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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1726
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE COSTLOW .
5414H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 160, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to school safety and
security standards.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 160, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 160.672, to read as follows:
160.672. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Attendance center", a public school building, public school buildings, or
3 part of a public school building that offers education in a grade or grades not higher
4 than grade twelve and that constitutes one unit for accountability and rep orting
5 purposes for the department of elementary and secondary education. The term
6 includes, but is not limited to, real pr operty , an improv ement to real prop erty , or a
7 necessary fixtur e of an impr ovement to real pr operty that is used pr edominantly for
8 pr oviding instruction to pupils. The term shall not be construed to include:
9 (a) Real pr operty , impro vements to rea l pr operty , or necessary fixtur es of an
10 impr ovement to rea l prope rty that ar e part of a federal, state, or private correc tional
11 facility or facility of an institution of higher education, medical pr ovider , or other
12 pr ovider of profes sional or social services over which a school district has no control;
13 (b) A private school, as defined in section 166.700;
14 (c) A home school, as defined in section 167.012;
15 (d) An FPE school, as defined in section 167.013; or
16 (e) A cooperative including pupils that attend a private school, home school, FPE
17 school, or any combination of such entities;
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (2) "Bullet-res istant security laminate", optically clear film that is res istant to
19 bullets, based on Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standard 752 Bullet-Resisting
20 Equipment, and cannot be easily br eached to allow an intruder to open or otherwise
21 pr oceed thr ough;
22 (3) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary education;
23 (4) "Main fr ont entry", doors, adjacent windows, vestibule areas, and other
24 similar points of entry at the fro nt of an attendance center;
25 (5) "Other entry", doors, adjacent windows, and other similar points of entry to
26 an attendance center that are not at the fr ont of the attendance center;
27 (6) "Riot-res istant security laminate", optically clear film that is at least thirty-
28 five one-thousandths of an inch thick, also known as thirty-five mil, that is r esistant to
29 shattering and cannot be easily breach ed to allow an intruder to open or otherwise
30 pr oceed thr ough.
31 2. This section shall apply to all attendance centers owned, operated, or leased
32 by a school district, rega rdless of the date of construction or date of lease.
33 3. Each attendance center shall have access points that ar e:
34 (1) Secur ed by design;
35 (2) Maintained to operate as intended; and
36 (3) Appr opriately monitored.
37 4. Each school district shall implement the following safety and security
38 standards compliance requ irem ents for all attendance centers owned, operated, or
39 leased by the school district:
40 (1) Each attendance center shall display graphically repr esented alphanumerical
41 characters on both the interior and exterior of each exterior door location. The
42 characters may be installed on the door , or on at least one door at locations wher e mor e
43 than one door leads fr om the exterior to the same room inside the facility , or on the wall
44 immediately adjacent to or above the door location. Characters shall comply with
45 Section 505 of the 2021 International Fir e Code or its successor . The main fro nt entry of
46 an attendance center shall always be the first in the entire sequence and shall be the only
47 door location that does not requ ire numbering. The numbering sequence shall be
48 clockwise and may be sequenced for the entire campus or for each attendance center
49 individually . The door -numbering pr ocess shall comply with accessibility r equir ements
50 r elated to signage;
51 (2) Each main fr ont entry shall:
52 (a) Meet standards for exterior doors;
53 (b) Include a method to allow an individual located within the building to
54 visually identify an individual seeking to enter the main fr ont entry when the entrance is
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55 closed and locked including, but not limited to, windows, camera systems, inter coms, or
56 a combination of such methods;
57 (c) Featur e a physical barrier that preve nts unassisted access to the facility by a
58 visitor; and
59 (d) Featur e a location for a visitor check-in and check-out pr ocess;
60 (3) Each exterior door shall:
