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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to education finance; providing funding for prekindergarten through <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>grade 12 education; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120B.023, subdivision 2; 120B.131, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>subdivision 2; 120B.31, as amended; 120B.35, as amended; 120B.36, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>amended; 120B.362; 122A.21; 123B.02, subdivision 21; 123B.59, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>123B.62; 124D.04, subdivisions 3, 6, 8, 9; 124D.05, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>124D.10, subdivision 20; 124D.55; 125A.65, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>by adding a subdivision; 126C.10, subdivision 31, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>126C.17, subdivision 9; 126C.21, subdivision 1; 126C.51; 126C.52, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>2, by adding a subdivision; 126C.53; 126C.55; 127A.45, subdivision 16; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>120B.024; 120B.30; 123B.143, subdivision 1; 124D.531, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>126C.21, subdivision 3; 126C.44; Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; article 2, section 46, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 13; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>article 3, sections 23, subdivision 2; 24, subdivisions 3, 4, 9; article 4, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>16, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 8; article 5, section 13, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; article 7, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>section 4; article 9, section 17, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13; Laws 2007, First <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; proposing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A; 124D; 127A; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>145; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 121A.67; 125A.16; 125A.19; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>125A.20; 125A.57; Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 16; Laws 2007, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 3, 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var><b>K-12 EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Required academic standards.</b> (a) The following subject areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>are required for statewide accountability:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) language arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) mathematics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) science;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>citizenship;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) physical education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) health ~~and physical education,~~ for which locally developed academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>apply; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(6)~~ (7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>as determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>least three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>and visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) To satisfy the one-half credit physical education requirement under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>120B.024, paragraph (a), clause (5), the state physical education standard under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(a) must be consistent with either the six physical education standards developed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>department's quality teaching network or the six National Physical Education Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. To satisfy <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>federal reporting requirements for continued funding under Title VII of the Physical <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>Education for Progress Act, a school district must notify the department, if applicable, of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>its intent to comply with this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner must submit proposed standards in science and social studies <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>to the legislature by February 1, 2004.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>plan team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>An individualized education plan team that makes this determination must establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>alternative standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A school district, no later than the 2007-2008 school year, must adopt graduation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements established in law or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>rule. A school district that incorporates these state graduation requirements before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>2007-2008 school year must provide students who enter the 9th grade in or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>the 2003-2004 school year the opportunity to earn a diploma based on existing locally <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>established graduation requirements in effect when the students entered the 9th grade. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a result <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.10</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>and 
         <statute_ref>120B.20</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The commissioner must include the contributions of Minnesota American Indian <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>tribes and communities as they relate to the academic standards during the review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>revision of the required academic standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>except that paragraph (a), clause (5), applies to students entering the ninth grade in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>2009-2010 school year and later.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.023, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Revisions and reviews required.</b> (a) The commissioner of education must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>and graduation requirements and implement a review cycle for state academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>and related benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each review cycle, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for college readiness and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>advanced work in the particular subject area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner in the 2006-2007 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in mathematics to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised mathematics standards, beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>2010-2011 school year. Under the revised standards:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) students must satisfactorily complete an algebra I credit by the end of eighth <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>grade; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year or later must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>satisfactorily complete an algebra II credit or its equivalent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 beginning in the 2010-2011 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>school year are aligned with the state academic standards in mathematics. The statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>11th grade mathematics test administered to students under clause (2) beginning in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>the 2013-2014 school year must include algebra II test items that are aligned with <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>corresponding state academic standards in mathematics. The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>implement a review of the academic standards and related benchmarks in mathematics <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner in the 2007-2008 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in the arts to require that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>students satisfactorily complete the revised arts standards beginning in the 2010-2011 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>related benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner in the 2008-2009 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in science to require that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>students satisfactorily complete the revised science standards, beginning in the 2011-2012 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>school year. Under the revised standards, students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>school year or later must satisfactorily complete a chemistry or physics credit. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related benchmarks <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The commissioner in the 2009-2010 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in language arts to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised language arts standards beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>2012-2013 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>standards and related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The commissioner in the 2010-2011 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in social studies to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised social studies standards beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>2013-2014 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>standards and related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The commissioner in the 2018-2019 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>standards and high school graduation requirements in physical education, consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>sections 120B.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), and 120B.024, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>clause (6), to require students to satisfactorily complete the revised physical education <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>standards beginning in the 2021-2022 school year. The commissioner must implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>a review of the physical education standards and related benchmarks beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>2029-2030 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>standards and high school graduation requirements in health, physical education, world <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>languages, and career and technical education to require students to complete the revised <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>standards beginning in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>School districts and charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>the academic standards and related benchmarks in health, physical education, world <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>languages, and career and technical education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>and applies to students entering ninth grade in the 2009-2010 school year and later.