H.B. 422

UNDERSTANDING

YOUR

ROLE

HB422 Overview• Extends requirement for adopting a Safety Plan to

all community (charter) schools and chartered non-public schools

• Update Safety Plan every 3 years• Copies of Safety Plan and blueprints to be filed

with Law Enforcement Agencies• Copies of Safety Plan and floor plan with

Attorney General• Access to schools for Law Enforcement

Emergency Response Training

Who needs to Comply with HB 422

• Any Public School District, Community School, Chartered Non Public or Daycare Facility with more than 20 students (Except those licensed through the Ohio Dept of Jobs and Family Services)

Safety Drill• Complete by April 1, 2007 then December 1st

each year thereafter• 72 hour minimum prior notification to Law

Enforcement advising of the location, date and time of drill

• Post notification to Law Enforcement indicating completion of the drill, including location, date and time.

• Keep on file at the school these notifications as compliance records

Safety Plans

• Copy to County Sheriff for each building• Copy to Local Law Enforcement (if applicable)• Include: Security Survey (included with Safety

Plan) and full set of architectural blueprints• Must be updated every three (3) years or when any

major modification to the school building necessitates changes to the plan

• Upon request to local Fire Department

Ohio Attorney General

• Copy of Safety Plan and floor plan for each school

• Send to:

Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police

Attn: School Safety Plan

6277 Riverside Dr.

Dublin, Ohio 43017

Help With Safety Plan

• The Ohio Resource Network for Safe and Drug Free Schools (University of Cincinnati) offers, at no charge, a model safety plan.

• Located at http://www.ebasedprevention.org/school_safety_planning.asp?id=2818