Proposed plan

1. Within ninety days of submitting the letter of intent pursuant to section 67-29-01-03, the submitting school shall submit a proposed plan to the superintendent of public instruction. The proposed plan must be mailed or submitted by electronic mail to the director of the office of school approval and opportunity. 2. To be considered for approval, the proposed plan must include a description of the overall safety plan of the submitting school that is comprised of, at a minimum, the following required criteria: a. The training for the armed first responder defined in subsection 7 of North Dakota Century Code section 62.1-02-14; b. A comprehensive emergency operations assessment deemed approved by the department of emergency services, homeland security division for the purpose of identifying school crisis and emergency threats and risk; c. Informing local law enforcement, in writing, of the name of the armed first responder; d. Response time from local law enforcement; e. Training with armed first responder and local law enforcement to provide a coordinated response, in the event of a school emergency, to building lockdown and active assailant events; f. Annual active shooter trainings for the district and annual armed first responder recertification; g. Developing a strategy for lockbox if one is going to be used; h. Approving a posttraumatic stress disorder treatment program for armed first responder; i. Approval of proposed plan by local law enforcement; and j. Armed first responder eligibility requirements are all met. 3. The proposed plan must include a narrative of the status of completion of each required criteria. Estimated dates of completion must be included for the required criteria that are not completed. 4. The superintendent of public instruction may approve the proposal, reject the proposal, or work with the submitting school to modify the proposal to conform to the requirements herein.