Section 13-1302.1-B - Duties of committee.The committee shall advance practices to improve the safety and security of school entities within this Commonwealth, including developing policies and providing resources, training, guidance and assistance to schools and their partners. In addition to other duties given to the committee under this article, the committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To establish, periodically review and, if necessary, update baseline criteria for physical security and behavioral health in coordination with the department for school entities in this Commonwealth.(2) To coordinate antiviolence and school safety efforts between school, professional, parental, governmental, law enforcement and community organizations and associations.(3) To collect, develop and disseminate information, policies, strategies and other information to assist in the development of programs to impact school and community violence and other school-safety-related issues.(4) To provide training to school employees, school safety and security coordinators and communities on effective measures to prevent and combat school and community violence as well as school safety and security training under section 1310-B and coordinator training under section 1316-B.(5) In collaboration and coordination with the department, to assist school entities and nonpublic schools on the development of policies to enhance safety and security, including policies addressing possession of weapons, acts of violence, protocols for coordination with law enforcement officials and reporting under section 1319-B.(6) In collaboration and coordination with the department, to verify that each school entity has complied with reporting and memorandum of understanding requirements under section 1319-B.(7) In collaboration and coordination with the department, to publish and post on the commission's publicly accessible Internet website a school safety annual report no later than November 1 of each calendar year outlining all incidents required to be reported under section 1319-B and school entities that failed to submit a report under section 1319-B.(8) In collaboration and consultation with the Pennsylvania State Police, to establish criteria for certifying approved vendors to provide school police officers to nonpublic schools for the purpose of awarding grants under section 1306.1-B(k).(9) To publish and post on the commission's publicly accessible Internet website a listing of approved vendors under paragraph (8).(10) In consultation with the department, to develop, review and promulgate regulations under section 1306.2-B(b).(11) To request data related to school safety and security collected by the department to fulfill the duties of the committee. The department shall provide requested data no later than 10 days after the request is made.Added by P.L. TBD 2023 No. 33,§ 17, eff. 12/13/2023.