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HF 4439

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/19/2018 03:41pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; providing for school safety and security, including
establishing safe schools revenue, modifying pupil discipline and dismissal
provisions, and modifying school-linked mental health grants; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120A.22, subdivision 7; 121A.41,
by adding subdivisions; 121A.45, subdivision 1; 121A.46, by adding subdivisions;
121A.47, subdivisions 2, 14, by adding a subdivision; 121A.53, subdivision 1;
121A.55; 126C.44; 245.4889, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2017
Supplement, section 245.4889, subdivision 1.

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

ARTICLE 1

SAFE SCHOOLS REVENUE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.44, is amended to read:


126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS deleted text beginLEVYdeleted text endnew text begin REVENUEnew text end.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Safe schools revenue. new text end

(a) deleted text beginEach district may make a levy on all taxable
property located within the district for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum
amount which may be levied for all costs under this section shall be equal to $36 multiplied
by the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
deleted text endnew text begin For fiscal year 2019 only, the initial
safe schools revenue for a school district equals the greater of $54 times the district's adjusted
pupil units for the school year, or $22,500.
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2019 only, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school district
that is a member of an intermediate school district equals $22.50 times the district's adjusted
pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 2019 only, the cooperative safe schools
revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an intermediate
district that enrolls students equals $7.50 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the
school year.
new text end

new text begin (c) For fiscal year 2020 and later, the initial safe schools revenue for a school district
equals the greater of $72 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year, or
$30,000.
new text end

new text begin (d) For fiscal year 2020 and later, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school
district that is a member of an intermediate school district equals $30 times the district's
adjusted pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 2020 and later, the cooperative safe
schools revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an
intermediate district that enrolls students equals $15 times the district's adjusted pupil units
for the school year. Revenue raised under this paragraph and paragraph (b) must be
transferred to the intermediate school district or other cooperative unit of which the district
is a member and used only for costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under
subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9). If the district is a member of more than one
cooperative unit that enrolls students, the revenue must be allocated among the cooperative
units.
new text end

new text begin (e) For fiscal year 2019 and later, the safe schools revenue for a school district equals
the sum of the district's initial safe schools revenue and the district's cooperative safe schools
revenue.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Safe schools levy. new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2019 only, a district's safe schools levy
equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2019 only, the safe schools levy for a school district that is a member
of an intermediate school district is increased by an amount equal to $15 times the district's
adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (c) To obtain safe schools revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later, a district may levy an
amount not more than the product of its safe schools revenue for the fiscal year times the
lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to the safe
schools equalizing factor. The safe schools equalizing factor equals 60 percent of the state
average net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for all school districts.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Safe schools aid. new text end

new text begin For fiscal year 2019, a district's safe schools aid equals its
safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy. For fiscal year 2020 and later, a district's
safe schools aid equals its safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy, times the ratio
of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Safe schools revenue for a charter school. new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2019, safe
schools revenue for a charter school equals $18 times the adjusted pupil units for the school
year. For fiscal year 2020 and later, safe schools revenue for a charter school equals $36
times the adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (b) The revenue must be reserved and used only for costs associated with safe schools
activities authorized under subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9), or for building
lease expenses not funded by charter school building lease aid that are attributable to facility
security enhancements made by the landlord after March 1, 2018.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Uses of safe schools revenue. new text end

new text begin(a)new text end The deleted text beginproceeds of the levydeleted text end new text beginrevenue new text endmust be
reserved and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities
and counties who contract with the district for the following purposes:

(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace
officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;

(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;

(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's
schools;

(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;

(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety,
voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the
school district;

(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school
social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical dependency
counselors to help provide early responses to problems;

(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public
announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility
modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;

(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate; deleted text beginor
deleted text end

(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
are not district employees or contractorsdeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin; or
new text end

new text begin (10) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to pay the
amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on obligations issued
under sections 123B.61 and 123B.62 for purposes included in clause (7).
new text end

(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt
to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department
of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school
receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does
not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with
any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's
boundaries.

deleted text begin (c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in
its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized
under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed
$15 times the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to
any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this paragraph must
be transferred to the intermediate school district.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2019 and later.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text beginAPPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Safe schools revenue. new text end

new text begin For safe schools revenue under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.44, subdivision 1:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 19,814,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2019
new text end

ARTICLE 2

PUPIL DISCIPLINE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120A.22, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Education records.

(a) A district, a charter school, or a nonpublic school that
receives services or aid under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 from which a student is
transferring must transmit the student's educational records, within ten business days of a
request, to the district, the charter school, or the nonpublic school in which the student is
enrolling. Districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools that receive services or aid under
sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 must make reasonable efforts to determine the district, the
charter school, or the nonpublic school in which a transferring student is next enrolling in
order to comply with this subdivision.

