But many school officials in rural Minnesota are pushing back on a gun control response to the shooting, and are urging lawmakers instead to spend some serious money to address security shortfalls on campuses throughout the state. Around 75 school districts in the state are asking voters for more money this fall, according to the Minnesota Department of Education. ... Sam Walseth, a lobbyist for the Minnesota Rural Education Association, said that in advocacy sessions with rural districts in recent weeks, many of them said they favor a state spending priority on personnel, including social workers and counselors. In southwest Minnesota, leaders at smaller school districts such as Renville County West, Minneota and Lac qui Parle Valley School District said they wish they could afford an SRO. At the moment, the vast majority (if not the entirety) of public schools in Minnesota don't allow for armed school staff members.