral health, suicide awareness and prevention,
772+28 and other issues that prevent the maintenance of a safe
773+29 school;
774+30 (B) prevent unauthorized access to school property and
775+31 interior areas or rooms, including the management of
776+32 authorized visitors on school property, before, during, and
777+33 after regular school hours;
778+34 (C) secure schools against natural and manmade disasters,
779+35 including all emergency preparedness drill requirements
780+36 set forth in IC 20-34-3-20;
781+37 (D) include a site vulnerability assessment for each school
782+38 building;
783+39 (E) not later than July 1, 2025, include the establishment of
784+40 a multi-disciplinary threat assessment team;
785+41 (F) include measures to expedite notification of first
786+42 responders and access to school property for first
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788+1 responders; and
789+2 (G) include any additional requirements required by the
790+3 Indiana state board of education;
791+4 (3) must be provided to a member of the board if a member
792+5 requests the school safety plan;
793+6 (4) must be available for inspection by the department of
794+7 education's division of school building physical security and
795+8 safety (as established by IC 20-19-3-14);
796+9 (5) must be provided to the law enforcement agency and the
797+10 fire department that have jurisdiction over the school
798+11 corporation or charter school;
799+12 (6) must include an attestation that:
800+13 (A) a copy of the floor plans for each building located on
801+14 the school's property were provided to the law
802+15 enforcement agency and the fire department that have
803+16 jurisdiction over the school corporation or charter school
804+17 that clearly indicates each entrance and exit, the interior
805+18 rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous
806+19 materials located in the building; or
807+20 (B) the school corporation or charter school has conducted
808+21 critical incidence digital mapping for each school building
809+22 within the school corporation or the buildings that are
810+23 operated by a charter school, including providing the
811+24 critical incidence digital mapping information to:
812+25 (i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
813+26 have jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
814+27 (ii) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
815+28 through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP",
816+29 described in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has jurisdiction over
817+30 the mapped school buildings; and
818+31 (7) must be filed with the county school safety commission
819+32 under section 12 of this chapter having jurisdiction over the
820+33 school corporation or charter school.
821+34 (d) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the entities specified in subsection
822+35 (c) that receive information under this section shall keep the
823+36 information compiled and retained under this section confidential
824+37 and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
825+38 SECTION 12. IC 10-21-1-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
826+39 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
827+40 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 11. (a) Before the school safety
828+41 plan developed under section 10 of this chapter is provided to or
829+42 filed with the entities specified under this chapter, the
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831+1 superintendent (or the equivalent for a charter school) or a school
832+2 safety specialist of the school corporation or charter school shall
833+3 present the proposed school safety plan to the governing body or,
834+4 if applicable, the charter school organizer, in executive session.
835+5 (b) The governing body or organizer may meet in executive
836+6 session to receive school safety updates from the superintendent, a
837+7 school safety specialist, a school resource officer, or a member of
838+8 a safe school committee under section 14 of this chapter.
839+9 (c) Notwithstanding the requirement to submit the school safety
840+10 plan to certain entities under state law, the school corporation or
841+11 charter school shall keep the school safety plan confidential and
842+12 withhold it from public disclosure.
843+13 SECTION 13. IC 10-21-1-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
844+14 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
845+15 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 12. (a) Not later than December
846+16 31, 2023, a county shall establish a county school safety
847+17 commission. Unless otherwise specified in subsection (b)(1) through
848+18 (b)(11), the members described in subsection (b) are appointed by
849+19 the school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
850+20 IC 20-18-2-2), as determined in the fall count of ADM in the school
851+21 year ending in the current calendar year.
852+22 (b) The members of the commission are as follows:
853+23 (1) A school safety specialist for each school corporation
854+24 located in whole or in part in the county.
855+25 (2) The judge of the court having juvenile jurisdiction in the
856+26 county or the judge's designee.
857+27 (3) The sheriff of the county or the sheriff's designee.
858+28 (4) The chief officer of every other law enforcement agency in
859+29 the county, or the chief officer's designee.
860+30 (5) A representative of the juvenile probation system,
861+31 appointed by the judge described in subdivision (2).
862+32 (6) Representatives of community agencies that work with
863+33 children within the county.
864+34 (7) A representative of the Indiana state police district that
865+35 serves the county, appointed by the Indiana state police.
866+36 (8) A representative of the prosecuting attorneys council of
867+37 Indiana who specializes in the prosecution of juveniles.
868+38 (9) A school safety specialist of a charter school representing
869+39 the interests and viewpoints of charter schools within the
870+40 commission's jurisdiction if at least one (1) charter school
871+41 within the commission's jurisdiction requests to participate.
872+42 (10) A school safety specialist of an accredited nonpublic
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874+1 school representing the interests and viewpoints of accredited
875+2 nonpublic schools within the commission's jurisdiction if at
876+3 least one (1) accredited nonpublic school requests to
877+4 participate.
878+5 (11) Other appropriate individuals selected by the
879+6 commission.
880+7 (c) Once a commission is established, the school safety specialist
881+8 of the school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
882+9 IC 20-18-2-2), as determined in the fall count of ADM in the school
883+10 year ending in the current calendar year, in the county shall
884+11 convene the initial meeting of the commission.
885+12 (d) The members shall annually elect a chairperson.
886+13 (e) A commission shall perform the following duties:
887+14 (1) Periodically perform a cumulative analysis of school safety
888+15 needs within the county.
889+16 (2) Coordinate and make recommendations for the following:
890+17 (A) Prevention of juvenile offenses and improving the
891+18 reporting of juvenile offenses within the schools.
892+19 (B) Proposals for identifying and assessing children who
893+20 are at high risk of experiencing a mental health or
894+21 behavioral health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.
895+22 (C) Methods to meet the educational needs of children who
896+23 have been detained as juvenile offenders.
897+24 (D) Methods to improve communications among agencies
898+25 that work with children.
899+26 (E) Methods to improve school security and emergency
900+27 preparedness.
901+28 (F) Additional equipment or personnel that are necessary
902+29 to carry out school safety plans.
903+30 (G) Pooling resources, combining purchases, using shared
904+31 administrative services, or collaborating among
905+32 participating school corporations, school corporation
906+33 career and technical education schools described in
907+34 IC 20-37-1-1, and charter schools to improve the
908+35 maintenance of safe schools.
909+36 (H) Implementing best practices and procedures to use
910+37 critical incidence digital mapping in the event of an
911+38 emergency within the county.
912+39 (I) Any other topic the commission considers necessary to
913+40 improve school safety within the commission's jurisdiction.
914+41 (3) Provide assistance to school safety specialists and school
915+42 resource officers within the commission's jurisdiction in
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917+1 developing and:
918+2 (A) implementing school safety plans; and
919+3 (B) requesting grants from the fund.
920+4 (4) Assist accredited nonpublic schools within the
921+5 commission's jurisdiction that voluntarily submit a school
922+6 safety plan or a local school safety and emergency plan
923+7 (described in IC 20-34-3-23) to the commission seeking
924+8 assistance in carrying out the school safety plan.
925+9 (f) The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members of
926+10 the commission are required for the commission to take action on
927+11 a measure.
928+12 (g) A commission shall receive the school safety plans for the
929+13 school corporations and charter schools located in the county.
930+14 (h) A commission may receive from an accredited nonpublic
931+15 school within the commission's jurisdiction a school safety plan or
932+16 a local school safety and emergency plan described in
933+17 IC 20-34-3-23.
934+18 (i) The commission shall keep the school safety plans compiled
935+19 and retained under this section confidential and shall withhold the
936+20 information from public disclosure.
937+21 (j) The commission may share the school safety plans under
938+22 subsections (g) and (h) with law enforcement and first responder
939+23 agencies that have jurisdiction over the school corporation, charter
940+24 school, or accredited nonpublic school. For the purposes of
941+25 IC 5-14-3, the entities receiving a school safety plan under this
942+26 subsection shall keep information compiled and retained under
943+27 subsections (g) and (h) confidential and shall withhold the
944+28 information from public disclosure.
945+29 (k) A commission shall annually submit to the board on a date
946+30 established by the board:
947+31 (1) meeting minutes;
948+32 (2) any meeting agenda materials directly related to taking
949+33 action on a measure under this section; and
950+34 (3) a brief annual summary of its activities and
951+35 accomplishments.
952+36 SECTION 14. IC 10-21-1-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
953+37 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
954+38 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 13. (a) The school safety specialist
955+39 training and certification program is established.
956+40 (b) The school safety specialist training and certification
957+41 program shall provide:
958+42 (1) annual training sessions, which may be conducted through
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960+1 distance learning or at regional centers; and
961+2 (2) information concerning best practices and available
962+3 resources;
963+4 for school safety specialists and county school safety commissions.
964+5 (c) The department of education, in consultation with the board,
965+6 shall do the following:
966+7 (1) Assemble an advisory group of school safety specialists
967+8 from around the state to make recommendations concerning
968+9 the curriculum and standards for school safety specialist
969+10 training.
970+11 (2) Develop an appropriate curriculum and the standards for
971+12 the school safety specialist training and certification program.
972+13 The department of education may consult with national school
973+14 safety experts in developing the curriculum and standards.
974+15 The curriculum developed under this subdivision must
975+16 include training in:
976+17 (A) identifying, preventing, and intervening in bullying and
977+18 cyberbullying;
978+19 (B) identifying, preventing, and intervening in criminal
979+20 organization activity;
980+21 (C) identifying, preventing, and intervening in actions by
981+22 a person who is present on school property with the intent
982+23 to harm another person;
983+24 (D) developing and implementing a school safety plan in
984+25 accordance with this chapter;
985+26 (E) using a county school safety commission to improve
986+27 school safety and emergency preparedness; and
987+28 (F) using safe school committees to improve safety and
988+29 emergency preparedness for each school building.
989+30 (3) Administer the school safety specialist training and
990+31 certification program, including the following duties:
991+32 (A) Establish a school safety specialist certificate for
992+33 candidates eligible under section 9 of this chapter who
993+34 have successfully completed the training program.
994+35 (B) Review the qualifications of each candidate, determine
995+36 their eligibility for certification, and present a certificate
996+37 to each school safety specialist eligible for certification.
997+38 SECTION 15. IC 10-21-1-14 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
998+39 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
999+40 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 14. (a) Each school operated by
1000+41 a school corporation shall establish a safe school committee. The
1001+42 committee may be a subcommittee of the committee that develops
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1003+1 the strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement
1004+2 plan under IC 20-31-5. Each committee may include at least one (1)
1005+3 member who is a member of the support staff of the school or
1006+4 school corporation career and technical education school.
1007+5 (b) Each school operated by a charter school shall establish a
1008+6 safe school committee. A charter school in operation on July 1,
1009+7 2023, shall comply with this subsection not later than July 1, 2024.
1010+8 (c) The safe school committee shall actively participate in and
1011+9 assist with the development of the school safety plan.
1012+10 (d) The department of education, the school corporation's or
1013+11 charter school's school safety specialist or specialists, and a school
1014+12 resource officer, if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or
1015+13 charter school, shall provide materials and guidelines to assist a
1016+14 safe school committee in developing a policy for a particular school
1017+15 that addresses the following issues:
1018+16 (1) Implementation of the school safety plan.
1019+17 (2) Addressing outside and internal threats to the physical
1020+18 safety of students, faculty, staff, and the public, including
1021+19 unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying
1022+20 and cyberbullying, criminal organization activity, child abuse
1023+21 and child sexual abuse, mental health and behavioral health,
1024+22 suicide awareness and prevention, and other issues that
1025+23 prevent the maintenance of a safe school.
1026+24 (3) Addressing the professional development needs for faculty
1027+25 and staff to implement methods that decrease problems
1028+26 identified under subdivision (2).
1029+27 (4) Identifying and implementing methods to encourage:
1030+28 (A) involvement by the community, families, and students;
1031+29 (B) development of relationships between students and
1032+30 school faculty and staff; and
1033+31 (C) use of problem solving teams.
1034+32 (e) The guidelines developed under subsection (d) must include
1035+33 age appropriate, research based information that assists school
1036+34 corporations or charter schools and safe school committees in:
1037+35 (1) developing and implementing bullying and cyberbullying
1038+36 prevention programs;
1039+37 (2) establishing investigation and reporting procedures
1040+38 related to bullying and cyberbullying; and
1041+39 (3) adopting discipline rules that comply with IC 20-33-8-13.5.
1042+40 (f) In addition to developing guidelines under subsection (d), the
1043+41 department of education shall establish categories of types of
1044+42 bullying incidents to allow school corporations to use the categories
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1046+1 in making reports under IC 20-20-8-8 and IC 20-34-6-1.
1047+2 (g) The materials and guidelines provided under subsection (d)
1048+3 must include the model educational materials and model response
1049+4 policies and reporting procedures on child abuse and child sexual
1050+5 abuse developed or identified under IC 20-19-3-11.
1051+6 SECTION 16. IC 10-21-1-15 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1052+7 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1053+8 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 15. An accredited nonpublic
1054+9 school may do one (1) or more of the following:
1055+10 (1) Designate one (1) or more individuals to obtain school
1056+11 safety specialist certification under section 13 of this chapter
1057+12 to perform school safety specialist duties under this chapter.
1058+13 (2) Establish a school safety plan in accordance with section
1059+14 10 of this chapter.
1060+15 (3) Establish a safe school committee.
1061+16 (4) Submit a school safety plan to the county school safety
1062+17 commission having jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic
1063+18 school.
1064+19 (5) Request to join the county school safety commission
1065+20 having jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic school or be
1066+21 represented by another accredited nonpublic school's school
1067+22 safety specialist on the same commission.
1068+23 (6) Request general guidance relating to school safety matters
1069+24 from one (1) or more of the following:
1070+25 (A) The board.
1071+26 (B) The department of education.
1072+27 (C) The department of homeland security.
1073+28 (D) The county school safety commission having
1074+29 jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic school.
1075+30 SECTION 17. IC 20-19-3-11.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.211-2018(ss),
1076+31 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1077+32 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 11.5. (a) As used in this section, "cyberbullying"
1078+33 refers to bullying (as defined in IC 20-33-8-0.2) that occurs through the
1079+34 use of data or computer software that is accessed through a:
1080+35 (1) computer;
1081+36 (2) computer system;
1082+37 (3) computer network; or
1083+38 (4) cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular
1084+39 communications device.
1085+40 (b) The department shall maintain a link on the department's
1086+41 Internet web site website that provides parents and school officials
1087+42 with resources or best practices regarding the prevention and reporting
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1089+1 of bullying and cyberbullying. The resources must include guidance on
1090+2 how to report to law enforcement agencies instances of bullying and
1091+3 cyberbullying that occur off campus. The department shall also include
1092+4 guidelines developed by the department under IC 5-2-10.1-12(d).
1093+5 IC 10-21-1-14(d).
1094+6 (c) The department shall consult with law enforcement agencies,
1095+7 school officials, and organizations that have expertise in the prevention
1096+8 or reporting of bullying or cyberbullying for purposes of developing or
1097+9 providing the resources or best practices described in subsection (b).
