Bill Text: IA HF2009 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing the use of revenues from the district management levy for the employment of school resource officers and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-25 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 3-0 [HF2009 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2009-Introduced.html
House
File
2009
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2009
BY
LOHSE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
use
of
revenues
from
the
district
1
management
levy
for
the
employment
of
school
resource
2
officers
and
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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2009
Section
1.
Section
298.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
To
pay
the
costs
of
employing
a
school
3
resource
officer.
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“school
4
resource
officer”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
34
U.S.C.
§10389.
5
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
6
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2023.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
authorizes
the
use
of
revenues
from
the
district
11
management
levy
for
the
employment
of
school
resource
officers.
12
Under
current
law,
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
13
may
certify
for
levy
a
tax
on
all
taxable
property
in
the
14
school
district
for
a
district
management
levy.
The
bill
15
authorizes
revenues
from
the
district
management
levy
to
be
16
expended
to
pay
the
costs
of
employing
a
school
resource
17
officer.
The
bill
defines
“school
resource
officer”
to
mean
a
18
career
law
enforcement
officer,
with
sworn
authority,
deployed
19
in
community-oriented
policing,
and
assigned
by
the
employing
20
police
department
or
agency
to
work
in
collaboration
with
21
schools
and
community-based
organizations
to
address
crime
22
and
disorder
problems,
gangs,
and
drug
activities
affecting
23
or
occurring
in
or
around
an
elementary
or
secondary
school;
24
to
develop
or
expand
crime
prevention
efforts
for
students;
25
to
educate
likely
school-age
victims
in
crime
prevention
and
26
safety;
to
develop
or
expand
community
justice
initiatives
for
27
students;
to
train
students
in
conflict
resolution,
restorative
28
justice,
and
crime
awareness;
to
assist
in
the
identification
29
of
physical
changes
in
the
environment
that
may
reduce
crime
in
30
or
around
the
school;
and
to
assist
in
developing
school
policy
31
that
addresses
crime
and
to
recommend
procedural
changes.
32
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
33
July
1,
2023.
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