Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF893 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education; modifying provisions for school safety; providing violence
3	3	1.3 prevention and physical security enhancement grants to schools; requiring reporting
4	4	1.4 on active shooter incidents and active shooter threats; modifying reporting on the
5	5	1.5 Minnesota Fusion Center; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending
6	6	1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.038, subdivision 7; 121A.06; 299C.055.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.038, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
9	9	1.9 Subd. 7.Violence prevention.(a) A school district or charter school conducting an
10	10	1.10active shooter drill must provide students in middle school and high school at least one
11	11	1.11hour, or one standard class period, of violence prevention training annually.
12	12	1.12 (b) The violence prevention training must be evidence-based and may be delivered
13	13	1.13in-person, virtually, or digitally. Training must, at a minimum, teach students the following:
14	14	1.14 (1) how to identify observable warning signs and signals of an individual who may be
15	15	1.15at risk of harming oneself or others;
16	16	1.16 (2) the importance of taking threats seriously and seeking help; and
17	17	1.17 (3) the steps to report dangerous, violent, threatening, harmful, or potentially harmful
18	18	1.18activity, including providing information about the Department of Public Safety's statewide
19	19	1.19anonymous threat reporting system and any local threat reporting systems.
20	20	1.20 (c) By July 1, 2024, the commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of education
21	21	1.21must jointly develop a list of evidence-based trainings that a school district or charter school
22	22	1.22may use to fulfill the requirements of this section, including no-cost programming, if any.
23	23	1.23The agencies must:
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	25-02173 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR CR/CH
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 893NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: WESTLIN)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading02/03/2025
32	32	Referred to Education Finance 2.1 (1) post the list publicly on the Minnesota School Safety Center's website; and
33	33	2.2 (2) update the list every two years.
34	34	2.3 (d) A school district or charter school must ensure that students have the opportunity to
35	35	2.4contribute to their school's safety and violence prevention planning, aligned with the
36	36	2.5recommendations for multihazard planning for schools, including but not limited to:
37	37	2.6 (1) student opportunities for leadership related to prevention and safety;
38	38	2.7 (2) encouragement and support to students in establishing clubs and programs focused
39	39	2.8on safety; and
40	40	2.9 (3) providing students with the opportunity to seek help from adults and to learn about
41	41	2.10prevention connected to topics including bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and
42	42	2.11suicide.
43	43	2.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.06, is amended to read:
44	44	2.13 121A.06 REPORTS OF DANGEROUS WEAPON INCIDENTS AND ACTIVE
45	45	2.14SHOOTER INCIDENTS IN SCHOOL ZONES.
46	46	2.15 Subdivision 1.Definitions.As used in this section:
47	47	2.16 (1) "active shooter incident" means a situation involving an armed individual or
48	48	2.17individuals on campus or an armed assailant in the immediate vicinity of the school;
49	49	2.18 (2) "active shooter threat" means a real or perceived threat that an active shooter incident
50	50	2.19will occur;
51	51	2.20 (1) (3) "dangerous weapon" has the meaning given it in section 609.02, subdivision 6;
52	52	2.21 (2) (4) "school" has the meaning given it in section 120A.22, subdivision 4; and
53	53	2.22 (3) (5) "school zone" has the meaning given it in section 152.01, subdivision 14a, clauses
54	54	2.23(1) and (3).
55	55	2.24 Subd. 2.Reports; content.(a) School districts must electronically report to the
56	56	2.25commissioner of education incidents involving the use or possession of a dangerous weapon
57	57	2.26in school zones. The form report must include the following information:
58	58	2.27 (1) a description of each incident, including a description of the dangerous weapon
59	59	2.28involved in the incident;
60	60	2.29 (2) where, at what time, and under what circumstances the incident occurred;
61	61	2Sec. 2.
62	62	25-02173 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR CR/CH 3.1 (3) information about the offender, other than the offender's name, including the offender's
63	63	3.2age; whether the offender was a student and, if so, where the offender attended school; and
64	64	3.3whether the offender was under school expulsion or suspension at the time of the incident;
65	65	3.4 (4) information about the victim other than the victim's name, if any, including the
66	66	3.5victim's age; whether the victim was a student and, if so, where the victim attended school;
67	67	3.6and if the victim was not a student, whether the victim was employed at the school;
68	68	3.7 (5) the cost of the incident to the school and to the victim; and
69	69	3.8 (6) the action taken by the school administration to respond to the incident.
70	70	3.9 (b) School districts must electronically report active shooter incidents and active shooter
71	71	3.10threats to the commissioner of education and to the Minnesota Fusion Center. The report
72	72	3.11must include the following information:
73	73	3.12 (1) a description of each incident or threat;
74	74	3.13 (2) how the active shooter threat was communicated, including whether the threat was
75	75	3.14communicated through social media or email;
76	76	3.15 (3) information about the individual, other than the individual's name, including the
77	77	3.16individual's age; whether the individual was a student and, if so, where the individual
78	78	3.17attended school; and whether the individual was under school expulsion or suspension at
79	79	3.18the time of the incident;
80	80	3.19 (4) the immediate cost of the incident to the school, if any; and
81	81	3.20 (5) the action taken by the school administration to respond to the incident or threat,
82	82	3.21including any referrals to law enforcement or a mental health professional.
83	83	3.22 (c) The commissioner shall provide an electronic reporting format that allows school
84	84	3.23districts to provide aggregate data.
85	85	3.24 Subd. 3.Reports; filing requirements.By July 31 of each year, each public school
86	86	3.25shall report incidents involving the use or possession of a dangerous weapon in school zones
87	87	3.26to the commissioner. The reports must be submitted using the electronic reporting system
88	88	3.27developed by the commissioner under subdivision 2. The commissioner shall compile the
89	89	3.28information it receives from the schools and report it annually to the commissioner of public
90	90	3.29safety and the legislature.
