Bill Text: IA SF2191 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the development of a policy governing responses to a fire alarm activated on school grounds outside of a scheduled fire drill by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 2017.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-11 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. [SF2191 Detail]
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2191
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2017)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
development
of
a
policy
governing
1
responses
to
a
fire
alarm
activated
on
school
grounds
2
outside
of
a
scheduled
fire
drill
by
school
districts,
3
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
4
innovation
zone
schools,
and
including
effective
date
5
provisions.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256E.7,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8A.
Each
charter
school
governing
board
3
shall
adopt
a
policy
that
directs
how
students,
charter
school
4
employees,
and
individuals
who
are
not
charter
school
employees
5
but
who
are
required
as
part
of
the
individual’s
employment
6
to
regularly
be
present
in
a
school
building
are
to
respond
7
when
a
fire
alarm
is
activated
on
school
grounds
outside
of
a
8
scheduled
fire
drill
to
protect
such
individuals
in
the
event
9
the
fire
alarm
was
activated
due
to
the
presence
of
an
active
10
shooter
on
school
grounds.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
256F.4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
12
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9.
Each
charter
school
or
innovation
14
zone
school
shall
adopt
a
policy
that
directs
how
students,
15
school
employees,
and
individuals
who
are
not
school
employees
16
but
who
are
required
as
part
of
the
individual’s
employment
17
to
regularly
be
present
in
a
school
building
are
to
respond
18
when
a
fire
alarm
is
activated
on
school
grounds
outside
of
a
19
scheduled
fire
drill
to
protect
such
individuals
in
the
event
20
the
fire
alarm
was
activated
due
to
the
presence
of
an
active
21
shooter
on
school
grounds.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
280.30,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
23
follows:
24
280.30
High-quality
school
building
emergency
operations
25
plans.
26
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
27
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
28
shall
develop
a
high-quality
emergency
operations
plan
for
the
29
district
and
individual
school
buildings
in
which
students
30
are
educated
no
later
than
June
30,
2019
.
The
plan
shall
31
include
but
not
be
limited
to
responses
to
active
shooter
32
scenarios
and
natural
disasters.
The
plan
shall
provide
that
33
any
alert
regarding
an
emergency
situation
that
is
transmitted
34
to
school
personnel
or
students
by
electronic
means
shall
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also
be
transmitted
to
the
employer
of
any
individual
who
is
1
not
a
school
employee
but
who
is
required
as
a
part
of
the
2
individual’s
employment
to
regularly
be
present
in
a
school
3
building
during
the
school
year.
The
plan
shall
include
4
publication
of
procedures
for
school
personnel,
parents,
and
5
guardians
to
report
possible
threats
to
the
safety
of
students
6
or
school
personnel
on
school
grounds
or
at
school
activities.
7
The
board
and
authorities
shall
consider
any
recommendations
8
of
the
department
of
education
relating
to
the
development
of
9
a
high-quality
emergency
operations
plan
and
shall
consult
10
with
local
emergency
management
coordinators
and
local
law
11
enforcement
agencies
in
the
development
of
the
plan.
The
board
12
and
authorities
shall
review
and
update
the
plan
on
an
annual
13
basis.
The
plan
shall
be
confidential
and
shall
not
be
a
14
public
record
subject
to
disclosure
under
chapter
22
.
The
plan
15
shall
include
all
of
the
following:
16
a.
Responses
to
active
shooter
scenarios
and
natural
17
disasters.
18
b.
The
publication
of
procedures
for
school
personnel,
19
parents,
and
guardians
to
report
possible
threats
to
the
safety
20
of
students
or
school
personnel
on
school
grounds
or
at
school
21
activities.
22
c.
A
policy
that
directs
how
students,
school
employees,
and
23
individuals
who
are
not
school
employees
but
who
are
required
24
as
part
of
the
individual’s
employment
to
regularly
be
present
25
in
a
school
building
are
to
respond
when
a
fire
alarm
is
26
activated
on
school
grounds
outside
of
a
scheduled
fire
drill
27
to
protect
such
individuals
in
the
event
the
fire
alarm
was
28
activated
due
to
the
presence
of
an
active
shooter
on
school
29
grounds.
30
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
31
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
32
shall
require
that
at
least
once
per
school
year
an
emergency
33
operations
drill
based
on
the
emergency
operations
plan
be
34
conducted
in
each
individual
school
building
in
which
students
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are
educated.
The
board
and
authorities
shall
determine
1
which
school
personnel
participate
in
the
drill
and
whether
2
students
or
local
law
enforcement
agencies
participate
in
the
3
drill.
The
drill
may
include
but
is
not
limited
to
a
table
top
4
exercise,
walk-through,
partial
drill,
or
full
drill.
This
5
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
affect
the
requirements
of
6
section
10A.522,
subsection
1
.
7
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
8
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
relates
to
the
development
of
a
policy
governing
13
responses
to
a
fire
alarm
activated
on
school
grounds
outside
14
of
a
scheduled
fire
drill
by
school
districts,
accredited
15
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
16
schools.
17
The
bill
requires
that
school
districts
and
accredited
18
nonpublic
schools
include
in
the
high-quality
school
building
19
emergency
operations
plan
a
policy
that
directs
how
students,
20
school
employees,
and
individuals
who
are
not
school
employees
21
but
who
are
required
as
part
of
the
individual’s
employment
22
to
regularly
be
present
in
a
school
building
are
to
respond
23
when
a
fire
alarm
is
activated
on
school
grounds
outside
of
a
24
scheduled
fire
drill
to
protect
such
individuals
in
the
event
25
the
fire
alarm
was
activated
due
to
the
presence
of
an
active
26
shooter
on
school
grounds.
The
bill
also
requires
charter
27
schools
and
innovation
zone
schools
to
adopt
such
a
policy.
28
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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