Revises provisions relating to school safety. (BDR 34-281)

AN ACT relating to education; prescribing the duties of a threat assessment team established for a public school; requiring the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment of the Department of Education to perform certain duties related to school safety and security; requiring the designation of a school safety specialist for each school district and charter school in this State; requiring each school safety specialist to conduct an annual school security risk assessment and perform certain other duties; establishing programs to award grants for certain purposes related to school safety and security and mental health; requiring the board of trustees of each school district to provide for school resource officers at certain public schools; revising the contents of certain policies and plans relating to school safety and security; requiring the testing of emergency communications systems at a school; establishing certain programs to provide behavioral health services to children; requiring certain governmental entities to share information concerning certain at-risk children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.