No. HB 671
Filed under Education.
School Safety Equipment; Requires private schools & public schools, including charter schools, to have specified safety equipment on each campus of school; requires DOE, in coordination with FDLE, to establish minimum specifications for such equipment; authorizes schools to use specified funds to meet requirements of such safety equipment; provides training requirements for such safety equipment; requires schools to report specified information to Office of Safe Schools; & authorizes office to conduct random audits for specified purposes.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDEvery public and private school campus must now possess at least one ballistic shield and one breaching tool. This requirement applies to all campuses where students are regularly educated, including charter schools.
Schools must ensure at least one employee or safe-school officer receives annual training on the equipment. This training must be conducted in coordination with the local sheriff's office or law enforcement agency.
Schools must annually report to the Office of Safe Schools that the equipment is present, functional, and accessible. The office is authorized to conduct random audits to verify compliance with these new requirements.
The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement, must establish minimum specifications for the required breaching tools and ballistic shields. Schools may use existing grants or other funds to meet these costs.
AICreates a new legal duty for every private school to possess specific tactical equipment on every campus.
AICreates a new legal duty for every public school, including charter schools, to possess specific tactical equipment on every campus.
AIRequires schools to ensure at least one employee or safe-school officer receives annual training on the new equipment.
AIAllows the Office of Safe Schools to award grants to improve the safety and security of schools, not just school buildings.