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

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 8, 2024
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2024
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 1, 2024
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 4, 202446–0
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

This bill relates 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. The bill requires that school districts and accredited nonpublic schools include in the high-quality school building emergency operations plan a policy that directs how students, school employees, and individuals who are not school employees but who are required as part of the individual’s employment to regularly be present in a school building are to respond when a fire alarm is activated on school grounds outside of a scheduled fire drill to protect such individuals in the event the fire alarm was activated due to the presence of an active shooter on school grounds.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 11, 2024. On January 23, 2024 it recommended passage. [].

• Sen. Cherielynn Westrich REmail
• Sen. Chris Cournoyer R
• Sen. Eric Giddens D

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256E.7§256F.4§280.30

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