February 10, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to create the school security task force; and to
prescribe the powers and duties of the school security task force.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"school security task force act".
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) "School shooting incident" means a mass shooting event
involving an attack by an individual or individuals armed with
firearms on an educational institution in which the educational
institution is the location for the attack.
(b) "Task force" means the school security task force created
in section 5.
Sec. 5. (1) The school security task force is created within
the department of state police.
(2) The governor shall appoint members to the task force in
consultation with the director of the department of state police.
The task force shall be made up of 5 individuals and shall include
the following:
(a) The director of the department of state police.
(b) The director of the department of military and veterans
affairs or his or her designee.
(c) The director of the department of health and human
services or his or her designee.
(d) Two individuals appointed by the governor.
(3) The director of the department of state police shall serve
as the task force's presiding officer. The task force shall meet at
the call of the presiding officer.
(4) The task force shall make recommendations for improving
school policies and procedures in response to school shooting
incidents in this state. In making those recommendations, the task
force shall do all of the following:
(a) Gather information concerning school shooting incidents
throughout this state.
(b) Receive reports and testimony from individuals, state and
local agencies, community-based organizations, and other public and
private organizations.
(c) Review policies and procedures developed in other states
to improve the school response to school shooting incidents.
(d) Create goals for school policies and procedures statewide
to prevent school shooting incidents.
(e) Create recommendations and guidelines for school policies
and procedures for response to school shooting incidents.
(f) Submit a report with the task force's recommendations to
the governor and the legislature not later than 180 days after the
members of the task force are appointed.
(5) The task force shall consult with the state board of
education and any other state agency or department necessary to
accomplish the task force's responsibilities under this section.
(6) The members of the task force shall serve without
compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses.
(7) The business that the board may perform shall be conducted
at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with the open
meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(8) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or
retained by the board in the performance of an official function is
subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231
to 15.246.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.