Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes school employees, other than teachers and principals to volunteer as armed school guards in the state of Utah.

Highlights:

• Amends the International Fire Code for Utah (Sec. 1). 

• Requires certain state buildings and schools to have emergency communication systems (Sec. 1). 

• Requires school resource officer training to be developed by the state security chief (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes duties of the state security chief and a county security chief in relation to school safety initiatives (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes a school guardian program (Sec. 1). 

• Requires threat reporting by state employees and others if they become aware of threats to schools (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes some reporting from the SafeUT Crisis Line to the state's intelligence databases (Sec. 1). 

• Requires certain school safety data to be included in the annual school disciplinary report (Sec. 1). 

• Requires a local education agency (LEA) to ensure that each school within the LEA conducts a school safety needs assessment (Sec. 1). 

• Requires designation of certain school safety personnel (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that a school may share certain information regarding an incident of bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation with a parent upon  request (Sec. 1). 

• Requires a school to provide regular communication updates to a parent regarding the implementation of an action plan to address an incident of bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation (Sec. 1). 

• Requires an LEA to update the LEA's bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, and retaliation policy related to certain social media use of a student (Sec. 1). 

• Requires an LEA to designate an individual for bullying incident response and outlines the individual's duties (Sec. 1). 

• Requires panic alert devices and video camera access for schools and classrooms (Sec. 1). 

• Requires coordination of emergency call information with the state's intelligence system (Sec. 1). 

• Amends process for secure firearm storage under certain circumstances to include school guardians (Sec. 1).

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