New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY › Chapter 32A - PROCEDURES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALYSSA'S LAW › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19:32A-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
"Alternate emergency mechanism" means a device or system
					 that generates a notification to local law enforcement in the event of a school
					 security emergency, as approved by the Department.
"Alyssa's Law" or "the Act" means
					 P.L.
					 2019, c. 33
					 (N.J.S.A. 18A:41-10et
					 seq.).
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of
					 Education.
"Compliance determination" means a determination of the
					 Authority that a school district has demonstrated compliance with Alyssa's Law
					 with respect to one or more school buildings within the school district, which
					 determination shall be memorialized in a formal, written notice of compliance
					 determination.
"Compliance plan" means the document submitted to the
					 Authority by a school district as part of the compliance determination review
					 process that sets forth the school district's plan for achieving compliance
					 with Alyssa's Law with respect to any non-compliant school buildings in the
					 school district, including, if applicable, reference to the school district's
					 application for school security project grant funding under N.J.A.C. 6A:26A-4,
					 to comply with Alyssa's Law.
"New Jersey Schools Development Authority," "the
					 Authority," or "the SDA" means the New Jersey Schools Development Authority,
					 established pursuant to
					 N.J.S.A.
					 52:18A-237.
"Non-compliant school building" means a school building
					 that is not equipped with a panic alarm or alternative emergency mechanism
					 satisfying the requirements of Alyssa's Law.
"Notice of compliance determination" means the formal,
					 written memorialization of the SDA's determination that a school district has
					 demonstrated compliance with Alyssa's Law with respect to one or more school
					 buildings within the school district.
"Panic alarm" means a silent security system signal
					 generated by the manual activation of a device to alert law enforcement to a
					 life-threatening or emergency situation requiring a response from law
					 enforcement, as set forth at
					 N.J.S.A.
					 18A:41-11.
"School" means an educational institution that includes any
					 of the grades kindergarten through 12.
"School building" means a building owned or leased by a
					 school district and used to permanently house students in any combination of
					 grades kindergarten through 12.
"School district" means a local or regional school
					 district, a county special services school district, a county vocational school
					 district, and a district under partial or full State intervention pursuant to
					 P.L. 1987, c. 399 (N.J.S.A.
					 18A:7A-34et seq.). For the purposes of this
					 chapter, school district does not include charter or renaissance
					 schools.
"School security emergency" means a life-threatening or
					 emergency situation requiring a response from law enforcement, including, but
					 not limited to, a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation
					 that occurs in or near a school building.
"School security project grant" means a grant of funds to a
					 school district for a school security project under N.J.A.C. 6A:26A-4, which
					 shall include funding of installation of alarms in compliance with Alyssa's
					 Law,
					 N.J.S.A.
					 18A:41-11et seq., if needed, and may include
					 funding of security measures to implement the provisions of
					 N.J.S.A.
					 18A:7G-5.2.
"Security project" means the construction, improvement,
					 alteration, or modernization of all or any part of a school building in a
					 school district, for school security purposes, including the installation of
					 alarms and silent security systems. A security project shall not include
					 routine maintenance.