MA H594

Bill

MA H594

Requiring critical incident drills in schools

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to requiring critical incident drills in schools. Education.

AI Summary

This bill requires school superintendents to work with local fire and police chiefs to develop a critical incident plan for each school building that includes procedures for disasters, shootings, terrorist activities, and bomb threats. The plan must establish a critical incident drill program, a crisis response team, a communication plan, and policies for safe entrance and exit as well as maintaining order during an incident. Schools must review and update the plan annually, and police must conduct unannounced critical incident drills at each school at least twice per year.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (2)

Gerry Cassidy (D), Tom Walsh (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4431 (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H594

(20 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H594
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H594.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1377	To increase the penalty for school tardiness	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3853	Relative to the operation of charter schools in the city of New Bedford	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H405	Relative to the charter school reimbursement rate for the town of Foxborough	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H421	Requiring food allergen certification in vocational schools	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H437	Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies	Accompanied a new draft, see H4426	Similar To
H4431	Relative to safety and violence education for students (the SAVE Students Act)	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaced by
H524	Relative to the disclosure of information of public school athletic resources and interscholastic athletic authorized representatives	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H557	Relative to instruction in pregnancy and prenatal care	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
S1113	Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2711	Similar To
S1582	Relative to non-public school service	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S2324	Establishing a hate crimes grant program	Accompanied a new draft, see S2581	Similar To
S2398	To establish food allergy plans	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S253	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S261	Relative to the availability of sunscreen for students	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S272	Relative to substance use education in public schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S306	To strengthen charter school data reporting	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S307	To strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S314	Relative to local approval for charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S330	Relative to physical and social recess in schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S731	Relative to the promotion of mental health education in Massachusetts high schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1377

To increase the penalty for school tardiness

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H3853

Relative to the operation of charter schools in the city of New Bedford

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H405

Relative to the charter school reimbursement rate for the town of Foxborough

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H421

Requiring food allergen certification in vocational schools

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H437

Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies

Accompanied a new draft, see H4426

Similar To

H4431

Relative to safety and violence education for students (the SAVE Students Act)

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Replaced by

H524

Relative to the disclosure of information of public school athletic resources and interscholastic athletic authorized representatives

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H557

Relative to instruction in pregnancy and prenatal care

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

S1113

Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools

Accompanied a new draft, see S2711

Similar To

S1582

Relative to non-public school service

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S2324

Establishing a hate crimes grant program

Accompanied a new draft, see S2581

Similar To

S2398

To establish food allergy plans

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S253

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S261

Relative to the availability of sunscreen for students