HB91 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alan BakerRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Education, code red alert, emergency drills to collectively include safety, security, severe weather, fire, and code red drills, time frame for conducting drills, Secs. 16-1-44, 36-19-10 am'd.

Summary

HB91 requires code red safety planning to be included in school safety plans, designates emergency drills for safety categories, and mandates monthly drills and semester-based code red exercises in Alabama schools.

What This Bill Does

Local boards of education must adopt and regularly update a comprehensive school safety plan that includes a specific code red safety plan and threat-response procedures. It combines safety, security, severe weather, fire, and code red drills into a single category called emergency drills, and allows a code red safety alert level for perceived immediate threats. It requires code red drills at least once during the first six weeks of each fall and spring semester and monthly emergency drills (in lieu of fire drills) in all K-12 schools, plus annual employee training and access for law enforcement as needed.

Who It Affects

• Local boards of education and school staff must develop, update, and train on the comprehensive safety plan and code red procedures; provide access to law enforcement and safety officials; and enforce compliance.
• Students, teachers, and other school employees will participate in emergency drills, receive instruction on safety procedures, and be affected by the code red safety alert procedures and sheltering guidelines.

Key Provisions

• Amends §16-1-44 to require a code red safety plan within the comprehensive school safety plan.
• Designates safety, security, severe weather, fire, and code red drills as emergency drills.
• Authorizes a code red safety alert level for perceived immediate threats and requires a code red drill.
• Requires code red drills at least once during the first six weeks of each fall and spring semester.
• Requires monthly emergency drills in K-12 schools, replacing separate fire drills as required by the State Fire Marshal.
• Requires annual training for school employees on the code red plan and procedures.
• Allows law enforcement and fire safety officials access to the school site outside instructional hours with a trained staff member present.
• Keeps the safety plan in a secure place and available to authorities on request, not as a public record.
• Requires principal or designee to instruct students on emergency procedures and to ensure drills meet or exceed existing law requirements.
• Disciplinary action for principals who knowingly neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements.

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Subjects

Education