Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes school employees to be issued professional permits to carry weapons in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Authorizes board of directors of school districts with an enrollment of at least eight thousand students to employ a security officer to guard each attendance center (Sec. 1). 

• Requires all security officers employed by board of directors to participate in an annual live scenario training and quality live firearm training program (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes the board of education to develop a school personnel grant program to allow school districts to offset costs of employing security officers (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that school employees may be issued a permit to carry weapons if they complete a prescribed firearm safety training course (Sec. 2). 

• Requires the school employee issued a permit to carry a firearm to receive one-time, in person legal training (Sec. 2). 

• Prohibits the identity of a person who has been issued a permit from being public record or subject to disclosure (Sec. 2). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes school employees to be issued professional permits to carry weapons in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Authorizes board of directors of school districts with an enrollment of at least eight thousand students to employ a security officer to guard each attendance center (Sec. 1). 

• Requires all security officers employed by board of directors to participate in an annual live scenario training and quality live firearm training program (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes the board of education to develop a school personnel grant program to allow school districts to offset costs of employing security officers (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that school employees may be issued a permit to carry weapons if they complete a prescribed firearm safety training course (Sec. 2). 

• Requires the school employee issued a permit to carry a firearm to receive one-time, in person legal training (Sec. 2). 

• Prohibits the identity of a person who has been issued a permit from being public record or subject to disclosure (Sec. 2). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes school employees to be issued professional permits to carry weapons.

Highlights:

• Authorizes board of directors of school districts with an enrollment of at least eight thousand students to employ a security officer to guard each attendance center (Sec. 1). 

• Requires all security officers employed by board of directors to participate in an annual live scenario training and quality live firearm training program (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes the board of education to develop a school personnel grant program to allow school districts to offset costs of employing security officers (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that school employees may be issued a permit to carry weapons if they complete a prescribed firearm safety training course (Sec. 2). 

• Requires the school employee issued a permit to carry a firearm to receive one-time, in person legal training (Sec. 2). 

• Prohibits the identity of a person who has been issued a permit from being public record or subject to disclosure (Sec. 2). 

Full Bill Text