1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for a report on student discipline; requiring a 
1.3 	report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STUDENT DISCIPLINE REPORT.
 1.6 	(a) By February 1, 2020, the commissioner of education must submit a report to the 
1.7 	chairs and ranking minority members of the committees or divisions of the legislature with 
1.8 	primary jurisdiction over education, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, 
1.9 	on student discipline for the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 school years.
1.10 	(b) The report must provide the following suspension and expulsion summary data by 
1.11 	school district or charter school:
1.12 	(1) the number of students suspended or expelled, by grade;
1.13 	(2) the number of students suspended or expelled, disaggregated using the student 
1.14 	categories identified under the most recently reauthorized federal Elementary and Secondary 
1.15 	Education Act; and
1.16 	(3) the number of students with disabilities suspended or expelled, disaggregated by 
1.17 	primary disability category.
1.18 	(c) The commissioner of education must consult with stakeholders and make 
1.19 	recommendations to the legislature on statutory and rule changes to reduce discipline 
1.20 	disparities based on race or ethnicity and disability. The commissioner must consider whether 
1.21 	a school district or charter school with persistent discipline disparities must use a percentage 
2.1 	of its general education revenue on staff training and other programs to reduce discipline 
2.2 	disparities.

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