House File 353 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 353 BY GUSTAFSON A BILL FOR An Act requiring school districts to establish security plans 1 for school buildings and providing for a school security 2 task force and report. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1626YH (3) 87 je/rj

H.F. 353 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.70 School district building 1 security plans. 2 The board of directors of a school district shall establish 3 a security plan for individual school buildings in the school 4 district in which students are educated no later than June 5 30, 2018. The board shall consider the recommendations of 6 the school security task force and shall consult with local 7 law enforcement agencies and the local emergency management 8 coordinator in the development of the plan. The board shall 9 ensure that the plan is distributed to the parents or guardians 10 of all students enrolled in the school district at least once 11 per school year. Such distribution may be electronic. The 12 board shall ensure that the plan is shared with students 13 enrolled in the school district at a school assembly at least 14 once per school year. 15 Sec. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY TASK FORCE AND REPORT. 16 1. The department of education shall establish a school 17 security task force. The task force shall consist of the 18 following members: 19 a. One member who is a representative of the department of 20 education. 21 b. One member who is a representative of the department of 22 public safety. 23 c. One member who is a representative of the department of 24 homeland security and emergency management. 25 d. One member who is a representative of a local law 26 enforcement agency. 27 e. One member who is a representative of local emergency 28 management coordinators. 29 f. One member who is a representative of the Iowa 30 association of school boards. 31 g. One member who is a representative of the school 32 administrators of Iowa. 33 h. One member who is a representative of the Iowa state 34 education association. 35 -1- LSB 1626YH (3) 87 je/rj 1/ 3

H.F. 353 i. One member who is a representative of school resource 1 officers. 2 j. One member who is a representative of the general public. 3 2. The department of education shall provide staffing 4 services for the task force. 5 3. The task force shall gather information and make 6 recommendations regarding all of the following: 7 a. Security measures for school buildings which can be 8 implemented at a range of costs to school districts, including 9 but not limited to security measures that can be implemented 10 at no cost to school districts. 11 b. Means for including such security measures in the 12 construction of new school buildings. 13 c. Identification of existing and potential funding sources 14 for the implementation of such security measures. 15 4. The task force shall issue a report regarding its 16 findings and recommendations to the governor and the general 17 assembly no later than December 31, 2017. The department of 18 education shall publish the report on its internet site and 19 distribute the report electronically to all school districts 20 in this state. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill requires the board of directors of a school 25 district to establish a security plan for individual school 26 buildings in the school district in which students are educated 27 no later than June 30, 2018. The bill requires the board to 28 consider the recommendations of the school security task force 29 established by the bill and consult with local law enforcement 30 agencies and the local emergency management coordinator in the 31 development of the plan. The bill requires the board to ensure 32 that the plan is distributed to the parents or guardians of 33 all students enrolled in the school district at least once per 34 school year. The bill requires the board to ensure that the 35 -2- LSB 1626YH (3) 87 je/rj 2/ 3

H.F. 353 plan is shared with students enrolled in the school district at 1 a school assembly at least once per school year. 2 The bill requires the department of education to establish a 3 school security task force and provide staffing for the task 4 force. The bill provides for the membership of the task force. 5 The task force is required to gather information and 6 make recommendations regarding security measures for school 7 buildings which can implemented at a range of costs, means for 8 including such security measures in the construction of new 9 school buildings, and identification of existing and potential 10 funding sources for the implementation of such security 11 measures. The task force is required to issue a report 12 regarding its findings and recommendations to the governor and 13 the general assembly no later than December 31, 2017. The 14 department of education is required to publish the report on 15 its internet site and distribute the report electronically to 16 all school districts in this state. 17 -3- LSB 1626YH (3) 87 je/rj 3/ 3