Democrats put forward a long list of proposals, most of them focused on new gun and gun ownership restrictions. That was disheartening, because I do believe everyone in the Legislature wants safe schools and safe communities. Minnesota Catholic bishops wrote a letter to Governor Walz pleading with him to allow nonpublic schools, like Annunciation, to receive school safety aid. Senate Republicans tried to expand safe schools funding to nonpublic schools in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. There was a proposal to create a $50 million school building and cyber security grant program that would help keep schools safe.