The Democratic-led Minnesota legislature passed a bill this session ruling school resource officers cannot use prone restraint or other physical holds on students, causing law enforcement agencies to remove some of their officers for fear of lawsuits and costliness.

With students headed back to school Tuesday, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) addressed growing safety concerns from those dropping their children off at campuses without officers, speaking on a potential special session to provide clarity on the new school resource officer guidelines.

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“I think what we're trying to figure out is there a solution that works best to make sure that we have those trusted adults in the buildings where the districts want them to be, and that it satisfies everyone's need," Walz said outside of Oak Grove Elementary School in Bloomington on Tuesday.

Prior to the start of the school year, a growing number of agencies announced they’d be pulling their SROs out of schools, saying the law’s language is unclear and could leave officers open to lawsuits.

Passed as part of a broader education bill, the law states officers cannot hold students face down in a "prone" position or by a “comprehensive restraint on the head, neck, and across most of the torso” but includes exceptions for the safety of students and others.

Jeff Potts, executive director of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, wrote a letter to Walz in mid-August arguing the law curbs their ability to do their job effectively.

“Prohibiting the most basic measure of safely restraining and controlling the aggressor in a fight severely impacts the SRO's ability to intervene, stop the altercation, and protect everyone's safety," Potts said.

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The Democratic governor, who supported the bill, emphasized that while everyone wants a solution, the problem around the use of force is a rarity.

“At this point in time we don't know exactly what that's going to look like," Walz said Tuesday. "I'm certainly open to anything that provides a solution to that, if that means the legislature working it out."