Education: safety; emergency operations plan requirements; modify. Amends sec. 1308b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1308b). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4141'25
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Overview
This bill updates Michigan’s requirements for school emergency operations plans. It mandates that school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies conduct regular reviews of their plans, in collaboration with local law enforcement, and ensures they address a wide range of potential emergencies, including violence, threats, and weather events. The bill also establishes procedures for notifying the Department of Education and the State Police of plan reviews and adoptions, and protects the confidentiality of these plans.
Key provisions
- School districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies must review their emergency operations plans biennially.
- Plans must include guidelines for addressing school violence, threats, bomb threats, and other emergencies.
- Plans must address teacher training on mental health and pupil/teacher safety.
- Plans must include a vulnerability assessment and an active violence protocol.
- School districts must provide notice to the Department of Education and the State Police regarding plan reviews and adoptions.
- The Department of Education will track districts without plans and notify governing bodies.
- Emergency operations plans and related information are confidential.
- Plans must address the use of wireless communications devices during emergencies.
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- School districts
- Intermediate school districts
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