CHAPTER 8.00 - AUXILIARY SERVICES

8.01 Safety

I. The safety of pupils, employees and visitors shall be the responsibility of the  authorized person in charge of each site owned or operated by the School Board.  The supervisor of each site or facility shall cause to be established a safety  committee, which shall be responsible for the promotion of a safety education and  accident prevention, program for that site. 

II. Schools shall cooperate with the police, sheriff’s department, fire department and  other agencies promoting safety education. 

III. To assist in carrying out the responsibilities for safety, each principal shall appoint a  member of the staff as school safety coordinator. 

IV. No person shall bring on any School Board premises or have in his/her possession  or in his/her vehicle on any School Board property, any firearm, weapon or  destructive device unless such weapon is required as part of his/her regular job  responsibilities. However, the Superintendent may allow designated employees  who hold a valid concealed weapons permit to keep firearm(s) locked in their  vehicle on school property. 

V. School Environmental Safety 

A. Incident Reporting. The Superintendent shall develop and implement procedures  for timely and accurate reporting of incidents related to school safety and  discipline and shall provide training to appropriate personnel in accordance with  law and State Board of Education rules. 

i. The District will utilize Florida’s School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting  (SESIR) Statewide Report on School Safety and Discipline Data to report the 26  incidents of crime, violence and disruptive behaviors that occur on school  grounds, on school transportation, and at off-campus, school sponsored events  to the Department of Education. 

ii. The Superintendent will annually report to the Department of Education the  number of involuntary examinations, as defined in section 394.455, F.S., that  were initiated at a school, on school transportation, or at a school-sponsored  activity. 

iii. The Superintendent must certify to the Department of Education that the  requirements for timely and accurate reporting of SESIR incidents has been met.

B. School principals must ensure that all persons at the school level responsible for  documenting SESIR information participate in the on-line training offered by the  Department and ensure that SESIR data is accurately and timely reported. 

C. The school district, the administrative personnel and instructional personnel shall  comply with all statutory school safety requirements. Anyone aware of any  violations of the school safety requirements must report the violation to the  school principal. The school principal shall report the violation to the school  safety specialist no later than the next business day after receiving the report. If  the school principal is in violation of the school safety requirements, the report  must be made directly to the Superintendent. 

i. Administrative or instructional personnel who knowingly violate the school  safety requirements are subject to progressive discipline as outlined by  school board policy and procedures. 

VI. Nonmedical School District personnel shall not perform invasive medical services  that require special medical knowledge, nursing judgment and nursing assessment  including, but not limited to, sterile catheterization, nasogastric tube feedings,  cleaning and maintaining a tracheotomy and deep suctioning of a tracheotomy. 

Nonmedical assistive personnel can perform health related services upon  successful completion of child-specific training by a registered nurse, a licensed  practical nurse, a physician or a physician assistant. These procedures, which  include but are not limited to clean intermittent catheterization, gastrostomy tube  feedings, monitoring blood glucose and administering emergency injectable  medications, must be monitored by a nurse. A registered nurse, licensed practical  nurse, physician or physician assistant shall determine if nonmedical School  District personnel shall be allowed to perform any other invasive medical services  not listed above. 

VII. A child under the age of sixteen (16) shall wear appropriate headgear as required  by law for any equine activity on a public school site. Students shall wear  appropriate headgear when participating in an off campus, school sponsored  equine activity as required by law. 

VIII. The Superintendent shall develop and present to the Board for approval  appropriate emergency management and emergency preparedness plans. 

IX. The District shall annually conduct a self-assessment of safety and security  practices. Based upon this self-assessment and other concerns, if applicable, the  Superintendent shall present appropriate recommendations to the School Board  for increasing safety and security and the School Board shall take such actions, as  it deems necessary and appropriate to address safety and security in the District or  at individual sites.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 1001.41; 1001.42, F.S. 

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: 316.614; 773.06; 1001.43; 1006.062(3); 1006.07, F.S. 

History: Adopted: January 14, 1999 

Revision Date(s): October 9, 2001; September 12, 2006; 

November 12, 2019; November 16, 2021;

October 8, 2024 

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