Text of MN HF 2065 (2023)

Gender-neutral, single-user restroom and locker room facilities provided; and money appropriated.

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1.1 A bill for an act​ 1.2 relating to education; providing for gender-neutral, single-user restroom and locker​ 1.3 room facilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section​ 1.4 126C.10, subdivisions 13, 14; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,​ 1.5 chapter 121A.​ 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​ 1.7 Section 1. [121A.14] EQUAL ACCESS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.​ 1.8 Each school district must provide facilities that allow any student to use gender-neutral,​ 1.9 single-user restrooms, locker room privacy stalls, or other spaces with privacy features,​ 1.10 including single-user shower stalls, changing stalls, or other single-user facilities.​ 1.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is amended to read:​ 1.12 Subd. 13. Total operating capital revenue. (a) Total operating capital revenue for a​ 1.13 district equals the amount determined under paragraph (b) or (c), plus $79 times the adjusted​ 1.14 pupil units for the school year plus the amount determined under paragraph (d). The revenue​ 1.15 must be placed in a reserved account in the general fund and may only be used according​ 1.16 to subdivision 14.​ 1.17 (b) Capital revenue for a district equals $109 times the district's maintenance cost index​ 1.18 times its adjusted pupil units for the school year.​ 1.19 (c) The revenue for a district that operates a program under section 124D.128, is increased​ 1.20 by an amount equal to $31 times the number of adjusted pupil units served at the site where​ 1.21 the program is implemented.​ 1​ Sec. 2.​ REVISOR CM/AK 23-02011​ 01/10/23 ​ State of Minnesota​ This Document can be made available​ in alternative formats upon request​ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​ H. F. No. 2065​ NINETY-THIRD SESSION​ Authored by Kozlowski, Finke, Youakim, Hollins, Jordan and others​ 02/20/2023​ The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy​ 2.1 (d) The projected fiscal year costs necessary to improve school facilities must include​ 2.2 gender-neutral, single-user restrooms and locker room privacy stalls according to a plan​ 2.3 approved by the school board.​ 2.4 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 14, is amended to read:​ 2.5 Subd. 14. Uses of total operating capital revenue. Total operating capital revenue may​ 2.6 be used only for the following purposes:​ 2.7 (1) to acquire land for school purposes;​ 2.8 (2) to acquire or construct buildings for school purposes;​ 2.9 (3) to rent or lease buildings, including the costs of building repair or improvement that​ 2.10 are part of a lease agreement;​ 2.11 (4) to improve and repair school sites and buildings, and equip or reequip school buildings​ 2.12 with permanent attached fixtures, including library media centers and gender-neutral,​ 2.13 single-user restrooms, and locker room privacy stalls;​ 2.14 (5) for a surplus school building that is used substantially for a public nonschool purpose;​ 2.15 (6) to eliminate barriers or increase access to school buildings by individuals with a​ 2.16 disability;​ 2.17 (7) to bring school buildings into compliance with the State Fire Code adopted according​ 2.18 to chapter 299F;​ 2.19 (8) to remove asbestos from school buildings, encapsulate asbestos, or make​ 2.20 asbestos-related repairs;​ 2.21 (9) to clean up and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings;​ 2.22 (10) to clean up, remove, dispose of, and make repairs related to storing heating fuel or​ 2.23 transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section​ 2.24 296A.01;​ 2.25 (11) for energy audits for school buildings and to modify buildings if the audit indicates​ 2.26 the cost of the modification can be recovered within ten years;​ 2.27 (12) to improve buildings that are leased according to section 123B.51, subdivision 4;​ 2.28 (13) to pay special assessments levied against school property but not to pay assessments​ 2.29 for service charges;​ 2​ Sec. 3.​ REVISOR CM/AK 23-02011​ 01/10/23 ​ 3.1 (14) to pay principal and interest on state loans for energy conservation according to​ 3.2 section 216C.37 or loans made under the Douglas J. Johnson Economic Protection Trust​ 3.3 Fund Act according to sections 298.292 to 298.298;​ 3.4 (15) to purchase or lease interactive telecommunications equipment;​ 3.5 (16) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to: (i) pay the​ 3.6 amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on certain obligations​ 3.7 issued according to chapter 475; or (ii) pay principal and interest on debt service loans or​ 3.8 capital loans according to section 126C.70;​ 3.9 (17) to pay operating capital-related assessments of any entity formed under a cooperative​ 3.10 agreement between two or more districts;​ 3.11 (18) to purchase or lease computers and related hardware, software, and annual licensing​ 3.12 fees, copying machines, telecommunications equipment, and other noninstructional​ 3.13 equipment;​ 3.14 (19) to purchase or lease assistive technology or equipment for instructional programs;​ 3.15 (20) to purchase textbooks as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 2;​ 3.16 (21) to purchase new and replacement library media resources or technology;​ 3.17 (22) to lease or purchase vehicles;​ 3.18 (23) to purchase or lease telecommunications equipment, computers, and related​ 3.19 equipment for integrated information management systems for:​ 3.20 (i) managing and reporting learner outcome information for all students under a​ 3.21 results-oriented graduation rule;​ 3.22 (ii) managing student assessment, services, and achievement information required for​ 3.23 students with individualized education programs; and​ 3.24 (iii) other classroom information management needs;​ 3.25 (24) to pay personnel costs directly related to the acquisition, operation, and maintenance​ 3.26 of telecommunications systems, computers, related equipment, and network and applications​ 3.27 software; and​ 3.28 (25) to pay the costs directly associated with closing a school facility, including moving​ 3.29 and storage costs.​ 3.30 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.​ 3​ Sec. 3.​ REVISOR CM/AK 23-02011​ 01/10/23 ​ 4.1 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.​ 4.2 Subdivision 1. Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are​ 4.3 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years​ 4.4 designated.​ 4.5 Subd. 2. General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,​ 4.6 section 126C.13, subdivision 4, for the construction or remodeling of gender-neutral,​ 4.7 single-user restrooms, locker room privacy stalls, shower stalls, changing stalls, or other​ 4.8 privacy features or single-user facilities.​ 2024​ .....​ .......​ 4.9 $​ 2025​ .....​ .......​ 4.10 $​ 4.11 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.​ 4​ Sec. 4.​ REVISOR CM/AK 23-02011​ 01/10/23 ​