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HB0092

Public Schools Crisis Management Plans

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In one sentence

This bill would require school districts to create and practice crisis management plans and direct the state to set guidelines and fund an advisory committee to support school safety.

What it does

  • Requires the director of the department of education to establish statewide guidelines on crisis management and emergency preparedness for use by school districts and local agencies.
  • Requires school boards to develop crisis management plans for all schools in their district, including emergency communications.
  • Requires school boards to execute these plans at least twice each school year as a safety drill or organized practice event.
  • Requires school boards to annually review district policies and plans with appropriate public safety agencies.
  • Directs the director of the department of education to convene an advisory committee comprised of state and local law enforcement, health and safety, security, and emergency preparedness experts.
  • Appropriates up to $150,000 from the school foundation program account to support the advisory committee until June 30, 2016.

Who it affects

  • School district boards of trustees
  • The Wyoming Department of Education
  • Local law enforcement and public safety agencies
  • The Office of Homeland Security

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and did not become law.
  • The bill text is a working draft, so final details may have changed if it had moved forward.
  • The bill does not specify the exact cost of the required safety drills for individual schools.

Plain language

Terms to know

Crisis management plan
A plan developed by a school district to provide an organized response to school safety and security threats, including emergency communications.
Advisory committee
A group of state and local experts in law enforcement, health, safety, and emergency preparedness formed to help implement the act and develop mechanisms for school safety.
School resource officer
A law enforcement officer whose use within district schools is subject to guidelines developed by the advisory committee.

Official record

Sources

Source checked
Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 7, 12:32 PM

Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes the bill because he believes it constitutes micromanagement and questions whether schools should be required to create plans before a committee defines what those plans must include.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:08:25 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill because he states that previous task force efforts were not fully resolved, making this legislation necessary to advance those safety initiatives.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:09:02 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports a different bill (HB0111) because it fills security gaps in rural areas where law enforcement response times are long and school resource officers cannot be assigned to all campuses.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:12:19 Watch the statement
Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes a different bill (HB0111) because he believes it is inappropriate for schools to determine who can exercise Second Amendment rights.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:13:00 Watch the statement

If a lawmaker is not listed, we couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

1 roll call

H Failed Introduction 35-25-0-0-02014-02-13 · House35 yes 25 no
Yes
35
No
25
Absent
0
Excused
0
Conflict
0

Yes 35

Albert P Sommers Jr.H20Catherine R ConnollyH13Dan R KirkbrideH04David E NorthrupH50Dn.Donald E Burkhart JrH15Eric BarlowR · H03Glenn W MonizH46Gregory R BlikreH53Jerry D PaxtonH47John C EklundH10John L FreemanH60John W PattonH29Katherine K ColemanH30Ken A EsquibelH41Kermit C BrownH14Lee FilerD · H12Lloyd LarsenR · H54Mark H BakerH48Mary A ThroneH11Matthias E GreeneH45Matt TeetersH05Michael D GreearH27Norine A KasperikH32Richard L CannadyH06Rita CampbellH34Rosie M BergerH51Ruth A PetroffH16Samuel P KroneH24Stanley L BlakeH39Steve HarshmanR · H37Susan S WilsonH07Timothy M StubsonH56Tom Lubnau IIH31W. Patrick P GogglesH33

No 25

Allen M JaggiH19Carl R LoucksH59David H BlevinsH25David R MillerH55Dv.Elaine HarveyH26Garry C PiiparinenH49Gerald GayH36Hans HuntH02James W ByrdH44Kathleen DavisonH18Keith M GingeryH23Kendell R KroekerH35Lynn HutchingsR · H42Mark SemlekH01Martha D HalversonH22Michael K MaddenH40Nathan A WintersH28Nicholas BRobert M McKimH21Stephen D WattH17Thomas A LockhartH57Thomas F ReederH58Thomas J WaltersH38Troy R MaderH52

Official activity

Bill history

  1. H Failed IntroductionHouse
  2. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  3. Bill Number AssignedLSO