Text of MN HF 3343 (2022)
School athletic team and facility equal access provided.
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As introduced
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A bill for an act
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relating to education; providing for equal access to school athletic teams and
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facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.10, subdivision 14;
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proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Section 1. [121A.041] EQUAL ACCESS TO ATHLETIC TEAMS.
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A public school or a school that is a member of the Minnesota State High School League
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must allow a student to participate in sex-segregated interscholastic or intramural athletics
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consistent with their gender identity, regardless of their gender at birth.
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Sec. 2. [121A.042] EQUAL ACCESS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.
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A student must be allowed to use school facilities, including bathrooms and locker
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rooms, consistent with their gender identity, regardless of their gender at birth.
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Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.10, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
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Subd. 14. Uses of total operating capital revenue. Total operating capital revenue may
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be used only for the following purposes:
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(1) to acquire land for school purposes;
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(2) to acquire or construct buildings for school purposes;
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(3) to rent or lease buildings, including the costs of building repair or improvement that
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are part of a lease agreement;
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H. F. No. 3343
NINETY-SECOND SESSION
Authored by Jordan, Keeler, Hollins, Berg, Youakim and others
02/14/2022
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
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(4) to improve and repair school sites and buildings, and equip or reequip school buildings
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with permanent attached fixtures, including library media centers, gender neutral bathroom
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facilities, and locker room privacy stalls;
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(5) for a surplus school building that is used substantially for a public nonschool purpose;
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(6) to eliminate barriers or increase access to school buildings by individuals with a
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disability;
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(7) to bring school buildings into compliance with the State Fire Code adopted according
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to chapter 299F;
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(8) to remove asbestos from school buildings, encapsulate asbestos, or make
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asbestos-related repairs;
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(9) to clean up and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings;
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(10) to clean up, remove, dispose of, and make repairs related to storing heating fuel or
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transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section
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296A.01;
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(11) for energy audits for school buildings and to modify buildings if the audit indicates
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the cost of the modification can be recovered within ten years;
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(12) to improve buildings that are leased according to section 123B.51, subdivision 4;
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(13) to pay special assessments levied against school property but not to pay assessments
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for service charges;
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(14) to pay principal and interest on state loans for energy conservation according to
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section 216C.37 or loans made under the Douglas J. Johnson Economic Protection Trust
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Fund Act according to sections 298.292 to 298.298;
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(15) to purchase or lease interactive telecommunications equipment;
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(16) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to: (i) pay the
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amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on certain obligations
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issued according to chapter 475; or (ii) pay principal and interest on debt service loans or
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capital loans according to section 126C.70;
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(17) to pay operating capital-related assessments of any entity formed under a cooperative
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agreement between two or more districts;
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(18) to purchase or lease computers and related hardware, software, and annual licensing
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fees, copying machines, telecommunications equipment, and other noninstructional
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equipment;
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(19) to purchase or lease assistive technology or equipment for instructional programs;
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(20) to purchase textbooks as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 2;
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(21) to purchase new and replacement library media resources or technology;
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(22) to lease or purchase vehicles;
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(23) to purchase or lease telecommunications equipment, computers, and related
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equipment for integrated information management systems for:
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(i) managing and reporting learner outcome information for all students under a
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results-oriented graduation rule;
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(ii) managing student assessment, services, and achievement information required for
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students with individualized education programs; and
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(iii) other classroom information management needs;
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(24) to pay personnel costs directly related to the acquisition, operation, and maintenance
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of telecommunications systems, computers, related equipment, and network and applications
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software; and
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(25) to pay the costs directly associated with closing a school facility, including moving
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and storage costs.
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EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2023 and later.
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