HF 1476

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; directing school districts to
provide antibullying staff development training;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.44.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.44, is
amended to read:

126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.

Each district may make a levy on all taxable property
located within the district for the purposes specified in this
section. The maximum amount which may be levied for all costs
under this section shall be equal to $27 multiplied by the
district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school
year. The proceeds of the levy must be used for directly
funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and
counties who contract with the district for the following
purposes: (1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries,
benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and
sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools; (2)
to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined
in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the
elementary schools; (3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance
education training curriculum in the district's schools; (4) to
pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on
school property; deleted text begin or deleted text end (5) to pay the costs for other crime
prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, and violence
prevention measures taken by the school district new text begin ; or (6) to pay
for staff development training for licensed and nonlicensed
school employees to effectively reduce and prevent bullying
behavior. Each district must reserve at least $2 per adjusted
marginal cost pupil unit for the purpose of this clause new text end . The
district must initially attempt to contract for services to be
provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police
department of each city or the sheriff's department of the
county within the district containing the school receiving the
services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's
department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the
district may contract for these services with any other police
or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the
school district's boundaries. The levy authorized under this
section is not included in determining the school district's
levy limitations.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the
2005-2006 school year and later.
new text end