HF 3528

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/23/2016 11:17am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; modifying the count of pupil units for purposes
of calculating charter school lease aid to include a pupil's time spent in PSEO
courses; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement,
section 124E.22; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section
9, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 124E.22, is amended to read:

124E.22 BUILDING LEASE AID.

(a) When a charter school finds it economically advantageous to rent or lease a
building or land for any instructional purposes and it determines that the total operating
capital revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it
may apply to the commissioner for building lease aid for this purpose. The commissioner
must review and either approve or deny a lease aid application using the following criteria:

(1) the reasonableness of the price based on current market values;

(2) the extent to which the lease conforms to applicable state laws and rules; and

(3) the appropriateness of the proposed lease in the context of the space needs and
financial circumstances of the charter school. The commissioner must approve aid only
for a facility lease that has (i) a sum certain annual cost and (ii) a closure clause to relieve
the charter school of its lease obligations at the time the charter contract is terminated
or not renewed; the closure clause must not be constructed or construed to relieve the
charter school of its lease obligations in effect before the charter contract is terminated or
not renewed.

A charter school must not use the building lease aid it receives for custodial, maintenance
service, utility, or other operating costs.

(b) The amount of annual building lease aid for a charter school shall not exceed
the lesser of (1) 90 percent of the approved cost or (2) the product of the new text begin charter school
building lease aid new text end pupil units served for the current school year times $1,314.

new text begin (c) A charter school's building lease aid pupil units equals the sum of the charter
school pupil units under section 126C.05 and the pupil units for the portion of the day that
the charter school's enrolled students are participating in the Postsecondary Enrollment
Options Act under section 124D.09 and not otherwise included in the pupil count under
section 126C.05.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 9, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Charter school building lease aid.

For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section deleted text begin 124D.11, subdivision 4 deleted text end new text begin 124E.22 new text end :

	$	66,787,000	.....	2016
	$	deleted text begin 73,603,000 deleted text end new text begin ....... new text end	.....	2017

The 2016 appropriation includes $6,032,000 for 2015 and $60,755,000 for 2016.

The 2017 appropriation includes $6,750,000 for 2016 and deleted text begin $66,853,000 deleted text end new text begin $....... new text end for
2017.