Bill Text: IL SB2692 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (instead of may) install a door security locking means on an entrance or classroom door (instead of a door) of a school building. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that during a law enforcement lockdown drill, a school must train students on how to use a door security locking means. Makes conforming changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2692 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2692-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-20.72 and 34-18.65 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-20.72. Door security locking means. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | door locking means intended for use by a trained school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | district employee in a school building for the purpose of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | preventing ingress through a door of the building. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) A school district shall may install a door security | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | locking means on an entrance or classroom a door of a school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | building that prevents to prevent unwanted entry through the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | door and that meets if all of the following requirements are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | met : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (1) The door security locking means can be engaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | without opening the door. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | locking means from the occupied side of the door can be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | accomplished without the use of a key or tool. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (3) The door security locking means complies with all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | applicable State and federal accessibility requirements. |
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1 | (4) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from | ||||||
2 | the occupied side. | ||||||
3 | (5) The door security locking means is capable of | ||||||
4 | being disengaged from the outside by school district | ||||||
5 | employees, and school district employees may use a key or | ||||||
6 | other credentials to unlock the door from the outside. | ||||||
7 | (6) The door security locking means does not modify | ||||||
8 | the door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit | ||||||
9 | hardware. | ||||||
10 | (7) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by | ||||||
11 | the door security locking means do not affect the fire | ||||||
12 | rating of a fire door assembly. | ||||||
13 | (8) School district employees are trained in the | ||||||
14 | engagement and release of the door security locking means, | ||||||
15 | from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency | ||||||
16 | response plan. | ||||||
17 | (9) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the | ||||||
18 | unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means | ||||||
19 | requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors | ||||||
20 | installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and | ||||||
21 | unlatching of a door security locking means requires no | ||||||
22 | more than one releasing operation. If doors installed | ||||||
23 | before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019, | ||||||
24 | the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking | ||||||
25 | means on the replacement door requires no more than one | ||||||
26 | releasing operation. |
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1 | (10) The door security locking means is no more than | ||||||
2 | 48 inches above the finished floor. | ||||||
3 | (11) The door security locking means otherwise | ||||||
4 | complies with the school building code prepared by the | ||||||
5 | State Board of Education under Section 2-3.12. | ||||||
6 | A school district may install a door security locking | ||||||
7 | means that does not comply with paragraph (3) or (10) of this | ||||||
8 | subsection if (i) the school district meets all other | ||||||
9 | requirements under this subsection and (ii) prior to its | ||||||
10 | installation, local law enforcement officials, the local fire | ||||||
11 | department, and the school board agree, in writing, to the | ||||||
12 | installation and use of the door security locking means. The | ||||||
13 | school district must keep the agreement on file and must, upon | ||||||
14 | request, provide the agreement to its regional office of | ||||||
15 | education. The agreement must be included in the school | ||||||
16 | district's filed school safety plan under the School Safety | ||||||
17 | Drill Act. | ||||||
18 | (c) A school district must include the location of any | ||||||
19 | door security locking means and must address the use of the | ||||||
20 | locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room | ||||||
21 | in its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill | ||||||
22 | Act. Local law enforcement officials and the local fire | ||||||
23 | department must be notified of the location of any door | ||||||
24 | security locking means and how to disengage it. Any specific | ||||||
25 | tool needed to disengage the door security locking means from | ||||||
26 | the outside of the room must, upon request, be made available |
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1 | to local law enforcement officials and the local fire | ||||||
2 | department. | ||||||
3 | (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a | ||||||
4 | school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii) | ||||||
5 | during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of | ||||||
6 | students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and | ||||||
7 | (iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire | ||||||
8 | department have been notified of its installation prior to its | ||||||
9 | use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a | ||||||
10 | finite period of time in accordance with the school district's | ||||||
11 | school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act. | ||||||
12 | (e) A school district that has installed a door security | ||||||
13 | locking means shall conduct an in-service training program for | ||||||
14 | school district employees on the proper use of the door | ||||||
