ON APRIL 10, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2215, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the changes described below to the "School Against Violence in Education Act."
Present law requires each LEA and public charter school to provide the following to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, the department of education, and the department of safety: (i) the LEA's, and to the extent applicable, the public charter school's, district-wide school safety plan; (ii) the building-level school safety plan for each school in the LEA or each public charter school; and (iii) the floor plans for all school buildings within the LEA or used by the public charter school. This amendment deletes (iii) from the present law.
This amendment authorizes each LEA and public charter school to provide, in an electronic or digital format, school mapping data for each school building in the LEA, and for each school building being used by the public charter school, as applicable, to assist first responder agencies that serve the same geographical areas served by the LEA or public charter school in responding to emergencies occurring on school grounds. Grant funds may be used to meet the requirement of this smrnfmrny, including, but not limited to, the LEA's or public charter school's procurement of a vendor to collect, assemble, and provide the school mapping data required in this amendment on behalf of the LEA or public charter school. The LEA, public charter school, or vendor that collects and assembles school mapping data for purposes of this amendment is responsible for providing the data to the first responder agencies that serve the same geographical areas served by the LEA or public charter school for use by such agencies in responding to emergencies occurring on school grounds. School mapping data provided pursuant to this amendment must satisfy the following conditions:
(1) Be viewable through software platforms used by the local, state, and federal public safety agencies that provide emergency services to the school;
(2) Be verified by the entity that collected and assembled the data for accuracy by conducting a walk-through of school buildings and school grounds;
(3) Be oriented true north when viewed;
(4) Include accurate floor plans overlaid with current, verified aerial imagery of the school campus;
(5) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the structure of the respective school buildings, including room labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers, as well as the locations of hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits;
(6) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the school roads and neighboring properties; and
(7) Be perpetually accessible to the respective LEA, public charter school, and first responder agencies that serve the same geographical areas served by the LEA or public charter school at no additional cost to authorized users.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 49-6-804(b), 49-6-804