Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 3 - Operation and Administration › Section CXV-339 - Emergency Planning and Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each public school principal or school
				leader shall have a crisis management and response plan developed jointly with
				local law enforcement, fire, public safety, and emergency preparedness
				officials, that addresses the immediate response to emergency situations that
				may develop in schools. The plan shall seek to utilize resources and
				information available through the Louisiana Commission on School and Nonprofit
				Security. The principal or school leader shall:
1. submit the crisis management and response
				plan to the local superintendent, the LDOE, and the Center for Safe Schools
				within the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
				Preparedness;
2. annually review
				the crisis management and response plan, revising as necessary;
a. When preparing or revising the plan,
				consult with the district threat assessment team. The principal and the threat
				assessment team shall determine whether to consider input from students
				enrolled in the school and their parents, faculty and staff, and community
				leaders. The principal of a high school shall seek and consider input from the
				students enrolled in the school who shall be represented by either the
				president of the senior class or the president of the student council and at
				least one other responsible student selected by the principal.
b. The district threat assessment team shall
				include the local school superintendent, principal(s) from each school, school
				facilities staff member, mental health professional, school resource officer,
				any ROTC instructor within the LEA, and the emergency preparedness and recovery
				point of contact.
c. The plan shall
				provide for an all-hazards approach response plan for emergency events,
				including any event with a hostage, an active shooter, or a building
				lock-down.
3. within the
				first 30 days of each school year, conduct a safety drill to rehearse the
				plan;
4. not later than seven days
				after each drill, submit a written report summarizing the details of the drill
				to the local superintendent, who shall comment on the drill to the principal,
				and the principal shall consider the comments when revising the plan;
5. be responsible for providing in-service
				training pertaining to the plan for all teachers and school employees each
				school year. Such training may be incorporated into a meeting or training
				session held for another purpose and shall involve local law enforcement, fire,
				public safety, and emergency preparedness officials in the preparation and
				presentation of the training. The training shall include an active shooter
				exercise and shall be reported to the local school superintendent and the
				LDOE;
6. provide for notification
				of parents, faculty, staff, and local public safety officials in the event of a
				shooting or other violent incident or emergency situation;
7. include a cardiac emergency response plan
				in accordance with LAC 28:CLVII.
(Bulletin 135);
8. provide that classroom doors with locks
				shall be in accordance with all fire safety standards and shall remain locked
				during instructional time. Locked doors shall not obstruct egress.
9. The local school superintendent shall make
				an annual report to the public school governing authority on the status of the
				plan of each school under the governing authority's
				jurisdiction.