Tennessee § 49-6-802 - State-level safety team — Template for safety and emergency response plans.

§ 49-6-802. State-level safety team — Template for safety and emergency response plans.

The commissioner of education shall establish a state-level safety team, which shall assist LEAs and schools with compliance with this part as reasonably necessary. As part of the assistance, the state-level safety team shall publish a template for use by districts in preparing their district-level safety plans and building-level emergency response plans, which template shall outline the responsibilities of the LEAs and individual schools in complying with this part. The state-level safety team shall regularly review and update the template. The commissioner shall appoint the members of the state-level safety team, including: A representative of the department of safety; A representative of the Tennessee bureau of investigation; A representative of homeland security; A representative of the department of mental health and substance abuse services; A representative of the emergency medical services of the department of health; A representative of the state board of education; A representative of the Tennessee association of school resource officers; and A representative of the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities. The commissioner may also appoint a representative from each of the following: Directors of schools; Members of local boards of education; The Tennessee alternative education association; Public school teachers; The Tennessee association of mental health organizations; School counselors and psychologists; Parents of students enrolled in public schools; Tennessee students between sixteen (16) and twenty-four (24) years of age; and The Tennessee school health coalition. Acts 2007, ch. 548, § 3; 2010, ch. 1100, §§ 74, 75; 2011, ch. 428, § 1; 2012, ch. 575, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 153 provided that the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the commissioner of finance and administration are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.