Minnesota Legislature
HF 4309
as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/09/2020 01:32pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing aid for safe schools activities;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.44.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVYnew text begin AND AIDnew text end .
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Safe schools aid. new text end
new text begin
A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit
defined under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, is eligible for safe schools aid equal to $5
times the number of pupils enrolled at each school site on October 1 of the previous school
year.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin School district safe schools levy. new text end
deleted text begin (a)deleted text end 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 deleted text begin for all costsdeleted text end under this section deleted text begin shall be equal todeleted text end new text begin
equalsnew text end $36 multiplied by the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Safe schools revenue uses. new text end
deleted text begin The proceeds of the levydeleted text end new text begin (a) Safe schools revenue
from aid or a levynew text end must be reserved and 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;
(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety,
voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the
school district;
(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school
social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical dependency
counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public
announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility
modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate; or
(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
are not district employees or contractors.
(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), 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.
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Intermediate school districts; member district levy. new text end
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end A school district that
is a member of an intermediate school district may include in its authority under this section
the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under deleted text begin paragraph (a)deleted text end new text begin subdivision
3new text end for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed $15 times the
adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority
authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to
the intermediate school district.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; SAFE SCHOOLS AID.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Safe schools aid. new text end
new text begin
For safe schools aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
126C.44:
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