1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing the safe schools levy authority available 
1.3 	to school boards;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 
1.4 	126C.44.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
1.7 	126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
1.8 	(a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district 
1.9 	for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied for 
1.10 	all costs under this section shall be equal to $36 $56 multiplied by the district's adjusted 
1.11 	pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and used for 
1.12 	directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties who 
1.13 	contract with the district for the following purposes:
1.14 	(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of 
1.15 	peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
1.16 	(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 
1.17 	609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
1.18 	(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the 
1.19 	district's schools;
1.20 	(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
1.21 	(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, 
1.22 	voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by 
1.23 	the school district;
2.1 	(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed 
2.2 	school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical 
2.3 	dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
2.4 	(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public 
2.5 	announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility 
2.6 	modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
2.7 	(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate; or
2.8 	(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals 
2.9 	who are not district employees or contractors.
2.10 	(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially 
2.11 	attempt to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the 
2.12 	police department of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district 
2.13 	containing the school receiving the services. If a local police department or a county 
2.14 	sheriff's department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may 
2.15 	contract for these services with any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or 
2.16 	partially within the school district's boundaries.
2.17 	(c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may 
2.18 	include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities 
2.19 	authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority 
2.20 	must not exceed $10 $20 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member 
2.21 	districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. 
2.22 	Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.

2.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2015 and later.