SF 5210
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/24/2026 09:16 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to school safety; enhancing school safety plans; establishing an anonymous
threat reporting system; modifying circumstances when firearms are permitted on
school property; providing for additional student support personnel aid; requiring
reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
121A.035; 609.66, subdivision 1d; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section
124D.901, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 121A.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.035, is amended to read:
121A.035 CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICY.
Subdivision 1.
Model policy.
The commissioner shall maintain and make available to
school boards and charter schools a model crisis management policy that includes, among
other items, cardiac emergency response plans, new text begin a model school safety plan under section
121A.036, new text end school lock-down and tornado drills, consistent with subdivision 2, and school
fire drills under section 299F.30.
Subd. 2.
School district and charter school policy.
(a) A school board and a charter
school must adopt a crisis management policy to address potential violent crisis situations
in the district or charter school. The policy must be developed cooperatively with
administrators, teachers, employees, students, parents, community members, law enforcement
agencies, other emergency management officials, county attorney offices, social service
agencies, emergency medical responders, and any other appropriate individuals or
organizations. The policy must include at least five school lock-down drills, five school fire
drills consistent with section 299F.30, and one tornado drill.
(b) A school board or a charter school may adopt the model cardiac emergency response
plan provided by the commissioner under subdivision 1.
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(c) To the extent practical, a school board or charter school must integrate the school
safety plan adopted under section 121A.036 with the crisis management policy under this
section.
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Sec. 2.
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[121A.036] SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS.
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new text begin School Safety Center. new text end
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(a) The School Safety Center at the Department
of Public Safety must:
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(1) develop an evidence-based model school safety plan for use by school boards and
post the plan in accordance with subdivision 2;
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(2) develop criteria to determine whether a school safety plan is evidence-based; and
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(3) prepare a report that identifies the school districts and charter schools that have
adopted an evidence-based school safety plan and post the report on the Department of
Public Safety's publicly facing website. The School Safety Center must submit the report
to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over public safety and kindergarten through
grade 12 education by December 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter.
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(b) The School Safety Center may provide consulting services to schools serving students
in kindergarten through grade 12 to develop, improve, or implement an evidence-based
school safety plan.
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(c) The School Safety Center may consult with the comprehensive school mental health
services lead at the Department of Education under section 127A.215 regarding schools'
safety plans.
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new text begin Model plan. new text end
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(a) The School Safety Center, in consultation with the Department
of Education, must maintain and make available to school districts and charter schools an
evidence-based model school safety plan to prevent human-caused safety incidents.
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(b) The School Safety Center must post the model plan on its website no later than
September 1, 2026. The School Safety Center may make evidence-based school safety plans
developed by third parties available to school boards.
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new text begin Evidence-based. new text end
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For purposes of this section and section 121A.0361,
"evidence-based" means an activity, strategy, or intervention that:
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(1) demonstrates a statistically significant effect on improving student outcomes or other
relevant outcomes based on:
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(i) strong evidence from at least one well-designed and well-implemented experimental
study;
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(ii) moderate evidence from at least one well-designed and well-implemented
quasi-experimental study; or
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(iii) promising evidence from at least one well-designed and well-implemented
correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias; or
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(2) demonstrates a rationale based on high-quality research findings or positive evaluation
that the activity, strategy, or intervention is likely to improve student outcomes or other
relevant outcomes, and includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of the activity,
strategy, or intervention.
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new text begin Local school safety plan. new text end
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(a) A school board of a district or charter school
must adopt an evidence-based school safety plan to prevent human-caused safety incidents.
To the extent practical, the school safety plan must integrate the crisis management policy
under section 121A.035. Beginning August 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, a school board
or charter school that has not yet adopted an evidence-based school safety plan must submit
the plan to the School Safety Center.
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(b) A nonpublic school is encouraged to develop an evidence-based school safety plan
and consult with the School Safety Center on evidence-based approaches to improve school
safety.
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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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Sec. 3.
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[121A.0361] ANONYMOUS THREAT REPORTING SYSTEM.
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new text begin Definition; evidence-based. new text end
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For purposes of this section, the term
"evidence-based" has the meaning given in section 121A.036, subdivision 3.
