1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; providing for technical and
1.3 other changes to kindergarten through grade 12
1.4 education provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 1998, sections 120B.11, subdivision 5; 121A.25,
1.6 subdivision 1; 123A.22, subdivisions 6 and 7; 123A.48,
1.7 subdivision 19; 123A.485, subdivision 1; 123B.14,
1.8 subdivision 5; 123B.31; 123B.70, subdivision 1;
1.9 123B.86, subdivision 1; 123B.88, subdivisions 1, 13,
1.10 and 22; 123B.95, subdivision 2; 124D.11, subdivision
1.11 5; 124D.114; 124D.21; 124D.38, subdivision 9; 124D.40;
1.12 124D.41; 124D.42, subdivisions 4, 6, and 7; 124D.43;
1.13 124D.45, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124D.53, subdivision 2;
1.14 124D.61; 124D.83, subdivision 2; 124D.895; 124D.896;
1.15 126C.14; 126C.16, subdivisions 1 and 2; 126C.41,
1.16 subdivision 1; 126C.48, subdivisions 2 and 5; and
1.17 127A.41, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1999
1.18 Supplement, sections 123A.27; 124D.454, subdivision 8;
1.19 124D.81, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1;
1.20 126C.10, subdivision 9; 126C.15, subdivision 3;
1.21 126C.22, subdivision 4; 126C.44; and 127A.45,
1.22 subdivision 13; Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 5,
1.23 section 50, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new
1.24 law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120A; repealing
1.25 Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 124D.128,
1.26 subdivision 4; 124D.38, subdivision 10; and 124D.45,
1.27 subdivision 3; Laws 1995, First Special Session
1.28 chapter 3, article 5, section 9; Laws 1997, chapter
1.29 192, section 19.
1.30 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.31 Section 1. [120A.02] [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES,
1.32 AND LEARNING.]
1.33 The department of children, families, and learning shall
1.34 carry out the provisions of chapters 120A to 129C and other
1.35 related education provisions under law.
1.36 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 120B.11,
1.37 subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 5. [REPORT.] (a) By October 1 of each year, the
2.2 school board shall use standard statewide reporting procedures
2.3 the commissioner develops and adopt a report that includes the
2.4 following:
2.5 (1) student performance goals for meeting state graduation
2.6 standards adopted for that year;
2.7 (2) results of local assessment data, and any additional
2.8 test data;
2.9 (3) the annual school district improvement plans;
2.10 (4) information about district and learning site progress
2.11 in realizing previously adopted improvement plans; and
2.12 (5) the amount and type of revenue attributed to each
2.13 education site as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 2.
2.14 (b) The school board shall publish the report in the local
2.15 newspaper with the largest circulation in the district or by
2.16 mail. The board shall make a copy of the report available to
2.17 the public for inspection. The board shall send a copy of the
2.18 report to the commissioner of children, families, and learning
2.19 by October 15 of each year.
2.20 (c) The title of the report shall contain the name and
2.21 number of the school district and read "Annual Report on
2.22 Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Performance." The report
2.23 must include at least the following information about advisory
2.24 committee membership:
2.25 (1) the name of each committee member and the date when
2.26 that member's term expires;
2.27 (2) the method and criteria the school board uses to select
2.28 committee members; and
2.29 (3) the date by which a community resident must apply to
2.30 next serve on the committee.
2.31 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 121A.25,
2.32 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.33 Subdivision 1. [APPLICABILITY.] The definitions in this
2.34 section apply to Laws 1987, chapter 295 sections 121A.26 to
2.35 121A.29 and 121A.61, subdivision 3.
2.36 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123A.22,
3.1 subdivision 6, is amended to read:
3.2 Subd. 6. [COMMISSIONER APPROVAL.] Prior to the
3.3 commencement of the operation of any center Before a center
3.4 begins operation, the commissioner must approve the agreement
3.5 establishing the center entered into by participating districts
3.6 shall be approved by the commissioner.
3.7 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123A.22,
3.8 subdivision 7, is amended to read:
3.9 Subd. 7. [LAWS GOVERNING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
3.10 APPLY.] As of the effective date of the creation of any center
3.11 as contained in the agreement establishing the center, the
3.12 organization, operation, maintenance, and conduct of the affairs
3.13 of the center shall be governed by the general laws relating to
3.14 independent school districts of the state unless provided
3.15 otherwise herein or by statute passed hereafter in statute.
3.16 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
3.17 123A.27, is amended to read:
3.18 123A.27 [RESERVED REVENUE FOR DISTRICT COOPERATION.]
3.19 A district that was a member of an intermediate school
3.20 district organized pursuant to chapter 136D on July 1, 1996,
3.21 must place a portion of its general education revenue in a
3.22 reserved account for instructional services from entities formed
3.23 for cooperative services for special education programs and
3.24 secondary vocational programs. The amount reserved is equal to
3.25 the levy made according to Minnesota Statutes 1993 Supplement,
3.26 section 124.2727, subdivision 6, for taxes payable in 1994
3.27 divided by the actual pupil units in the intermediate school
3.28 district for fiscal year 1995 times the number of actual pupil
3.29 units in the school district in 1995. The district must use
3.30 5/11 of the revenue for special education and 6/11 of the
3.31 revenue for secondary vocational education. The district must
3.32 demonstrate that the revenue is being used to provide the full
3.33 range of special education and secondary vocational programs and
3.34 services available to each child served by the intermediate.
3.35 The secondary vocational programs and services must meet the
3.36 requirements established in an articulation agreement developed
4.1 between the commissioner of children, families, and learning and
4.2 the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
4.3 universities.
4.4 A district that was a member of an education district
4.5 organized pursuant to section 123A.15 on July 1, 1999, must
4.6 place a portion of its general education revenue in a reserve
4.7 account for instructional services from entities formed for
4.8 cooperative services. Services may include secondary vocational
4.9 programs, special education programs, staff development, and
4.10 gifted and talented instruction. The amount reserved is equal
4.11 to $50 per pupil unit times the actual number of pupil units in
4.12 the district.
