HB 4222 — Education: safety; procedures for school emergency operations plans; modify. Amends sec. 1308b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1308b).

HB-4222, As Passed House, May 14, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

(1) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, By not later than July 1, 2026, and at least biennially thereafter, every 3 school years thereafter, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, oror, subject to subsection (10), a nonpublic schoolschool, shall, in conjunction with at least 1 law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, or nonpublic school, conduct a review of the emergency operations plan developed or adopted under described in subsection (2), including a review of the CRM H00215'25 (H-2)(H-3)_HB4222_APH_1 f9sdr1oktpga 1 review of the vulnerability assessment under described in subsection (3), or conduct a review of the statewide school safety information policy described under in subsection (4), as applicable.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), not later than January 1, 2020, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, oror, subject to subsection (10), a nonpublic school shall develop and adopt, and by not later than July 1, 2026 and every 3 school years thereafter, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall update, with input from the public, an emergency operations plan for each school building operated by the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.

By not later than July 1, 2026 and every 3 school years thereafter, subject to subsection (10), a nonpublic school shall update the emergency operations plan for each school building operated by the nonpublic school.

CRM H00215'25 (H-3)_HB4222_APH_1 oktpga 1 (e) Weather-related emergencies.

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(n) The installation and use of the temporary locking devices or systems described in section 1d of 1937 PA 306, MCL 388.851d, if applicable.installed by the school.

(5) A school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, oror, subject to subsection (10), a nonpublic school shall provide notice to the department of a completed emergency operations plan review under subsection (1) by not later than 30 days after the completion of the review, in a form and manner prescribed by the department.

CRM H00215'25 (H-3)_HB4222_APH_1 oktpga 1 (6) At least annually, the department shall provide to the CRM H00215'25 (H-2) f9sdr1 1 office of school safety within the department of state police a list of each school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, or nonpublic school that has not developed and adopted or updated an emergency operations plan under subsection (2).

(7) The office of school safety within the department of state police shall coordinate with a law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, oror, subject to subsection (10), a nonpublic school that has not developed and adopted or updated an emergency operations plan under subsection (2) to notify the governing body of the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, or nonpublic school that the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy, or nonpublic school has not developed and adopted or updated an emergency operations plan.

(9) By not later than July 1, 2026, the board of a school district or intermediate school district, board of directors of a public school academy, oror, subject to subsection (10), the governing body of a nonpublic school shall ensure that each school operated by the board, board of directors, or governing body has a CRM H00215'25 (H-3)_HB4222_APH_1 oktpga 1 school crisis team that is responsible for handling a crisis in the event of a safety incident.

The school crisis team's responsibilities include, but CRM H00215'25 (H-2) f9sdr1 1 are not limited to, initiating a lockdown procedure, assisting in evacuation of pupils and staff from the school building, and overseeing parent and pupil reunification.

(e) Any other appropriate school personnel.personnel, as determined by the principal of the school.

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