HF 3574

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/20/2020 01:16pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing a one-year continuation of safe schools
aid; increasing the safe schools levy; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2018, section 126C.44; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11,
article 5, section 5.

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 LEVY.

(a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district for
the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount deleted text begin which deleted text end new text begin that new text end may be levied for
all costs under this section deleted text begin shall be equal to $36 deleted text end new text begin equals $72 new text end multiplied by the district's
adjusted pupil units for the school year.

new text begin (b) new text end The proceeds of the levy 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.

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (c) new text end For expenditures under paragraph deleted text begin (a) deleted text end new text begin (b) new text end , 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.

deleted text begin (c) deleted text end new text begin (d) new text end A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district new text begin or other
cooperative unit under section 123A.24 providing direct services to students new text end may include
in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized
under paragraph deleted text begin (a) deleted text end new text begin (b) new text end for intermediate school district new text begin and other cooperative new text end programs.
This authority must not exceed new text begin the product of:
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end $15 deleted text begin times deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (2) the ratio of the formula allowance in paragraph (a) for the current year to the formula
allowance in paragraph (a) for taxes payable in 2020; and
new text end

new text begin (3) new text end 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 taxes payable in fiscal year 2021 and
later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11, article 5, section 5, is amended to
read:

Sec. 5. deleted text begin CLOSING BALANCE ALLOCATION; deleted text end SAFE SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENTAL
AID.

Subdivision 1.

deleted text begin Excess calculation deleted text end new text begin State aid amount; appropriation new text end .

(a) deleted text begin If the fiscal
year 2019 final closing balance in the general fund exceeds the closing balance projected
at the end of the 2019 legislative session by at least $63,000,000, deleted text end $30,000,000 is appropriated
new text begin in fiscal year 2021 new text end from the general fund to the commissioner of education for safe schools
supplemental aid and is allocated according to subdivision 2 new text begin , paragraph (a) new text end .

(b) deleted text begin If the fiscal year closing balance in the general fund exceeds the closing balance
projected at the end of the 2019 legislative session by at least $33,000,000, but less than
$63,000,000, the amount equal to the fiscal year 2019 closing balance, minus the closing
balance projected at the end of the legislative session, minus $33,000,000 deleted text end new text begin $7,268,000 new text end is
appropriated deleted text begin on October 1, 2019, deleted text end new text begin in fiscal year 2021 new text end from the general fund to the
commissioner of education for safe schools supplemental aid new text begin to cooperative units new text end and is
allocated according to subdivision 2 new text begin , paragraph (b) new text end . deleted text begin The appropriation is available until
June 30, 2020.
deleted text end

Subd. 2.

Safe schools supplemental aid.

(a) Safe schools supplemental aid for a school
district or charter school equals the product of:

(1) the amount appropriated under subdivision 1 new text begin , paragraph (a) new text end ; and

(2) the ratio of the school district or charter school's adjusted average daily membership
for new text begin the second previous new text end fiscal year deleted text begin 2018 deleted text end to the state total adjusted average daily membership
for fiscal year 2018.

(b) new text begin Safe schools supplemental aid for an intermediate school district or other cooperative
unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, subdivision 2, that primarily provides direct
services to students equals the product of:
new text end

new text begin (1) $12.50; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the adjusted average daily membership for the second previous year of the school
districts that were members of the intermediate school district or other cooperative unit for
that year.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end For a school district, new text begin intermediate school district, or other cooperative unit, new text end safe
schools supplemental aid must be reserved and used only for costs associated with safe
schools activities authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.44.

deleted text begin (c) deleted text end new text begin (d) new text end For a charter school, safe schools supplemental aid must be reserved and used
only for costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.44, or building lease expenses not funded by charter school building lease aid
that are attributable to facility security enhancements made by the landlord after March 1,
2019.

deleted text begin (d) deleted text end new text begin (e) new text end One hundred percent of the aid under this section must be paid in the current year
on a schedule to be determined by the commissioner.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2021.
new text end