as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 01/31/2019 04:05pm
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Introduction | Posted on 01/28/2019 |
A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing revenue for English learner programs;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 124D.65,
subdivision 5; 126C.10, subdivision 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
(a) A district's English learner programs revenue
equals the product of (1) deleted text begin $704deleted text end new text begin $1,400new text end times (2) the greater of deleted text begin 20deleted text end new text begin 25new text end or the adjusted average
daily membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current
fiscal year.
(b) A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following the
school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided
assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.
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This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2020 and later.
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Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
A school district's basic skills revenue equals the sum
of:
(1) compensatory revenue under subdivision 3; plus
(2) English learner revenue under section 124D.65, subdivision 5; plus
(3) deleted text begin $250deleted text end new text begin $1,000new text end times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision
17.
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This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2020 and later.
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$....... in fiscal year 2020 and $....... in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of education for additional general education aid.
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