SF 3611

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/03/2026 08:53 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education; limiting access to school sites; amending Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Limits on access by officials engaged in immigration enforcement. new text end

new text begin (a) A
school district or charter school employee must not consent to a federal, state, or local
official entering a school site for purposes of immigration enforcement unless the official
provides the school employee with a valid judicial warrant. The school employee must
request the federal, state, or local official to provide valid identification, and must grant
entry to only the areas identified in the judicial warrant.
new text end

new text begin (b) A school employee granting entry to a federal, state, or local official engaged in
immigration enforcement must immediately notify the district superintendent or person
having administrative control of a charter school, and the district or charter school's general
counsel or other designated legal representative.
new text end

new text begin (c) This subdivision does not prohibit entry by a federal, state, or local official
administering a state or federally supported educational program.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin SEVERABILITY.
new text end

new text begin If application of this act to any person, entity, or circumstance is found to be
unconstitutional and void, the remaining provisions of the law shall remain valid as applied
to any other person, entity, or circumstance.
new text end