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1 1 Amend Senate File 2381, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 11, by inserting after line 24 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. 500. NEW SECTION. 422E.5 SCHOOL
1 6 INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY FUND.
1 7 1. There shall be distributed from the federal
1 8 funds allocated to the state of Iowa as described in
1 9 Conference Committee Report 105-390, accompanying H.R.
1 10 2264, making federal appropriations to the United
1 11 States departments of labor, health and human
1 12 services, and education, to the state department of
1 13 education the sum of two million dollars to establish
1 14 a school infrastructure safety fund.
1 15 2. The funds shall be allocated to the school
1 16 budget review committee to develop a school
1 17 infrastructure safety fund grant program, in
1 18 conjunction with the state fire marshal. For purposes
1 19 of reviewing grant applications and making
1 20 recommendations regarding the administration of the
1 21 program, the state fire marshal shall be considered an
1 22 additional voting member of the school budget review
1 23 committee.
1 24 3. Top priority in awarding program grants shall
1 25 be the making of school infrastructure improvements
1 26 relating to fire and personal safety. School
1 27 districts eligible for program grants shall have
1 28 received an order or citation from the state fire
1 29 marshal, or a fire department chief or fire prevention
1 30 officer, for one or more fire safety violations
1 31 regarding a school facility, or in the opinion of the
1 32 state fire marshal shall be regarded as operating
1 33 facilities subject to significant fire safety
1 34 deficiencies. Grant awards shall also be available
1 35 for defects or violations of the state building code
1 36 revealed during an inspection of school facilities by
1 37 a local building department, or for improvements
1 38 consistent with the standards and specifications
1 39 contained in the state building code regarding
1 40 ensuring that buildings and facilities are accessible
1 41 to and functional for persons with disabilities. The
1 42 school budget review committee shall allocate program
1 43 funds to school districts which, in its discretion,
1 44 are determined to be faced with the most severe
1 45 deficiencies. School districts applying for program
1 46 grants shall have developed and submitted to the state
1 47 fire marshal or local building department a written
1 48 plan to remedy fire or safety defects within a
1 49 specified time frame. Approval of the written plan by
1 50 the state fire marshal or local building department
2 1 shall be obtained prior to receipt of a grant award by
2 2 a school district.
2 3 4. Application forms, submission dates for
2 4 applications and for written plans to remedy fire or
2 5 safety defects, and grant award criteria shall be
2 6 developed by the state department of education, in
2 7 coordination with the state fire marshal, by rule.
2 8 5. The school budget review committee shall submit
2 9 a progress report of the number and amount of grants
2 10 awarded, and fire and safety improvements made,
2 11 pursuant to the school infrastructure safety fund
2 12 grant program, to the general assembly by January 1,
2 13 2000."
2 14 #2. Page 13, by inserting after line 16 the
2 15 following:
2 16 "___. Section 500, enacting section 422E.5 which
2 17 establishes a school infrastructure safety fund."
2 18 #3. Title, page 2, line 33, by inserting after the
2 19 word "fund," the following: "by creating a school
2 20 infrastructure safety fund,".
2 21 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 22
2 23
2 24
2 25 MASCHER of Johnson
2 26 SF 2381.709 77
2 27 jm/sc/28
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