Minnesota Legislature
HF 2274
as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/22/2021 05:24pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing state aid for summer school activities;
expanding access to school-linked mental health services; requiring a report;
appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin SUMMER SCHOOL AID.
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new text begin Summer programming aid amount. new text end
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(a) A school district, charter school,
or cooperative unit providing in-person instruction to its students is eligible for summer
programming aid.
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(b) The summer programming aid allowance equals $75,000,000 divided by the number
of students enrolled in Minnesota's school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units
during the fall of 2020.
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(c) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit's summer programming aid
equals the summer programming aid allowance times the number of students enrolled in
the school district, charter school, or cooperative unit during the fall of 2020.
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new text begin Uses of summer programming aid. new text end
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A school district, charter school, or
cooperative unit receiving summer programming aid may use its summer programming aid
for:
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(1) summer school activities, including traditional summer school, summer academies,
and academic day camps;
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(2) community partnerships with businesses and organizations, including local businesses,
to develop, implement, and deliver a summer mentor model or tutoring model for students;
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(3) expanding access to tutoring services for academic enrichment and learning loss
recovery;
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(4) expanding mental health and well-being supports to youth and adolescents attending
summer learning programs;
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(5) summer field trips, hands-on learning activities, and youth athletic programs;
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(6) neighborhood partnerships to bring summer learning programs into the community,
including contracting with community-based organizations, libraries, parks and recreation
departments, Tribal organizations, faith-based organizations, and other learning providers;
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(7) summer credit recovery programs to help students earn credits required to graduate;
and
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(8) enrichment programs for recent graduates, including one-on-one or group mental
health supports.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin REPORT ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
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The commissioner of education must submit a report to the legislative committees having
jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on how federal funds received
for COVID-19 for education purposes were used. The report must identify all school districts,
charter schools, intermediate school districts, cooperative units as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.24, subdivision 2, nonpublic schools, child care programs, and other
entities that receive the funds; the amounts distributed to the entities; and the purpose for
which the funds were distributed. The report must also identify any application or reporting
requirements an entity receiving the funds was required to follow. The report must be
submitted by January 14, 2022, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
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Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
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The sums in this section are appropriated
from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Summer school. new text end
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(a) For summer school aid to schools under section 1:
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$ new text end |
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75,000,000 new text end |
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2021 new text end |
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(b) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2022.
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new text begin School-linked mental health. new text end
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(a) For transfer to the commissioner of human
services for expanding school-linked mental health grants:
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$ new text end |
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6,011,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2021 new text end |
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(b) The grants may be used to support and expand current school-linked mental health
services. The grants may be used to access federal funds for school-linked mental health
services and to provide additional outside one-on-one mental health supports to students.
These funds may be awarded to new or existing school-linked mental health providers
through amending current contracts.
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(c) Of the amount appropriated in paragraph (a), up to two percent may be used for
administrative purposes.
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(d) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2022.
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new text begin Equity aid. new text end
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(a) For grants to school districts, charter schools, and cooperative
units to make equity adjustments to wrap around the federal CARES Act aid:
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$ new text end |
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9,000,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2021 new text end |
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(b) The commissioner of education must distribute this aid in inverse proportion to the
per-pupil aid that each school district, charter school, or cooperative unit has received under
the CARES Act and other COVID-19 pandemic-related funding.
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new text begin Summer transportation. new text end
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(a) For additional pupil transportation expenses for
school districts and charter schools providing transportation to and from summer school
and to and from the activities authorized in section 1, subdivision 2:
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$ new text end |
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2,375,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2021 new text end |
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(b) The commissioner of education must use the appropriation in paragraph (a) to provide
aid to school districts in an amount equal to a proportional increase in each school district's
transportation sparsity adjustment under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision
18a, until the full appropriation under paragraph (a) has been allocated.
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(c) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2022.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Early learning scholarships. new text end
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(a) For additional early learning scholarships
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:
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$ new text end |
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15,017,000 new text end |
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2021 new text end |
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(b) The commissioner and scholarship administrators must prioritize additional funds
to qualifying children ages four and five for summer learning activities. The commissioner
may increase the grant award for children currently receiving an early learning scholarship
for services during the summer of 2021 and may award new scholarships to families on the
waiting list.
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(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
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new text begin Federal funds. new text end
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The commissioner of management and budget must determine
whether the expenditures authorized under this section are eligible uses of federal funding
received under the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund or any other federal funds
received by the state under the American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2. If the
commissioner of management and budget determines an expenditure is eligible for funding
under Public Law 117-2, the amount of the eligible expenditure is appropriated from the
account where those amounts have been deposited and the corresponding general fund
amounts appropriated under this section are canceled to the general fund.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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