4.13 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123A.48,
4.14 subdivision 19, is amended to read:
4.15 Subd. 19. [BONDS; ELECTION.] The board of the newly
4.16 created district, when constituted as provided in Minnesota
4.17 Statutes 1990, section 122.23, subdivision 17, may provide for
4.18 an election of that district on the issuance of bonds. It may
4.19 issue and sell bonds authorized at the election, or bonds
4.20 authorized at an election previously held in any preexisting
4.21 district wholly included within the newly created district, or
4.22 bonds for a purpose for which an election is not required by
4.23 law. The actions may be taken at any time after the date of the
4.24 county auditor's order issued under Minnesota Statutes 1990,
4.25 section 122.23, subdivision 17, and before or after the date
4.26 upon which the consolidation becomes effective for other
4.27 purposes, and taxes for the payment of the bonds shall be levied
4.28 upon all taxable property in the newly created district. No
4.29 bonds shall be delivered to purchasers until 30 days after the
4.30 date of the county auditor's order. If within this period a
4.31 notice of appeal from the county auditor's order to the district
4.32 court is filed in accordance with section 123A.49, no bonds
4.33 shall be delivered by the newly created district to purchasers
4.34 unless:
4.35 (1) the county auditor's order is affirmed by final order
4.36 of the district court in the special proceeding, and a period of
5.1 30 days from the service of the final order expires without an
5.2 appeal being commenced; or
5.3 (2) if an appeal is taken, the order is affirmed and the
5.4 time for petitioning for further review has expired.
5.5 Notwithstanding the pendency of the appeal, if all of the
5.6 territory of one and only one independent district maintaining a
5.7 secondary school is included in the newly created district, and
5.8 if the net tax capacity of taxable property in the territory
5.9 comprises 90 percent or more of the net tax capacity of all
5.10 taxable property in the newly created district, then the board
5.11 may issue, sell, and deliver any bonds voted by the preexisting
5.12 independent district and any bonds voted or otherwise authorized
5.13 by the newly created district, and the bonds must be paid by the
5.14 levy of taxes upon the property within the territory of the
5.15 preexisting independent district and within the other areas, if
5.16 any, that are finally determined to be properly included within
5.17 the newly created district. In any election held in the newly
5.18 created district as authorized in the preceding sentence, all
5.19 qualified electors residing within the area of that district as
5.20 defined in the county auditor's order shall be entitled to vote,
5.21 but the votes cast by residents of former districts or portions
5.22 of former districts included in the area, other than the
5.23 independent district maintaining the secondary school, shall be
5.24 received and counted separately. The bonds must not be issued
5.25 and sold unless authorized by a majority of the votes cast
5.26 thereon by electors of the independent district maintaining the
5.27 secondary school, and also by a majority of the votes cast
5.28 thereon by electors residing within the entire area of the newly
5.29 created district.
5.30 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123A.485,
5.31 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.32 Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY AND USE.] A district that has
5.33 been reorganized after June 30, 1994, under section 123A.48 is
5.34 eligible for consolidation transition revenue. Revenue is equal
5.35 to the sum of aid under subdivision 2 and levy under subdivision
5.36 3. Consolidation transition revenue may only be used according
6.1 to this section. Revenue must be used for the following
6.2 purposes and may be distributed among these purposes at the
6.3 discretion of the district:
6.4 (1) to offer early retirement incentives as provided by
6.5 section 123A.48, subdivision 23;
6.6 (2) to reduce operating debt as defined in section 123B.82;
6.7 (3) to enhance learning opportunities for students in the
6.8 reorganized district; and
6.9 (4) for other costs incurred in the reorganization.
6.10 Revenue received and utilized under clause (3) or (4) may
6.11 be expended for operating, facilities, and/or equipment.
6.12 Revenue received under this section must not be included in the
6.13 determination of the reduction under section 124A.26,
6.14 subdivision 1.
6.15 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.14,
6.16 subdivision 5, is amended to read:
6.17 Subd. 5. [INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.] In the event that valid
6.18 orders are presented to the treasurer for payment, and there are
6.19 insufficient funds on hand to pay them, the treasurer shall
6.20 receive, endorse and process them in accordance with section
6.21 124.06 123B.12.
6.22 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.31, is
6.23 amended to read:
6.24 123B.31 [LIMITATION OF SECTIONS.]
6.25 Material contained in sections 120B.09, 120B.14, 120B.35,
6.26 121A.21, 121A.24, 122A.44, 122A.69, 123A.22, 123A.24, 123B.02,
6.27 subdivisions 1 to 15 and 17 to 20, 123B.09, 123B.11, 123B.14,
6.28 123B.143, 123B.147, 123B.23, 123B.49, 123B.51, 123B.52, 123B.88,
6.29 124D.02, 124D.09, and 124D.51, unless expressly stated
6.30 otherwise, relates only to independent school districts.
6.31 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.70,
6.32 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.33 Subdivision 1. [COMMISSIONER APPROVAL.] In determining
6.34 whether to give a school facility a positive, negative, or
6.35 unfavorable review and comment, the commissioner must evaluate
6.36 the proposals for facilities using the information provided
7.1 under section 123B.71, subdivision 9.
7.2 The commissioner may submit a negative review and comment
7.3 for a project if the district has not submitted its capital
7.4 facilities plan required under section 124.243, subdivision 1,
7.5 to the commissioner.
7.6 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.86,
7.7 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.8 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL PROVISIONS.] A district shall
7.9 provide equal transportation within the district for all school
7.10 children to any school when transportation is deemed necessary
7.11 by the school board because of distance or traffic condition in
7.12 like manner and form as provided in sections 123B.88 and 124.223
7.13 123B.92, when applicable.
7.14 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.88,
7.15 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.16 Subdivision 1. [PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION.] The board may
7.17 provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school and
7.18 for any other purpose. The board may also provide for the
7.19 transportation of pupils to schools in other districts for
7.20 grades and departments not maintained in the district, including
7.21 high school, at the expense of the district, when funds are
7.22 available therefor and if agreeable to the district to which it
7.23 is proposed to transport the pupils, for the whole or a part of
7.24 the school year, as it may deem advisable, and subject to its
7.25 rules. In any district, the board must arrange for the
7.26 attendance of all pupils living two miles or more from the
7.27 school, except pupils whose transportation privileges have been
7.28 voluntarily surrendered under subdivision 2, or whose privileges
7.29 have been revoked under section 123B.91, subdivision 1, clause
7.30 (6), or 123B.90, paragraph (b), or whose privileges have been
7.31 voluntarily surrendered under subdivision 1a subdivision 2. The
7.32 district may provide for the transportation of or the boarding
7.33 and rooming of the pupils who may be more economically and
7.34 conveniently provided for by that means. Arrangements for
7.35 attendance may include a requirement that parents or guardians
7.36 request transportation before it is provided. The board must
8.1 provide transportation to and from the home of a child with a
8.2 disability not yet enrolled in kindergarten when special
8.3 instruction and services under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24,
8.4 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided in a location other
8.5 than in the child's home. When transportation is provided,
8.6 scheduling of routes, establishment of the location of bus
8.7 stops, manner and method of transportation, control and
8.8 discipline of school children and any other matter relating
8.9 thereto must be within the sole discretion, control, and
8.10 management of the board. The district may provide for the
8.11 transportation of pupils or expend a reasonable amount for room
8.12 and board of pupils whose attendance at school can more
8.13 economically and conveniently be provided for by that means or
8.14 who attend school in a building rented or leased by a district
8.15 within the confines of an adjacent district.
