Bill Text: MN HF88 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: School personnel maintenance of effort and set-aside requirements removed, and financial decision making returned to school districts.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-07 - Referred to Education [HF88 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF88-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to education; removing the maintenance of effort and set-aside
1.3requirements for school personnel; returning financial decision making to school
1.4districts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.44.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
1.7126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
1.8 (a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district
1.9for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied
1.10for all costs under this section shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted
1.11marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and
1.12used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties
1.13who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs incurred for
1.14the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in
1.15services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program
1.16as defined in section609.101, subdivision 3 , paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
1.17(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's
1.18schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property; (5)
1.19to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary
1.20opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school
1.21district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed
1.22school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical
1.23dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems. For expenditures
1.24under clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided
2.1by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's
2.2department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If
2.3a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the
2.4necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or
2.5sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries.
2.6 (b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may
2.7include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities
2.8authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority
2.9must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts.
2.10This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue
2.11raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
2.12(c) A school district must set aside at least $3 per adjusted marginal cost pupil
2.13unit of the safe schools levy proceeds for the purposes authorized under paragraph (a),
2.14clause (6). The district must annually certify either that: (1) its total spending on services
2.15provided by the employees listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), is not less than the sum of
2.16its expenditures for these purposes, excluding amounts spent under this section, in the
2.17previous year plus the amount spent under this section; or (2) that the district's full-time
2.18equivalent number of employees listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), is not less than the
2.19number for the previous year.
1.3requirements for school personnel; returning financial decision making to school
1.4districts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.44.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
1.7126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
1.8 (a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district
1.9for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied
1.10for all costs under this section shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted
1.11marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and
1.12used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties
1.13who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs incurred for
1.14the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in
1.15services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program
1.16as defined in section
1.17(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's
1.18schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property; (5)
1.19to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary
1.20opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school
1.21district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed
1.22school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical
1.23dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems. For expenditures
1.24under clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided
2.1by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's
2.2department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If
2.3a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the
2.4necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or
2.5sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries.
2.6 (b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may
2.7include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities
2.8authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority
2.9must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts.
2.10This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue
2.11raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
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