HF 834

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; granting school districts the
authority to offer certain rewards; requiring the
Department of Education to develop and make available
a model policy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 123B.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.02, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 22. new text end

new text begin Rewards. new text end

new text begin A school board, after formally
adopting a policy consistent with this section, may offer a
reward to persons who provide accurate and reliable information
that leads to the apprehension and arrest of a person or persons
who have committed a crime against school district property,
students, employees or volunteers, or school board members.
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 MODEL POLICY.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education, after consulting with
representatives of teachers, school administrators, parents,
students, student support service providers, law enforcement
officials, community service providers, and the juvenile justice
and district court systems, must develop and make available upon
request to interested school boards a model policy to effect a
reward for information about persons committing crimes against
students, school employees, school volunteers, school board
members, or school property, consistent with section 1.
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