1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; providing for the Resilient Schools Act; establishing a 
1.3 	statewide energy conservation goal for public schools; requiring reports; 
1.4 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 123B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	ARTICLE 1
1.8 	RESILIENT SCHOOLS ACT

1.9 	Section 1. RESILIENT SCHOOLS ACT.
 1.10 	This act shall be known as the Resilient Schools Act.

1.11 	ARTICLE 2
1.12 	STATEWIDE ENERGY CONSERVATION GOAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1.13 	Section 1. [123B.651] ENERGY USE REDUCTION AND REPORTING FOR 
1.14 	PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1.15 		Subdivision 1.Statewide energy conservation goal for public schools.  It is 
1.16 	an energy conservation goal of the state to obtain a 20 percent reduction in energy 
1.17 	consumption from all public schools in the aggregate by January 1, 2025, through the 
1.18 	implementation of cost-effective energy conservation measures, as defined in section 
1.19 	123B.65. The baseline for the reduction shall be energy usage data provided to the 
1.20 	Minnesota B3 benchmarking system between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016. 
1.21 	For purposes of this section, "public school" means an elementary school, middle school, 
1.22 	or secondary school, as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Energy usage data collection and maintenance. By April 1, 2016, each 
2.2 	public school, or a school district reporting on behalf of a public school, shall update 
2.3 	existing or enter initial building information for buildings under its custodial control in 
2.4 	the Minnesota B3 benchmarking system. By April 1, 2017, each public school, or a 
2.5 	school district reporting on behalf of a public school, shall submit energy usage data to the 
2.6 	Minnesota B3 benchmarking system for the time period between January 1, 2016, and 
2.7 	December 31, 2016. Beginning in 2018, energy usage data for each public school shall be 
2.8 	updated annually by April 1. A school district shall submit energy usage data for buildings 
2.9 	under its custodial control that are not under custodial control of a public school.
2.10 		Subd. 3.Aging systems identification. By April 1, 2016, each public school shall 
2.11 	identify, and enter the information in the Minnesota B3 benchmarking system, for all 
2.12 	major energy-consuming building systems in buildings under its custodial control that will 
2.13 	reach the end of their useful life within the next five years.
2.14 		Subd. 4.Progress reports. Beginning October 1, 2016, and updated annually 
2.15 	thereafter, the Department of Commerce shall report on its Web site progress toward the 
2.16 	statewide energy conservation goal for public schools.

2.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; BENCHMARKING OUTREACH.
 2.18 	$....... in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.19 	of commerce for technical assistance and outreach efforts to ensure success of energy use 
2.20 	reduction and reporting for public schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.651.