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NE LB685
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dan Lonowski
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AI Summary
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All approved or accredited public, private, denominational, and parochial schools must install one exterior secure master key box meeting Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1037 at each school building to permit emergency law enforcement access, with location coordinated with local law enforcement
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State school security director gains new duty to oversee compliance with the secure master key box installation requirement
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Secure master key boxes are added as eligible projects under the existing competitive grant program for security-related infrastructure, which also funds surveillance equipment, door-locking systems, and double-entry doors
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$1 million transferred from the Cash Reserve Fund to the School Safety and Security Fund, with a dedicated subaccount established specifically for grants covering the required master key boxes
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State Department of Education must report annually by December 1 on grant recipients, including school types, student populations, fund usage, and denial reasons, without identifying specific schools
Legislative Description
Require schools to install a secure master key box as prescribed, provide powers and duties to the state school security director, change provisions relating to a grant program for security-related infrastructure projects and the School Safety and Security Fund, and provide for a transfer from the Cash Reserve Fund
Last Action
Title printed. Carryover bill
1/7/2026