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

(a) The commissioner of safety 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 education;(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 substance abuse services;(5) A representative of the emergency medical services of the department of health;(6) A representative of the state board of education;(7) A representative of the Tennessee association of school resource officers;(8) A representative of the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities;(9) A representative

d of education;(7) A representative of the Tennessee association of school resource officers;(8) A representative of the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities;(9) A representative of the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association; and(10) A representative of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police.(c) The commissioner may also appoint a representative from each of the following: (1) Directors of schools;(2) Members of local boards of education;(3) The Tennessee alternative education association;(4) Public school teachers;(5) The Tennessee association of mental health organizations;(6) School counselors and psychologists;(7) Parents of students enrolled in public schools;(8) Tennessee students between sixteen (16) and twenty-four (24) years of age; and(9) The Tennessee school health coalition.Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 367, s 3, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 367, s 2, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 367, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023. Acts 2007 , ch. 548, § 3; 2010 , ch. 1100, §§ 74, 75; 2011 , ch. 428, § 1; 2012 , ch. 575, § 1.