R277-400-3. Establishing LEA Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Response Plans

  (1) By July 1 of each year, an LEA shall certify to the Superintendent that the LEA's emergency preparedness and emergency response plan has been:

  (a) practiced at the school level; and

  (b) presented to and reviewed by its teachers, administrators, students and guardians, local law enforcement, and public safety representatives consistent with Subsection 53G-4-402(18).

  (2) An LEA shall reference the LEA's Emergency Response plan as part of an LEA's annual application for state or federal Safe and Drug Free School funds.

  (3)(a) An LEA's plans shall be designed to meet individual school needs and features.

  (b) An LEA may direct schools within the LEA to develop and implement individual plans.

  (4)(a) An LEA shall appoint a committee to prepare or modify plans to satisfy this Rule R277-400 and Section 53G-4-402(18).

  (b) The committee shall consist of appropriate school and community representatives, which may include:

  (i) school and LEA administrators;

  (ii) teachers;

  (iii) parents;

  (iv) community and municipal governmental officers; and

  (v) fire and law enforcement personnel.

  (c) The committee shall include governmental agencies and bodies vested with responsibility for directing and coordinating emergency services on local and state levels.

  (5) An LEA shall review plans at least once every three years.

  (6) The Superintendent shall develop Emergency Response Plan models under Subsection 53G-4-402(18)(c).