1098+10 (d) The following entities shall maintain a link on their Internet web
1099+11 sites websites to the Internet web site website described in subsection
1100+12 (b):
1101+13 (1) The state board.
1102+14 (2) A school corporation.
1103+15 SECTION 18. IC 20-19-3-14, AS ADDED BY P.L.36-2014,
1104+16 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1105+17 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "division" refers to
1106+18 the division of school building physical security and safety established
1107+19 by subsection (c).
1108+20 (b) As used in this section, "physical security" refers to security
1109+21 measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to a building
1110+22 or facility, including equipment and resources, and to protect
1111+23 individuals and property from damage or harm.
1112+24 (c) The division of school building physical security and safety is
1113+25 established within the department.
1114+26 (d) The division shall:
1115+27 (1) establish and maintain guidelines for using professional
1116+28 architectural and engineering services to integrate physical
1117+29 security improvements and safety practices in the construction,
1118+30 renovation, repair, or alteration of a school facility;
1119+31 (2) carry out the department's responsibilities with regards to the
1120+32 school safety specialist training and certification program
1121+33 established in IC 5-2-10.1-11; IC 10-21-1-13;
1122+34 (3) establish and maintain guidelines for establishing emergency
1123+35 response protocols in cooperation with other state agencies;
1124+36 (4) carry out the department's responsibilities to safe school
1125+37 committees under IC 5-2-10.1-12; IC 10-21-1-14;
1126+38 (5) coordinate the department's response and recovery assistance
1127+39 to a school in the event of a manmade or natural disaster;
1128+40 (6) provide information and guidance to assist school corporations
1129+41 or schools to establish mutual aid disaster assistance agreements
1130+42 with other schools or school corporations; and
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1132+1 (7) study and collect information to integrate lessons learned from
1133+2 previous school disasters throughout the country into the
1134+3 curriculum of the school safety specialist training and certification
1135+4 program established in IC 5-2-10.1-11 IC 10-21-1-13 and
1136+5 guidelines established by the division under this subsection;
1137+6 (8) establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with the
1138+7 department of homeland security and institute for criminal
1139+8 justice, for developing and maintaining school safety plans as
1140+9 described in IC 10-21-1-10 and IC 10-21-1-11; and
1141+10 (9) assist the secured school safety board established by
1142+11 IC 10-21-1-3 in conducting the review and submitting the
1143+12 report as described in IC 10-21-1-8.
1144+13 (e) The division may: upon request by a school corporation:
1145+14 (1) request a meeting with a school corporation or charter
1146+15 school to review a school safety plan as described in
1147+16 IC 10-21-1-10;
1148+17 (2) request to provide an onsite safety review for a school
1149+18 corporation or charter school; and
1150+19 (3) request to provide guidance or assistance relating to school
1151+20 safety matters to the a school corporation or charter school;
1152+21 (4) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
1153+22 matters upon request by a nonpublic school that has
1154+23 voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1 or is
1155+24 accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency that
1156+25 is recognized by the state board; and
1157+26 (5) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
1158+27 matters upon request by a county school safety commission
1159+28 under IC 10-21-1-12.
1160+29 (f) The division shall maintain a secure Internet web site to provide
1161+30 school officials and public safety officials access to information that is
1162+31 considered classified under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(1), IC 5-14-3-4(b)(18), and
1163+32 IC 5-14-3-4(b)(19) or other sensitive information that may assist school
1164+33 officials and public safety officials in improving school safety or
1165+34 responding to a manmade or natural disaster.
1166+35 (g) The division shall maintain a public Internet web site website
1167+36 that contains:
1168+37 (1) the guidelines established by the division under subsection
1169+38 (d);
1170+39 (2) best practices pertaining to school safety; and
1171+40 (3) any other information the division determines may be
1172+41 necessary to carry out the division's duties or responsibilities
1173+42 under this section.
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1175+1 SECTION 19. IC 20-26-5-42.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1176+2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1177+3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 42.7. (a) The governing body of
1178+4 a school corporation shall do the following:
1179+5 (1) Approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen
1180+6 by the superintendent of the school corporation under
1181+7 IC 10-21-1-9. The governing body of a school corporation
1182+8 shall also approve or disapprove the individual school safety
1183+9 specialist chosen by the superintendent of the school
1184+10 corporation to serve on the county school safety commission
1185+11 under IC 10-21-1-12.
1186+12 (2) Review a school safety plan described in IC 10-21-1-10
1187+13 following the procedures outlined in IC 10-21-1-11.
1188+14 (b) Not later than July 1, 2024, the organizer of a charter school
1189+15 shall do the following:
1190+16 (1) Approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen
1191+17 by leadership of the charter school under IC 10-21-1-9.
1192+18 (2) Review a school safety plan described in IC 10-21-1-10
1193+19 following the procedures outlined in IC 10-21-1-11.
1194+20 SECTION 20. IC 20-26-18.2-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1195+21 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1196+22 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 0.5. The following definitions
1197+23 apply throughout this chapter:
1198+24 (1) "Safe school committee" refers to the requirements set
1199+25 forth in IC 10-21-1-14.
1200+26 (2) "School safety plan" refers to the requirements set forth
1201+27 in IC 10-21-1-10.
1202+28 (3) "School safety specialist" refers to the requirements set
1203+29 forth in IC 10-21-1-9.
1204+30 SECTION 21. IC 20-26-18.2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
1205+31 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1206+32 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "school resource
1207+33 officer" means a law enforcement officer who:
1208+34 (1) has completed the training described in subsection (b);
1209+35 (2) is assigned to one (1) or more school corporations or charter
1210+36 schools during school hours to:
1211+37 (A) assist the school safety specialist specialists and the safe
1212+38 school committees with the development and implementation
1213+39 of the school safety plan; as provided in section 2 of this
1214+40 chapter; and
1215+41 (B) carry out any additional responsibilities assigned to the
1216+42 school resource officer under the employment engagement,
1217+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 28
1218+1 contract, or memorandum of understanding and to provide law
1219+2 enforcement services to:
1220+3 (i) protect against outside threats to the physical safety of
1221+4 students;
1222+5 (ii) prevent unauthorized access to school property; and
1223+6 (iii) secure schools against violence and natural disasters;
1224+7 and
1225+8 (3) is:
1226+9 (A) employed by a law enforcement agency;
1227+10 (B) appointed as a police reserve officer (as described in
1228+11 IC 36-8-3-20) or as a special deputy (as described in
1229+12 IC 36-8-10-10.6) if the police reserve officer or special deputy:
1230+13 (i) is subject to the direction of the sheriff or appointing law
1231+14 enforcement agency;
1232+15 (ii) is required to obey the rules and orders of the sheriff's
1233+16 department or appointing law enforcement agency;
1234+17 (iii) is required to complete all training required of regular
1235+18 full-time law enforcement officers employed by the sheriff's
1236+19 department or appointing law enforcement agency; and
1237+20 (iv) may be removed by the sheriff or appointing law
1238+21 enforcement agency at any time, with or without cause; or
1239+22 (C) a school corporation police officer appointed under
1240+23 IC 20-26-16-3.
1241+24 The term does not include a law enforcement officer who is assigned
1242+25 to a school to provide security outside a school building for protection
1243+26 from outside threats, traffic duty, or other duties not consistent with the
1244+27 duties of a school resource officer.
1245+28 (b) Before being appointed as a school resource officer, an
1246+29 individual must have successfully completed the minimum training
1247+30 requirements established for law enforcement officers under
1248+31 IC 5-2-1-9.
1249+32 (c) The law enforcement officer appointed as a school resource
1250+33 officer must receive at least forty (40) hours of school resource officer
1251+34 training through:
1252+35 (1) the Indiana law enforcement training board established by
1253+36 IC 5-2-1-3;
1254+37 (2) the National Association of School Resource Officers; or
1255+38 (3) another school resource officer training program approved by
1256+39 the Indiana law enforcement training board;
1257+40 within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the individual is
1258+41 initially assigned the duties of a school resource officer. However, if
1259+42 the current ADM of a school corporation is less than one thousand
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1261+1 (1,000) students, the individual shall complete the school resource
1262+2 officer training within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date
1263+3 the individual is initially assigned the duties of a school resource
1264+4 officer.
1265+5 (d) Training described in subsection (c) must include instruction
1266+6 regarding skills, tactics, and strategies necessary to address the special
1267+7 nature of:
1268+8 (1) school campuses; and
1269+9 (2) school building security needs and characteristics.
1270+10 SECTION 22. IC 20-26-18.2-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
1271+11 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1272+12 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 2. (a) A school resource officer may be employed:
1273+13 (1) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools
1274+14 through a contract between a local law enforcement agency and
1275+15 the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school
1276+16 or charter schools;
1277+17 (2) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;
1278+18 (3) by a local law enforcement agency that assigns the school
1279+19 resource officer to one (1) or more school corporations or charter
1280+20 schools through a memorandum of understanding between the
1281+21 local law enforcement agency and the school corporation or
1282+22 school corporations or the charter school or charter schools; or
1283+23 (4) through a contract between an Indiana business that employs
1284+24 persons who meet the qualifications of a school resource officer
1285+25 and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter
1286+26 school or charter schools.
1287+27 (b) This subsection does not apply to a school corporation that only
1288+28 has full-time school resource officers who are either employees of the
1289+29 school corporation's school police department or are employees of the
1290+30 school corporation who have successfully completed the law
1291+31 enforcement basic training requirements described in IC 5-2-1-9(d).
1292+32 After June 30, 2023, if a school corporation or charter school enters
1293+33 into a contract for a school resource officer, the school corporation or
1294+34 charter school must enter into a memorandum of understanding with
1295+35 the law enforcement agency that employs or appointed the law
1296+36 enforcement officer who will perform the duties of a school resource
1297+37 officer. The memorandum of understanding must state the nature and
1298+38 scope of a school resource officer's duties and responsibilities. A school
1299+39 resource officer's duties and responsibilities include the duty to assist
1300+40 the school corporation's or charter school's school safety specialist
1301+41 specialists and safe school committees with the development and
1302+42 implementation of a school safety plans. plan that does the following:
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1304+1 (1) Protects against outside threats to the physical safety of
1305+2 students.
1306+3 (2) Prevents unauthorized access to school property.
1307+4 (3) Secures schools against violence and natural disasters.
1308+5 (4) On or before July 1, 2020, identifies the location of bleeding
1309+6 control kits (as defined in IC 20-34-3-24(a)).
1310+7 (c) A school resource officer shall consult with local law
1311+8 enforcement officials and first responders when assisting the school
1312+9 corporation's or charter school's school safety specialist specialists
1313+10 and safe school committees in the development of the school safety
1314+11 plan.
1315+12 (d) A school resource officer shall participate in the development
1316+13 and implementation of programs designed to identify, assess, and
1317+14 provide assistance to troubled youth. youth who are at high risk of
1318+15 experiencing a mental health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.
1319+16 (e) A school resource officer may not be reassigned to other duties
1320+17 by the school corporation.
1321+18 SECTION 23. IC 20-26-18.2-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.57-2020,
1322+19 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1323+20 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5. (a) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and
1324+21 each September 1 thereafter, each A school corporation or charter
1325+22 school served by a school resource officer employed for the protection
1326+23 of the school corporation or charter school under section 2 of this
1327+24 chapter shall annually report on a form prescribed by the
1328+25 department of homeland security:
1329+26 (1) the number of school resource officers serving the school
1330+27 corporation or charter school;
1331+28 (2) the amount budgeted and the sources of the funds to
1332+29 employ a school resource officer or school resource officers to
1333+30 serve the school corporation or charter school;
1334+31 (3) the number of school resource officers serving the school
1335+32 corporation or charter school employed by one (1) or more
1336+33 school corporations or charter schools;
1337+34 (4) an attestation that the school resource officers employed
1338+35 by the school corporation or charter school have met the
1339+36 training requirements under section 1 of this chapter;
1340+37 (5) the number of school resource officers serving the school
1341+38 corporation or charter school through a contract or
1342+39 memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement
1343+40 agency or an Indiana business that employs persons who meet
1344+41 the qualifications of a school resource officer under section 2
1345+42 of this chapter; and
1346+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 31
1347+1 (6) if applicable, the number of law enforcement officers who
1348+2 are not school resource officers also serving the school
1349+3 corporation or charter school through a contract or
1350+4 memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement
1351+5 agency;
1352+6 to the department of homeland security. before September 1.
1353+7 (b) The department of homeland security shall:
1354+8 (1) annually compile the information reported under subsection
1355+9 (a); and
1356+10 (2) retain the information reported under subsection (a).
1357+11 (c) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the department of homeland security
1358+12 shall keep information compiled and retained under subsection (b)
1359+13 confidential and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
1360+14 (d) The secured school safety board established by IC 10-21-1-3
1361+15 shall include the following aggregate level information in the
1362+16 review and report submitted to the governor and legislative council
1363+17 as required under IC 10-21-1-8:
1364+18 (1) The total number of school resource officers employed:
1365+19 (A) in Indiana, including the number of unique school
1366+20 corporations and charter schools employing a school
1367+21 resource officer;
1368+22 (B) exclusively by a school corporation;
1369+23 (C) by one (1) or more school corporations;
1370+24 (D) exclusively by a charter school;
1371+25 (E) by a coalition of charter schools; and
1372+26 (F) by a combination of one (1) or more school
1373+27 corporations and one (1) or more charter schools.
1374+28 (2) A statewide overview of how school corporations and
1375+29 charter schools are budgeting for the employment of school
1376+30 resource officers and the employment of law enforcement
1377+31 officers.
1378+32 SECTION 24. IC 20-30-5-5.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.285-2013,
1379+33 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1380+34 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than October 15 of each year,
1381+35 each public school shall provide age appropriate, research based
1382+36 instruction as provided under IC 5-2-10.1-12(d)(1) IC 10-21-1-14(d)
1383+37 focusing on bullying prevention for all students in grades 1 through 12.
1384+38 (b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists
1385+39 and school counselors, shall prepare outlines or materials for the
1386+40 instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction
1387+41 in grades 1 through 12.
1388+42 (c) Instruction on bullying prevention may be delivered by a school
1389+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 32
1390+1 safety specialist, school counselor, or any other person with training
1391+2 and expertise in the area of bullying prevention and intervention.
1392+3 SECTION 25. IC 20-34-3-20, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1393+4 SECTION 82, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1394+5 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 20. (a) The governing body of a school
1395+6 corporation and an organizer of a charter school shall require each
1396+7 school in the governing body's jurisdiction or organizer's
1397+8 responsibility to conduct periodic emergency preparedness drills
1398+9 during the school year in compliance with rules adopted under
1399+10 IC 4-22-2 by the state board.
1400+11 (b) Each school and attendance center shall conduct at least:
1401+12 (1) one (1) tornado preparedness drill; and
1402+13 (2) one (1) manmade occurrence disaster drill;
1403+14 during each semester.
