Senate
File
2364
-
Enrolled
Senate
File
2364
AN
ACT
REQUIRING
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AND
ACCREDITED
NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS
TO
DEVELOP
HIGH-QUALITY
EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS
PLANS
FOR
SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.30
High-quality
school
building
emergency
operations
plans.
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
develop
a
high-quality
emergency
operations
plan
for
the
district
and
individual
school
buildings
in
which
students
are
educated
no
later
than
June
30,
2019.
The
plan
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
responses
to
active
shooter
scenarios
and
natural
disasters.
The
plan
shall
provide
that
any
alert
regarding
an
emergency
situation
that
is
transmitted
to
school
personnel
or
students
by
electronic
means
shall
also
be
transmitted
to
the
employer
of
any
individual
who
is
not
a
school
employee
but
who
is
required
as
a
part
of
the
individual’s
employment
to
regularly
be
present
in
a
school
building
during
the
school
year.
The
plan
shall
include
publication
of
procedures
for
school
personnel,
parents,
and
guardians
to
report
possible
threats
to
the
safety
of
students
or
school
personnel
on
school
grounds
or
at
school
activities.
The
board
and
authorities
shall
consider
any
recommendations
of
the
department
of
education
relating
to
the
development
of
a
high-quality
emergency
operations
plan
and
shall
consult
Senate
File
2364,
p.
2
with
local
emergency
management
coordinators
and
local
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
development
of
the
plan.
The
board
and
authorities
shall
review
and
update
the
plan
on
an
annual
basis.
The
plan
shall
be
confidential
and
shall
not
be
a
public
record
subject
to
disclosure
under
chapter
22.
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
require
that
at
least
once
per
school
year
an
emergency
operations
drill
based
on
the
emergency
operations
plan
be
conducted
in
each
individual
school
building
in
which
students
are
educated.
The
board
and
authorities
shall
determine
which
school
personnel
participate
in
the
drill
and
whether
students
or
local
law
enforcement
agencies
participate
in
the
drill.
The
drill
may
include
but
is
not
limited
to
a
table
top
exercise,
walk-through,
partial
drill,
or
full
drill.
This
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
affect
the
requirements
of
section
100.31,
subsection
1.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2364,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor