Senate File 2364 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2364 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2253) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 6, 2018 ) A BILL FOR An Act requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic 1 schools to develop high-quality emergency operations plans 2 for school buildings. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 SF 2364 (3) 87 je/rj/ko
S.F. 2364 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 280.30 High-quality school building 1 emergency operations plans. 2 1. The board of directors of a school district and the 3 authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school 4 shall develop a high-quality emergency operations plan for the 5 district and individual school buildings in which students 6 are educated no later than June 30, 2019. The plan shall 7 include but not be limited to responses to active shooter 8 scenarios and natural disasters. The plan shall provide that 9 any alert regarding an emergency situation that is transmitted 10 to school personnel or students by electronic means shall 11 also be transmitted to the employer of any individual who is 12 not a school employee but who is required as a part of the 13 individual’s employment to regularly be present in a school 14 building during the school year. The plan shall include 15 publication of procedures for school personnel, parents, and 16 guardians to report possible threats to the safety of students 17 or school personnel on school grounds or at school activities. 18 The board and authorities shall consider any recommendations 19 of the department of education relating to the development of 20 a high-quality emergency operations plan and shall consult 21 with local emergency management coordinators and local law 22 enforcement agencies in the development of the plan. The board 23 and authorities shall review and update the plan on an annual 24 basis. The plan shall be confidential and shall not be a 25 public record subject to disclosure under chapter 22. 26 2. The board of directors of a school district and the 27 authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school 28 shall require that all school personnel conduct at least once 29 per school year an emergency operations drill based on the 30 emergency operations plan in each individual school building 31 in which students are educated. Persons participating in 32 the drill may include students. This subsection shall not 33 be construed to affect the requirements of section 100.31, 34 subsection 1. 35 -1- SF 2364 (3) 87 je/rj/ko 1/ 1