1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring school districts to report school safety incidents 
1.3 	involving students and teachers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.4 	121A.53, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.53, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Report. (a) The school board must include state student identification 
1.8 	numbers of affected pupils on all dismissal reports required by the department. The 
1.9 	department must report annually to the commissioner summary data on the number of 
1.10 	dismissals by age, grade, gender, race, and special education status of the affected pupils. 
1.11 	All dismissal reports must be submitted through the department electronic reporting system.
1.12 	(b) The school board must report through the department electronic reporting system 
1.13 	those school safety incidents where a student enrolled in the district physically attacks 
1.14 	or otherwise physically harms a teacher, administrator, or other school staff member. In 
1.15 	preparing the report, the teacher, administrator, or other school staff member and the 
1.16 	school board must consider what is developmentally and age appropriate for the student 
1.17 	and whether the student has an individualized education program or 504 plan. The 
1.18 	commissioner must use summary data to prepare and submit a report to the committees of 
1.19 	the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education annually 
1.20 	by February 1 on the number and type of school safety incidents under this paragraph by 
1.21 	school and district.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and 
1.23 	later.