as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to education funding; creating 1.3 district-sponsored choice magnet schools; authorizing 1.4 district-sponsored choice magnet schools to qualify 1.5 for start-up grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 1.6 section 124D.11, subdivision 8; proposing coding for 1.7 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D. 1.8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.9 Section 1. [124D.095] [SCHOOL DISTRICT-SPONSORED CHOICE 1.10 MAGNET SCHOOLS.] 1.11 Subdivision 1. [ESTABLISHMENT.] A school district may 1.12 establish a choice magnet school. 1.13 Subd. 2. [CRITERIA.] A choice magnet school must: 1.14 (1) be innovative in meeting the educational needs of its 1.15 students; 1.16 (2) create competition between the district's other 1.17 elementary schools; 1.18 (3) allow any district elementary student to enroll; 1.19 (4) be located at a nontraditional school site; and 1.20 (5) be managed at the site by the teachers and parents 1.21 using the shared decisions Minnesota process. 1.22 Subd. 3. [TEACHER RELATIONS.] In order to qualify as a 1.23 choice magnet school, a school board and the exclusive 1.24 representative of the teachers must agree to a contract waiver 1.25 in order to provide a flexible school day for the choice magnet 1.26 program. 2.1 Subd. 4. [AID; GRANTS.] A choice magnet school is eligible 2.2 for aid and grants in the same manner as a charter school. 2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.11, 2.4 subdivision 8, is amended to read: 2.5 Subd. 8. [START-UP COSTS.] During the first two years of a 2.6 charter school's operation, or a district-sponsored choice 2.7 magnet school's operation, the charter school or 2.8 district-sponsored choice magnet school is eligible for aid to 2.9 pay for start-up costs and additional operating costs. Start-up 2.10 cost aid equals the greater of: 2.11 (1) $50,000 per charter school or district-sponsored choice 2.12 magnet school; or 2.13 (2) $500 times the charter school's or district-sponsored 2.14 choice magnet school's pupil units served for that year. 2.15 Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.16 Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 2.17 enactment for revenue for fiscal years 2000 and later.