PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1174

PRINTER'S NO. 2059

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1021

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, MILLARD, NEILSON,

O'BRIEN, DONATUCCI, V. BROWN AND D. COSTA, MARCH 28, 2017

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF

laws relating thereto," in terms and courses of study,

further providing for fire and emergency evacuation drills.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1517 of the act of March 10, 1949

(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is

amended to read:

Section 1517. Fire and Emergency Evacuation Drills.--(a) In

all [public schools] school buildings of school entities where

fire-escapes, appliances for the extinguishment of fires, or

chief school administrator under whose supervision such

[schools] school entities are. In such fire drills the pupils

and teachers shall be instructed in, and made thoroughly

familiar with, the use of the fire-escapes, appliances and

exits. The drill shall include the actual use thereof, and the

complete removal of the pupils and teachers, in an expeditious

and orderly manner, by means of fire-escapes and exits, from the

building to a place of safety on the ground outside.

(a.1) A record of all fire and emergency evacuation drills

shall be completed by the principal or person in charge at each

school building and shall be accurate and up-to-date and kept on

emergency drills by the principal or person in charge at each

school building. The record must include, at a minimum, the

following:

(1) The date and time of the drill.

(2) The number of students participating in the drill.

(3) The duration of the drill.

(4) The drill type.

(5) A description of what occurred during the drill.

(6) (5) The signature of the principal or person in charge.

(b) [District superintendents] Chief school administrators

(c) Any person who violates or fails to comply with the

provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and

on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than

twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars

($500), or to undergo imprisonment in the county jail for not

less than (10) days or more than sixty (60) days, or both.

(d) (1) All [schools] school entities using or contracting

for school buses for the transportation of school children shall

conduct on school grounds two emergency evacuation drills on

buses during each school year, the first to be conducted during

the first week of the first school term and the second during

instructions to enable them to carry out the provisions of this

subsection and may be required to attend classes and drills in

connection therewith.

(e) On or before the tenth day of April of each year, each

[district superintendent] chief school administrator shall

certify to the Department of [Public Instruction] Education that

the fire and emergency evacuation drills herein required have

been [held.] conducted in accordance with this section and

documented in the record by the principal or person in charge of

each school building.

the Office of the State Fire Commissioner. The Office of the

State Fire Commissioner shall make available on its publicly

accessible Internet website a searchable database containing

information on the fire and evacuation drills conducted in each

school building of each school entity for the past five (5)

school years. The searchable database shall be in a form and

manner as determined by the State Fire Commissioner. The

Department of Education shall provide annually a report on

Statewide compliance with the provisions of this section to the

Education Committee of the Senate and , the Education Committee

of the House of Representatives . AND THE STATE FIRE COMMISSIONER

technical school, executive director of an intermediate unit or

chief executive officer of a charter school or regional charter

school.

" School entity" shall mean an area vocational-technical

school, a school district, an intermediate unit, a charter

school or a regional charter school.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.