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Amherst Central outlines safety-plan updates, sets approval and state-submission timeline
Summary
District officials described updates to school safety planning driven by state SAVE guidance, emphasizing trauma-informed drills, a threat-assessment flowchart, confidential building-level plans and a required submission to New York State by October; public comment closed July 31.
Amherst Central School District officials on July 31 reviewed revisions to the districtwide safety plan required under recent state guidance and SAVE-related statutes, saying the plan will be approved by the board and submitted to New York State this fall.
The presenter (Speaker 1), summarizing both legal mandates and local practice, said statutory changes cited by the district include provisions referenced in the presentation as "state law 28 0 1 a" and "807," and that the plan aligns with the SAVE framework adopted after 2016 amendments. "Twelve drills are conducted in our suite," the presenter said, describing the district—s routine (eight evacuation/fire drills and four lockdown…
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