S.F. No. 1393 Summary

• Reduces school safety drill requirements from five to two lockdown drills and five to two fire drills annually, while maintaining one tornado drill per year.

• Makes several school district policies optional rather than mandatory, including chemical abuse preassessment teams and school-community advisory teams on substance abuse issues.

• Eliminates requirement for schools to devote at least one hour on patriotic holidays to observance; makes this optional ("may" instead of "must").

• Modifies school financial reporting requirements by allowing districts to "post" budget information online instead of mandatory newspaper "publication."

• Removes various state reporting mandates and repeals numerous education statutes related to curriculum review processes, dangerous weapons reporting, pesticide notifications, and staff development requirements.