SF 3930
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/27/2026 10:24 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing safe schools revenue; expanding safe
schools aid to charter schools and nonpublic schools; requiring a report;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.41, by
adding a subdivision; 123B.61; 126C.44; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 16. new text end
new text begin Safe schools activities. new text end
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"Safe schools activities" means the student and staff
safety measures authorized in section 126C.44, subdivision 4.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 2.
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[123B.442] SCHOOL SAFETY MEASURES.
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(a) Each school year, the commissioner must allot to the school districts or intermediary
service areas for the purposes of school safety activities authorized in section 123B.41,
subdivision 16, the amount calculated under section 126C.44, subdivision 2e, for distribution
to a respective nonpublic school located within that school district.
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(b) A nonpublic school receiving funds under this section must annually prepare a report
detailing its expenditures of these funds on qualifying school safety activities and provide
that report to the school district making the allotment.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.61, is amended to read:
123B.61 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
new text begin (a) new text end The board of a district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or
capital notes subject to the district debt limits to:
deleted text begin (a)deleted text end new text begin (1)new text end purchase vehicles, computers, telephone systems, cable equipment, photocopy
and office equipment, technological equipment for instruction,new text begin public announcement systems,
emergency communications devices, other equipment related to violence prevention and
facility security,new text end and other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long
as the terms of the certificates or notes;
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (2)new text end purchase computer hardware and software, without regard to its expected useful
life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application
development services and training related to the use of the computer; and
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end prepay special assessments.
new text begin (b)new text end The certificates or notes must be payable in not more than 20 years and must be
issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board. The certificates or notes
may be issued by resolution and without the requirement for an election. The certificates
or notes are general obligation bonds for purposes of section 126C.55.
new text begin (c)new text end A tax levy must be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the
certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. The sum
of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.62 for each year must not exceed the
lesser new text begin of the sum new text end of the amount of the district's total operating capital revenue new text begin and safe
schools revenue new text end or the sum of the district's levy in the general and community service funds
excluding the adjustments under this section for the year preceding the year the initial debt
service levies are certified.
new text begin (d)new text end The district's general fund levy for each year must be reduced by the sum ofnew text begin :
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(1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of
the principal and interest on the certificates or notes issued under this section as required
by section 475.61deleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;
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(2) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of
the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 123B.62deleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end and
(3) any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire bonds, certificates, or
notes issued under this section or section 123B.62 after April 1, 1997, other than amounts
used to pay capitalized interest.
new text begin (e)new text end If the district's general fund levy is less than the amount of the reduction, the balance
shall be deducted first from the district's community service fund levy, and next from the
district's general fund or community service fund levies for the following year.
new text begin (f)new text end A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates
or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by July 15 of the
following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under section 126C.69
must not use an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS REVENUE.
Subdivision 1.
Safe schools revenue for school districts.
A school district's safe schools
revenue equals new text begin the sum of the district's safe schools aid and new text end its safe schools levy.
Subd. 2.
School district safe schools levy.
A school district's safe schools levy equals
new text begin the sum of new text end $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school yearnew text begin and its intermediate
school district safe schools levy under subdivision 3new text end .
new text begin Subd. 2b. new text end
new text begin Safe schools aid. new text end
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(a) For fiscal year 2026 and later, the safe schools aid for a
district equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
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(b) For fiscal year 2026 and later, the cooperative safe schools aid for a school district
that is a member of a cooperative unit that enrolls students equals $15 times the district's
adjusted pupil units for the school year.
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new text begin Subd. 2c. new text end
new text begin Safe schools revenue allocated to cooperative units. new text end
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Revenue raised under
this section for cooperative units must be transferred to the intermediate school district or
other cooperative unit of which the district is a member and used only for costs associated
with safe schools activities authorized under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to
(11). If the district is a member of more than one cooperative unit that enrolls students, the
district must designate one cooperative unit to receive cooperative safe schools revenue and
report that information to the Department of Education in the form and manner specified
by the commissioner.
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new text begin Subd. 2d. new text end
new text begin Safe schools revenue for a charter school. new text end
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(a) For fiscal year 2026 and later,
safe schools revenue for a charter school equals $36 times the adjusted pupil units for the
school year.
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(b) The revenue must be reserved and used only for costs associated with safe schools
activities authorized under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (11), or for building
lease expenses not funded by charter school building lease aid that are attributable to facility
security enhancements made by the landlord after February 1, 2025.
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new text begin Subd. 2e. new text end
new text begin Safe schools revenue for a nonpublic school. new text end
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For fiscal year 2026 and later,
safe schools revenue for a nonpublic school equals $36 times the school's enrollment for
the previous school year. The aid must be allotted according to section 123B.442.
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Subd. 3.
Safe schools revenue 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.
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 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 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 district employees or contractorsnew text begin or for school-linked behavioral health services
delivered by telemedicinenew text end ; deleted text begin or
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(10) to pay for the costs of cybersecurity measures, including updating computer hardware
and software, other systems upgrades, and cybersecurity insurance costsdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; or
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(11) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to pay, when
due, the amounts needed to meet principal and interest payments on obligations issued under
sections 123B.61 and 123B.62 for purposes in clause (8).
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(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 EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2026 and
later.
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Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATION; SAFE SCHOOLS REVENUE.
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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 sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
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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