HF 586: 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

What it does

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.

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association of School Boards; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 25, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee