The bill amends the Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act to establish a statewide behavioral threat assessment and management program aimed at enhancing school safety and security. It mandates the Department to create and implement this program within 180 days of the bill's effective date. The program will focus on identifying, assessing, managing, and monitoring potential threats to schools, and will include provisions for gathering and securely storing threat assessment information, assessing student risk levels, managing intervention plans, and creating a centralized data portal for threat assessment teams. Additionally, the program will follow best practices in behavioral threat assessment and will require strict security measures for data access.

Furthermore, the bill outlines the responsibilities of the Department in maintaining the program, including procuring a case management system, ensuring compliance with education record laws, and providing annual training for authorized personnel. It also requires the Department to report annually on the program's activities to various legislative and executive stakeholders. The enactment of this bill is contingent upon the passage of Senate Bill No. 471.

Statutes affected:
Senate Introduced Bill: 28.801, 28.809