HF 768

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/11/2019 04:42pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing age range of children served by school-age
care programs; increasing funding for school-age care programs; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 124D.19, subdivision 11;
124D.22.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

School-age care programs.

(a) A school board may offer, as part of a
community education program, a school-age care program for children from kindergarten
through grade deleted text begin 6 deleted text end new text begin 12 new text end for the purpose of expanding students' learning opportunities. If the
school board chooses not to offer a school-age care program, it may allow an appropriate
insured community group, for profit entity or nonprofit organization to use available school
facilities for the purpose of offering a school-age care program.

(b) A school-age care program must include the following:

(1) adult supervised programs while school is not in session;

(2) parental involvement in program design and direction;

(3) partnerships with the kindergarten through grade 12 system, and other public, private,
or nonprofit entities;

(4) opportunities for trained secondary school pupils to work with younger children in
a supervised setting as part of a community service program; and

(5) access to available school facilities, including the gymnasium, sports equipment,
computer labs, and media centers, when not otherwise in use as part of the operation of the
school. The school district may establish reasonable rules relating to access to these facilities
and may require that:

(i) the organization request access to the facilities and prepare and maintain a schedule
of proposed use;

(ii) the organization provide evidence of adequate insurance to cover the activities to be
conducted in the facilities; and

(iii) the organization prepare and maintain a plan demonstrating the adequacy and training
of staff to supervise the use of the facilities.

(c) The district may charge a sliding fee based upon family income for school-age care
programs. The district may receive money from other public or private sources for the
school-age care program. The board of the district must develop standards for school-age
child care programs. The commissioner of education may not adopt rules for school-age
care programs.

(d) The district shall maintain a separate account within the community services fund
for all funds related to the school-age care program.

(e) A district is encouraged to coordinate the school-age care program with its special
education, vocational education, adult basic education, early childhood family education
programs, kindergarten through grade 12 instruction and curriculum services, youth
development and youth service agencies, and with related services provided by other
governmental agencies and nonprofit agencies.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.22, is amended to read:

124D.22 SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Eligibility.

A district that offers a school-age care program according to
section 124D.19, subdivision 11, is eligible for school-age care revenue for the additional
costs of providing services to children with disabilities or to children experiencing family
or related problems of a temporary nature who participate in the school-age care program.

Subd. 2.

School-age care revenue.

new text begin For fiscal year 2021 and later, new text end the school-age care
revenue for an eligible district equals the approved additional cost of providing services to
children with disabilities or children experiencing family or related problems of a temporary
nature who participate in the school-age care program.

Subd. 3.

School-age care levy.

To obtain school-age care revenue, a school district may
levy an amount equal to the district's school-age care revenue as defined in subdivision 2
multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted
net tax capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy is certified by the resident
pupil units in the district for the school year to which the levy is attributable, to deleted text begin $2,318 deleted text end new text begin
$12,590 new text end .

Subd. 4.

School-age care aid.

A district's school-age care aid is the difference between
its school-age care revenue and its school-age care levy. If a district does not levy the entire
amount permitted, school-age care aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount
levied.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin FISCAL YEAR 2020.
new text end

new text begin For fiscal year 2020, a school district's school-age care revenue under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.22, subdivision 2, is limited to the eligible expenditures for students in
kindergarten through grade 6.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATION; SCHOOL-AGE CARE AID.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School-age care aid. new text end

new text begin For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.22:
new text end

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