Section 1. Safe Schools Revenue

Subd. 1. Safe Schools Revenue. Defines safe schools revenue to be equal to the sum of a district’s safe schools levy and its safe schools aid.

Subd. 2. Safe Schools Levy. Provides that a district’s safe schools levy is equal to $36 times the adjusted pupil units for that school year.

Subd. 3. Safe Schools Aid. Creates a new aid component of safe schools revenue. Provides that the safe schools aid for a school district equals the aid allowance (blank in bill as introduced) times the adjusted pupil units for that school year. Provides safe schools aid for a charter school equal to the aid allowance (blank in bill as introduced) times the adjusted pupil units for that school year.

Subd. 4. Purposes. Makes conforming changes and recodifies the existing safe schools allowable purposes into a new subdivision.

Subd. 5. Intermediate district authority. Preserves the existing pass-through levy authority for school districts that are members of an intermediate district.

Subd. 6. Report. Requires the commissioner of education to make a report to the legislature describing safe schools revenue expenditures by school district for each of the allowable uses.

Section 2. Appropriation. Appropriates money from the general fund to the commissioner for safe schools aid.