GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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HOUSE BILL DRH40343-MTa-25 (01/24)
Short Title: Abuse & Neglect Resources/Anon. Tip Line App. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives White, Hardister, and Meyer (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE ANONYMOUS SAFETY TIP LINE APPLICATION, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO UPDATE THE GENERAL STATUTES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
PART I. POLICY ON ABUSE AND NEGLECT RESOURCES
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C‑12 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(46) Duty Regarding Abuse and Neglect. – Upon consideration and recommendation by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education shall adopt a policy to be implemented by local boards of education to address student awareness of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse. This policy shall include a requirement that the local boards of education provide students in grades six through 12 with a document at the beginning of each school year that provides (i) the telephone number used for reporting abuse to the department of social services in the county in which the local school administrative unit is located, in accordance with G.S. 7B‑301, and (ii) information about the resources developed pursuant to G.S. 115C‑105.51, including the anonymous safety tip line application."
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 115C‑218.75(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Health and Safety
Standards. – A charter school shall meet the same health and safety
requirements required of a local school administrative unit. The Department of
Public Instruction shall ensure that the following:
(1) That charter schools provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines at the beginning of every school year. This information shall include the causes, symptoms, and how meningococcal meningitis and influenza are spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children.
(2) The Department of Public Instruction shall also
ensure that That charter schools provide parents and guardians with
information about cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, human papillomavirus,
and the vaccines available to prevent these diseases. This information shall be
provided at the beginning of the school year to parents of children entering
grades five through 12. This information shall include the causes and symptoms
of these diseases, how they are transmitted, how they may be prevented by
vaccination, including the benefits and possible side effects of vaccination,
and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and
vaccinations for their children.
(3) The Department of Public Instruction shall also
ensure that That charter schools provide students in grades seven
through 12 with information annually on the preventable risks for preterm birth
in subsequent pregnancies, including induced abortion, smoking, alcohol
consumption, the use of illicit drugs, and inadequate prenatal care.
(4) The Department of Public Instruction shall also
ensure that That charter schools provide students in grades nine
through 12 with information annually on the manner in which a parent may
lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person, in accordance with G.S. 7B‑500.
(5) The Department of Public Instruction shall also
ensure that That the guidelines for individual diabetes care plans
adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(31) are
implemented in charter schools in which students with diabetes are enrolled and
that charter schools otherwise comply with the provisions of G.S. 115C‑375.3.
(6) The Department of Public Instruction shall
ensure that That charter schools comply with G.S. 115C‑375.2A.
The board of directors of a charter school shall provide the school with a
supply of emergency epinephrine auto‑injectors necessary to carry out the
provisions of G.S. 115C‑375.2A.
(7) That the policy addressing student awareness of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse, adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(46), is implemented in charter schools."
SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 115C‑238.66 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑238.66. Board of directors; powers and duties.
The board of directors shall have the following powers and duties:
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(7) Health and safety. – The board of directors shall require that the regional school meet the same health and safety standards required of a local school administrative unit.
The Department of Public Instruction shall ensure that regional schools comply with G.S. 115C‑375.2A. The board of directors of a regional school shall provide the school with a supply of emergency epinephrine auto‑injectors necessary to carry out the provisions of G.S. 115C‑375.2A.
The Department of Public Instruction shall also ensure that the policy addressing student awareness of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse, adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(46), is implemented in regional schools.
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PART II. ANONYMOUS TIP LINE APPLICATION
SECTION 2.1.(a) G.S. 115C‑105.49(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) The Department of
Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, and in collaboration
with the Department of Public Instruction, Division of Safe and Healthy
Schools Support, and the Center for Safer Schools Schools, shall
provide guidance and recommendations to local school administrative units on
the types of multiple hazards to plan and respond to, including intruders on
school grounds."
SECTION 2.1.(b) G.S. 115C‑105.49A reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑105.49A. School Risk and Response Management System.
(a) The Department of Public
Safety, Division of Emergency Management, and the Center for Safer Schools in
collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction and the Center for
Safer Schools, shall construct and maintain a statewide School Risk and
Response Management System (SRRMS). The system shall fully integrate and
leverage existing data and applications that support school risk planning,
exercises, monitoring, and emergency response via 911 dispatch.
(b) In constructing the
SRRMS, the Division of Emergency Management Management of the
Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with the Department of Public
Instruction and the Center for Safer Schools Schools, shall
leverage the existing enterprise risk management database, the School Risk
Management Planning tool managed by the Division.Division of
Emergency Management. The Division shall also leverage the local school
administrative unit schematic diagrams of school facilities. Where technically
feasible, the SRRMS shall integrate any anonymous tip lines established
pursuant to G.S. 115C‑105.51 and any 911‑initiated panic alarm
systems authorized as part of a SRMP pursuant to G.S. 115C‑47(40).
