32254.5.
(a) The Emergency Planning Grant Program is hereby established, under the administration of the department. Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall award one million dollars ($1,000,000) in competitive grants to local educational agencies to support emergency planning activities. Emergency planning activities shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) Coordination with local emergency management systems.
(2) Assessment of climate threats to the geographic area of the local educational agency.
(3) Organization of local educational agency emergency response procedures.
(4) Development of an emergency plan that complies with the standardized emergency management system established pursuant to Section 8607 of the Government Code.
(b) Prospective grantees shall demonstrate all of the following:
(1) A willingness and ability to collaborate with local city and county emergency response departments, as applicable.
(2) An intention to align the planning activities of this grant with school safety plans, as described in Sections 32280 to 32289.5, inclusive, or Section 47605, as applicable.
(3) An intention to develop an emergency plan that complies with the standardized emergency management system established pursuant to Section 8607 of the Government Code.
(c) In administering the program, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Develop criteria to determine if a local educational agency faces a significant risk of, or has less capacity to prepare and respond to, climate threats without state assistance.
(2) Prioritize grant awards for local educational agencies that face the greatest risk of, or have less capacity to prepare and respond to, climate threats without state assistance. Climate threats may include, but are not limited to, temperature increase and extreme heat, drought, flood, wildfire, and sea-level rise.
(3) Award grants to local educational agencies by January 1, 2024.
(4) Modify grant award amounts based on grant applications and available funds.
(5) Monitor the emergency planning activities of grantees.
(6) Submit a report to the Legislature no later than November 1, 2026, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. The report shall include a summary of the emergency planning activities of grantees, and recommendations for the future.
(d) Grant funds shall be used by grantees by June 30, 2026.
(e) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(f) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.