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new text begin Anonymous threat reporting system. new text end
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(a) Starting July 1, 2028, a school district
or charter school must either use and promote the Department of Public Safety's statewide
anonymous threat reporting system in accordance with subdivision 3, or implement its own
local anonymous threat reporting system in accordance with this subdivision. A local
anonymous threat reporting system must:
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(1) support anonymous reporting 24 hours a day using a mobile application and a
multilingual crisis center at a minimum;
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(2) include crisis centers staffed by persons with evidence-based counseling and crisis
intervention training;
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(3) promptly forward reported information to the appropriate school-based team;
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(4) support a coordinated response by schools, 911 telecommunicators, and law
enforcement to an identified crisis when response by schools and law enforcement is to be
reasonably expected to ensure public safety and welfare;
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(5) require and certify the training of a school-based team in each school to receive
notice of any report submitted through the anonymous threat reporting system concerning
the school, school personnel, or an enrolled student;
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(6) promote public awareness and education about the anonymous threat reporting system
and reporting methods before launching the system;
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(7) implement an evidence-based student violence prevention training that teaches
students how to identify observable warning signs and signals of an individual who may be
at risk of self-harm, the importance of taking threats seriously and seeking help, and how
to use the anonymous threat reporting system to report a person who is at risk of self-harm;
and
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(8) comply with data practices under chapter 13 and the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974, United States Code, title 20, section 1232g.
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(b) A school district or charter school that implements its own system may enter into a
contract to develop and implement an anonymous threat reporting system that meets the
requirements of this subdivision.
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(c) In addition to the system requirements under paragraph (a), a third party providing
a local anonymous threat reporting system to a school must establish:
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(1) a website to educate students on the availability of the anonymous threat reporting
system and provide guidance on how and when to use the system; and
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(2) a toll-free hotline that can be used to provide anonymous tips regarding dangerous,
violent, threatening, harmful, or potentially harmful activity that occurs, or is threatened
on, school property or relates to an enrolled student or school personnel.
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(d) A school district or charter school that establishes a local anonymous threat reporting
system must:
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(1) form a school-based team at each school site comprised of at least three employees;
and
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(2) report to the commissioner of education, in the form and manner determined by the
commissioner, the type of system adopted and the primary contact person for each
school-based team.
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(e) A school district or charter school that implemented a local anonymous threat reporting
system before this section was enacted may continue to use the system even if the system
or school-based team does not meet the requirements of this section. The district or charter
school may consult with the School Safety Center at the Department of Public Safety on
evidence-based approaches to improving the effectiveness of the system.
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(f) A nonpublic school may implement a local anonymous threat reporting system but
is not subject to the requirements of this subdivision.
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new text begin Statewide anonymous threat reporting system; school requirements. new text end
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school district or charter school that does not implement its own local anonymous threat
reporting system in accordance with subdivision 2 must provide to students, families,
employees, and community members information about the Department of Public Safety's
statewide anonymous threat reporting system and how to use the system. A district or charter
school must, at a minimum:
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(1) post on the district's or charter school's website information about the Department
of Public Safety's statewide anonymous threat reporting system;
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(2) include information in the student handbook about the Department of Public Safety's
statewide anonymous threat reporting system; and
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(3) notify parents annually of the availability of the Department of Public Safety's
statewide anonymous threat reporting system.
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new text begin Department of Education. new text end
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(a) The Department of Education must, in
collaboration with the Department of Public Safety, provide a list of third parties that provide
anonymous threat reporting systems that meet the requirements under this section to all
schools where a Minnesota resident may fulfill the compulsory instruction requirements
under section 120A.22. The list must include third parties that offer free or low-cost
anonymous threat reporting systems.
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(b) By January 15, 2029, and each year thereafter, the commissioner of education must
submit a report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through
grade 12 education and public safety that lists the districts and charter schools that have
implemented a local anonymous threat reporting system, the type of system each one adopted,
and the districts and charter schools that have not implemented a local anonymous threat
reporting system.
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new text begin Funding sources. new text end
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The Department of Education and school districts and charter
schools may accept funding for the anonymous threat reporting system required under this
section from public and private sources, including state or federal funding, that is available
to increase school safety.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2026.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.901, subdivision 3, is amended
to read:
Subd. 3.
Student support personnel aid.
(a) The initial student support personnel aid
for an independent or special school district equals the greater of the student support
personnel allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year
or $40,000. The initial student support personnel aid for a charter school equals the greater
of the student support personnel allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the charter
school for the current fiscal year or $20,000. Aid under this paragraph must be reserved in
a fund balance that, beginning in fiscal year 2025, may not exceed the greater of the aid
entitlement in the prior fiscal year or the fund balance in the prior fiscal year.
