HF 188 (LSB 1952YH (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 188

BY  KAJTAZOVIC

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring new school buses purchased by school districts to be equipped with a front and rear motion sensor system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.373, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.
  a.  A new school bus ordered for purchase by a school district on or after July 1, 2015, shall be equipped with a motion-activated student detection system consisting of at least two exterior motion sensors mounted on the front of the school bus, two exterior motion sensors mounted on the rear of the school bus, and a motion-sensitive alarm system.
   b.  Notwithstanding section 321.378, this subsection applies only to public schools where children are transported to and from school.
    Sec. 2.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under section 257.16, a physical plant and equipment levy under section 298.2, or from revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education fund under chapter 423F. This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires that new school buses ordered for purchase by a school district on or after July 1, 2015, be equipped with a motion-activated student detection system consisting of at least two exterior motion sensors mounted on the front of the school bus, two exterior motion sensors mounted on the rear of the school bus, and a motion-sensitive alarm system. The bill applies only to public schools.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under Code section 257.16, a physical plant and equipment levy under Code section 298.2, or from revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education fund under Code chapter 423F. The specification is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.