(b) A closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records, within ten
business days of the school's closure, to the student's school district of residence where the
records must be retained unless the records are otherwise transferred under this subdivision.

(c) A school district, a charter school, or a nonpublic school that receives services or aid
under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 that transmits a student's educational records to another
school district or other educational entity, charter school, or nonpublic school to which the
student is transferring must include in the transmitted records information about any formal
suspension, expulsion, and exclusion disciplinary action new text beginor pupil withdrawal new text endunder sections
121A.40 to 121A.56. new text beginThe transmitted records must include any school threat assessment
records, including services a pupil needs to prevent the inappropriate behavior from recurring.
new text end The district, the charter school, or the nonpublic school that receives services or aid under
sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 must provide notice to a student and the student's parent or
guardian that formal disciplinary records will be transferred as part of the student's
educational record, in accordance with data practices under chapter 13 and the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, United States Code, title 20, section 1232(g).

(d) Notwithstanding section 138.17, a principal or chief administrative officer must
remove from a student's educational record and destroy a probable cause notice received
under section 260B.171, subdivision 5, or paragraph (e), if one year has elapsed since the
date of the notice and the principal or chief administrative officer has not received a
disposition or court order related to the offense described in the notice. This paragraph does
not apply if the student no longer attends the school when this one-year period expires.

(e) A principal or chief administrative officer who receives a probable cause notice under
section 260B.171, subdivision 5, or a disposition or court order, must include a copy of that
data in the student's educational records if they are transmitted to another school, unless the
data are required to be destroyed under paragraph (d) or section 121A.75.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices; alternatives to pupil
removal and dismissal.
new text end

new text begin "Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices" means
policies and practices that are alternatives to removing a pupil from class or dismissing a
pupil from school, including evidence-based positive behavioral interventions and supports,
social and emotional services, school-linked mental health services, counseling services,
social work services, referrals for special education or 504 evaluations, academic screening
for Title I services or reading interventions, and alternative education services.
Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices require school officials to intervene in,
redirect, and support a pupil's behavior before removing a pupil from class or beginning
dismissal proceedings. Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices include but are
not limited to the policies and practices under sections 121A.031, subdivision 4, paragraph
(a), clause (1); 121A.55; 121A.575, clauses (1) and (2); 121A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph
(q); and 122A.627, clause (3).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 13. new text end

new text begin School threat assessment. new text end

new text begin "School threat assessment" means a fact-based
process using an integrated team approach that helps schools evaluate and assess potentially
threatening pupils or situations. The threat assessment results will address whether there is
sufficient information to determine whether or not a pupil poses a threat and services needed
to address a pupil's underlying issues, which may include counseling, social work services,
evidence-based academic and positive behavioral interventions and supports, mental health
services, and referrals for special education or 504 evaluations.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 14. new text end

new text begin Pupil withdrawal agreement. new text end

new text begin "Pupil withdrawal agreement" means a verbal
or written agreement between a school or district administrator and a pupil's parent or
guardian to withdraw a student from the school district to avoid expulsion or exclusion
dismissal proceedings. The duration of the withdrawal agreement may be no longer than
12 months.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Provision of alternative programs.

No school shall dismiss any pupil
without attempting to deleted text beginprovide alternative educational servicesdeleted text endnew text begin use nonexclusionary
disciplinary policies and practices
new text end before dismissal proceedingsnew text begin or a pupil withdrawal
agreement
new text end, except where it appears that the pupil will create an immediate and substantial
danger to self or to surrounding persons or property.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.46, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Suspensions exceeding five consecutive school days. new text end

new text begin The school administrator
must ensure that when a pupil is suspended for more than five consecutive school days,
alternative education services are provided.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.46, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Minimum education services. new text end

new text begin School officials must give a suspended pupil
the opportunity to complete all school work assigned during the pupil's suspension and to
receive full credit for satisfactorily completing the assignments. The school principal or
other person having administrative control of the school building or program is encouraged
to designate a district or school employee as a liaison to work with the pupil's teachers to
allow the suspended pupil to: (1) receive timely course materials and other information;
and (2) complete daily and weekly assignments and receive teachers' feedback.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.47, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin Threat assessment requirement. new text end

new text begin Prior to providing notice of expulsion or
exclusion under subdivision 2 or accepting a pupil withdrawal agreement, the school's
integrated threat assessment team must conduct a school threat assessment of the pupil
consistent with section 121A.41, subdivision 13. The assessment must address the pupil's
underlying issues that led to the expulsion, exclusion, or pupil withdrawal agreement in
order to prevent behaviors from recurring.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.47, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Written notice.

