SF 2136 (LSB 5531XS (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 2136

BY  McCOY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a school infrastructure safety and security fund and program, making appropriations, and including effective dates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  293.1  School infrastructure safety and security fund —— grant program.
   1.  A school infrastructure safety and security fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department of education. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund for purposes of the grant program as specified in subsection 2.
   2.  Moneys in the fund shall be used by the department to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to school districts for costs relating to the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of safety and security products for school districts including but not limited to entry control devices, door locking hardware, two-way doors and glass, alarm communication systems, glass-break sensors, two-way radios, and other equipment that reflect school safety and security best practices.
   3.  To receive financial assistance pursuant to this section, a school district shall provide dollar-for-dollar local matching moneys through tax revenues received pursuant to section 423F.2 and through other sources according to rules adopted by the department.
   4.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
   5.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of any fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for the subsequent fiscal year to be used for purposes of the fund.
    Sec. 2.  SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY AND SECURITY FUND —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For deposit in the school infrastructure safety and security fund created in section 293.1:

.................................................. $ 10,000,000
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to a school infrastructure safety and security fund and program and includes an effective date.
   The bill appropriates $10 million from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, to be used for purposes of the school infrastructure safety and security fund, created in the bill.
   The bill creates a school infrastructure safety and security fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of education. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the department to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to school districts for costs relating to the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of safety and security products for school districts such as entry control devices, door locking hardware, two-way doors and glass, alarm communication systems, glass-break sensors, two-way radios, and other equipment that reflect school safety and security best practices. To receive financial assistance, a school district is required to provide dollar-for-dollar local matching moneys through tax revenues received pursuant to Code section 423F.2 and through other sources according to rules adopted by the department. The department is required to adopt rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A to administer the fund. Notwithstanding Code section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of any fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for the subsequent fiscal year to be used for purposes of the fund.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.