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SENATE
FILE
500
BY
COSTELLO
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
establishing
the
school
security
personnel
1
grant
program
within
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
2
emergency
management
and
making
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.84,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
The
department
of
homeland
security
3
and
emergency
management
shall
develop
and
administer
a
school
4
security
personnel
grant
program
to
provide
annual
grants
5
to
match
moneys
provided
by
a
school
district
to
allow
the
6
school
district
to
offset
costs
associated
with
employing,
or
7
retaining
the
services
of,
a
private
school
security
officer
or
8
school
resource
officer
to
guard
an
attendance
center
within
9
the
school
district.
The
amount
of
an
annual
grant
provided
by
10
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
to
11
a
school
district
that
has
provided
matching
moneys
pursuant
to
12
this
subsection
shall
not
exceed
thirty
thousand
dollars.
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
A
school
security
personnel
grant
14
program
fund
is
established
in
the
state
treasury.
The
15
fund
shall
be
administered
by
the
department
of
homeland
16
security
and
emergency
management
and
shall
consist
of
moneys
17
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
other
moneys
received
18
by
the
department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
The
moneys
in
the
19
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
of
homeland
security
20
and
emergency
management
for
the
school
security
personnel
21
grant
program.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
22
fund
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
to
23
the
general
fund
of
the
state
but
shall
remain
available
for
24
expenditure
for
the
school
security
personnel
grant
program
for
25
subsequent
fiscal
years.
26
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY
AND
EMERGENCY
27
MANAGEMENT
——
SCHOOL
SECURITY
PERSONNEL
GRANT
PROGRAM.
There
28
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
29
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
for
30
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
June
30,
31
2026,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
32
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
33
For
deposit
in
the
school
security
personnel
grant
program
34
fund
established
pursuant
to
section
279.84,
subsection
5,
if
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9,750,000
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
establishes
the
school
security
personnel
grant
6
program
within
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
7
emergency
management.
8
Current
law
requires
each
school
district
with
a
total
9
enrollment
of
at
least
8,000
students
to
employ,
or
retain
the
10
services
of,
at
least
one
private
school
security
officer
or
11
school
resource
officer
to
guard
each
attendance
center
where
12
students
enrolled
in
grade
9,
10,
11,
or
12
regularly
attend
13
classes,
unless
a
majority
of
the
members
of
the
board
of
14
directors
of
the
school
district
vote
to
not
employ
or
retain
a
15
private
school
security
officer
or
a
school
resource
officer.
16
Current
law
also
encourages
each
school
district
with
a
total
17
enrollment
of
less
than
8,000
students
to
employ,
or
retain
the
18
services
of,
at
least
one
private
school
security
officer
or
19
school
resource
officer
to
guard
each
attendance
center
where
20
students
enrolled
in
grade
9,
10,
11,
or
12
regularly
attend
21
classes.
22
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
homeland
security
23
and
emergency
management
to
develop
and
administer
a
school
24
security
personnel
grant
program
to
provide
annual
grants
25
to
match
moneys
provided
by
school
districts
to
allow
the
26
school
districts
to
offset
costs
associated
with
employing,
or
27
retaining
the
services
of,
a
private
school
security
officer
28
or
school
resource
officer
to
guard
an
attendance
center
29
within
the
school
district.
The
amount
of
an
annual
grant
30
provided
by
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
31
management
to
a
school
district
that
has
provided
matching
32
moneys
shall
not
exceed
$30,000.
The
bill
establishes
a
school
33
security
personnel
grant
program
fund
in
the
state
treasury
34
and
appropriates
$9,750,000
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
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to
the
school
security
personnel
grant
program
fund
for
FY
1
2025-2026.
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