HB 2648-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires, within existing resources, each institution of higher education to provide to all students, faculty, and staff, and upon request to other interested persons, an emergency management and response plan.

Requires each institution of higher education to enter into memoranda of understanding that set forth responsibilities for the various local jurisdictions in the event of a campus emergency.

Requires each institution of higher education to take the following actions: (1) Submit a self-study assessing its ability to ensure the safety of students, faculty, staff, administration, and visitors on each campus, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of these measures;

(2) Submit to the higher education coordinating board an action plan and timelines describing plans to maximize program effectiveness for the next two biennia; and

(3) Submit an update to its plan, including an assessment of the results of activities undertaken under any previous year's plan to address unmet safety and security issues, and additional activities, or modifications of current activities, to be undertaken to address remaining safety and security issues at the institution.