91	91	3Sec. 2.
92	92	25-02173 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR CR/CH 4.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.055, is amended to read:
93	93	4.2 299C.055 LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON FUSION CENTER ACTIVITIES.
94	94	4.3 (a) The superintendent must prepare an annual report for the public and the legislature
95	95	4.4on the Minnesota Fusion Center (MNFC) that includes general information about the MNFC;
96	96	4.5the types of activities it monitors; the scale of information it collects; the local, state, and
97	97	4.6federal agencies with which it shares information; and the quantifiable benefits it produces.
98	98	4.7None of the reporting requirements in this section supersede chapter 13 or any other state
99	99	4.8or federal law. The superintendent must report on activities for the preceding calendar year
100	100	4.9unless another time period is specified. The report must include the following information,
101	101	4.10to the extent allowed by other law:
102	102	4.11 (1) the MNFC's operating budget for the current biennium, number of staff, and staff
103	103	4.12duties;
104	104	4.13 (2) the number of publications generated and an overview of the type of information
105	105	4.14provided in the publications, including products such as law enforcement briefs, partner
106	106	4.15briefs, risk assessments, threat assessments, and operational reports;
107	107	4.16 (3) a summary of audit findings for the MNFC and what corrective actions were taken
108	108	4.17pursuant to audits;
109	109	4.18 (4) the number of data requests received by the MNFC and a general description of those
110	110	4.19requests;
111	111	4.20 (5) the types of surveillance and data analysis technologies utilized by the MNFC, such
112	112	4.21as artificial intelligence or social media analysis tools;
113	113	4.22 (6) a description of the commercial and governmental databases utilized by the MNFC
114	114	4.23to the extent permitted by law;
115	115	4.24 (7) the number of suspicious activity reports (SARs) received and processed by the
116	116	4.25MNFC;
117	117	4.26 (8) the number of SARs received and processed by the MNFC that were converted into
118	118	4.27Bureau of Criminal Apprehension case files, that were referred to the Federal Bureau of
119	119	4.28Investigation, or that were referred to local law enforcement agencies;
120	120	4.29 (9) the number of SARs received and processed by the MNFC that involve an individual
121	121	4.30on the Terrorist Screening Center watchlist;
122	122	4.31 (10) the number of requests for information (RFIs) that the MNFC received from law
123	123	4.32enforcement agencies and the number of responses to federal requests for RFIs;
124	124	4Sec. 3.
125	125	25-02173 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR CR/CH 5.1 (11) the names of the federal agencies the MNFC received data from or shared data
126	126	5.2with;
127	127	5.3 (12) the names of the agencies that submitted SARs;
128	128	5.4 (13) a summary description of the MNFC's activities with the Joint Terrorism Task
129	129	5.5Force; and
130	130	5.6 (14) the number of investigations aided by the MNFC's use of SARs and RFIs.;
131	131	5.7 (15) the number of tips received through the Department of Public Safety's anonymous
132	132	5.8threat reporting system, including the See It, Say It, Send It application, and the number of
133	133	5.9tips that the MNFC processed; and
134	134	5.10 (16) the number of active shooter incident reports received from school districts pursuant
135	135	5.11to section 121A.06, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), a summary of the reports, and the number
136	136	5.12of reports that were converted into Bureau of Criminal Apprehension case files, that were
137	137	5.13referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or that were referred to local law enforcement
138	138	5.14agencies.
139	139	5.15 (b) The report shall be provided to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
140	140	5.16committees of the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over data practices
141	141	5.17and public safety issues, and shall be posted on the MNFC website by February 15 each
142	142	5.18year beginning on February 15, 2024.
143	143	5.19 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION; SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS.
144	144	5.20 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
145	145	5.21of public safety for the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, in
146	146	5.22consultation with the Minnesota School Safety Center, to issue school violence prevention
147	147	5.23and physical security enhancement grants to school districts and charter schools.
148	148	5.24 (b) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section
149	149	5.25123A.24, may apply for a grant in the form and manner specified by the Division of
150	150	5.26Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The Division of Homeland Security and
151	151	5.27Emergency Management may establish grant application timelines and may award grants
152	152	5.28in more than one round. Grants may be awarded in an amount not to exceed $....... per
153	153	5.29district. Grants must be awarded to schools located in all geographic regions of the state
154	154	5.30with at least half of the grants awarded to school districts with administrative offices located
155	155	5.31outside of the 11-county metropolitan area.
156	156	5Sec. 4.
157	157	25-02173 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR CR/CH 6.1 (c) A grant recipient must use grant money to develop and implement anonymous threat
158	158	6.2reporting systems.
159	159	6.3 (d) Before a grant is awarded, the district must provide documentation acceptable to the
160	160	6.4director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management on how the
161	161	6.5grant money will be used.
162	162	6.6 (e) The Department of Public Safety may retain up to ten percent of the appropriation
163	163	6.7for the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to administer the grants
164	164	6.8and for the Minnesota School Safety Center to provide districts and charter schools technical
165	165	6.9assistance.
166	166	6.10 (f) By February 15 following each year a grant is awarded under this section, the
167	167	6.11Minnesota School Safety Center, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
168	168	6.12Management, and Department of Public Safety must report to the chairs and ranking minority
169	169	6.13members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade
170	170	6.1412 education and public safety on how grant money was awarded and distributed. The report
171	171	6.15must identify the grant recipients and how the grant money was used by each recipient.
172	172	6.16 (g) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2028.
173	173	6Sec. 4.
174	174	25-02173 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR CR/CH