State-Level Safety Team — Template for Safety and Emergency Response Plans
Checkout our iOS App for a better way to browser and research.
The commissioner of education shall establish a state-level safety team, which shall assist LEAs and schools with compliance with this part as reasonably necessary. As part of the assistance, the state-level safety team shall publish a template for use by districts in preparing their district-level safety plans and building-level emergency response plans, which template shall outline the responsibilities of the LEAs and individual schools in complying with this part. The state-level safety team shall regularly review and update the template.
The commissioner shall appoint the members of the state-level safety team, including:
A representative of the department of safety;
A representative of the Tennessee bureau of investigation;
A representative of homeland security;
A representative of the department of mental health and substance abuse services;
A representative of the emergency medical services of the department of health;
A representative of the state board of education;
A representative of the Tennessee association of school resource officers; and
A representative of the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The commissioner may also appoint a representative from each of the following:
Directors of schools;
Members of local boards of education;
The Tennessee alternative education association;
Public school teachers;
The Tennessee association of mental health organizations;
School counselors and psychologists;
Parents of students enrolled in public schools;
Tennessee students between sixteen (16) and twenty-four (24) years of age; and