61 (a) By default, be set to a closed, latched, and locked status, except that:
62 a. An exterior door may be unlocked if the door is actively monitored or within
63 an exterior secured ar ea; and
64 b. Is a door designated in the school district's written emergency operations plan
65 or the equivalent as an exterior door that may be open for the purposes of ventilation
66 for specified periods of time if explicitly authorized by the state board of education in
67 the school facilities and safety criteria developed for the Missouri school improvement
68 pr ogram under section 160.660;
69 (b) Be constructed, both for the door and door frame and the components, of
70 materials and in a manner that makes it res istant to entry by intruders. Unless inside an
71 exterior secured ar ea, doors constructed of glass or containing glass shall be constructed
72 or modified by means of installing security laminate to the existing glass with no
73 modifications to the door frame, such that the glass is riot-resis tant when the ar ea is
74 deemed an other entry area and bullet-res istant when the area is deemed a main fr ont
75 entry are a;
76 (c) Contain a mechanism that:
77 a. Fully closes and engages locking hardwar e automatically after entry or egr ess
78 without manual intervention, regar dless of air pr essure within or outside of the facility;
79 and
80 b. Allows the door to be opened fro m the inside when locked to allow for
81 emergency egres s while rem aining locked; and
82 (d) If keyed for r eentry , be capable of being unlocked with a single master key or
83 a small set of master keys, whether a physical key , punch code, or key fob or similar
84 electr onic key device;
85 (4) Except when inside an exterior secured ar ea, classr ooms with exterior entry
86 doors shall include a method to allow an individual located in the classr oom to visually
87 identify an individual seeking to enter the classr oom when the door is closed and locked
88 including, but not limited to, windows, camera systems, intercom s, or a combination of
89 such methods;
90 (5) Except when inside an exterior secured ar ea, all windows that are adjacent to
91 an exterior door and that ar e gr eater than nine inches in height or width that, if brok en,
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92 would permit an individual to enter the building or to rea ch in and open the door fr om
93 the inside shall be constructed of or modified with riot-resis tant security laminate when
94 the area is deemed an other entry ar ea and bullet-res istant security laminate when the
95 ar ea is deemed a main fr ont entry area so that such glass cannot be easily brok en;
96 (6) Except when inside an exterior secur ed area, all gro und-level windows within
97 seven feet of the foundation near exterior doors and that are gr eater than nine inches in
98 height or width that, if broke n, would permit an individual to enter the building or to
99 r each in and open the door from the inside shall be constructed of or modified with riot-
100 r esistant security laminate when the are a is deemed an other entry area and bullet-
101 r esistant security laminate when the area is deemed a main fr ont entry ar ea so that such
102 glass cannot be easily br oken to allow an intruder to enter thr ough the window frame;
103 (7) For an interior door with a lock that allows access to an internal room wher e
104 gatherings occur including, but not limited to, a classro om, a teacher's lounge, or
105 another similar interior space, each window on or adjacent to such interior door that, if
106 br oken, would permit an individual to enter the room or to reach in and open the door
107 fr om the inside shall be constructed of or modified with riot-r esistant security laminate;
108 (8) If designed to be opened, all grou nd-level windows shall have functional
109 locking mechanisms that allow for the windows to be locked fr om the inside and, if large
110 enough for an individual to enter when opened or if adjacent to a door , be closed and
111 locked when school district employees are not pr esent;
112 (9) Each roo f access door shall default to a locked, latched, and closed position
113 when not actively in use and be lockable fr om the interior;
114 (10) Each attendance center shall include one exterior secur e master key box
115 designed to permit emergency access to both law enforce ment agencies and emergency
116 r esponders fr om the exterior at a location designated by the local authorities with
117 applicable jurisdiction;
118 (1 1) Each attendance center shall implement a communications infrastructur e as
119 r equir ed in this section; and
120 (12) Each school district shall implement the following as pr ovided in this
121 section:
122 (a) A system of ongoing auditing of building access;
123 (b) An exterior door numbering site plan; and
124 (c) A security component maintenance plan.
