Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2200
BY
GREEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
email
security
by
requiring
school
1
districts,
charter
schools,
and
area
education
agencies
to
2
implement
certain
email
security
standards.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0n.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
3
requirements
of
section
279.89
relating
to
student
email
4
security
standards
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
6
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
7
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
v.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
8
requirements
of
section
279.89
relating
to
student
email
9
security
standards
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
273.3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
13
requirements
of
section
279.89
relating
to
student
email
14
security
standards.
15
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.89
Student
email
security
16
standards.
17
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
requires
18
otherwise:
19
a.
“Advanced
threat
detection”
means
the
use
of
machine
20
learning,
behavioral
analysis,
and
sandboxing
to
prevent
21
delivery
of
malicious
attachments,
embedded
links,
and
zero-day
22
threats.
23
b.
“Data
loss
prevention”
means
the
automatic
inspection
24
of
email
content
and
attachments
to
prevent
unauthorized
25
transmission
of
personally
identifiable
information,
protected
26
health
information,
student
education
records,
or
confidential
27
internal
communications.
28
c.
“Email
security
solution”
means
any
cloud-based,
29
on-premises,
or
hybrid
system
that
provides
protective
30
filtering,
threat
detection,
policy
enforcement,
logging,
and
31
user-level
controls
for
inbound
and
outbound
email
traffic.
32
d.
“Encryption
enforcement”
means
the
capability
to
33
automatically
apply
encryption
policies
to
outbound
messages
34
containing
sensitive
data.
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e.
“Impersonation
protection”
means
the
ability
to
detect
1
and
block
spoofed
senders,
lookalike
domains,
and
unauthorized
2
attempts
to
pose
as
internal
users
or
third-party
vendors.
3
2.
By
January
1,
2027,
the
board
of
directors
of
each
school
4
district
shall
implement
an
email
security
solution
that
meets
5
all
of
the
following
requirements:
6
a.
Inbound
and
outbound
filtering
of
email
traffic
for
spam,
7
malware,
phishing,
ransomware,
and
advanced
persistent
threats.
8
b.
Artificial
intelligence-driven
threat
detection,
9
including
behavioral
analysis,
sandbox
execution,
and
real-time
10
analysis
of
embedded
uniform
resource
locators
and
attachments.
11
c.
Full-spectrum
impersonation
protection,
including
domain
12
and
display
name
spoofing
defense,
user
impersonation
alerts,
13
and
forged
sender
blocking.
14
d.
Data
loss
prevention
policies
capable
of
scanning
15
subject
lines,
body
content,
and
attachments
for
personally
16
identifiable
information,
protected
health
information,
17
and
student
records,
and
triggering
block,
quarantine,
or
18
encryption
workflows
as
appropriate.
19
e.
Policy-based
encryption
of
outbound
email
traffic
20
containing
protected
or
confidential
content.
21
f.
Quarantine
and
end-user
self-service
portals,
enabling
22
safe
engagement
and
reducing
administrative
burden.
23
g.
Directory
service
integration
to
enable
role-based
policy
24
application
and
user-level
visibility.
25
h.
Comprehensive
logging,
alerting,
and
forensic
analysis,
26
including
the
ability
to
correlate
threats
across
users
and
27
time,
and
generate
detailed
reporting
for
compliance
purposes.
28
i.
Support
for
integration
with
productivity
platforms
29
without
dependence
on
their
native
filtering
features.
30
3.
A
school
district
shall
be
considered
noncompliant
if
31
the
email
security
platform
or
vendor
used
by
the
district
or
32
agency
does
not
meet
the
requirements
of
this
section
in
full.
33
Sec.
5.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
34
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
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compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
1
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
2
aid
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16
and
3
by
an
area
education
agency
from
state
school
foundation
aid
4
received
by
the
area
education
agency
under
section
257.35.
5
This
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
6
deemed
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
7
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
8
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
9
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
10
districts
and
area
education
agencies.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
relates
to
student
email
security,
including
15
requiring
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
area
education
16
agencies
to
implement
certain
email
security
standards.
17
The
bill
requires
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
18
area
education
agencies
to
implement
student
email
security
19
solutions
by
January
1,
2027.
The
solutions
must
include
20
inbound
and
outbound
email
filtering
for
spam,
malware,
21
phishing,
ransomware,
and
advanced
threats;
artificial
22
intelligence-driven
threat
detection;
full-spectrum
23
impersonation
protection;
data
loss
prevention
scanning
24
for
personally
identifiable
information,
protected
health
25
information,
and
student
records;
policy-based
encryption
of
26
sensitive
outbound
emails;
quarantine
and
end-user
self-service
27
portals;
directory
service
integration;
comprehensive
logging
28
and
reporting;
and
support
for
integration
with
productivity
29
platforms.
A
school
district,
charter
school,
or
area
30
education
agency
is
noncompliant
if
its
email
security
solution
31
does
not
meet
the
requirements
of
the
bill.
32
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
33
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
any
34
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
district
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from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
school
1
district
under
Code
section
257.16
and
by
an
area
education
2
agency
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
area
3
education
agency
under
Code
section
257.35.
The
specification
4
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
5
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
6
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
7
requirement
of
school
districts
and
area
education
agencies
to
8
comply
with
any
state
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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