No. CS/CS/HB 757
Filed under Criminal Justice.
School Safety; Requires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requires a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; creates the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; provides that a person arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail; ranks an offense created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; authorizes the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPublic universities and colleges must now adopt active assailant response plans, family reunification plans, and mental health threat management teams.
Sheriffs are required to assist public postsecondary institutions in implementing the school guardian program and training their staff.
A new second-degree felony is created for discharging a weapon within 1,000 feet of a school during school hours or sanctioned activities.
Students arrested for the new firearm discharge offense must be held in custody until brought before a court for bail.
AICreates a new second-degree felony for discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school during school hours or sanctioned activities, with a specific exception for property owners or authorized persons on private real property.
AIRequires that any person arrested for violating the new 1,000-foot discharge prohibition be held in custody until brought before a court for bail, removing the option of immediate release.
AIRequires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing the school guardian program and mandates that sheriffs establish or contract for guardian training to meet demand from these institutions.
AICreates a new statute requiring public postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, family reunification plans, mental health training, threat management teams, and annual security risk assessments.
AIRequires that student education records containing threat assessment reports be transferred to a Florida College System institution or state university when the student enrolls there.
AIRequires public postsecondary institutions without an existing public safety reporting application to promote the state's mobile suspicious activity reporting tool on their websites and issued devices.