HB 713

Abstract

Institutions of higher education; campus safety and emergency preparedness training; first-year completion and biennial review. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring that a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student's first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. The bill provides that such training program will focus on active shooter event preparedness and may be offered in any format and include any supplementary materials as the governing board of each such institution deems appropriate. Finally, the bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to each first-year student by the last day of each student's first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution.

Institutions of higher education; campus safetyand emergency preparedness training; first-year completion and biennialreview. Requires the governing board of each public institutionof higher education to develop and implement policies requiring thata campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be providedto and completed by all first-year students by the first day of thefall academic semester and reviewed biennially by each returningstudent at such institution. The bill provides that such trainingprogram will focus on active shooter event preparedness and may be offered in any format and include any supplementary materials asthe governing board of each such institution deems appropriate. Finally, the bill directs the State Council of Higher Education forVirginia to encourage private institutions of higher education todevelop and implement policies requiring a campus safety and emergencypreparedness training program be provided to each first-year studentby the first day of the fall academic semester and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution.