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2013 Senate Bill 5197: Requiring measures to promote safe school buildings

Provides that districts must work with local law enforcement to develop an emergency response system to expedite the response and arrival of law enforcement. Districts must submit a progress report by December 1, 2014. Districts must consider installing perimeter security control and using building designs with certain safety features. The School Safety Advisory Committee must develop model policies regarding emergency response appropriate for a range of scenarios, and develop recommendations for incorporating specified school safety features in the planning and design of new or remodeled facilities. A report is required by December 1, 2013. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction must allocate grants on a competitive basis, if funds are appropriated, for districts to implement emergency response systems. Nothing in the provisions of the bill create civil liability or create a new cause of action or new theory of negligence against a school board, school district, or the state.

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Senate Roll Call on 2013 Senate Bill 5197