Senate Bill 466
By: Senators Bearden of the 30th and Albers of the 56th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, so as to require the local board of education or
other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this
state to install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration
with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies, contingent upon funding;
to provide for the purpose, content, and minimum standards of such key boxes; to provide
for policies and procedures; to provide for immunity from civil liability; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
loitering at or disrupting schools, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
<ins>"20-2-1187.
(a) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, the local board of education or
other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this
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<ins>state shall provide for the installation at each school building of at least one exterior key
box that meets or exceeds Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1037.
(b) Each key box required by subsection (a) of this Code section shall:
(1) Be installed at an appropriate location for permitting local law enforcement officers
and emergency management personnel emergency access to such building, the precise
location of which shall be determined by such local board of education or other governing
body in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies and local emergency
management agencies of the jurisdiction in which such school building is located; and
(2) Contain such keys and other access control devices as are necessary to access each
building and room located on the entire school grounds.
(c) The local board of education or other governing body of each public and private
elementary and secondary school in this state shall adopt such policies and procedures as
are necessary to implement the provisions of this Code section.
(d)(1) Local boards of education, other public and private school governing bodies, local
school systems, other public and private schools, and local governments and agencies
shall be immune from civil liability for any damages arising out of the installation and
use of key boxes required by subsection (a) of this Code section.
(2) Employees of local boards of education, other public and private school governing
bodies, local school systems, other public and private schools, and local governments and
agencies shall be immune from civil liability for any damages arising out of the
installation and use of key boxes required by subsection (a) of this Code section unless
it is shown that such employee acted with gross negligence or bad faith."
</ins> SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.