1404+15 (c) At least one (1) manmade occurrence disaster drill required
1405+16 under subsection (b) must be an active shooter drill and must be
1406+17 conducted within ninety (90) calendar days after the beginning of the
1407+18 school year.
1408+19 (d) Each:
1409+20 (1) state accredited nonpublic school; and
1410+21 (2) charter school;
1411+22 must conduct at least one (1) active shooter drill during each school
1412+23 year.
1413+24 (e) Notwithstanding rules established by the state fire marshal under
1414+25 IC 12-17-12-19, a drill conducted under subsection (b) may be
1415+26 conducted instead of a periodic or monthly fire evacuation drill
1416+27 requirement established by the state fire marshal. However, a drill
1417+28 conducted under subsection (b) may not be made:
1418+29 (1) instead of more than two (2) periodic or monthly fire
1419+30 evacuation drills in a particular school semester; and
1420+31 (2) in two (2) consecutive months.
1421+32 (f) The governing body of a school corporation or an organizer of
1422+33 a charter school may direct schools to conduct emergency
1423+34 preparedness drills in addition to those required under subsection (b).
1424+35 (g) The governing body of a school corporation or organizer of a
1425+36 charter school shall require each principal to file a certified statement
1426+37 that all drills have been conducted as required under this section.
1427+38 SECTION 26. IC 20-34-3-23, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1428+39 SECTION 83, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1429+40 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 23. (a) Each charter school and state accredited
1430+41 nonpublic school shall adopt a local school safety and emergency plan
1431+42 that includes:
1432+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 33
1433+1 (1) safety and emergency training and educational opportunities
1434+2 for school employees; and
1435+3 (2) periodic safety and emergency preparedness and evacuation
1436+4 drills.
1437+5 (b) Each charter school and state accredited nonpublic school shall
1438+6 provide a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the
1439+7 school's property that clearly indicates each exit, the interior rooms and
1440+8 hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials located in the
1441+9 building to the law enforcement agency and the fire department that
1442+10 have jurisdiction over the school.
1443+11 (c) If a charter school or state accredited nonpublic school has
1444+12 conducted critical incidence digital mapping as described in
1445+13 IC 10-21-1-1 for each school building located on the school's
1446+14 property, it may provide the critical incidence digital mapping
1447+15 information to:
1448+16 (1) the law enforcement agency and fire department that have
1449+17 jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
1450+18 (2) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
1451+19 through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP", described
1452+20 in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has jurisdiction over the mapped
1453+21 school buildings;
1454+22 to satisfy the requirement of subsection (b).
1455+23 (d) Once a charter school develops a school safety plan under
1456+24 IC 10-21-1-10, the charter school has satisfied the requirements of
1457+25 this section.
1458+26 SECTION 27. IC 20-34-9-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2020,
1459+27 SECTION 79, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1460+28 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a virtual charter
1461+29 school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10) or a virtual state accredited
1462+30 nonpublic school.
1463+31 SECTION 28. IC 20-34-9-1.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1464+32 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1465+33 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1.1. As used in ths chapter,
1466+34 "accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that:
1467+35 (1) has voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1; or
1468+36 (2) is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency
1469+37 that is recognized by the state board.
1470+38 SECTION 29. IC 20-34-9-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1471+39 SECTION 92, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1472+40 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. Beginning after June 30, 2020, and subject to
1473+41 available funding, a school corporation, a charter school, and a state an
1474+42 accredited nonpublic school are eligible for a grant under this chapter
1475+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 34
1476+1 if the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic
1477+2 school meets the requirements of this chapter.
1478+3 SECTION 30. IC 20-34-9-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1479+4 SECTION 93, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1480+5 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5. (a) The student and parent support services
1481+6 grant program is established to provide grants to school corporations,
1482+7 charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools for the
1483+8 development and implementation of student and parent support
1484+9 services plans to support parents caring for at-risk students.
1485+10 (b) The department, in coordination with the division of mental
1486+11 health and addiction, shall administer the program.
1487+12 SECTION 31. IC 20-34-9-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1488+13 SECTION 94, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1489+14 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 6. A school corporation, a charter school, or a
1490+15 state an accredited nonpublic school must do the following to
1491+16 participate in the program:
1492+17 (1) Apply to the department to participate in the program.
1493+18 (2) Submit to the department a student and parent support
1494+19 services plan that the school corporation, charter school, or state
1495+20 accredited nonpublic school intends to implement and that
1496+21 includes the following:
1497+22 (A) A process for a teacher or school employee to notify a
1498+23 school official to contact a student's parent if the student
1499+24 demonstrates a repeated pattern of aberrant or abnormal
1500+25 behavior. The parental notification process described in this
1501+26 clause must also include that the school will hold a conference
1502+27 with the student and the student's parent.
1503+28 (B) A requirement that the conference described in clause (A)
1504+29 must address the student's potential need for and benefit from:
1505+30 (i) school based treatment services; or
1506+31 (ii) treatment services provided by an outside professional
1507+32 care provider that is contracted and paid for by the school
1508+33 corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic
1509+34 school.
1510+35 (C) A procedure for a parent who chooses to seek services for
1511+36 the student to follow that includes granting written parental
1512+37 consent for the student to receive services by a service
1513+38 provider described under clause (B).
1514+39 (D) A requirement to ensure that a school shall maintain the
1515+40 confidentiality of any medical records that result from a
1516+41 student's participation in any treatment described in clause (B).
1517+42 The school must adopt a policy that prohibits the school from:
1518+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 35
1519+1 (i) sharing any reports or notes resulting from the provision
1520+2 of school based treatment services described in clause (B)(i)
1521+3 with other school officials; and
1522+4 (ii) maintaining any reports, notes, diagnosis, or
1523+5 appointments that result from a student's participation in any
1524+6 treatment described in clause (B)(i) through (B)(ii) in the
1525+7 student's permanent educational file.
1526+8 SECTION 32. IC 20-34-9-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1527+9 SECTION 95, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1528+10 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 7. (a) Before June 30, 2020, and before each June
1529+11 30 thereafter, the department shall evaluate and prepare a report
1530+12 concerning development and implementation of the following:
1531+13 (1) The program.
1532+14 (2) The plans submitted and implemented by school corporations,
1533+15 charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools.
1534+16 (b) The department shall submit the report described in subsection
1535+17 (a) to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
1536+18 SECTION 33. IC 20-40-2-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.161-2019,
1537+19 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1538+20 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 10. (a) After the department completes the school
1539+21 corporation notice requirement under section 9 of this chapter, the
1540+22 department shall notify the state board, fiscal and qualitative indicators
1541+23 committee, and Indiana education employment relations board as soon
1542+24 as possible of all school corporations that received a notice stating they
1543+25 were on the excessive education fund transfer list for the immediately
1544+26 preceding calendar year.
1545+27 (b) Upon receipt of the department notice to a school corporation
1546+28 under section 9 of this chapter, the school corporation's superintendent
1547+29 and financial personnel, including the school's business officer, shall
1548+30 prepare and submit explanatory documentation within ninety (90) days,
1549+31 explaining the following:
1550+32 (1) How and why the school corporation's leadership believes the
1551+33 school corporation failed to meet the education fund transfer
1552+34 target percentage.
1553+35 (2) The steps the school corporation's leadership is planning or
1554+36 actively taking to budget and spend during the next calendar year
1555+37 to meet the education fund transfer target percentage for the next
1556+38 calendar year.
1557+39 (c) The school corporation's superintendent shall submit the
1558+40 explanatory documentation to the department and the fiscal and
1559+41 qualitative indicators committee.
1560+42 (d) Upon submission of the explanatory documentation under
1561+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 36
1562+1 subsection (b), the school corporation's superintendent shall present the
1563+2 explanatory documentation to the school corporation's governing body
1564+3 at its next public meeting. The governing body shall enter both the
1565+4 actual documentation and corresponding discussion into its official
1566+5 minutes for that meeting.
1567+6 (e) Upon the completion of the duties under subsection (d), the
1568+7 school corporation shall publish the explanatory documentation
1569+8 alongside any further notices and related reports from the department
1570+9 on its Internet web site website within thirty (30) days.
1571+10 (f) Upon receipt of a school corporation's explanatory
1572+11 documentation, the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee shall
1573+12 officially acknowledge receipt of the documentation at its next public
1574+13 meeting and enter the receipt into its official minutes for that meeting.
1575+14 (g) Upon receipt of the explanatory documentation, the department,
1576+15 in collaboration with the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee,
1577+16 shall review the documentation within sixty (60) days to make a
1578+17 preliminary determination of whether the documentation satisfactorily
1579+18 demonstrates that the school corporation's leadership has outlined and
1580+19 begun a corrective action plan to make progress in meeting the
1581+20 education fund transfer target percentage for the next calendar year.
1582+21 (h) If the department determines the explanatory documentation is
1583+22 not satisfactory, the department may contact the superintendent and
1584+23 financial personnel, including the school business officer, of the school
1585+24 corporation to schedule as soon as possible an appearance before the
1586+25 fiscal and qualitative indicators committee at a public meeting to
1587+26 provide an opportunity to explain the details within the explanatory
1588+27 documentation, and to explain to the fiscal and qualitative indicators
1589+28 committee the school corporation's budgeting and compensation levels
1590+29 in relation to the following for the school corporation:
1591+30 (1) How and why the education fund transfer target percentage
1592+31 was not met during the previous calendar year.
1593+32 (2) Total combined expenditures.
1594+33 (3) Student instructional expenditures.
1595+34 (4) Noninstructional expenditures.
1596+35 (5) Full-time teacher compensation expenditures.
1597+36 (6) Nonteaching, full-time administrative personnel compensation
1598+37 expenditures.
1599+38 (7) Nonteaching staff personnel compensation expenditures.
1600+39 (8) Any prior or planned attempts to seek the assistance available
1601+40 under this chapter from the Indiana education employment
1602+41 relations board and the department's division of finance.
1603+42 (9) Any prior or planned pooling of resources, combined
1604+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 37
1605+1 purchases, usage of shared administrative services, or
1606+2 collaboration with contiguous school corporations in reducing
1607+3 noninstructional expenditures as described under IC 20-42.5-2-1.
1608+4 (10) Any prior or planned participation in a county school safety
1609+5 commission under IC 5-2-10.1-10 IC 10-21-1-12 to assist and
1610+6 reduce school safety expenditures.
1611+7 (11) Any prior or planned consideration of meeting the
1612+8 requirements of and applying for school corporation efficiency
1613+9 incentive grants under IC 36-1.5-6.
1614+10 (i) The fiscal and qualitative indicators committee may contact the
1615+11 superintendent and financial personnel, including the school's business
1616+12 officer, of a school corporation that has been included on the
1617+13 department's excessive education fund transfer list for at least two (2)
1618+14 immediately preceding calendar years to provide the school corporation
1619+15 an opportunity to explain to the fiscal and qualitative indicators
1620+16 committee in a public meeting the school corporation's budgeting and
1621+17 compensation levels in relation to the items listed in subsection (h).
1622+18 (j) After the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee receives the
1623+19 school corporation's explanation under this section, the fiscal and
1624+20 qualitative indicators committee may issue an official recommendation
1625+21 to the school corporation to perform a review and improve its
1626+22 budgeting procedures in consultation with any state agencies the fiscal
1627+23 and qualitative indicators committee considers appropriate. The state
1628+24 agencies specified by the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee
1629+25 shall assist the school corporation before and during its next collective
1630+26 bargaining period with the goal of meeting or making progress toward
1631+27 the education fund transfer target percentage. If the fiscal and
1632+28 qualitative indicators committee issues an official recommendation to
1633+29 a school corporation, the school corporation's governing body shall
1634+30 officially acknowledge receipt of the recommendation at its next public
1635+31 meeting and enter into the school corporation governing body's minutes
1636+32 for that meeting acknowledgment of receipt of the recommendation. In
1637+33 addition, the school corporation shall publish the official
1638+34 recommendation on the school corporation's Internet web site. website.
1639+35 (k) The school corporation shall publish the most recent notices
1640+36 from the department, relevant individual reports prepared by the
1641+37 department, explanatory documentation by the school corporation, and
1642+38 official recommendations by the fiscal and qualitative indicators
1643+39 committee on the school corporation's Internet web site.
1644+40 (l) The school corporation may remove the notice, its explanatory
1645+41 documentation, and the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee's
1646+42 official recommendation from its Internet web site website if the
1647+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 38
1648+1 department determines that the school corporation met its education
1649+2 fund transfer target percentage and is no longer on the excessive
1650+3 education fund transfer list.
1651+4 SECTION 34. IC 33-37-9-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.55-2022,
1652+5 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1653+6 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. (a) The treasurer of state shall distribute
1654+7 semiannually one million two hundred eighty-eight thousand dollars
1655+8 ($1,288,000) of the amounts transferred to the state fund under section
1656+9 3 of this chapter as follows:
1657+10 (1) Fourteen and ninety-eight hundredths percent (14.98%) shall
1658+11 be deposited into the alcohol and drug countermeasures fund
1659+12 established by IC 9-27-2-11.
1660+13 (2) Eight and forty-two hundredths percent (8.42%) shall be
1661+14 deposited into the drug interdiction fund established by
1662+15 IC 10-11-7-1.
1663+16 (3) Four and sixty-eight hundredths percent (4.68%) shall be
1664+17 deposited into the substance abuse prosecution fund established
1665+18 by IC 33-39-8-6.
1666+19 (4) Five and sixty-two hundredths percent (5.62%) shall be
1667+20 deposited into the corrections drug abuse fund established by
1668+21 IC 11-8-2-11.
1669+22 (5) Twenty-two and forty-seven hundredths percent (22.47%)
1670+23 shall be deposited into the state drug free communities fund
1671+24 established by IC 5-2-10-2.
1672+25 (6) Seven and ninety-eight hundredths percent (7.98%) shall be
1673+26 distributed to the Indiana department of transportation for use
1674+27 under IC 8-23-2-15.
1675+28 (7) Twenty and thirty-two hundredths percent (20.32%) shall be
1676+29 deposited in the family violence and victim assistance fund
1677+30 established by IC 5-2-6.8-3.
1678+31 (8) Fifteen and fifty-three hundredths percent (15.53%) shall be
1679+32 deposited in the Indiana safe schools fund established by
1680+33 IC 5-2-10.1. Indiana secured school fund established by
1681+34 IC 10-21-1-2.
1682+35 (b) The treasurer of state shall distribute semiannually the amount
1683+36 remaining after the distributions are made under subsection (a) to the
1684+37 court technology fund established by IC 33-24-6-12.
1685+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 39
1686+COMMITTEE REPORT
1687+Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred
1688+House Bill 1492, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
1689+to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said
1690+bill be amended as follows:
1691+Page 2, line 19, after "cyberbullying" insert "prevention".
1692+Page 3, line 9, delete "and".
1693+Page 3, line 36, after "one" insert "(1)".
1694+Page 3, line 38, delete "(v)" and insert "(v)".
1695+Page 4, line 14, delete "chapter." and insert "chapter.".
