SF 3779

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/27/2020 04:31pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; directing the Minnesota School Safety Center to develop a
school threat assessment policy; modifying the allowable uses of the safe schools
levy; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.44;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [121A.07] THREAT ASSESSMENT POLICY.
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new text begin A school board or charter school must adopt a threat assessment policy based on the
model policy developed by the Minnesota School Safety Center.
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Sec. 2.

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 which may be levied for all
costs under this section shall be equal to $36 multiplied by the district's adjusted pupil units
for the school year. 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; deleted text begin or
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(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
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new text begin (10) to pay for costs associated with the threat assessment policy under section 121A.07.
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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.

(c) 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 paragraph (a) 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.

Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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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 Minnesota School Safety Center. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to the Minnesota School
Safety Center to develop a model threat assessment policy:
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new text begin $ new text end

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new text begin (b) The model policy must be based on the United States Secret Service's National Threat
Assessment Center's recommendations found in the operational guide titled "Enhancing
School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model."
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