105 ILCS 128/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the School Safety Drill Act. (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 ILCS 128 — School Safety Drill Act.
Illinois · statute · 105 ILCS 128 · 17 active provisions
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Definitions
Definitions. In this Act: "Emergency services and disaster agency" means an agency by the name "emergency services and disaster agency", by the name "emergency management agency", or by any other name that is established by ordinance within a political subdivision to coordinate the emergency management program within t…
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Purpose
Purpose. The purpose of this Act is (i) to establish minimum requirements and standards for schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans and, beginning July 1, 2027, hazardous substance release procedures and (ii) to encourage schools and first responde…
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Types of drills
Types of drills. Under this Act, the following school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this State: (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and prepare students and school personnel for situations that occur when conditions outside of a school building are safer than inside a school building…
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Number of drills; incidents covered; local authority participation
Number of drills; incidents covered; local authority participation. (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills must meet all of the following criteria: (1) One of the 3 school evacuatio…
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Substitute personnel training and support
Substitute personnel training and support. (a) A school district shall provide training on school evacuation drills and law enforcement lockdown drills to all school personnel serving in a substitute capacity. Training shall be provided in person when available. With respect to individuals who hold a Short-Term Substit…
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Annual review
Annual review. (a) Each public school district, through its school board or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual meeting at which it will review each school building's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures, including procedures regarding the school district's threat asses…
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Reporting; duties of the State Fire Marshal, regional superintendents, and the State Board of Education
Reporting; duties of the State Fire Marshal, regional superintendents, and the State Board of Education. (a) The State Board of Education shall accept, directly, one-page annual review compliance reports from private schools. (b) Each regional superintendent of schools shall provide an annual school safety review compl…
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Reporting and recording mechanism for fires
Reporting and recording mechanism for fires. The Office of the State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, shall create a reporting and recording mechanism concerning fires that occur in schools located in this State. The recording system shall be based in the Office of the State Fire Marshal.…
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Common rules
Common rules. The State Board of Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall cooperate together and coordinate with all appropriate education, first responder, and emergency management officials to (i) develop and implement one common set of rules to be administered under this Act and (ii) develop clear an…
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Threat assessment procedure
Threat assessment procedure. (a) Each school district must implement a threat assessment procedure that may be part of a school board policy on targeted school violence prevention. The procedure must include the creation of a threat assessment team. The team must include at least one law enforcement official and cross-…
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Crisis response mapping data grants
Crisis response mapping data grants. (a) Subject to appropriation, a public school district, a charter school, a special education cooperative or district, an education for employment system, a State-approved area career center, a public university laboratory school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, the De…
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Rapid entry
Rapid entry. A school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency.(Source: P.A. 103-194, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
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Cardiac emergency response plan
Cardiac emergency response plan. (a) A school district and a private school shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan in place in accordance with guidelines set forth by either the American Heart Association or other nationally recognized, evidence-based standards that addresses the appropriate response to incide…
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Hazardous substance release guidance and procedures
Hazardous substance release guidance and procedures. (a) By January 1, 2027, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall develop and provide guidance for all local emergency planning committees, emergency services and disaster agenci…
105 ILCS 128/990
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05; text omitted.)
105 ILCS 128/999
(This Act was approved by the Governor on August 16, 2005, so the actual effective date of this Act is August 16, 2005) Sec
(This Act was approved by the Governor on August 16, 2005, so the actual effective date of this Act is August 16, 2005) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 2005. (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)