Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF500: A BILL FOR An Act relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations
Status: In committee, March 6, 2025
An Act relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations.
From the introduced text, March 4, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2395XS (2) jda/jh S.F. Section 1. Section 279.84, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsections: NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The department of homeland security and emergency management shall develop and administer a school security personnel grant program to provide annual grants to match moneys provided by a school district to allow the school district to offset costs associated with employing, or retaining the services of, a private school security officer or school resource officer to guard an attendance center within the school district. The amount of an annual grant provided by the department of homeland security and emergency management to a school district that has provided matching moneys pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars. NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A school security personnel grant program fund is established in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland security and emergency management and shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and other moneys received by the department for deposit in the fund. The moneys in the fund are appropriated to the …
Sponsors
- Mark Costello (R, 8) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Garrett, Donahue, and Zumbach. S.J. 434 .
- : Introduced, referred to Appropriations. S.J. 402 .
Subjects: school districts, homeland security and emergency management department, safety, appropriations, schools, grants, private security, private education
Common questions
- What is SF500?
- SF500 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations.
- What does SF500 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of homeland security and emergency management and making appropriations.
- What is the status of SF500?
- In committee as of March 6, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee: Garrett, Donahue, and Zumbach. S.J. 434 . (March 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF500?
- Mark Costello (R, 8).
- Where is the official record for SF500?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0500&ga=91
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