Adoption of Plan Pursuant to Utah Code § 53G-4-402(18), the Board shall adopt and implement a comprehensive emergency response plan to prevent and combat violence in the schools, on school grounds, on school vehicles, and in connection with school-related activities and events. Existing plans shall be modified as needed to conform to the requirements of rules issued by the State Board of Education. Plans shall be reviewed at least once every three years and updated as needed.
Utah Code § 53G-4-402(18)(a) (2019) Utah Admin. Rules R277-400-3(5) (April 8, 2019)
Emergency Response Plan Committee
The Board of Education shall appoint a committee to assist with development or revision or review of emergency response plans. The committee shall consist of appropriate school and community representatives and may include administrators, teachers, parents, officers of other governmental entities (municipalities, counties, or others), and fire and law enforcement personnel. The committee shall include representatives of governmental agencies and bodies vested with responsibility for directing and coordinating emergency services on local and state levels. Utah Admin. Rules R277-400-3(4) (April 8, 2019) Contents of Plan The District Comprehensive Emergency Response Plan shall 1. include prevention, intervention, and response components; 2. be consistent with the student conduct and discipline policies required for school districts by statute; 3. require professional learning for all district and school building staff on what their roles are in the emergency response plan; 4. provide for coordination with local law enforcement and other public safety representatives in preventing, intervening, and responding to violence in the schools, on school grounds, on school vehicles, and in connection with school-related activities and events; 5. include procedures to notify a student, to the extent practicable, who is off-campus at the time of a school violence emergency because the student is either participating in a school-related activity or excused from school for released-time religious instruction; 6. include, to the extent practicable, standards and protections for participants and attendees at school-related activities, including those off school property; 7. include measures to assure that during an emergency students receive reasonably adequate educational services and supervision during school hours during an emergency and for education services in an extended emergency situation; 8. include evacuation procedures to assure reasonable care and supervision of students until the student is released to a responsible party or as is permitted under State Board of Education regulation; 9. address access to school buildings by specific groups, including students, community members, lessees, invitees, and others; 10. require individual schools to establish a parent and student reunification plan;
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