1696+Page 4, between lines 33 and 34, begin a new line block indented
1697+and insert:
1698+"(17) "Site vulnerability assessment" means an examination
1699+of the physical safety, security, accessibility, and emergency
1700+preparedness of buildings and grounds.".
1701+Page 4, line 38, strike "enable school corporations, charter".
1702+Page 4, strike lines 39 through 40.
1703+Page 4, line 41, strike "nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools)
1704+may:" and insert "school corporations, charter schools, and
1705+accredited nonpublic schools, or a local law enforcement agency
1706+that applies in cooperation with a school corporation, charter
1707+school, or accredited nonpublic school if the school corporation,
1708+charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has not received a
1709+matching grant for the same period, where the matching grants
1710+may be used to:".
1711+Page 5, delete lines 31 through 32, begin a new line double block
1712+indented and insert:
1713+"(E) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to
2061714 detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms,
2071715 or to otherwise provide protection for students and school
208-HEA 1492 — Concur 6
2091716 employees and the canine shall:
2101717 (i) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
2111718 school, or accredited nonpublic school;
2121719 (ii) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or
2131720 law enforcement officer described in clause (A) who has
2141721 received appropriate training for handling a canine
2151722 trained to detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives,
2161723 or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for
2171724 students and school employees, including training
2181725 regarding handling a canine in a school setting; and
2191726 (iii) receive continuous training as appropriate;
2201727 (F) provide funding for school employees to receive
1728+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 40
2211729 training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and
222-lodging, related to:
223-(i) site vulnerability assessments;
224-(ii) mental health or behavioral health threat
225-assessments;
226-(iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
227-(iv) emergency preparedness or response activities;
228-(G) provide funding for school resource officers or law
1730+lodging, related to:".
1731+Page 5, delete lines 38 through 39, begin a new line double block
1732+indented and insert:
1733+"(G) provide funding for school resource officers or law
2291734 enforcement officers described in clause (A) to receive
2301735 training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and
2311736 lodging, related to handling a canine trained to detect
2321737 drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
2331738 otherwise provide protection for students and school
234-employees;
235-(H) purchase student safety management technology;
236-(I) design and construct additions or renovations on school
237-property if the primary purpose of the construction project
238-is to enhance the physical security of the school building;
239-or
240-(J) implement a bullying prevention program; and
241-(2) one (1) time grants to enable school corporations, charter
242-schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the
243-county in which the school corporation, charter school, or
244-accredited nonpublic school is located, to provide the initial set up
245-costs for an active event warning system.
246-(b) A school corporation or charter school may use money received
247-under a matching grant for a purpose listed in subsection (a) to provide
248-a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter
249-school sees fit, including firearms training or other self-defense
250-training.
251-HEA 1492 — Concur 7
252-(c) The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland
253-security.
254-(d) The fund consists of:
255-(1) appropriations from the general assembly;
256-(2) grants from the Indiana safe schools fund established by
257-IC 5-2-10.1-2;
258-(3) (2) federal grants; and
259-(4) (3) amounts deposited from any other public or private source.
260-(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
261-money in the fund.
262-(f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
263-currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
264-manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues
265-from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
266-(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
267-to the state general fund.
268-SECTION 4. IC 10-21-1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
269-SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
270-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. (a) The board may award a matching grant to
271-enable a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
272-school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) to:
273-(1) establish a program to employ a school resource officer;
274-(2) employ a law enforcement officer;
275-(3) provide school resource officer training described in
276-IC 20-26-18.2-1(c);
277-(4) conduct a threat assessment;
278-(5) purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite
279-the notification of first responders; or
280-(6) implement a student and parent support services plan in the
281-manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
282-(1) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
283-enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or memorandum
284-of understanding with a:
285-(A) local law enforcement agency;
286-(B) private entity; or
287-(C) nonprofit corporation;
288-to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
289-officer;
290-(2) conduct a site vulnerability assessment of the buildings
291-within a school corporation or the buildings that are operated
292-by a charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
293-(3) conduct critical incident digital mapping of the buildings
294-HEA 1492 — Concur 8
295-within a school corporation or the buildings that are operated
296-by a charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
297-(4) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and technology
298-to:
299-(A) restrict access to school property and classrooms;
300-(B) assist with visitor management on school property;
301-(C) expedite notification of first responders;
302-(D) expedite access to school property for first responders;
303-(E) provide staff with information about open or closed
304-status of interior and exterior doors;
305-(F) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
306-(G) enhance emergency communications inside the school
307-building; or
308-(H) assist with emergency medical response on school
309-property;
310-(5) implement a student and parent support services plan in
311-the manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
312-(6) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect
313-drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
314-otherwise provide protection for students and school
1739+employees;".
1740+Page 5, line 40, delete "(F)" and insert "(H)".
1741+Page 6, line 2, delete "(G)" and insert "(I)".
1742+Page 6, line 2, after "program;" insert "and".
1743+Page 6, delete lines 3 through 13.
1744+Page 6, line 14, reset in roman "(2)".
1745+Page 6, line 14, delete "(3)".
1746+Page 7, line 20, delete "(2)" and insert "to".
1747+Page 7, line 22, delete "(3)" and insert "(2)".
1748+Page 7, line 25, delete "(4)" and insert "(3)".
1749+Page 7, line 28, delete "(5)" and insert "(4)".
1750+Page 7, line 39, delete "(6)" and insert "(5)".
1751+Page 7, delete lines 41 through 42, begin a new line block indented
1752+and insert:
1753+"(6) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to
1754+detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or
1755+to otherwise provide protection for students and school
3151756 employees and the canine shall:
3161757 (A) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
3171758 school, or accredited nonpublic school;
3181759 (B) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or
3191760 law enforcement officer described in subdivision (1)(A)
3201761 who has received appropriate training for handling a
3211762 canine trained to detect drugs and illegal substances,
3221763 explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection
3231764 for students and school employees, including training
3241765 regarding handling a canine in a school setting; and
3251766 (C) receive continuous training as appropriate;
3261767 (7) provide funding for:
3271768 (A) school employees to receive training, including
3281769 expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related to:
3291770 (i) site vulnerability assessments;
1771+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 41
3301772 (ii) mental health or behavioral health threat
3311773 assessments;
3321774 (iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
3331775 (iv) emergency preparedness or response activities; or
3341776 (B) school resource officers or law enforcement officers
3351777 described in subdivision (1)(A) to receive training,
3361778 including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging,
337-HEA 1492 — Concur 9
3381779 related to handling a canine trained to detect drugs and
3391780 illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise
340-provide protection for students and school employees;
341-(8) design and construct additions or renovations on school
342-property if the primary purpose of the construction project is
343-to enhance the physical security of the school building;
344-(9) provide one (1) time grants to enable school corporations,
345-charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the
346-sheriff for the county in which the school corporation, charter
347-school, or accredited nonpublic school is located to provide
348-the initial set up costs for an active event warning system;
349-(10) implement a bullying prevention program; or
350-(11) purchase student safety management technology;
351-in accordance with section 2(a) of this chapter.
352-(b) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation, charter
353-school, or accredited nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools
354-applying jointly) may not exceed the lesser of the following during a
355-two (2) year period beginning on or after May 1, 2013:
356-(1) The total cost of the program established by the school
357-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or the
358-coalition of schools applying jointly).
359-(2) Except as provided in subsection (d), the following amounts:
360-(A) Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year, in the case
361-of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
362-nonpublic school that:
363-(i) has an ADM of at least one (1) and less than one
364-thousand one (1,001) students; and
365-(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
366-charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
367-(B) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a
368-school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
369-school that:
370-(i) has an ADM of more than one thousand (1,000) and less
371-than five thousand one (5,001) students; and
372-(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
373-charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
374-(C) Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per year, in the
375-case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
376-nonpublic school that:
377-(i) has an ADM of more than five thousand (5,000) and less
378-than fifteen thousand one (15,001) students; and
379-(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
380-HEA 1492 — Concur 10
381-charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
382-(D) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the
383-case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
384-nonpublic school that:
385-(i) has an ADM of more than fifteen thousand (15,000); and
386-(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
387-charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
388-(E) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the
389-case of a coalition of schools applying jointly.
390-(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the match requirement for
391-a grant under this chapter is based on the ADM for the school
392-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or
393-coalition of schools applying jointly) that is the subject of the grant
394-as follows:
395-(1) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
396-nonpublic school with an ADM of less than five hundred one
397-(501) students, the grant match must be twenty-five percent
398-(25%) of the grant amount described in subsection (b).
399-(2) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
400-nonpublic school with an ADM of more than five hundred (500)
401-and less than one thousand one (1,001) students, the grant match
402-must be fifty percent (50%) of the grant amount described in
403-subsection (b).
404-(3) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
405-nonpublic school with an ADM of more than one thousand
406-(1,000) students or a coalition of schools applying jointly, the
407-grant match must be one hundred percent (100%) of the grant
408-amount described in subsection (b).
409-(d) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
410-school may be eligible to receive a grant of up to:
411-(1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) if:
412-(A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited
413-nonpublic school receives a grant match of one hundred
414-percent (100%) of the requested grant amount; and
415-(B) the board approves the grant request; or
416-(2) for a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
417-nonpublic school described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2), a grant
418-of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) if:
419-(A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited
420-nonpublic school receives a grant match of fifty percent (50%)
421-of the requested grant amount; and
422-(B) the board approves the grant request.
423-HEA 1492 — Concur 11
424-(e) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
425-school may receive only one (1) matching grant under this section each
426-year.
427-(f) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation, charter
428-school, or accredited nonpublic school under this section unless the
429-school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is in
430-a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in
431-IC 5-2-10.1-10. section 12 of this chapter.
432-SECTION 5. IC 10-21-1-4.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.50-2019,
433-SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
434-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4.5. (a) The board may award a grant to provide
435-for the initial set up costs for an active event warning system to a
436-school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that
437-jointly applies with the sheriff for the county in which the school
438-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is located.
439-The specifications for an active event warning system must include the
440-following:
441-(1) A two (2) phone application based system that includes school
442-officials as a sender within the system and law enforcement
443-agencies as a receiver within the system.
444-(2) An adjusted geofence to alert law enforcement agencies that
445-are within a certain geographic location, including settings based
446-on rural and urban locations, with an urban setting having a
447-reduced geofence and a rural setting having a broader geofence.
448-(3) The ability for students and the public to submit anonymous
449-tips through a free reporting application.
450-(4) The ability for information within the system to be
451-interoperable with 911 dispatch.
452-(5) The ability to display the school's address and location on a
453-map.
454-(6) The ability to provide notifications during emergencies and
455-nonemergencies.
456-(7) The ability to call 911 automatically when the system is
457-triggered.
458-(8) The ability to operate several individual school response
459-plans.
460-(b) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
461-school may receive only one (1) grant under this section.
462-(c) A sheriff for a county may receive multiple grants under this
463-section.
464-(d) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation or
465-charter school under this section unless the school corporation or
466-HEA 1492 — Concur 12
467-charter school is in a county that has a county school safety
468-commission, as described in IC 5-2-10.1-10. section 12 of this
469-chapter.
470-SECTION 6. IC 10-21-1-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2022,
471-SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
472-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5. (a) A school corporation, charter school, or
473-accredited nonpublic school may annually apply to the board for a
474-matching grant from the fund for a program described in section
475-2(a)(1) of this chapter.
476-(b) The application must include the following:
477-(1) A concise description of the school corporation's, charter
478-school's, or accredited nonpublic school's security needs.
479-(2) The estimated cost of the program to the school corporation,
480-charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
481-(3) The extent to which the school corporation, charter school, or
482-accredited nonpublic school has access to and support from a
483-nearby law enforcement agency and other first responder
484-services, if applicable.
485-(4) The ADM of the school corporation or charter school or the
486-equivalent for an accredited nonpublic school (or the combined
487-ADM of the coalition of schools applying jointly) that is the
488-subject of the grant application.
489-(5) Any other information required by the board.
490-(6) This subdivision applies to an application from a school
491-corporation or charter school (or coalition of public schools
492-applying jointly). A statement whether the school corporation or
493-charter school has completed a local school safety plan and has
494-filed the school safety plan with the county school safety
495-commission for the county in which the school corporation or
496-charter school is located. In the case of a charter school, each
497-charter school shall include a statement whether the charter
498-school has developed and filed with the county school safety
499-commission for the county in which the charter school is
500-located:
501-(A) a local school safety and emergency plan under
502-IC 20-34-3-23(a); or
503-(B) not later than July 1, 2024, a school safety plan.
504-For a charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, the
505-information described in clauses (A) or (B) shall comply with
506-this subdivision on or before July 1, 2024.
507-(7) This subdivision applies to an application from a school
508-corporation or charter school (or coalition of public schools
509-HEA 1492 — Concur 13
510-applying jointly). A statement whether the school corporation or
511-charter school (or coalition of public schools applying jointly)
512-requests an advance under IC 20-49-10 in addition to a matching
513-grant under this chapter.
514-(8) If the application requests funding for school employee
515-training, the extent to which the school corporation, charter
516-school, or accredited nonpublic school has used or attempted
517-to use training offered at no cost, or a reduced cost, by law
518-enforcement, the department of homeland security, the
519-department of education, or the federal government,
520-including an explanation as to why grant funding is necessary
521-to fund any training expenses except for per diem, travel, and
522-lodging costs associated with training.
523-(9) If the application requests funding to employ a school
524-resource officer, a statement whether the school resource
525-officer information required under IC 20-26-18.2-5 has been,
526-if applicable, submitted to the department of homeland
527-security.
528-(10) This subdivision applies to an application from a school
529-corporation, charter school, or an accredited nonpublic school
530-(or coalition of public and accredited nonpublic schools
531-applying jointly). A statement of whether the school
532-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school
533-has:
534-(A) provided a copy of the floor plans for each building
535-located on the school's property to the law enforcement
536-agency and the fire department that have jurisdiction over
537-each school building that clearly indicates each entrance
538-and exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location
539-of any hazardous materials located in the building; or
540-(B) conducted critical incidence digital mapping as defined
541-in section 1 of this chapter for each school building,
542-including whether it has provided the critical incidence
543-digital mapping information to:
544-(i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
545-have jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
546-(ii) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
547-through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP", (as
548-described in IC 36-8-16.7-20) that has jurisdiction over
549-the mapped school buildings.
550-(c) This subsection applies to an application from a school
551-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or
552-HEA 1492 — Concur 14
553-coalition of public and accredited nonpublic schools applying
554-jointly). Each school corporation, charter school, or accredited
555-nonpublic school shall certify to the department of homeland security
556-that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
557-school has: conducted a threat assessment for each school building
558-used by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
559-school before applying for a grant under this chapter.
