House
File
2440
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2440
BY
YOUNG
and
NORDMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
department
of
public
safety,
in
1
collaboration
with
the
department
of
education
and
the
2
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
3
to
convene
a
task
force
to
study
and
make
recommendations
4
related
to
the
safety
and
security
standards
of
schools
and
5
school
infrastructure.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
SAFETY,
DEPARTMENT
OF
1
EDUCATION,
AND
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY
AND
EMERGENCY
2
MANAGEMENT
——
SCHOOL
SAFETY
AND
SECURITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
3
STANDARDS
——
TASK
FORCE.
4
1.
The
department
of
public
safety,
in
collaboration
with
5
the
department
of
education
and
the
department
of
homeland
6
security
and
emergency
management,
shall
convene
and
provide
7
administrative
support
to
a
task
force
that
shall
study
8
and
make
recommendations
related
to
the
safety
and
security
9
standards
of
schools
and
school
infrastructure,
including
10
safety
and
security
standards
related
to
doors,
windows,
11
cameras,
and
locks.
12
2.
Any
expenses
incurred
by
a
member
of
the
task
force
13
shall
be
the
responsibility
of
the
individual
member
or
the
14
respective
entity
represented
by
the
member.
15
3.
The
task
force
shall
submit
its
findings
and
16
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
on
or
before
December
17
31,
2024.
The
findings
and
recommendations
shall
include
a
18
proposal
for
modifications
to
the
state
building
code
that
19
are
applicable
to
the
construction
of
new
attendance
centers
20
and
the
renovation
of
existing
attendance
centers
and
that
21
incorporate
standards
designed
to
increase
the
safety
of
22
schools
and
school
infrastructure.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
public
safety,
in
27
collaboration
with
the
department
of
education
and
the
28
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
to
29
convene
a
task
force
to
study
and
make
recommendations
related
30
to
the
safety
and
security
standards
of
schools
and
school
31
infrastructure.
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
submit
32
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
on
or
33
before
December
31,
2024.
The
findings
and
recommendations
are
34
required
to
include
a
proposal
for
modifications
to
the
state
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building
code
that
are
applicable
to
the
construction
of
new
1
attendance
centers
and
the
renovation
of
existing
attendance
2
centers
and
that
incorporate
standards
designed
to
increase
the
3
safety
of
schools
and
school
infrastructure.
4
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