WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 2541

By Delegates R. Thompson, Evans, Lovejoy, Doyle, Hornbuckle, Hicks, Dean, Paynter, Zukoff and Pyles

[Originating in the Committee on the Education, February 19, 2019.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-9F-10, relating to requiring certain safety measures be taken at public schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9F. SCHOOL ACCESS SAFETY ACT.

§18-9F-10. School safety requirements.

In addition to any other requirement contained in this article or the Crisis Response Plan required by §18-9F-9 of this code, each county board of education shall implement a school safety program before September 1, 2019, that at a minimum, requires:

(1) Room numbers to be placed on exterior walls or windows of school buildings, so rooms with exterior walls can be identified by law enforcement and first responders from the outside;

(2) Providing updated floor plans of the school to first responders and local law enforcement by September 1 of each school year;

            (3) First aid training for teachers and students each school year; and

(4) Active shooter training for teachers and students at beginning of each school year.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require certain safety measures be taken at public schools.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.