8.16 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.88,
8.17 subdivision 13, is amended to read:
8.18 Subd. 13. [AREA LEARNING CENTER PUPILS.] Districts may
8.19 provide bus transportation along school bus routes established
8.20 to provide nonregular transportation as defined in section
8.21 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (e)(2)(ii), when space is
8.22 available, for pupils attending programs at an area learning
8.23 center. The transportation is only permitted between schools
8.24 and if it does not increase the district's expenditures for
8.25 transportation. The cost of these services shall be considered
8.26 part of the authorized cost for nonregular transportation for
8.27 the purpose of section 123B.92.
8.28 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.88,
8.29 subdivision 22, is amended to read:
8.30 Subd. 22. [POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS PUPILS.]
8.31 Districts may provide bus transportation along school bus routes
8.32 established to provide nonregular transportation as defined in
8.33 section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (2), when
8.34 space is available, for pupils attending programs at a
8.35 post-secondary institution under the post-secondary enrollment
8.36 options program. The transportation is permitted only if it
9.1 does not increase the district's expenditures for
9.2 transportation. Fees collected for this service under section
9.3 123B.36, subdivision 1, paragraph (13), shall be subtracted from
9.4 the authorized cost for nonregular transportation for the
9.5 purpose of section 123B.92.
9.6 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.95,
9.7 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.8 Subd. 2. [FINANCES.] The board must submit to the annual
9.9 meeting an estimate of the expenses of the district for the
9.10 coming year for a school term as determined by the board and for
9.11 such other specified purposes as the board may deem proper. If
9.12 the annual meeting fails to vote a sufficient tax to maintain
9.13 the district for such time, the board must levy such tax
9.14 pursuant to and within the limitations of sections 124.226,
9.15 124D.22, 126C.40 to 126C.45, and 126C.48; but no board shall
9.16 expend any money or incur any liability for any purpose beyond
9.17 the sum appropriated by vote of the district for such purpose,
9.18 or levied by the board pursuant to this subdivision, or on hand
9.19 and applicable thereto.
9.20 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.11,
9.21 subdivision 5, is amended to read:
9.22 Subd. 5. [SPECIAL EDUCATION AID.] Except as provided in
9.23 subdivision 2, paragraph (b), special education aid must be paid
9.24 to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as though it
9.25 were a school district. The charter school may charge tuition
9.26 to the district of residence as provided in section 125A.11.
9.27 The charter school shall allocate its special education levy
9.28 equalization revenue to the resident districts of the pupils
9.29 attending the charter school. The districts of residence shall
9.30 levy as though they were participating in a cooperative, as
9.31 provided in section 125A.77, subdivision 3.
9.32 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.114, is
9.33 amended to read:
9.34 124D.114 [LACTOSE REDUCED MILK.]
9.35 (a) If a nonpublic school or district receives school lunch
9.36 aid under section 124D.111 or participates in the school
10.1 breakfast program and receives a written request from the parent
10.2 of a pupil who is lactose intolerant, then the nonpublic school
10.3 or district must make available lactose reduced milk; milk
10.4 fortified with lactase in liquid, tablet, granular, or other
10.5 form; or milk to which lactobacillus acidophilus has been added
10.6 for the pupil.
10.7 (b) Notwithstanding any law, local ordinance, or local
10.8 regulation to the contrary, a school may pour or serve portions
10.9 of any product required by this section from a large container
10.10 of the product at the time and place the pupil is being served.
10.11 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.21, is
10.12 amended to read:
10.13 124D.21 [ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION REVENUE.]
10.14 (a) A district that is eligible under section 124D.20,
10.15 subdivision 2, may levy an amount up to the amount authorized by
10.16 Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 275.125, subdivision 8, clause
10.17 (2).
10.18 (b) Beginning with levies for fiscal year 1995, this levy
10.19 must be reduced each year by the amount of any increase in the
10.20 levying district's general community education revenue under
10.21 section 124D.20, subdivision 3, for that fiscal year over the
10.22 amount received by the district under Minnesota Statutes 1992,
10.23 section 124.2713, subdivision 3, for fiscal year 1994.
10.24 (c) The proceeds of the levy may be used for the purposes
10.25 set forth in section 124D.20, subdivision 8.
10.26 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.38,
10.27 subdivision 9, is amended to read:
10.28 Subd. 9. [COMMISSION.] "Commission" means the Minnesota
10.29 commission on national and community service established in
10.30 section 121.703 124D.385.
10.31 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.40, is
10.32 amended to read:
10.33 124D.40 [YOUTH WORKS GRANTS.]
10.34 Subdivision 1. [APPLICATION.] An eligible organization
10.35 interested in receiving a grant under sections 124D.39 to
10.36 124D.44 may prepare and submit to the commission, and beginning
11.1 January 1, 1997, the council, an application that complies with
11.2 section 124D.41.
11.3 Subd. 2. [GRANT AUTHORITY.] The commission and, beginning
11.4 January 1, 1997, the council must use any state appropriation
11.5 and any available federal funds, including any grant received
11.6 under federal law, to award grants to establish programs for
11.7 youth works meeting the requirements of section 124D.41. At
11.8 least one grant each must be available for a metropolitan
11.9 proposal, a rural proposal, and a statewide proposal. If a
11.10 portion of the suburban metropolitan area is not included in the
11.11 metropolitan grant proposal, the statewide grant proposal must
11.12 incorporate at least one suburban metropolitan area. In
11.13 awarding grants, the commission and, beginning January 1, 1997,
11.14 the council may select at least one residential proposal and one
11.15 nonresidential proposal, provided the proposals meet or exceed
11.16 the criteria in section 124D.41.
11.17 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.41, is
11.18 amended to read:
11.19 124D.41 [GRANT APPLICATIONS.]
11.20 Subdivision 1. [APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.] An organization
11.21 seeking federal or state grant money under sections 124D.39 to
11.22 124D.44 shall prepare and submit to the commission and,
11.23 beginning January 1, 1997, the council an application that meets
11.24 the requirements of this section. The commission and, beginning
11.25 January 1, 1997, the council must develop, and the applying
11.26 organizations must comply with, the form and manner of the
11.27 application.
11.28 Subd. 2. [APPLICATION CONTENT.] An applicant on its
11.29 application must:
11.30 (1) propose a program to provide participants the
11.31 opportunity to perform community service to meet specific unmet
11.32 community needs, and participate in classroom, work-based, and
11.33 service-learning;
11.34 (2) assess the community's unmet educational, human,
11.35 environmental, and public safety needs, the resources and
11.36 programs available for meeting those needs, and how young people
12.1 participated in assessing community needs;
12.2 (3) describe the educational component of the program,
12.3 including classroom hours per week, classroom time for
12.4 participants to reflect on the program experience, and
12.5 anticipated academic outcomes related to the service experience;
12.6 (4) describe the work to be performed, the ratio of youth
12.7 participants to crew leaders and mentors, and the expectations
12.8 and qualifications for crew leaders and mentors;
12.9 (5) describe local funds or resources available to meet the
12.10 match requirements of section 124D.44;
12.11 (6) describe any funds available for the program from
12.12 sources other than the requested grant;
12.13 (7) describe any agreements with local businesses to
12.14 provide participants with work-learning opportunities and
12.15 mentors;
12.16 (8) describe any agreement with local post-secondary
12.17 educational institutions to offer participants course credits
12.18 for their community service-learning experience;
12.19 (9) describe any agreement with a local high school or an
12.20 alternative learning center to provide remedial education,
12.21 credit for community service work and work-based learning, or
12.22 graduate equivalency degrees;
12.23 (10) describe any pay for service or other program delivery
12.24 mechanism that will provide reimbursement for benefits conferred
12.25 or recover costs of services participants perform;
12.26 (11) describe how local resources will be used to provide
12.27 support and assistance for participants to encourage them to
12.28 continue with the program, fulfill the terms of the contract,
12.29 and remain eligible for any postservice benefit;
12.30 (12) describe the arbitration mechanism for dispute
12.31 resolution required under section 124D.42, subdivision 2;
12.32 (13) describe involvement of community leaders in
12.33 developing broad-based support for the program;
12.34 (14) describe the consultation and sign-off process to be
12.35 used with any local labor organization representing employees in
12.36 the area engaged in work similar to that proposed for the
13.1 program to ensure that no current employees or available
13.2 employment positions will be displaced by program participants;
13.3 (15) certify to the commission and, beginning January 1,
13.4 1997, the council, and to any certified bargaining
13.5 representatives representing employees of the applying
13.6 organization that the project will not decrease employment
13.7 opportunities that would be available without the project; will
13.8 not displace current employees including any partial
13.9 displacement in the form of reduced hours of work other than
13.10 overtime, wages, employment benefits, or regular seasonal work;
13.11 will not impair existing labor agreements; and will not result
13.12 in the substitution of project funding for preexisting funds or
13.13 sources of funds for ongoing work;
13.14 (16) describe the length of the required service period,
13.15 which may not be less than six months or more than two years, a
13.16 method to incorporate a participant's readiness to advance or
13.17 need for postservice financial assistance into individual
13.18 service requirements, and any opportunity for participating part
13.19 time or in another program;
13.20 (17) describe a program evaluation plan that contains
13.21 cost-effectiveness measures, measures of participant success
13.22 including educational accomplishments, job placements, community
13.23 contributions, and ongoing volunteer activities, outcome
13.24 measures based on a preprogram and postprogram survey of
13.25 community rates of arrest, incarceration, teenage pregnancy, and
13.26 other indicators of youth in trouble, and a list of local
13.27 resources dedicated to reducing these rates;
13.28 (18) describe a three-year financial plan for maintaining
13.29 the program;
13.30 (19) describe the role of local youth in developing all
13.31 aspects of the grant proposal; and
13.32 (20) describe the process by which the local private
13.33 industry council participated in, and reviewed the grant
13.34 application.
13.35 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.42,
13.36 subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.1 Subd. 4. [USES OF POSTSERVICE BENEFITS.] (a) A postservice
14.2 benefit for a participant provided under subdivision 3,
14.3 paragraph (a), (b), or (c), must be available for seven years
14.4 after completing the program and may only be used for:
14.5 (1) paying a student loan;
14.6 (2) costs of attending an institution of higher education;
14.7 or
14.8 (3) expenses incurred by a student in an approved youth
14.9 apprenticeship program under sections 124D.46 to 124D.49 or in a
14.10 registered apprenticeship program approved by the department of
14.11 labor and industry.
14.12 Financial assistance provided under this subdivision must be in
14.13 the form of vendor payments whenever possible. Any postservice
14.14 benefits provided by federal funds or vouchers may be used as a
14.15 downpayment on, or closing costs for, purchasing a first home.
14.16 (b) Postservice benefits are to be used to develop skills
14.17 required in occupations where numbers of jobs are likely to
14.18 increase. The commission, in consultation with the workforce
14.19 development council, and beginning January 1, 1997, the
14.20 workforce development council, must determine how the benefits
14.21 may be used in order to best prepare participants with skills
14.22 that build on their service-learning and equip them for
14.23 meaningful employment.
14.24 (c) The postservice benefit must not be included in
14.25 determining financial need when establishing eligibility or
14.26 award amounts for financial assistance programs under chapter
14.27 136A.
14.28 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.42,
14.29 subdivision 6, is amended to read:
14.30 Subd. 6. [PROGRAM TRAINING.] (a) The commission and,
14.31 beginning January 1, 1997, the council must, within available
14.32 resources, ensure an opportunity for each participant to have
14.33 three weeks of training in a residential setting. If offered,
14.34 each training session must:
14.35 (1) orient each participant in the nature, philosophy, and
14.36 purpose of the program;
15.1 (2) build an ethic of community service through general
15.2 community service training; and
15.3 (3) provide additional training as it determines necessary.
15.4 (b) Each grantee organization shall also train participants
15.5 in skills relevant to the community service opportunity.
15.6 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.42,
15.7 subdivision 7, is amended to read:
15.8 Subd. 7. [TRAINING AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.] Each
15.9 grantee organization must assess the educational level of each
15.10 entering participant. Each grantee shall work to enhance the
15.11 educational skills of each participant. The commission and,
15.12 beginning January 1, 1997, the council may coordinate or
15.13 contract with educational institutions or other providers for
15.14 educational services and evaluation. All grantees shall give
15.15 priority to educating and training participants who do not have
15.16 a high school diploma or its equivalent, or who cannot afford
15.17 post-secondary training and education.
