Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SERENA DIMASO
District 13 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman NANCY F. MUNOZ
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman HOLLY T. SCHEPISI
District 39 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Space, DePhillips, Thomson and Harold J. Wirths
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning school security resources and supplementing chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall develop an online clearinghouse for school districts to exchange information regarding the availability of school security resources, including personnel and equipment, that they are able to make available to other school districts in the event of an emergency. The clearinghouse shall:
a. only be accessible to authorized school district employees;
b. allow a user to readily identify the resources that are available in school districts that are in a close proximity; and
c. be operational no later than one year following the effective date of this act.
To facilitate the development of the clearinghouse, the department shall publish a list of resources that a school district may require in the event of different emergency situations.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, to develop an online clearinghouse for school districts to exchange information regarding resources that they are able to make available to other school districts in the event of an emergency. The clearinghouse must only be accessible to authorized school district employees, and must allow a user to readily identify resources available in districts that are in close proximity. The clearinghouse would be operational no later than one year following the bill’s effective date.