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.024, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><b>120B.024 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS; COURSE CREDITS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Students beginning 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school year and later must <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>successfully complete the following high school level course credits for graduation:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) four credits of language arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) three credits of mathematics, encompassing at least algebra, geometry, statistics, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>and probability sufficient to satisfy the academic standard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) three credits of science, including at least one credit in biology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) three and one-half credits of social studies, encompassing at least United <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>States history, geography, government and citizenship, world history, and economics or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>three credits of social studies encompassing at least United States history, geography, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>government and citizenship, and world history, and one-half credit of economics taught in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>a school's social studies, agriculture education, or business department;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) one credit in the arts; ~~and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) one-half credit of physical education; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) a minimum of ~~seven~~ 6-1/2 elective course credits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A course credit is equivalent to a student successfully completing an academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>year of study or a student mastering the applicable subject matter, as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>local school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An agriculture science course may fulfill a science credit requirement in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>to the specified science credits in biology and chemistry or physics under paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>clause (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A career and technical education course may fulfill a science, mathematics, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>arts credit requirement in addition to the specified science, mathematics, or arts credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>under paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), or (5).<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>and applies to students entering ninth grade in the 2009-2010 school year and later.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.131, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Reimbursement for examination fees.</b> The state may reimburse <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>college-level examination program (CLEP) fees for a Minnesota public or nonpublic high <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>school student who has successfully completed one or more college-level courses in high <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>school in the subject matter of each examination in the following subjects: composition <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>and literature, mathematics and science, social sciences and history, foreign languages, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>business and humanities. ~~The state may reimburse each student for up to six examination~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>~~fees.~~ The commissioner shall establish application procedures and a process and schedule <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>for fee reimbursements. The commissioner must give priority to reimburse the CLEP <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>examination fees of students of low-income families.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>[120B.299] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Growth.</b> "Growth" compares the difference between a student's <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>achievement score at two distinct points in time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Value-added.</b> "Value-added" is the amount of achievement a student <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>demonstrates above an established baseline.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Growth-based value-added.</b> "Growth-based value-added" is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>value-added system of assessments that measures the difference between an established <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>baseline of growth and a student's growth over time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Adequate yearly progress.</b> "Adequate yearly progress" compares the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>average achievement of two different groups of students at two different points in time. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>State growth norm.</b> "State growth norm" is an established statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>percentile or standard applicable to all students in a particular grade benchmarked to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>established school year. Beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth norm <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>is benchmarked to 2006-2007 school year data until the commissioner next changes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>vertically linked scale score. Each time the commissioner changes the vertically linked <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>scale score, a recognized Minnesota assessment group composed of assessment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>evaluation directors and staff and researchers, in collaboration with the Independent Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>of Educational Accountability under section 120B.31, subdivision 3, must recommend <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>a new state growth norm that the commissioner must consider when revising standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>under section 120B.023, subdivision 2. For each newly established state growth norm, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>commissioner also must establish criteria for identifying schools and school districts that <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>demonstrate accelerated growth in order to advance educators' professional development <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>and to replicate programs that succeed in meeting students' diverse learning needs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.30, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var><b>120B.30 STATEWIDE TESTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Statewide testing.</b> (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>with appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>level to be tested, state-constructed tests developed from and aligned with the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>required academic standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021</statute_ref> and administered annually to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high school level. A state-developed test in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>subject other than writing~~, developed after the 2002-2003 school year,~~ must include both <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>machine-scoreable and constructed response questions. The commissioner shall establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>one or more months during which schools shall administer the tests to students each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>school year. For students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, only <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>Minnesota basic skills tests in reading, mathematics, and writing shall fulfill students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>basic skills testing requirements for a passing state notation. The passing scores of basic <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>skills tests in reading and mathematics are the equivalent of 75 percent correct for students <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>entering grade 9 ~~in 1997 and thereafter, as~~ based on the first uniform test ~~administration of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>administered in February 1998.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, only the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>following options shall fulfill students' state graduation test requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for reading and mathematics:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) obtaining an achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>determined through a standard setting process on the Minnesota comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or achieving a passing <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>score as determined through a standard setting process on the graduation-required <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>assessment for diploma in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>subsequent retests;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>state-identified language proficiency test in reading and the mathematics test for English <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>language learners or the graduation-required assessment for diploma equivalent of those <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>assessments for students designated as English language learners;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>education plan or 504 plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) obtaining achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>determined through a standard setting process on the state-identified alternate assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>or assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics for students with <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>an individual education plan; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>individual education plan; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for writing:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) achieving a passing score on the graduation-required assessment for diploma;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>the state-identified language proficiency test in writing for students designated as English <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>language learners;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>education plan or 504 plan; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>individual education plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c) The 3rd through 8th grade and high school level test results shall be available <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning and district instruction and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>disseminate to the public the test results upon receiving those results.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d) State tests must be constructed and aligned with state academic standards. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>commissioner shall determine the testing process and the order of administration ~~shall be~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>~~determined by the commissioner~~. