1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; authorizing integration revenue 
  1.3             to follow students to a charter school; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 124D.11, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision; and 124D.86, subdivision 6. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.11, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5a.  [INTEGRATION AID.] (a) A charter school is 
  1.10  eligible for integration aid if the charter school adopts a plan 
  1.11  to further integration goals. 
  1.12     (b) A charter school's charter school aid is calculated 
  1.13  under section 124D.86. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.86, 
  1.15  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 6.  [ALTERNATIVE ATTENDANCE PROGRAMS.] (a) The 
  1.17  integration aid under subdivision 5 must be adjusted for each 
  1.18  pupil attending a nonresident district under sections 123A.05 to 
  1.19  123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.06, 124D.07, and 124D.08, or a charter 
  1.20  school under section 124D.11 if the enrollment of the pupil in 
  1.21  the nonresident district or charter school contributes to 
  1.22  desegregation or integration purposes.  The adjustments must be 
  1.23  made according to this subdivision.  
  1.24     (b) Aid paid to the district of the pupil's residence must 
  1.25  be reduced by an amount equal to the revenue per resident pupil 
  2.1   unit of the resident district times the number of resident pupil 
  2.2   units attributable to the pupil for the time the pupil is 
  2.3   enrolled in a nonresident district or charter school. 
  2.4      (c) Aid paid to a district serving nonresidents or a 
  2.5   charter school must be increased by an amount equal to the aid 
  2.6   reduction to the resident district under paragraphs (b) and (d). 
  2.7      (d) If the amount of the reduction to be made from the aid 
  2.8   of a district is greater than the amount of aid otherwise due 
  2.9   the district, the excess reduction must be made from other state 
  2.10  aids due the district. 
  2.11     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.12     Sections 1 and 2 are effective for revenue for fiscal year 
  2.13  2000 and later.