1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; granting school districts the
1.3 	authority to offer certain rewards; requiring the
1.4 	Department of Education to develop and make available
1.5 	a model policy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	section 123B.02, by adding a subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.02, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 22.Rewards. A school board, after formally
1.11 	adopting a policy consistent with this section, may offer a
1.12 	reward to persons who provide accurate and reliable information
1.13 	that leads to the apprehension and arrest of a person or persons
1.14 	who have committed a crime against school district property,
1.15 	students, employees or volunteers, or school board members.
1.16 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
1.17 	following final enactment.

1.18 	Sec. 2. MODEL POLICY.
 1.19 	The commissioner of education, after consulting with
1.20 	representatives of teachers, school administrators, parents,
1.21 	students, student support service providers, law enforcement
1.22 	officials, community service providers, and the juvenile justice
1.23 	and district court systems, must develop and make available upon
1.24 	request to interested school boards a model policy to effect a
1.25 	reward for information about persons committing crimes against
1.26 	students, school employees, school volunteers, school board
2.1 	members, or school property, consistent with section 1.

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