Written notice of intent to take action deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text endnew text begin (1)new text end be served upon the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian personally or by mail;

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end contain a complete statement of the facts, a list of the witnessesnew text begin, excluding student
witnesses,
new text end and a description of their testimony;

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end state the date, time, and place of the hearing;

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (4)new text end be accompanied by a copy of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end describe deleted text beginalternative educational servicesdeleted text endnew text begin the nonexclusionary disciplinary policies
and practices
new text end accorded the pupil in an attempt to avoid the expulsion proceedings; and

deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (6)new text end inform the pupil and parent or guardian of the right to:

deleted text begin (1)deleted text endnew text begin (i)new text end have a representative of the pupil's own choosing, including legal counsel, at the
hearing. The district deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end advise the pupil's parent or guardian that free or low-cost
legal assistance may be available and that a legal assistance resource list is available from
the Department of Educationnew text begin and is posted on the department's Web sitenew text end;

deleted text begin (2)deleted text endnew text begin (ii)new text end examine the pupil's records before the hearing;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text endnew text begin (iii)new text end present evidence; and

deleted text begin (4)deleted text endnew text begin (iv)new text end confront and cross-examine witnesses.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.47, subdivision 14, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Admission or readmission plan.

(a) A school administrator deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end prepare
and enforce an admission or readmission plan for any pupil who is excluded or expelled
from school. The plan deleted text beginmaydeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end include measures to improve the pupil's behavior, deleted text beginincludingdeleted text endnew text begin
which may include
new text end completing a character education program, consistent with section
120B.232, subdivision 1, deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin social and emotional learning, counseling, social work services,
mental health services, referrals for special education or 504 evaluation, and evidence-based
academic interventions. The plan must
new text end require parental involvement in the admission or
readmission process, and may indicate the consequences to the pupil of not improving the
pupil's behavior.

(b) The definition of suspension under section 121A.41, subdivision 10, does not apply
to a student's dismissal from school for one school day or less, except as provided under
federal law for a student with a disability. Each suspension action may include a readmission
plan. A readmission plan must provide, where appropriate, alternative education services,
which must not be used to extend the student's current suspension period. Consistent with
section 125A.091, subdivision 5, a readmission plan must not obligate a parent or guardian
to provide psychotropic drugs to their student as a condition of readmission. School officials
must not use the refusal of a parent or guardian to consent to the administration of
psychotropic drugs to their student or to consent to a psychiatric evaluation, screening or
examination of the student as a ground, by itself, to prohibit the student from attending class
or participating in a school-related activity, or as a basis of a charge of child abuse, child
neglect or medical or educational neglect.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Exclusions and expulsions; new text beginstudent withdrawals; new text endphysical assaults.

new text begin Consistent with subdivision 2, new text endthe school board must report new text beginto the commissioner of education
new text end through the department electronic reporting system each exclusion or expulsion deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end each
physical assault of a district employee by a deleted text beginstudentdeleted text endnew text begin pupil, and each pupil withdrawal
agreement
new text end within 30 days of the effective date of the dismissal actionnew text begin, pupil withdrawal,new text end or
assault deleted text beginto the commissioner of educationdeleted text end. This report must include a statement of deleted text beginalternative
educational services
deleted text endnew text begin nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practicesnew text end, or other sanction,
intervention, or resolution in response to the assault given the pupil and the reason for, the
effective date, and the duration of the exclusion or expulsion or other sanction, intervention,
or resolution. The report must also include the deleted text beginstudent'sdeleted text endnew text begin pupil'snew text end age, grade, gender, race,
and special education status.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.55, is amended to read:


121A.55 POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.

(a) The commissioner of education shall promulgate guidelines to assist each school
board. Each school board deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end establish uniform criteria for dismissal and adopt written
policies and rules to effectuate the purposes of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. The policies
deleted text begin shalldeleted text endnew text begin must include nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices consistent with section
121A.41, subdivision 12, and
new text end emphasize preventing dismissals through early detection of
problems deleted text beginand shalldeleted text endnew text begin. The policies mustnew text end be designed to address students' inappropriate behavior
from recurring.

new text begin (b) new text endThe policies shall recognize the continuing responsibility of the school for the
education of the pupil during the dismissal period. The new text beginschool is responsible for ensuring
that the
new text endalternative educational servicesdeleted text begin, ifdeleted text endnew text begin to be provided tonew text end the pupil deleted text beginwishes to take
advantage of them, must be
deleted text endnew text begin arenew text end adequate to allow the pupil to make progress towards meeting
the graduation standards adopted under section 120B.02 deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end help prepare the pupil for
readmissionnew text begin, and are consistent with section 121A.46, subdivision 6new text end.

