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House File 2652 - Enrolled
                                                     House File 2652
                                  AN ACT
     RELATING TO SCHOOL SECURITY, INCLUDING BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS
        RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SCHOOL BONDS, THE SECURE AN
        ADVANCED VISION FOR EDUCATION FUND, SCHOOL DISTRICT USE
        OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MONEYS, AND SCHOOL SECURITY
        EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF
        PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE RELATED TO THE SAFETY
        AND SECURITY STANDARDS OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE,
        AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1. Section 257.10, subsection 10, paragraph d, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    d. The use of the funds calculated under this subsection
 and any amount designated for professional development purposes
 from the school district’s flexibility account under section
 298A.2, subsection 2, shall comply with the requirements of
 chapter 284. If all professional development requirements of
 chapter 284 are met and funds received under this subsection
 remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of a fiscal year
 beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the school district may
 transfer all or a portion of such unexpended and unobligated
 funds for deposit in the school district’s flexibility account
 established under section 298A.2, subsection 2. At the end
 of a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2022, the
 school district may use all or a portion of funds under this
 subsection for the purposes authorized under subsection 9,
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 paragraph “d”. At the end of a fiscal year beginning on
 or after July 1, 2024, the school district may use all or
 a portion of funds under this subsection for any trainings
 required as a condition for a school employee to carry a weapon
 at the school during school hours.
    Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 279.84 Mobile panic alert systems.
    A school district may purchase, install, and operate a
 mobile panic alert system if all of the following requirements
 are satisfied:
    1. The system is capable of connecting different emergency
 services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between
 school employees and law enforcement agencies.
    2. The system is capable of integrating with local public
 safety answering point infrastructure and existing land mobile
 radio platform technology to transmit 911 calls and mobile
 activations.
    Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 279.85 School bonds —— restrictions.
    Notwithstanding sections 298.21 and 423F.4, the board of
 directors of a school district shall not issue negotiable,
 interest-bearing school bonds for borrowing money for
 purposes of constructing a new school building or site to
 be used primarily for interscholastic athletic contests or
 competitions, or renovating or improving a school building
 or site that is currently used primarily for interscholastic
 athletic contests or competitions, unless all of the attendance
 centers of the school corporation are in compliance with the
 provisions of the state building code, adopted on or after the
 effective date of this Act, related to the construction of new
 attendance centers and the renovation of existing attendance
 centers that incorporate standards designed to increase the
 safety of schools and school infrastructure.
    Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 279.86 Purchase of security equipment.
    1. A school district shall install and maintain school
 infrastructure, as defined in section 423F.3, subsection
 6, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (5), so that such school
 infrastructure performs as expected for the operational life
 of the school infrastructure.
    2. A school district shall not purchase school
 infrastructure, as defined in section 423F.3, subsection 6,
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 paragraph “a”, subparagraph (5), from an organization that
 is not included on the list established by the department
 of homeland security and emergency management pursuant to
 section 423F.3, subsection 6, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (5),
 subparagraph division (a), subparagraph subdivision (vii),
 subparagraph part (C).
    3. If a school district purchases school infrastructure,
 as defined in section 423F.3, subsection 6, paragraph
 “a”, subparagraph (4), or other school safety and security
 equipment, including radios, cameras, panic buttons, automated
 locks, or shatter-resistant window film, the school district
 shall install and maintain in an operable condition such school
 infrastructure or school safety and security equipment.
    Sec. 5. Section 423F.3, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
 2024, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (5) (a) Additionally, “school
 infrastructure” includes software or other innovative
 technology, and the cost of subscription and monitoring fees
 associated with such software or other innovative technology,
 that meets all of the following requirements:
    (i) Is designed to detect and alert school district
 employees and first responders if there is a visible,
 unholstered firearm on property owned by the school district.
    (ii) Is capable of integrating with local public safety
 answering point technology.
    (iii) Is designed to integrate with a school district’s
 existing security camera infrastructure.
    (iv) Was developed in the United States without the use of
 any third-party data or open-source data.
    (v) Was developed in the United States by an organization in
 which a majority interest and a controlling interest is owned
 by shareholders who are citizens of the United States.
