MR8 AB2: Bill Text

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March 2018 Special Session

2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

Assembly BILL 2

March 16, 2018 - Introduced by Committee on Assembly Organization and Representative Spiros, by request of Governor Scott Walker. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB2,1,3 An Act to create 15.253 (3), 20.455 (2) (im), 20.923 (4) (c) 6., 118.07 (4) (cm), 165.28 and 230.08 (2) (wc) of the statutes; relating to: creating an office of school safety in the Department of Justice and making appropriations.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an office of school safety in the Department of Justice. The office of school safety must work with the Department of Public Instruction to create model practices for school safety, must compile blueprints and geographic information system (GIS) maps of schools for use by law enforcement agencies in an emergency, and must offer training to school staff on school safety.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB2,1 Section 1. 15.253 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB2,1,6 15.253 (3) Office of school safety. There is created an office of school safety. The director of the office shall be appointed by the attorney general.

AB2,2 Section 2 . 20.455 (2) (im) of the statutes is created to read:

AB2,2,2 20.455 (2) (im) Training to school staff. All moneys received from fees collected under s. 165.28 (3) to provide training to school staff under s. 165.28 (3).

AB2,3 Section 3 . 20.923 (4) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB2,2,4 20.923 (4) (c) 6. Justice, department of: director of the office of school safety.

AB2,4 Section 4 . 118.07 (4) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB2,2,12 118.07 (4) (cm) Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par. (a) 2. and upon each review under par. (d) of a safety plan created under par. (a), a school board shall submit to the office of school safety a copy of the most recent blueprints of each school building and facility in the school district. Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par. (a) 2. and upon each review under par. (d) of a safety plan created under par. (a), a governing body of a private school shall submit to the office of school safety a copy of the most recent blueprints of the private school and all of its facilities.

AB2,5 Section 5. 165.28 of the statutes is created to read:

AB2,2,15 165.28 Office of school safety. The office of school safety shall do all of the following:

AB2,2,20 (1) In conjunction with the department of public instruction, create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical Assistance Center.

AB2,2,25 (2) Coordinate with schools under s. 118.07 (4) (cm) and the department of administration to compile blueprints and geographic information system maps for all schools. The office shall keep all blueprints and maps confidential unless a law enforcement agency requests access to the blueprints or maps in an emergency situation.

AB2,3,5 (3) Offer, or contract with another party to offer, training to school staff on school safety. Training subjects may include trauma informed care and how adverse childhood experiences have an impact on a child's development and increase needs for counseling or support. If a school receives under s. 165.88 (2) (b) a grant for the training under this subsection, the office may charge a fee for the training.

AB2,6 Section 6 . 230.08 (2) (wc) of the statutes is created to read:

AB2,3,8 230.08 (2) (wc) The director of the office of school safety in the department of justice.

AB2,7 Section 7 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB2,3,15 (1) Office of school safety; position authorizations. There is authorized for the office of school safety in the department of justice 1.0 FTE GPR director position, 1.0 FTE GPR program and planning analyst position, and, for the period beginning on the effective date of this subsection and ending on June 30, 2019, 2.0 FTE GPR project positions to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.455 (2) (a) of the statutes.

AB2,3,16 (2) School blueprints; initial submissions.

AB2,3,20 (a) By no later than July 1, 2018, a school board shall provide blueprints of each school building and facility in the school district to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over any portion of the school district and to the office of school safety in the department of justice.

AB2,3,24 (b) By no later than July 1, 2018, the governing body of a private school shall provide blueprints of the private school buildings and facilities to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the private school and to the office of school safety in the department of justice.

AB2,4,4 (c) By no later than July 1, 2018, the operator of a charter school established under section 118.40 (2r) or (2x) of the statutes shall provide blueprints of the charter school buildings and facilities to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the charter school and to the office of school safety in the department of justice.

AB2,8 Section 8 . Fiscal changes.

AB2,4,13 (1) Office of school safety; positions. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of justice under section 20.455 (2) (a) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 is increased by $91,100 to fund the 4.0 FTE GPR positions authorized under Section 7 (1) of this act. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of justice under section 20.455 (2) (a) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 is increased by $364,500 to fund the 4.0 FTE GPR positions authorized under Section 7 (1) of this act.

AB2,4,14 (End)