MN SF64

School boards and charter schools must adopt a threat assessment policy based on a model policy developed by the Minnesota School Safety Center, with the model based on U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center recommendations.

School resource officers (SROs) must complete at least 40 hours of initial training within three months on school-based policing, including topics such as community policing, cultural fluency, mental health intervention, and restorative justice practices, with training costs split between law enforcement agencies and schools unless otherwise agreed.

Schools contracting SROs must maintain a memorandum of understanding with the law enforcement agency covering SRO roles, complaint procedures, training requirements, body camera footage sharing, day-to-day duties, and extracurricular activity expectations.

School principals with SROs assigned must complete one hour of annual training on the SRO's role, and the commissioner of education must report annually to the legislature on SRO numbers, locations, encounters with students, arrests, and use of force incidents.

Safe schools levy caps increase from $36 to $44 per adjusted pupil unit, and schools may now use levy funds for SRO training costs and threat assessment policy implementation.