| (3) | The state security chief shall:
| (a) | establish building and safety standards for all public and private schools, including:
| (i) | coordinating with the State Board of Education to establish the required minimum safety and security standards for all public and private school facilities, including:
| (A) | limited entry points, including, if applicable, secured entry points for specific student grades or groups; |
| (B) | video surveillance of entrances when school is in session; |
| (C) | subject to Subsection (6), exterior windows surrounding only the immediate entryways and only interior windows of a classroom entrance or instructional area protected by security glazing or ballistic windows; |
| (D) | internal classroom door locks; |
| (E) | bleed kits and first aid kits; |
| (F) | exterior cameras on entrances, parking areas, and campus grounds; and |
| (G) | fencing around playgrounds or supervised parameters using existing and adequate staffing to monitor in consultation with the county security chief; |
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| (ii) | establishing a schedule or timeline for existing buildings to come into compliance with this section; |
| (iii) | creating a process to examine plans and specifications for construction or remodeling of a school building, in accordance with Section 53E-3-706; |
| (iv) | recommending to the commissioner the denial or revocation a public or private school's occupancy permit for a building if:
| (A) | the building does not meet the standards established in this section; and |
| (B) | after consultation with the local governing board, the building remains non-compliant with the standards established in this section; |
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| (v) | creating minimum standards for radio communication equipment in every school; and |
| (vi) | establishing a process to approve the safety and security criteria the state superintendent of public instruction establishes for building inspectors described in Section 53E-3-706; |
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| (b) | oversee the implementation of the school safety personnel requirements described in Section 53G-8-701.5, including:
| (i) | in consultation with a county security chief, overseeing the school guardian program described in Section 53-22-105, including approving and coordinating the relevant training programs; |
| (ii) | establishing an application process for approved alternatives to the school safety personnel requirements described in Section 53G-8-701.5; |
| (iii) | selecting training requirements for school safety and security specialists in consultation with the State Board of Education as described in Section 53G-8-701.6; |
| (iv) | as required by Section 53G-8-701.8, tracking each school safety and security director for a local education agency and ensuring that the contact information for the school safety and security directors is readily available to the local law enforcement agency of relevant jurisdiction; and |
| (v) | reviewing and approving the State Board of Education's school resource officer training program as described in Section 53G-8-702; |
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| (c) | oversee the creation of school safety trainings, protocols, and incident responses, including:
| (i) | in consultation with the State Board of Education, defining what constitutes an "active threat" and "developmentally appropriate" for purposes of the emergency response training described in Section 53G-8-803; |
| (ii) | in consultation with the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health, establishing or selecting an adolescent mental health and de-escalation training for school safety personnel; |
| (iii) | consulting with the School Safety Center to develop the model critical incident response that all schools and law enforcement will use during a threat, including:
| (A) | standardized response protocol terminology for use throughout the state, including what constitutes a threat; |
| (B) | protocols for planning and safety drills, including drills required in a school before the school year begins; |
| (C) | integration and appropriate use of a panic alert device described in Subsection 53G-8-805; |
| (D) | the establishment of incident command for a threat or safety incident, including which entity and individual runs the incident command; |
| (E) | the required components for a communication plan to be followed during an incident or threat; |
| (F) | reunification plan protocols, including the appropriate design and use of an incident command by others responding to or involved in an incident; and |
| (G) | recommendations for safety equipment for schools, including amounts and types of first aid supplies; |
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| (iv) | reviewing and suggesting any changes to the response plans and training under Section 53G-8-803; |
| (v) | creating the official standard response protocol described in Section 53G-8-803 for use by schools and law enforcement for school safety incidents; and |
| (vi) | establishing a manner for any security personnel described in Section 53G-8-701.5 to be quickly identified by law enforcement during an incident; |
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| (d) | in consultation with the School Safety Center established in Section 53G-8-802:
| (i) | create a process to receive and analyze the school safety needs assessments described in Section 53G-8-701.5; and |
| (ii) | establish a required data reporting system for public schools to report serious and non-serious threats and other data related to threat assessment that the state security chief determines to be necessary; and |
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| (e) | fulfill any other duties and responsibilities determined by the commissioner. |
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