125 5. The system of ongoing auditing of building access re quir ed under subdivision
126 (12) of subsection 4 of this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following
127 r equir ements:
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128 (1) Conduct at least weekly inspections during school hours of all exterior doors
129 of each attendance center to certify that all doors are, by default, set to a closed, latched,
130 and locked status and cannot be opened fr om the outside without a key as r equir ed in
131 subdivision (3) of subsection 4 of this section;
132 (2) Report the findings of weekly inspections re quir ed in subdivision (1) of this
133 subsection to the school district and ensure the results ar e kept for rev iew as part of
134 school facilities and safety criteria developed for the Missouri school improvemen t
135 pr ogram under section 160.660;
136 (3) Report the findings of weekly inspections re quir ed in subdivision (1) of this
137 subsection to the administration of the attendance center to ensur e awar eness of any
138 deficiencies identified and identify who must take action to r educe the likelihood of
139 similar deficiencies in the futur e; and
140 (4) A pr ovision in the school district's applicable policy stating that nothing in a
141 school district's access control pr ocedur es shall be interpr eted as discouraging paren ts,
142 once pr operly verified as authorized attendance center visitors, fr om visiting attendance
143 centers they are authorized to visit.
144 6. The exterior door numbering site plan req uir ed under subdivision (12) of
145 subsection 4 of this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following
146 r equir ements:
147 (1) The school district shall develop and maintain an accurate site layout and
148 exterior door designation document for each attendance center that identifies all
149 exterior doors in the attendance center and depicts all exterior doors on a floor plan
150 with an alphanumeric designation, in accordance with the door numbering
1 5 1 specifications established in subdivision (1) of subsection 4 of this section;
152 (2) Each attendance center main office shall maintain r eadily available copies of
153 the exterior door numbering site plan; and
154 (3) Each attendance center shall supply electr onic copies of exterior door
155 numbering site plans to the entity pr oviding 91 1 emergency telephone service so that the
156 site plans can be made available to emergency res ponders by 91 1 emergency medical
157 dispatchers.
158 7. The security component maintenance plan requi red under subdivision (12) of
159 subsection 4 of this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following
160 r equir ements:
161 (1) The school district shall perform at least twice-yearly maintenance checks to
162 ensur e the attendance center security components function as r equir ed. The
1 6 3 maintenance checks shall ensur e at least the following:
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164 (a) Attendance center exterior doors function pr operly and meet the
1 6 5 r equir ements of this section;
166 (b) The locking mechanism for any grou nd-level windows that can be opened
167 functions pro perly;
168 (c) All perimeter barriers and rel ated gates function prop erly;
169 (d) All panic alert or similar emergency notification systems in classr ooms and
170 attendance center central offices function pr operly , which includes at least verification
171 fr om multiple attendance center employees and classr oom locations that a notification
172 can be issued and r eceived by the appr opriately designated employees, that the alert is
173 successfully broa dcast to all attendance center employees and to appr opriate law
174 enfor cement agencies and emergency res ponders, and that a potential thr eat observed
175 on video triggers an alert fr om video surveillance monitoring systems;
176 (e) All telephones r eport location services pr operly when engaging 91 1
177 emergency telephone service systems;
178 (f) All exterior master key boxes function pr operly , and the keys they contain
179 function pr operly; and
180 (g) T wo-way radios used by school district school protect ion officers or school
181 r esource officers pr operly communicate with local law enforcem ent agencies and
182 emergency responde rs;
183 (2) The school district shall ensur e pr ocedur es ar e in place to requ ire that
184 employees who become awar e of a security component functionality deficiency that
185 would be identified during the twice yearly maintenance r eview described by
18 6 subdivision (1) of this subsection rep ort, in a timely manner , the deficiency to the
187 school district and the attendance center's administration, rega rdless of the status of the
188 twice yearly maintenance r eview; and
189 (3) The school district shall pr omptly r emedy any deficiencies discover ed as a
190 consequence of maintenance checks r equir ed by or rep orts made under this section.