560-(1) conducted a site vulnerability assessment for each school
561-building used by the school corporation, charter school, or
562-accredited nonpublic school; and
563-(2) a memorandum of understanding in place with a
564-community mental health center established under IC 12-29-2
565-or provider certified or licensed by the state to provide mental
566-or behavioral health services to students before applying for
567-a grant under this chapter. A provider described in this
568-subdivision may be employed by the school corporation,
569-charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
570-(d) This subsection applies to an application from a school
571-corporation or charter school (or coalition of public schools
572-applying jointly). Each school corporation shall certify to the
573-department of homeland security that the school safety plan of the
574-school corporation was reviewed by the governing body as
575-described in section 11 of this chapter. In the case of a charter
576-school, beginning July 1, 2024, each charter school shall certify to
577-the department of homeland security that the school safety plan of
578-the charter school was reviewed by the organizer as described in
579-section 11 of this chapter.
580-(d) Each school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
581-school shall certify to the department of homeland security that the
582-school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has
583-a memorandum of understanding in place with a community mental
584-health center established under IC 12-29-2 or provider certified or
585-licensed by the state to provide mental or behavioral health services to
586-students before applying for a grant under this chapter. A provider
587-described in this subsection may be employed by the school
588-corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
589-SECTION 7. IC 10-21-1-5.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.50-2019,
590-SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
591-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5.5. (a) A school corporation, charter school, or
592-accredited nonpublic school and the sheriff for the county in which the
593-school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is
594-located may jointly apply to the board for a one (1) time grant from the
595-HEA 1492 — Concur 15
596-fund to provide for the initial set up costs for an active event warning
597-system.
598-(b) The application must include the following:
599-(1) A concise description of the school corporation's, charter
600-school's, or accredited nonpublic school's security needs.
601-(2) Any other information required by the board.
602-(3) A statement whether the school corporation or charter school
603-has completed a local school safety plan and has filed the plan
604-with the county school safety commission for the county in which
605-the school corporation or charter school is located.
606-(4) A statement from the school corporation, charter school, or
607-accredited nonpublic school verifying that the active event
608-warning system meets the specifications listed under section
609-4.5(a) of this chapter.
610-SECTION 8. IC 10-21-1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2019,
611-SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
612-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 6. A school corporation, charter school, or
613-accredited nonpublic school that is awarded a grant under this chapter
614-is not required to repay or reimburse the board or fund the amount of
615-the grant.
616-SECTION 9. IC 10-21-1-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.211-2018(ss),
617-SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
618-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 8. On or before December 1, 2018, and
619-periodically thereafter, Not later than November 1, 2023, and each
620-November 1 thereafter, the board shall conduct a review and submit
621-a report to the governor and legislative council in an electronic format
622-under IC 5-14-6. The report:
623-(1) must provide an overview of the current status of school safety
624-across the state; and
625-(2) must include information concerning grants awarded
626-under this chapter since the establishment of this chapter;
627-(3) must include the aggregate statewide school resource
1781+provide protection for students and school employees;".
1782+Page 8, delete lines 1 through 5.
1783+Page 8, line 15, delete "The board may also".
1784+Page 8, delete lines 16 through 20.
1785+Page 9, line 18, delete "may not exceed the amount".
1786+Page 9, delete line 19.
1787+Page 9, line 20, delete "on or after May 1, 2023. The grant amount".
1788+Page 9, line 27, delete "or" and insert ", charter school, or
1789+accredited nonpublic".
1790+Page 9, line 29, delete "or" and insert ", charter schools, or
1791+accredited nonpublic".
1792+Page 9, line 34, after "schools" insert "applying jointly".
1793+Page 11, line 29, delete "IC 5-2-10.1-10." and insert
1794+"IC 5-2-10.1-10.".
1795+Page 11, line 36, delete "school" and insert "school, if the school
1796+corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has not
1797+been previously approved for a matching grant for the same
1798+period,".
1799+Page 11, line 38, delete "or 2(a)(2)".
1800+Page 12, line 27, after "(A) a" insert "local".
1801+Page 13, line 12, delete "or charter school (or coalition of public
1802+schools" and insert ", charter school, or an accredited nonpublic
1803+school (or coalition of public and accredited nonpublic schools
1804+applying jointly).".
1805+Page 13, line 13, delete "applying jointly) or an accredited
1806+nonpublic school.".
1807+Page 13, line 23, delete "described" and insert "defined".
1808+Page 14, line 7, delete "subsection" and insert "subdivision".
1809+Page 14, line 10, delete "corporation, charter school, or accredited
1810+nonpublic" and insert "corporation or charter".
1811+Page 14, line 11, delete "and accredited nonpublic".
1812+Page 14, line 14, delete "and adopted".
1813+Page 14, between lines 28 and 29, begin a new paragraph and insert:
1814+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 42
1815+"(e) If a local enforcement agency applies for a matching grant
1816+in cooperation with a school corporation, charter school, or
1817+accredited nonpublic school, the following apply:
1818+(1) If the local law enforcement agency is applying for a
1819+matching grant with a school corporation or charter school,
1820+the school corporation or charter school must:
1821+(A) be located in a county that has a county school safety
1822+commission in accordance with section 4.5(d) of this
1823+chapter;
1824+(B) provide a statement as described in subsection (b)(6);
1825+(C) provide a statement as described in subsection (b)(7);
1826+and
1827+(D) provide a certification to the department of homeland
1828+security as described in subsection (d).
1829+(2) In addition to the requirements described in subdivision
1830+(1), if the local law enforcement agency applies for a matching
1831+grant with a school corporation, charter school, or an
1832+accredited nonpublic school, the school corporation, charter
1833+school, or accredited nonpublic school must:
1834+(A) provide a statement as described in subsection (b)(9),
1835+if applicable;
1836+(B) provide a statement as described in subsection (b)(10);
1837+and
1838+(C) provide a certification to the department of homeland
1839+security as described in subsection (c).".
1840+Page 15, delete lines 24 through 26, begin a new line block indented
1841+and insert:
1842+"(3) must include the aggregate statewide school resource
6281843 officer information specified and collected under
629-IC 20-26-18.2-5(d); and
630-(2) (4) may make recommendations to improve the safety of
631-elementary and secondary school students.
632-SECTION 10. IC 10-21-1-9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
633-AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
634-1, 2023]: Sec. 9. (a) Each school corporation shall designate at least
635-one (1) individual who is not a school resource officer as described
636-in IC 20-26-18.2-2 to serve as the school safety specialist for the
637-school corporation.
638-HEA 1492 — Concur 16
639-(b) Each charter school shall designate at least one (1) individual
640-who is not a school resource officer as described in IC 20-26-18.2-2
641-to serve as the school safety specialist for the charter school. A
642-charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, shall comply with this
643-subsection on or before July 1, 2024.
644-(c) All school safety specialists shall be chosen by the
645-superintendent of the school corporation or leadership of the
646-charter school with the approval of the governing body or
647-organizer.
648-(d) A school safety specialist shall perform the following duties:
649-(1) Serve on the county school safety commission with
650-jurisdiction over the school corporation if that individual
651-school safety specialist is chosen by the superintendent of the
652-school corporation with the approval of the governing body.
653-Except as provided in section 12 of this chapter, the school
654-safety specialists of charter schools do not serve on a county
655-school safety commission.
656-(2) Participate each year in a number of days of school safety
657-training that the department of education determines
658-necessary under section 13 of this chapter.
659-(3) With the assistance of the county school safety commission
660-with jurisdiction over the school corporation or charter
661-school, develop, implement, and improve a school safety plan
662-for each school building in the school corporation or charter
663-school.
664-(4) Coordinate the school safety plans of each school building
665-in the school corporation or charter school as required under
666-this chapter and under rules adopted by the Indiana state
667-board of education.
668-(5) Act as a resource for the school corporation's or charter
669-school's safe school committees and other individuals in the
670-school corporation or charter school on issues related to
671-school discipline, safety, and security.
672-(6) Serve as a liaison for the school corporation or charter
673-school regarding school safety matters with the board, the
674-department of homeland security, the department of
675-education, the Indiana criminal justice institute, and other
676-state agencies, as applicable.
677-SECTION 11. IC 10-21-1-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
678-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
679-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 10. (a) A school corporation shall
680-develop a school safety plan in accordance with subsection (c) for
681-HEA 1492 — Concur 17
682-review as described in section 11 of this chapter.
683-(b) Each charter school shall develop a school safety plan in
684-accordance with subsection (c) for review as described in section
685-11 of this chapter. A charter school in operation on July 1, 2023,
686-shall comply with this subsection on or before July 1, 2024.
687-(c) The school safety plan:
688-(1) must be developed by a school safety specialist and the
689-school's safe school committee, including a school resource
690-officer if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or
691-charter school, in consultation with the:
692-(A) law enforcement agency; and
693-(B) fire department;
694-that have jurisdiction over the particular school building;
695-(2) must:
696-(A) protect against outside and internal threats to the
697-physical safety of students, faculty, staff, and the public,
698-including unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school
699-violence, bullying and cyberbullying, criminal organization
700-activity, child abuse and child sexual abuse, mental health
701-and behavioral health, suicide awareness and prevention,
702-and other issues that prevent the maintenance of a safe
703-school;
704-(B) prevent unauthorized access to school property and
705-interior areas or rooms, including the management of
706-authorized visitors on school property, before, during, and
707-after regular school hours;
708-(C) secure schools against natural and manmade disasters,
709-including all emergency preparedness drill requirements
710-set forth in IC 20-34-3-20;
711-(D) include a site vulnerability assessment for each school
712-building;
713-(E) not later than July 1, 2025, include the establishment of
714-a multi-disciplinary threat assessment team;
715-(F) include measures to expedite notification of first
716-responders and access to school property for first
717-responders; and
718-(G) include any additional requirements required by the
719-Indiana state board of education;
720-(3) must be provided to a member of the board if a member
721-requests the school safety plan;
722-(4) must be available for inspection by the department of
723-education's division of school building physical security and
724-HEA 1492 — Concur 18
725-safety (as established by IC 20-19-3-14);
726-(5) must be provided to the law enforcement agency and the
727-fire department that have jurisdiction over the school
728-corporation or charter school;
729-(6) must include an attestation that:
730-(A) a copy of the floor plans for each building located on
731-the school's property were provided to the law
732-enforcement agency and the fire department that have
733-jurisdiction over the school corporation or charter school
734-that clearly indicates each entrance and exit, the interior
735-rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous
736-materials located in the building; or
737-(B) the school corporation or charter school has conducted
738-critical incidence digital mapping for each school building
739-within the school corporation or the buildings that are
740-operated by a charter school, including providing the
741-critical incidence digital mapping information to:
742-(i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
743-have jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
744-(ii) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
745-through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP",
746-described in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has jurisdiction over
747-the mapped school buildings; and
748-(7) must be filed with the county school safety commission
749-under section 12 of this chapter having jurisdiction over the
750-school corporation or charter school.
751-(d) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the entities specified in subsection
752-(c) that receive information under this section shall keep the
753-information compiled and retained under this section confidential
754-and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
755-SECTION 12. IC 10-21-1-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
756-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
757-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 11. (a) Before the school safety
758-plan developed under section 10 of this chapter is provided to or
759-filed with the entities specified under this chapter, the
760-superintendent (or the equivalent for a charter school) or a school
761-safety specialist of the school corporation or charter school shall
762-present the proposed school safety plan to the governing body or,
763-if applicable, the charter school organizer, in executive session.
764-(b) The governing body or organizer may meet in executive
765-session to receive school safety updates from the superintendent, a
766-school safety specialist, a school resource officer, or a member of
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768-a safe school committee under section 14 of this chapter.
769-(c) Notwithstanding the requirement to submit the school safety
770-plan to certain entities under state law, the school corporation or
771-charter school shall keep the school safety plan confidential and
772-withhold it from public disclosure.
773-SECTION 13. IC 10-21-1-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
774-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
775-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 12. (a) Not later than December
776-31, 2023, a county shall establish a county school safety
777-commission. Unless otherwise specified in subsection (b)(1) through
778-(b)(11), the members described in subsection (b) are appointed by
779-the school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
780-IC 20-18-2-2), as determined in the fall count of ADM in the school
781-year ending in the current calendar year.
782-(b) The members of the commission are as follows:
783-(1) A school safety specialist for each school corporation
784-located in whole or in part in the county.
785-(2) The judge of the court having juvenile jurisdiction in the
786-county or the judge's designee.
787-(3) The sheriff of the county or the sheriff's designee.
788-(4) The chief officer of every other law enforcement agency in
789-the county, or the chief officer's designee.
790-(5) A representative of the juvenile probation system,
791-appointed by the judge described in subdivision (2).
792-(6) Representatives of community agencies that work with
793-children within the county.
794-(7) A representative of the Indiana state police district that
795-serves the county, appointed by the Indiana state police.
796-(8) A representative of the prosecuting attorneys council of
797-Indiana who specializes in the prosecution of juveniles.
798-(9) A school safety specialist of a charter school representing
799-the interests and viewpoints of charter schools within the
800-commission's jurisdiction if at least one (1) charter school
801-within the commission's jurisdiction requests to participate.
802-(10) A school safety specialist of an accredited nonpublic
803-school representing the interests and viewpoints of accredited
804-nonpublic schools within the commission's jurisdiction if at
805-least one (1) accredited nonpublic school requests to
806-participate.
807-(11) Other appropriate individuals selected by the
808-commission.
809-(c) Once a commission is established, the school safety specialist
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811-of the school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
812-IC 20-18-2-2), as determined in the fall count of ADM in the school
813-year ending in the current calendar year, in the county shall
814-convene the initial meeting of the commission.
815-(d) The members shall annually elect a chairperson.
816-(e) A commission shall perform the following duties:
817-(1) Periodically perform a cumulative analysis of school safety
818-needs within the county.
819-(2) Coordinate and make recommendations for the following:
820-(A) Prevention of juvenile offenses and improving the
821-reporting of juvenile offenses within the schools.
822-(B) Proposals for identifying and assessing children who
823-are at high risk of experiencing a mental health or
824-behavioral health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.
825-(C) Methods to meet the educational needs of children who
826-have been detained as juvenile offenders.
827-(D) Methods to improve communications among agencies
828-that work with children.
829-(E) Methods to improve school security and emergency
830-preparedness.
831-(F) Additional equipment or personnel that are necessary
832-to carry out school safety plans.
833-(G) Pooling resources, combining purchases, using shared
834-administrative services, or collaborating among
835-participating school corporations, school corporation
836-career and technical education schools described in
837-IC 20-37-1-1, and charter schools to improve the
838-maintenance of safe schools.
839-(H) Implementing best practices and procedures to use
840-critical incidence digital mapping in the event of an
841-emergency within the county.
842-(I) Any other topic the commission considers necessary to
843-improve school safety within the commission's jurisdiction.
844-(3) Provide assistance to school safety specialists and school
845-resource officers within the commission's jurisdiction in
846-developing and:
847-(A) implementing school safety plans; and
848-(B) requesting grants from the fund.
849-(4) Assist accredited nonpublic schools within the
850-commission's jurisdiction that voluntarily submit a school
851-safety plan or a local school safety and emergency plan
852-(described in IC 20-34-3-23) to the commission seeking
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854-assistance in carrying out the school safety plan.
855-(f) The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members of
856-the commission are required for the commission to take action on
857-a measure.
858-(g) A commission shall receive the school safety plans for the
859-school corporations and charter schools located in the county.
