April 13, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1941 PA 207, entitled
"Fire prevention code,"
by amending section 19 (MCL 29.19), as amended by 2014 PA 481.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 19. (1) The chief administrative officer and the teachers
of all schools, including state supported schools, and the owner,
or owner's representative, of all school dormitories shall have a
fire drill each month and ensure unrestricted emergency egress
during school hours and when the school is open to the public. Each
teacher in a school, including a state supported school, and the
owner or owner's representative of a school dormitory shall comply
with these requirements and keep a record of the drills.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a minimum of 8 fire
drills is required for each school year. If weather conditions do
not permit fire drills to be held at least once a month, then at
least 5 fire drills shall be held in the fall of each year and 3
fire drills shall be held during the remaining part of the school
year.
(3) A minimum of 5 fire drills is required for each school
year for a school that operates any of grades kindergarten to 12.
Three of the fire drills shall be held by December 1 of the school
year, and 2 shall be held during the remaining part of the school
year, with a reasonable spacing interval between each drill.
(4) A minimum of 2 tornado safety drills is required for each
school year at the schools and facilities described in subsection
(1). At least 1 of the tornado safety drills shall be conducted
during March of the school year. These drills shall be conducted
for the purpose of preventing injuries caused by severe weather.
(5)
A minimum of The governing
body of a school that operates
any of grades kindergarten to 12 shall ensure that not fewer than 3
drills in which the occupants of the school building are restricted
to the interior of the school building are conducted and that the
school
building is secured is required
for each school year at a
school
that operates any of grades kindergarten to 12. during the
drills. At least 1 of these drills shall be conducted by December 1
of the school year, and at least 1 shall be conducted after January
1 of the school year, with a reasonable spacing interval between
each drill. A drill conducted under this subsection shall include
security measures that are appropriate to an emergency such as the
release of a hazardous material or the presence of a potentially
dangerous individual on or near the premises. The governing body of
a school shall seek input from the administration of the school and
local public safety officials on the nature of the drills to be
conducted under this subsection. Within 5 days after the conclusion
of a drill under this subsection, the governing body of a school
shall notify the department of state police that the drill has been
conducted.
(6) A school that operates any of grades kindergarten to 12
shall conduct at least 1 of the drills required by this section
during a lunch or recess period, or at another time when a
significant number of the students are gathered but not in the
classroom.
(7) For a school that operates any of grades kindergarten to
12, the governing body of the school shall ensure that
documentation of a completed school safety drill is posted on its
website within 30 school days after the drill is completed and is
maintained on the website for at least 3 years. For a school
operated by a school district or intermediate school district, the
documentation may be posted on the district website. The
documentation posted on the website shall include at least all of
the following:
(a) The name of the school.
(b) The school year of the drill.
(c) The date and time of the drill.
(d) The type of drill completed.
(e) The number of completed drills for that school year for
each type of drill required under subsections (3) to (5).
(f) The signature of the school principal or his or her
designee acknowledging the completion of the drill.
(g) The name of the individual in charge of conducting the
drill, if other than the school principal.
(8) Not later than September 15 of each school year, the chief
administrator of a school that operates any of grades kindergarten
to 12, or his or her designee, shall provide a list of the
scheduled drill days for the school buildings operated by the
school, school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy to the county emergency management coordinator
appointed under section 9 of the emergency management act, 1976 PA
390, MCL 30.409. A scheduled drill that is not conducted on a
scheduled drill day due to conditions not within the control of
school authorities, such as severe storms, fires, epidemics,
utility power unavailability, water or sewer failure, or health
conditions as defined by the city, county, or state health
authorities,
will shall not result in a violation of this section
as
long as if the school conducts the minimum number of drills
required under subsections (3), (4), and (5), the school
reschedules the drill to occur within 10 school days after the
scheduled date of the canceled drill, and the chief administrator
notifies the county emergency management coordinator of the
rescheduled date for the drill. The county emergency management
coordinator shall provide this information to the appropriate local
emergency
management coordinator appointed under that section,
section 9 of the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.409,
if any, and, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local
emergency operations plans, to the department of state police
district coordinator and the county sheriff for the county or the
chief of police or fire chief for the municipality where the school
is located, or the designee of the sheriff, chief of police, or
fire chief. The information provided under this subsection is
exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976
PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(9) A public school that operates any of grades kindergarten
to 12 shall not conduct a drill required under this section at a
time that would interfere with the conduct of a state-mandated
assessment.
(10) The state fire marshal, a fire chief, or a firefighter in
uniform acting under orders and directions of the fire chief may
cause fire drills to be held in school houses, school dormitories,
and other public buildings as the state fire marshal considers
advisable. The state fire marshal may order the installation of
other protective apparatus or equipment that conforms to recognized
and approved modern practices.
(11) The department of state police emergency management and
homeland security division shall develop a model to be used by a
school in conducting a drill under subsection (5).
(12) The governing body of a school that operates any of
grades kindergarten to 12 shall adopt and implement a cardiac
emergency response plan for the school. The cardiac emergency
response plan shall address and provide for at least all of the
following:
(a) Use and regular maintenance of automated external
defibrillators, if available.
(b) Activation of a cardiac emergency response team during an
identified cardiac emergency.
(c) A plan for effective and efficient communication
throughout the school campus.
(d) If the school includes grades 9 to 12, a training plan for
the use of an automated external defibrillator and in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques.
(e) Incorporation and integration of the local emergency
response system and emergency response agencies with the school's
plan.
(f) An annual review and evaluation of the cardiac emergency
response plan.
(13) As used in this section:
(a) "School" does not include a postsecondary educational
institution as defined in section 19a.
(b) "School dormitory" does not include a postsecondary
educational institution dormitory as defined in section 19a.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.