Section 216-RICR-20-10-4.41 - School Safety4.41.1School Safety AssessmentsThe school district of each city, town, and regional school department is required to conduct an assessment every three (3) years to examine the safety of each school building in accordance with R.I. Gen Laws § 16-21-23(a).
4.41.2School Safety TeamsThe school committee or superintendent of each city, town, and regional school department is required to appoint a school safety team and a school crisis response team in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 16-21-23(b) through (c).
4.41.3School Safety PlansA. In accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21-23(b), the school committee of each city, town, and regional school department is required to adopt a comprehensive school safety plan that addresses preparedness, response and recovery and meets the policy and procedure requirements in R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21-24. 1. The school safety plan must include best practices and relevant provisions of the current State model plan as published by RIDE including:a. Guidance for communicating threats of violence or harm to the specifically identifiable student(s) and/or school personnel who are the subject of said threats by individuals or groups.b. Standards for determining those threats of violence or harm that meet the threshold of seriousness and reasonableness so that communication of said threats to specifically identifiable students and/or school personnel is justified;2. The school safety plan must include written policies for the establishment of threat assessment teams, completion of an emergency action plan and submission of the all hazards site safety survey report in accordance with the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21-23.3. The school committee is required to review and update the school safety plans by November 1 of each year in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21-25.4.41.4Statewide Bullying PolicyIn accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 16-21-33 and 16-21-34, any form or degree of bullying at school is prohibited. All school districts, charter schools, career and technical schools, approved private day or residential schools and collaborative schools must adopt a policy pursuant to 200-RICR- 30-10-2, Safe School Act - Statewide Bullying Policy and 200-RICR- 30-10-1, Regulations Governing Protections for Students Rights to be Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Gender Expression.
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Amended effective 4/11/2022