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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1510" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Safe to Learn Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before June 15, 2019, and regularly thereafter, each local school system shall conduct a safety evaluation of each public school under the local school system’s jurisdiction to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Identify and, if necessary, develop solutions for physical safety concerns, including issues with building security and associated issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Identify and evaluate any patterns of safety concerns on school property or at school–sponsored events.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In performing the safety evaluations, each designated safety coordinator shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consult with the Center for guidance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Coordinate with the Interagency Commission on School Construction’s facility assessment process, established under § 5–310 of this article, in identifying issues with public school facilities that could impact school safety; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submit a summary of the completed safety evaluations to the Center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2019, the Department, in consultation with the Center and local school systems, shall update the Emergency Planning Guidelines for Local School Systems and Schools to accommodate the findings made in the initial safety evaluations under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before August 1, 2020, and regularly thereafter, each local school system shall update the school emergency plan for each public school in the school system’s jurisdiction to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Include detailed plans for the manner in which each public school will address:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Behavioral threats;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Emergency events; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Accommodations for students with disabilities in emergency events;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conform with the Emergency Planning Guidelines updated under subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Incorporate any changes required under subsection (f) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Each local school system shall submit the plans updated under subsection (d) of this section to the Center for review and comment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before August 1, 2020, and each August 1 thereafter, each local school system shall submit a report to the Center that includes, for the immediately preceding school year:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Aggregate data about threats made against any school or school system facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Information about any school lockdowns, evacuations, or other emergency responses that occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Instances in which a public school facility became inaccessible for a student with a disability in a manner that could impede evacuation or an emergency response;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Incidents in which a public school’s emergency plan failed in part or in whole to function as anticipated in an emergency or an emergency drill; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>School hours spent in an emergency or an emergency drill.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each local school system shall, in consultation with the Center, update each emergency plan to correct weaknesses identified under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local school system shall promptly inform the Center of any critical, life–threatening incidents that occur on school grounds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>After informing the Center under this subsection, a local school system shall host an after–action review and evaluation of lessons learned from the event.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The local school system shall invite the Center, local law enforcement agencies, and emergency responders to participate in the after–action review and evaluation required under this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A local school system shall file a report on the after–action review and evaluation with the Center.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Center shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly within 45 days after a local school system has filed a report on the after–action review and evaluation under paragraph (2)(iii) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Center shall include in the report filed under this paragraph:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Lessons learned from the life–threatening incident; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Any recommendations for improving school safety.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
