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§ 13-1307-B. Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Teams

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: June 28, 2019

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XIII-B. School Safety and Security
Effective: June 28, 2019
24 P.S. § 13-1307-B
§ 13-1307-B. Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Teams
Currentness
(a) Establishment.--From existing appropriations, no later than March 31, 2019, the Pennsylvania State Police shall establish six Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Teams to operate within six regions geographically designated by the Pennsylvania State Police in consultation with the committee. Each Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team shall be comprised of no fewer than three troopers.
(b) Training.--The troopers assigned to a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team shall at a minimum be trained in the criteria established by the committee under section 1303-B.1
(c) School safety and security assessments.--
(1) Each Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team shall conduct school safety and security assessments based upon the committee's criteria when school is in session at school entities within the team's region on a systematic basis free of charge.
(2) When conducting school safety and security assessments required under section 1305-B,2 a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team shall give priority to school entities based upon the ranking of the school entities' market value/income aid ratio from high to low.
(3) School safety and security assessments conducted by Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team shall be considered to meet the committee's criteria.
(d) Reports.--Each Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team shall report to the committee annually beginning July 15, 2019, and July 15 of each year thereafter, the following:
(1) The school entities where the Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team has conducted a school safety and security assessment.
(2) Critical school entity safety and security needs identified through safety and security assessments.
(e) Confidentiality of reports.--Reports to the committee under this subsection shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),3 known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(f) Reports to Governor and General Assembly.--The Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police shall provide a report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 15, 2019, and July 15 of each year thereafter, detailing the work of each Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team. The report shall, at a minimum, include a description of the geographical regions served by each Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Team and the number of risk and vulnerability assessments conducted in total and by each team during the prior fiscal year. The report, upon its submission, shall be posted on the home page of the Pennsylvania State Police's publicly accessible Internet website.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XIII-B, § 1307-B, added 2018, June 22, P.L. 327, No. 44, § 3, imd. effective. Amended 2019, June 28, P.L. 146, No. 18, § 13, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. § 13-1303-B.
2
24 P.S. § 13-1305-B.
3
65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
24 P.S. § 13-1307-B, PA ST 24 P.S. § 13-1307-B
Current through 2022 Regular Session Act 166. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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