1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for teacher and school staff training 
1.3 	in dangerous situations in schools and to provide teachers and school staff with 
1.4 	firearms.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TEACHER AND STAFF TRAINING; DANGEROUS SCHOOL 
1.7 	SITUATIONS.
 1.8 	$....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated to the commissioner of education for grants to 
1.9 	school districts to provide firearm simulator training to prepare teachers, staff persons, and 
1.10 	other designated persons employed in the school district to respond to dangerous situations 
1.11 	in schools.

1.12 	Sec. 2. SCHOOLS; FIREARMS.
 1.13 	$....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated to the commissioner of education for grants to 
1.14 	school districts to provide firearms with biometric gun locks to teachers, staff persons, and 
1.15 	other designated persons employed in a district school that is a distance of at least three 
1.16 	minutes from a law enforcement response to a dangerous situation at the school. A teacher, 
1.17 	staff person, or other designated person who receives a firearm must have received firearm 
1.18 	training.