HB 1279 — Concerning school safety drills.

H-1739.1SUBSTITUTEH-0884.1HOUSE HOUSE BILL 1279State of Washington65th Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy House Education (originally sponsored by Representative Pettigrew)READPettigrewRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/13/17.AN01/16/17. ACT Relating to school safety drills;

Referred to Committee on Education.AN ACT Relating to school safety drills;

and(d) Provide information to all staff on the use of emergency supplies and notification and alert procedures.(4) To the extent funds are available, school districts shall annually record and report on the information and activities required in subsection (3) of this section to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs.(5) School districts are encouraged to work with local emergency management agencies and other emergency responders to conduct one tabletop exercise, one functional exercise, and two full-scale exercises within a four-year period.(6) ((SchoolsSchools shall conduct no less than one safety-related drill each month that school is in session.

Schools shall complete no less than one drill using the school mapping information system, three drills for lockdowns, one drill for earthquake safety that includes drop, cover, and hold, one drill for shelter-in-place, three drills for fire evacuation in accordance with the state fire code, and one other safety-related drill to be determined by the school.

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These drills must teach students three basic functional drill responses:(i) "Shelter-in-place," used to limit the exposure of students and staff to hazardous materials, such as chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants, released into the environment by isolating the inside environment from the outside;(ii) "Lockdown," used to isolate students and staff from threats of violence, such as suspicious trespassers or armed intruders, that may occur in a school or in the vicinity of a school;

and(iii) "Evacuation," used to move students and staff away from threats, such as fires, oil train spills, or tsunamis.(c) The drills described in (b) of this subsection must incorporate the following requirements:(i) An earthquake drill using the state-approved earthquake safety technique "drop, cover, and hold";(ii) Use of the school mapping information system in at least one of the safety-related drills;

and(iii) A pedestrian evacuation drill for schools in mapped tsunami hazard zones.(d) Schools shall document the date, time, and type (shelter-in-place, lockdown, or evacuate) of each drill required under this subsection (6), and maintain the documentation in the school office.(e) This subsection (6) is intended to satisfy all federal requirements for comprehensive school emergency drills and evacuations.(7) Educational service districts are encouraged to apply for federal emergency response and crisis management grants with the assistance of the superintendent of public instruction and the Washington emergency management division of the state military department.(8) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules to implement provisions of this section.