The Division and the Center for Safer Schools shall collaborate with the
Department of Public Instruction Instruction, the Center for Safer
Schools, and the North Carolina 911 Board in the design, implementation,
and maintenance of the SRRMS.
(c) All data and information acquired and stored in the SRRMS as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section are not considered public records as the term "public record" is defined under G.S. 132‑1 and shall not be subject to inspection and examination under G.S. 132‑6."
SECTION 2.1.(c) G.S. 115C‑105.51 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑105.51. Anonymous tip lines and monitoring and response applications.
(a) Each local school
administrative unit is encouraged to develop and operate an anonymous tip line,
in coordination with local law enforcement and social services agencies, to
receive anonymous information on internal or external risks to the school
population, school buildings, and school‑related activities. The Department
of Public Safety, in consultation with the Department of Public Instruction
Instruction, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety, may
develop standards and guidelines for the development, operation, and staffing
of tip lines. Local school administrative units may use the anonymous tip
line application developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or
another application that meets standards and guidelines developed by the
Department of Public Instruction, to achieve the purposes of this subsection.
(b) The Department of
Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, and the Center for Safer
Schools, in collaboration with the The Department of Public
Instruction, Division of Safe and Healthy Schools Support, and the Center
for Safer Schools, in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety,
Division of Emergency Management, shall implement and maintain an anonymous
safety tip line application for purposes of receiving anonymous student information
on internal or external risks to the school population, school buildings, and
school‑related activities.activities, and for purposes of
receiving student information on suspected abuse and neglect. Local school
administrative units shall inform students about the application and provide
opportunities for students to learn about its purpose and function. Each local
school administrative unit shall work with the Department of Public Instruction,
Division of Safe and Healthy Schools Support, and the Center for Safer Schools
to ensure that employees of the local school administrative unit receive adequate
training in its operation.
(c) The Department of Public
Safety, Division of Emergency Management, and the Center for Safer Schools,
in collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction and the North
Carolina 911 Board, in collaboration with the Department of Public
Instruction, Division of Safe and Healthy Schools Support, and the Center for
Safer Schools, shall implement and maintain a statewide panic alarm system
for the purposes of launching real‑time 911 messaging to public safety
answering points of internal and external risks to the school population,
school buildings, and school‑related activities. The Department of Public
Safety, in consultation with the Department of Public Instruction and the North
Carolina 911 Board, may develop standards and guidelines for the operations and
use of the panic alarm tool.
(d) The Department of Public Safety
Instruction and the Department of Public Safety shall ensure that
the anonymous safety tip line application is integrated with and supports the
statewide School Risk and Response Management System (SRRMS) as provided in G.S. 115C‑105.49A.
Where technically feasible and cost efficient, the Department of Public Safety is
and the Department of Public Instruction are encouraged to implement
a single solution supporting both the anonymous safety tip line application and
panic alarm system.
(e) All data and information acquired and stored by the anonymous safety tip line application are not considered public records as the term "public record" is defined under G.S. 132‑1 and shall not be subject to inspection and examination under G.S. 132‑6.
(f) Notwithstanding
subsection (e) of this section, the Division Department of Public
Instruction, Division of Safe and Healthy Schools Support, may collect the
annual aggregate number and type of tips sent to the anonymous tip line. The
collection of this aggregate data shall not have any identifying information on
the reporter of the tip, including, but not limited to, the school where the
incident was reported and the date the tip was reported."
SECTION 2.1.(d) G.S. 115C‑105.52 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑105.52. School crisis kits.
The Department of Public Instruction,
Instruction and the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools, in
consultation with the Department of Public Safety through the North Carolina
Center for Safer Schools, Safety, may develop and adopt policies on
the placement of school crisis kits in schools and on the contents of those
kits. The kits should include, at a minimum, basic first‑aid supplies,
communications devices, and other items recommended by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police.
The principal of each school, in coordination with the law enforcement agencies that are part of the local board of education's School Risk Management Plan, may place one or more crisis kits at appropriate locations in the school."
SECTION 2.2. Section 8.26(n) of S.L. 2015‑241 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 8.26.(n) By July 1, 2016, the
Department of Public Safety shall implement an anonymous safety tip line
application and a statewide panic alarm system as required under G.S. 115C‑105.51,
as amended by subsection (d) of this section.G.S. 115C‑105.51.
By July 1, 2018, the Department of Public Instruction shall implement an
anonymous safety tip line application as required under G.S. 115C‑105.51."
PART III. APPROPRIATION
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of seven hundred eight thousand four hundred twenty dollars ($708,420) for the 2017‑2018 fiscal year to support the anonymous safety tip line application implemented by the Department of Public Instruction, Division of Safe and Healthy Schools Support, and the Center for Safer Schools pursuant to G.S. 115C‑105.51.
PART IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2017. Section 1 of this act applies beginning with the 2018‑2019 school year.