SF 3713
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/24/2026 10:17 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing safe schools revenue to school districts;
providing safe schools aid to charter schools and cooperative units; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS REVENUE.
Subdivision 1.
Safe schools revenue for school districts.
new text begin (a) For fiscal years 2025 and
2026, new text end a school district's safe schools revenue equals its safe schools levy.
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(b) For fiscal year 2027 and later, a school district's safe schools revenue equals the sum
of its safe schools aid and its safe schools levy.
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new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end
new text begin Safe schools aid for school districts. new text end
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The safe schools aid for a school district
equals $100 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
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Subd. 2.
deleted text begin School districtdeleted text end Safe schools levynew text begin for school districtsnew text end .
A school district's safe
schools levy equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end
new text begin Safe schools revenue for an intermediate school district. new text end
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An intermediate
school district's safe schools revenue equals the sum of its safe schools levy and its
cooperative unit safe schools aid.
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Subd. 3.
Safe schools deleted text begin revenuedeleted text end new text begin levynew text end for intermediate school districts.
A school district
that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in its levy authority under
this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under this section
for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed the product of
$15 and 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 subdivision must
be transferred to the intermediate school district.
new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end
new text begin Safe schools aid for cooperative units. new text end
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(a) A cooperative unit's safe schools
aid equals $35 times the adjusted pupil units of a cooperative unit's member school districts
for the school year. For purposes of this section, a cooperative unit has the meaning given
in section 123A.24, subdivision 2.
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(b) A school district must designate only one cooperative unit as the recipient of its
cooperative unit state aid in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
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(c) A school district's cooperative unit safe schools aid must be paid to the cooperative
unit in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
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new text begin Subd. 3b. new text end
new text begin Safe schools aid for charter schools. new text end
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For fiscal year 2027 and later, safe
schools aid for a charter school equals $100 times the charter school's adjusted pupil units
for the school year.
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Subd. 4.
Use of safe schools revenue.
(a) Safe schools revenue must be reserved and
used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties
who contract with the deleted text begin districtdeleted text end new text begin schoolnew text end 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 deleted text begin district'sdeleted text end 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 deleted text begin district'sdeleted text end
schools;
(4) to pay the costs for security in the deleted text begin district'sdeleted text end 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 deleted text begin districtdeleted text end ;
(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school
social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and substance use
disorder 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;
(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
are not deleted text begin districtdeleted text end new text begin schoolnew text end employees or contractors; or
(10) to pay for the costs of cybersecurity measures, including updating computer hardware
and software, other systems upgrades, and cybersecurity insurance costs.
(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the new text begin school new text end 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 EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2027 and later.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; SAFE SCHOOLS AID.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
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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
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For safe schools aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
126C.44:
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