HB 4315: Education: safety; certain school safety and security training; require the department of state police and the office of school safety within the department of state police to provide to certain school personnel. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1308f. - Michigan

As Passed by the House → Substitute (H-2) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to streamline requirements for school personnel training and remove exemptions for nonpublic schools. The changes consolidate training requirements and clarify the definition of the OK2Say program, while eliminating the option for nonpublic school governing bodies to opt out of these safety protocols.

Scope change

The scope of applicability was expanded to include nonpublic schools by removing the exemption provision that allowed their governing bodies to opt out of the training requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed the provision allowing nonpublic school governing bodies to elect to exempt their schools from the training requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Modified the language to require all school personnel of public schools and nonpublic schools with regular contact with pupils to receive mandatory threat reporting protocols, safety tip line training, and emergency response training.

DEFINITION

Clarified the definition of the OK2Say program to specify it is a state student safety program allowing confidential reporting of potential harm or criminal activities.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and line break adjustments were made throughout the document without substantive policy impact.

House Introduced Bill → As Passed by the House · 6 edits · May 14, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was restructured to add more detailed training requirements for different school personnel groups, including school resource officers, crisis response team members, general school staff, and security personnel. The changes clarify which state agencies develop specific training materials and establish that nonpublic schools can opt out of these requirements.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly includes crisis response team members and clarifies that training requirements apply to nonpublic schools unless the governing body elects to exempt the school.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific training requirements for crisis response team members covering target hardening, law enforcement response, and incident command systems.

Added mandatory threat reporting protocols training for all school personnel with regular contact with students.

Modified training requirements to specify which state agency develops each training topic rather than having one agency develop all materials.

Added training on legal authority and limitations for security personnel not licensed under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act.

ENFORCEMENT

Added requirement that training materials be made publicly available on the office of school safety website.

SCOPE

Added exemption provision allowing nonpublic school governing bodies to opt out of the training requirements.

Substitute (H-3) → Substitute (H-2) - 2 · 3 edits

MINOR

This revision consolidates and reorganizes the training requirements for school personnel, removing redundant language about nonpublic school exemptions and streamlining the structure of mandatory threat reporting protocols. The changes clarify that training materials must be developed by state police and school safety officials, while maintaining the requirement for confidential safety tip line access.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the option for nonpublic school governing bodies to exempt themselves from the training requirements, making the mandate apply uniformly to all schools with regular contact personnel.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized subsection (c) to remove the conditional language about nonpublic schools, making the training requirements apply to all school personnel regardless of school type.

ELIGIBILITY

Deleted subsection (3) which allowed nonpublic school governing bodies to elect an exemption from the section's requirements.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes including bill version identifiers and page number reorganization between H-3 and H-2 versions.

Substitute (H-2) → Substitute (H-3) · 2 edits

MINOR

This revision adds an exemption provision allowing nonpublic schools to opt out of certain safety training requirements, while maintaining the core mandate for public schools. The change clarifies that nonpublic schools must actively elect to be exempted rather than being automatically included or excluded from the program.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly allows nonpublic schools to choose whether to participate in the mandatory safety training requirements, whereas the previous version did not specify this option.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new subsection (3) that permits the governing body of a nonpublic school to elect to exempt the school from the section's requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Modified subsection (c) to clarify that nonpublic schools are only subject to requirements if they have not elected to be exempted under the new subsection (3).

Education: safety; certain school safety and security training; require the department of state police and the office of school safety within the department of state police to provide to certain school personnel. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1308f.

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