191 8. (1) Each school district shall implement the r equir ements of subsections 3 to 7
192 of this section for the 2027-28 school year and all subsequent school years.
193 (2) Each school district shall upgrade existing attendance center security
194 laminate that does not comply with this section to riot-r esistant security laminate for
195 each area deemed an other entry ar ea and bullet-res istant security laminate for each
196 ar ea deemed a main fr ont entry area, as appr opriate, before July 1, 2027.
197 (3) Each school district shall annually certify compliance with the r equir ements
198 of subsections 3 to 7 of this section as part of the ongoing audits of building access
199 r equir ed in subsection 5 of this section and maintain the certification with the
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200 department and local law enfor cement agencies. Any noncompliance with subsections 3
201 to 7 of this section shall be reported to the department and the school board.
202 (4) Each school district may pr ovisionally certify compliance of an attendance
203 center security component that is not in compliance with subdivision (2) of this
204 subsection if:
205 (a) The school district has taken the necessary steps to initiate an upgrade of the
206 attendance center security component to ensur e compliance; and
207 (b) For the 2027-28 school year , the contractor or supplier has been pr ocur ed
208 and has pr ovided a schedule for when the upgrade will be completed.
209 (5) Each school district shall choose a contractor to install bullet-res istant
210 security laminate and riot-re sistant security laminate before July 1, 2027.
211 9. (1) There is her eby cr eated in the state tr easury the "School Safety and
212 Security Matching Grant Fund", which shall consist of moneys appr opriated under
213 subsection 10 of this section. The state tr easurer shall be custodian of the fund. In
214 accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state tre asure r may appr ove
2 1 5 disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appr opriation, moneys
216 in this fund shall be used solely for making matching grants for school safety and
217 security pro jects as pr ovided in this section.
218 (2) Notwithstanding the pro visions of section 33.080 to the contrary , any moneys
219 r emaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not r evert to the credit of the
220 general reven ue fund.
221 (3) The state tre asurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as
222 other funds ar e invested. Any interes t and moneys earned on such investments shall be
223 cr edited to the fund.
224 10. There is her eby crea ted the "School Safety and Security Matching Grant
225 Pr ogram". The general assembly may appro priate moneys to the school safety and
226 security matching grant fund creat ed in this section. The department shall not be
227 r equir ed to pr ovide moneys for matching grants under this section if no appr opriation
228 for such grants is made by the general assembly . The total amount appr opriated to such
229 fund in a fiscal year shall not exceed the amount necessary to pr ovide matching grants
230 to assist each school district in completing eligible project s under this section in such
231 fiscal year .
232 1 1. (1) For the 2027-28 school year and each subsequent school year and subject
233 to the appr opriation of moneys to the school safety and security matching grant fund,
234 each school district may apply to the department for a matching grant of moneys fr om
235 the school safety and security matching grant fund to assist such district in completing
236 school safety and security projects under this section.
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237 (2) Applications for such school safety and security pro jects shall be made as
238 pr ovided by the department by rule. Each application submitted by a school district
239 shall contain at least information about the project 's objectives and methods, the
240 pr oject's estimated total cost and expenditures , an indication that the school district has
241 allocated the necessary moneys to cover the r emaining per centage of the pr oject's
242 estimated total cost and expenditures not cover ed by an appr oved matching grant
243 award amount under subsection 12 of this section, and other information r equir ed by
244 the department. Such school district shall allocate such moneys fr om funds distributed
245 fr om the classr oom trust fund to such school district under section 163.043.
246 (3) After re viewing the application, the department shall determine whether the
247 pr oject and application satisfy the necessary r equir ements of this section and any rules
248 pr omulgated under this section. If the department determines that the pr oject and
249 application satisfy such necessary re quir ements, the department shall declar e the
250 pr oject to be an eligible pr oject under this section, appr ove the application, appr ove a
251 matching grant award amount for the eligible pr oject if moneys ar e available for a
252 matching grant for such school district, and notify the school district of such
253 determination and appr ovals.
