SF 2345

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/12/2019 09:07am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for school safety facility grants.

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

Section 1. new text begin SCHOOL SAFETY FACILITY GRANTS.
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new text begin (a) A school district may apply for a school safety facility grant in the form and manner
specified by the commissioner of education.
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new text begin (b) After consultation with the Department of Public Safety's Minnesota School Safety
Center, the commissioner of education may award to a school district a school safety facility
grant of no more than $500,000 for each qualifying school building. The commissioner
must award grants for projects that meet the requirements of this subdivision on a first-come,
first-served basis. At least half of the grants must be awarded to school districts with
administrative offices located outside of the 11 counties included in the Minneapolis-St.
Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area delineated in 2009 by the United States
Census Bureau.
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new text begin (c) Grants may be used to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip school facilities,
including renovating and expanding existing buildings and facilities.
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new text begin (d) Before a grant is approved, a district must provide documentation acceptable to the
commissioner of education on how the grant funds will be used.
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new text begin (e) No money for construction may be distributed by the commissioner of education to
the recipient school district until bids have been received on 100 percent of the construction
project and satisfactory documentation has been submitted to the commissioner of education
indicating the project can be fully completed with money available for the project.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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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 commissioner of education in the fiscal years
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School safety grants. new text end

new text begin For school safety facility grants:
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 26,000,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2020 new text end
	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 0 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2021 new text end

new text begin The base appropriation in fiscal year 2022 is $0. The appropriation is available until June
30, 2021.
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