860-(h) A commission may receive from an accredited nonpublic
861-school within the commission's jurisdiction a school safety plan or
862-a local school safety and emergency plan described in
863-IC 20-34-3-23.
864-(i) The commission shall keep the school safety plans compiled
865-and retained under this section confidential and shall withhold the
866-information from public disclosure.
867-(j) The commission may share the school safety plans under
868-subsections (g) and (h) with law enforcement and first responder
869-agencies that have jurisdiction over the school corporation, charter
870-school, or accredited nonpublic school. For the purposes of
871-IC 5-14-3, the entities receiving a school safety plan under this
872-subsection shall keep information compiled and retained under
873-subsections (g) and (h) confidential and shall withhold the
874-information from public disclosure.
875-(k) A commission shall annually submit to the board on a date
876-established by the board:
877-(1) meeting minutes;
878-(2) any meeting agenda materials directly related to taking
879-action on a measure under this section; and
880-(3) a brief annual summary of its activities and
881-accomplishments.
882-SECTION 14. IC 10-21-1-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
883-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
884-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 13. (a) The school safety specialist
885-training and certification program is established.
886-(b) The school safety specialist training and certification
887-program shall provide:
888-(1) annual training sessions, which may be conducted through
889-distance learning or at regional centers; and
890-(2) information concerning best practices and available
891-resources;
892-for school safety specialists and county school safety commissions.
893-(c) The department of education, in consultation with the board,
894-shall do the following:
895-(1) Assemble an advisory group of school safety specialists
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897-from around the state to make recommendations concerning
898-the curriculum and standards for school safety specialist
899-training.
900-(2) Develop an appropriate curriculum and the standards for
901-the school safety specialist training and certification program.
902-The department of education may consult with national school
903-safety experts in developing the curriculum and standards.
904-The curriculum developed under this subdivision must
905-include training in:
906-(A) identifying, preventing, and intervening in bullying and
907-cyberbullying;
908-(B) identifying, preventing, and intervening in criminal
909-organization activity;
910-(C) identifying, preventing, and intervening in actions by
911-a person who is present on school property with the intent
912-to harm another person;
913-(D) developing and implementing a school safety plan in
914-accordance with this chapter;
915-(E) using a county school safety commission to improve
916-school safety and emergency preparedness; and
917-(F) using safe school committees to improve safety and
918-emergency preparedness for each school building.
919-(3) Administer the school safety specialist training and
920-certification program, including the following duties:
921-(A) Establish a school safety specialist certificate for
922-candidates eligible under section 9 of this chapter who
923-have successfully completed the training program.
924-(B) Review the qualifications of each candidate, determine
925-their eligibility for certification, and present a certificate
926-to each school safety specialist eligible for certification.
927-SECTION 15. IC 10-21-1-14 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
928-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
929-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 14. (a) Each school operated by
930-a school corporation shall establish a safe school committee. The
931-committee may be a subcommittee of the committee that develops
932-the strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement
933-plan under IC 20-31-5. Each committee may include at least one (1)
934-member who is a member of the support staff of the school or
935-school corporation career and technical education school.
936-(b) Each school operated by a charter school shall establish a
937-safe school committee. A charter school in operation on July 1,
938-2023, shall comply with this subsection not later than July 1, 2024.
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940-(c) The safe school committee shall actively participate in and
941-assist with the development of the school safety plan.
942-(d) The department of education, the school corporation's or
943-charter school's school safety specialist or specialists, and a school
944-resource officer, if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or
945-charter school, shall provide materials and guidelines to assist a
946-safe school committee in developing a policy for a particular school
947-that addresses the following issues:
948-(1) Implementation of the school safety plan.
949-(2) Addressing outside and internal threats to the physical
950-safety of students, faculty, staff, and the public, including
951-unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying
952-and cyberbullying, criminal organization activity, child abuse
953-and child sexual abuse, mental health and behavioral health,
954-suicide awareness and prevention, and other issues that
955-prevent the maintenance of a safe school.
956-(3) Addressing the professional development needs for faculty
957-and staff to implement methods that decrease problems
958-identified under subdivision (2).
959-(4) Identifying and implementing methods to encourage:
960-(A) involvement by the community, families, and students;
961-(B) development of relationships between students and
962-school faculty and staff; and
963-(C) use of problem solving teams.
964-(e) The guidelines developed under subsection (d) must include
965-age appropriate, research based information that assists school
966-corporations or charter schools and safe school committees in:
967-(1) developing and implementing bullying and cyberbullying
968-prevention programs;
969-(2) establishing investigation and reporting procedures
970-related to bullying and cyberbullying; and
971-(3) adopting discipline rules that comply with IC 20-33-8-13.5.
972-(f) In addition to developing guidelines under subsection (d), the
973-department of education shall establish categories of types of
974-bullying incidents to allow school corporations to use the categories
975-in making reports under IC 20-20-8-8 and IC 20-34-6-1.
976-(g) The materials and guidelines provided under subsection (d)
977-must include the model educational materials and model response
978-policies and reporting procedures on child abuse and child sexual
979-abuse developed or identified under IC 20-19-3-11.
980-SECTION 16. IC 10-21-1-15 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
981-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
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983-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 15. An accredited nonpublic
984-school may do one (1) or more of the following:
985-(1) Designate one (1) or more individuals to obtain school
986-safety specialist certification under section 13 of this chapter
987-to perform school safety specialist duties under this chapter.
988-(2) Establish a school safety plan in accordance with section
989-10 of this chapter.
990-(3) Establish a safe school committee.
991-(4) Submit a school safety plan to the county school safety
992-commission having jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic
993-school.
994-(5) Request to join the county school safety commission
995-having jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic school or be
996-represented by another accredited nonpublic school's school
997-safety specialist on the same commission.
998-(6) Request general guidance relating to school safety matters
999-from one (1) or more of the following:
1000-(A) The board.
1001-(B) The department of education.
1002-(C) The department of homeland security.
1003-(D) The county school safety commission having
1004-jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic school.
1005-SECTION 17. IC 20-19-3-11.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.211-2018(ss),
1006-SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1007-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 11.5. (a) As used in this section, "cyberbullying"
1008-refers to bullying (as defined in IC 20-33-8-0.2) that occurs through the
1009-use of data or computer software that is accessed through a:
1010-(1) computer;
1011-(2) computer system;
1012-(3) computer network; or
1013-(4) cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular
1014-communications device.
1015-(b) The department shall maintain a link on the department's
1016-Internet web site website that provides parents and school officials
1017-with resources or best practices regarding the prevention and reporting
1018-of bullying and cyberbullying. The resources must include guidance on
1019-how to report to law enforcement agencies instances of bullying and
1020-cyberbullying that occur off campus. The department shall also include
1021-guidelines developed by the department under IC 5-2-10.1-12(d).
1022-IC 10-21-1-14(d).
1023-(c) The department shall consult with law enforcement agencies,
1024-school officials, and organizations that have expertise in the prevention
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1026-or reporting of bullying or cyberbullying for purposes of developing or
1027-providing the resources or best practices described in subsection (b).
1028-(d) The following entities shall maintain a link on their Internet web
1029-sites websites to the Internet web site website described in subsection
1030-(b):
1031-(1) The state board.
1032-(2) A school corporation.
1033-SECTION 18. IC 20-19-3-14, AS ADDED BY P.L.36-2014,
1034-SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1035-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "division" refers to
1036-the division of school building physical security and safety established
1037-by subsection (c).
1038-(b) As used in this section, "physical security" refers to security
1039-measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to a building
1040-or facility, including equipment and resources, and to protect
1041-individuals and property from damage or harm.
1042-(c) The division of school building physical security and safety is
1043-established within the department.
1044-(d) The division shall:
1045-(1) establish and maintain guidelines for using professional
1046-architectural and engineering services to integrate physical
1047-security improvements and safety practices in the construction,
1048-renovation, repair, or alteration of a school facility;
1049-(2) carry out the department's responsibilities with regards to the
1050-school safety specialist training and certification program
1051-established in IC 5-2-10.1-11; IC 10-21-1-13;
1052-(3) establish and maintain guidelines for establishing emergency
1053-response protocols in cooperation with other state agencies;
1054-(4) carry out the department's responsibilities to safe school
1055-committees under IC 5-2-10.1-12; IC 10-21-1-14;
1056-(5) coordinate the department's response and recovery assistance
1057-to a school in the event of a manmade or natural disaster;
1058-(6) provide information and guidance to assist school corporations
1059-or schools to establish mutual aid disaster assistance agreements
1060-with other schools or school corporations; and
1061-(7) study and collect information to integrate lessons learned from
1062-previous school disasters throughout the country into the
1063-curriculum of the school safety specialist training and certification
1064-program established in IC 5-2-10.1-11 IC 10-21-1-13 and
1065-guidelines established by the division under this subsection;
1066-(8) establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with the
1067-department of homeland security and institute for criminal
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1069-justice, for developing and maintaining school safety plans as
1070-described in IC 10-21-1-10 and IC 10-21-1-11; and
1071-(9) assist the secured school safety board established by
1072-IC 10-21-1-3 in conducting the review and submitting the
1073-report as described in IC 10-21-1-8.
1074-(e) The division may: upon request by a school corporation:
1075-(1) request a meeting with a school corporation or charter
1076-school to review a school safety plan as described in
1077-IC 10-21-1-10;
1078-(2) request to provide an onsite safety review for a school
1079-corporation or charter school; and
1080-(3) request to provide guidance or assistance relating to school
1081-safety matters to the a school corporation or charter school;
1082-(4) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
1083-matters upon request by a nonpublic school that has
1084-voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1 or is
1085-accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency that
1086-is recognized by the state board; and
1087-(5) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
1088-matters upon request by a county school safety commission
1089-under IC 10-21-1-12.
1090-(f) The division shall maintain a secure Internet web site to provide
1091-school officials and public safety officials access to information that is
1092-considered classified under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(1), IC 5-14-3-4(b)(18), and
1093-IC 5-14-3-4(b)(19) or other sensitive information that may assist school
1094-officials and public safety officials in improving school safety or
1095-responding to a manmade or natural disaster.
1096-(g) The division shall maintain a public Internet web site website
1097-that contains:
1098-(1) the guidelines established by the division under subsection
1099-(d);
1100-(2) best practices pertaining to school safety; and
1101-(3) any other information the division determines may be
1102-necessary to carry out the division's duties or responsibilities
1103-under this section.
1104-SECTION 19. IC 20-26-5-42.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1105-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1106-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 42.7. (a) The governing body of
1107-a school corporation shall do the following:
1108-(1) Approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen
1109-by the superintendent of the school corporation under
1110-IC 10-21-1-9. The governing body of a school corporation
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1112-shall also approve or disapprove the individual school safety
1113-specialist chosen by the superintendent of the school
1114-corporation to serve on the county school safety commission
1115-under IC 10-21-1-12.
1116-(2) Review a school safety plan described in IC 10-21-1-10
1117-following the procedures outlined in IC 10-21-1-11.
1118-(b) Not later than July 1, 2024, the organizer of a charter school
1119-shall do the following:
1120-(1) Approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen
1121-by leadership of the charter school under IC 10-21-1-9.
1122-(2) Review a school safety plan described in IC 10-21-1-10
1123-following the procedures outlined in IC 10-21-1-11.
1124-SECTION 20. IC 20-26-18.2-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1125-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1126-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 0.5. The following definitions
1127-apply throughout this chapter:
1128-(1) "Safe school committee" refers to the requirements set
1129-forth in IC 10-21-1-14.
1130-(2) "School safety plan" refers to the requirements set forth
1131-in IC 10-21-1-10.
1132-(3) "School safety specialist" refers to the requirements set
1133-forth in IC 10-21-1-9.
1134-SECTION 21. IC 20-26-18.2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
1135-SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1136-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "school resource
1137-officer" means a law enforcement officer who:
1138-(1) has completed the training described in subsection (b);
1139-(2) is assigned to one (1) or more school corporations or charter
1140-schools during school hours to:
1141-(A) assist the school safety specialist specialists and the safe
1142-school committees with the development and implementation
1143-of the school safety plan; as provided in section 2 of this
1144-chapter; and
1145-(B) carry out any additional responsibilities assigned to the
1146-school resource officer under the employment engagement,
1147-contract, or memorandum of understanding and to provide law
1148-enforcement services to:
1149-(i) protect against outside threats to the physical safety of
1150-students;
1151-(ii) prevent unauthorized access to school property; and
1152-(iii) secure schools against violence and natural disasters;
1153-and
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1155-(3) is:
1156-(A) employed by a law enforcement agency;
1157-(B) appointed as a police reserve officer (as described in
1158-IC 36-8-3-20) or as a special deputy (as described in
1159-IC 36-8-10-10.6) if the police reserve officer or special deputy:
1160-(i) is subject to the direction of the sheriff or appointing law
1161-enforcement agency;
1162-(ii) is required to obey the rules and orders of the sheriff's
1163-department or appointing law enforcement agency;
1164-(iii) is required to complete all training required of regular
1165-full-time law enforcement officers employed by the sheriff's
1166-department or appointing law enforcement agency; and
1167-(iv) may be removed by the sheriff or appointing law
1168-enforcement agency at any time, with or without cause; or
1169-(C) a school corporation police officer appointed under
1170-IC 20-26-16-3.
1171-The term does not include a law enforcement officer who is assigned
1172-to a school to provide security outside a school building for protection
1173-from outside threats, traffic duty, or other duties not consistent with the
1174-duties of a school resource officer.
1175-(b) Before being appointed as a school resource officer, an
1176-individual must have successfully completed the minimum training
1177-requirements established for law enforcement officers under
1178-IC 5-2-1-9.
1179-(c) The law enforcement officer appointed as a school resource
1180-officer must receive at least forty (40) hours of school resource officer
1181-training through:
1182-(1) the Indiana law enforcement training board established by
1183-IC 5-2-1-3;
1184-(2) the National Association of School Resource Officers; or
1185-(3) another school resource officer training program approved by
1186-the Indiana law enforcement training board;
1187-within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the individual is
1188-initially assigned the duties of a school resource officer. However, if
1189-the current ADM of a school corporation is less than one thousand
1190-(1,000) students, the individual shall complete the school resource
1191-officer training within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date
1192-the individual is initially assigned the duties of a school resource
1193-officer.
1194-(d) Training described in subsection (c) must include instruction
1195-regarding skills, tactics, and strategies necessary to address the special
1196-nature of:
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1198-(1) school campuses; and
1199-(2) school building security needs and characteristics.
1200-SECTION 22. IC 20-26-18.2-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
1201-SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1202-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 2. (a) A school resource officer may be employed:
1203-(1) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools
1204-through a contract between a local law enforcement agency and
1205-the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school
1206-or charter schools;
1207-(2) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;
1208-(3) by a local law enforcement agency that assigns the school
1209-resource officer to one (1) or more school corporations or charter
1210-schools through a memorandum of understanding between the
1211-local law enforcement agency and the school corporation or
1212-school corporations or the charter school or charter schools; or
1213-(4) through a contract between an Indiana business that employs
1214-persons who meet the qualifications of a school resource officer
1215-and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter
1216-school or charter schools.
