US EditionMinnesota House Bill for School Safety Funding Stalls After Party-Line Vote
The proposal would spend $52 million a year on security and mental health services, but Democrats said it does not go far enough on gun restrictions.
- Minnesota House Republicans failed to advance their school safety bill on Tuesday as the measure stalled in the House Education Finance Committee following a party-line vote.
- The $52 million proposal aimed to bolster security and mental health services across public and private schools, but Democrats opposed the plan for diverting aid from student support personnel.
- House Democrats cited concerns regarding a rule allowing schools to suspend students for up to three days for posing threats, alongside disagreements about spending on bulletproof glass.
- While Republicans focused on school hardening, House Democrats argued the bill ignores gun control, a priority championed by families affected by the Annunciation Catholic School shooting.
- With no statutory deadline looming before the May 18 adjournment, Gov. Tim Walz and lawmakers face political pressure regarding potential trades between tax breaks and gun control measures before the fall election.
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Annunciation shooting: Bipartisan school safety bill out of reach
We already knew the Legislature would not pass significant gun control legislation following the Annunciation school shooting. Less clear is if Republicans and DFLers might hammer out a school safety package sans gun restrictions to show Annunciation parents, ‘Hey, at least we did something.’ On Tuesday, lawmakers in the split House gave their answer for now: No, there will not be a bipartisan school safety bill. Rep. Bryan Lawrence, R-Princeto…
Duluth News Tribune
Republican school safety proposal stalls in Minnesota House after party-line vote
ST. PAUL — Minnesota representatives voted along party lines on a bill to fund school security measures Tuesday ahead of a key deadline and roughly a month out from the session’s end. The roadblock comes ahead of an April 17 deadline for lawmakers to advance budget bills out of committee in their chamber of origin. Safe school measures have been one of the Republicans’ main asks in response to the Annunciation shooting, while Democrats’ main ask…
‘Disgusting’ Minnesota teachers’ union opposes private school security money
Less than a year after the Annunciation Church and school shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and wounded 17 others, Minnesota politicians are debating school security funding – and the state’s largest teachers’ union is weighing in. At least two bills are moving through the Legislature, which adjourns May 18: HF 3493 would boost funding for the Safe Schools program and make the funding available to charter schools, cooperative units, no…
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