SB 26-104

Senate Bill 26-104 requires schools in Colorado to install an exterior key box that contains keys and access control devices for law enforcement to use during emergencies. This applies to all school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools. Schools can avoid installing these boxes if they already have a secure alternative plan or if they applied but did not receive funding from the state’s security program. The bill is now signed into law, meaning schools will need to comply with its requirements.

Official Summary

The act requires each school district or, for an institute charter school or nonpublic school, the school, (local education provider) to install an exterior key box that contains keys and other access control devices necessary for law enforcement agencies to access each building and room located on the school grounds. A local education provider is not required to install an exterior key box at a school if:The school has a key box that does not satisfy the requirements in the act and has an alternative plan and procedures to provide emergency access for local law enforcement; orThe local education provider applied for but does not receive a disbursement from the school security disbursement program that may be used to install an exterior key box at the school.     The contents of an exterior key box and the information contained therein are not a public record for the purposes of the 'Colorado Open Records Act'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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