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Number of drills; incidents covered; local authority participation\nThree evacuation drills.   Schools must conduct a minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare students and school personnel for fire incidents during each academic year.\nFire department or fire district participation.  One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require the participation of the appropriate local fire department or district.\nSeptember 1.  Each local fire department or fire district must contact the appropriate school administrator or his or her designee no later than September 1 of each year in order to arrange for the participation of the department or district in the school evacuation drill.\nSeptember 15.  Each school administrator or his or her designee must contact the responding local fire official no later than September 15 of each and propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of October, on which the drill shall occur.  The fire official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that date.\nAny other date.   The school administrator his or her designee and the local fire official may also, by mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill, including a date outside of the month of October.\nParticipation waived but strongly encouraged.  If the fire official does not select one of the 4 offered dates in October or set another date by mutual agreement, the requirement that the school include the local fire service in one of its mandatory school evacuation drills shall be waived.  Schools, however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to include the fire service in a school evacuation drill at a mutually agreed-upon time.\nCertify participation.   Upon participation of the local fire service, the appropriate local fire official shall certify that the school evacuation drill was conducted.\nWaive B), C) and D).  When scheduling the school evacuation drill, the school administrator or his or her designee and the local fire department or fire district may, by mutual agreement before September 14, choose to waive the provisions of subparagraphs B), C) and D) of the paragraph 1).\nAdditional evacuation drills.  Schools may conduct additional school evacuation drills to account for other evacuation incidents, including without limitation suspicious items or bomb threats.\nOne bus evacuation drill.  Schools must conduct a minimum of one bus evacuation drill.  This drill must be accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in all other educational institution in this State that are supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds and that provide instruction in any of the grades k-12.  This curriculum shall include instruction in safe bus riding practices for all students.  Schools may conduct additional bus evacuation drills.  All drills shall be conducted at each school building that houses school children.\nLaw enforcement drills.  Within 90 days after the first day of each school year, schools must conduct a law enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident. Such drills must be conducted according to the school districts or private school’s emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the appropriated law enforcement agency.  Law enforcement drills must be conducted on days and times when students are normally present in the school building and must involve participation from all school personnel.  Administrators or school support personnel may exempt students from the drill at their discretion.\nCriteria.  A law enforcement drill must meet all of the following criteria:\nLocal law enforcement participation.  During each academic year, the appropriate local law \tenforcement agency shall contact the appropriate school administrator to request to participate in a law \tenforcement drill","cbCaigAa7MiT1mbB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigAa7MiT1mbB","doc",85504,"English","# Drill Scheduling Requirements\n## Number of drills and covered incidents\n## Fire department participation and date selection\n## Waivers, certification, and additional drills\n## Bus evacuation drills\n## Law enforcement drills for school shooting incidents\n## Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills","[{\"question\":\"How many school evacuation drills must be conducted each academic year, and what do they cover?\",\"answer\":\"Schools must conduct a minimum of three school evacuation drills each academic year to address and prepare students and school personnel for fire incidents.\"},{\"question\":\"What deadlines and date-selection process apply to local fire department participation?\",\"answer\":\"Each year, local fire departments or fire districts must contact the school administrator no later than September 1. By September 15, the school administrator must propose four dates in October during at least two different weeks; the fire official selects any one date or the parties may mutually agree on another date.\"},{\"question\":\"What additional drill requirements apply beyond fire evacuation drills?\",\"answer\":\"Schools must conduct at least one bus evacuation drill, one law enforcement drill within 90 days after the first school year day for school shooting incidents, and at least one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill for possible tornado incidents, with options for additional drills for other incidents.\"}]","Drill Scheduling Requirements - Illinois Statutes 105 ILCS 128 Section 20 | DOC",1791606639]