The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida announces the following Board Policy action will be taken at its meeting on:
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 1:00 P.M. School Board Auditorium 1450 N.E. Second Avenue Miami, Florida 33132
To Amend Board Policies 8405, School Safety, 8410, Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Response, and 8420.01, SevereWeather Emergency Management and Preparedness as follows: The amendments to Policy 8405, School Safety, include: (1) the Superintendent’s responsibility to develop procedures related to the assignment of safe-school officers at every school facility in the District; training for safe-school officers; and required notifications to the Office of Safe Schools when a safe-school officer discharges a firearm in exercise of his or her duty or is disciplined for misconduct, dismissed, reassigned, moved, placed on administrative leave or reassigned pending investigation; (2) the responsibility of the District’s School Safety Specialist to review District and charter school safety and security policies at least annually; complete required trainings; identify and correct instances of noncompliance with school safety requirements; and provide notice of suspected deficiencies to the Superintendent immediately; (3) requirements related to the composition, training, meeting requirements, and reporting of data by threat assessment teams; (4) that the District’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) include an active assailant response plan and a mobile panic alert system, also known as "Alyssa’s Alert;" (5) the right of parents to access school safety and discipline incidents; (6) that student identification cards issued by the District to students in grades 6 through 12 include the telephone numbers for national or statewide crisis and suicide hotlines and text lines; (7) the right of parents to access SESIR data; (8) the Board’s policies related to zero tolerance for threats; (8) the right of parents to receive timely notification of threats, as determined in coordination with the District’s threat assessment team process, unlawful acts, and significant emergencies, certain arrests of employees, and the requirement for the Superintendent to develop procedures for such notifications, as required by the statutory and Office of Safe Schools rule revisions; and (9) charter schools responsibilities for school safety requirements. The amendments to Policies 8410, Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Response, and 8420.01, Severe Weather Emergency Management and Preparedness, cross-reference the right of parents to receive timely notification of threats, unlawful acts, and significant emergencies, and the requirement for procedures for such notifications. The amendments to Policy 8410 also include requirements for an active assailant response plan and a mobile panic alert system. These policies are presented for initial reading as a result of revisions to Florida Administrative Code Rule 6A-1.0018, effective November 23, 2021.
Specific Authority: Sections 1001.41 (1), (2), (5), Fla. Stat. Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: Sections 1001.43(1), (11), 1002.33(9)(e), 1006.07(4), (10), 1006.12(2)(c), 1011.62(16), Fla. Stat.; Fla. Admin. Code r. 6A-1.0018.
If requested, a Hearing will be held during the February 9, 2022 School Board meeting. Persons requesting such a hearing must submit a written request to the Superintendent of Schools, Room 912, same address as above, by January 13, 2022. The policy will be effective upon filing with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida on February 9, 2022. A person wishing to appeal any decision made by The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, with respect to any action on this policy should ensure the preparation of a verbatim record of the proceedings, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Copies of the policy and the notice of intended action are available to the public for inspection and copying at cost in the Citizen Information Center, Room 102, 1450 N.E. Second Avenue, Miami, Florida.
Alberto M. Carvalho Superintendent of Schools 12/20 21-91/0000569362M
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