HOUSE BILL No. 4801


     May 22, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Cassis, Toy, Vander Veen, Ruth Johnson, Stewart, Howell, Raczkowski, Richner, Pestka, Bisbee and
Lockwood and referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1292.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 1292.  (1) A TEACHER, PRINCIPAL, BUS DRIVER, OR OTHER

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      EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO BECOMES AWARE OF A THREAT OF

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      HARM MADE BY A STUDENT, FORMER STUDENT, OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL

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      OR GROUP AGAINST ANOTHER STUDENT, OR AGAINST A TEACHER, PRINCI-

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      PAL, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE, OR AGAINST THE SCHOOL BUILDING OR OTHER

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      SCHOOL PROPERTY SHALL NOTIFY A PRINCIPAL OR ADMINISTRATOR OF THE

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      THREAT.

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           (2) UPON BEING NOTIFIED OF A THREAT, A PRINCIPAL OR ADMINIS-

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      TRATOR OF A SCHOOL SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:






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           (A) NOTIFY THE STUDENT, FORMER STUDENT, OR THE STUDENT'S OR

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      FORMER STUDENT'S PARENTS OR GUARDIAN, OR THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL

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      AGAINST WHOM THE THREAT OF HARM WAS MADE OF THE THREAT.

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           (B) IF THE THREAT IS CONSIDERED CREDIBLE, REPORT IT TO THE

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      APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

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           (3) WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,

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      THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL POLICY FOR EACH SCHOOL DIS-

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      TRICT TO CONSIDER ON THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO A THREAT OF HARM

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      TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR SCHOOL PROPERTY.

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           (4) WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE DEPARTMENT PUBLISHES THE MODEL

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      POLICY UNDER SUBSECTION (3), EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ADOPT A

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      POLICY ON THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO A THREAT OF HARM TO A STU-

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      DENT, TEACHER, OR OTHER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OR TO SCHOOL PROPERTY.

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           (5) UPON ADOPTING THE POLICY UNDER SUBSECTION (4), EACH

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL FILE THE POLICY WITH THE INTERMEDIATE

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

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           (6) EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A

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      RECORD ON EACH INCIDENT INVOLVING A THREAT OF HARM TO A STUDENT,

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      TEACHER, OR OTHER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.



















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