House File 2586 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2586 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 675) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 28, 2024 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to school security, including by establishing 1 the school security personnel grant program within the 2 department of education and authorizing school employees to 3 be issued professional permits to carry weapons. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 2586 (3) 90 jda/jh/md

H.F. 2586 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.84 School security personnel 1 —— grant program. 2 1. For purposes of this section: 3 a. “Private school security officer” means an individual 4 employed by a private security business who possesses a permit 5 to carry weapons issued under section 724.6. 6 b. “Private security business” means the same as defined in 7 section 80A.1. 8 c. “School resource officer” means any of the following: 9 (1) A peace officer as defined in section 801.4. 10 (2) A reserve peace officer as defined in section 80D.1A. 11 2. The board of directors of each school district with 12 a total enrollment of at least eight thousand students shall 13 employ, or retain the services of, at least one private school 14 security officer or school resource officer to guard each 15 attendance center where students enrolled in grade nine, grade 16 ten, grade eleven, or grade twelve regularly attend classes, 17 unless a majority of the members of the board of directors of 18 the school district vote to not employ or retain a private 19 school security officer or a school resource officer. A 20 private school security officer employed or retained by the 21 board of directors of a school district pursuant to this 22 subsection shall be required to participate in the annual live 23 scenario training and quarterly live firearms training provided 24 by the department of public safety pursuant to section 724.6, 25 subsection 1, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (3). 26 3. The board of directors of each school district with 27 a total enrollment of less than eight thousand students is 28 encouraged to employ, or retain the services of, at least one 29 private school security officer or school resource officer 30 to guard each attendance center where students enrolled in 31 grade nine, grade ten, grade eleven, or grade twelve regularly 32 attend classes. A private school security officer employed 33 or retained by the board of directors of a school district 34 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to participate in 35 -1- HF 2586 (3) 90 jda/jh/md 1/ 3

H.F. 2586 the annual live scenario training and quarterly live firearms 1 training provided by the department of public safety pursuant 2 to section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a” , subparagraph 3 (3). 4 4. The department of education shall develop and administer 5 a school security personnel grant program to provide annual 6 grants to match moneys provided by a school district described 7 in subsection 2 or 3 to allow such school districts to offset 8 costs associated with employing, or retaining the services 9 of, a private school security officer or school resource 10 officer to guard each attendance center providing education to 11 students enrolled in grade nine, grade ten, grade eleven, or 12 grade twelve. The amount of an annual grant provided by the 13 department of education to a school district that has provided 14 matching moneys pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed 15 fifty thousand dollars for each attendance center of the school 16 district that provides education to students enrolled in grade 17 nine, grade ten, grade eleven, or grade twelve. 18 5. A school security personnel grant program fund 19 is established in the state treasury. The fund shall be 20 administered by the department of education and shall consist 21 of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and other moneys 22 received by the department for deposit in the fund. The moneys 23 in the fund are appropriated to the department for the school 24 security personnel grant program. Notwithstanding section 25 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall 26 not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain 27 available for expenditure for the school security personnel 28 grant program for subsequent fiscal years. 29 Sec. 2. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, 30 is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 31 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (3) A person may be issued a permit 32 to carry weapons if the person is a school employee of a 33 school district, a private school, or an institution of higher 34 education as defined in section 722.11. The person shall 35 -2- HF 2586 (3) 90 jda/jh/md 2/ 3

H.F. 2586 complete a prescribed firearm safety training course offered 1 pursuant to section 724.9, subsection 1, prior to being issued 2 a permit, and not be disqualified under section 724.8. A 3 person issued a permit to carry weapons under this subparagraph 4 shall receive one-time, in-person legal training, including 5 training on qualified immunity, annual emergency medical 6 training, and annual communication training that is approved 7 by the department of public safety. The department of public 8 safety shall implement required annual live scenario training 9 and quarterly live firearm training for school employees of a 10 school district, a private school, or an institution of higher 11 education that has opted into participating in the professional 12 permitting of school employees. A school employee issued a 13 professional permit to carry by the department of public safety 14 who is up to date with department of public safety-approved 15 training, and the school district that employs the school 16 employee, shall be entitled to qualified immunity from criminal 17 or civil liability for all damages incurred pursuant to the 18 application of reasonable force at the place of employment. 19 The identity of a person who has been issued a permit pursuant 20 to this subparagraph shall be confidential and shall not be a 21 public record subject to disclosure under chapter 22. 22 Sec. 3. Section 724.6, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 , fire fighters, as defined 25 in section 411.1, subsection 10 , airport fire fighters included 26 under section 97B.49B , school employees, and emergency medical 27 care providers other than emergency medical care providers 28 specified in subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), 29 shall not, as a condition of employment, be required to obtain 30 a permit under this section . However, the provisions of 31 this subsection shall not apply to a person designated as an 32 arson investigator by the chief fire officer of a political 33 subdivision. 34 -3- HF 2586 (3) 90 jda/jh/md 3/ 3