SB 5543-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Recognizes that comprehensive safe school plans for each public school are of paramount importance and will help to assure students, parents, guardians, school employees, and school administrators that our schools provide the safest possible learning environment.

     Provides that, by June 1, 2002, within existing resources, the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with representatives from the emergency management division of the state military department, educators, classified staff, principals, superintendents, administrators, the American society for industrial security, the state criminal justice training commission, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and others as determined by the superintendent, shall provide guidance to school districts in developing comprehensive safe school plans for each school.

     Requires the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with school district superintendents, to establish timelines for school districts to develop individual comprehensive safe school plans.  The superintendent of public instruction shall require school districts to periodically report progress on their comprehensive safe school plans.