15.18 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.43, is
15.19 amended to read:
15.20 124D.43 [PRIORITY GIVEN TO ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION MEETING
15.21 SPECIFIC GOALS.]
15.22 The commission and, beginning January 1, 1997, the council
15.23 must give priority to an eligible organization proposing a
15.24 program that meets the goals of sections 124D.39 to 124D.42, and
15.25 that:
15.26 (1) involves youth in a meaningful way in all stages of the
15.27 program, including assessing community needs, preparing the
15.28 application, and assuming postservice leadership and mentoring
15.29 responsibilities;
15.30 (2) serves a community with significant unmet needs;
15.31 (3) provides an approach that is most likely to reduce
15.32 arrest rates, incarceration rates, teenage pregnancy, and other
15.33 indicators of troubled youth;
15.34 (4) builds linkages with existing, successful programs; and
15.35 (5) can be operational quickly.
15.36 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.45,
16.1 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.2 Subdivision 1. [GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS.] Each grantee
16.3 organization shall report to the commission and, beginning
16.4 January 1, 1997, the council at the time and on the matters
16.5 requested by the commission and, beginning January 1, 1997, the
16.6 council.
16.7 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.45,
16.8 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.9 Subd. 2. [INTERIM REPORT.] The commission and, beginning
16.10 January 1, 1997, the council must report semiannually to the
16.11 legislature with interim recommendations to change the program.
16.12 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
16.13 124D.454, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
16.14 Subd. 8. [USE OF AID.] The aid provided pursuant to under
16.15 this section shall be paid only for services rendered as
16.16 designated in subdivision 2 or for the costs designated in
16.17 subdivision 3 which are incurred in according to this section
16.18 for transition programs for children with a disability which are
16.19 approved by the commissioner of children, families, and learning
16.20 and operated in accordance with rules promulgated by the
16.21 commissioner. These rules shall be subject to the restrictions
16.22 provided in section 124D.453, subdivision 6. The procedure for
16.23 application for approval of these programs shall be as provided
16.24 in section 125A.75, subdivisions 4 and 6, and the application
16.25 review process shall be conducted by the office of lifework
16.26 development in the department.
16.27 Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.53,
16.28 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.29 Subd. 2. [PROGRAMS FUNDED.] Adult basic education programs
16.30 established under section 124D.52 and approved by the
16.31 commissioner are eligible for revenue aid under this section.
16.32 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.61, is
16.33 amended to read:
16.34 124D.61 [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAMS.]
16.35 A district which receives aid pursuant to section 124.273
16.36 124D.65 must comply with the following program requirements:
17.1 (1) to the extent possible, the district must avoid
17.2 isolating children of limited English proficiency for a
17.3 substantial part of the school day; and
17.4 (2) in predominantly nonverbal subjects, such as art,
17.5 music, and physical education, pupils of limited English
17.6 proficiency shall be permitted to participate fully and on an
17.7 equal basis with their contemporaries in public school classes
17.8 provided for these subjects. To the extent possible, the
17.9 district must assure to pupils enrolled in a program for limited
17.10 English proficient students an equal and meaningful opportunity
17.11 to participate fully with other pupils in all extracurricular
17.12 activities.
17.13 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
17.14 124D.81, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.15 Subdivision 1. [GRANTS; PROCEDURES.] Each fiscal year the
17.16 commissioner of children, families, and learning must make
17.17 grants to no fewer than six American Indian language and culture
17.18 education programs. At least three programs must be in urban
17.19 areas and at least three must be on or near reservations. The
17.20 board of a local district, a participating school or a group of
17.21 boards may develop a proposal for grants in support of American
17.22 Indian language and culture education programs. Proposals may
17.23 provide for contracts for the provision of program components by
17.24 nonsectarian nonpublic, community, tribal, or alternative
17.25 schools. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner
17.26 of application for grants, and no grant shall be made for a
17.27 proposal not complying with the requirements of sections 126.45
17.28 124D.71 to 126.55 124D.82. The commissioner must submit all
17.29 proposals to the state advisory task force on American Indian
17.30 language and culture education programs for its recommendations
17.31 concerning approval, modification, or disapproval and the
17.32 amounts of grants to approved programs.
17.33 Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.83,
17.34 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.35 Subd. 2. [REVENUE AMOUNT.] An American Indian-controlled
17.36 tribal contract or grant school that is located on a reservation
18.1 within the state and that complies with the requirements in
18.2 subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant
18.3 school aid. The amount of aid is derived by:
18.4 (1) multiplying the formula allowance under section
18.5 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170, times the difference between
18.6 (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 124A.02
18.7 126C.05, subdivision 15 6, in average daily membership,
18.8 excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, and (ii) the number
18.9 of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to
18.10 section 126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section
18.11 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which the school is receiving
18.12 reimbursement under section 124D.69;
18.13 (2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to
18.14 the product of the formula allowance under section 126C.10,
18.15 subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract compensation
18.16 revenue pupil units;
18.17 (3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of
18.18 money allotted to the school by the federal government through
18.19 Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of Indian
18.20 Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25,
18.21 part 39, subparts A to E, for the basic program as defined by
18.22 section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied to
18.23 kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school
18.24 adjustments and additional weighting, but not money allotted
18.25 through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school board
18.26 training, student training, interim maintenance and minor
18.27 repair, interim administration cost, prekindergarten, and
18.28 operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is
18.29 received according to section 124D.69;
18.30 (4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the
18.31 resident pupil units in average daily membership, excluding
18.32 section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract
18.33 compensation revenue pupil units; and
18.34 (5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units,
18.35 including section 126C.05, subdivision 13, in average daily
18.36 membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil
19.1 units by the lesser of $1,500 or the result in clause (4).
19.2 Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.895, is
19.3 amended to read:
19.4 124D.895 [PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS.]
19.5 Subdivision 1. [PROGRAM GOALS.] The department, in
19.6 consultation with the state curriculum advisory committee, must
19.7 develop guidelines and model plans for parental involvement
19.8 programs that will:
19.9 (1) engage the interests and talents of parents or
19.10 guardians in recognizing and meeting the emotional,
19.11 intellectual, and physical needs of their school-age children;
19.12 (2) promote healthy self-concepts among parents or
19.13 guardians and other family members;
19.14 (3) offer parents or guardians a chance to share and learn
19.15 about educational skills, techniques, and ideas;
19.16 (4) provide creative learning experiences for parents or
19.17 guardians and their school-age children, including involvement
19.18 from parents or guardians of color;
19.19 (5) encourage parents to actively participate in their
19.20 district's curriculum advisory committee under section
19.21 126.666 120B.11 in order to assist the school board in improving
19.22 children's education programs; and
19.23 (6) encourage parents to help in promoting school
19.24 desegregation/integration.
