SF 1985

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/15/2023 09:07am

A bill for an act
relating to education; providing for gender-neutral, single-user restroom and locker
room facilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section
126C.10, subdivisions 13, 14; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 121A.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [121A.14] EQUAL ACCESS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.
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new text begin Each school district must provide facilities that allow any student to use gender-neutral,
single-user restrooms, locker room privacy stalls, or other spaces with privacy features,
including single-user shower stalls, changing stalls, or other single-user facilities.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Total operating capital revenue.

(a) Total operating capital revenue for a
district equals the amount determined under paragraph (b) or (c), plus $79 times the adjusted
pupil units for the school year new text begin plus the amount determined under paragraph (d) new text end . The revenue
must be placed in a reserved account in the general fund and may only be used according
to subdivision 14.

(b) Capital revenue for a district equals $109 times the district's maintenance cost index
times its adjusted pupil units for the school year.

(c) The revenue for a district that operates a program under section 124D.128, is increased
by an amount equal to $31 times the number of adjusted pupil units served at the site where
the program is implemented.

new text begin (d) The projected fiscal year costs necessary to improve school facilities must include
gender-neutral, single-user restrooms and locker room privacy stalls according to a plan
approved by the school board.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

Subd. 14.

Uses of total operating capital revenue.

Total operating capital revenue may
be used only for the following purposes:

(1) to acquire land for school purposes;

(2) to acquire or construct buildings for school purposes;

(3) to rent or lease buildings, including the costs of building repair or improvement that
are part of a lease agreement;

(4) to improve and repair school sites and buildings, and equip or reequip school buildings
with permanent attached fixtures, including library media centers new text begin and gender-neutral,
single-user restrooms, and locker room privacy stalls new text end ;

(5) for a surplus school building that is used substantially for a public nonschool purpose;

(6) to eliminate barriers or increase access to school buildings by individuals with a
disability;

(7) to bring school buildings into compliance with the State Fire Code adopted according
to chapter 299F;

(8) to remove asbestos from school buildings, encapsulate asbestos, or make
asbestos-related repairs;

(9) to clean up and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings;

(10) to clean up, remove, dispose of, and make repairs related to storing heating fuel or
transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section
296A.01;

(11) for energy audits for school buildings and to modify buildings if the audit indicates
the cost of the modification can be recovered within ten years;

(12) to improve buildings that are leased according to section 123B.51, subdivision 4;

(13) to pay special assessments levied against school property but not to pay assessments
for service charges;

(14) to pay principal and interest on state loans for energy conservation according to
section 216C.37 or loans made under the Douglas J. Johnson Economic Protection Trust
Fund Act according to sections 298.292 to 298.298;

(15) to purchase or lease interactive telecommunications equipment;

(16) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to: (i) pay the
amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on certain obligations
issued according to chapter 475; or (ii) pay principal and interest on debt service loans or
capital loans according to section 126C.70;

(17) to pay operating capital-related assessments of any entity formed under a cooperative
agreement between two or more districts;

(18) to purchase or lease computers and related hardware, software, and annual licensing
fees, copying machines, telecommunications equipment, and other noninstructional
equipment;

(19) to purchase or lease assistive technology or equipment for instructional programs;

(20) to purchase textbooks as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 2;

(21) to purchase new and replacement library media resources or technology;

(22) to lease or purchase vehicles;

(23) to purchase or lease telecommunications equipment, computers, and related
equipment for integrated information management systems for:

(i) managing and reporting learner outcome information for all students under a
results-oriented graduation rule;

(ii) managing student assessment, services, and achievement information required for
students with individualized education programs; and

(iii) other classroom information management needs;

(24) to pay personnel costs directly related to the acquisition, operation, and maintenance
of telecommunications systems, computers, related equipment, and network and applications
software; and

(25) to pay the costs directly associated with closing a school facility, including moving
and storage costs.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
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Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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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 General education aid. new text end

new text begin For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4, for the construction or remodeling of gender-neutral,
single-user restrooms, locker room privacy stalls, shower stalls, changing stalls, or other
privacy features or single-user facilities.
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin ....... new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2024 new text end
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2023.
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