HF 3160

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/28/2023 08:22am

A bill for an act
relating to education; requiring testing of school building doors and locks;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.57,
subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.57, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Health and safety capital projects.

(a) Health and safety capital projects may
include expenditures necessary for the correction of fire and life safety hazards; design,
purchase, installation, maintenance, and inspection of fire protection and alarm equipment; new text begin
maintenance and inspection of school building exterior doors and automatic locks; new text end purchase
or construction of appropriate facilities for the storage of combustible and flammable
materials; inventories and facility modifications not related to a remodeling project to comply
with lab safety requirements under section 121A.31; inspection, testing, repair, removal or
encapsulation, and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials; cleanup and disposal
of polychlorinated biphenyls; cleanup and disposal of hazardous and infectious wastes;
cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating fuel or transportation fuels
such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section 296A.01; correction
of occupational safety and health administration regulated hazards; indoor air quality
inspections, investigations, and testing; mold abatement; upgrades or replacement of
mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code; design, materials, and
installation of local exhaust ventilation systems, including required make-up air for
controlling regulated hazardous substances; correction of Department of Health Food Code
violations; correction of swimming pool hazards excluding depth correction; playground
safety inspections, repair of unsafe outdoor playground equipment, and the installation of
impact surfacing materials; bleacher repair or rebuilding to comply with the order of a
building code inspector under section 326B.112; testing and mitigation of elevated radon
hazards; lead testing; copper in water testing; cleanup after major weather-related disasters
or flooding; reduction of excessive organic and inorganic levels in wells and capping of
abandoned wells; installation and testing of boiler backflow valves to prevent contamination
of potable water; vaccinations, titers, and preventative supplies for bloodborne pathogen
compliance; costs to comply with the Janet B. Johnson Parents' Right to Know Act;
automated external defibrillators and other emergency plan equipment and supplies specific
to the district's emergency action plan; compliance with the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for school generators established by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency; and health, safety, and environmental management costs
associated with implementing the district's health and safety program including costs to
establish and operate safety committees, in school buildings or property owned or being
acquired by the district. Testing and calibration activities are permitted for existing
mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five years.

(b) For fiscal years 2014 through 2017, a school district must not include expenses
related to emission compliance projects for school generators in its health and safety capital
projects unless it reduces its approved spending on other qualified health and safety projects
by the same amount.

Sec. 2.

new text begin [123B.573] SCHOOL BUILDING DOORS AND LOCKS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Testing exterior doors and automatic locks. new text end

new text begin A public school building
must have all exterior doors and automatic locks tested annually by a certifying agency.
The commissioner of education must develop a plan to assist school districts in testing
exterior doors and automatic locks in each public school building serving students in
kindergarten through grade 12. A school district may include testing of exterior doors and
locks as part of its health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin A school district that has tested its school building exterior doors
and automatic locks must annually report its testing completion to the Department of
Education in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School building door and lock testing. new text end

new text begin To test all school building exterior
doors and automatic locks in every public school building under Minnesota Statutes, section
123B.573.
new text end

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