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (e) In addition to the testing and reporting requirements under this section, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>system:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) uniform statewide testing of all students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>school level that provides appropriate, technically sound accommodations, alternate <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>assessments, or exemptions consistent with applicable federal law, only with parent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>guardian approval, for those very few students for whom the student's individual education <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>plan team under sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.05</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>125A.06</statute_ref> determines that the general statewide test <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>is inappropriate for a student, or for a limited English proficiency student under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>124D.59, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>districts and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>school graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) state results on the American College Test; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>Progress so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>states, and, where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>to monitor achievement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Statewide and local assessments; results.</b> (a) The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>develop reading, mathematics, and science assessments aligned with state academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>standards that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>those standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>standards in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>must require:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) annual reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8 and at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>high school level for the 2005-2006 school year and later; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>grades 6 through ~~9~~ 8 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades ~~10~~ 9 through 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>span for the 2007-2008 school year and later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner must ensure that all statewide tests administered to elementary <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>and secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>values, attitudes, and beliefs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Reporting of assessment results must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>individual students, schools, school districts, and the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) include, by no later than the 2008-2009 school year, a growth-based value-added <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>~~component that is in addition to a measure for student achievement growth over time~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>indicator of student achievement under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)(i) for students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>whether students have met the state's basic skills requirements; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) for students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>whether students have met the state's academic standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Consistent with applicable federal law and subdivision 1, paragraph (d), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>(1), the commissioner must include appropriate, technically sound accommodations or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.36"></a><var>9.36</var>assessments are inappropriate and for students with limited English proficiency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>assessments under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>~~progress in achieving the~~ proficiency in the context of the state's grade level academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>standards. If a state assessment is not available, a school, school district, and charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>school must determine locally if a student has met the required academic standards. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>school, school district, or charter school may use a student's performance on a statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>assessment as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>school, school district, or charter school may use a high school student's performance on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>statewide assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course, or place a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>student's assessment score on the student's transcript.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Department of Education assistance.</b> The Department of Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>shall contract for professional and technical services according to competitive bidding <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>procedures under chapter 16C for purposes of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Reporting.</b> The commissioner shall report test data publicly and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>stakeholders, including the performance achievement levels developed from students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>unweighted test scores in each tested subject and a listing of demographic factors that <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>strongly correlate with student performance. The commissioner shall also report data that <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>compares performance results among school sites, school districts, Minnesota and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>states, and Minnesota and other nations. The commissioner shall disseminate to schools <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>and school districts a more comprehensive report containing testing information that <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>meets local needs for evaluating instruction and curriculum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Access to tests.</b> The commissioner must adopt and publish a policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>to provide public and parental access for review of basic skills tests, Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>Comprehensive Assessments, or any other such statewide test and assessment. Upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>receiving a written request, the commissioner must make available to parents or guardians <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>a copy of their student's actual responses to the test questions ~~to be reviewed by the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>~~parent~~ for their review.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.31, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>146, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var><b>120B.31 SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY AND STATISTICAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><b>ADJUSTMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Educational accountability and public reporting.</b> Consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>with the ~~process~~ direction to adopt ~~a results-oriented graduation rule~~ statewide academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.02</statute_ref>, the department, in consultation with education and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>system stakeholders, must ~~establish~~ maintain a coordinated and comprehensive system of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>educational accountability and public reporting that promotes ~~higher~~ greater academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>achievement, preparation for higher academic education, preparation for the world of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>work, citizenship as outlined under sections 120B.021, subdivision 1, clause (4), and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>120B.024, paragraph (a), clause (4), and the arts. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Statewide testing.</b> Each school year, all school districts shall give a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>uniform statewide test to students at specified grades to provide information on the status, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>needs and performance of Minnesota students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Educational accountability.</b> (a) The Independent Office of Educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>Accountability, as authorized by Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>section 28, subdivision 2, is established, and shall be funded through the Board of Regents <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>of the University of Minnesota. The office shall advise the education committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>the legislature and the commissioner of education, at least on a biennial basis, on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>degree to which the statewide educational accountability and reporting system includes a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>comprehensive assessment framework that measures school accountability for students <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>achieving the goals described in the state's ~~results-oriented~~ high school graduation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>rule. The office shall determine and annually report to the legislature whether and how <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>effectively: <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the statewide system of educational accountability ~~utilizes~~ uses multiple <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>indicators to provide valid and reliable comparative and contextual data on students, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>schools, districts, and the state, and if not, recommend ways to improve the accountability <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>reporting system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the commissioner makes statistical adjustments when reporting student data over <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>time, consistent with clause (4);<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the commissioner uses ~~indicators of student achievement growth~~ a growth-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>value-added indicator of student achievement over time ~~and a value-added assessment~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>~~model~~ that estimates the effects of the school and school district on student achievement to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>measure school performance, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>~~120B.36, subdivision 1~~</statute_ref> 120B.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>subdivision 3, paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the commissioner makes data available on students who do not pass one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>of the state's required GRAD tests and do not receive a diploma as a consequence, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>categorizes these data according to gender, race, eligibility for free or reduced lunch, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>English language proficiency; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the commissioner fulfills the requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>127A.095, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) When the office reviews the statewide educational accountability and reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>system, it shall also consider:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the objectivity and neutrality of the state's educational accountability system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the impact of a testing program on school curriculum and student learning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Statistical adjustments</b><b>; student performance data</b><b>.</b> In ~~developing~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>managing policies and assessment processes to hold schools and districts accountable <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>for high levels of academic standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>aggregate student data over time to report student performance and growth levels <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>measured at the school, school district, ~~regional, or~~ and statewide level. When collecting <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>and reporting the performance data, the commissioner shall: (1) acknowledge the impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>of significant demographic factors such as residential instability, the number of single <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>parent families, parents' level of education, and parents' income level on school outcomes; <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>and (2) organize and report the data so that state and local policy makers can understand <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>the educational implications of changes in districts' demographic profiles over time. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>with that performance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.35, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>147, article 8, section 38, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var><b>120B.35 STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND </b>~~<b>PROGRESS</b>~~<b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><b>GROWTH</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. ~~<b>Adequate yearly progress of schools and students</b>~~<b> School and </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var><b>student indicators of growth and achievement</b><b>.</b> The commissioner must ~~develop~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>~~and implement~~ maintain a system for measuring and reporting academic achievement <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>and individual student ~~progress~~ growth, consistent with the statewide educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>accountability and reporting system. The system components ~~of the system~~ must measure <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>the adequate yearly progress of schools and  the growth of individual students: students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>current achievement in schools under subdivision 2; and individual students' educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>~~progress~~ growth over time under subdivision 3. The system also must include statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>measures of student academic ~~achievement~~ growth that identify schools with high levels <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>of ~~achievement~~ growth, and also schools with low levels of ~~achievement~~ growth that need <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>improvement. When determining a school's effect, the data must include both statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>measures of student achievement and~~, to the extent annual tests are administered,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>indicators of achievement growth that take into account a student's prior achievement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>Indicators of achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>statewide or districtwide assessments. Indicators that take into account a student's prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>achievement must not be used to disregard a school's low achievement or to exclude <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>a school from a program to improve low achievement levels. ~~The commissioner by~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>~~January 15, 2002, must submit a plan for integrating these components to the chairs of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>~~the legislative committees having policy and budgetary responsibilities for elementary~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>~~and secondary education.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Expectations for federally mandated </b><b>student academic achievement.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each school year, a school district must determine if the student achievement levels <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>at each school site meet ~~state and local~~ federally mandated expectations. If student <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>achievement levels at a school site do not meet ~~state and local~~ federally mandated <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>expectations and the site has not made adequate yearly progress for two consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>school years, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the district must work with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>school site to adopt a plan to raise student achievement levels to meet ~~state and local~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>federally mandated expectations. The commissioner of education shall establish student <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>academic achievement levels to comply with this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) School sites identified as not meeting federally mandated expectations must <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>develop continuous improvement plans in order to meet ~~state and local~~ federally mandated <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>expectations for student academic achievement. The department, at a district's request, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>must assist the district and the school site in developing a plan to improve student <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>achievement. The plan must include parental involvement components.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) ~~provide assistance to~~ assist school sites and districts identified as not meeting <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>federally mandated expectations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) provide technical assistance to schools that integrate student ~~progress~~ measures <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>~~under subdivision 3~~ in the school continuous improvement plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a continuous improvement Web <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>site designed to make data on every school and district available to parents, teachers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>administrators, community members, and the general public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Student </b>~~<b>progress assessment</b>~~<b> growth; other state measures</b><b>.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>The state's educational assessment system ~~component~~ measuring individual students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>educational ~~progress must be~~ growth is based~~, to the extent annual tests are administered,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>on indicators of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>Indicators of achievement and prior achievement ~~must be~~ are based on highly reliable <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.36"></a><var>13.36</var>statewide or districtwide assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner must ~~identify effective models for measuring individual~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>~~student progress that enable a school district or school site to perform gains-based~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>~~analysis, including evaluating the effects of the teacher, school, and school district on~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>~~student achievement over time. At least one model must be a "value-added" assessment~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>~~model that reliably estimates those effects for classroom settings where a single teacher~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>~~teaches multiple subjects to the same group of students, for team teaching arrangements,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>~~and for other teaching circumstances.~~ use a growth-based value-added system. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>commissioner must apply the state growth norm to students in grades 4 through 8 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, consistent with section 120B.299, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>6, initially benchmarking the state growth norm to 2006-2007 school year data. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>model must allow the user to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) report student growth at and above the state norm; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for all student categories with a cell size of at least 20, report and compare <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>aggregated and disaggregated state growth data using the nine student categories identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act and two student gender categories of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>male and female, respectively. The model must measure the effects that teacher teams <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>within a grade, teacher teams across an entire grade, the school, and the school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>have on student growth. The model must not compile test results for teacher teams within <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>a grade or across a grade unless the test results encompass data on three or more teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(c) If a district has an accountability plan that includes gains-based analysis or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>~~"value-added" assessment, the commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>~~those measures in determining whether the district or school site meets expectations. The~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>~~department must coordinate with the district in evaluating school sites and continuous~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>~~improvement plans, consistent with best practices.~~ If a district has an accountability <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>plan that includes other growth-based value-added analysis, the commissioner may, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>the extent practicable and consistent with this section, incorporate those measures in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>determining whether the district or school site shows growth, including accelerated growth.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>academic and career opportunities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>graduates in the most recent school year who completed course work important to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>preparing them for postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>core academic subjects required for admission to Minnesota's public four-year colleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>and universities as determined by the Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>school graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>120B.021, subdivision 1a, or industry certification courses or programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must also <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>analyze and report separate categories of information using the nine student categories <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>identified under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act and two student gender <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>categories of male and female, respectively.