1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for suicide prevention training 
1.3 	for teachers.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Suicide prevention training for teachers. (a) For a grant to a nationally 
1.10 	recognized provider of evidence-based online training on suicide prevention and engagement 
1.11 	of students experiencing mental distress:

1.12		$
	265,000
	.....
	2022
	
1.13 	(b) Training funded by the grant must be accessible to teachers in every school district, 
1.14 	charter school, intermediate school district, service cooperative, and tribal school in 
1.15 	Minnesota.
1.16 	(c) The grant recipient must report to the commissioner of education the number of 
1.17 	teachers completing the online training, average length of time to complete training, and 
1.18 	length of average stay using the online training. The commissioner must survey online 
1.19 	training users to determine their perception of the online training. By January 8, 2023, the 
1.20 	commissioner must report the grant recipient's information and the survey results to the 
1.21 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 
1.22 	kindergarten through grade 12 education.
2.1 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2023.