Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: HF0872

HF 872

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

Omnibus education finance bill providing for early
childhood, adult, family, and kindergarten through grade 12 education including
general education, special programs, facilities and technology, and other
funding; and appropriating money.

ARTICLE 1--GENERAL EDUCATION
Section 1:
"Kindergarten" defined.
Sec. 2: Reserve revenue requirements for districts
modified.
Sec. 3: Cost limitations modified.
Sec. 4: Taconite revenue
recognition provided.
Sec. 5: "Building" definition modified.
Sec. 6:
Statuotry operating debt account transfer modified.
Sec. 7: "Operating debt"
definition modified.
Sec. 8: "Reorganization operating debt" definition
modified.
Sec. 9: Unreserved fund balances modified.
Sec. 10: Definition of
"transportation services for pupils with disabilities" modified.
Sec. 11:
School district reporting requirements modified.
Sec. 12: Nonpublic pupil
transportation aid allotment regulations modified.
Sec. 13: Enrollment
verification procedures relating to basic skills revenue modified.
Sec. 14:
Pupil aid calculation procedures modified.
Sec. 15: Children without
disabilities placement, education, and transportation regulations clarified
relating to homeless pupils.
Sec. 16: Unreserved general fund balance
regulations specified.
Sec. 17: Project-based average daily membership
regulations modified.
Sec. 18: General education revenue requirements
modified.
Sec. 19: Basic revenue for district calculation procedure
modified.
Sec. 20: Gifted and talented revenue provided.
Sec. 21: Compensatory
education revenue regulations modified.
Sec. 22: "Sparsity allowance"
defined.
Sec. 23-24: Conforming change.
Sec. 25: Total operating capital
revenue modified.
Sec. 26: Operating capital levy modified.
Sec. 27:
Transportation sparsity definitions modified relating to "transportation
allowance."
Sec. 28: Transportation sparsity revenue allowance conforming
change provided.
Sec. 29: Equity revenue calculation procedure clarified.
Sec.
30: Transition revenue modified.
Sec. 31: Basic alternative compensation aid
calculation procedures specified.
Sec. 32: Alternative compensation levy
calculation procedure specified.
Sec. 33: Alternative compensation aid
calculation procedure specified.
Sec. 34: General education aid calculation
procedure specified.
Sec. 35: Revenue usage regulations clarified relating t



ARTICLE 2--EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
ARTICLE 3--SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ARTICLE
4--FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
ARTICLE 5--NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING
ARTICLE
6--LIBRARIES
ARTICLE 7--EARLY EDUCATION
ARTICLE 8--PREVENTION
ARTICLE
9--SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING
ARTICLE 10--STATE AGENCIES
ARTICLE
11--FORECAST DEFICIENCIES
ARTICLE 11A--GENERAL EDUCATION
ARTICLE 12--TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

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4-26-05