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must include summary data showing <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>students' average self-reported sense of school safety, engagement in school, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>quality of students' relationship with teachers, administrators, and other students. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>commissioner must gather these data consistently from students in grade 4 or 5, in one <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>grade level in grades 6 through 8, and in one grade level in high school, as determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>the commissioner in consultation with recognized and qualified experts. All data received, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>collected, or created that are used to generate the summary data under this paragraph are <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Improving schools.</b> Consistent with the requirements of this section, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>commissioner of education must ~~establish a second achievement benchmark to identify~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>~~improving schools. The commissioner must recommend to~~ annually report to the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>and  the legislature ~~by February 15, 2002, indicators in addition to the achievement~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>~~benchmark for identifying improving schools, including an indicator requiring a school to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>~~demonstrate ongoing successful use of best teaching practices~~ best practices learned from <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>those schools that demonstrate accelerated growth compared to the state growth norm.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Improving graduation rates for students with emotional or behavioral </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var><b>disorders.</b> (a) A district must develop strategies in conjunction with parents of students <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>with emotional or behavioral disorders and the county board responsible for implementing <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>245.487</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>245.4889</statute_ref> to keep students with emotional or behavioral disorders in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>school, when the district has a drop-out rate for students with an emotional or behavioral <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>disorder in grades 9 through 12 exceeding 25 percent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A district must develop a plan in conjunction with parents of students with <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>emotional or behavioral disorders and the local mental health authority to increase the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>graduation rates of students with emotional or behavioral disorders. A district with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>drop-out rate for children with an emotional or behavioral disturbance in grades 9 through <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>12 that is in the top 25 percent of all districts shall submit a plan for review and oversight <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Subdivision 3, paragraph (b), applies to students in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>2009-2010 school year and later. Subdivision 3, paragraph (d), applies to students in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>2010-2011 school year and later. Subdivision 3, paragraph (e), applies to high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>students in the 2009-2010 school year and later, and to students in any grades 4 through 8 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>in the 2010-2011 school year and later, consistent with the commissioner's grade level <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>determinations. Subdivision 4 applies in the 2011-2012 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.36, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>146, article 2, section 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var><b>120B.36 SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY; APPEALS PROCESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>School performance report cards.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>~~use objective criteria based on levels of student performance to~~ report ~~at least~~ student <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>academic performance under section 120B.35, subdivision 2, the percentages of students <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>at and above the state growth norm under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>school safety and student engagement under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>(e), rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), two <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>with sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.06</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>122A.15</statute_ref> for purposes of determining these ratios, ~~and~~ staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>characteristics excluding salaries, ~~with a value-added component added no later than~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>~~the 2008-2009 school year~~ student enrollment demographics, district mobility, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>extracurricular activities. ~~The report must indicate a school's adequate yearly progress~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>~~status, and must not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>~~due solely to adequate yearly progress status.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>Web site school performance report cards. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner must make available ~~the first~~ performance report cards by <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>~~November 2003, and during~~ the beginning of each school year ~~thereafter~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) School performance report ~~cards~~ card data are nonpublic data under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>13.02, subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>, until not later than ten days after the appeal procedure described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>paragraph (d) concludes. The department shall annually post school performance report <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>cards to its public Web site no later than September 1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Adequate yearly progress data.</b> All data the department receives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>collects, or creates ~~for purposes of determining~~ to determine adequate yearly progress <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>~~designations~~ status under Public Law 107-110, section 1116, set state growth norms, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>determine student growth are nonpublic data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, until not <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>later than ten days after the appeal procedure described in subdivision 1, paragraph (d), <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>concludes. Districts must provide parents sufficiently detailed summary data to permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>parents to appeal under Public Law 107-110, section 1116(b)(2). The department shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>annually post federally mandated adequate yearly progress data and state student growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>data to its public Web site no later than September 1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.362, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var><b>120B.362 </b><b>GROWTH-BASED </b><b>VALUE-ADDED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(a)~~ The commissioner of education must implement a growth-based value-added <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>assessment program to assist school districts, public schools, and charter schools in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>assessing and reporting individual students' growth in academic achievement under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>120B.30, subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>. The program must use assessments of individual students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>academic achievement to make longitudinal comparisons of each student's academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>growth over time. ~~School districts, public schools, and charter schools may apply to the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>~~commissioner to participate in the initial trial program using a form and in the manner the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>~~commissioner prescribes. The commissioner must select program participants from urban,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>~~suburban, and rural areas throughout the state.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(b) The commissioner may issue a request for proposals to contract with an~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>~~organization that provides a value-added assessment model that reliably estimates school~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>~~and school district effects on students' academic achievement over time. The model the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>~~commissioner selects must accommodate diverse data and must use each student's test~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>~~data across grades. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are personnel~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>~~data under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~13.43~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(c) The contract under paragraph (b) must be consistent with the definition of "best~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>~~value" under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~16C.02, subdivision 4~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.21, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var><b>122A.21 TEACHERS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' LICENSES; FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Licensure applications.</b> Each application for the issuance, renewal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>or extension of a license to teach, including applications for licensure via portfolio under <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>subdivision 2, must be accompanied by a processing fee of $57. Each application for <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>issuing, renewing, or extending the license of a school administrator or supervisor must <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>be accompanied by a processing fee in the amount set by the Board of Teaching. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>processing fee for a teacher's license and for the licenses of supervisory personnel must <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>be paid to the executive secretary of the appropriate board. The executive secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>the board shall deposit the fees with the commissioner of finance. The fees as set by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, a fee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>be refunded by the commissioner of finance in any case in which the applicant already <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or reduce fees for applicants who <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>apply at the same time for more than one license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Licensure via portfolio.</b> (a) A candidate seeking licensure via portfolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>must submit a $75 fee to the Educator Licensing Division at the department to determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>the candidate's eligibility for licensure via portfolio. An eligible candidate may use <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>licensure via portfolio to obtain an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>with the applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A candidate for initial licensure must submit to the Educator Licensing Division <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>at the department one portfolio demonstrating pedagogical competence and one portfolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>demonstrating content competence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field must submit to the Educator <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating content competence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A candidate must pay to the executive secretary of the Board of Teaching a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>$300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for review and a $200 fee for any portfolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>submitted subsequently. The fees must be paid to the executive secretary of the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>Teaching. The revenue generated from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>portfolio account in the special revenue fund. The fees set by the Board of Teaching are <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. The Board of Teaching may <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>[121A.215] LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WELLNESS POLICIES; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var><b>WEB SITE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When available, a school district must post its current local school wellness policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>on its Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.02, subdivision 21, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 21. <b>Wind energy conversion system.</b> The board, or more than one board <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>acting jointly under the authority granted by section 471.59, may construct, acquire, own <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>in whole or in part, operate, and sell and retain and spend the payment received from <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>selling energy from a wind energy conversion system, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>216C.06, <br />
            		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>subdivision 19
         </statute_ref>. The board's share of the installed capacity of the wind energy conversion <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>systems authorized by this subdivision must not exceed 3.3 megawatts of nameplate <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>capacity. A board owning, operating, or selling energy from a wind energy conversion <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>system must integrate information about wind energy conversion systems in its educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>programming. The board, or more than one board acting jointly under the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>granted by section 471.59, may be a limited partner in a partnership, a member of a limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>liability company, or a shareholder in a corporation, established for the sole purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>constructing, acquiring, owning in whole or in part, financing, or operating a wind energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>conversion system for the benefit of the district or districts in accordance with this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Contract; duties.</b> All districts maintaining a classified secondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>of the grounds specified in section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 9</statute_ref> or 13. A superintendent shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>rights in the position of superintendent under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40</statute_ref>. Notwithstanding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 10</statute_ref> or 11, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.75</statute_ref>, or any other law <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following: <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) make reports required by the commissioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) ~~by January 10, submit an annual report to the commissioner in a manner~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>~~prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation with school districts, identifying the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>~~expenditures that the district requires to ensure an 80 percent student passage rate on~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>~~the MCA-IIs taken in the eighth grade, identifying the highest student passage rate the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>~~district expects it will be able to attain on the MCA-IIs by grade 12, and the amount of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>~~expenditures that the district requires to attain the targeted student passage rate; and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(6)~~ perform other duties prescribed by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>To qualify.</b> (a) An independent or special school district qualifies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>participate in the alternative facilities bonding and levy program if the district has:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) more than 66 students per grade;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) over 1,850,000 square feet of space and the average age of building space is 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>years or older or over 1,500,000 square feet and the average age of building space is <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>35 years or older;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) insufficient funds from projected health and safety revenue and capital facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>revenue to meet the requirements for deferred maintenance, to make accessibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>improvements, or to make fire, safety, or health repairs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a ten-year facility plan approved by the commissioner according to subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An independent or special school district not eligible to participate in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>alternative facilities bonding and levy program under paragraph (a) qualifies for limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>participation in the program if the district has:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) one or more health and safety projects with an estimated cost of $500,000 or <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>more per site that would qualify for health and safety revenue except for the project size <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>limitation in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b); and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) insufficient funds from capital facilities revenue to fund those projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Notwithstanding the square footage limitation in paragraph (a), clause (2), <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>a school district that qualified for eligibility under paragraph (a) as of July 1, 2007, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>remains eligible for funding under this section as long as the district continues to meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (1), (3), and (4).<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.62, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var><b>123B.62 BONDS FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL FACILITIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In addition to other bonding authority, with approval of the commissioner, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>district may issue general obligation bonds for certain capital projects under this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>The bonds must be used only to make capital improvements including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 14</statute_ref>, total operating capital revenue uses <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>specified in clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10); <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the cost of energy modifications;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) improving disability accessibility to school buildings; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) bringing school buildings into compliance with life and safety codes and fire <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>codes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Before a district issues bonds under this subdivision, it must publish notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>of the intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>indebtedness.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A bond issue tentatively authorized by the board under this subdivision becomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>finally authorized unless a petition signed by more than 15 percent of the registered voters <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>of the district is filed with the school board within 30 days of the board's adoption of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>resolution stating the board's intention to issue bonds. The percentage is to be determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>with reference to the number of registered voters in the district on the last day before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>petition is filed with the board. The petition must call for a referendum on the question of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>whether to issue the bonds for the projects under this section. The approval of 50 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>plus one of those voting on the question is required to pass a referendum authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The bonds must be paid off within ~~ten~~ 15 years of issuance. The bonds must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>issued in compliance with chapter 475, except as otherwise provided in this section. A tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>levy must be made for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>475.61</statute_ref>. The sum of the tax levies under this section and section 