19.25 Subd. 2. [PLAN CONTENTS.] Model plans for a parental
19.26 involvement program must include at least the following:
19.27 (1) program goals;
19.28 (2) means for achieving program goals;
19.29 (3) methods for informing parents or guardians, in a timely
19.30 way, about the program;
19.31 (4) strategies for ensuring the full participation of
19.32 parents or guardians, including those parents or guardians who
19.33 lack literacy skills or whose native language is not English,
19.34 including involvement from parents or guardians of color;
19.35 (5) procedures for coordinating the program with
19.36 kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum, with parental
20.1 involvement programs currently available in the community, with
20.2 the PER process under sections 126.661 120B.10 to
20.3 126.67 120B.11, and with other education facilities located in
20.4 the community;
20.5 (6) strategies for training teachers and other school staff
20.6 to work effectively with parents and guardians;
20.7 (7) procedures for parents or guardians and educators to
20.8 evaluate and report progress toward program goals; and
20.9 (8) a mechanism for convening a local community advisory
20.10 committee composed primarily of parents or guardians to advise a
20.11 district on implementing a parental involvement program.
20.12 Subd. 3. [PLAN ACTIVITIES.] Activities contained in the
20.13 model plans must include:
20.14 (1) educational opportunities for families that enhance
20.15 children's learning development;
20.16 (2) educational programs for parents or guardians on
20.17 families' educational responsibilities and resources;
20.18 (3) the hiring, training, and use of parental involvement
20.19 liaison workers to coordinate family involvement activities and
20.20 to foster communication among families, educators, and students;
20.21 (4) curriculum materials and assistance in implementing
20.22 home and community-based learning activities that reinforce and
20.23 extend classroom instruction and student motivation;
20.24 (5) technical assistance, including training to design and
20.25 carry out family involvement programs;
20.26 (6) parent resource centers;
20.27 (7) parent training programs and reasonable and necessary
20.28 expenditures associated with parents' attendance at training
20.29 sessions;
20.30 (8) reports to parents on children's progress;
20.31 (9) use of parents as classroom volunteers, or as
20.32 volunteers in before and after school programs for school-age
20.33 children, tutors, and aides;
20.34 (10) soliciting parents' suggestions in planning,
20.35 developing, and implementing school programs;
20.36 (11) educational programs and opportunities for parents or
21.1 guardians that are multicultural, gender fair, and disability
21.2 sensitive;
21.3 (12) involvement in a district's curriculum advisory
21.4 committee or a school building team under section 126.666
21.5 120B.11; and
21.6 (13) opportunities for parent involvement in developing,
21.7 implementing, or evaluating school and district
21.8 desegregation/integration plans.
21.9 Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.896, is
21.10 amended to read:
21.11 124D.896 [DESEGREGATION/INTEGRATION AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
21.12 RULES.]
21.13 (a) By January 10, 1999, the commissioner shall make
21.14 propose rules relating to desegregation/integration and
21.15 inclusive education.
21.16 (b) In adopting a rule related to school
21.17 desegregation/integration, the commissioner shall address the
21.18 need for equal educational opportunities for all students and
21.19 racial balance as defined by the commissioner.
21.20 Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
21.21 125A.79, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.22 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this
21.23 section, the definitions in this subdivision apply.
21.24 (a) "Unreimbursed special education cost" means the sum of
21.25 the following:
21.26 (1) expenditures for teachers' salaries, contracted
21.27 services, supplies, equipment, and transportation services
21.28 eligible for revenue under section 125A.76; plus
21.29 (2) expenditures for tuition bills received under sections
21.30 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65 for services eligible for revenue
21.31 under sections section 125A.76, subdivision 2, and 124.3202,
21.32 subdivision 1; minus
21.33 (3) revenue for teachers' salaries, contracted services,
21.34 supplies, and equipment under sections 124.3202 and 124A.76
21.35 section 125A.76; minus
21.36 (4) tuition receipts under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and
22.1 125A.65 for services eligible for revenue under sections
22.2 124.3202, subdivision 1, and 124A.76 section 125A.76,
22.3 subdivision 2.
22.4 (b) "General revenue" means for fiscal year 1996, the sum
22.5 of the general education revenue according to section 126C.10,
22.6 subdivision 1, as adjusted according to section 127A.47,
22.7 subdivision 7, plus the total referendum revenue according to
22.8 section 126C.17, subdivision 4. For fiscal years 1997 and
22.9 later, "general revenue" means the sum of the general education
22.10 revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, as adjusted
22.11 according to section 127A.47, subdivisions 7 and 8, plus the
22.12 total referendum revenue minus transportation sparsity revenue
22.13 minus total operating capital revenue.
22.14 (c) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in
22.15 section 126C.05.
22.16 (d) "Program growth factor" means 1.044 for fiscal year
22.17 2002 and 1.02 for fiscal year 2003 and later.
22.18 Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
22.19 126C.10, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
22.20 Subd. 9. [SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE.] (a) A district's
22.21 supplemental revenue allowance for fiscal year 1994 and later
22.22 fiscal years equals the district's supplemental revenue for
22.23 fiscal year 1993 divided by the district's 1992-1993 resident
22.24 pupil units.
22.25 (b) A district's supplemental revenue allowance is reduced
22.26 for fiscal year 1995 and later according to subdivision 12.
22.27 (c) A district's supplemental revenue equals the
22.28 supplemental revenue allowance, if any, times its adjusted
22.29 marginal cost pupil units for that year.
22.30 (d) A district may cancel its supplemental revenue by
22.31 notifying the commissioner of education prior to June 30, 1994.
22.32 A district that is reorganizing under section 122A.35 123A.35,
22.33 123A.46, or 123A.48 may cancel its supplemental revenue by
22.34 notifying the commissioner of children, families, and learning
22.35 before July 1 of the year of the reorganization. If a district
22.36 cancels its supplemental revenue according to this paragraph,
23.1 its supplemental revenue allowance for fiscal year 1993 for
23.2 purposes of subdivision 12 and section 124A.03, subdivision 3b,
23.3 equals zero.
23.4 Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.14, is
23.5 amended to read:
23.6 126C.14 [GENERAL EDUCATION LEVY EQUITY.]
