00                             SENATE BILL NO. 206                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to reports of harassment, intimidation, or bullying in schools; relating                               
02 to parental notification of incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying involving                                
03 students and threats of suicide by students; and establishing the firearm safe storage                                  
04 grant fund."                                                                                                            
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 14.33.220(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
07 (b)  A school employee, student, or volunteer who has witnessed, or has                                                 
08 reliable information that a student has been subjected to, harassment, intimidation, or                                 
09 bullying, whether verbal or physical, shall report the incident to an appropriate school                                
10       official and a child advocacy center. In this subsection, "child advocacy center"                             
11       has the meaning given in AS 47.17.033(l).                                                                   
12    * Sec. 2. AS 14.33 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
13            Sec. 14.33.240. Parental notification. A school district may adopt a plan to                               
14       notify the parents or guardians of a student of an incident of harassment, intimidation,                          
01       or bullying involving the student or threat of suicide by the student. A school district                          
02       that notifies a parent or guardian under this section shall provide to the parent or                              
03       guardian suicide prevention resources and information about how to                                                
04                 (1)  limit a student's access to firearms and lethal medications;                                       
05                 (2)  securely store firearms, ammunition, and lethal medications,                                       
06       including in a safe storage device; and                                                                           
07                 (3)  request a free safe storage device from the firearm safe storage                                   
08       grant fund established under AS 44.41.080.                                                                        
09    * Sec. 3. AS 44.29.350 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
10 (b)  The council may advise a school district of appropriate materials and                                              
11 reference lists that the district may provide to a parent or guardian under the                                         
12       circumstances described under AS 14.33.240.                                                                       
13    * Sec. 4. AS 44.41 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
14 Sec. 44.41.080. Firearm safe storage grant fund. (a) The firearm safe storage                                         
15 grant fund is established in the general fund. The department shall manage the fund                                     
16 and may use money in the fund without further appropriation to purchase firearm safe                                    
17 storage devices and distribute the devices at no cost to school districts. Money in the                                 
18 fund does not lapse. The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund, including                                     
19 grant money the department receives for the purpose of providing to school districts                                    
20 firearm safe storage devices and funds to purchase firearm safe storage devices, and                                    
21       donations to the fund.                                                                                            
22            (b)  Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.                                                       
23 (c)  The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative                                                
24       Procedure Act) to implement this section.                                                                         
25            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
26                 (1)  "department" means the Department of Public Safety;                                                
27 (2)  "firearm safe storage device" means a lock box, safe, cable lock, or                                               
28 other device that is used to prevent unauthorized access to a firearm or to store a                                     
29       firearm.