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Authorizing the use of revenues from the physical plant and equipment levy for school safety and security equipment and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 educationSchool safety
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
34 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation in the district. This bill authorizes revenue from the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies to be used for school safety and security equipment. The bill defines “school safety and security equipment” to include remote entry technology and equipment, security camera or monitoring systems, access control systems, school visitor control systems, emergency detection and alert equipment, door and window locks or emergency response measures, communication systems with access to fire and police emergency frequencies, and remodeling of or improvements to schoolhouses, school buildings, or school buses designed to protect students and school employees.
Read the full explanation
The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies July 1, 2019, for school budget years beginning on or after that date.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 23, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part