Iowa HF 353: 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. (See HF 515.)

Bill Text

House
File
353
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
353

BY
GUSTAFSON

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
requiring
school
districts
to
establish
security
plans
1

for
school
buildings
and
providing
for
a
school
security
2

task
force
and
report.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4

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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.70
School
district
building
1

security
plans.
2

The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
establish
3

a
security
plan
for
individual
school
buildings
in
the
school
4

district
in
which
students
are
educated
no
later
than
June
5

30,
2018.
The
board
shall
consider
the
recommendations
of
6

the
school
security
task
force
and
shall
consult
with
local
7

law
enforcement
agencies
and
the
local
emergency
management
8

coordinator
in
the
development
of
the
plan.
The
board
shall
9

ensure
that
the
plan
is
distributed
to
the
parents
or
guardians
10

of
all
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
at
least
once
11

per
school
year.
Such
distribution
may
be
electronic.
The
12

board
shall
ensure
that
the
plan
is
shared
with
students
13

enrolled
in
the
school
district
at
a
school
assembly
at
least
14

once
per
school
year.
15

Sec.
2.
SCHOOL
SECURITY
TASK
FORCE
AND
REPORT.
16

1.
The
department
of
education
shall
establish
a
school
17

security
task
force.
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
18

following
members:
19

a.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
department
of
20

education.
21

b.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
department
of
22

public
safety.
23

c.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
department
of
24

homeland
security
and
emergency
management.
25

d.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
a
local
law
26

enforcement
agency.
27

e.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
local
emergency
28

management
coordinators.
29

f.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
Iowa
30

association
of
school
boards.
31

g.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
school
32

administrators
of
Iowa.
33

h.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
Iowa
state
34

education
association.
35

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i.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
school
resource
1

officers.
2

j.
One
member
who
is
a
representative
of
the
general
public.
3

2.
The
department
of
education
shall
provide
staffing
4

services
for
the
task
force.
5

3.
The
task
force
shall
gather
information
and
make
6

recommendations
regarding
all
of
the
following:
7

a.
Security
measures
for
school
buildings
which
can
be
8

implemented
at
a
range
of
costs
to
school
districts,
including
9

but
not
limited
to
security
measures
that
can
be
implemented
10

at
no
cost
to
school
districts.
11

b.
Means
for
including
such
security
measures
in
the
12

construction
of
new
school
buildings.
13

c.
Identification
of
existing
and
potential
funding
sources
14

for
the
implementation
of
such
security
measures.
15

4.
The
task
force
shall
issue
a
report
regarding
its
16

findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
the
general
17

assembly
no
later
than
December
31,
2017.
The
department
of
18

education
shall
publish
the
report
on
its
internet
site
and
19

distribute
the
report
electronically
to
all
school
districts
20

in
this
state.
21

EXPLANATION
22

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24

This
bill
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
25

district
to
establish
a
security
plan
for
individual
school
26

buildings
in
the
school
district
in
which
students
are
educated
27

no
later
than
June
30,
2018.
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
28

consider
the
recommendations
of
the
school
security
task
force
29

established
by
the
bill
and
consult
with
local
law
enforcement
30

agencies
and
the
local
emergency
management
coordinator
in
the
31

development
of
the
plan.
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
ensure
32

that
the
plan
is
distributed
to
the
parents
or
guardians
of
33

all
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
at
least
once
per
34

school
year.
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
ensure
that
the
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plan
is
shared
with
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
at
1

a
school
assembly
at
least
once
per
school
year.
2

The
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
establish
a
3

school
security
task
force
and
provide
staffing
for
the
task
4

force.
The
bill
provides
for
the
membership
of
the
task
force.
5

The
task
force
is
required
to
gather
information
and
6

make
recommendations
regarding
security
measures
for
school
7

buildings
which
can
implemented
at
a
range
of
costs,
means
for
8

including
such
security
measures
in
the
construction
of
new
9

school
buildings,
and
identification
of
existing
and
potential
10

funding
sources
for
the
implementation
of
such
security
11

measures.
The
task
force
is
required
to
issue
a
report
12

regarding
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
13

the
general
assembly