Emergency Rule Justification for 08/13/2014 Adoption of Emergency Rules 8 CCR 1507-30
The purpose of this emergency rule change is to address an identified conflict between security and fire safety concerns of school boards.  The revised provisions incorporated herein provide an alternative to prescriptive fire safety requirements in order to allow school personnel to safely respond to lockdown situations. A timeline is provided to allow school boards to budget for and implement methods which will effectively and prescriptively resolve fire safety concerns while fully meeting the security needs of the schools.