1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; prohibiting public school employees from using public 
1.3 	funds and resources to advocate to pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, 
1.4 	ballot question, or pending legislation;proposing coding for new law in 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [123B.022] PROHIBITING SCHOOL EMPLOYEES FROM USING 
1.8 	PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR ADVOCACY; ENDORSING TIMELY AND 
1.9 	CURRENT FACTUAL INFORMATION.
1.10 	(a) A school board must adopt and implement a districtwide policy that prohibits 
1.11 	district employees and other agents, entities, and individuals employed directly by the 
1.12 	district from using district funds or other publicly funded district resources, including 
1.13 	time, materials, equipment, facilities, and communication systems and technologies, 
1.14 	among other resources, to advocate for electing or defeating a candidate, passing or 
1.15 	defeating a ballot question, or passing or defeating pending legislation. The policy must 
1.16 	specify (1) the intervention strategies and disciplinary consequences of violating the 
1.17 	policy; and (2) what constitutes permissible employee conduct and employees' duty to 
1.18 	report conduct under the policy. The policy must apply when the employee performs the 
1.19 	duties assigned to the employee under the employee's employment contract with the 
1.20 	district, and includes the periods when the employee represents the district in an official 
1.21 	capacity, among other duties. The policy must not apply when an employee disseminates 
1.22 	factual information consistent with the employee's contractual duties. A policy that allows 
1.23 	a non-curriculum-related group access to school facilities must provide equal access on 
1.24 	the same basis to all such groups.
2.1 	(b) The school board must provide the district's electorate with timely factual 
2.2 	information about a pending ballot question.