House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends GS 115C-47 to require local boards of education to adopt a School Risk Management Plan (SRMP) (was, emergency response plans) and requires one to be adopted for each school in its jurisdiction. Requires using the School Risk and Response Management System (SRRMS) in constructing and maintaining the plans. Requires the SRMPs to be adopted by March 1, 2017.

Amends GS 115C-105.49 as follows. Requires local school administrative units (was, principals and other applicable officials) to hold tabletop exercises and drills. Modifies the requirements for the drill and tabletop exercise. Requires the Department of Public Instruction, Division of Emergency Management, and the Center for Safer Schools to provide guidance and recommendations on the types of hazards to plan and respond to.

Enacts new GS 115C-105.49A requiring the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division of Emergency Management, and the Center for Safer Schools to construct and maintain a SRRMS. Sets out requirements for the construction of the SRRMS. Provides that data and information in the SRRMS is not considered public record. Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.

Amends GS 115C-105.51 to return the responsibility for the anonymous tip line to the local school administrative units and allows the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Division of Emergency Management, and the Center for Safer Schools to develop standards and guidelines for the tip lines. Expands the purpose of the anonymous safety tip line application to also include receiving information on risks to the school population. Amends the purpose of the statewide panic alarm system to be launching real time 911 messaging to Public Safety Answering Points (was, purpose of displaying information on risks). Allows the Department of Public Safety, in consultation with DPI and the NC 911 Board, to develop standards and guidelines for the panic alarm tool. Adds that data and information acquired and stored by the anonymous safety tipline are not public record. Allows collection of the annual aggregate number and type of tips sent to the anonymous tip line. Requires DPS to implement an anonymous safety tip line application and a statewide panic alarm system by July 1, 2016.

Amends GS 115C-105.53 to make the following change. Allows local school administrative units to provide local law enforcement agencies with keys to the main entrance of all school buildings or emergency access to key storage devices. Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.

Amends GS 115C-105.54 to remove references to School Emergency Response Plans (SERPs). Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.

Amends GS 115C-218.75 to encourage charter schools to adopt SRMPs (was, emergency response plans). Encourages charter schools, at least once a year, to hold lockdown exercises. Encourages charter schools to provide schematic diagrams and emergency response information, and provides that those items are not public record. Encourages charter schools to adopt an SRMP by March 1, 2017.

Amends GS 115C-238.66 to amend the power of the board of directors of regional schools to encourage the adoption of an SMRP (was, emergency response plan), holding lockdown exercises at least once a year and providing schematic diagrams and emergency response information. Encourages regional schools to adopt an SRMP by March 1, 2017. 

Adds that the money the General Assembly intends to provide for grants may also be used for additional school counselors and school social workers. 

Makes conforming changes.

Amends the act's long title.