Minnesota Legislature
HF 3887
as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; reinstating training and experience revenue;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.01, subdivision 9;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.01, subdivision 9, is
amended to read:
Subd. 9.
Training and experience index.
"Training and experience index"
means a measure of a district's teacher training and experience relative to the education
and experience of teachers in the state. The measure must be determined pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes deleted text begin 1996deleted text end , section deleted text begin 126C.11deleted text end new text begin 126C.111new text end .
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.
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[126C.111] TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE INDEX.
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The training and experience index for fiscal year 2009 and later must be constructed
in the following manner:
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(a) The department must construct a matrix that classifies teachers by the extent
of training received in accredited institutions of higher education and by the years of
experience that districts take into account in determining teacher salaries.
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(b) The average salary for each cell of the matrix must be computed as follows
using data from the previous fiscal year:
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(1) for each district, multiply the salary paid to full-time equivalent teachers with
that combination of training and experience according to the district's teacher salary
schedule by the number of resident pupil units in that district; and
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(2) add the amounts computed in clause (1) for all districts in the state and divide
the resulting sum by the total number of resident pupil units in all districts in the state
that employ teachers.
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(c) For each cell in the matrix, compute the ratio of the average salary in that cell to
the average salary for all teachers in the state during the previous fiscal year.
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.
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