HB 2574
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HB 2574: school safety software; appropriation
Sponsor: Representative Biasiucci, LD 30
Committee on Military Affairs & Public Safety
Overview
Appropriates $7,000,000 in FY 2025 and $5,000,000 in FY 2026 to establish a statewide
connected behavioral threat assessment and management platform (Assessment Platform)
to identify potential threats to schools.
History
The Secret Service developed threat assessments to deal with people who threaten to attack
public officials and analyze certain dangerous situations. Threat assessments are conducted
when people threaten to commit a violent act or engage in behavior that appears to threaten
targeted violence. Threat assessments are a process of evaluating the threat — and the
circumstances surrounding the threat — to uncover any facts or evidence that indicate a threat
is likely to be carried out.
The University of Virginia developed the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment
Guidelines (CSTAG) for schools. CSTAG integrated recommendations from Federal Bureau
of Investigation and Secret Service studies of school shootings with field-tested experiences
from educators working in Virginia public schools. School-based threat assessments must be
a flexible and efficient process that can quickly resolve threats that are not serious and
concentrate efforts on the small number of serious threats. CSTAG outlines how to distinguish
a transient threat (not serious) from a substantive threat (poses a continuing risk to others).
Provisions
1. Appropriates $7,000,000 in FY 2025 and $5,000,000 in FY 2026 from the State General
Fund to the Department of Education to establish an Assessment Platform to identify
potential threats to schools. (Sec. 1)
2. Specifies that the Assessment Platform must be centralized, web-based and hosted in a
secure cloud environment while incorporating behavioral assessment best practices at
least as stringent as CSTAG. (Sec. 1)
3. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note