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HF 377

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:36am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to education; creating a state grant program to pay for a portion of the
facility costs of certain community partnership programs; appropriating money;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [123B.595] COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS
GRANT-IN-AID ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin State assistance. new text end

new text begin The state may pay part of the cost of construction,
maintenance, and operation expenses for school renovation projects that meet the
requirements of this section. The state's share may not exceed 50 percent of the capital
cost of any project. No more than ten percent of the state's share of future appropriations
for grants under this section may be used for professional services.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin The board of a school district may request designation of
a school facility as a community partnership project. Applications shall be received by
the commissioner of education each year on a schedule established by the commissioner.
Applications shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, but must
include a community partnership project plan.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Community partnership project plan. new text end

new text begin A school district seeking to
designate a school facility as a community partnership project shall prepare a community
partnership project plan. The plan must include at least the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) identification of the school facility and current demographic information about
the school population as specified by the commissioner;
new text end

new text begin (2) identification of the community partners who will share space in the school
facility including a description of the services the community partner provides to the
general public;
new text end

new text begin (3) identification of capital improvements, including a detailed construction or repair
plan with an estimate of costs, required to allow the community partner to colocate in
the school facility;
new text end

new text begin (4) information establishing that the community in which the school facility is
located supports continued operation of the school facility and the ways in which the
general community will continue to support the school facility if designated a community
partnership project; and
new text end

new text begin (5) information necessary to allow the commissioner to make the determinations
under subdivision 4.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Commissioner review and approval. new text end

new text begin (a) After review of submitted
applications and community partnership project plans, and approval of the building
projects under the review and comment process under section 123B.71, the commissioner
may award community partnership project grants to one or more school districts. The
commissioner must consider the criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) in awarding grants.
new text end

new text begin (b) The services provided by the community partner or partners must be compatible
with continued safe use of the school facility for school purposes.
new text end

new text begin (c) The community partner or partners and the community in which the school
facility is located have committed to work with the school to provide services that will
enhance the learning experience of students at the school facility.
new text end

new text begin (d) The capital, maintenance, and operational costs of the school facility are
disproportionately high compared to the average capital, maintenance, and operational
cost-per-student of school facilities in the district or if there are fewer than five facilities
in the district, in the county where the district is located, provided that higher capital,
maintenance, and operational costs would be no more than five percent higher than the
district average per student if the school facility enrolled the average number of students.
new text end

new text begin (e) The community partner or partners and the school district have entered into a
lease under which the community partner or partners will lease a portion of the school
facility. The term of the lease must be no less than five years. The lease must include a
provision under which the community partner or partners will share general costs of
operating and maintaining the school facility such that the cost-per-student of operation
and maintenance is equivalent to the average cost-per-student of school facilities in the
district or if there is only one facility in the district, in the county in which the district
is located.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Appropriation requests. new text end

new text begin For fiscal years subsequent to 2011, the
commissioner of education may seek appropriations for grants pursuant to this section
and sections 16A.10 and 16A.11.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
CAPITAL GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin $4,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2010 from the general fund to the
commissioner of education for community partnership project capital grants. The
commissioner may award a grant to a school district for a qualifying community
partnership project once the district demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that
the grant has been matched with at least an equal amount of money from nonstate sources.
new text end