as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/11/2023 04:03pm
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money for teacher and school staff training
in dangerous situations in schools and to provide teachers and school staff with
firearms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated to the commissioner of education for grants to
school districts to provide firearm simulator training to prepare teachers, staff persons, and
other designated persons employed in the school district to respond to dangerous situations
in schools.
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$....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated to the commissioner of education for grants to
school districts to provide firearms with biometric gun locks to teachers, staff persons, and
other designated persons employed in a district school that is a distance of at least three
minutes from a law enforcement response to a dangerous situation at the school. A teacher,
staff person, or other designated person who receives a firearm must have received firearm
training.
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