The Board of Education directs the Superintendent of Schools to require the development and annual review of school emergency management plans for each school building in compliance with Commissioner of Education Regulation Section 155.17. In accordance with Section 155.17, the plans will provide identification of and responses to emergencies including: sheltering; evacuation; lockdown; early dismissal; school cancellation; drills at least once annually; procedures for obtaining assistance from local government officials and coordination with appropriate local and county agencies. These plans will be submitted to the Building-Level Emergency Response Team for approval. The Superintendent shall also require the development and annual review of the District-Wide Safety Plan. Written information about the adopted emergency procedures will be provided to students and staff in accordance with the Commissioners’ Regulation.
Ref:
- Education Law §§807; 808; 3623(2)
- Executive Law Article 2B
- EPA: Chemicals in Your Community, A Guide to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, (Sept. 1988).
- 8 NYCRR §§155.3; 155.4; 155.17
Adoption date: May 27, 1997
Revised: May 28, 2013
Revised: September 26, 2016
Reviewed: August 28, 2017