1.2relating to education; allowing school districts to use safe schools levy proceeds
1.3for collaborating with mental health professionals; appropriating money;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.44.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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 for
1.10all costs under this section shall be equal to $30 $45 multiplied by the district's adjusted
1.11marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved
1.12and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and
1.13counties who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs
1.14incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for
1.15liaison in services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention
1.16program as defined in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary
1.17schools; (3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the
1.18district's schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school
1.19property; (5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff
1.20safety, voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken
1.21by the school district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school
1.22nurses, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol
1.23and chemical dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems; or (7)
1.24to pay the costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
2.1are not district employees or contractors. For expenditures under clause (1), the district
2.2must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs
2.3with the police department of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within
2.4the district containing the school receiving the services. If a local police department or a
2.5county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the district
2.6may contract for these services with any other police or sheriff's department located
2.7entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries.
2.8    (b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may
2.9include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities
2.10authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority
2.11must not exceed $10 $15 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member
2.12districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section.
2.13Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2013 and later.

2.15    Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
2.16$....... is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2014 to the commissioner
2.17of education for costs public schools incur when participating in training on schoolwide
2.18positive behavioral interventions and supports provided by the Department of Education.
2.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.