HF 3727

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/24/2022 02:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing the portion of special education aid paid
in the current year; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020,
section 127A.45, subdivision 13.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Aid payment percentage.

Except as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a,
and 14, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and chapters 120A,
120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, 134, and section 273.1392,
shall be paid at the current year aid payment percentage of the estimated entitlement during
the fiscal year of the entitlement. deleted text begin For the purposes of this subdivision, a district's estimated
entitlement for special education aid under section 125A.76 for fiscal year 2014 and later
equals 97.4 percent of the district's entitlement for the current fiscal year. deleted text end The final adjustment
payment, according to subdivision 9, must be the amount of the actual entitlement, after
adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during the fiscal year of the entitlement.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2023 and later.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION AID; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
Education to pay for the additional special education aid required under section 1.
new text end