MN SF972

Makes complaint and charge data against teachers public if they result in disciplinary action or if the teacher resigns or is terminated while a complaint is pending, with exceptions for active investigations and confidential sources

Requires school districts and charter schools to release private personnel data on current or former employees to other schools after an employee applies for employment if there were allegations of violence, inappropriate conduct, or sexual contact with a student

Expands definitions of child maltreatment to include possession or dissemination of pornographic material involving minors and possession or dissemination of images of a minor's genitals or female minor's breasts outside the family unit as forms of sexual abuse

Applies public disclosure requirements to designated school employees including business managers, human resource directors, athletic directors, chief financial officers, directors, superintendents, principals, and teachers

Establishes that personnel data released under the new provisions remain classified under state privacy law and cannot include student data