HF 3492
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/19/2026 03:23 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing the commissioner of education to award
school safety facility grants to schools to enhance safety for students and staff;
canceling funds from the Northern Lights Express; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin SCHOOL SAFETY FACILITY GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin School safety facility grants. new text end
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(a) The commissioner of education may
award school safety facility grants to qualifying schools to enhance school safety for students
and staff.
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(b) For purposes of this section, a qualifying school means a school operated by a school
district, charter school, cooperative unit defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24,
subdivision 2, Tribal contract school, or nonpublic school.
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(c) A school safety facility grant must be used for school facility security improvements
authorized under section 126C.44, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (7).
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Application. new text end
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A qualifying school may apply for a school safety facility grant
in the form and manner specified by the commissioner of education. A qualifying school's
application must include information on the other sources of funding, if any, that will be
used to fully fund the school safety project.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Grant awards. new text end
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After consultation with the Department of Public Safety's
Minnesota School Safety Center, the commissioner of education may award a school safety
facility grant of no more than $500,000 to each qualifying school. The commissioner must
prioritize grant applications. At least half of the grants must be awarded to schools with
administrative offices located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Grant disbursal. new text end
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No money for construction may be distributed by the
commissioner of education to the grant recipient until bids have been received on 100 percent
of the construction documents and satisfactory documentation has been submitted to the
commissioner of education indicating the project can be fully completed with money available
for the project.
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new text begin Appropriation. new text end
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(a) $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the
general fund to the Department of Education for school safety facility grants. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
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(b) $25,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 2, paragraph (d), as amended by Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 8,
article 1, section 13, for capital improvements and betterments for the Minneapolis-Duluth
Northern Lights Express intercity passenger rail project is canceled on the effective date of
this section.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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