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CODE OF RHODE ISLAND RULES
AGENCY 14. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SUB-AGENCY 000. GENERAL
CHAPTER 011. SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
14 000 011. SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS
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Section 37.0 School Safety Plans/School Safety Teams/School Crisis Response Teams.
37.1 In accordance with section 16-21-23 of the RIGL, the school committee of each town, city, and regional school department shall adopt a comprehensive school safety plan regarding crisis intervention, emergency response, and management. The plan shall be developed by a school safety team comprised of representatives of the school committee, representatives of student, teacher, and parent organizations, school safety personnel, school administration, and members of local law enforcement, fire, and emergency personnel. Members of the school safety team shall be appointed by the school committee of the town, city, or regional school district.
37.2 As part of the school safety planning process, individual school crisis response teams shall be established by the school committee of each town, city, and regional school department. The school crisis response team shall be comprised of those selected school personnel willing to serve as members of a psychological response team to address the psychological and emotional needs of the school community.
37.3 School safety plans, as required by Chapter 16-21 RIGL, shall include and address, but not to be limited to, the following policies and procedures:
1. policies and procedures for responding to violence by students, teachers, other school personnel as well as visitors to the school;
2. policies and procedures for responding to acts of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel and visitors to the school;
3. appropriate prevention and intervention strategies which are based on data to target priority needs and which make use of effective actions based on currently accepted best practice;
4. collaborative arrangements with state and local law enforcement officials, designed to ensure that school safety officers and other security personnel are adequately trained, including being trained to de-escalate potentially violent situations, and are effectively and fairly recruited;
5. policies and procedures for contacting appropriate law enforcement officials and EMS/Fire, in the event of a violent incident;
6. policies and procedures for notification and activation of the school crisis response team;
7. policies and procedures for contacting parents, guardians, or persons in parental relation to the students of the city, town, or region in the event of a violent incident;
8. policies and procedures relating to school building security, including where appropriate, the use of school safety officers and/or security devices or procedures;
9. policies and procedures for the dissemination of informative materials regarding the early detection of potentially violent behaviors, including but not limited to, the identification of family, community, and environmental factors, to teachers, administrators, school personnel, persons in parental relation to students of the city, town, or region students and others persons deemed appropriate to receive that information;
10. policies and procedures for annual school safety training and a review of the school crisis response plan for staff and students;
11. protocols for responding to bomb threats, hostage-takings, intrusions, kidnappings, acts of terrorism, or natural disasters;
12. strategies for improving communication among students and between students and staff and reporting of potentially violent incidents, such as the establishment of youth-run programs, peer mediation, conflict resolution, creating a forum or designating a mentor for students concerned with bullying or violence, and establishing anonymous reporting mechanisms for school violence; and
13. a description of the duties of hall monitors and any other school safety personnel, including the school crisis response team, and the training requirements of all personnel acting in a school security capacity.
37.4 The school safety plan shall include a provision that the school administrator shall file an evacuation plan for students with disabilities with the local fire department.
37.5 School safety plans, as required by Chapter 16-21 RIGL, shall further include school emergency response plans specific to each school building contained within each city, town, or regional school district. School emergency response plans shall include, and address, but not be limited to, the elements stipulated in section 16-21-24 RIGL.
37.6 Each city, town, or regional department school safety plan and school emergency response plans shall be reviewed on an annual basis by the school committee and updated as appropriate.
37.7 The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and school committee shall make each city, town, or regional department school safety plan and school emergency response plan available for public comment at least thirty (30) days prior to its adoption. All meetings of school safety teams shall comply with the open meetings law pursuant to Chapter 42-46 RIGL.
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**Note: Only the section analyzed by the PHASYS team is included here as the entire regulation exceeded ~100 pages.
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