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SENATE BILL 540
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CF HB 472
By: Senators Gile, Brooks, Feldman, Kagan, Kramer, and Watson
Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2024
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Education – School Mapping Data Program – Established 2
FOR the purpose of establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the State 3
Department of Education; providing for the purpose of the Program and establishing 4
the requirements of the Program; authorizing the School Safety Subcabinet within 5
the Maryland Center for School Safety to use the Safe Schools Fund to provide 6
funding to the Department for grants under the Program; and generally relating to 7
the School Mapping Data Program. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 7–452 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Education 15
Section 7–1512 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 18
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
Article – Education 21
7–452. 22
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 23
INDICATED. 24 2 SENATE BILL 540
(2) “PROGRAM” MEANS THE SCHOOL MAPPING DATA PROGRAM. 1
(3) “SCHOOL MAPPING DATA” MEANS DATA IN AN ELE CTRONIC OR 2
DIGITAL FORMAT TO AS SIST FIRST RESPONDER S IN RESPONDING TO E MERGENCIES 3
AT A SCHOOL. 4
(B) THERE IS A SCHOOL MAPPING DATA PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT . 5
(C) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO COUNTY 6
BOARDS TO PRODUCE SCHOOL MAPPING DATA FOR EACH PUBLIC SCHO OL IN THE 7
COUNTY, INCLUDING PUBLIC CHA RTER SCHOOLS . 8
(D) (1) EACH COUNTY BOARD , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LOCAL LAW 9
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY , MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR FUNDS TO PRODUCE 10
SCHOOL MAPPING DATA . 11
(2) SCHOOL MAPPING DATA PRODUCED WITH FUNDIN G FROM THE 12
PROGRAM SHALL: 13
(I) BE COMPATIBLE WITH SO FTWARE PLATFORMS USED BY 14
THE SCHOOL AND LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PUBLIC S AFETY AGENCIES THAT 15
PROVIDE EMERGENCY SE RVICES TO THE SCHOOL WITHOUT REQUIRING THE 16
PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE OR CHARGING A FEE TO VIEW OR ACC ESS THE 17
DATA; 18
(II) BE IN A PRINTABLE FORMAT AND , IF REQUESTED , BE IN A 19
DIGITAL FILE FORMAT THAT CAN BE INTEGRAT ED INTO INTERACTIVE MOBILE 20
PLATFORMS ; 21
(III) BE VERIFIED FOR ACCUR ACY BY A WALK–THROUGH OF THE 22
SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS; 23
(IV) BE ORIENTED TRUE NORT H; 24
(V) BE OVERLAID O N CURRENT AERIAL IMA GERY; 25
(VI) CONTAIN SITE–SPECIFIC LABELING TH AT MATCHES THE 26
STRUCTURE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING: 27
1. ROOM LABELS; 28
2. HALLWAY NAMES ; 29 SENATE BILL 540 3
3. EXTERNAL DOOR OR STAI RWELL NUMBERS ; AND 1
4. LOCATIONS OF: 2
A. HAZARDS; 3
B. CRITICAL UTILITY LOCA TIONS; 4
C. KEY BOXES; AND 5
D. AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DE FIBRILLATORS AND 6
TRAUMA KITS; 7
(VII) CONTAIN SITE–SPECIFIC LABELING TH AT MATCHES THE 8
SCHOOL GROUNDS , INCLUDING: 9
1. PARKING AREAS ; 10
2. ATHLETIC FIELDS; 11
3. SURROUNDING ROADS ; AND 12
4. NEIGHBORING PROPERTIE S; AND 13
(VIII) BE OVERLAID WITH GRID DED X AND Y COORDINA TES. 14
7–1512. 15
(a) There is a Safe Schools Fund. 16
(b) The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to local school systems to enhance 17
school safety. 18
(c) The Subcabinet shall administer the Fund. 19
(d) (1) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of 20
the State Finance and Procurement Article. 21
(2) The Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately and the Comptroller shall 22
account for the Fund in conjunction with the Executive Director of the Center. 23
(e) The Fund consists of: 24
(1) Money credited to the Fund under § 17–106(e) of the Transportation 25 4 SENATE BILL 540
Article; 1
(2) Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; 2
(3) Money appropriated to the Fund under § 7–1508 of this subtitle; 3
(4) Money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund; and 4
(5) Any interest earnings of the Fund. 5
(f) Except as provided in [subsection (g)] SUBSECTIONS (G) AND (H) of this 6
section, the Fund may be used only to provide grants to local school systems to enhance 7
school safety, including: 8
(1) Conducting training for students and school personnel on de–escalation 9
of situations and identifying and reporting behaviors of concern; 10
(2) Conducting training of assessment teams; 11
(3) Conducting school safety evaluations; 12
(4) Establishing formal and anonymous mechanisms for reporting safety 13
concerns; 14
(5) Reimbursing local law enforcement agencies for school resource officer 15
training provided by the Center; 16
(6) Enrolling school security employees in training provided by the Center; 17
(7) Developing plans to deliver school–based behavioral health and other 18
wraparound services to students who exhibit behaviors of concern, including establishing 19
systems to maximize external funding for services; 20
(8) Outreach to the broader school community to improve school safety, 21
including to heighten awareness of existing mental health services and other services; 22
(9) Providing information to students and parents on traveling safely to 23
and from school, including data related to bus and pedestrian safety, strategies for ensuring 24
personal safety, efforts of the local school system to improve safety, and information on 25
available options for reporting incidents and concerns; and 26
(10) Assisting local school systems to improve and monitor traffic control 27
measures in the immediate vicinity of schools to reduce the potential for pedestrian and 28
vehicle accidents. 29
(g) Beginning in fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, at least 30
$10,000,000 of the money in the Fund shall be used to provide grants to local school systems 31 SENATE BILL 540 5
and local law enforcement agencies as provided under § 7–1508 of this subtitle. 1
(H) THE SUBCABINET MAY USE THE FUND TO PROVIDE FUNDI NG TO THE 2
DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEME NT § 7–452 OF THIS TITLE. 3
[(h)] (I) (1) The Subcabinet may make grants to local school systems and 4
local law enforcement agencies from the Fund. 5
(2) The Subcabinet shall establish procedures for local school systems and 6
local law enforcement agencies to apply for grants from the Fund. 7
[(i)] (J) (1) The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the 8
same manner as other State money may be invested. 9
(2) Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. 10
[(j)] (K) Expenditures from the Fund may only be made: 11
(1) In accordance with the State budget; or 12
(2) By the budget amendment procedure as provided in § 7–209 of the State 13
Finance and Procurement Article, if at least 45 days have passed since the budget 14
amendment and supporting information were submitted to the budget committees for their 15
review and comment. 16
[(k)] (L) Money expended from the Fund by local school systems to enhance 17
school safety is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that 18
otherwise would be appropriated to local school systems. 19
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
1, 2024. 21