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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 24. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 1. PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF 1949
ARTICLE XIII-A. SAFE SCHOOLS
Date:
02/17/2014
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§ 13-1302.1-A. Regulations
(a) Within one year of the effective date of this section, the State Board of Education shall promulgate final-omitted regulations pursuant to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L. 633, No. 181), known as the "Regulatory Review Act," necessary to implement this article. The regulations shall include the following:
(1) A model memorandum of understanding between school entities and local police departments. The model memorandum of understanding shall be reviewed on a biennial basis and revised where necessary. The State Board of Education may revise the model memorandum of understanding by publishing a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin that contains the complete revised model memorandum of understanding. The revised model memorandum of un-derstanding shall be incorporated into the Pennsylvania Code in place of the existing model memorandum of under-standing.
(2) Protocol for the notification of the police department when an offense listed under section 1303-A(b)(4.1) oc-curs on school property, which shall include a requirement that the local police department be notified immediately when such an offense occurs.
(3) Protocol for the notification of the police department at the discretion of the chief school administrator re-garding an offense listed under section 1303-A(b)(4.2) or any other offense that occurs on school property.
(4) Protocol for emergency and nonemergency response by the police department, which shall include a require-ment that the school district shall supply the police department with a copy of the comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan as required by 35 Pa.C.S. § 7701(g) (relating to duties concerning disaster preven-tion).
(5) Procedures and protocols for the response and handling of students with a disability, including procedures re-lated to student behavior as required by 22 Pa. Code § 14.104 (relating to special education plans) and 14.133 (relating to positive behavior support).
(b)(1) In promulgating the regulations required under subsection (a), the State Board of Education shall convene and consult with a Statewide advisory committee which shall include a police chief, juvenile public defender, school superintendent, school principal, district attorney, solicitor of a school district, special education supervisor, special education advocate and in-school probation officer and one designee from the Department of Education, the Penn-sylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission, the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission and the Pennsylvania State Police.
(2) Members of the committee shall be selected to be representative of the rural, suburban and urban school enti-ties of this Commonwealth.
(3) The advisory committee shall be convened no later than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this section and shall meet regularly to fulfill the requirements of this section.
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