15 | security locking means. The school district shall keep a file | ||||||
16 | verifying the employees who have completed the program and | ||||||
17 | must, upon request, provide the file to its regional office of | ||||||
18 | education and the local fire department and local law | ||||||
19 | enforcement agency. | ||||||
20 | (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 | ||||||
21 | releasing operations must be discontinued from use when the | ||||||
22 | door is replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement | ||||||
23 | and new construction door hardware must include mortise locks, | ||||||
24 | compliant with the applicable building code, and must be | ||||||
25 | lockable from the occupied side without opening the door. | ||||||
26 | However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or |
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1 | fire exit hardware is required. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 101-548, eff. 8-23-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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3 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.65) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 34-18.65. Door security locking means. | ||||||
5 | (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a | ||||||
6 | door locking means intended for use by a trained school | ||||||
7 | district employee in a school building for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | preventing ingress through a door of the building. | ||||||
9 | (b) The school district shall may install a door security | ||||||
10 | locking means on an entrance or classroom a door of a school | ||||||
11 | building that prevents to prevent unwanted entry through the | ||||||
12 | door and that meets if all of the following requirements are | ||||||
13 | met : | ||||||
14 | (1) The door security locking means can be engaged | ||||||
15 | without opening the door. | ||||||
16 | (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security | ||||||
17 | locking means from the occupied side of the door can be | ||||||
18 | accomplished without the use of a key or tool. | ||||||
19 | (3) The door security locking means complies with all | ||||||
20 | applicable State and federal accessibility requirements. | ||||||
21 | (4) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from | ||||||
22 | the occupied side. | ||||||
23 | (5) The door security locking means is capable of | ||||||
24 | being disengaged from the outside by school district | ||||||
25 | employees, and school district employees may use a key or |
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1 | other credentials to unlock the door from the outside. | ||||||
2 | (6) The door security locking means does not modify | ||||||
3 | the door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit | ||||||
4 | hardware. | ||||||
5 | (7) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by | ||||||
6 | the door security locking means do not affect the fire | ||||||
7 | rating of a fire door assembly. | ||||||
8 | (8) School district employees are trained in the | ||||||
9 | engagement and release of the door security locking means, | ||||||
10 | from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency | ||||||
11 | response plan. | ||||||
12 | (9) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the | ||||||
13 | unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means | ||||||
14 | requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors | ||||||
15 | installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and | ||||||
16 | unlatching of a door security locking means requires no | ||||||
17 | more than one releasing operation. If doors installed | ||||||
18 | before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019, | ||||||
19 | the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking | ||||||
20 | means on the replacement door requires no more than one | ||||||
21 | releasing operation. | ||||||
22 | (10) The door security locking means is no more than | ||||||
23 | 48 inches above the finished floor. | ||||||
24 | (11) The door security locking means otherwise | ||||||
25 | complies with the school building code prepared by the | ||||||
26 | State Board of Education under Section 2-3.12. |
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1 | The school district may install a door security locking | ||||||
2 | means that does not comply with paragraph (3) or (10) of this | ||||||
3 | subsection if (i) the school district meets all other | ||||||
4 | requirements under this subsection and (ii) prior to its | ||||||
5 | installation, local law enforcement officials, the local fire | ||||||
6 | department, and the board agree, in writing, to the | ||||||
7 | installation and use of the door security locking means. The | ||||||
8 | school district must keep the agreement on file and must, upon | ||||||
9 | request, provide the agreement to the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Education. The agreement must be included in the school | ||||||
11 | district's filed school safety plan under the School Safety | ||||||
12 | Drill Act. | ||||||
13 | (c) The school district must include the location of any | ||||||
14 | door security locking means and must address the use of the | ||||||
15 | locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room | ||||||
16 | in its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill | ||||||
17 | Act. Local law enforcement officials and the local fire | ||||||
18 | department must be notified of the location of any door | ||||||
19 | security locking means and how to disengage it. Any specific | ||||||
20 | tool needed to disengage the door security locking means from | ||||||
21 | the outside of the room must, upon request, be made available | ||||||
22 | to local law enforcement officials and the local fire | ||||||
23 | department. | ||||||
24 | (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a | ||||||
25 | school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii) | ||||||
26 | during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of |
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1 | students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and | ||||||
2 | (iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire | ||||||
3 | department have been notified of its installation prior to its | ||||||
4 | use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a | ||||||
5 | finite period of time in accordance with the school district's | ||||||
6 | school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act. | ||||||
7 | (e) If the school district installs a door security | ||||||
