Senate File 29 - Introduced SENATE FILE 29 BY McCOY A BILL FOR An Act providing for standards and requirements for threat 1 detection and response for design and construction of school 2 buildings. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1103XS (2) 86 je/sc

S.F. 29 Section 1. Section 103A.7, subsection 2, Code 2015, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . i. Standards for threat detection and 3 response for public and nonpublic school buildings used for 4 kindergarten through grade twelve instruction. 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 103A.8D Safety enhancements for new 6 schools. 7 1. The commissioner, after consulting with and receiving 8 recommendations from the state board of education, shall 9 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A specifying standards and 10 requirements for threat detection and response for design and 11 construction of public and nonpublic school buildings used for 12 kindergarten through grade twelve instruction. The standards 13 and requirements shall be incorporated into the state building 14 code adopted in section 103A.7. The standards and requirements 15 shall include design provisions to enhance the overall safety 16 and well-being of students and staff, including but not limited 17 to the following safety enhancements: 18 a. Surveillance video. 19 b. Entry way metal detectors. 20 c. Direct entrance and exit routes located within a 21 classroom, which can only be accessed from inside that 22 classroom. 23 d. An effective means of communication between classrooms 24 and administrative offices. 25 e. A real-time notification device located within a 26 classroom, such as a panic button, to alert local area law 27 enforcement when a staff member encounters a dangerous 28 situation. 29 f. A means of threat containment, which may include the 30 ability to lock down the portion of a building wherein a threat 31 has been identified. 32 2. The rules shall require public and nonpublic school 33 buildings used for kindergarten through grade twelve 34 instruction to include at least two of the safety enhancements 35 -1- LSB 1103XS (2) 86 je/sc 1/ 3

S.F. 29 described in subsection 1. The standards shall also 1 expressly permit such a building to include more than two such 2 enhancements. 3 3. The commissioner shall require compliance with the rules 4 adopted pursuant to this section for construction of public and 5 nonpublic school buildings used for kindergarten through grade 6 twelve instruction commenced on or after July 1, 2016. 7 Sec. 3. Section 256.7, Code 2015, is amended by adding the 8 following new subsection: 9 NEW SUBSECTION . 33. Advise the state building code 10 commissioner in the development of standards and requirements 11 for threat detection and response for design and construction 12 of public and nonpublic school buildings used for kindergarten 13 through grade twelve instruction as provided in section 14 103A.8D. 15 Sec. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 16 3, shall not apply to this Act. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill requires the state building commissioner, after 21 consulting with and receiving recommendations from the state 22 board of education, to adopt rules specifying standards and 23 requirements for threat detection and response for design and 24 construction of public and nonpublic school buildings used for 25 kindergarten through grade 12 instruction. The standards and 26 requirements shall be incorporated into the state building 27 code. The standards and requirements shall include design 28 provisions to enhance the overall safety and well-being of 29 students and staff, including certain safety enhancements. 30 Safety enhancements described in the bill include but are 31 not limited to surveillance video; entry way metal detectors; 32 direct entrance and exit routes located within a classroom, 33 which can only be accessed from inside that classroom; an 34 effective means of communication between classrooms and 35 -2- LSB 1103XS (2) 86 je/sc 2/ 3

S.F. 29 administrative offices; a real-time notification device located 1 within a classroom, such as a panic button; and a means of 2 threat containment, which may include the ability to lock down 3 the portion of a building wherein a threat has been identified. 4 The rules shall require public and nonpublic school 5 buildings used for kindergarten through grade 12 instruction to 6 include at least two of the safety enhancements described in 7 the bill and expressly permit such a building to include more 8 than two such enhancements. 9 The commissioner shall require compliance with the rules 10 adopted pursuant to the bill for construction of public and 11 nonpublic school buildings used for kindergarten through grade 12 12 instruction commenced on or after July 1, 2016. 13 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 14 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 15 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 16 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 17 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 18 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 19 mandate included in the bill. 20 -3- LSB 1103XS (2) 86 je/sc 3/ 3