SF 252

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; allowing an 
  1.3             intermediate school district to receive proceeds of 
  1.4             the safe schools levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             2002, section 126C.44.  
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.44, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      126C.44 [SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.] 
  1.10     (a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property 
  1.11  located within the district for the purposes specified in this 
  1.12  section.  The maximum amount which may be levied for all costs 
  1.13  under this section shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the 
  1.14  district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school 
  1.15  year.  The proceeds of the levy must be used for directly 
  1.16  funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and 
  1.17  counties who contract with the district for the following 
  1.18  purposes:  (1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, 
  1.19  benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and 
  1.20  sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools; (2) 
  1.21  to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined 
  1.22  in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the 
  1.23  elementary schools; (3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance 
  1.24  education training curriculum in the district's schools; (4) to 
  1.25  pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on 
  2.1   school property; or (5) to pay the costs for other crime 
  2.2   prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, and violence 
  2.3   prevention measures taken by the school district.  The district 
  2.4   must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided 
  2.5   by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each 
  2.6   city or the sheriff's department of the county within the 
  2.7   district containing the school receiving the services.  If a 
  2.8   local police department or a county sheriff's department does 
  2.9   not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may 
  2.10  contract for these services with any other police or sheriff's 
  2.11  department located entirely or partially within the school 
  2.12  district's boundaries.  The levy authorized under this section 
  2.13  is not included in determining the school district's levy 
  2.14  limitations. 
  2.15     (b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate 
  2.16  school district may include in its authority under this section 
  2.17  the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized 
  2.18  under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs.  
  2.19  This authority must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal 
  2.20  cost pupil units of the member districts.  This authority is in 
  2.21  addition to any other authority authorized under this section.  
  2.22  Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the 
  2.23  intermediate school district.  
  2.24     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for taxes 
  2.25  payable in 2004 and later.