8 | locking means, it must conduct an in-service training program | ||||||
9 | for school district employees on the proper use of the door | ||||||
10 | security locking means. The school district shall keep a file | ||||||
11 | verifying the employees who have completed the program and | ||||||
12 | must, upon request, provide the file to the local fire | ||||||
13 | department and local law enforcement agency. | ||||||
14 | (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 | ||||||
15 | releasing operations must be discontinued from use when the | ||||||
16 | door is replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement | ||||||
17 | and new construction door hardware must include mortise locks, | ||||||
18 | compliant with the applicable building code, and must be | ||||||
19 | lockable from the occupied side without opening the door. | ||||||
20 | However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or | ||||||
21 | fire exit hardware is required. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 101-548, eff. 8-23-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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23 | Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | ||||||
24 | changing Section 20 as follows:
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1 | (105 ILCS 128/20) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local | ||||||
3 | authority participation. | ||||||
4 | (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||||||
5 | minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare | ||||||
6 | students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills | ||||||
7 | must meet all of the following criteria: | ||||||
8 | (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall | ||||||
9 | require the participation of the appropriate local fire | ||||||
10 | department or district. | ||||||
11 | (A) Each local fire department or fire district | ||||||
12 | must contact the appropriate school administrator or | ||||||
13 | his or her designee no later than September 1 of each | ||||||
14 | year in order to arrange for the participation of the | ||||||
15 | department or district in the school evacuation drill. | ||||||
16 | (B) Each school administrator or his or her | ||||||
17 | designee must contact the responding local fire | ||||||
18 | official no later than September 15 of each year and | ||||||
19 | propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the | ||||||
20 | month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of | ||||||
21 | October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire | ||||||
22 | official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and | ||||||
23 | if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that | ||||||
24 | date. | ||||||
25 | (C) The school administrator or his or her | ||||||
26 | designee and the local fire official may also, by |
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1 | mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill, | ||||||
2 | including a date outside of the month of October. | ||||||
3 | (D) If the fire official does not select one of the | ||||||
4 | 4 offered dates in October or set another date by | ||||||
5 | mutual agreement, the requirement that the school | ||||||
6 | include the local fire service in one of its mandatory | ||||||
7 | school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, | ||||||
8 | however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to | ||||||
9 | include the fire service in a school evacuation drill | ||||||
10 | at a mutually agreed-upon time. | ||||||
11 | (E) Upon the participation of the local fire | ||||||
12 | service, the appropriate local fire official shall | ||||||
13 | certify that the school evacuation drill was | ||||||
14 | conducted. | ||||||
15 | (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, | ||||||
16 | the school administrator or his or her designee and | ||||||
17 | the local fire department or fire district may, by | ||||||
18 | mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to | ||||||
19 | waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and | ||||||
20 | (D) of this paragraph (1). | ||||||
21 | Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents | ||||||
22 | may involve the participation of the appropriate local | ||||||
23 | fire department or district. | ||||||
24 | (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation | ||||||
25 | drills to account for other evacuation incidents, | ||||||
26 | including without limitation suspicious items or bomb |
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1 | threats. | ||||||
2 | (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school | ||||||
3 | building that houses school children. | ||||||
4 | (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||||||
5 | minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be | ||||||
6 | accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in | ||||||
7 | all other educational institutions in this State that are | ||||||
8 | supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds | ||||||
9 | and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten | ||||||
10 | through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe | ||||||
11 | bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct | ||||||
12 | additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be | ||||||
13 | conducted at each school building that houses school children. | ||||||
14 | (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established | ||||||
15 | by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to | ||||||
16 | transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection | ||||||
17 | (b) of this Section, provided that the chief school | ||||||
18 | administrator of the private school provides written assurance | ||||||
19 | to the State Board of Education that the private school does | ||||||
20 | not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose | ||||||
21 | during the current academic year. The assurance must be made | ||||||
22 | on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no | ||||||
23 | later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to | ||||||
24 | transport students for any purpose during an academic year | ||||||
25 | when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been | ||||||
26 | filed with the State Board of Education, the private school |
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1 | shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and | ||||||
2 | comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 | ||||||
