Bill > HF3494

This bill establishes a new "safe schools aid" program for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units, which are groups of schools working together, starting in fiscal year 2027, by setting specific per-pupil allowances and minimum aid amounts for these entities, while simultaneously repealing the existing "student support personnel aid" program, which provided funding for school counselors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and chemical dependency counselors. The bill also appropriates money for the new safe schools aid and allows for the use of remaining student support personnel aid for safe schools purposes in fiscal year 2026, and clarifies that safe schools revenue can be used for various safety and security measures, including peace officers, drug prevention programs, security enhancements, and mental health professionals, and importantly, it adds the ability to use safe schools revenue for any purpose previously covered by the student support personnel aid.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3494/