Bill Text: IA HF515 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring school districts to establish security plans for school buildings and providing for a school security task force and report. (Formerly HF 353.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Referred to Education. H.J. 869. [HF515 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF515-Introduced.html
House File 515 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 353) A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring school districts to establish security plans 2 for school buildings and providing for a school security 3 task force and report. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1626HV (2) 87 je/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 279.70 School district building 1 2 security plans. 1 3 The board of directors of a school district shall establish 1 4 a security plan for individual school buildings in the school 1 5 district in which students are educated no later than December 1 6 31, 2018. The board shall consider the recommendations of 1 7 the school security task force and shall consult with local 1 8 law enforcement agencies and the local emergency management 1 9 coordinator in the development of the plan. The board 1 10 shall update the plan at least every four years. The board 1 11 shall make the plan available to all employees of the school 1 12 district. The board shall notify all students and parents 1 13 or guardians of students that such a plan is in place at 1 14 least once per school year. The notification shall include 1 15 information about the plan but shall not include information 1 16 described in section 22.7, subsection 50. 1 17 Sec. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY TASK FORCE AND REPORT. 1 18 1. The department of education shall establish a school 1 19 security task force. The task force shall consist of members 1 20 including but not limited to the following: 1 21 a. One member who is a representative of the department of 1 22 education. 1 23 b. One member who is a representative of the department of 1 24 public safety. 1 25 c. One member who is a representative of the department of 1 26 homeland security and emergency management. 1 27 d. One member who is a representative of a local law 1 28 enforcement agency. 1 29 e. One member who is a representative of local emergency 1 30 management coordinators. 1 31 f. One member who is a representative of the Iowa 1 32 association of school boards. 1 33 g. One member who is a representative of the school 1 34 administrators of Iowa. 1 35 h. One member who is a representative of the Iowa state 2 1 education association. 2 2 i. One member who is a representative of school resource 2 3 officers. 2 4 j. One member who is a representative of parents of students 2 5 enrolled in school districts. 2 6 k. One member who is a representative of the general public. 2 7 2. The department of education shall provide staffing 2 8 services for the task force. 2 9 3. The task force shall gather information and make 2 10 recommendations regarding all of the following: 2 11 a. Security measures for school buildings which can be 2 12 implemented at a range of costs to school districts, including 2 13 but not limited to security measures that can be implemented 2 14 at no cost to school districts. 2 15 b. Means for including such security measures in the 2 16 construction of new school buildings. 2 17 c. Identification of existing and potential funding sources 2 18 for the implementation of such security measures. 2 19 4. The task force shall issue a report regarding its 2 20 findings and recommendations to the governor and the general 2 21 assembly no later than December 31, 2017. The department of 2 22 education shall publish the report on its internet site and 2 23 distribute the report electronically to all school districts 2 24 in this state. 2 25 EXPLANATION 2 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 28 This bill requires the board of directors of a school 2 29 district to establish a security plan for individual school 2 30 buildings in the school district in which students are educated 2 31 no later than December 31, 2018. The bill requires the 2 32 board to consider the recommendations of the school security 2 33 task force established by the bill and consult with local 2 34 law enforcement agencies and the local emergency management 2 35 coordinator in the development of the plan. The bill requires 3 1 the board to update the plan at least every four years. The 3 2 bill requires the board to make the plan available to all 3 3 employees of the school district. The bill requires the board 3 4 to notify all students and parents or guardians of students 3 5 that such a plan is in place at least once per school year. The 3 6 bill provides that the notification shall include information 3 7 about the plan but shall not include certain information that 3 8 may be confidential. 3 9 The bill requires the department of education to establish a 3 10 school security task force and provide staffing for the task 3 11 force. The bill provides for the membership of the task force. 3 12 The task force is required to gather information and 3 13 make recommendations regarding security measures for school 3 14 buildings which can implemented at a range of costs, means for 3 15 including such security measures in the construction of new 3 16 school buildings, and identification of existing and potential 3 17 funding sources for the implementation of such security 3 18 measures. The task force is required to issue a report 3 19 regarding its findings and recommendations to the governor and 3 20 the general assembly no later than December 31, 2017. The 3 21 department of education is required to publish the report on 3 22 its internet site and distribute the report electronically to 3 23 all school districts in this state. LSB 1626HV (2) 87 je/rj
