Trauma-Informed School Safety Practices

On or before September 1, 2025, the bill requires the office of school safety (office) to convene and oversee a work group to develop best practices for the use of trauma-informed practices to conduct school safety drills.

The bill requires the work group to convene its first meeting as soon as possible after the office receives $50,000 of gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of the work group or receives an in-kind donation as part of a public-private partnership agreement with a value of $50,000.

No later than June 30, 2026, one year and one month after the office receives $50,000 of gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of the work group or receives an in-kind donation as part of a public-private partnership agreement with a value of $50,000, the bill requires the work group to develop recommendations to support schools in training school personnel on the use of trauma-informed practices in conducting school safety drills, how to best conduct school safety drills in a trauma-informed manner, and how to best respond to a school safety incident. The recommendations must be submitted to the office and the house and senate education committees, or their successor committees; the governor; the state board of education ; the commissioner of education; and the department of education. The bill requires that the work group be entirely funded by gifts, grants, and donations, including in-kind donations as part of a public-private partnership agreement.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)