Bill Text: IA HF2438 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the security of school district buildings, including establishing the school security grant program within the department of education, establishing design and construction standards for new attendance centers, and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-12 - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 239. [HF2438 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2438-Introduced.html
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FILE
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BY
STAED
,
GJERDE
,
AMOS
JR.
,
BAETH
,
KURTH
,
STECKMAN
,
CAHILL
,
JAMES
,
GAINES
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
KRESSIG
,
and
BROWN-POWERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
security
of
school
district
buildings,
1
including
establishing
the
school
security
grant
program
2
within
the
department
of
education,
establishing
design
3
and
construction
standards
for
new
attendance
centers,
and
4
making
appropriations.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.20
School
security
——
grant
1
program.
2
1.
The
department
shall
establish
a
school
security
grant
3
program
to
provide
grants
to
school
districts
to
help
school
4
districts
offset
the
cost
associated
with
installing
school
5
safety
and
security
infrastructure,
including
any
of
the
6
following:
7
a.
Security
camera
systems.
8
b.
Metal
detectors.
9
c.
Security
doors
and
security
windows
that
can
withstand
10
breaching,
bullets,
and
explosive
blasts.
11
2.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
12
to
administer
this
section,
including
rules
relating
to
grant
13
application
materials,
eligibility
requirements,
and
award
14
criteria.
15
3.
Moneys
awarded
under
this
section
shall
be
used
to
16
supplement,
not
supplant,
existing
public
funding
used
by
a
17
school
district
for
similar
purposes.
18
4.
A
school
security
grant
program
fund
is
established
19
in
the
state
treasury.
The
fund
shall
be
administered
by
20
and
under
the
control
of
the
department
and
shall
consist
of
21
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
any
other
22
moneys
received
by
the
department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
23
The
moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
24
the
school
security
grant
program.
Notwithstanding
section
25
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
26
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
but
shall
remain
27
available
for
expenditure
for
the
school
security
grant
program
28
for
subsequent
fiscal
years.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
29
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
30
be
credited
to
the
fund.
31
5.
For
each
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024,
32
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
33
the
department
the
sum
of
three
million
dollars
for
the
school
34
security
grant
program.
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Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.84
Design
and
construction
of
new
1
attendance
centers.
2
1.
All
school
district
buildings
that
contain
classrooms
3
used
for
instructional
purposes
for
elementary,
middle,
or
4
secondary
school
students,
that
are
designed
and
built
on
or
5
after
January
1,
2025,
shall
satisfy
all
of
the
following
6
criteria:
7
a.
Each
door
and
window
within
classrooms
in
the
school
8
district
building
must
be
able
to
withstand
breaching,
bullets,
9
and
explosive
blasts.
10
b.
The
school
district
building
must
have
only
one
point
11
of
entry,
and
that
point
of
entry
must
lead
to
a
main
office
12
that
is
separated
from
the
classrooms
in
the
school
district
13
building
by
doors
that
can
be
locked.
14
2.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
under
15
chapter
17A
for
the
administration
of
this
section.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
the
security
of
school
district
20
buildings,
including
establishing
the
school
security
21
grant
program
within
the
department
of
education
(DE)
and
22
establishing
design
and
construction
standards
for
new
23
attendance
centers.
24
The
bill
establishes
that
DE
is
to
provide
grants
under
the
25
program
to
school
districts
to
help
offset
the
cost
associated
26
with
installing
school
safety
and
security
infrastructure,
27
including
security
camera
systems,
metal
detectors,
and
28
security
doors
and
windows.
The
bill
requires
DE
to
adopt
29
rules
to
administer
the
program.
The
bill
provides
that
moneys
30
awarded
under
the
program
shall
be
used
to
supplement,
not
31
supplant,
existing
public
funding
used
by
a
school
district
for
32
similar
purposes.
33
The
bill
establishes
a
school
security
grant
program
fund
34
in
the
state
treasury.
The
bill
appropriates
$3
million
from
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the
general
fund
to
DE
each
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
1
July
1,
2024,
for
purposes
of
the
program.
The
bill
provides
2
that
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
3
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
but
shall
remain
4
available
for
expenditure
under
the
program
for
subsequent
5
fiscal
years.
The
bill
also
provides
that
interest
or
earnings
6
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
7
The
bill
requires
that
all
school
district
buildings
that
8
contain
classrooms
used
for
instructional
purposes
that
are
9
designed
and
built
on
or
after
January
1,
2025,
meet
certain
10
specified
requirements
related
to
school
security,
including
11
each
door
and
window
within
classrooms
in
the
building
must
be
12
able
to
withstand
breaching,
bullets,
and
explosive
blasts,
and
13
the
building
must
have
only
one
point
of
entry,
and
that
point
14
of
entry
must
lead
to
a
main
office
that
is
separated
from
the
15
classrooms
in
the
building
by
doors
that
can
be
locked.
The
16
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
adopt
rules
to
17
administer
this
provision.
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