23.7 If a district's general education levy is determined
23.8 according to section 126C.13, subdivision 3, an amount must be
23.9 deducted from state aid authorized in this chapter and chapters
23.10 120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124B, 124D, 125A, and 127A, receivable
23.11 for the same school year, and from other state payments
23.12 receivable for the same school year authorized in chapter 273.
23.13 The aid in section 124D.111 must not be reduced.
23.14 The amount of the deduction equals the difference between:
23.15 (1) the general education tax rate, according to section
23.16 126C.13, times the district's adjusted net tax capacity used to
23.17 determine the general education aid for the same school year;
23.18 and
23.19 (2) the district's general education revenue, excluding
23.20 transition revenue and supplemental revenue, for the same school
23.21 year, according to section 126C.10.
23.22 Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
23.23 126C.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.24 Subd. 3. [RECOMMENDATION.] A school site decision-making
23.25 team, as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 3 2, paragraph
23.26 (a), or the instruction and curriculum advisory committee under
23.27 section 120B.11, if the school has no school site decision team,
23.28 shall recommend how the compensatory education revenue will be
23.29 used to carry out the purpose of this section.
23.30 Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.16,
23.31 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.32 Subdivision 1. [REVENUE CONVERSION.] Except as provided
23.33 under subdivision 3, the referendum authority under section
23.34 126C.17 and the levy authority under section 124.912,
23.35 subdivisions 2 and 3, of a district must be converted by the
23.36 department according to this section.
24.1 Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.16,
24.2 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.3 Subd. 2. [RATE ADJUSTMENT.] The department must adjust a
24.4 district's referendum authority for a referendum approved before
24.5 July 1, 1991, excluding authority based on a dollar amount, and
24.6 the levy authority under section 124.912, subdivisions 2 and 3,
24.7 by multiplying the sum of the rates authorized by a district
24.8 under section 126C.17 and the rates in section 124.912,
24.9 subdivisions 2 and 3, by the ratio determined under subdivision
24.10 2 for the assessment year for which the revenue is
24.11 attributable. The adjusted rates for assessment year 1993 apply
24.12 to later years for which the revenue is authorized.
24.13 Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
24.14 126C.22, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.15 Subd. 4. [REVENUE USES.] (a) A district must place its
24.16 district cooperation revenue in a reserved account and may only
24.17 use the revenue to purchase goods and services from entities
24.18 formed for cooperative purposes or to otherwise provide
24.19 educational services in a cooperative manner.
24.20 (b) A district that was a member of an intermediate school
24.21 district organized pursuant to chapter 136D on July 1, 1996,
24.22 must place its district cooperation revenue in a reserved
24.23 account and must allocate a portion of the reserved revenue for
24.24 instructional services from entities formed for cooperative
24.25 services for special education programs and secondary vocational
24.26 programs. The allocated amount is equal to the levy made
24.27 according to Minnesota Statutes 1993 Supplement, section
24.28 124.2727, subdivision 6, for taxes payable in 1994 divided by
24.29 the resident pupil units in the intermediate school district for
24.30 fiscal year 1995 times the number of resident pupil units in the
24.31 school district in 1995. The district must use 5/11 of the
24.32 revenue for special education and 6/11 of the revenue for
24.33 secondary vocational education. The district must demonstrate
24.34 that the revenue is being used to provide the full range of
24.35 special education and secondary vocational programs and services
24.36 available to each child served by the intermediate. The
25.1 secondary vocational programs and service must meet the
25.2 requirements established in an articulation agreement developed
25.3 between the commissioner of children, families, and learning and
25.4 the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
25.5 universities.
25.6 (c) A district that was not a member of an intermediate
25.7 district organized under chapter 136D on July 1, 1994, must
25.8 spend at least $9 per pupil unit of its district cooperation
25.9 revenue on secondary vocational programs.
25.10 Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.41,
25.11 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.12 Subdivision 1. [HEALTH INSURANCE.] (a) A district may levy
25.13 the amount necessary to make employer contributions for
25.14 insurance for retired employees under this subdivision.
25.15 (b) The school board of a joint vocational technical
25.16 district formed under the provisions formerly codified as
25.17 sections 136C.60 to 136C.69 and the school board of a school
25.18 district may provide employer-paid hospital, medical, and dental
25.19 benefits to a person who:
25.20 (1) is eligible for employer-paid insurance under
25.21 collective bargaining agreements or personnel plans in effect on
25.22 June 30, 1992;
25.23 (2) has at least 25 years of service credit in the public
25.24 pension plan of which the person is a member on the day before
25.25 retirement or, in the case of a teacher, has a total of at least
25.26 25 years of service credit in the teachers retirement
25.27 association, a first-class city teacher retirement fund, or any
25.28 combination of these;
25.29 (3) upon retirement is immediately eligible for a
25.30 retirement annuity;
25.31 (4) is at least 55 and not yet 65 years of age; and
25.32 (5) retires on or after May 15, 1992, and before July 21,
25.33 1992.
25.34 A school board paying insurance under this subdivision may
25.35 not exclude any eligible employees.
25.36 (c) An employee who is eligible both for the health
26.1 insurance benefit under this subdivision and for an early
26.2 retirement incentive under a collective bargaining agreement or
26.3 personnel plan established by the employer must select either
26.4 the early retirement incentive provided under the collective
26.5 bargaining agreement personnel plan or the incentive provided
26.6 under this subdivision, but may not receive both. For purposes
26.7 of this subdivision, a person retires when the person terminates
26.8 active employment and applies for retirement benefits. The
26.9 retired employee is eligible for single and dependent coverages
26.10 and employer payments to which the person was entitled
26.11 immediately before retirement, subject to any changes in
26.12 coverage and employer and employee payments through collective
26.13 bargaining or personnel plans, for employees in positions
26.14 equivalent to the position from which the employee retired. The
26.15 retired employee is not eligible for employer-paid life
26.16 insurance. Eligibility ceases when the retired employee attains
26.17 the age of 65, or when the employee chooses not to receive the
26.18 retirement benefits for which the employee has applied, or when
26.19 the employee is eligible for employer-paid health insurance from
26.20 a new employer. Coverages must be coordinated with relevant
26.21 health insurance benefits provided through the federally
26.22 sponsored Medicare program.
26.23 (d) Unilateral implementation of this section by a public
26.24 employer is not an unfair labor practice for purposes of chapter
26.25 179A. The authority provided in this subdivision for an
26.26 employer to pay health insurance costs for certain retired
26.27 employees is not subject to the limits in section 179A.20,
26.28 subdivision 2a.
26.29 (e) If a school district levies according to this
26.30 subdivision, it may not also levy according to section 123A.73,
26.31 subdivision 12, for eligible employees.
