(a) Each LEA, and to the extent applicable, each public charter school, shall adopt a comprehensive district-wide school safety plan and building-level school safety plans regarding crisis intervention, emergency response, and emergency management. The plans must be developed by a district-wide school safety team and a building-level school safety team established pursuant to this part and must follow the template developed by the state-level safety team. Each district-wide school safety team and building-level school safety team shall consider including in the district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety plan the implementation of a mobile panic alert system that is capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies and that integrates with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations. An LEA or public charter school having only one (1) school building shall develop a single building-level school safety plan, which must also fulfill all requirements for the development of a district-wide plan. Each LEA and public charter school shall review each of the plans it adopts pursuant to this subsection (a) annually.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-6-804

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Each private school and each church-related school shall adopt a building-level school safety plan regarding crisis intervention, emergency response, and emergency management. Each private school and each church-related school shall review its plan annually. By October 1, 2023, and by each October 1 thereafter, each private school and each church-related school shall provide the school’s building-level school safety plan to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, as well as any law enforcement agency or other emergency response organization participating in an armed intruder drill under § 49-6-807. As used in this subsection (b):

(1) “Church-related school” means a school as defined in § 49-50-801; and
(2) “Private school” means a school accredited by, or a member of, an organization or association approved by the state board of education as an organization accrediting or setting academic requirements in schools, or that has been approved by the state, or is in the future approved by the commissioner in accordance with rules promulgated by the state board of education.
(c) A meeting concerning school security, the district-wide school safety plans, or the building-level school safety plans shall not be subject to the open meetings laws compiled in title 8, chapter 44. Though closed to the general public, reasonable notice must be provided to the general public prior to such a meeting held by an LEA or a public charter school. The local board of education or public charter school governing body shall not discuss or deliberate on any issues or subjects other than school security or the school safety plans adopted pursuant to this section during such a meeting.
(d) By July 1, 2023, and by each July 1 thereafter, each LEA and public charter school shall provide the following to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, the department of education, and the department of safety:

(1) The LEA’s, and to the extent applicable, the public charter school’s, district-wide school safety plan;
(2) The building-level school safety plan for each school in the LEA or each public charter school; and
(3) The floor plans for all school buildings within the LEA or used by the public charter school.
(e) Each LEA and public charter school shall also provide the school safety plans described in subsection (d) to a law enforcement agency or other emergency response organization participating in an armed intruder drill under § 49-6-807.
(f) Upon the request of a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, the department of education, or the department of safety, the LEA or public charter school shall provide any other plans, information, or records regarding school security.
(g)

(1) During a drill or in an emergency situation, each LEA or public charter school shall, to the greatest extent practicable, provide a responding law enforcement agency with access to security systems that may be required for the law enforcement agency’s response.
(2) For purposes of this subsection (g), “security systems” includes, but is not limited to, audio recording systems, visual recording systems, and any other cameras, alarm systems, fire systems, communication systems, or other security measures in a school building.
(h) This section does not diminish the jurisdiction of local law enforcement agencies.
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