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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1503" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Safe to Learn Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a School Safety Subcabinet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Subcabinet is the governing board of the Center.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Subcabinet consists of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Superintendent, or the State Superintendent’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary of State Police, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Secretary of Disabilities, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Secretary of Health, or the Secretary’s designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Executive Director of the Interagency Commission on School Construction, or the Executive Director’s designee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The State Superintendent, or the State Superintendent’s designee, shall chair the Subcabinet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Executive Director of the Center shall provide staff for the Subcabinet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Subcabinet shall meet regularly at such times and places as it determines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Subcabinet shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Collaborate with local school systems in the State, law enforcement agencies, State and local government agencies, community organizations, parents, and other stakeholders to provide a comprehensive, coordinated approach to school safety;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In partnership with the Advisory Board and other stakeholders:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Disseminate information on best practices, programs, and resources;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide technical assistance and training to local jurisdictions and local school systems;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Collaborate on collection, analysis, and integration of statewide data; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Promote interagency efforts that support safe schools for all students, school staff, parents, and community members;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Establish a Safe School Information and Best Practices Clearinghouse of up–to–date, research–based, and data–driven information on effective strategies for creating and maintaining safe schools;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Identify safe school professional staff development best practices;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Initiate collaborative partnerships and facilitate coordination among local school systems, law enforcement agencies, State and local government, and community organizations to leverage existing resources to deliver school safety services uniformly to local school systems;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Foster coordination among all entities responsible for ensuring the safety and security of school facilities in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Distribute grants from the Fund in accordance with § 7–1512 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Collaborate with the Department on the model policy for an assessment team under § 7–1507 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Adopt regulations to define a school security employee for the purpose of the training and report required for school security employees under § 7–1508 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Provide general oversight and direction to the Center;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Approve the annual budget for the Center;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the Subcabinet’s duties under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Perform other duties assigned by the Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Subcabinet shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on or before December 15 each year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A list of all the activities of the Center, including aggregate data on the information collected from each local school system under § 7–1510 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An update on the current status and effectiveness of the Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Data collected on school resource officers under § 7–1508 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Recommendations made by the Subcabinet for improving school and student safety.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
