FUNDING SUMMARY
Michigan House Bill 5507, Public Act 120 of 2024, Section 31aa was passed to restore safety funding for Michigan intermediate school districts (ISDs) and local education agencies (LEAs), both traditional public school districts and public school academies (PSAs), non-public schools, and the Michigan School for the Deaf and Blind to improve student mental health and student safety. Funding is available for Michigan schools to implement a digital asset management (DAM) platform to house all school safety-related documentation, including Emergency Operations Plans, Critical Incident Maps, floor plans, etc.
Eligible recipients can opt in and agree through the Grant Electronic Monitoring System/Michigan Administrative Review System (GEMS/MARS) via MiLogin beginning September 3, 2024. The process to opt in will close at 11:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 1, 2024. Funds will be disbursed by December 31, 2024, on a per-pupil basis.
Michigan House Bill No. 6012 Part 97d is a bipartisan bill that makes a historic investment in school safety by fully funding risk assessments and critical incident mapping to help protect students and create safety plans in the event of an emergency.
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Michigan House Bill 5507, Public Act 120 of 2024, Section 31aa Parameters
StrataSite® Digital Asset Management (DAM) meets qualifications as an allowable expenditure under this program, as outlined in the legislation below:
(r) A secure platform, administered by the department of state police, for school officials, emergency responders, and emergency management coordinators to house all school safety-related items, including, but not limited to, EOP templates, EOP guidance, reference documents, and security assessments. The platform should use existing password-protected access control methods schools currently utilize and, to the extent possible, be capable of integrating with existing platforms or technologies used by districts for school safety. Through permissions-based access control, the platform should be able to relay information clearly and in real time to each person or entity necessary to provide a unified response to a safety incident, or to take appropriate action in response to an anticipated disruption to the normal functions of the surrounding community.
Michigan House Bill No. 6012 Part 97d Parameters
Critical Incident Mapping with StrataSite® yields, in-part, a map that meets the following key grant qualification parameters, as detailed in the final version of the bill, excerpted below:
- It must be compatible with platforms and applications used by local, state, and federal public safety officials.
- It must not require the purchase of additional software for use.
- It must be provided in a printable format.
- It must be verified for accuracy through a walk-through of a school building and school grounds
- It must be oriented true north.
- It must include accurate floor plans overlaid on or current aerial imagery of a school building or school plan.
- It must include site-specific labeling that matches the structure of the school building, including room labels, hallway names, external door or stairwell numbers, locations of hazards, key utility locations, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits.
- It must include site-specific labeling that matches the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring properties.
- It must include a gridded overlay with x/y coordinates
- It must include information that best assists first responders in an emergency, including, but not limited to, the following information: (i) Building numbers. (ii) Floors. (iii) Suite designations. (iv) Room numbers. (v) Other available relevant location information for each school
Secure Storage of School Safety Documents for Michigan School Districts
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