1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; directing school districts to
1.3 	provide antibullying staff development training;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.44.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.44, is
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 	126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
1.9 	Each district may make a levy on all taxable property
1.10 	located within the district for the purposes specified in this
1.11 	section.  The maximum amount which may be levied for all costs
1.12 	under this section shall be equal to $27 multiplied by the
1.13 	district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school
1.14 	year.  The proceeds of the levy must be used for directly
1.15 	funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and
1.16 	counties who contract with the district for the following
1.17 	purposes:  (1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries,
1.18 	benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and
1.19 	sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools; (2)
1.20 	to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined
1.21 	in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the
1.22 	elementary schools; (3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance
1.23 	education training curriculum in the district's schools; (4) to
1.24 	pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on
1.25 	school property; or (5) to pay the costs for other crime
2.1 	prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, and violence
2.2 	prevention measures taken by the school district; or (6) to pay
2.3 	for staff development training for licensed and nonlicensed
2.4 	school employees to effectively reduce and prevent bullying
2.5 	behavior.  Each district must reserve at least $2 per adjusted
2.6 	marginal cost pupil unit for the purpose of this clause.  The
2.7 	district must initially attempt to contract for services to be
2.8 	provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police
2.9 	department of each city or the sheriff's department of the
2.10 	county within the district containing the school receiving the
2.11 	services.  If a local police department or a county sheriff's
2.12 	department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the
2.13 	district may contract for these services with any other police
2.14 	or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the
2.15 	school district's boundaries.  The levy authorized under this
2.16 	section is not included in determining the school district's
2.17 	levy limitations.

2.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the
2.19 	2005-2006 school year and later.