1. (a) The School Building Projects Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-292q, shall periodically review and update, as necessary, school safety infrastructure criteria for school building projects awarded grants pursuant to this chapter and the school security infrastructure competitive grant program, pursuant to section 84 of public act 13-3*. Such school safety infrastructure criteria shall conform to industry standards for school building safety infrastructure and shall address areas including, but not be limited to, (1) entryways to school buildings and classrooms, such as, reinforcement of entryways, ballistic glass, solid core doors, double door access, computer-controlled electronic locks, remote locks on all entrance and exits and buzzer systems, (2) the use of cameras throughout the school building and at all entrances and exits, including the use of closed-circuit television monitoring, (3) penetration resistant vestibules, and (4) other security infrastructure improvements and devices as they become industry standards. The council shall meet at least annually to review and update, if necessary, the school safety infrastructure criteria and make such criteria available to local and regional boards of education.
2. (b) The School Building Projects Advisory Council shall submit any updates made to the school safety infrastructure criteria to the Commissioners of Emergency Services and Public Protection and Education and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

*Note: Section 84 of public act 13-3 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: P.A. 13-3 effective April 4, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-90 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (10) re Governor's appointee who shall be a licensed building official, effective June 6, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3 replaced “standards” with “criteria” throughout, amended Subsec. (a) by adding additional appointment re licensed architect in Subdiv. (10) and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “under” with “awarded grants pursuant to” and “include” with “address areas including” and deleting “projects receiving reimbursement as part of” and “standards regarding”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 22-118 deleted former Subsec. (a) re School Safety Infrastructure Council, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “School Safety Infrastructure Council” with “School Building Projects Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-292q” and “develop” with “periodically review and update, as necessary,” and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended same by replacing “Not later than January 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the School Safety Infrastructure Council” with “The School Building Projects Advisory Council”, adding “any updates made to” and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2022.