Bill Text: FL S1712 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Emergency Drills in Public Schools
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Infrastructure and Security [S1712 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1712-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1712 By Senator Cruz 18-00697B-20 20201712__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to emergency drills in public schools; 3 amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; revising district school 4 board duties relating to emergency drills for active 5 shooter and hostage situations; expanding requirements 6 for district school board procedures relating to 7 drills for active shooter and hostage situations; 8 requiring district school boards to establish 9 procedures to provide advance notification of drills 10 for active shooter and hostage situations to parents 11 and to provide parents with an option to excuse their 12 students from physical drills; providing that such 13 procedures must allow for students to elect to remain 14 on school premises during physical drills and remain 15 excused from physical drills; providing an effective 16 date. 17 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19 20 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 21 1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is 22 added to that subsection, to read: 23 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student 24 discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall 25 provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the 26 attendance and control of students at school, and for proper 27 attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the 28 welfare of students, including: 29 (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.— 30 (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures, in 31 consultation with the appropriate public safety agencies, for 32 emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not 33 limited to, fires, natural disasters, active shooter and hostage 34 situations, and bomb threats, for all students and faculty at 35 all public schools of the district comprised of grades K-12. 36 1. Drills for active shooter and hostage situations shall 37 be conducted in accordance with developmentally appropriate and 38 age-appropriate proceduresat least as often as other emergency39drills. Procedures relating to drills for active shooter and 40 hostage situations must be developed through consultation with 41 at least one mental health professional and be consistent with 42 the best practice considerations provided by the National 43 Association of School Psychologists. 44 2. District school board policies shall include commonly 45 used alarm system responses for specific types of emergencies 46 and verification by each school that drills have been provided 47 as required by law and fire protection codes. The emergency 48 response policy shall identify the individuals responsible for 49 contacting the primary emergency response agency and the 50 emergency response agency that is responsible for notifying the 51 school district for each type of emergency. 52 (d) Establish procedures to provide notification of drills 53 for active shooter and hostage situations to a student’s parent 54 before a drill occurs and to provide the parent with the option 55 to excuse his or her student from any physical drills. The 56 procedures must also allow a student whose parent has excused 57 him or her from the physical drills to elect to remain on the 58 school premises during the physical drill and remain excused 59 from the physical drill. 60 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.