SB 1216 — AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS.

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121625-102 Senate,AN MarchACT 5,CONCERNING 2025SCHOOL TheEMERGENCY CommitteeRESPONSE onSYSTEMS. Children reported through SEN.

MAHER, C.

of the 26th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS.

Section 84 of public act 13-3, as amended by section 15 of public act 13-122, section 191 of public act 13-247, section 73 of public act 14-98, section 1 of public act 15-5, section 1 of public act 16-171, section 1 of public act 17-68, section 490 of public act 17-2 of the June special session and section 73 of public act 20-1, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2025):

(a) The Departments of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Administrative Services and Education shall jointly administer a school security infrastructure competitive grant program to reimburse (1) a town, (2) a regional educational service center, (3) the governing authority for a state charter school, (4) the Department of Education on behalf of the technical high school system, (5) an incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-34 of the general statutes, (6) the supervisory agent for a nonpublic school, and (7) a licensed child care sSB1216center /or Fileprivate preschool operator that has received threats, provided no family child care providers may be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section, for certain expenses for schools, centers or Substitute Senate Bill No.

371216 1preschools sSB1216incurred Fileon No.or after January 1, 2013, for:

37 center or private preschool operator that has received threats, provided no family child care providers may be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section, for certain expenses for schools, centers or preschools incurred on or after January 1, 2013, for:

Prior to the date that the School Safety Infrastructure Council makes its initial submission of the school safety infrastructure standards, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-292r of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioners of Administrative Services and Education, shall determine which expenses are eligible for reimbursementundertheprogram.OnandafterthedatethattheSchool Safety Infrastructure Council submits the school safety infrastructure standards, the decision to approve or deny an application and the sSB1216Public /Act File No.

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371216 determination of which expenses are eligible for reimbursement under the program shall be in accordance with the most recent submission of the school safety infrastructure standards, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-292r of the general statutes.

(4) The superintendent of the technical high school system may apply, at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner of EmergencyServicesandPublicProtectionprescribes,totheDepartment of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a grant for certain expenses for schools in the technical high school system incurred on or afterPublic JanuaryAct 1,No. 2013, for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.

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371216 3after sSB1216January File1, No.2013, for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.

37The department shall decide whether to approve or deny an application and which expenses are eligible for reimbursement under the program.

(B) Ten per cent of the funds available under the program shall be awardedPublic toAct theNo. supervisory agents of nonpublic schools and licensed childcare center or private preschooloperatorsdescribedinsubdivision (7) of subsection (a) of this section, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (6) of subsection (c) of this section.

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371216 4awarded sSB1216to Filethe No.supervisory agents of nonpublic schools and licensed childcare center or private preschooloperatorsdescribedinsubdivision (7) of subsection (a) of this section, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (6) of subsection (c) of this section.

37 (c) (1) A town may receive a grant equal to a percentage of its eligible expenses.

(4)Public TheAct DepartmentNo. of Education, on behalf of the technical high school system, may receive a grant equal to one hundred per cent of its eligible expenses.

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1216 (4) The Department of Education, on behalf of the technical high school system, may receive a grant equal to one hundred per cent of its eligible expenses.

Such ranking shall be determined by (A) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261 of the sSB1216general /statutes, Fileof No.each town which at the time of application for such school security infrastructure competitive grant has designated such school as the high school for such town for a period of not less than five years from the date of such application, by such town's percentile ranking, asdetermined insubsection(a)ofsection10-285aofthegeneral statutes,(B)addingtogetherthefiguresforeachtowndeterminedunder subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns which designate the school as their high school under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.

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37 general statutes, of each town which at the time of application for such school security infrastructure competitive grant has designated such school as the high school for such town for a period of not less than five years from the date of such application, by such town's percentile ranking, asdetermined insubsection(a)ofsection10-285aofthegeneral statutes,(B)addingtogetherthefiguresforeachtowndeterminedunder subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns which designate the school as their high school under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.

(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, if there are not sufficient funds to provide grants to all towns, based on the percentage determined pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioners of Administrative Services and Education, shall give priority to applicants on behalf of schools with the greatest need for securityPublic infrastructure,Act asNo. determined by said commissioners based on school building security assessments of the schools under the jurisdiction of the town's school district conducted pursuant to this subdivision.

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1216 security infrastructure, as determined by said commissioners based on school building security assessments of the schools under the jurisdiction of the town's school district conducted pursuant to this subdivision.

To be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section, an sSB1216applicantboardofeducationshall(A)demonstratethatithasdeveloped /and Fileperiodically No.practices an emergency plan at the schools under its jurisdiction and that such plan has been developed in concert with applicable state or local first-responders, and (B) provide for a uniform assessment of the schools under its jurisdiction, including any security infrastructure, using the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities' Safe Schools Facilities Checklist.

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37 applicantboardofeducationshall(A)demonstratethatithasdeveloped and periodically practices an emergency plan at the schools under its jurisdiction and that such plan has been developed in concert with applicable state or local first-responders, and (B) provide for a uniform assessment of the schools under its jurisdiction, including any security infrastructure, using the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities' Safe Schools Facilities Checklist.

Of the applicants on behalf of such schools with the greatestPublic needAct forNo. security infrastructure, said commissioners shall give first priority to applicants on behalf of schools that have no security infrastructure at the time of such school building security assessment and succeeding priority to applicants on behalf of schools located in priority school districts pursuant to section 10-266p of the general statutes.

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1216 greatest need for security infrastructure, said commissioners shall give first priority to applicants on behalf of schools that have no security infrastructure at the time of such school building security assessment and succeeding priority to applicants on behalf of schools located in priority school districts pursuant to section 10-266p of the general statutes.

The assessment shall be conducted under sSB1216the /supervision Fileof No.the local law enforcement agency.

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37 the supervision of the local law enforcement agency.

To be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section, an applicant supervisory agent for a nonpublic school or licensed child care center or private preschool operator described in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of this section shallPublic (A)Act demonstrateNo. that it has developed and periodically practices an emergency plan at the school, center or preschool under its jurisdiction and that such plan has been developed in concert with applicable state or local first-responders, and (B) provide for a uniform assessment of the schools, centers or preschools under its jurisdiction, including any security infrastructure, using the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities' Safe Schools Facilities Checklist.