1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; authorizing commissioner of education to help coordinate 
1.3 	school crisis response teams;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 119A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [119A.035] SCHOOL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner's duties. To ensure timely responses to school crises, 
1.8 	the commissioner must work in cooperation with the Minnesota School Safety Center to 
1.9 	collect, maintain, and make available to schools contact information for crisis response 
1.10 	teams throughout the state.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Crisis response teams. In regions of Minnesota where an existing crisis 
1.12 	response team has not been formed by a school district, county, or city, the commissioner, 
1.13 	in cooperation with the Minnesota School Safety Center, must convene a working group 
1.14 	in each region to develop a plan to form a crisis response team for that region. Team 
1.15 	members from the public and private sectors may represent various disciplines, including 
1.16 	school administrators, guidance counselors, psychologists, social workers, teachers, 
1.17 	nurses, security experts, media relations professionals, and other related areas.