More specific requirements on timing of emergency drills and limits on how many can be done in the same day might be in the works for schools, according to an MLive report.
An MLive Media Group investigation in March revealed some schools are not doing enough fire, tornado and lockdown drills, occasionally bunching them together in one day or simply not doing them. A task force organized by the Michigan State Police is currently determining recommendations on more specific regulations for schools to follow.
According to the report, lawmakers may increase the number of required lockdown drills while decreasing fire drills, specify when drills must be done, ban bundling multiple drills in a day and waiting until the end of the school year to do many of the drills.
The task force is a part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s larger school-safety effort in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. in December.
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