254 (4) If the department determines that the pr oject is not an eligible project or that
255 the application does not satisfy the necessary r equir ements, the department shall reject
256 the application, deny an appr oval of a matching grant award, and notify the school
257 district. The notice shall contain at least a description of the r easons for such
258 determination and rej ection. A school district may r eapply for a matching grant after
259 such rej ection upon submitting an amended application addr essing the elements of the
260 pr oject or application r esulting in the rej ection of the initial application.
261 12. Moneys appro ved for a matching grant award for a school district shall be
262 equal to fifty per cent of the school safety and security pro ject.
263 13. After the school safety and security project is completed, the school district
264 shall submit the pr oject's actual total cost and expenditures to the department as an
265 addendum to the school district's initial matching grant application. Upon recei pt of
266 such actual total cost and expenditur es, the department shall award the matching grant
267 moneys to the school district. No matching grant moneys awarded to a school district
268 shall exceed fifty perc ent of the pr oject's actual total cost and expenditur es.
269 14. School districts that have recei ved a matching grant under this section may
270 apply for and be awarded additional matching grants under this section. The
271 department shall award matching grants to school districts that are first-time applicants
272 befor e awarding matching grants to school districts that have alrea dy been awarded a
273 matching grant under this section.
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274 15. The department shall assign priority status to a school district that
275 demonstrates the exceptional need for physical security enhancements in such school
276 district's application and shall award matching grants to school districts demonstrating
277 such need befor e awarding matching grants to other applicants.
278 16. (1) Except as otherwise pro vided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,
279 beginning on July 1, 2028, all pro ceeds each school district rec eives under section
280 163.043 shall be used only for school safety and security purposes req uired in this
281 section until the pr ovisions of this section are fully implemented for such district.
282 (2) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to a school district that has
283 enter ed a contract to implement or enhance school safety and security , for which work is
284 being performed under such contract, and for which all work included under such
285 contract is scheduled to be completed befor e January 1, 2029.
286 17. (1) Beginning on July 1, 2030, a school district that fails to comply with all
287 r equir ements under this section shall be classified as pr ovisionally accred ited by the
288 state board of education, except as follows:
289 (a) A school district that is determined to be noncompliant and that seeks a
290 conditional extension to meet the r equir ements under this section may submit evidence
291 of good cause for such noncompliance to the state board within thirty days of the state
292 board's determination to classify the school district as prov isionally accr edited. For
293 purposes of this paragraph, "good cause" means flood, fir e, windstorm, any natural or
294 man-made disaster , or another cause as determined by the department; and
295 (b) No conditional extension appr oved by the state board shall extend for longer
296 than one year fr om the appr oval of the conditional extension by the state board.
297 (2) Upon certifying full compliance with this section to the state board of
298 education, the state board shall res tor e the school district to the district's former
299 classification if the school district meets all other req uirements for the former
300 classification.
301 18. The department of elementary and secondary education may pr omulgate all
302 necessary rules and regu lations for the administration of this section. Any rule or
303 portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the
304 authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is
305 subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This
306 section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the
307 general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to revie w , to delay the effective date, or to
308 disappr ove and annul a rule ar e subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of
309 rulemaking authority and any rule pro posed or adopted after the effective date of this
310 section shall be invalid and void.
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311 19. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:
312 (1) The pr ovisions of the new pr ogram authorized under subsections 10 to 17 of
313 this section shall automatically sunset six years after the effective date of this section
314 unless rea uthorized by an act of the general assembly; and
315 (2) Subsections 10 to 17 of this section shall terminate on September first of the
316 calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the prog ram authorized
317 under subsections 10 to 17 of this section is sunset.
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