Bill Text: IA SF29 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for standards and requirements for threat detection and response for design and construction of school buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-15 - Subcommittee, Hogg, Quirmbach, and Zaun. S.J. 95. [SF29 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF29-Introduced.html
Senate File 29 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY McCOY A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for standards and requirements for threat 2 detection and response for design and construction of school 3 buildings. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1103XS (2) 86 je/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 103A.7, subsection 2, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. Standards for threat detection and 1 4 response for public and nonpublic school buildings used for 1 5 kindergarten through grade twelve instruction. 1 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 103A.8D Safety enhancements for new 1 7 schools. 1 8 1. The commissioner, after consulting with and receiving 1 9 recommendations from the state board of education, shall 1 10 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A specifying standards and 1 11 requirements for threat detection and response for design and 1 12 construction of public and nonpublic school buildings used for 1 13 kindergarten through grade twelve instruction. The standards 1 14 and requirements shall be incorporated into the state building 1 15 code adopted in section 103A.7. The standards and requirements 1 16 shall include design provisions to enhance the overall safety 1 17 and well=being of students and staff, including but not limited 1 18 to the following safety enhancements: 1 19 a. Surveillance video. 1 20 b. Entry way metal detectors. 1 21 c. Direct entrance and exit routes located within a 1 22 classroom, which can only be accessed from inside that 1 23 classroom. 1 24 d. An effective means of communication between classrooms 1 25 and administrative offices. 1 26 e. A real=time notification device located within a 1 27 classroom, such as a panic button, to alert local area law 1 28 enforcement when a staff member encounters a dangerous 1 29 situation. 1 30 f. A means of threat containment, which may include the 1 31 ability to lock down the portion of a building wherein a threat 1 32 has been identified. 1 33 2. The rules shall require public and nonpublic school 1 34 buildings used for kindergarten through grade twelve 1 35 instruction to include at least two of the safety enhancements 2 1 described in subsection 1. The standards shall also 2 2 expressly permit such a building to include more than two such 2 3 enhancements. 2 4 3. The commissioner shall require compliance with the rules 2 5 adopted pursuant to this section for construction of public and 2 6 nonpublic school buildings used for kindergarten through grade 2 7 twelve instruction commenced on or after July 1, 2016. 2 8 Sec. 3. Section 256.7, Code 2015, is amended by adding the 2 9 following new subsection: 2 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 33. Advise the state building code 2 11 commissioner in the development of standards and requirements 2 12 for threat detection and response for design and construction 2 13 of public and nonpublic school buildings used for kindergarten 2 14 through grade twelve instruction as provided in section 2 15 103A.8D. 2 16 Sec. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 2 17 3, shall not apply to this Act. 2 18 EXPLANATION 2 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 21 This bill requires the state building commissioner, after 2 22 consulting with and receiving recommendations from the state 2 23 board of education, to adopt rules specifying standards and 2 24 requirements for threat detection and response for design and 2 25 construction of public and nonpublic school buildings used for 2 26 kindergarten through grade 12 instruction. The standards and 2 27 requirements shall be incorporated into the state building 2 28 code. The standards and requirements shall include design 2 29 provisions to enhance the overall safety and well=being of 2 30 students and staff, including certain safety enhancements. 2 31 Safety enhancements described in the bill include but are 2 32 not limited to surveillance video; entry way metal detectors; 2 33 direct entrance and exit routes located within a classroom, 2 34 which can only be accessed from inside that classroom; an 2 35 effective means of communication between classrooms and 3 1 administrative offices; a real=time notification device located 3 2 within a classroom, such as a panic button; and a means of 3 3 threat containment, which may include the ability to lock down 3 4 the portion of a building wherein a threat has been identified. 3 5 The rules shall require public and nonpublic school 3 6 buildings used for kindergarten through grade 12 instruction to 3 7 include at least two of the safety enhancements described in 3 8 the bill and expressly permit such a building to include more 3 9 than two such enhancements. 3 10 The commissioner shall require compliance with the rules 3 11 adopted pursuant to the bill for construction of public and 3 12 nonpublic school buildings used for kindergarten through grade 3 13 12 instruction commenced on or after July 1, 2016. 3 14 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 3 15 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 3 16 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 3 17 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 3 18 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 3 19 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 3 20 mandate included in the bill. LSB 1103XS (2) 86 je/sc