    (vi) Is not associated with any company that is owned or
 controlled by the People’s Republic of China.
    (vii) All of the video processing, data processing,
 and data storage occurs on school district property or on
 servers located within the United States that follow data
 retention policies that are consistent with rules adopted by
 the department of homeland security and emergency management.
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 The department of homeland security and emergency management
 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this
 subparagraph subdivision. The rules adopted by the department
 of homeland security and emergency management shall do all of
 the following:
    (A) Establish security standards related to the
 transmission and storage of video and data.
    (B) Establish model data retention policies related to the
 storage of video and data.
    (C) Establish a list of organizations that satisfy the
 standards established by the department of homeland security
 and emergency management pursuant to this subparagraph
 subdivision. An organization may submit a request to the
 department of homeland security and emergency management to be
 included on this list.
    (viii) Was developed by an organization that is on the
 list established by the department of homeland security and
 emergency management pursuant to subparagraph subdivision
 (vii), subparagraph part (C).
    (ix) Beginning July 1, 2025, is designated by the secretary
 of homeland security as qualified anti-terrorism technology
 under 6 U.S.C. §441 et seq.
    (b) For purposes of this subparagraph, “school
 infrastructure” does not include the cost of personnel.
    Sec. 6. REQUIRED SCHOOL SAFETY REVIEW.
    1. If not already completed, each school district,
 accredited nonpublic school, charter school established
 pursuant to chapter 256E, charter school established pursuant
 to chapter 256F, and innovation zone school established
 pursuant to chapter 256F shall complete a comprehensive review
 and evaluation of the school’s ability to ensure the safety
 of students enrolled in the school and of school employees,
 including a review and evaluation of the school’s plan for
 responses to active shooter scenarios and natural disasters and
 the school’s safety and security infrastructure.
    2. On or before the first day of the school calendar
 established pursuant to section 279.10, subsection 1, for the
 school year beginning July 1, 2024, each school district,
 accredited nonpublic school, charter school established
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 pursuant to chapter 256E, charter school established pursuant
 to chapter 256F, and innovation zone school established
 pursuant to chapter 256F shall submit the results of the
 comprehensive review and evaluation to the department of public
 safety’s school safety bureau, police forces of the counties in
 which school attendance centers are located, the local district
 office of the state patrol, and, if applicable, the police
 forces of the cities in which school attendance centers are
 located, if not already submitted.
    3. This section shall not be construed to duplicate
 any review, evaluation, report, or assessment that school
 districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, or
 innovation zone schools are currently required to complete.
    4. The results of the comprehensive review and evaluation
 completed and submitted pursuant to this section shall be
 confidential and shall not be a public record subject to
 disclosure under chapter 22.
    Sec. 7. REQUIRED ACCESS TO A PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING
 POINT. On or before the first day of the school calendar
 established pursuant to section 279.10, subsection 1, for the
 school year beginning July 1, 2025, each school district,
 accredited nonpublic school, charter school established
 pursuant to chapter 256E, charter school established pursuant
 to chapter 256F, and innovation zone school established
 pursuant to chapter 256F is required to have at least one
 handheld or console radio, at each attendance center, that is
 capable of accessing a public safety answering point.
    Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
 EDUCATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
 MANAGEMENT —— SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE
 STANDARDS —— TASK FORCE.
    1. The department of public safety, in collaboration with
 the department of education and the department of homeland
 security and emergency management, shall convene and provide
 administrative support to a task force that shall study
 and make recommendations related to the safety and security
 standards of schools and school infrastructure, including
 safety and security standards related to doors, windows,
 cameras, and locks.
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    2. a. The department of public safety, in collaboration
 with the department of education and the department of homeland
 security and emergency management, shall appoint all of the
 following members to the task force:
    (1) A representative of the department of public safety.
    (2) A representative of the department of homeland security
 and emergency management.
    (3) A representative of the department of public safety’s
 school safety bureau.
    (4) A representative of the department of education.
    (5) A superintendent of a school district located in this
 state that has a total enrollment of greater than or equal to
 one thousand students.
