Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 126C — Education Funding
Section 126C.44 — Safe Schools Levy.

(a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied for all costs under this section shall be equal to $36 multiplied by the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties who contract with the district for the following purposes:
(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's schools;
(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school district;
(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and substance use disorder counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate; or
(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who are not district employees or contractors.
(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries.
(c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed $15 times the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
1975 c 432 s 75; 1976 c 271 s 81; 1977 c 447 art 6 s 8; 1978 c 764 s 105; 1982 c 548 art 6 s 21; 1983 c 314 art 6 s 24; 1984 c 463 art 6 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 398 art 1 s 21; art 6 s 12; 1988 c 486 s 85; 1988 c 718 art 6 s 20,21; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 6 s 48; art 13 s 9-11,20; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11; 1990 c 426 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 562 art 6 s 33; art 7 s 10; art 10 s 9-11; 1990 c 596 s 3; 1991 c 130 s 29; 1991 c 265 art 5 s 12; 1991 c 291 art 4 s 1; 1992 c 499 art 6 s 29; art 7 s 11,26; art 12 s 29; 1992 c 511 art 2 s 21; art 5 s 9; 1992 c 603 s 11; 1993 c 224 art 7 s 13; art 8 s 3,4; 1994 c 647 art 8 s 9; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 1 s 17; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 4 s 10; art 13 s 18; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 1 s 26-28; art 2 s 31; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 112,164; 1999 c 241 art 2 s 48; 2000 c 254 s 44; 2000 c 489 art 2 s 24; 2002 c 377 art 5 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 2 s 38; 2006 c 263 art 1 s 15; 2007 c 146 art 1 s 14; 2008 c 363 art 2 s 24; 2009 c 96 art 1 s 17; 1Sp2011 c 11 art 1 s 24; 2013 c 116 art 1 s 53; 2014 c 312 art 15 s 20; 2022 c 98 art 4 s 51

Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12

Chapter 126C — Education Funding

Section 126C.01 — Definitions.

Section 126C.05 — Definition Of Pupil Units.

Section 126C.10 — General Education Revenue.

Section 126C.12 — Learning And Development Revenue Amount And Use.

Section 126C.126 — Use Of General Education Revenue For All-day Kindergarten And Prekindergarten.

Section 126C.13 — General Education Aid.

Section 126C.15 — Basic Skills Revenue; Compensatory Education Revenue.

Section 126C.17 — Referendum Revenue.

Section 126C.19 — Shared Time Aid.

Section 126C.20 — Annual General Education Aid Appropriation.

Section 126C.21 — Deductions From General Education Aid.

Section 126C.40 — Capital Levies.

Section 126C.41 — Benefits Levies.

Section 126C.43 — Levies; Statutory Obligations.

Section 126C.44 — Safe Schools Levy.

Section 126C.445 — Tree Growth Replacement Revenue.

Section 126C.45 — Ice Arena Levy.

Section 126C.455 — Swimming Pool Levy.

Section 126C.46 — Abatement Levy.

Section 126C.48 — Levy Procedure.

Section 126C.50 — Tax And Aid Anticipation Borrowing; Definitions.

Section 126C.51 — Application Of Limiting Tax Legislation.

Section 126C.52 — Authority To Borrow Money; Limitations.

Section 126C.53 — Enabling Resolution; Form Of Certificates Of Indebtedness.

Section 126C.54 — Repayment; Maturity Date Of Certificates; Interest.

Section 126C.55 — State Payment Of Debt Obligation Upon Potential Default; Repayment; State Obligation Not Debt.

Section 126C.56 — Sale Of Certificates; Disbursement Of Proceeds.

Section 126C.60 — Loans To Distressed Districts.

Section 126C.61 — Citation, Maximum Effort School Aid Law.

Section 126C.62 — Policy And Purpose.

Section 126C.63 — Definitions.

Section 126C.64 — Net Debt; Determination.

Section 126C.65 — Fund Established; Division Into Accounts.

Section 126C.66 — Appropriation.

Section 126C.67 — School Loans.

Section 126C.69 — Capital Grants And Loans.

Section 126C.70 — Prepayments.

Section 126C.71 — Payment And Applications Of Payment.

Section 126C.72 — Issuance And Sale Of Bonds.