No. CS/CS/SB 896
Filed under Criminal Justice.
School Safety; Requiring sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizing public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; creating the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill creates a new second-degree felony for discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school during school hours or sanctioned activities. This expands the existing prohibition, which currently only covers discharges on school property itself.
Public postsecondary educational institutions are now required to adopt active assailant response plans, family reunification plans, and annual security risk assessments. They must also train faculty to detect and respond to student mental health issues and establish threat management teams.
Sheriffs are now required to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing the school guardian program. This includes providing training and certification for school guardians, with the institution responsible for the actual cost of that training.
The bill requires the transfer of student threat assessment records to a student's postsecondary institution of enrollment. It also mandates that public postsecondary institutions promote the use of the state's mobile suspicious activity reporting tool on their websites and devices.
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 exceptions for lawful defense or use on authorized private property.
AIRequires that a person arrested for discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school be held in custody until brought before a court for bail, removing the option of release at the scene.
AIMandates that county sheriffs assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing the school guardian program, including providing access to training and establishing programs if requested.
AIRequires public postsecondary educational institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, family reunification plans, and mental health threat management teams, and to conduct 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 educational institutions to advertise the mobile suspicious activity reporting tool on their websites, install it on issued mobile devices, and bookmark it on maintained computers.