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SAFETY  PROGRAM

The Superintendent will establish procedures to protect the safety of all students, employees, visitors, and others present on District property or at school-sponsored events.

The practice of safety shall also be considered a facet of the instructional plan of the District schools’ educational programs, (including but not limited to:  sex offender awareness, traffic and pedestrian safety, driver education, fire prevention, and emergency procedures), appropriate for students at different grade levels.  General areas of emphasis shall include but not be limited to: in-service training; accident record keeping; plant inspection; driver and vehicle safety programs; fire prevention; indoor air quality (IAQ); school site selection; and emergency procedures and traffic safety problems relevant to students, employees, and the community.

School  Safety  Programs

School safety programs may purchase safety technology, training and infrastructure improvements for school campuses and may submit program proposals to support the costs of placing school resource officers, juvenile probation officers or school safety officers, or any combination of these officers, as long as all requirements are met per A.R.S. 15-154.

School  Safety  Personnel

A school resource officer can be a peace officer, a full-authority reserve peace officer who is certified by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, or an individual who was previously employed as a peace office in Arizona, who retired in good standing and who is assigned to participate in the school safety program by a law enforcement agency pursuant to A.R.S. 15-155.

A school safety officer is a school resource officer who is working in an off-duty capacity.

Emergency  Response  Plan  and
Safety  Assessment

Each school district and charter school that receives monies pursuant to A.R.S. 15-154 for an approved school safety program shall 1) develop an emergency response plan pursuant to A.R.S. 15-341 or A.R.S. 15-183, as applicable;  and 2) every five (5) years, complete a school safety assessment using an approved school safety assessment provider from a list maintained by the Department of Education.

Adopted:  November 20, 2005

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
13-2911
15-151
15-154
15-154.02
15-155
15-341
15-507
23-403
23-408

CROSS REF.:
EBAA - Reporting of Hazards/Warning Systems
ECB - Building and Grounds Maintenance
JLIF - Sex Offender Notification