1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing grants to schools for law enforcement 
1.3 	entry devices; canceling the unused portion of an appropriation; appropriating 
1.4 	money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CANCELLATION; REMAINING BALANCE FROM 2018 SCHOOL 
1.7 	SAFETY GRANTS.
 1.8 	Any unobligated amount remaining from the appropriation in Laws 2018, chapter 214, 
1.9 	article 1, section 4, subdivision 3, for school safety grants is canceled on the effective date 
1.10 	of this section.

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

1.12 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCY ENTRY 
1.13 	DEVICES.
 1.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
1.16 	designated.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Law enforcement emergency entry devices. (a) For law enforcement 
1.18 	emergency entry devices at schools:

1.19		$
	1,810,000
	.....
	2025
	
1.20 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:
2.1 	(1) "eligible applicant" means a special or independent school district, a charter school, 
2.2 	or a cooperative unit serving students; and
2.3 	(2) "law enforcement emergency entry device" means an exterior secure master key box 
2.4 	meeting Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1037 installed at the school building permitting 
2.5 	emergency access by law enforcement from the exterior of a school building.
2.6 	(c) An eligible applicant may apply to the commissioner of education in the form and 
2.7 	manner specified by the commissioner for a law enforcement emergency entry device grant 
2.8 	for each of the applicant's school buildings regularly serving students. The maximum grant 
2.9 	per building is $1,000.
2.10 	(d) If the commissioner receives more applications for grants than money is available, 
2.11 	the commissioner must first award one grant to each eligible applicant, and then award 
2.12 	remaining money as grants to applicants on a lottery basis.
2.13 	(e) An eligible applicant receiving a grant under this section must update its school safety 
2.14 	plan to include the necessary information on its law enforcement emergency entry devices.
2.15 	(f) Up to five percent of the appropriation may be retained by the agency for 
2.16 	administrative costs.
2.17 	(g) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
2.18 	(h) This is a onetime appropriation.

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