Bill Text: IA SF2364 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to develop high-quality emergency operations plans for school buildings. (Formerly SF 2253.) Effective 7-1-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-11 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 918. [SF2364 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2364-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2364 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2253)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2364

                             AN ACT
 REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC
    SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP HIGH=QUALITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS
    FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  280.30  High=quality school building
 emergency operations plans.
    1.  The board of directors of a school district and the
 authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school
 shall develop a high=quality emergency operations plan for the
 district and individual school buildings in which students
 are educated no later than June 30, 2019. The plan shall
 include but not be limited to responses to active shooter
 scenarios and natural disasters. The plan shall provide that
 any alert regarding an emergency situation that is transmitted
 to school personnel or students by electronic means shall
 also be transmitted to the employer of any individual who is
 not a school employee but who is required as a part of the
 individual's employment to regularly be present in a school
 building during the school year. The plan shall include
 publication of procedures for school personnel, parents, and
 guardians to report possible threats to the safety of students
 or school personnel on school grounds or at school activities.
 The board and authorities shall consider any recommendations
 of the department of education relating to the development of
 a high=quality emergency operations plan and shall consult
 with local emergency management coordinators and local law
 enforcement agencies in the development of the plan. The board
 and authorities shall review and update the plan on an annual
 basis. The plan shall be confidential and shall not be a
 public record subject to disclosure under chapter 22.
    2.  The board of directors of a school district and the
 authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school
 shall require that at least once per school year an emergency
 operations drill based on the emergency operations plan be
 conducted in each individual school building in which students
 are educated. The board and authorities shall determine
 which school personnel participate in the drill and whether
 students or local law enforcement agencies participate in the
 drill. The drill may include but is not limited to a table top
 exercise, walk=through, partial drill, or full drill. This
 subsection shall not be construed to affect the requirements of
 section 100.31, subsection 1.


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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