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SF 783 Senate Long Description

2E "Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act"; requiring the department of education school performance report card to include summary data on student bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, intimidation, and remedial response incidents; authorizing the commissioner to use the summary data to inform the school climate center; providing a school policy to provide safe and supportive schools; requiring the commissioner to establish a safe and supportive schools grant program; allowing staff development activities to include restorative and reparative best practices training; making conforming changes; requiring charter school compliance; modifying department program goals and parent and family involvement policy to include establishing a positive school climate and requiring advisory committee recommendations; requiring schools with internet access to adopt and implement a cyberbullying prohibition policy; establishing a school climate center to assist districts to provide a safe learning environment; establishing a council to advance safe and supportive schools and prevent student bullying; appropriating money to the department of education; repealing discrimination model policy and school board policy prohibiting intimidation and bullying
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