Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: HF3179

HF 3179

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

Early childhood and family and kindergarten through
grade 12 education revenue provided, and task forces established.

ARTICLE 1 --
GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE

Section 1: Age limitations for pupils modified.
Sec.
2: Revenue amount modified.
Sec. 3: Revenue timing modified.
Sec. 4: People
to be served modified.
Sec. 5: Building expenditures modified.
Sec. 6:
Secondary school programs modified.
Sec. 7: Part-time student fee
modified.
Sec. 8: Eligible pupil regulations modified.
Sec. 9: Eligible
programs modified.
Sec. 10: Educational program tuiiton modified.
Sec. 11:
Unreimbursed costs modified.
Sec. 12: Tuition reduction aid adjustment
specified.
Sec. 13: Student count reporting regulations expanded.
Sec. 14:
Technical modification.
Sec. 15-16: Statuory references added.
Sec. 17:
Related term definitions modified.
Sec. 18: Basic alternative teacher
compensation aid modified.
Sec. 19: Payment to unemployment insurance program
trust fund by state and political subdivisions regulations expanded.
Sec. 20:
Safe schools levy modified.
Sec. 21: School nonoperating fund payments
provided.
Sec. 22: Repealer.

ARTICLE 2 -- EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Section 1:
Parent definition modified.
Sec. 2: Benchmarks implementation modified.
Sec. 3:
Student transfer requirements modified.
Sec. 4: CLEP reimbursement regulations
modified.
Sec. 5: School performance report cards modified.
Sec. 6: Crisis
management policy modified.
Sec. 7: School safety drill requirements
specified.
Sec. 8: Online learning parameters modified.
Sec. 9: Transportation
service regulations for districts clarified.
Sec. 10: Program general
requirements modified.
Sec. 11: Wage payment provision modified.
Sec. 12:
School fire drill doors and exits modified.
Sec. 13: Teacher training
scholarships regulations provided.
Sec. 14: School and staff emergency / all
hazard preparedness advisory task force established.
Sec. 15: 2006 School
accountability report provided.
Sec. 16: Advisory task force on options for
accelerated K-12 technology, science, and mathematics programs throughout
Minnesota established.

ARTICLE 3 -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Section 1: Blindness
added as disability.
Sec. 2: Nonresident tuition rate technical language
expanded.
Sec. 3: Interagency child find systems definition modified.
Sec. 4:
County and school board responsibilities expanded.
Sec. 5: Interagency early
intervention committees regulations modified.
Sec. 6: Individualized family
service plan modified. IFSP
Sec. 7: Service coordination modified.
Sec. 8:
Inteagency agreement modified.
Sec. 9: Education program approval
modified.
Sec. 10: Education responsibilities modified.
Sec. 11: Residential
facility education programs provided.
Sec. 12-15: Technical changes provided.

Sec. 16: Report required.
Sec. 17: Travel aid based on mileage.
Sec. 18:
Special education maintenance of effort required.
Sec. 19: Related term
definition modified.
Sec. 20: Rule on visually impaired to include references
to blind and blindness provided.
Sec. 21: Department of education rules
amended.
Sec. 22: Special education tuition billing for fiscal years 2006 and
2007 provided.
Sec. 23: Repealer.

ARTICLE 4 -- ACCOUNTING
Section 1: Budgets
modified.
Sec. 2: School district consolidated financial statement
required.
Sec. 3: Comparison and correction statement modified.
Sec. 4:
Reserve account elimination provided.
Sec. 5: Distribution errors
addressed.

ARTICLE 5 -- SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Section 1:
First prior program year term definition modified.
Sec. 2: Program requirements
for adult basic education program expanded.

ARTICLE 6 -- PUPIL
TRANSPORTATION
Section 1: Student training regulation modified.
Sec. 2:
Nonpublic and charter school transportation compliance required.
Sec. 3:
Related term defnitions modified.
Sec. 4: "School bus" definition
modified.
Sec. 5-8: Technical changes provided.
Sec. 9: Seat and crash barrier
requirements for cushion depth and seat back height modified.
Sec. 10: Training
modified.
Sec. 11: Repealer.

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5/5/06