Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator A.R.Bucco
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts and nonpublic schools to ensure school security training is provided to individuals employed in substitute capacity and persons supervising youth programs in school buildings.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning school security training and amending P.L.2009, c.178.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.2009, c.178 (C.18A:41-7) is amended to read as follows:
2. A local board of education and chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall ensure that all full-time employees in the district or nonpublic school, all individuals employed in any substitute capacity or position by the district or nonpublic school, and all persons who supervise youth programs that operate in a district or nonpublic school building before or after school hours, on weekends, or during a period in which the school is not in session, are provided with training on school safety and security that includes instruction on school security drills. The training shall use the drill guide and training materials prepared pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.178 (C.App.A:9-86) and shall utilize various formats such as drills, functional exercises, and tabletop exercises. The annual training [provided to employees] shall be conducted collaboratively by the district or nonpublic school and emergency responders, including law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services personnel, in order to identify weaknesses in school safety and security policies and procedures and to increase the effectiveness of emergency responders.
(cf: P.L.2016, c.80, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill revises current law on school security training. Under current law a board of education and chief school administrator of a nonpublic school must ensure that all full-time employees in the district or nonpublic school are provided with training on school safety and security. This bill would require that the board of education and the chief school administrator ensure that the following individuals also are provided the training: 1) all individuals employed in any substitute capacity or position by the district or nonpublic school; and 2) all persons who supervise youth programs that operate in a district or nonpublic school building before or after school hours, on weekends, or during a period in which the school is not in session.