House File 515 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 515 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 353) 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 1626HV (2) 87 je/rj

H.F. 515 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 December 5 31, 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 9 shall update the plan at least every four years. The board 10 shall make the plan available to all employees of the school 11 district. The board shall notify all students and parents 12 or guardians of students that such a plan is in place at 13 least once per school year. The notification shall include 14 information about the plan but shall not include information 15 described in section 22.7, subsection 50. 16 Sec. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY TASK FORCE AND REPORT. 17 1. The department of education shall establish a school 18 security task force. The task force shall consist of members 19 including but not limited to the following: 20 a. One member who is a representative of the department of 21 education. 22 b. One member who is a representative of the department of 23 public safety. 24 c. One member who is a representative of the department of 25 homeland security and emergency management. 26 d. One member who is a representative of a local law 27 enforcement agency. 28 e. One member who is a representative of local emergency 29 management coordinators. 30 f. One member who is a representative of the Iowa 31 association of school boards. 32 g. One member who is a representative of the school 33 administrators of Iowa. 34 h. One member who is a representative of the Iowa state 35 -1- LSB 1626HV (2) 87 je/rj 1/ 3

H.F. 515 education association. 1 i. One member who is a representative of school resource 2 officers. 3 j. One member who is a representative of parents of students 4 enrolled in school districts. 5 k. One member who is a representative of the general public. 6 2. The department of education shall provide staffing 7 services for the task force. 8 3. The task force shall gather information and make 9 recommendations regarding all of the following: 10 a. Security measures for school buildings which can be 11 implemented at a range of costs to school districts, including 12 but not limited to security measures that can be implemented 13 at no cost to school districts. 14 b. Means for including such security measures in the 15 construction of new school buildings. 16 c. Identification of existing and potential funding sources 17 for the implementation of such security measures. 18 4. The task force shall issue a report regarding its 19 findings and recommendations to the governor and the general 20 assembly no later than December 31, 2017. The department of 21 education shall publish the report on its internet site and 22 distribute the report electronically to all school districts 23 in this state. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill requires the board of directors of a school 28 district to establish a security plan for individual school 29 buildings in the school district in which students are educated 30 no later than December 31, 2018. The bill requires the 31 board to consider the recommendations of the school security 32 task force established by the bill and consult with local 33 law enforcement agencies and the local emergency management 34 coordinator in the development of the plan. The bill requires 35 -2- LSB 1626HV (2) 87 je/rj 2/ 3

H.F. 515 the board to update the plan at least every four years. The 1 bill requires the board to make the plan available to all 2 employees of the school district. The bill requires the board 3 to notify all students and parents or guardians of students 4 that such a plan is in place at least once per school year. The 5 bill provides that the notification shall include information 6 about the plan but shall not include certain information that 7 may be confidential. 8 The bill requires the department of education to establish a 9 school security task force and provide staffing for the task 10 force. The bill provides for the membership of the task force. 11 The task force is required to gather information and 12 make recommendations regarding security measures for school 13 buildings which can implemented at a range of costs, means for 14 including such security measures in the construction of new 15 school buildings, and identification of existing and potential 16 funding sources for the implementation of such security 17 measures. The task force is required to issue a report 18 regarding its findings and recommendations to the governor and 19 the general assembly no later than December 31, 2017. The 20 department of education is required to publish the report on 21 its internet site and distribute the report electronically to 22 all school districts in this state. 23 -3- LSB 1626HV (2) 87 je/rj 3/ 3