1217-(b) This subsection does not apply to a school corporation that only
1218-has full-time school resource officers who are either employees of the
1219-school corporation's school police department or are employees of the
1220-school corporation who have successfully completed the law
1221-enforcement basic training requirements described in IC 5-2-1-9(d).
1222-After June 30, 2023, if a school corporation or charter school enters
1223-into a contract for a school resource officer, the school corporation or
1224-charter school must enter into a memorandum of understanding with
1225-the law enforcement agency that employs or appointed the law
1226-enforcement officer who will perform the duties of a school resource
1227-officer. The memorandum of understanding must state the nature and
1228-scope of a school resource officer's duties and responsibilities. A school
1229-resource officer's duties and responsibilities include the duty to assist
1230-the school corporation's or charter school's school safety specialist
1231-specialists and safe school committees with the development and
1232-implementation of a school safety plans. plan that does the following:
1233-(1) Protects against outside threats to the physical safety of
1234-students.
1235-(2) Prevents unauthorized access to school property.
1236-(3) Secures schools against violence and natural disasters.
1237-(4) On or before July 1, 2020, identifies the location of bleeding
1238-control kits (as defined in IC 20-34-3-24(a)).
1239-(c) A school resource officer shall consult with local law
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1241-enforcement officials and first responders when assisting the school
1242-corporation's or charter school's school safety specialist specialists
1243-and safe school committees in the development of the school safety
1244-plan.
1245-(d) A school resource officer shall participate in the development
1246-and implementation of programs designed to identify, assess, and
1247-provide assistance to troubled youth. youth who are at high risk of
1248-experiencing a mental health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.
1249-(e) A school resource officer may not be reassigned to other duties
1250-by the school corporation.
1251-SECTION 23. IC 20-26-18.2-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.57-2020,
1252-SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1253-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5. (a) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and
1254-each September 1 thereafter, each A school corporation or charter
1255-school served by a school resource officer employed for the protection
1256-of the school corporation or charter school under section 2 of this
1257-chapter shall annually report on a form prescribed by the
1258-department of homeland security:
1259-(1) the number of school resource officers serving the school
1260-corporation or charter school;
1261-(2) the amount budgeted and the sources of the funds to
1262-employ a school resource officer or school resource officers to
1263-serve the school corporation or charter school;
1264-(3) the number of school resource officers serving the school
1265-corporation or charter school employed by one (1) or more
1266-school corporations or charter schools;
1267-(4) an attestation that the school resource officers employed
1268-by the school corporation or charter school have met the
1269-training requirements under section 1 of this chapter;
1270-(5) the number of school resource officers serving the school
1271-corporation or charter school through a contract or
1272-memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement
1273-agency or an Indiana business that employs persons who meet
1274-the qualifications of a school resource officer under section 2
1275-of this chapter; and
1276-(6) if applicable, the number of law enforcement officers who
1277-are not school resource officers also serving the school
1278-corporation or charter school through a contract or
1279-memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement
1280-agency;
1281- to the department of homeland security. before September 1.
1282-(b) The department of homeland security shall:
1283-HEA 1492 — Concur 31
1284-(1) annually compile the information reported under subsection
1285-(a); and
1286-(2) retain the information reported under subsection (a).
1287-(c) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the department of homeland security
1288-shall keep information compiled and retained under subsection (b)
1289-confidential and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
1290-(d) The secured school safety board established by IC 10-21-1-3
1291-shall include the following aggregate level information in the
1292-review and report submitted to the governor and legislative council
1293-as required under IC 10-21-1-8:
1294-(1) The total number of school resource officers employed:
1295-(A) in Indiana, including the number of unique school
1296-corporations and charter schools employing a school
1297-resource officer;
1298-(B) exclusively by a school corporation;
1299-(C) by one (1) or more school corporations;
1300-(D) exclusively by a charter school;
1301-(E) by a coalition of charter schools; and
1302-(F) by a combination of one (1) or more school
1303-corporations and one (1) or more charter schools.
1304-(2) A statewide overview of how school corporations and
1305-charter schools are budgeting for the employment of school
1306-resource officers and the employment of law enforcement
1307-officers.
1308-SECTION 24. IC 20-30-5-5.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.285-2013,
1309-SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1310-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than October 15 of each year,
1311-each public school shall provide age appropriate, research based
1312-instruction as provided under IC 5-2-10.1-12(d)(1) IC 10-21-1-14(d)
1313-focusing on bullying prevention for all students in grades 1 through 12.
1314-(b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists
1315-and school counselors, shall prepare outlines or materials for the
1316-instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction
1317-in grades 1 through 12.
1318-(c) Instruction on bullying prevention may be delivered by a school
1319-safety specialist, school counselor, or any other person with training
1320-and expertise in the area of bullying prevention and intervention.
1321-SECTION 25. IC 20-34-3-20, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1322-SECTION 82, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1323-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 20. (a) The governing body of a school
1324-corporation and an organizer of a charter school shall require each
1325-school in the governing body's jurisdiction or organizer's
1326-HEA 1492 — Concur 32
1327-responsibility to conduct periodic emergency preparedness drills
1328-during the school year in compliance with rules adopted under
1329-IC 4-22-2 by the state board.
1330-(b) Each school and attendance center shall conduct at least:
1331-(1) one (1) tornado preparedness drill; and
1332-(2) one (1) manmade occurrence disaster drill;
1333-during each semester.
1334-(c) At least one (1) manmade occurrence disaster drill required
1335-under subsection (b) must be an active shooter drill and must be
1336-conducted within ninety (90) calendar days after the beginning of the
1337-school year.
1338-(d) Each:
1339-(1) state accredited nonpublic school; and
1340-(2) charter school;
1341-must conduct at least one (1) active shooter drill during each school
1342-year.
1343-(e) Notwithstanding rules established by the state fire marshal under
1344-IC 12-17-12-19, a drill conducted under subsection (b) may be
1345-conducted instead of a periodic or monthly fire evacuation drill
1346-requirement established by the state fire marshal. However, a drill
1347-conducted under subsection (b) may not be made:
1348-(1) instead of more than two (2) periodic or monthly fire
1349-evacuation drills in a particular school semester; and
1350-(2) in two (2) consecutive months.
1351-(f) The governing body of a school corporation or an organizer of
1352-a charter school may direct schools to conduct emergency
1353-preparedness drills in addition to those required under subsection (b).
1354-(g) The governing body of a school corporation or organizer of a
1355-charter school shall require each principal to file a certified statement
1356-that all drills have been conducted as required under this section.
1357-SECTION 26. IC 20-34-3-23, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1358-SECTION 83, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1359-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 23. (a) Each charter school and state accredited
1360-nonpublic school shall adopt a local school safety and emergency plan
1361-that includes:
1362-(1) safety and emergency training and educational opportunities
1363-for school employees; and
1364-(2) periodic safety and emergency preparedness and evacuation
1365-drills.
1366-(b) Each charter school and state accredited nonpublic school shall
1367-provide a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the
1368-school's property that clearly indicates each exit, the interior rooms and
1369-HEA 1492 — Concur 33
1370-hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials located in the
1371-building to the law enforcement agency and the fire department that
1372-have jurisdiction over the school.
1373-(c) If a charter school or state accredited nonpublic school has
1374-conducted critical incidence digital mapping as described in
1375-IC 10-21-1-1 for each school building located on the school's
1376-property, it may provide the critical incidence digital mapping
1377-information to:
1378-(1) the law enforcement agency and fire department that have
1379-jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
1380-(2) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
1381-through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP", described
1382-in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has jurisdiction over the mapped
1383-school buildings;
1384-to satisfy the requirement of subsection (b).
1385-(d) Once a charter school develops a school safety plan under
1386-IC 10-21-1-10, the charter school has satisfied the requirements of
1387-this section.
1388-SECTION 27. IC 20-34-9-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2020,
1389-SECTION 79, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1390-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a virtual charter
1391-school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10) or a virtual state accredited
1392-nonpublic school.
1393-SECTION 28. IC 20-34-9-1.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1394-CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1395-[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 1.1. As used in ths chapter,
1396-"accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that:
1397-(1) has voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1; or
1398-(2) is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency
1399-that is recognized by the state board.
1400-SECTION 29. IC 20-34-9-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1401-SECTION 92, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1402-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. Beginning after June 30, 2020, and subject to
1403-available funding, a school corporation, a charter school, and a state an
1404-accredited nonpublic school are eligible for a grant under this chapter
1405-if the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic
1406-school meets the requirements of this chapter.
1407-SECTION 30. IC 20-34-9-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1408-SECTION 93, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1409-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 5. (a) The student and parent support services
1410-grant program is established to provide grants to school corporations,
1411-charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools for the
1412-HEA 1492 — Concur 34
1413-development and implementation of student and parent support
1414-services plans to support parents caring for at-risk students.
1415-(b) The department, in coordination with the division of mental
1416-health and addiction, shall administer the program.
1417-SECTION 31. IC 20-34-9-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1418-SECTION 94, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1419-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 6. A school corporation, a charter school, or a
1420-state an accredited nonpublic school must do the following to
1421-participate in the program:
1422-(1) Apply to the department to participate in the program.
1423-(2) Submit to the department a student and parent support
1424-services plan that the school corporation, charter school, or state
1425-accredited nonpublic school intends to implement and that
1426-includes the following:
1427-(A) A process for a teacher or school employee to notify a
1428-school official to contact a student's parent if the student
1429-demonstrates a repeated pattern of aberrant or abnormal
1430-behavior. The parental notification process described in this
1431-clause must also include that the school will hold a conference
1432-with the student and the student's parent.
1433-(B) A requirement that the conference described in clause (A)
1434-must address the student's potential need for and benefit from:
1435-(i) school based treatment services; or
1436-(ii) treatment services provided by an outside professional
1437-care provider that is contracted and paid for by the school
1438-corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic
1439-school.
1440-(C) A procedure for a parent who chooses to seek services for
1441-the student to follow that includes granting written parental
1442-consent for the student to receive services by a service
1443-provider described under clause (B).
1444-(D) A requirement to ensure that a school shall maintain the
1445-confidentiality of any medical records that result from a
1446-student's participation in any treatment described in clause (B).
1447-The school must adopt a policy that prohibits the school from:
1448-(i) sharing any reports or notes resulting from the provision
1449-of school based treatment services described in clause (B)(i)
1450-with other school officials; and
1451-(ii) maintaining any reports, notes, diagnosis, or
1452-appointments that result from a student's participation in any
1453-treatment described in clause (B)(i) through (B)(ii) in the
1454-student's permanent educational file.
1455-HEA 1492 — Concur 35
1456-SECTION 32. IC 20-34-9-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
1457-SECTION 95, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1458-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 7. (a) Before June 30, 2020, and before each June
1459-30 thereafter, the department shall evaluate and prepare a report
1460-concerning development and implementation of the following:
1461-(1) The program.
1462-(2) The plans submitted and implemented by school corporations,
1463-charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools.
1464-(b) The department shall submit the report described in subsection
1465-(a) to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
1466-SECTION 33. IC 20-40-2-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.161-2019,
1467-SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1468-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 10. (a) After the department completes the school
1469-corporation notice requirement under section 9 of this chapter, the
1470-department shall notify the state board, fiscal and qualitative indicators
1471-committee, and Indiana education employment relations board as soon
1472-as possible of all school corporations that received a notice stating they
1473-were on the excessive education fund transfer list for the immediately
1474-preceding calendar year.
1475-(b) Upon receipt of the department notice to a school corporation
1476-under section 9 of this chapter, the school corporation's superintendent
1477-and financial personnel, including the school's business officer, shall
1478-prepare and submit explanatory documentation within ninety (90) days,
1479-explaining the following:
1480-(1) How and why the school corporation's leadership believes the
1481-school corporation failed to meet the education fund transfer
1482-target percentage.
1483-(2) The steps the school corporation's leadership is planning or
1484-actively taking to budget and spend during the next calendar year
1485-to meet the education fund transfer target percentage for the next
1486-calendar year.
1487-(c) The school corporation's superintendent shall submit the
1488-explanatory documentation to the department and the fiscal and
1489-qualitative indicators committee.
1490-(d) Upon submission of the explanatory documentation under
1491-subsection (b), the school corporation's superintendent shall present the
1492-explanatory documentation to the school corporation's governing body
1493-at its next public meeting. The governing body shall enter both the
1494-actual documentation and corresponding discussion into its official
1495-minutes for that meeting.
1496-(e) Upon the completion of the duties under subsection (d), the
1497-school corporation shall publish the explanatory documentation
1498-HEA 1492 — Concur 36
1499-alongside any further notices and related reports from the department
1500-on its Internet web site website within thirty (30) days.
1501-(f) Upon receipt of a school corporation's explanatory
1502-documentation, the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee shall
1503-officially acknowledge receipt of the documentation at its next public
1504-meeting and enter the receipt into its official minutes for that meeting.
1505-(g) Upon receipt of the explanatory documentation, the department,
1506-in collaboration with the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee,
1507-shall review the documentation within sixty (60) days to make a
1508-preliminary determination of whether the documentation satisfactorily
1509-demonstrates that the school corporation's leadership has outlined and
1510-begun a corrective action plan to make progress in meeting the
1511-education fund transfer target percentage for the next calendar year.
1512-(h) If the department determines the explanatory documentation is
1513-not satisfactory, the department may contact the superintendent and
1514-financial personnel, including the school business officer, of the school
1515-corporation to schedule as soon as possible an appearance before the
1516-fiscal and qualitative indicators committee at a public meeting to
1517-provide an opportunity to explain the details within the explanatory
1518-documentation, and to explain to the fiscal and qualitative indicators
1519-committee the school corporation's budgeting and compensation levels
1520-in relation to the following for the school corporation:
1521-(1) How and why the education fund transfer target percentage
1522-was not met during the previous calendar year.
1523-(2) Total combined expenditures.
1524-(3) Student instructional expenditures.
1525-(4) Noninstructional expenditures.
1526-(5) Full-time teacher compensation expenditures.
1527-(6) Nonteaching, full-time administrative personnel compensation
1528-expenditures.
1529-(7) Nonteaching staff personnel compensation expenditures.
1530-(8) Any prior or planned attempts to seek the assistance available
1531-under this chapter from the Indiana education employment
1532-relations board and the department's division of finance.
1533-(9) Any prior or planned pooling of resources, combined
1534-purchases, usage of shared administrative services, or
1535-collaboration with contiguous school corporations in reducing
1536-noninstructional expenditures as described under IC 20-42.5-2-1.
1537-(10) Any prior or planned participation in a county school safety
1538-commission under IC 5-2-10.1-10 IC 10-21-1-12 to assist and
1539-reduce school safety expenditures.
1540-(11) Any prior or planned consideration of meeting the
1541-HEA 1492 — Concur 37
1542-requirements of and applying for school corporation efficiency
1543-incentive grants under IC 36-1.5-6.
