Bill > HF1901

This bill introduces comprehensive school safety enhancements focused on threat prevention, reporting, and support. The legislation modifies existing laws to require middle and high schools to provide annual violence prevention training that teaches students how to identify warning signs of potential threats, understand the importance of reporting dangerous situations, and learn about anonymous threat reporting systems. Schools must now electronically report both dangerous weapon incidents and active shooter incidents or threats to the Minnesota Fusion Center, providing detailed information about each event without identifying individuals by name. The bill also establishes a grant program to help schools develop and implement anonymous threat reporting systems, with funds available to school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units across Minnesota. Grant recipients must provide a 50% matching contribution and demonstrate how they will respond to threats received through the system. Additionally, the Minnesota Fusion Center will be required to include more detailed reporting on these threat-related activities in its annual legislative report, including the number of tips received through anonymous reporting systems and the outcomes of those tips. The goal of these provisions is to proactively identify and prevent potential school violence by creating more robust communication and reporting mechanisms.

Education, Justice

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1901&ssn=0&y=2025