91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 500: Relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management. Current law requires each school district with a total enrollment of at least 8,000 students to employ, or retain the services of, at least one private school security officer or school resource officer to guard each attendance center where students enrolled in grade 9, 10, 11, or regularly attend classes, unless a majority of the members of the board of directors of the school district vote to not employ or retain a private school security officer or a school resource officer.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 6, 2025

Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

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

In plain words

March 4, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Appropriations committee
March 6, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Donahue and Zumbach