The plan puts money toward safety reviews and improvements to school buildings. It also creates a new school safety bureau at the Iowa Department of Safety to work with public and private schools across the state to prevent mass shootings.
Gov. Kim Reynolds established the bureau in 2020, but state lawmakers have not funded it; the funding will provide resources to school districts for gun violence safety and prevention measures
The resources will include state personnel, training, and emergency communication systems, all designed to help schools prevent school violence or react to emergency events like school shootings.