1544-(i) The fiscal and qualitative indicators committee may contact the
1545-superintendent and financial personnel, including the school's business
1546-officer, of a school corporation that has been included on the
1547-department's excessive education fund transfer list for at least two (2)
1548-immediately preceding calendar years to provide the school corporation
1549-an opportunity to explain to the fiscal and qualitative indicators
1550-committee in a public meeting the school corporation's budgeting and
1551-compensation levels in relation to the items listed in subsection (h).
1552-(j) After the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee receives the
1553-school corporation's explanation under this section, the fiscal and
1554-qualitative indicators committee may issue an official recommendation
1555-to the school corporation to perform a review and improve its
1556-budgeting procedures in consultation with any state agencies the fiscal
1557-and qualitative indicators committee considers appropriate. The state
1558-agencies specified by the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee
1559-shall assist the school corporation before and during its next collective
1560-bargaining period with the goal of meeting or making progress toward
1561-the education fund transfer target percentage. If the fiscal and
1562-qualitative indicators committee issues an official recommendation to
1563-a school corporation, the school corporation's governing body shall
1564-officially acknowledge receipt of the recommendation at its next public
1565-meeting and enter into the school corporation governing body's minutes
1566-for that meeting acknowledgment of receipt of the recommendation. In
1567-addition, the school corporation shall publish the official
1568-recommendation on the school corporation's Internet web site. website.
1569-(k) The school corporation shall publish the most recent notices
1570-from the department, relevant individual reports prepared by the
1571-department, explanatory documentation by the school corporation, and
1572-official recommendations by the fiscal and qualitative indicators
1573-committee on the school corporation's Internet web site.
1574-(l) The school corporation may remove the notice, its explanatory
1575-documentation, and the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee's
1576-official recommendation from its Internet web site website if the
1577-department determines that the school corporation met its education
1578-fund transfer target percentage and is no longer on the excessive
1579-education fund transfer list.
1580-SECTION 34. IC 33-37-9-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.55-2022,
1581-SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1582-JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. (a) The treasurer of state shall distribute
1583-semiannually one million two hundred eighty-eight thousand dollars
1584-HEA 1492 — Concur 38
1585-($1,288,000) of the amounts transferred to the state fund under section
1586-3 of this chapter as follows:
1587-(1) Fourteen and ninety-eight hundredths percent (14.98%) shall
1588-be deposited into the alcohol and drug countermeasures fund
1589-established by IC 9-27-2-11.
1590-(2) Eight and forty-two hundredths percent (8.42%) shall be
1591-deposited into the drug interdiction fund established by
1592-IC 10-11-7-1.
1593-(3) Four and sixty-eight hundredths percent (4.68%) shall be
1594-deposited into the substance abuse prosecution fund established
1595-by IC 33-39-8-6.
1596-(4) Five and sixty-two hundredths percent (5.62%) shall be
1597-deposited into the corrections drug abuse fund established by
1598-IC 11-8-2-11.
1599-(5) Twenty-two and forty-seven hundredths percent (22.47%)
1600-shall be deposited into the state drug free communities fund
1601-established by IC 5-2-10-2.
1602-(6) Seven and ninety-eight hundredths percent (7.98%) shall be
1603-distributed to the Indiana department of transportation for use
1604-under IC 8-23-2-15.
1605-(7) Twenty and thirty-two hundredths percent (20.32%) shall be
1606-deposited in the family violence and victim assistance fund
1607-established by IC 5-2-6.8-3.
1608-(8) Fifteen and fifty-three hundredths percent (15.53%) shall be
1609-deposited in the Indiana safe schools fund established by
1610-IC 5-2-10.1. Indiana secured school fund established by
1611-IC 10-21-1-2.
1612-(b) The treasurer of state shall distribute semiannually the amount
1613-remaining after the distributions are made under subsection (a) to the
1614-court technology fund established by IC 33-24-6-12.
1615-HEA 1492 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
1616-President of the Senate
1617-President Pro Tempore
1618-Governor of the State of Indiana
1619-Date: Time:
1620-HEA 1492 — Concur
1844+IC 20-26-18.2-5(d); and".
1845+Page 15, line 32, after "officer" insert "as".
1846+Page 15, line 36, after "officer" insert "as".
1847+Page 16, line 3, delete "(1)" and insert "(1)".
1848+Page 16, line 9, delete "commission." and insert "county school
1849+safety commission.".
1850+Page 16, line 11, delete "board" and insert "department of
1851+education".
1852+Page 16, line 11, after "determines" insert "necessary".
1853+Page 16, line 40, delete "plan must:" and insert "plan:".
1854+Page 16, line 41, after "(1)" insert "must".
1855+Page 17, line 1, after "one" insert "(1)".
1856+Page 17, line 2, after "with" insert "the".
1857+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 43
1858+Page 17, line 3, delete "the".
1859+Page 17, line 6, delete "do the following:" and insert "must:".
1860+Page 17, line 31, after "(3)" insert "must".
1861+Page 17, line 32, after "the" insert "school safety".
1862+Page 17, line 33, after "(4)" insert "must".
1863+Page 17, line 36, after "(5)" insert "must".
1864+Page 17, line 39, after "(6)" insert "must".
1865+Page 18, line 16, after "(7)" insert "must".
1866+Page 18, line 30, after "proposed" insert "school safety".
1867+Page 20, line 35, after "the" insert "school safety".
1868+Page 21, line 1, delete "preparedness".
1869+Page 21, line 3, after "keep the" insert "school safety".
1870+Page 22, line 17, delete "establish" and insert "Establish".
1871+Page 22, line 19, delete "program; and" and insert "program.".
1872+Page 22, line 20, delete "review" and insert "Review".
1873+Page 22, line 39, after "one" insert "(1)".
1874+Page 23, line 29, delete "(e)" and insert "(g)".
1875+Page 26, line 36, after "school" insert "safety".
1876+Page 27, line 2, delete "and adopt for a specified period of time".
1877+Page 30, delete line 10, begin a new line blocked left and insert:
1878+"department of homeland security:".
1879+Page 30, line 13, delete "(2)" and insert "(2)".
1880+Page 30, line 25, after "agency or" insert "an".
1881+Page 31, line 1, after "report" insert "submitted".
1882+Page 31, line 1, after "council" insert "as".
1883+Page 31, line 11, after "one" insert "(1)".
1884+Page 31, line 12, after "one" insert "(1)".
1885+and when so amended that said bill do pass.
1886+(Reference is to HB 1492 as introduced.)
1887+BEHNING
1888+Committee Vote: yeas 11, nays 0.
1889+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 44
1890+COMMITTEE REPORT
1891+Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was
1892+referred House Bill 1492, has had the same under consideration and
1893+begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
1894+recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
1895+Page 2, line 16, after "programs," insert "technology software,".
1896+Page 2, line 19, delete "prevention" and insert "prevention
1897+programs and school violence, human trafficking, and self-harm
1898+mitigation".
1899+Page 3, delete lines 2 through 3.
1900+Page 3, line 4, delete "(D)" and insert "(C)".
1901+Page 3, line 6, delete "(E)" and insert "(D)".
1902+Page 3, line 8, delete "(F)" and insert "(E)".
1903+Page 3, line 9, delete "(G)" and insert "(F)".
1904+Page 3, line 10, delete "(H)" and insert "(G)".
1905+Page 3, line 17, delete "(I)" and insert "(H)".
1906+Page 3, line 32, delete "least a:" and insert "least:".
1907+Page 3, line 33, delete "school safety specialist;" and insert "a
1908+school safety specialist or an individual designated by the school
1909+safety committee;".
1910+Page 3, line 34, after "(ii)" insert "a".
1911+Page 3, line 35, after "(iii)" insert "a".
1912+Page 3, line 36, after "(iv)" insert "a".
1913+Page 3, line 36, delete "employed by" and insert "either employed
1914+by or assigned to".
1915+Page 3, line 37, delete "and".
1916+Page 3, between lines 37 and 38, begin a new line triple block
1917+indented and insert:
1918+"(v) an individual with expertise in special education;
1919+and".
1920+Page 3, line 38, delete "(v)" and insert "(vi) a".
1921+Page 4, between lines 36 and 37, begin a new line block indented
1922+and insert:
1923+"(18) "Student safety management technology" refers to an
1924+information technology platform and related services to
1925+improve student safety by mitigating cyberbullying, school
1926+violence, human trafficking, and self-harm.".
1927+Page 6, between lines 27 and 28, begin a new line double block
1928+indented and insert:
1929+"(H) purchase student safety management technology;".
1930+Page 6, line 28, delete "(H)" and insert "(I)".
1931+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 45
1932+Page 6, line 32, delete "(I)" and insert "(J)".
1933+Page 9, line 11, delete "or".
1934+Page 9, line 12, after "program;" insert "or".
1935+Page 9, between lines 12 and 13, begin a new line block indented
1936+and insert:
1937+"(11) purchase student safety management technology;".
1938+Page 15, line 24, after "local" insert "law".
1939+and when so amended that said bill do pass.
1940+(Reference is to HB 1492 as printed February 2, 2023.)
1941+THOMPSON
1942+Committee Vote: yeas 22, nays 0.
1943+_____
1944+COMMITTEE REPORT
1945+Madam President: The Senate Committee on Education and Career
1946+Development, to which was referred House Bill No. 1492, has had the
1947+same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
1948+Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
1949+follows:
1950+Page 3, line 13, after "system" insert "as".
1951+Page 4, line 18, delete "(12)".
1952+Page 4, line 18, delete ""School safety".
1953+Page 4, line 18, strike "plan" means the school safety plan".
1954+Page 4, line 19, strike "described in".
1955+Page 4, line 19, delete "section 10 of this chapter.".
1956+Page 4, line 20, delete "(13)" and insert "(12)".
1957+Page 4, line 30, delete "(14)" and insert "(13)".
1958+Page 4, line 33, delete "(15)" and insert "(14)".
1959+Page 4, between lines 34 and 35, begin a new line block indented
1960+and insert:
1961+"(15) "School safety plan" means the school safety plan
1962+described in section 10 of this chapter.".
1963+Page 11, line 22, delete "(d)(2)" and insert "(d)(2),".
1964+Page 26, line 13, strike "Internet web site" and insert "website".
1965+Page 26, line 24, strike "Internet web".
1966+Page 26, line 25, strike "sites" and insert "websites".
1967+Page 26, line 25, strike "Internet web site" and insert "website".
1968+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 46
1969+Page 28, line 6, strike "Internet web site" and insert "website".
1970+Page 28, line 14, delete "IC 20-26-5-43" and insert "IC
1971+20-26-5-42.7".
1972+Page 28, line 16, delete "43." and insert "42.7.".
1973+Page 37, line 22, strike "Internet web site" and insert "website".
1974+Page 39, line 5, strike "Internet web site." and insert "website.".
1975+Page 39, line 13, strike "Internet web site" and insert "website".
1976+and when so amended that said bill do pass and be reassigned to the
1977+Senate Committee on Appropriations.
1978+(Reference is to HB 1492 as printed February 16, 2023.)
1979+RAATZ, Chairperson
1980+Committee Vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0.
1981+_____
1982+COMMITTEE REPORT
1983+Madam President: The Senate Committee on Appropriations, to
1984+which was referred House Bill No. 1492, has had the same under
1985+consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
1986+the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
1987+Page 5, line 12, after "nonpublic" insert "schools, where the
1988+matching grants may be used to:".
1989+Page 5, delete lines 13 through 18.
1990+Page 7, line 30, reset in roman "or".
1991+Page 7, line 31, delete ", or law enforcement".
1992+Page 7, delete line 32.
1993+Page 7, line 33, delete "accredited nonpublic school".
1994+Page 10, delete lines 20 through 33.
1995+Page 10, line 34, reset in roman "(c)".
1996+Page 10, line 34, after "(c)" delete "(d)".
1997+Page 10, line 34, after "subsection" reset in roman "(d),".
1998+Page 10, line 34, after "(d)," delete "(e),".
1999+Page 11, line 11, reset in roman "(d)".
2000+Page 11, line 11, delete "(e)".
2001+Page 11, line 11, reset in roman "or".
2002+Page 11, line 12, delete ", or law enforcement agency".
2003+Page 11, line 15, reset in roman "or".
2004+Page 11, line 16, delete ", or law enforcement agency".
2005+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 47
2006+Page 11, line 21, reset in roman "(c)(1)".
2007+Page 11, line 21, delete "(d)(1)".
2008+Page 11, line 21, reset in roman "(c)(2),".
2009+Page 11, delete lines 22 through 23.
2010+Page 11, line 24, delete "described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2),".
2011+Page 11, line 26, reset in roman "or".
2012+Page 11, line 27, delete ", or law enforcement agency".
2013+Page 11, line 31, reset in roman "(e)".
2014+Page 11, line 31, delete "(f)".
2015+Page 11, line 31, reset in roman "or".
2016+Page 11, line 32, delete ", or law enforcement agency".
2017+Page 11, line 34, reset in roman "(f)".
2018+Page 11, line 34, delete "(g)".
2019+Page 11, line 35, reset in roman "or".
2020+Page 11, line 35, delete ", or law enforcement".
2021+Page 11, line 36, delete "agency".
2022+Page 11, line 37, reset in roman "or".
2023+Page 11, line 37, delete ", or law enforcement agency".
2024+Page 12, line 37, reset in roman "or".
2025+Page 12, line 38, delete ", or law enforcement agency in".
2026+Page 12, delete lines 39 through 41.
2027+Page 12, line 42, delete "approved for a matching grant for the same
2028+period,".
2029+Page 13, line 7, reset in roman "or".
2030+Page 13, line 7, delete ", or law" and insert ".".
2031+Page 13, delete line 8.
2032+Page 13, line 12, delete "If the grant application is from a law".
2033+Page 13, delete lines 13 through 16.
2034+Page 14, line 5, before "accredited" insert "or".
2035+Page 14, line 5, delete ", or law enforcement".
2036+Page 14, line 16, delete "agency".
2037+Page 15, delete lines 35 through 42.
2038+ Page 16, delete lines 1 through 17.
2039+Page 16, line 40, reset in roman "or".
2040+Page 16, line 41, delete ", or law enforcement agency".
2041+and when so amended that said bill do pass.
2042+(Reference is to EHB 1492 as printed April 7, 2023.)
2043+MISHLER, Chairperson
2044+Committee Vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0.
2045+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116 48
2046+SENATE MOTION
2047+Madam President: I move that Engrossed House Bill 1492 be
2048+amended to read as follows:
2049+Page 5, line 40, after "threats;" delete "or".
2050+Page 5, line 42, after "building;" insert "or
2051+(viii) assist with emergency medical response on school
2052+property;".
2053+Page 8, line 16, after "threats;" delete "or".
2054+Page 8, line 18, after "building;" insert "or
2055+(H) assist with emergency medical response on school
2056+property;".
2057+(Reference is to EHB 1492 as printed April 14, 2023.)
2058+CRIDER
2059+EH 1492—LS 7255/DI 116