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House file 3220 would reallocate $1.8 million to buy law-enforcement lockboxes for Minnesota schools
Summary
At an informational House hearing, sponsors described House File 3220 as a plan to cancel $1.8 million from 2018 school-safety grant balances and reappropriate the money to install Knox Boxes giving law enforcement immediate key access to school buildings; no formal action was taken.
Members of a Minnesota House committee heard an informational presentation on House File 3220, which sponsors said would cancel an unspent $1.8 million from 2018 school-safety grants and reappropriate the funds to purchase Knox Boxes that give law enforcement quick access to school keys, Representative Green said.
Supporters told the committee the measure is intended to speed law-enforcement access in an active threat and to align Minnesota with national safety recommendations. Representative Green said the A-1 amendment adds American Indian tribal contract schools to the bill’s scope and that the available funds “are enough funding to outfit all schools in our entire state” with…
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