Board reviews updated school security reporting requirements for first reading

Administrators briefed the Twin Valley School District board on revisions to school security policy (referred to in the meeting as policy 80522) to comply with a recent state school code update cited in the presentation. The revised language would require the annual school safety and security report (due by June 30) to include the number and type of security personnel, the buildings to which they’re assigned, up‑to‑date training information and an accounting of whether security personnel are armed.

School safety coordinator language cited by staff referenced a change in state law and listed specific report elements the code now requires. Trustees asked whether the reporting requirement should exclude outside‑of‑school‑hours security (for example, security contracted for football games); staff said they could add clarifying language about outside‑hour assignments.

Why it matters: The change moves reporting of personnel types and armament into an explicit board report and increases transparency about who performs safety duties on school property. Trustees signaled support for the first reading and asked administration to clarify reporting boundaries and examples in the administrative procedures.

What happens next: Policy will proceed as a first reading; staff will refine the language to clarify whether outside‑of‑school‑hours contracted security (e.g., for athletic events) must be included in the annual report, and the item will return for subsequent formal consideration.