Bill Text: IA HF152 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school resource officers by establishing a rural school security grant program and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. [HF152 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF152-Introduced.html
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BY
COLLINS
,
DETERMANN
,
HARRIS
,
DUNWELL
,
HORA
,
RINKER
,
WOOD
,
GEHLBACH
,
BODEN
,
WILZ
,
JOHNSON
,
LATHAM
,
GOLDING
,
HENDERSON
,
SORENSEN
,
YOUNG
,
NORDMAN
,
and
BRADLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
resource
officers
by
establishing
1
a
rural
school
security
grant
program
and
making
2
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.26
Rural
school
security
grant
1
program
——
fund.
2
1.
The
department
shall
create
a
rural
school
security
grant
3
program
to
provide
grants
to
school
districts
for
the
hiring
4
and
equipping
of
a
school
resource
officer.
5
2.
a.
A
school
district
with
a
basic
enrollment
for
the
6
budget
year
under
section
257.6,
subsection
2,
of
one
thousand
7
pupils
or
less
may
apply
for
a
grant
under
the
program
to
hire
8
and
equip
one
school
resource
officer
in
the
school
district.
9
b.
A
school
district
may
collaborate
and
partner
with
one
or
10
more
school
districts
or
law
enforcement
agencies
to
hire
and
11
equip
the
school
resource
officer
position
for
which
the
grant
12
application
is
filed.
The
school
resource
officer
position
may
13
be
the
position
from
which
the
school
receives
supplementary
14
weighting
under
section
257.11,
subsection
5.
15
c.
The
applicant
school
district
must
specify
in
the
16
application
the
amount
and
sources
of
other
funding
for
the
17
school
resource
officer
position,
including
amounts
received
by
18
the
school
district
as
the
result
of
supplementary
weighting
19
for
a
school
resource
officer
under
section
257.11,
subsection
20
5.
21
d.
Grant
funds
may
be
used
by
the
school
district
for
school
22
resource
officer
salaries,
benefits,
and
equipment.
23
3.
The
department
shall,
in
consultation
with
the
24
department
of
public
safety’s
school
safety
bureau,
develop
25
a
grant
application
and
selection
and
evaluation
criteria.
26
Applicants
that
meet
the
selection
and
evaluation
criteria
27
shall
be
awarded
grants
on
a
first-come-first-served
basis.
28
4.
A
grant
awarded
to
a
school
district
in
any
single
29
fiscal
year
shall
not
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
the
lesser
of
30
twenty
thousand
dollars
or
twenty
percent
of
the
amount
of
31
other
school
district
funding
sources
specified
in
the
school
32
district’s
application
to
hire
and
equip
the
school
resource
33
officer.
Amounts
paid
by
a
collaborator
or
partner
school
34
district
or
law
enforcement
agency
shall
be
part
of
the
amount
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of
other
school
district
funding
sources
specified
in
the
1
application.
2
5.
A
rural
school
security
grant
fund
is
established
in
the
3
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
There
is
4
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
rural
5
school
security
grant
fund
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
6
1,
2023,
four
million
dollars.
Moneys
credited
to
the
fund
are
7
appropriated
to
the
department
for
purposes
of
distributing
8
grants
under
this
section.
The
department
may
accept
gifts,
9
grants,
bequests,
and
other
private
contributions,
as
well
10
as
state
or
federal
moneys,
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
Moneys
11
available
in
the
rural
school
security
grant
fund
for
a
fiscal
12
year
shall
be
distributed
as
grants
to
eligible
school
district
13
applicants
pursuant
to
this
section.
Notwithstanding
section
14
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
15
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
16
purposes
designated
for
subsequent
fiscal
years.
17
6.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“school
resource
officer”
18
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
257.11,
subsection
5.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
education
to
establish
23
a
rural
school
security
grant
program
to
provide
grants
to
24
school
districts
with
basic
enrollments
for
the
budget
year
of
25
1,000
or
less
for
the
hiring
and
equipping
of
a
school
resource
26
officer.
Under
the
bill,
a
school
district
may
collaborate
and
27
partner
with
one
or
more
school
districts
or
law
enforcement
28
agencies
to
hire
and
equip
the
school
resource
officer
position
29
for
which
the
grant
application
is
filed.
The
applicant
school
30
district
must
specify
in
the
application
the
amount
and
sources
31
of
other
funding
for
the
school
resource
officer
position,
32
including
amounts
received
by
the
school
district
as
the
33
result
of
supplementary
weighting
under
Code
section
257.11,
34
subsection
5.
Grant
funds
may
be
used
for
school
resource
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officer
salaries,
benefits,
and
equipment.
1
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
education,
in
2
consultation
with
the
department
of
public
safety’s
school
3
safety
bureau,
to
develop
a
grant
application
and
selection
4
and
evaluation
criteria.
Applicants
that
meet
the
selection
5
and
evaluation
criteria
shall
be
awarded
grants
on
a
6
first-come-first-served
basis.
7
A
grant
awarded
to
a
school
district
in
any
single
fiscal
8
year
shall
not
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
the
lesser
of
$20,000
9
or
20
percent
of
the
amount
of
other
school
district
funding
10
sources
specified
in
the
school
district’s
application
from
11
other
school
district
funding
sources
to
hire
and
equip
the
12
school
resource
officer.
13
The
bill
establishes
a
rural
school
security
grant
fund
14
and
appropriates
$4
million
to
the
fund
for
the
fiscal
year
15
beginning
July
1,
2023.
Moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
close
of
a
16
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
17
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
for
subsequent
fiscal
18
years.
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