Sub. H.B. 422

126th General Assembly

(S. Education)

Lowers from 50 (current law) to 20 the minimum number of students that public and nonpublic schools must enroll before they are required to conduct fire and tornado drills.

Specifies that the advance notice of a school safety drill provided to a law enforcement officer by the principal or director of a school or preschool program must (1) be in writing, (2) be sent electronically or by mail or fax, (3) include the date and time the drill will be conducted and the address of the school or preschool, and (3) be submitted no later than 72 hours prior to the date of the drill.

Requires the principal or director to provide written certification by mail of the date and time each safety drill was conducted no later than April 5, 2007, in the 2006-2007 school year and no later than December 5 each following school year.

Requires a law enforcement officer to issue a warning for failure to provide certification of a completed safety drill.

Specifies that a missed safety drill is not considered corrected unless the principal or director provides the law enforcement officer with written certification of the date and time the drill was conducted within 40 days after a warning has been issued.

H0422-126.doc/ar 5/23/2006