as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:34am
A bill for an act
relating to education; providing cost-of-living revenue; requiring a study
to examine the operating cost differential of school districts in the state;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10,
subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
For fiscal year 2006 and later,
the general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic
revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, basic skills revenue, training
and experience revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative
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cost-of-living revenuenew text end .
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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For fiscal year 2010 and later, a school district
that is located in the metro equity region under subdivision 28 is eligible for cost-of-living
revenue equal to the formula allowance multiplied by .02 times the district's adjusted
marginal cost pupil units for that year.
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(a) The commissioner of education must request a proposal for a study to determine
the differential cost of operating a school district in Minnesota using sound economic
and statistical reasoning.
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(b) The commissioner shall award the contract to an independent firm that has
extensive experience working with econometric models in various sectors and markets.
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(c) The commissioner shall award the contract by September 15, 2009.
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(a) The contractor shall identify the true cost of operating a school district in
different regions across the state. As part of the study, the contractor shall:
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(1) consider all districts in the state individually and regionally based on
demography, economic region, geography, and any other region as determined by the
contractor to better illustrate the cost differential observed;
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(2) examine the economic factors that contribute to the costs underlying the basic
operation of a school district, including land costs, salaries, hourly wages, health care
costs, transportation costs, energy costs, telecommunication costs, sparsity, housing prices,
administrative costs, and any other factor that the contractor believes, through sound
economic reasoning, contributes to the underlying cost of operating a school district; and
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(3) construct a study that controls for factors that vary across school districts
in the state, including class size, teacher credentials and education, limited English
proficiency, poverty, mobility, athletic opportunities available to each student, Advanced
Placement course offerings, postsecondary education options, International Baccalaureate
opportunities, College in the Schools offerings, foreign language options, academic clubs,
extracurricular opportunities, and any other criteria for which the contractor believes,
through sound economic reasoning, differentially alters the quality or the operating cost
of a school district.
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(b) The contractor must report on the findings to the legislative committees having
jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education before December 15, 2010.
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The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year
designated.
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For a cost-of-living increase on the formula allowance:
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For a contract to determine the
differential cost of operating a school district through different regions in the state:
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250,000 new text end |
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