49-6-802 - State-level safety team Template for safety and emergency response plans. - Tennessee Statutes

49-6-802. State-level safety team Template for safety and emergency response plans.

(a)  The commissioner of education shall establish a state-level safety team, which shall assist LEAs and schools with compliance with this part as reasonably necessary. As part of the assistance, the state-level safety team shall publish a template for use by districts in preparing their district-level safety plans and building-level emergency response plans, which template shall outline the responsibilities of the LEAs and individual schools in complying with this part. The state-level safety team shall regularly review and update the template.

(b)  The commissioner shall appoint the members of the state-level safety team, including:

     (1)  A representative of the department of safety;

     (2)  A representative of the Tennessee bureau of investigation;

     (3)  A representative of homeland security;

     (4)  A representative of the department of mental health and developmental disabilities;

     (5)  A representative of the emergency medical services of the department of health;

     (6)  A representative of the state board of education; and

     (7)  A representative of the Tennessee association of school resource officers.

(c)  The commissioner may also appoint a representative from each of the following:

     (1)  The Tennessee organization of school superintendents;

     (2)  The Tennessee school boards association;

     (3)  The Tennessee alternative education association;

     (4)  The Tennessee education association;

     (5)  The Tennessee association of mental health organizations;

     (6)  The Tennessee association of school counselors and psychologists;

     (7)  The Tennessee state parent teacher association;

     (8)  Tennessee students between sixteen (16) and twenty-four (24) years of age; and

     (9)  The Tennessee school health coalition.

[Acts 2007, ch. 548, § 3.]