Relating to the security of school district buildings, including establishing the school security grant program within the department of education, establishing design and construction standards for new attendance centers, and making appropriations

The bill requires DE to adopt rules to administer the program. The bill provides that moneys awarded under the program shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing public funding used by a school district for similar purposes. The bill establishes a school security grant program fund in the state treasury. The bill appropriates $3 million from the general fund to DE each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2024, for purposes of the program. The bill provides that moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure under the program for subsequent fiscal years. The bill also provides that interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The bill requires that all school district buildings that contain classrooms used for instructional purposes that are designed and built on or after January 1, 2025, meet certain specified requirements related to school security, including each door and window within classrooms in the building must be able to withstand breaching, bullets, and explosive blasts, and the building must have only one point of entry, and that point of entry must lead to a main office that is separated from the classrooms in the building by doors that can be locked. The bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules to administer this provision.