new text begin (c) For expulsion and exclusion dismissals, as well as pupil withdrawal agreements as
defined in section 121A.41, subdivision 14:
new text end

new text begin (1) the school district's continuing responsibility includes reviewing the pupil's school
work and grades on a quarterly basis to ensure the pupil is on track for readmission with
the pupil's peers. School districts must communicate on a regular basis with the pupil's
parent or guardian to ensure the pupil is completing the work assigned through the alternative
educational services;
new text end

new text begin (2) if school-based mental health services are provided in the district under section
245.4889, pupils must continue to be eligible for those services until they are enrolled in a
new district; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the school district must provide to the pupil's parent or guardian a list of mental
health and counseling services available to the pupil after expulsion. The list must also be
posted on the district's Web site.
new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end An area learning center under section 123A.05 may not prohibit an expelled or
excluded pupil from enrolling solely because a district expelled or excluded the pupil. The
board of the area learning center may use the provisions of the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act to
exclude a pupil or to require an admission plan.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end Each school district shall develop a policy and report it to the commissioner on
the appropriate use of peace officers and crisis teams to remove students who have an
individualized education program from school grounds.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

ARTICLE 3

SCHOOL-LINKED MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Establishment and authority.

(a) The commissioner is authorized to
make grants from available appropriations to assist:

(1) counties;

(2) Indian tribes;

(3) children's collaboratives under section 124D.23 or 245.493; or

(4) mental health service providers.

(b) The following services are eligible for grants under this section:

(1) services to children with emotional disturbances as defined in section 245.4871,
subdivision 15, and their families;

(2) transition services under section 245.4875, subdivision 8, for young adults under
age 21 and their families;

(3) respite care services for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at risk
of out-of-home placement;

(4) children's mental health crisis services;

(5) mental health services for people from cultural and ethnic minorities;

(6) children's mental health screening and follow-up diagnostic assessment and treatment;

(7) services to promote and develop the capacity of providers to use evidence-based
practices in providing children's mental health services;

(8) school-linked mental health services, including transportation for children receiving
school-linked mental health services when school is not in session;

(9) building evidence-based mental health intervention capacity for children birth to age
five;

(10) suicide prevention and counseling services that use text messaging statewide;

(11) mental health first aid training;

(12) training for parents, collaborative partners, and mental health providers on the
impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma and development of an interactive
Web site to share information and strategies to promote resilience and prevent trauma;

(13) transition age services to develop or expand mental health treatment and supports
for adolescents and young adults 26 years of age or younger;

(14) early childhood mental health consultation;

(15) evidence-based interventions for youth at risk of developing or experiencing a first
episode of psychosis, and a public awareness campaign on the signs and symptoms of
psychosis;

(16) psychiatric consultation for primary care practitioners; and

(17) providers to begin operations and meet program requirements when establishing a
new children's mental health program. These may be start-up grants.

(c) Services under paragraph (b) must be designed to help each child to function and
remain with the child's family in the community and delivered consistent with the child's
treatment plan. Transition services to eligible young adults under this paragraph must be
designed to foster independent living in the community.

new text begin (d) Grantees shall obtain all available third-party reimbursement sources as a condition
of receiving grant funds when applicable.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 245.4889, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin School-linked mental health grants. new text end

new text begin (a) An eligible applicant for school-linked
mental health grants under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (8), is an entity that is:
new text end

new text begin (1) certified under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0750 to 9520.0870;
new text end

new text begin (2) a community mental health center under section 256B.0625, subdivision 5;
new text end

new text begin (3) an Indian health service facility or facility owned and operated by a tribe or tribal
organization operating under United States Code, title 25, section 5321;
new text end

new text begin (4) a provider of children's therapeutic services and supports as defined in section
256B.0943; or
new text end

new text begin (5) enrolled in medical assistance as a mental health or substance use disorder provider
agency and employs at least two full-time equivalent mental health professionals as defined
in section 245.4871, subdivision 27, clauses (1) to (6), or alcohol and drug counselors
licensed or exempt from licensure under chapter 148F who are qualified to provide clinical
services to children and families.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner shall consult with school districts when selecting school-linked
mental health grantees and shall ensure access to school-linked mental health services in
both urban and rural areas.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text beginAPPROPRIATION; SCHOOL-LINKED MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of human services for school-linked mental health grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
245.4889. This is an ongoing appropriation and shall be added to the base for fiscal year
2020 and later.
new text end