HF 3721

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/14/2024 04:05pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; expanding school-age care programs; modifying
school-age care levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.19,
subdivision 11; 124D.22, subdivision 3.

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 deleted text begin from kindergarten deleted text end new text begin
enrolled in the district new text end 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. 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.

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new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.22, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

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
$16,476 new text end .

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new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.
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