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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1510.1" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Safe to Learn Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Program” means the School Mapping Data Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“School mapping data” means data in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at a school.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a School Mapping Data Program in the Center.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school in the county, including public charter schools.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local school system, in consultation with the local law enforcement agency, may apply to the Subcabinet for funds to produce school mapping data.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>School mapping data produced with funding from the Program shall comply with the facility mapping standards developed by the Interagency Commission on School Construction under § 5–310.1 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Center shall work in consultation with the Interagency Commission on School Construction to ensure that school mapping data produced with funding from the Program meets the facility mapping standards developed under § 5–310.1 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At a minimum, school mapping data produced with funding from the Program shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be compatible with software platforms used by the school and local, State, and federal public safety agencies that provide emergency services to the school without requiring the purchase of additional software or charging a fee to view or access the data;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be in a printable format and, if requested, be in a digital file format that can be integrated into interactive mobile platforms;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Be verified for accuracy by a walk–through of the school buildings and grounds;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Be oriented true north;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Be overlaid on current aerial imagery;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Contain site–specific labeling that matches the structure of school buildings, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Room labels;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Hallway names;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>External door or stairwell numbers; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Locations of:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Hazards;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Critical utility locations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Key boxes; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="D">
          <text>Automated external defibrillators and trauma kits;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Contain site–specific labeling that matches the school grounds, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Parking areas;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Athletic fields;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Surrounding roads; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Neighboring properties; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