26.32 Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
26.33 126C.44, is amended to read:
26.34 126C.44 [CRIME-RELATED COSTS LEVY.]
26.35 Each district may make a levy on all taxable property
26.36 located within the district for the purposes specified in this
27.1 subdivision. The maximum amount which may be levied for all
27.2 costs under this subdivision shall be equal to $1.50 multiplied
27.3 by the population of the school district. For purposes of this
27.4 subdivision, "population" of the school district means the same
27.5 as contained in section 275.14. The proceeds of the levy must
27.6 be used for directly funding the following purposes or for
27.7 reimbursing the cities and counties who contract with the
27.8 district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs
27.9 incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of
27.10 peace officers and sheriffs for liaison services in the
27.11 district's middle and secondary schools; (2) to pay the costs
27.12 for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in Minnesota
27.13 Statutes 1991 Supplement, section 609.101, subdivision 3,
27.14 paragraph (f) (e), in the elementary schools; (3) to pay the
27.15 costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the
27.16 middle schools; or (4) to pay the costs for other crime
27.17 prevention and drug abuse and violence prevention measures taken
27.18 by the school district. The district must initially attempt to
27.19 contract for services to be provided by peace officers or
27.20 sheriffs with the police department of each city or the
27.21 sheriff's department of the county within the district
27.22 containing the school receiving the services. If a local police
27.23 department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to
27.24 provide the necessary services, the district may contract for
27.25 these services with any other police or sheriff's department
27.26 located entirely or partially within the school district's
27.27 boundaries. The levy authorized under this subdivision is not
27.28 included in determining the school district's levy limitations.
27.29 Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.48,
27.30 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.31 Subd. 2. [NOTICE TO COMMISSIONER; FORMS.] By October 7 of
27.32 each year each district must notify the commissioner of the
27.33 proposed levies in compliance with the levy limitations of this
27.34 chapter and chapters 120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124B, 124D, 125A,
27.35 127A, and 136D. By January 15 of each year each district must
27.36 notify the commissioner of the final levies certified. The
28.1 commissioner shall prescribe the form of these notifications and
28.2 may request any additional information necessary to compute
28.3 certified levy amounts.
28.4 Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.48,
28.5 subdivision 5, is amended to read:
28.6 Subd. 5. [ESTIMATES.] The computation of levy limitations
28.7 pursuant to this chapter and chapters 120B, 122A, 123A,
28.8 123B, 124B, 124D, 125A, 127A, 136C, and 136D shall be based on
28.9 estimates where necessary. If as a result of using estimates
28.10 for these computations the amount of any levy is different from
28.11 the amount which could actually have been levied if actual data
28.12 had been available, levy limitations in the first year when the
28.13 actual data is known shall be adjusted to reflect for this
28.14 difference. The amount of any adjustment to levy limitations
28.15 pursuant to this subdivision shall be recognized as revenue in
28.16 the school year when the levy for which the levy limitation is
28.17 so adjusted is recognized as revenue.
28.18 Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 127A.41,
28.19 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.20 Subdivision 1. [COMMISSIONER DUTIES.] The commissioner
28.21 shall supervise distribution of school aids and grants in
28.22 accordance with law. It The commissioner may make rules
28.23 consistent with law for the distribution to enable districts to
28.24 perform efficiently the services required by law and further
28.25 education in the state, including reasonable requirements for
28.26 the reports and accounts to it as will assure accurate and
28.27 lawful apportionment of aids. State and federal aids and
28.28 discretionary or entitlement grants distributed by the
28.29 commissioner shall not be subject to the contract approval
28.30 procedures of the commissioner of administration or to chapter
28.31 16A, 16B, or 16C. The commissioner shall adopt internal
28.32 procedures for administration and monitoring of aids and grants.
28.33 Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
28.34 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
28.35 Subd. 13. [AID PAYMENT PERCENTAGE.] Except as provided in
28.36 subdivisions 11, 12, 12a, and 14, each fiscal year, all
29.1 education aids and credits in this chapter and chapters 120A,
29.2 120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124B, 124D, 125A, 125B, 126C, 134,
29.3 and section 273.1392, shall be paid at 90 percent of the
29.4 estimated entitlement during the fiscal year of the
29.5 entitlement. The final adjustment payment, according to
29.6 subdivision 9, must be the amount of the actual entitlement,
29.7 after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during
29.8 the fiscal year of the entitlement.
29.9 Sec. 49. Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 5, section 50,
29.10 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
29.11 Subdivision 1. [ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.] A task force on
29.12 prekindergarten through grade 12 education governance structure
29.13 is established to examine the transitional issues related to the
29.14 repeal of the state board of education under section 39,
29.15 paragraph (b) 56.
29.16 Sec. 50. [REPEALERS WITHOUT EFFECT.]
29.17 Subdivision 1. [EFFECT.] (a) The repeal of Minnesota
29.18 Statutes 1994, section 121.703, by Laws 1995, chapter 131,
29.19 section 3, subdivision 3, with an effective date of July 1,
29.20 1997, is without effect and Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
29.21 121.703, as amended by Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter
29.22 4, article 3, section 10, remains in effect after June 30, 1997.
29.23 (b) The repeal of Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.11,
29.24 subdivision 7d, by Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 6, section
29.25 38, paragraph (b), with an effective date of January 10, 1999,
29.26 is without effect and Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.11,
29.27 subdivision 7d, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 397, article 4,
29.28 section 51, and chapter 398, article 5, section 7, remains in
29.29 effect after January 9, 1999. Any rules adopted under section
29.30 121.11, subdivision 7d, remain in effect until otherwise
29.31 provided by law or rule.
29.32 Subd. 2. [REVISOR INSTRUCTION.] In the next and subsequent
29.33 editions of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall
29.34 renumber section 121.703 as 124D.385. The revisor shall also
29.35 make necessary cross-reference changes consistent with the
29.36 renumbering.
30.1 Subd. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] Subdivision 1, paragraph (a),
30.2 is effective retroactive to July 1, 1997. Subdivision 1,
30.3 paragraph (b), is effective retroactive to July 1, 1998.
30.4 Sec. 51. [REPEALER.]
30.5 (a) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 124D.128, subdivision
30.6 4; 124D.38, subdivision 10; and 124D.45, subdivision 3, are
30.7 repealed.
30.8 (b) Laws 1997, chapter 192, section 19, is repealed.
30.9 (c) Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5,
30.10 section 9, is repealed.
30.11 Sec. 52. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
30.12 Section 43 is effective retroactive to July 1, 1995.
30.13 Section 35 is effective retroactive to January 1, 1999.