HF 2841

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; pursuing school safety; specifying emergency/disaster
preparedness planning as a crisis management policy component; requiring a
secondary school law enforcement teacher to be licensed as a peace officer;
integrating school safety procedures and fire drills; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, sections 121A.035; 299F.30; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 122A.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 121A.035, is amended to read:

121A.035 CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICY.

Subdivision 1.

Model policy.

deleted text begin By December 1, 1999, deleted text end The commissioner shall
maintain and make available to school boards new text begin and charter schools new text end a model crisis
management policy new text begin that contains, among other items, emergency/disaster preparedness
planning and crisis-specific response procedures, consistent with subdivision 2, and
incorporates the requirement for school fire drills under section 299F.30 new text end .

Subd. 2.

School district new text begin and charter school new text end policy.

deleted text begin By July 1, 2000, deleted text end new text begin (a) new text end A
school board new text begin and a charter school new text end must adopt a deleted text begin district deleted text end crisis management policy to
address potential violent crisis situations in the district new text begin or charter school new text end . The policy must
be developed deleted text begin in consultation deleted text end new text begin cooperatively new text end with administrators, teachers, employees,
students, parents, community members, law enforcement agencies, new text begin other emergency
management officials, new text end county attorney offices, social service agencies, new text begin emergency medical
responders, new text end and any other appropriate individuals or organizations. new text begin The policy must
contain procedures for school administrators to use when responding to crisis-specific
situations during the school day or at school-sponsored activities, and must include
drills for school lock-down, evacuation, sheltering, closure, and other recommended
safety-related procedures.
new text end

new text begin (b) School boards and charter schools also must incorporate the requirement for
school fire drills under section 299F.30 into the crisis management policy.
new text end

new text begin (c) Consistent with this section and section 299F.30, school boards and charter
schools must have at least one school safety drill and eight fire drills throughout each
school year.
new text end

new text begin (d) School boards and charter schools annually must report to the education
department, in the form and manner the department determines, on compliance with
this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2006-2007 school year and
later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [122A.295] TEACHERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSURE
REQUIREMENTS.
new text end

new text begin new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Requirements. new text end

new text begin A person who teaches in a secondary school law
enforcement program must:
new text end

new text begin (1) hold a vocational secondary teacher license;
new text end

new text begin (2) meet Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (P.O.S.T.) standards; and
new text end

new text begin (3) be licensed by the P.O.S.T. board as a peace officer or hold a current inactive
license.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Authorization. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and any law to the contrary,
the Board of Teaching may authorize a school district to hire a person who only meets
the requirements of subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (3), if the person is enrolled in and
attending a secondary vocational teacher preparation program. The person must complete
the teacher preparation program within three years of the person's hire date by a district.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Exclusions. new text end

new text begin Teachers of law enforcement in community education
programs and adult and continuing education programs are excluded from the
requirements of this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2006-2007 school year and
later.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299F.30, is amended to read:

299F.30 FIRE DRILL IN SCHOOL; DOORS AND EXITS.

Subdivision 1.

Duties of fire marshal.

new text begin Consistent with section 121A.035, new text end it shall
be the duty of the state fire marshal, deputies and assistants, to require public and private
schools and educational institutions to have deleted text begin at least nine deleted text end fire drills each school year and to
keep all doors and exits unlocked from the inside of the building during school hours. new text begin The
fire marshal must require private schools and educational institutions not subject to section
121A.035 to have at least one fire drill each month during the school year.
new text end

Subd. 2.

Fire drill.

Each superintendent, principal or other person in charge of a
public or private school, educational institution, children's home or orphanage housing 20
or more students or other persons, shall instruct and train such students or other persons to
quickly and expeditiously quit the premises in case of fire or other emergency by means of
drills or rapid dismissals deleted text begin at least once each month deleted text end while such school, institution, home or
orphanage is in operation. Records of such drills shall be posted so that such records are
available for review by the state fire marshal at all times and shall include the drill date
and the time required to evacuate the building.

Subd. 3.

School doors and exits.

new text begin Consistent with section 121A.035, new text end each
superintendent, principal or other person in charge of a public or private school,
educational institution, children's home or orphanage shall keep all doors and exits of such
school, institution, home or orphanage unlocked so that persons can leave by such doors
or exits at any time during the hours of normal operation.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2006-2007 school year and
later.
new text end