3 | calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport | ||||||
4 | students, except that, at the discretion of the private | ||||||
5 | school, students chosen for participation in the bus | ||||||
6 | evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students | ||||||
7 | that are utilizing bus transportation. | ||||||
8 | (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law | ||||||
9 | enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting | ||||||
10 | incident. No later than 90 days after the first day of each | ||||||
11 | school year, schools must conduct at least one law enforcement | ||||||
12 | lockdown drill that addresses an active threat or an active | ||||||
13 | shooter within a school building. Such drills must be | ||||||
14 | conducted according to the school district's or private | ||||||
15 | school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and | ||||||
16 | procedures to evaluate the preparedness of school personnel | ||||||
17 | and students. Law enforcement lockdown drills must be | ||||||
18 | conducted on days and times when students are normally present | ||||||
19 | in the school building and must involve participation from all | ||||||
20 | school personnel and students present at school at the time of | ||||||
21 | the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school | ||||||
22 | support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from | ||||||
23 | the lockdown drill. The appropriate local law enforcement | ||||||
24 | agency shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill. | ||||||
25 | All drills must be conducted at each school building that | ||||||
26 | houses school children. |
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1 | (1) A law enforcement lockdown drill must meet all of | ||||||
2 | the following criteria: | ||||||
3 | (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate | ||||||
4 | local law enforcement agency shall contact the | ||||||
5 | appropriate school administrator to request to | ||||||
6 | participate in a law enforcement lockdown drill. The | ||||||
7 | school administrator and local law enforcement agency | ||||||
8 | shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the | ||||||
9 | lockdown drill. | ||||||
10 | (A-5) The lockdown drill shall require the on-site | ||||||
11 | participation of the local law enforcement agency. If | ||||||
12 | a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between | ||||||
13 | the school administrator and the appropriate local law | ||||||
14 | enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold | ||||||
15 | the lockdown drill without participation from the | ||||||
16 | agency. | ||||||
17 | (B) Upon the participation of a local law | ||||||
18 | enforcement agency in a law enforcement lockdown | ||||||
19 | drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official | ||||||
20 | shall certify that the law enforcement lockdown drill | ||||||
21 | was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner | ||||||
22 | of any deficiencies noted during the drill. | ||||||
23 | (C) The lockdown drill must not include | ||||||
24 | simulations that mimic an actual school shooting | ||||||
25 | incident or active shooter event. | ||||||
26 | (D) All lockdown drills must be announced in |
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1 | advance to all school personnel and students prior to | ||||||
2 | the commencement of the drill. | ||||||
3 | (E) Lockdown drill content must be age appropriate | ||||||
4 | and developmentally appropriate. | ||||||
5 | (F) Lockdown drills must include and involve | ||||||
6 | school personnel, including school-based mental health | ||||||
7 | professionals. | ||||||
8 | (G) Lockdown drills must include trauma-informed | ||||||
9 | approaches to address the concerns and well-being of | ||||||
10 | students and school personnel. | ||||||
11 | (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement | ||||||
12 | drills at their discretion. | ||||||
13 | (3) (Blank). | ||||||
14 | (4) School administrators and school support personnel | ||||||
15 | may, in their discretion, exempt a student or students | ||||||
16 | from participating in a walk-through lockdown drill. When | ||||||
17 | deciding whether to exempt a student from participating in | ||||||
18 | a walk-through lockdown drill, the administrator and | ||||||
19 | school support personnel shall include the student's | ||||||
20 | individualized education program team or federal Section | ||||||
21 | 504 plan team in the decision to exempt the student from | ||||||
22 | participating. | ||||||
23 | (5) Schools must provide sufficient information and | ||||||
24 | notification to parents and guardians in advance of any | ||||||
25 | walk-through lockdown drill that involves the | ||||||
26 | participation of students. Schools must also provide to |
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1 | parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child | ||||||
2 | for any reason from participating in the walk-through | ||||||
3 | lockdown drill. | ||||||
4 | (6) Schools must provide alternative safety education | ||||||
5 | and instruction related to an active threat or active | ||||||
6 | shooter event to students who do not participate in a | ||||||
7 | walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential | ||||||
8 | information, training, and instruction through less | ||||||
9 | sensorial safety training methods. | ||||||
10 | (7) During the drill, students must be allowed to ask | ||||||
11 | questions related to the drill. | ||||||
12 | (8) Law enforcement may choose to run an active | ||||||
13 | shooter simulation, including simulated gun fire drills, | ||||||
14 | but only on school days when students are not present. | ||||||
15 | Parental notification is not required for drills conducted | ||||||
16 | pursuant to this paragraph (8) if students are not | ||||||
17 | required to be present. | ||||||
18 | (9) During the drill, the school must train students | ||||||
19 | on how to use a door security locking means as defined | ||||||
20 | under Section 10-20.72 of the School Code. | ||||||
21 | (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a | ||||||
22 | minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to | ||||||
23 | address and prepare students and school personnel for possible | ||||||
24 | tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather | ||||||
25 | and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, | ||||||
26 | including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous |
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