    (6) A superintendent of a school district located in this
 state that has a total enrollment of less than one thousand
 students.
    (7) One school resource officer who is employed by a school
 district or accredited nonpublic school located in this state.
    (8) One president or chief executive officer of an
 accredited nonpublic school located in this state.
    (9) Two members of the boards of directors of school
 districts located in this state; provided, however, that such
 members shall not be members of the boards of directors of
 a school district that employs the superintendents appointed
 pursuant to subparagraph (5) or (6).
    (10) One representative of an association located in
 this state that represents members that perform commercial,
 industrial, and public works building projects, and
 that provides such members with a comprehensive array of
 educational, safety, environmental, labor, legal, professional
 development, and legislative services.
    (11) The state building code commissioner or a member of
 the state building code advisory council, if designated by the
 state building code commissioner.
    b. The department of education may appoint not more than
 four members to the task force, if the department of education
 determines that the appointment of such member or members will
 be beneficial to the study and recommendations the task force
 is required to complete.
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    3. Any expenses incurred by a member of the task force
 shall be the responsibility of the individual member or the
 respective entity represented by the member.
    4. The task force shall submit its findings and
 recommendations to the general assembly on or before December
 31, 2024. The findings and recommendations shall include a
 proposal for modifications to the state building code that
 are applicable to the construction of new attendance centers
 and the renovation of existing attendance centers and that
 incorporate standards designed to increase the safety of
 schools and school infrastructure.
    Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
 MANAGEMENT —— SCHOOL SECURITY PERSONNEL —— GRANTS FOR
 INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, AND TRAINING.
    1. a. If 2024 Iowa Acts, House File 2586, is enacted,
 the department of homeland security and emergency management
 shall establish a grant program to provide grants to applicant
 school districts for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024,
 and ending June 30, 2025, to allow such school districts to do
 all of the following:
    (1) Purchase infrastructure and equipment related to
 employee permits to carry weapons issued under section 724.6,
 subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), if enacted in
 2024 Iowa Acts, House File 2586.
    (2) Facilitate the training associated with employee
 permits to carry weapons issued under section 724.6, subsection
 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), if enacted in 2024 Iowa
 Acts, House File 2586.
    (3) Provide stipends to employees who participate in the
 training associated with employee permits to carry weapons
 issued under section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”,
 subparagraph (3), if enacted in 2024 Iowa Acts, House File
 2586.
    b. The department of homeland security and emergency
 management shall adopt rules to implement the grant program
 described in paragraph “a”. The rules adopted by the
 department of homeland security and emergency management shall
 establish an application process for school districts and
 shall define “infrastructure”, “equipment”, and “training” for
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 purposes of the grant program.
    c. The department of homeland security and emergency
 management shall not award a school district with more than
 twenty-five thousand dollars in grant funding under this
 subsection.
    2. If 2024 Iowa Acts, House File 2586, is enacted, there
 is established within the state treasury a school security
 personnel grant program fund. The fund shall be administered
 by the department of homeland security and emergency management
 and shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general
 assembly and other moneys received by the department of
 homeland security and emergency management for deposit in the
 fund.
    Sec. 10. Section 279.84, subsections 2 and 3, if enacted by
 2024 Iowa Acts, House File 2586, section 1, are amended to read
 as follows:
    2. The board of directors of each school district with
 a total enrollment of at least eight thousand students shall
 employ, or retain the services of, at least one private school
 security officer or school resource officer to guard each
 attendance center where students enrolled in grade nine, grade
 ten, grade eleven, or grade twelve regularly attend classes,
 unless a majority of the members of the board of directors of
 the school district vote to not employ or retain a private
 school security officer or a school resource officer. A
 private school security officer employed or retained by the
 board of directors of a school district pursuant to this
 subsection shall be required to participate in the annual live
 scenario training and quarterly live firearms training provided
 approved by the department of public safety pursuant to section
 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3).
    3. The board of directors of each school district with
 a total enrollment of less than eight thousand students is
 encouraged to employ, or retain the services of, at least one
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