         <statute_ref>123B.61</statute_ref> for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>each year must not exceed the limit specified in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.61</statute_ref>. The levy for each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>must be reduced as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.61</statute_ref>. A district using an excess amount in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>debt redemption fund to retire the bonds shall report the amount used for this purpose to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>the commissioner by July 15 of the following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>capital loan under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.69</statute_ref> or an outstanding debt service loan under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>126C.68
         </statute_ref> must not use an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the bonds. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), bonds issued by a district within the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>five years following voter approval of a combination according to section 
         <statute_ref>123A.37, <br />
            		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, must be paid off within 20 years of issuance. All the other provisions and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>limitation of paragraph (d) apply. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Pupils in adjoining states.</b> Except as provided under an agreement with <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>an adjoining state under section 124D.041, a non-Minnesota pupil who resides in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>adjoining state in a district that borders Minnesota may enroll in a Minnesota district if <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>either the board of the district in which the pupil resides or state in which the pupil resides <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>pays tuition to the district in which the pupil is enrolled.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Tuition payments.</b> (a) In each odd-numbered year, before March 1, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>commissioner must agree to rates of tuition for Minnesota elementary and secondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>pupils attending in other states for the next two fiscal years when the other state agrees to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>negotiate tuition rates. The commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>designated authority in each state for pupils who reside in an adjoining state and enroll in <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>a Minnesota district. The rates must be at least equal to the tuition specified in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>124D.05, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. If the other state does not agree to negotiate a general tuition rate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>a Minnesota school district may negotiate a tuition rate with the school district in the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>state that sends a pupil to or receives a pupil from the Minnesota school district. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>tuition rate for a pupil with a disability must be equal to the actual cost of instruction and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>services provided. The resident district of a Minnesota pupil attending in another state <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>under this section must pay the amount of tuition agreed upon in this section to the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>of attendance, prorated on the basis of the proportion of the school year attended. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 9, if an agreement is reached <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to section 124D.041, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>the provisions of section 124D.041 and the agreement shall apply to all enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>transfers between Minnesota and the adjoining state, and provisions of paragraph (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>and subdivision 9 shall not apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Effective if reciprocal.</b> This section is effective with respect to ~~South~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>~~Dakota upon enactment of provisions by South Dakota that the commissioner determines~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>~~are essentially similar to the provisions for Minnesota pupils in this section. This section~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>~~is effective with respect to~~ any ~~other~~ bordering state upon enactment of provisions by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>bordering state that the commissioner determines are essentially similar to the provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>for Minnesota pupils in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Appeal to the commissioner.</b> If a Minnesota school district cannot agree <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>with an adjoining state on a tuition rate for a Minnesota student attending school in that <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>state and that state has met the requirements in subdivision 8, then the student's parent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>guardian may request that the commissioner ~~agree on~~ set a tuition rate for the student. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>Minnesota district must pay the amount of tuition the commissioner ~~agrees upon~~ sets.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>[124D.041] RECIPROCITY WITH ADJOINING STATES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Agreements.</b> (a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>to this section must specify the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>authority from the adjoining state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate agreed <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) if Minnesota sends more students to the adjoining state than the adjoining state <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to the adjoining state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the application procedures for the enrollment options program between <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>Minnesota and the adjoining state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>Minnesota and the adjoining may be denied; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>such a student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant to chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>125A.  Any additional terms must apply equally to both states.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Pupil accounting.</b> (a) Any student from an adjoining state enrolled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's average <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>daily membership and pupil units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>under section 124D.03.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were a resident of the district attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>another Minnesota school district under section 124D.03.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Procedures.</b> (a) The Department of Education must establish procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>relating to the application process, the collection or payment of funds under the provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>of any agreement established pursuant to this section, and the collection of data necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>to implement any agreement established pursuant to this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding sections 124D.04 and 124D.05, if an agreement is established <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>between Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to this section, the provisions of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>section and the agreement shall apply to all enrollment transfers between Minnesota and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>the adjoining state, and provisions of sections 124D.04 and 124D.05 to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>including provisions relating to tuition payments, shall not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), any payments to adjoining states under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>section shall be made according to section 127A.45, subdivision 16.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), sections 124D.04, subdivision 6, paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>and 124D.05, subdivision 2a, the provisions of this section and the agreement shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>apply to enrollment transfers between Minnesota and a school district in an adjoining state <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>enrolling fewer than 150 pupils that is exempted from participation in the program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>the laws of the adjoining state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.05, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Exception.</b> Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, if an agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>124D.041, the provisions of section 124D.041 and the agreement shall apply to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>enrollment transfers between Minnesota and the adjoining state, and provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>subdivisions 1 and 2 to the contrary, including provisions relating to tuition payments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>shall not apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 20. <b>Leave to teach in a charter school.</b> If a teacher employed by a district <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>makes a written request for an extended leave of absence to teach at a charter school, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>the district must grant the leave. The district must grant a leave not to exceed a total of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>five years. Any request to extend the leave shall be granted only at the discretion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>school board. The district may require that the request for a leave or extension of leave <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>be made ~~up to 90 days before the teacher would otherwise have to report for duty~~ before <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>February 1 in the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>return, or before February 1 of the calendar year in which the teacher's leave is scheduled <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>to terminate. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and except for section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>122A.46, subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>, the leave is governed by section 
         <statute_ref>122A.46</statute_ref>, including, but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>limited to, reinstatement, notice of intention to return, seniority, salary, and insurance. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During a leave, the teacher may continue to aggregate benefits and credits in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>Teachers' Retirement Association account by paying both the employer and employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>contributions based upon the annual salary of the teacher for the last full pay period before <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>the leave began. The retirement association may impose reasonable requirements to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>efficiently administer this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>State total adult basic education aid.</b> (a) The state total adult basic <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>education aid for fiscal year 2005 is $36,509,000. The state total adult basic education <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>aid for fiscal year 2006  equals $36,587,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>2007 equals $37,673,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, <br />
