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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
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 educationPublic safety & emergencies
Same legislation: SF 2017
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 8, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 1, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 4, 202446–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Schools in Iowa, including public, private, charter, and innovation zone schools, must create a new plan for when fire alarms go off unexpectedly. This policy tells students, staff, and regular workers in the building how to react if an alarm is triggered by an active shooter. The goal is to make sure everyone knows exactly how to stay safe during these specific emergencies.1
Read the official explanation
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. The bill also requires charter schools and innovation zone schools to adopt such a policy. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named March 7, 2024. On March 11, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Lobbying
7 for · 0 against · 15 undecided · Who →
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