House File 438 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 438 BY ABDUL-SAMAD and GAINES A BILL FOR An Act relating to school resource officers and private 1 security staff. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2305YH (2) 85 je/nh

H.F. 438 Section 1. Section 232.69, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (4), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows: 2 (4) A licensed school employee, certified para-educator, 3 holder of a coaching authorization issued under section 272.31 , 4 a school resource officer or an individual who performs private 5 security duties on school district grounds as an employee of 6 or under contract with a school district under section 279.8, 7 subsection 5, or an instructor employed by a community college. 8 Sec. 2. Section 279.8, Code 2013, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 279.8 General rules —— bonds of employees. 11 1. The board shall make rules for its own government and 12 that of the directors, officers, employees, teachers and 13 pupils, and for the care of the schoolhouse, grounds, and 14 property of the school corporation, and shall aid in the 15 enforcement of the rules, and require the performance of duties 16 imposed by law and the rules. 17 2. The board shall include in its rules provisions 18 regulating the loading and unloading of pupils from a school 19 bus stopped on the highway during a period of reduced highway 20 visibility caused by fog, snow or other weather conditions. 21 3. The board shall have the authority to include in its 22 rules provisions allowing school corporation employees to 23 use school credit cards to pay for the actual and necessary 24 expenses incurred in the performance of work-related duties. 25 4. Employees of a school corporation maintaining a 26 high school who have the custody of funds belonging to the 27 corporation or funds derived from extracurricular activities 28 and other sources in the conduct of their duties, shall be 29 required to furnish suitable bond indemnifying the corporation 30 or any activity group connected with the school against loss, 31 and employees who have the custody of property belonging to the 32 corporation or any activity group connected with the school may 33 be required to furnish such bond. Said bond or bonds may be in 34 such form and penalty as the board may approve and the premiums 35 -1- LSB 2305YH (2) 85 je/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 438 on same shall be paid from the general fund of the corporation. 1 5. a. A school district shall not employ or contract for 2 the services of an individual as a school resource officer 3 or to perform private security duties on school district 4 grounds if the individual has not, at a minimum, met all of the 5 following requirements: 6 (1) Successfully completed training that includes but 7 is not limited to de-escalation techniques, anger management 8 techniques, civil rights and unfair or discriminatory practices 9 awareness, recognition of fake or altered identification, and 10 cultural diversity training. 11 (2) Satisfied the training requirements of section 232.69. 12 b. This subsection applies only to individuals whose duties 13 occur during the school day or whose duties otherwise require 14 interaction with students. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill provides that a school district cannot employ or 17 contract for the services of an individual as a school resource 18 officer or to perform private security duties on school 19 district grounds if the individual has not, at a minimum, 20 met certain training requirements. The individual must 21 successfully complete training that includes but is not limited 22 to de-escalation techniques, anger management techniques, 23 civil rights and unfair or discriminatory practices awareness, 24 recognition of fake or altered identification, cultural 25 diversity training, and training relating to the identification 26 and reporting of child abuse. 27 The bill also provides that school resource officers and 28 individuals who perform private security duties on school 29 district grounds are mandatory reporters of child abuse under 30 Code section 232.69. 31 The bill applies only to individuals whose duties occur 32 during the school day or whose duties otherwise require 33 interaction with students. 34 -2- LSB 2305YH (2) 85 je/nh 2/ 2