Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes new policies and commissions on school safety.

Highlights:

• Establishes criminal penalties for making a false school shooting tip (Sec. 1).

• Requires the School Public Safety Commission to (Sec. 2):

• Monitor the activities and enforcement efforts of the Office of Safe Schools;

• Review the Auditor General’s findings regarding school safety policies and identify areas of improvement;

• Evaluate the effects of grants designated for school safety;

• Evaluate the effectiveness of the database schools currently use to monitor threat tips; and

• Assess the efforts of local governments to improve emergency communication coordination.

• Repeals School Public Safety Requirements to (Sec. 2):

• Make unique safety recommendations to each school based on location and demographics;

• Investigate the criminal history of threat perpetrators; and

• Evaluate whether schools are in compliance with national best safety practices.

• Requires the Office of School Safety to develop a model family reunification plan for use in disasters, and all school districts to implement such a plan (Secs. 4 & 5).

• Requires law enforcement officers to be physically present during emergency drills (Sec. 5).

• Requires the state Board of Education to establish emergency drill procedures by incident type (Sec. 5).

• Requires school districts to adopt suicide screening policy (Sec. 5).

• Requires all school safety officers who are certified as law enforcement officers to receive mental health crisis training (Sec. 6).

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