SCHOOL EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO S.B. 991 (S-1):
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 991 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Student Safety Act to require that at least biannually, the governing body of a school provide to the Department of State Police current emergency contact information at which a school official could receive information at all times.
The Act requires the Department of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Department of State Police, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education, to establish a program for receiving reports and other information from the public regarding potential self-harm and potential harm or criminal acts directed at school students, school employees, or schools in the State.
The program (commonly called OK2SAY) must include a hotline for receiving reports and other information. The program also must provide for a means to review all information submitted through the hotline and to direct those reports and that information, including any analysis of the potential threat, to local law enforcement officials and school officials.
The bill would require that at least biannually, the governing body of a school provide to the Department of State Police current emergency contact information for at least one school official to ensure that a school official was able to receive that information at all times. If a governing body provided contact information for more than one school official, the governing body would have to specify the days and times that each school official was available to receive information.
MCL 752.913 Legislative Analyst: Nathan Leaman
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would add minimal costs to the Department of State Police and local schools. The Department would experience minimal costs from increased processing of emergency contact information of each school official. However, since the Department already maintains emergency contact information, the bill would increase only the number of schools that send the Department this information. Local schools would experience only minimal costs associated with providing emergency contract information to the Department of State Police.
Date Completed: 5-24-18 Fiscal Analyst: Cory Savino
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.