EBC/EBCA: Emergency Procedures and Disaster Plans

Code: EBC/EBCA

Adopted: 1/13/16

The superintendent will develop and maintain a plan specifying procedures to be used in such emergencies as disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly, disturbances at school activities, natural disasters, fire, illness or injury of a student or staff member, and use of force on school property. The superintendent will consult with community and county agencies while developing this plan.

The district’s Emergency Procedures Plan will meet the standards of the State Board of Education.

Copies of the Emergency Procedures Plan will be available in every school office and other strategic locations throughout the district. Parents will be informed of the district’s plan for the care of students during an emergency situation. The Board may use Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 192.660(2)(k) to conduct an executive session to consider matters related to school safety or a plan that responds to safety threats made toward a school in the district.

In the case of long term disruption to district operations as a result of a pandemic flu, declared public health emergency or other catastrophe, the district emergency plan shall at a minimum include the following:

1. Who is in charge of the district plan; 
2. What steps the district will take to stop the spread of disease; 
3. How sick students will be identified; 
4. Transportation plan for sick students; 
5. Disease containment measures for the district; 
6. Communication plan for staff, students, parents; 
7. Continuing education plan for students; 
8. Procedures for dealing with student privacy rights; 
9. Employee leave procedures during a pandemic flu or other catastrophe; 
10. Employee pay and benefit plan and procedures;
11. Facility utilization by other agencies procedures;
12. Business operations plan for offsite operation or alternative measures.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

ORS 192.660(2)(k)             

ORS 433.441       

OAR 581-022-0705

ORS 332.107       

OAR 581-022-1420

ORS 433.260       

OAR 437-002-0161

Cross Reference(s):

EEAC - School Bus Safety Program

GBE - Staff Health and Safety

JHCC - Communicable Diseases