as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to education finance; increasing the basic 1.3 formula allowance; eliminating compensatory revenue; 1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 126C.10, 1.5 subdivisions 2, 4, 19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1.6 2000, sections 126C.05, subdivision 3; 126C.10, 1.7 subdivision 3; section 126C.15, subdivisions 1, 2, 3. 1.8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, 1.10 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.11 Subd. 2. [BASIC REVENUE.] The basic revenue for each 1.12 district equals the formula allowance times the adjusted 1.13 marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The formula 1.14 allowance for fiscal year 1998 is $3,581. The formula allowance 1.15 for fiscal year 1999 is $3,530. The formula allowance for 1.16 fiscal year 2000 is $3,740. The formula allowance for fiscal 1.17 year 2001 is $3,964 and the formula allowance for fiscal year 1.18 2002 and subsequent fiscal years is$3,964$4,189. 1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, 1.20 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 1.21 Subd. 4. [BASIC SKILLS REVENUE.]For fiscal year 1999 and1.22thereafter,A school district's basic skills revenue equals the 1.23 sum of: 1.24 (1)compensatory revenue under subdivision 3; plus1.25(2)limited English proficiency revenue according to 1.26 section 124D.65, subdivision 5; plus 2.1(3)(2) $190 times the limited English proficiency pupil 2.2 units according to section 126C.05, subdivision 17; plus 2.3(4)(3) $22.50 times the number of adjusted marginal cost 2.4 pupil units in kindergarten to grade 8. 2.5 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, 2.6 subdivision 19, is amended to read: 2.7 Subd. 19. [TRANSITION ALLOWANCE.] (a) A district's 2.8 transportation transition allowancefor fiscal year 1998 and2.9laterequals the result of the following: 2.10 (1) if the result in subdivision 18, paragraph (a), clause 2.11 (iii), for fiscal year 1998 is less than the fiscal year 1996 2.12 base allowance, the transportation transition allowance equals 2.13 the fiscal year 1996 base allowance minus the result in 2.14 subdivision 18, paragraph (a), clause (iii); or 2.15 (2) if the result in subdivision 18, paragraph (a), clause 2.16 (iii), for fiscal year 1998 and later is greater than or equal 2.17 to the fiscal year 1996 base allowance, the transportation 2.18 transition allowance equals zero. 2.19 (b)A district's compensatory transition allowance equals2.20the greater of zero or the difference between:2.21(1) the amount of compensatory revenue the district would2.22have received under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22,2.23subdivision 3, for fiscal year 1998 computed using a basic2.24formula allowance of $3,281; and2.25(2) the amount the district receives under subdivision 3;2.26divided by2.27(3) the district's actual pupil units for fiscal year 1998.2.28(c)A district's cooperation transition allowancefor2.29fiscal year 2001 and laterequals the greater of zero or the 2.30 difference between: 2.31 (1) $25,000; and 2.32 (2) $67 times the district's resident pupil units for 2.33 fiscal year 2001; divided by 2.34 (3) the district's resident pupil units for fiscal year 2.35 2001. 2.36(d) A district's transition allowance for fiscal years 19993.1and 2000 is equal to the sum of its transportation transition3.2allowance and its compensatory transition allowance.3.3 (c) A district's transition allowancefor fiscal year 20013.4and thereafteris equal to the sum of its transportation 3.5 transition allowance, its compensatory transition allowance,and 3.6 its cooperation transition allowance. 3.7 Sec. 4. [REPEALER.] 3.8 Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 126C.05, subdivision 3; 3.9 126C.10, subdivision 3; and 126C.15, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3, 3.10 are repealed.