1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; permitting patriotic and national organizations informational 
1.3 	access to schools;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	123B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [123B.491] PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; 
1.7 	INFORMATIONAL ACCESS.
1.8 	(a) A school district must permit access to school facilities to Title 36 patriotic and 
1.9 	national organizations with youth-focused missions to distribute informational literature 
1.10 	and promotional materials in order to inform students and parents about participation in 
1.11 	such organizations and their youth-focused activities as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d).
1.12 	(b) "Patriotic and national organization" means an organization identified in United 
1.13 	States Code, title 36, part B.
1.14 	(c) A school district must permit informational literature regarding Title 36 patriotic and 
1.15 	national organizations with youth-focused missions to be distributed to students, in paper 
1.16 	form, during school hours. A school may determine how and when informational literature 
1.17 	is distributed, so long as distribution takes place during the first quarter of the school year. 
1.18 	A Title 36 patriotic and national organization distributing literature must provide to the 
1.19 	superintendent written notice of the organization's intent to distribute informational literature 
1.20 	to students, with a copy of the materials, at least one week in advance of distribution.
1.21 	(d) A Title 36 patriotic and national organization distributing literature is responsible 
1.22 	for all direct costs of preparing and distributing its informational literature, but must not be 
1.23 	assessed any fees for such access or usage.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2022.