1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; making school lock-down, tornado, and fire drills a crisis 
1.3 	management requirement; requiring a secondary school law enforcement teacher 
1.4 	to be licensed as a peace officer; integrating school safety procedures and fire 
1.5 	drills; establishing a task force to advise the legislature on K-12 emergency/all 
1.6 	hazard procedures; authorizing rulemaking by the board of school administrators; 
1.7 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 121A.035; 299F.30;  Laws 2005, 
1.8 	First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 81; proposing coding for new 
1.9 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 121A.035, is amended to read:
1.12 	121A.035 CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICY.
1.13 		Subdivision 1.Model policy. By December 1, 1999, The commissioner shall 
1.14 	maintain and make available to school boards and charter schools a model crisis 
1.15 	management policy that includes, among other items, school lock-down and tornado drills, 
1.16 	consistent with subdivision 2, and school fire drills under section 299F.30.
1.17 		Subd. 2.School district and charter school policy. By July 1, 2000, A school 
1.18 	board and a charter school must adopt a district crisis management policy to address 
1.19 	potential violent crisis situations in the district or charter school. The policy must be 
1.20 	developed in consultationcooperatively with administrators, teachers, employees, 
1.21 	students, parents, community members, law enforcement agencies, other emergency 
1.22 	management officials, county attorney offices, social service agencies, emergency medical 
1.23 	responders, and any other appropriate individuals or organizations. The policy must 
1.24 	include at least five school lock-down drills, five school fire drills consistent with section 
1.25 	299F.30, and one tornado drill. 

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2006-2007 school year and 
2.2 	later. 

2.3 	Sec. 2. [122A.295] TEACHERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSURE 
2.4 	REQUIREMENTS.
2.5 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. A person who teaches in a secondary school law 
2.6 	enforcement program must:
2.7 	(1) hold a vocational secondary teacher license;
2.8 	(2) meet Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (P.O.S.T.) standards; and
2.9 	(3) be licensed by the P.O.S.T. board as a peace officer or hold a current inactive 
2.10 	license.
2.11 		Subd. 2.Authorization. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and any law to the contrary, 
2.12 	the Board of Teaching may authorize a school district to hire a person who only meets 
2.13 	the requirements of subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (3), if the person is enrolled in and 
2.14 	attending a secondary vocational teacher preparation program. The person must complete 
2.15 	the teacher preparation program within three years of the person's hire date by a district.
2.16 		Subd. 3.Exclusions. Teachers of law enforcement in community education 
2.17 	programs and adult and continuing education programs are excluded from the 
2.18 	requirements of this section.

2.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2006-2007 school year and 
2.20 	later.

2.21 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299F.30, is amended to read:
2.22 	299F.30 FIRE DRILL IN SCHOOL; DOORS AND EXITS.
2.23 		Subdivision 1.Duties of fire marshal. Consistent with section 121A.035 and this 
2.24 	section, it shall be the duty of the state fire marshal, deputies and assistants, to require 
2.25 	public and private schools and educational institutions to have at least nine fire drills each 
2.26 	school year and to keep all doors and exits unlocked from the inside of the building during 
2.27 	school hours. The fire marshal must require private schools and educational institutions 
2.28 	not subject to section 121A.035 to have at least one fire drill each month during the school 
2.29 	year. 
2.30 		Subd. 2.Fire drill. Each superintendent, principal or other person in charge of a 
2.31 	public or private school, educational institution, children's home or orphanage housing 20 
2.32 	or more students or other persons, shall instruct and train such students or other persons to 
2.33 	quickly and expeditiously quit the premises in case of fire or other emergency by means of 
3.1 	drills or rapid dismissals at least once each month while such school, institution, home or 
3.2 	orphanage is in operation. Records of such drills shall be posted so that such records are 
3.3 	available for review by the state fire marshal at all times and shall include the drill date 
3.4 	and the time required to evacuate the building.
3.5 		Subd. 3.School doors and exits. Consistent with section 121A.035 and this 
3.6 	section, each superintendent, principal or other person in charge of a public or private 
3.7 	school, educational institution, children's home or orphanage shall keep all doors and exits 
3.8 	of such school, institution, home or orphanage unlocked so that persons can leave by such 
3.9 	doors or exits at any time during the hours of normal operation.

3.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2006-2007 school year and 
3.11 	later. 

3.12 	Sec. 4. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 81, is amended to 
3.13 	read:
3.14 	Sec. 81.  BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; RULEMAKING  
3.15 	AUTHORITY.
3.16 	
3.17 	On or before June 30, 2007, the Board of School  Administrators may adopt 
3.18 	expedited rules under Minnesota  Statutes, section 14.389, to reflect the changes in duties, 
3.19 	responsibilities, and roles of school administrators under this act, and to make technical 
3.20 	revisions and  clarifications to Minnesota Rules, chapter 3512.  

3.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 

3.22 	Sec. 5. ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON SCHOOL AND STAFF 
3.23 	EMERGENCY/ALL HAZARD PREPAREDNESS.
 3.24 	(a) An advisory task force on school and staff emergency/all hazard preparedness is 
3.25 	established to consider and recommend to the legislature proposals for strengthening K-12 
3.26 	crisis management and school safety efforts including, at least, whether or not to:
3.27 	(1) develop specific K-12 teacher and school administrator competencies related to 
3.28 	emergency/all hazard preparedness;
3.29 	(2) provide emergency/all hazard preparedness training to currently licensed K-12 
3.30 	teachers and school administrators; 
3.31 	(3) incorporate emergency/all hazard preparedness competencies into existing 
3.32 	teacher and school administrator preparation curriculum;
4.1 	(4) identify key emergency/all hazard preparedness competencies appropriate to 
4.2 	teacher and school administrator preparation curriculum and ongoing teacher and school 
4.3 	administrator training; and
4.4 	(5) expect federal funds to supplement state emergency/all hazard preparedness 
4.5 	initiatives.
4.6 	(b) The commissioner of education shall appoint an advisory task force on school 
4.7 	and staff emergency/all hazard preparedness that is composed of a representative from 
4.8 	each of the following entities: the state Board of Teaching; the state Board of School 
4.9 	Administrators; the state fire marshal; law enforcement agencies; emergency responders; 
4.10 	school principals; school counselors; the Minnesota School Boards Association; Education 
4.11 	Minnesota; the Minnesota Department of Education; the Minnesota Department of 
4.12 	Heath; the Minnesota Department of Public Safety; and others recommended by task 
4.13 	force members. Task force members' terms and other task force matters are subject to 
4.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059. The task force must submit by February 15, 2007, to 
4.15 	the education policy and finance committees of the legislature a written report that includes 
4.16 	recommendations on strengthening K-12 crisis management and school safety efforts.
4.17 	(c) Upon request, the commissioner of education must provide the task force on 
4.18 	strengthening K-12 crisis management and school safety efforts with technical, fiscal, 
4.19 	and other support services.
4.20 	(d) The task force expires February 16, 2007. 

4.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.