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LA SB132

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2026

Primary Sponsor

Caleb Kleinpeter

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires each public school board to install at least one exterior master key box on every public school campus by January 1, 2027, funded through legislative appropriations to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Exterior master key boxes must contain copies of building keys or key cards for all doors on campus and printed maps with school mapping data

  • School boards must determine key box locations in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies, and boxes must meet Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1037 for anti-theft alarms and devices

  • Schools must submit key box locations along with blueprints and mapping data to local law enforcement, emergency preparedness offices, and the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools

  • Effective August 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law enforcement and first responders during a school crisis. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

SCHOOLS

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Education2/24/2026

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