1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1065, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 54, after line 16, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.53, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 2.
Report. (a) The school board must include state student identification numbers
1.5of affected pupils on all dismissal and other disciplinary reports required by the
department.
1.6The department must report annually to the commissioner summary data on the number
of
1.7dismissals and physical assaults of district employees by a student by age, grade,
gender,
1.8race, and special education status of the affected pupils. All dismissal and other
disciplinary
1.9reports must be submitted through the department electronic reporting system.
1.10(b) The commissioner must aggregate the district data reported under this section
and
1.11include the aggregated data, including aggregated data on physical assaults of a district
1.12employee by a student, in the annual school performance reports under section
120B.36.
1.13(c) A teacher that is physically assaulted by a student must receive a copy of the
report
1.14submitted to the commissioner under subdivision 1."
1.15Page 58, line 20, reinstate the period and after the period, insert "
The principal must
1.16remove the student from class for at least three school days following the day of
the incident.
1.17A student may only return to the class from which the student was removed after the
student
1.18has been given assistance to prevent the inappropriate behavior from recurring. A
teacher
1.19who disagrees with the period of time determined by the principal may appeal the principal's
1.20decision, in writing, to the superintendent or charter school director for a different
period
1.21of time for the removal from class. The student must not return to the classroom until
the
1.22teacher and principal receive notice of the superintendent's decision. The superintendent's
1.23decision is final"
1.24Page 101, after line 25, insert:
2.1 "Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.64, is amended to read:
2.2121A.64 NOTIFICATION; TEACHERS' AND PARAPROFESSIONALS'
2.3LEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.
2.4(a) A classroom teacher has a legitimate educational interest in knowing which students
2.5placed in the teacher's classroom have a history of violent behavior, including any
2.6documented physical assault of a district employee by the student, and must be notified
2.7before such students are placed in the teacher's classroom.
2.8(b) A paraprofessional assigned to work alone or on a regular basis with a student
with
2.9a disability has a legitimate educational interest in knowing whether the student
has a history
2.10of violent behavior, including any documented physical assault of a district employee
by
2.11the student, and must be notified before being assigned to work with the student.
2.12(b) (c) Representatives of the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers
2.13shall discuss issues related to the model policy on student records adopted under
Laws 1999,
2.14chapter 241, article 9, section 50, and any modifications adopted under Laws 2003,
First
2.15Special Session chapter 9, for notifying classroom teachers and other school district
2.16employees having a legitimate educational interest in knowing about students with
a history
2.17of violent behavior, including any documented physical assault of a district employee
by
2.18students placed in classrooms. The representatives of the school board and the exclusive
2.19representative of the teachers also may discuss the need for intervention services
or conflict
2.20resolution or training for staff related to placing students with a history of violent
behavior
2.21in teachers' classrooms."
2.22Page 142, after line 30, insert:
2.23 "Sec. 54.
[122A.85] TEACHER AND CLASSROOM SAFETY CODED
2.24ELSEWHERE.
2.25 Subdivision 1. Scope. The sections referred to in subdivisions 2 to 5 are codified outside
2.26this section. Those sections include many but not all the sections governing teacher
and
2.27classroom safety.
2.28 Subd. 2. Dismissal and disciplinary report to the commissioner. A teacher who was
2.29physically assaulted by a student must receive a copy of the report to the commissioner
2.30under section 121A.52.
2.31 Subd. 3. Discipline and removal of students from class. A student must be removed
2.32from class immediately if the student engages in assault or violent behavior under
section
2.33121A.61.
3.1 Subd. 4. Teachers' and paraprofessionals' legitimate educational interest. (a) A
3.2teacher has a legitimate educational interest in knowing which students placed in
their
3.3classroom have a history of violent behavior and must be notified before such students
are
3.4placed in their classroom under section 121A.64.
3.5(b) A paraprofessional has a legitimate educational interest in knowing whether a
student
3.6with a disability that the paraprofessional works with alone or on a regular basis
has a history
3.7of violent behavior and must be notified before being assigned to work with the student
3.8under section 121A.64.
3.9 Subd. 5. General control of school and classroom. A teacher of record must have the
3.10general control and government of a school and classroom and a teacher may remove
violent
3.11or disruptive students from class as provided under section 122A.42.
3.12 Subd. 6. Notice of rights and responsibilities. At least once each school year, in the
3.13form and manner determined by the charter school or school district, a teacher and
3.14administrator must be informed of their rights and responsibilities under these statutes
and
3.15related school or district policies. "
3.16Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.17Amend the title accordingly