Trauma-Informed School Safety Practices

Changed the work group funding requirement from being entirely funded by gifts, grants, donations, and public-private partnerships to removing that restriction entirely.

Added a new requirement for the work group to obtain input from parents and students reflecting the state's diversity in race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geography, and disability.

Added specific voting members to the work group including a rural or suburban school superintendent, a school principal, two teachers (one urban, one urban), a school nurse or pediatrician, and expanded non-voting members to include representatives from public safety, gun violence prevention, and public health.

Removed the original list of sponsors and committee assignments from the bill header.

Added a new provision requiring the work group to develop best practices for trauma-informed school safety drills.

Added a funding restriction stating the work group must be funded entirely through gifts, grants, donations, and public-private partnerships, with no general fund money allowed.

Updated document metadata to reflect revised status with amendments adopted on second reading in the second house.

Provisions establishing a work group to develop best practices for trauma-informed school safety drills were removed, including requirements for its purpose, funding sources, stakeholder input, and membership composition.

Header text was updated from 'PREAMENDED' to 'REREVISED' to indicate this version includes all amendments adopted in the Second House rather than just committee amendments.

Reading status was updated to show '3rd Reading Unamended' for the House with a date of May 5, 2025.

Removed the requirement for the Office of School Safety to convene and oversee a work group to develop best practices for trauma-informed school safety drills.

Removed the requirement for the work group to develop recommendations on how to conduct school safety drills in a trauma-informed manner and how to respond to school safety incidents.

Removed the deadline of June 30, 2026, for the work group to develop recommendations on trauma-informed practices.

Shortened the bill title by removing the phrase 'AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION'.

Removed draft notes and formatting instructions, replacing them with formal bill headers and committee listings for the 75th General Assembly.

Added bill summary text and formatting notes explaining how amendments are denoted in the document.

Changed the appointment authority for work group members from specific legislative leaders to the Governor for certain positions, and adjusted other appointment authorities to reflect current legislative roles.

Reorganized the statute number from 24-33.5-2706 to 24-33.5-2705 and updated the section title to include 'fund' in the description of the work group's funding requirements.

Five new co-sponsors (Ball, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Exum, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Michaelson Jenet, Rodriguez, Sullivan, Wallace, Winter F.) were added to the Senate sponsorship list.

The bill summary availability date was updated to April 17, 2025, reflecting the reengrossed version.

The requirement for a representative from the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to be appointed to the committee was removed.

Added requirement that the work group must be funded entirely by gifts, grants, donations, and public-private partnerships with no general fund money appropriated.

Replaced the original work group membership structure with a new set of non-voting members from public safety, the office, gun violence prevention, education, and a student representative.

Removed the original voting member requirements for school district superintendents, school principals, and other appointed representatives.

Added 'and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation' to the bill title to reflect the funding provision.