Reference is to Printer's Date 3/28/18-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-17-160.
(A) Prior to the beginning of the
2019-2020 School Year, the State Department of Education and the
Office of the State Fire Marshal shall collaborate and develop
model fire and safety policies and program guidelines that must
be made available to each school district and charter school in
the state. The provisions of this section do not apply to
charter schools whose instruction is primarily delivered
online.
(B) Each school
district board of trustees and the governing body of each
charter school shall adopt a policy and program for school
facility fire and safety, including inspections, before the
beginning of the 2020-2021 School Year. The policy and program
must:
(1) be adopted in open
meetings in which the public may provide comment on the terms of
the policies and programs;
(2) include routine
self-assessments; and
(3) be published on the
district's or charter school's Internet website in a prominent
location that is easily accessible by the public.
(C) Prior to July 1,
2021, each district and charter school shall submit its fire and
safety policy and program to the Office of the State Fire
Marshal and the State Department of Education. The office and
department shall collaborate in the review of the school
policies and programs. Within one hundred twenty days of the
receipt of a policy or program, the office and department must
jointly provide written comments to the district on how the
policies and programs may be improved.
(D) Local school
district boards of trustees and charter school governing bodies
may request technical assistance in the development of fire and
safety policies and programs."
SECTION 2. Section 59-63-910 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-63-910.
(A) All teachers or
superintendents in charge of the schools of the State which are
supported in whole or in part by taxation public
schools, including charter schools whose instruction is not
primarily delivered online, shall conduct fire, active
shooter/intruder, and severe weather/earthquake drills
at least once each month. Any teacher
or superintendent failing to observe the provisions of this
section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
twenty-five dollars for each offense. Such fine shall be
deducted from his salary and turned over to the county treasurer
for ordinary county purposes Within each school
year, schools must conduct at least two fire drills, two active
shooter/intruder drills, and two severe weather/earthquake
drills, with at least one of each drill conducted each
semester.
(B)(1) Before
August 1, 2018, the State Department of Education and the South
Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall develop guidelines for
the conduct of active shooter/intruder training required in this
section, and developmentally appropriate training materials.
The department and the State Law Enforcement Division must
consult with school-employed mental health professionals and the
State Fire Marshal in creating and updating the guidelines.
These guidelines must be included in annual teacher collegial
development required by Section 59-1-425(A).
(2)
Before January 1, 2019, the
State Department of Education and the State Law Enforcement
Division, with consultation from school-employed mental health
professionals, shall develop a developmentally appropriate
active shooter/intruder drill instructional video that must be
shown to all students at the beginning of each semester, and the
department shall make this video available to all public school
classrooms."
SECTION 3. Section 59-63-920 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-63-920.
The principal or supervising teacher
charter school leader of each school shall
indicate on his monthly pay voucher whether he has
complied comply with the requirements of Section
59-63-910, and should it appear that he has failed to do
so the superintendent of education shall deduct from that
teacher's salary the minimum fine for the first offense and the
maximum fine for each following offense and document
their compliance."
SECTION 4. Section 59-63-930 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 5. Article 9, Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is redesignated "Safety and Security Drills."
SECTION 6. This act takes effect July 1, 2018. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.