Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF3094 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education finance; increasing safe schools revenue; creating a safe
3	3	1.3 schools aid; expanding safe schools revenue to all cooperative units; appropriating
4	4	1.4 money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS REVENUE.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Safe schools revenue for school districts.For fiscal year 2025, a school
9	9	1.9district's safe schools revenue equals its safe schools levy. For fiscal year 2026 and later, a
10	10	1.10school district's safe schools revenue equals the greater of $100,000 or $44 times the pupil
11	11	1.11units for that year.
12	12	1.12 Subd. 2.School district safe schools levy.A school district's safe schools levy equals
13	13	1.13$36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
14	14	1.14 Subd. 2a.Safe schools aid.A school district's safe schools aid equals:
15	15	1.15 (1) the difference between its safe schools revenue and its safe schools levy; times
16	16	1.16 (2) the ratio of the district's safe schools levy for that year to the permitted levy for that
17	17	1.17year.
18	18	1.18 Subd. 3.Safe schools revenue levy for intermediate school districts for fiscal years
19	19	1.192025 and 2026.For fiscal years 2025 and 2026, a school district that is a member of an
20	20	1.20intermediate school district may include in its levy authority under this section the costs
21	21	1.21associated with safe schools activities authorized under this section for intermediate school
22	22	1.22district programs. This authority must not exceed the product of $15 and the adjusted pupil
23	23	1Section 1.
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25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 3094NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: MANN)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading03/27/2025
31	31	Referred to Education Finance 2.1units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized
32	32	2.2under this section. Revenue raised under this subdivision must be transferred to the
33	33	2.3intermediate school district.
34	34	2.4 Subd. 3a.Safe schools revenue for cooperative units.(a) For purposes of this
35	35	2.5subdivision, "cooperative unit" has the meaning given under section 123A.24, subdivision
36	36	2.62.
37	37	2.7 (b) For fiscal year 2027 and later, in addition to the revenue amounts in subdivision 1,
38	38	2.8the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative
39	39	2.9unit that enrolls students equals the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year times
40	40	2.10$18.
41	41	2.11 (c) For fiscal year 2027 and later, by September 30 of each year, the commissioner of
42	42	2.12education shall establish a tax rate for the cooperative units safe schools revenue that raises
43	43	2.13$4,354,000 in each fiscal year. The levy authority under this paragraph is in addition to a
44	44	2.14district's safe schools levy authority under subdivision 2.
45	45	2.15 (d) For fiscal year 2026 only, the cooperative safe schools aid for a school district that
46	46	2.16is a member of a cooperative unit that enrolls students is $3 times the member district pupil
47	47	2.17units for that year. For fiscal year 2027 and later, the cooperative safe schools aid for a
48	48	2.18school district that is a member of a cooperative unit that enrolls students equals the
49	49	2.19difference between (1) its cooperative safe schools revenue less its cooperative safe schools
50	50	2.20levy, times (2) the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy by the member
51	51	2.21school districts.
52	52	2.22 (e) Revenue raised under this subdivision must be transferred to the cooperative unit.
53	53	2.23 Subd. 4.Use of safe schools revenue.(a) Safe schools revenue must be reserved and
54	54	2.24used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties
55	55	2.25who contract with the district for the following purposes:
56	56	2.26 (1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace
57	57	2.27officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
58	58	2.28 (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101,
59	59	2.29subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
60	60	2.30 (3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's
61	61	2.31schools;
62	62	2.32 (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	25-04729 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR CR/DG 3.1 (5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety,
65	65	3.2voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the
66	66	3.3school district;
67	67	3.4 (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school
68	68	3.5social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and substance use
69	69	3.6disorder counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
70	70	3.7 (7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public
71	71	3.8announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility
72	72	3.9modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
73	73	3.10 (8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate;
74	74	3.11 (9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
75	75	3.12are not district employees or contractors; or
76	76	3.13 (10) to pay for the costs of cybersecurity measures, including updating computer hardware
77	77	3.14and software, other systems upgrades, and cybersecurity insurance costs.
78	78	3.15 (b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt
79	79	3.16to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department
80	80	3.17of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school
81	81	3.18receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does
82	82	3.19not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with
83	83	3.20any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's
84	84	3.21boundaries.
85	85	3.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2026 and later.
86	86	3.23 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SAFE SCHOOLS AID.
87	87	3.24 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sum indicated in this section is
88	88	3.25appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year
89	89	3.26designated.
90	90	3.27 Subd. 2.Safe schools aid.For safe schools aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
91	91	3.28126C.44:
92	92	2027............3.29 $
93	93	3Sec. 2.
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