2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 18A - EDUCATION
Section 18A:41-1 - Fire, school security drills.
18A:41-1 Fire, school security drills.
18A:41-1. Every principal of a school of two or more rooms, or of a school of one room, when located above the first story of a building, shall have at least one fire drill and one school security drill each month within the school hours, including any summer months during which the school is open for instructional programs, and shall require all teachers of all schools, whether occupying buildings of one or more stories, to keep all doors and exits of their respective rooms and buildings unlocked during the school hours, except during an emergency lockdown or an emergency lockdown drill. Where school buildings have been provided with fire escapes, they shall be used by a part or all of the pupils performing every fire drill.
Amended 2007, c.205; 2009, c.178, s.4.
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