118.07 Health and safety requirements.

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(1)Every school board and the governing body of every private school shall provide a standard first aid kit for use in cases of emergency.

1. Once each month, without previous warning, the person having direct charge of any public or private school shall drill all pupils in the proper method of departure from the building in case of a fire, except when the person having direct charge deems that the health of the pupils may be endangered by inclement weather conditions. At least twice annually, without previous warning, the person having direct charge of any public or private school shall drill all pupils in the proper method of evacuation to a safe location in case of a tornado or other hazard.

At least twice annually, without previous warning, the person having direct charge of any public or private school shall drill all pupils in the proper method of evacuation or other appropriate action in case of a school safety incident. The public and private school safety drill shall be based on the school safety plan adopted under sub.

(4). A safety drill may be substituted for any other drill required under this subdivision. The school board or governing body of the private school shall maintain for at least 7 years a record of each fire drill, tornado or other hazard drill, and school safety drill conducted.

2. Notwithstanding subd. 1. , if a person having direct charge of a public or private school determines that providing previous warning of a drill required under subd. 1. is in the best interest of pupils attending the school, the person having direct charge of the public or private school may provide previous warning of the drill.

(b)In each community having a recognized fire department, the person having direct charge of any public or private school shall annually file a report pertaining to such drills, on a form furnished by the department of safety and professional services, with the chief of the fire department. When no fire drill is held during any month, or when only one or no tornado or other hazard drill is held in a year, the person having direct charge of the school shall state the reasons in the report.

(a)Each school board and the governing body of each private school shall have in effect a school safety plan.

(b)A school safety plan shall be created with the active participation of appropriate parties, as specified by the school board or governing body of the private school. The appropriate parties may include the department of justice, local law enforcement officers, fire fighters, school administrators, teachers, pupil services professionals, as defined in s. 118.257

(c), and mental health professionals. Before creating or updating a school safety plan, a school board or governing body of a private school shall, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency, conduct an on-site safety assessment of each school building, site, and facility that is regularly occupied by pupils. The on-site assessment shall include playgrounds, athletic facilities or fields, and any other property that is occupied by pupils on a regular basis.

(bm)A school safety plan shall include all of the following:

1. An individualized safety plan for each school building and facility that is regularly occupied by pupils. The individualized safety plan shall include any real property related to the school building or facility that is regularly occupied by pupils.

2. General guidelines specifying procedures for emergency prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

3. Guidelines and procedures to address school violence and attacks, threats of school violence and attacks, bomb threats, fire, weather-related emergencies, intruders, parent-student reunification, and threats to non-classroom events, including recess, concerts and other performances, athletic events, and any other extracurricular activity or event.

4. The process for reviewing the methods for conducting drills required to comply with the plan.

(c)The school board or governing body of the private school shall determine which persons are required to receive school safety plan training and the frequency of the training. The training shall be based upon the school district’s or private school’s prioritized needs, risks, and vulnerabilities.

1. In this paragraph, “interactive critical mapping data” has the meaning given in s. 165.88

(ac).

2. Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par.

(a)and upon each review of a school safety plan under par.

(d), a school board shall submit a copy of the most recent blueprints or interactive critical mapping data for each school building and facility in the school district to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over any portion of the school district and to the office of school safety. Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par.

(a)and upon each review of a safety plan under par.

(d), a governing body of a private school shall submit a copy of the most recent blueprints or interactive critical mapping data for the private school and all of its facilities to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the private school and to the office of school safety.

(cm)Neither a school board nor a governing body of a private school may include in a school safety plan any of the following:

1. A requirement for an employee to contact a school administrator, school official, or any other person before calling the telephone number “911.”

2. A prohibition against an employee reporting school violence or a threat of school violence directly to a law enforcement agency.

3. A prohibition against an employee reporting a suspicious individual or activity directly to a law enforcement agency.

(cp)Each school board and the governing body of each private school shall ensure that, at each school building regularly occupied by pupils, pupils are drilled, at least annually, in the proper response to a school violence event in accordance with the school safety plan in effect for that school building. The person having direct charge of the school building at which a drill is held under this paragraph shall submit a brief written evaluation of the drill to the school board or governing body of the private school within 30 days of holding the drill. The school board or governing body of the private school shall review all written evaluation submitted under this paragraph. A drill under this paragraph may be substituted for a school safety drill required under sub.

(a).

(d)Each school board and the governing body of each private school shall review and approve the school safety plan at least once every 3 years after the plan goes into effect.