A bill for an act establishing the school resource officer grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

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File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

476

BY

JACOBY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

establishing

the

school

resource

officer

grant

program

1

within

the

department

of

education,

making

appropriations,

2

and

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

256.20

School

resource

officer

1

grant

program

——

appropriation.

2

1.

The

department

shall

develop

and

administer

a

school

3

resource

officer

grant

program

to

provide

grants

to

school

4

districts

to

offset

the

costs

associated

with

employing,

or

5

retaining

the

services

of,

one

school

resource

officer,

as

6

defined

in

34

U.S.C.

§10389,

for

each

high

school

within

the

7

school

district.

8

2.

The

state

board

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

9

to

administer

this

section,

including

rules

relating

to

grant

10

application

materials,

eligibility

requirements,

and

award

11

criteria.

The

state

board

is

responsible

for

approving

or

12

rejecting

applications

submitted

by

school

districts

pursuant

13

to

this

section.

14

3.

Moneys

awarded

under

this

section

shall

be

used

to

15

supplement,

not

supplant,

existing

public

funding

used

by

a

16

school

district

for

similar

purposes.

17

4.

A

school

resource

officer

grant

program

fund

is

18

established

in

the

state

treasury.

The

fund

shall

be

19

administered

by

the

department

and

shall

consist

of

moneys

20

appropriated

by

the

general

assembly

and

other

moneys

received

21

by

the

department

for

deposit

in

the

fund.

The

moneys

in

the

22

fund

are

appropriated

to

the

department

for

the

school

resource

23

officer

grant

program.

Notwithstanding

section

8.33,

moneys

24

in

the

fund

at

the

close

of

the

fiscal

year

shall

not

revert

25

to

the

general

fund

of

the

state

but

shall

remain

available

26

for

expenditure

for

the

school

resource

officer

grant

program

27

for

subsequent

fiscal

years.

Notwithstanding

section

12C.7,

28

subsection

2,

interest

or

earnings

on

moneys

in

the

fund

shall

29

be

credited

to

the

fund.

30

5.

For

the

fiscal

year

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

for

each

31

succeeding

fiscal

year,

there

is

appropriated

from

the

general

32

fund

of

the

state

to

the

school

resource

officer

grant

program

33

fund

the

amount

necessary

to

provide

grants

to

all

school

34

districts

that

submitted

an

application

under

this

section

that

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was

approved

by

the

state

board.

1

Sec.

2.

EMERGENCY

RULES.

The

state

board

of

education

2

may

adopt

emergency

rules

under

section

17A.4,

subsection

3,

3

and

section

17A.5,

subsection

2,

paragraph

“b”,

to

implement

4

the

provisions

of

this

Act

and

the

rules

shall

be

effective

5

immediately

upon

filing

unless

a

later

date

is

specified

in

the

6

rules.

Any

rules

adopted

in

accordance

with

this

section

shall

7

also

be

published

as

a

notice

of

intended

action

as

provided

8

in

section

17A.4.

9

Sec.

3.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

10

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

establishes

the

school

resource

officer

grant

15

program

within

the

department

of

education

to

provide

grants

16

to

school

districts

to

offset

the

costs

associated

with

17

employing,

or

retaining

the

services

of,

one

school

resource

18

officer,

as

defined

under

federal

law,

for

each

high

school

19

within

the

school

district.

The

bill

requires

the

state

board

20

of

education

to

adopt

rules

to

administer

the

grant

program,

21

including

rules

relating

to

grant

application

materials,

22

eligibility

requirements,

and

award

criteria.

The

state

23

board

is

responsible

for

approving

or

rejecting

applications

24

submitted

by

school

districts

under

the

grant

program.

25

The

bill

establishes

a

school

resource

officer

grant

26

program

fund

in

the

state

treasury

and,

beginning

July

1,

27

2025,

appropriates

from

the

general

fund

of

the

state

to

the

28

school

resource

officer

grant

program

fund

the

amount

necessary

29

to

provide

grants

to

all

school

districts

that

submitted

an

30

application

under

the

grant

program

that

was

approved

by

the

31

state

board

of

education.

32

The

bill

allows

the

state

board

of

education

to

adopt

33

emergency

rules

to

administer

the

grant

program.

34

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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