Senate File 2065 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2065 BY SINCLAIR A BILL FOR An Act establishing authority for school districts to impose 1 additional property taxes and income surtaxes for certain 2 school resource officer expenses under the instructional 3 support program. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5594XS (9) 88 md/jh

S.F. 2065 Section 1. Section 257.19, subsection 1, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The additional funding for the instructional support 3 program for a budget year is limited to an amount not exceeding 4 ten percent of the total of regular program district cost for 5 the budget year and moneys received under section 257.14 as a 6 budget adjustment for the budget year , plus, for school budget 7 years beginning on or after July 1, 2021, an amount not to 8 exceed the cost of school resource officer expenses for that 9 budget year . Moneys Except as provided in subsection 4, moneys 10 received by a district for the instructional support program 11 are miscellaneous income and may be used for any general fund 12 purpose. However, moneys received by a district for the 13 instructional support program shall not be used as, or in a 14 manner which has the effect of, supplanting funds authorized to 15 be received under sections 257.41 , 257.46 , 298.2 , and 298.4 , 16 or to cover any deficiencies in funding for special education 17 instructional services resulting from the application of the 18 special education weighting plan under section 256B.9 . 19 Sec. 2. Section 257.19, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 20 following new subsection: 21 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. a. The amount of funding for a budget 22 year under subsection 1 in excess of ten percent of the school 23 district’s total of regular program district cost for the 24 budget year and moneys received under section 257.14 as a 25 budget adjustment for the budget year shall be used only for 26 school resource officer expenses. 27 b. For each school district that has approved participation 28 in the instructional support program before July 1, 2020, for a 29 term of years that includes a school budget year beginning on 30 or after July 1, 2021, the school district shall not certify 31 an amount in excess of ten percent of the school district’s 32 total of regular program district cost for the budget year and 33 moneys received under section 257.14 as a budget adjustment 34 for the budget year unless the additional amount for school 35 -1- LSB 5594XS (9) 88 md/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 2065 resource officer expenses is authorized in the manner provided 1 in section 257.18. 2 c. For purposes of this section, “school resource officer 3 expenses” means the cost to provide or employ one school 4 resource officer, as defined in 34 U.S.C. §10389, and the cost 5 of the personal safety equipment for that school resource 6 officer. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill authorizes school districts to raise additional 11 amounts of property tax or income surtax under the 12 instructional support program for certain school resource 13 officer expenses. 14 Code section 257.18 authorizes school districts to raise 15 additional amounts of funding by property taxes or income 16 surtaxes for school general fund purposes. The amount 17 authorized to be raised is limited to an amount not exceeding 18 10 percent of the total of regular program district cost for 19 the budget year and moneys received as a budget adjustment for 20 the budget year. Participation in the instructional support 21 program may be for a period not to exceed 10 years subject 22 to voter approval or for a period of 5 years if approved by 23 the school board, subject to a voter petition requesting an 24 election. 25 The bill authorizes an additional annual amount of funding 26 under the instructional support program for school resource 27 officer expenses only for school budget years beginning on or 28 after July 1, 2021. 29 The bill defines “school resource officer expenses” to mean 30 the cost to provide or employ one school resource officer as 31 defined by federal law and the cost of the personal safety 32 equipment for that school resource officer. The federal 33 law definition of “school resource officer” is a career 34 law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in 35 -2- LSB 5594XS (9) 88 md/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 2065 community-oriented policing, and assigned by the employing 1 police department or agency to work in collaboration with 2 schools and community-based organizations to address crime 3 and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting 4 or occurring in or around an elementary or secondary school; 5 to develop or expand crime prevention efforts for students; 6 to educate likely school-age victims in crime prevention and 7 safety; to develop or expand community justice initiatives for 8 students; to train students in conflict resolution, restorative 9 justice, and crime awareness; to assist in the identification 10 of physical changes in the environment that may reduce crime in 11 or around the school; and to assist in developing school policy 12 that addresses crime and to recommend procedural changes. 13 The bill also provides that for each school district that 14 has approved participation in the instructional support program 15 before July 1, 2020, for a term of years that includes a school 16 budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2021, the school 17 district shall not certify an amount in excess of the current 18 law maximum amount unless the additional amount for school 19 resource officer expenses is authorized in the manner provided 20 for participation in the instructional support program. 21 -3- LSB 5594XS (9) 88 md/jh 3/ 3