HF 2322

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education finance; authorizing funding for 
  1.3             staff development for school districts with schools 
  1.4             not making adequate yearly progress; appropriating 
  1.5             money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 
  1.6             122A.61, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 122A.61, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [SUPPLEMENTARY STAFF DEVELOPMENT AID.] (a) A 
  1.11  school district that is categorized by the Department of 
  1.12  Education as either "not making sufficient progress" or "needs 
  1.13  assistance" in reaching the levels of adequate yearly progress 
  1.14  required by the No Child Left Behind Act is eligible for 
  1.15  supplementary staff development aid. 
  1.16     (b) Supplementary staff development aid equals two percent 
  1.17  of the formula allowance for that year times the number of 
  1.18  adjusted marginal cost pupil units attending sites within the 
  1.19  school district that are categorized as not making sufficient 
  1.20  progress or needs assistance. 
  1.21     (c) The staff development aid received under this section 
  1.22  must be reserved and used for staff development activities under 
  1.23  sections 122A.60 and 122A.61.  Supplementary staff development 
  1.24  aid must be allocated according to a plan adopted by the school 
  1.25  board. 
  1.26     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for revenue for 
  2.1   fiscal year 2005. 
  2.2      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.3      $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2005 from the 
  2.4   general fund to the commissioner of education for payment of 
  2.5   staff development aid under section 1.