HF 3364

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/19/2024 04:37pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; requiring priority for children placed in foster care to access
school-age care programs; modifying school-age care revenue eligibility and uses;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.19,
subdivision 11; 124D.22; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision
10.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

School-age care programs.

(a) A school board may offer, as part of a
community education program, a school-age care program for children from kindergarten
through grade 6 for the purpose of expanding students' learning opportunities. If the school
board chooses not to offer a school-age care program, it may allow an appropriate insured
community group, for profit entity or nonprofit organization to use available school facilities
for the purpose of offering a school-age care program.

(b) A school-age care program must include the following:

(1) adult supervised programs while school is not in session;

(2) parental involvement in program design and direction;

(3) partnerships with the kindergarten through grade 12 system, and other public, private,
or nonprofit entities;

(4) opportunities for trained secondary school pupils to work with younger children in
a supervised setting as part of a community service program; and

(5) access to available school facilities, including the gymnasium, sports equipment,
computer labs, and media centers, when not otherwise in use as part of the operation of the
school. The school district may establish reasonable rules relating to access to these facilities
and may require that:

(i) the organization request access to the facilities and prepare and maintain a schedule
of proposed use;

(ii) the organization provide evidence of adequate insurance to cover the activities to be
conducted in the facilities; and

(iii) the organization prepare and maintain a plan demonstrating the adequacy and training
of staff to supervise the use of the facilities.

(c) The district may charge a sliding fee based upon family income for school-age care
programs new text begin and may waive or charge a sliding fee for a child who has been placed in foster
care new text end . The district may receive money from other public or private sources for the school-age
care program. The board of the district must develop standards for school-age child care
programs. The commissioner of education may not adopt rules for school-age care programs.

(d) The district shall maintain a separate account within the community services fund
for all funds related to the school-age care program.

(e) A district is encouraged to coordinate the school-age care program with its special
education, vocational education, adult basic education, early childhood family education
programs, kindergarten through grade 12 instruction and curriculum services, youth
development and youth service agencies, and with related services provided by other
governmental agencies and nonprofit agencies.

new text begin (f) A district must give highest priority to applications for school-age care programs
from children placed in foster care.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.22, is amended to read:

124D.22 SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Eligibility.

A district that offers a school-age care program according to
section 124D.19, subdivision 11, is eligible for school-age care revenue for the additional
costs of providing services to children with disabilities new text begin , children who have been placed in
foster care, new text end or deleted text begin to deleted text end children experiencing family or related problems of a temporary nature
who participate in the school-age care program.

Subd. 2.

School-age care revenue.

The school-age care revenue for an eligible district
equals the approved additional cost of providing services to children with disabilities new text begin ,
children who have been placed in foster care, new text end or children experiencing family or related
problems of a temporary nature who participate in the school-age care program.

Subd. 3.

School-age care levy.

To obtain school-age care revenue, a school district may
levy an amount equal to the district's school-age care revenue as defined in subdivision 2
multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted
net tax capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy is certified by the resident
pupil units in the district for the school year to which the levy is attributable, to deleted text begin $2,318 deleted text end new text begin
$....... new text end .

Subd. 4.

School-age care aid.

A district's school-age care aid is the difference between
its school-age care revenue and its school-age care levy. If a district does not levy the entire
amount permitted, school-age care aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount
levied.

Sec. 3.

Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

School-age care aid.

(a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.22:

	$	1,000	.....	2024
	$	deleted text begin 1,000 deleted text end new text begin ....... new text end	.....	2025

(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $1,000 for 2024.

(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and deleted text begin $1,000 deleted text end new text begin $....... new text end for 2025.