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

Summary

The bill would mandate that every public, private, denominational, or parochial school in Nebraska install a UL‑1037 certified exterior master‑key box for emergency law‑enforcement access. It also establishes a state school security director to oversee safety plans, standards, and training, and creates a grant program funded from the School Safety and Security Fund and a transfer from the Cash Reserve Fund to help schools pay for the boxes and other security infrastructure. The measure failed to pass and was indefinitely postponed.

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