(b) The cooperative student support personnel aid for an independent or special school
district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit that
serves students equals the greater of the cooperative student support allowance times the
adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. If a district is a
member of more than one cooperative unit that serves students, the revenue must be allocated
among the cooperative units. Aid under this paragraph must not exceed actual expenditures.
(c) The student support personnel allowance equals $17.08 for fiscal year 2025, $30.05
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(d) The cooperative student support allowance equals $0.85 for fiscal year 2025 and
$1.60 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.66, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
Subd. 1d.
Possession on school property; penalty.
(a) Except as provided under
paragraphs (d) and (f), whoever possesses, stores, or keeps a dangerous weapon while
knowingly on school property is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment
for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
(b) Whoever uses or brandishes a replica firearm or a BB gun while knowingly on school
property is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(c) Whoever possesses, stores, or keeps a replica firearm or a BB gun while knowingly
on school property is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), (b), or (c), it is a misdemeanor for a person authorized
to carry a firearm under the provisions of a permit or otherwise to carry a firearm on or
about the person's clothes or person in a location the person knows is school property.
Notwithstanding section 609.531, a firearm carried in violation of this paragraph is not
subject to forfeiture.
(e) As used in this subdivision:
(1) "BB gun" means a device that fires or ejects a shot measuring .18 of an inch or less
in diameter;
(2) "dangerous weapon" has the meaning given it in section 609.02, subdivision 6;
(3) "replica firearm" has the meaning given it in section 609.713; and
(4) "school property" means:
(i) a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school building and its improved
grounds, whether leased or owned by the school;
(ii) a child care center licensed under chapter 142B during the period children are present
and participating in a child care program;
(iii) the area within a school bus when that bus is being used by a school to transport
one or more elementary, middle, or secondary school students to and from school-related
activities, including curricular, cocurricular, noncurricular, extracurricular, and supplementary
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(iv) that portion of a building or facility under the temporary, exclusive control of a
public or private school, a school district, or an association of such entities where conspicuous
signs are prominently posted at each entrance that give actual notice to persons of the
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(v) that portion of a building or facility hosting an activity or event sponsored by the
Minnesota State High School League, pursuant to the authority granted to the league in
chapter 128C, where conspicuous signs are prominently posted at each entrance that give
actual notice to persons of the school-related use.
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(f) new text begin Except as provided for in paragraph (h), new text end this subdivision does not apply to:
(1) active licensed peace officers;
(2) military personnel or students participating in military training, who are on-duty,
performing official duties;
(3) persons authorized to carry a pistol under section 624.714 while in a motor vehicle
or outside of a motor vehicle to directly place a firearm in, or retrieve it from, the trunk or
rear area of the vehicle;
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(4) persons who keep or store in a motor vehicle pistols in accordance with section
624.714 or 624.715 or other firearms in accordance with section 97B.045;
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(8) possession of dangerous weapons, BB guns, or replica firearms with written
permission of the principal or other person having general control and supervision of the
school or the director of a child care center; or
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(9) persons who are on unimproved property owned or leased by a child care center,
school, or school district unless the person knows that a student is currently present on the
land for a school-related activity.
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(g) Notwithstanding section 471.634, a school district or other entity composed
exclusively of school districts may not regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective
components, when possessed or carried by nonstudents or nonemployees, in a manner that
is inconsistent with this subdivision.
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(h) Notwithstanding sections 97B.045, 624.714, and 624.715, a person who is authorized
to carry a firearm on school property pursuant to paragraph (f) must secure and store their
firearms as provided for in this paragraph when the person is no longer in an eligible on-duty
status or not participating in that portion of the activity for which firearm possession is
authorized. Each firearm subject to this paragraph must be secured and stored as follows:
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(1) unloaded;
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(2) placed in a locked container, safe, or other secure device made to contain a firearm
that, when locked, cannot be readily opened without use of a key, combination, or electronic
code, and that is constructed to resist forced entry, tampering, and unauthorized access; and
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(3) placed in a locked trunk compartment of a motor vehicle or, if the motor vehicle
does not have a trunk compartment with a functioning lock, placed out of plain sight within
the vehicle.
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Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
education for additional student support personnel aid.
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