00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125(CRA)                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to school crisis response planning."                                                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.33 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04 Article 2.  Required School Crisis Response Planning.                                                                 
05  Sec. 14.33.100.  Required school crisis response planning.  (a)  Each district                                      
06 shall develop a model school crisis response plan for use by each school in the district.                               
07 Each school in a district shall develop a school specific crisis response plan.  Each                                   
08 school shall form a crisis response team consisting of the principal, one certified and                                 
09 one classified member of the school staff, and one parent whose child attends the                                       
10 school.  The crisis response team may include one member of the governing board or                                      
11 advisory school board, a school counselor, a member from local law enforcement                                          
12 authorities, and one student in grade 10 or higher if the school has those grades.  The                                 
13 district and each school within the district shall consult with local social services                                   
14 agencies and local law enforcement authorities when developing the school crisis                                        

01 response plan.                                                                                                          
02  (b)  A school specific crisis response plan must meet standards as determined                                         
03 by the department by regulation.  A school specific crisis response plan must include:                                  
04   (1)  the person in charge and a designated substitute;                                                               
05   (2)  the names of the crisis response team members and their specific                                                
06 job functions relating to a crisis;                                                                                     
07   (3)  a communication plan;                                                                                           
08   (4)  protocols for responding to immediate physical harm of students or                                              
09 faculty and to traumatic events, including the period after the events have concluded;                                  
10   (5)  disaster and emergency procedures to respond to earthquakes, fire,                                              
11 flood, explosions, or other events or conditions in which death or serious injury is                                    
12 likely;                                                                                                                 
13   (6)  crisis procedures for safe entrance to and exit from the school by                                              
14 students, parents, and employees, including an evacuation and lock down plan; and                                       
15   (7)  crisis policies for enforcing school discipline and maintaining a safe                                          
16 and orderly environment.                                                                                                
17  (c)  Each district shall annually review and update as appropriate each school's                                      
18 crisis response plan.  A copy of each school's crisis response plan, as annually updated,                               
19 shall be retained by the district and a copy provided to each local agency that has a                                   
20 role in the plan.  Notice of completion of the annual review and update and the                                         
21 location of a school's crisis response plan shall be posted at each school in the district.                             
22 A school crisis response plan shall be printed and available for inspection by the                                      
23 public.                                                                                                                 
24  (d)  Each district shall annually provide to each district employee training in                                       
25 crisis response, including evacuation and lock down drills.                                                             
26  (e)  In this section,                                                                                                 
27   (1)  "crisis" includes a traumatic event or condition that creates distress,                                         
28 hardship, fear, or grief;                                                                                               
29   (2)  "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990.                                                               
30    * Sec. 2.  TRANSITION.  A city or borough school district or regional educational                                  
31 attendance area shall complete the initial model school crisis response plan required by                                

01 AS 14.33.100, added by sec. 1 of this Act, on or before July 1, 2000.  A school in a city or                            
02 borough school district or regional educational attendance area shall complete the initial school                       
03 specific crisis response plan required by AS 14.33.100, added by sec. 1 of this Act, on or                              
04 before December 31, 2000.