2003 Minnesota Statutes

     126C.44 Safe schools levy. 

    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 $27 multiplied by the 
 district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school 
 year.  The proceeds of the levy must be 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; or (5) to pay the costs for other crime 
 prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, and violence 
 prevention measures taken by the school district.  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.  The levy authorized under this section 
 is not included in determining the school district's levy 
 limitations. 

    HIST: 1975 c 432 s 75; 1976 c 271 s 81; 1977 c 447 art 6 s 8; 
 1978 c 764 s 105; 1982 c 548 art 6 s 21; 1983 c 314 art 6 s 24; 
 1984 c 463 art 6 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 398 art 1 s 21; art 6 s 
 12; 1988 c 486 s 85; 1988 c 718 art 6 s 20,21; 1988 c 719 art 5 
 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 6 s 48; art 13 s 9-11,20; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 
 s 11; 1990 c 426 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 562 art 6 s 33; art 7 s 10; 
 art 10 s 9-11; 1990 c 596 s 3; 1991 c 130 s 29; 1991 c 265 art 5 
 s 12; 1991 c 291 art 4 s 1; 1992 c 499 art 6 s 29; art 7 s 
 11,26; art 12 s 29; 1992 c 511 art 2 s 21; art 5 s 9; 1992 c 603 
 s 11; 1993 c 224 art 7 s 13; art 8 s 3,4; 1994 c 647 art 8 s 9; 
 1Sp1995 c 3 art 1 s 17; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 4 s 10; art 
 13 s 18; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 1 s 26-28; art 2 s 31; 
 1998 c 397 art 7 s 112,164; 1999 c 241 art 2 s 48; 2000 c 254 s 
 44; 2000 c 489 art 2 s 24; 2002 c 377 art 5 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 
 2 s 38