1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; reserving safe school levy
1.3 	funds for certain schools; authorizing school
1.4 	districts to use safe school levy funds for school
1.5 	counselors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.6 	126C.44.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.44, is
1.9 	amended to read:
1.10 	126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
1.11 		Subdivision 1.Levy. (a) Each district may make a levy
1.12 	on all taxable property located within the district for the
1.13 	purposes specified in this section.  The maximum amount which
1.14 	may be levied for all costs under this section shall be equal
1.15 	to $27 $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted marginal cost
1.16 	pupil units for the school year. The levy authorized under this
1.17 	section is not included in determining the district's levy
1.18 	limitations.
1.19 	(b) The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and used for:
1.20 	(1) elementary schools on a per pupil basis and must be
1.21 	retained for the elementary schools until used;
1.22 	(2) middle schools on a per pupil basis and must be
1.23 	retained for the middle schools until used; and 
1.24 	(3) secondary schools on a per pupil basis and must be
1.25 	retained for the secondary schools until used.
1.26 		Subd. 2.Use of funds. The proceeds of the levy must be
2.1 	used for directly funding the following purposes or for
2.2 	reimbursing the cities and counties who contract with the
2.3 	district for the following purposes:  (1) to pay the costs
2.4 	incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of
2.5 	peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the
2.6 	district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse
2.7 	prevention program as defined in section 609.101, subdivision 3,
2.8 	paragraph (e), in the elementary schools; (3) to pay the costs
2.9 	for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the
2.10 	district's schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the
2.11 	district's schools and on school property; or (5) to pay the
2.12 	costs incurred for the salaries and benefits of school
2.13 	counselors; or (6) to pay the costs for other crime prevention,
2.14 	drug abuse, student and staff safety, and violence prevention
2.15 	measures taken by the school district.
2.16 		Subd. 3.Contract services. The district must initially
2.17 	attempt to contract for services to be provided by peace
2.18 	officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or
2.19 	the sheriff's department of the county within the district
2.20 	containing the school receiving the services.  If a local police
2.21 	department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to
2.22 	provide the necessary services, the district may contract for
2.23 	these services with any other police or sheriff's department
2.24 	located entirely or partially within the school district's
2.25 	boundaries. The levy authorized under this section is not
2.26 	included in determining the school district's levy limitations.