            		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year 2008 equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>$40,650,000, plus any amount that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>state total adult basic education aid for later fiscal years equals:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; times<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the lesser of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) 
         <statute_ref>1.03</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) ~~the greater of~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~1.00~~</statute_ref> ~~or the ratio of the state total contact hours in the first prior~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>~~program year to the state total contact hours in the second prior program year~~ the average <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>124D.522
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>population aid under subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.55, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var><b>124D.55 GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TEST FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>individual for the full battery of a general education development (GED) test, but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>more than ~~$20~~ $40 for an eligible individual.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.65, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Third-party reimbursement.</b> The Minnesota State Academies must seek <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>reimbursement under section 125A.21 from third parties for the cost of services provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>by the Minnesota State Academies whenever the services provided are otherwise covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>by a child's public or private health plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>for revenue in fiscal years 2008 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Adjustments for tuition reciprocity with adjoining states.</b> (a) If an <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>section 124D.041 that requires a special education tuition payment from the state of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>Minnesota to the adjoining state, the tuition payment shall be made from the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>education aid appropriation for that year, and the state total special education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>subdivision 4 shall be reduced by the amount of the payment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If an agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>pursuant to section 124D.041 that requires a special education tuition payment from <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>an adjoining state to the state of Minnesota, the special education aid appropriation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>that year and the state total special education aid under subdivision 4  shall be increased <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>by the amount of the payment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If an agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>pursuant to section 124D.041 that requires special education tuition payments to be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>between the two states and not between districts in the two states, the special education aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>for a Minnesota school district serving a student with a disability from the adjoining state <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>shall be calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, except that no reduction <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>shall be made in the special education aid paid to the resident district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 31, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 31. <b>Transition revenue.</b> (a) A district's transition allowance equals the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>greater of zero or the product of the ratio of the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>to the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2004, times the difference <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>between: (1) the lesser of the district's general education revenue per adjusted marginal <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2003 or the amount of general education revenue the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>would have received per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2004 according <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>to Minnesota Statutes 2002, and (2) the district's general education revenue for fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>2004 excluding transition revenue divided by the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A district's transition revenue for fiscal ~~year~~ years 2006 ~~and later~~ through 2009 <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>equals the sum of the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>adjusted marginal cost pupil units plus the district's transition for prekindergarten revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>under subdivision 31a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A district's transition revenue for fiscal year 2010 and later equals the sum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's adjusted marginal cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>pupil units plus the district's transition for prekindergarten revenue under subdivision 31a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>plus the district's transition for tuition reciprocity revenue under subdivision 31c.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 31c. <b>Transition for tuition reciprocity revenue.</b> For the first year that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>tuition reciprocity agreement with an adjoining state is in effect under section 124D.041 <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>and later, a school district's transition for tuition reciprocity revenue equals the greater of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>zero or the difference between the sum of the general education revenue and net tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>revenue the district would have received for pupils enrolled under section 124D.041 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>the first year the agreement is in effect if the agreement had not been in effect, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>sum of the district's general education revenue and net tuition revenue for the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>the agreement is in effect.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Referendum revenue.</b> (a) The revenue authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, <br />
            		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board or shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>called by the board upon written petition of qualified voters of the district. The referendum <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy authority, if <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase may be held <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under paragraph (g), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased revenue per resident marginal cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule, determined by the board, of increased revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>per resident marginal cost pupil unit that differs from year to year over the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>years for which the increased revenue is authorized or may state that the amount shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>increase annually by the rate of inflation. For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>the annual inflationary increase calculated under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>may state that existing referendum levy authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>also compare the proposed levy authority to the existing expiring levy authority, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>express the proposed increase as the amount, if any, over the expiring referendum levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>authority. The ballot must designate the specific number of years, not to exceed ten, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>which the referendum authorization applies. The ballot, including a ballot on the question <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>to revoke or reduce the increased revenue amount under paragraph (c), must abbreviate <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>the term "per resident marginal cost pupil unit" as "per pupil." The notice required under <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>section 
         <statute_ref>275.60</statute_ref> may be modified to read, in cases of renewing existing levies at the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>amount per pupil as in the previous year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ~~MAY BE VOTING~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>~~FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE~~ ARE RENEWING AN EXISTING <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM. YOU ARE NOT CHANGING YOUR <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>OPERATING REFERENDUM AMOUNT PER PUPIL FROM ITS LEVEL IN <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>THE PREVIOUS YEAR."<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>subdivision and a question stating substantially the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of ........., <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>School District No. .., be approved?"<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per resident marginal cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>pupil unit times the resident marginal cost pupil units for the school year beginning in <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>the year after the levy is certified shall be authorized for certification for the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>years approved, if applicable, or until revoked or reduced by the voters of the district at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>subsequent referendum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The board must prepare and deliver by first class mail at least 15 days but no more <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>than 30 days before the day of the referendum to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>and the proposed revenue increase. The board need not mail more than one notice to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>taxpayer. For the purpose of giving mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>those shown to be owners on the records of the county auditor or, in any county where <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>tax statements are mailed by the county treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>Every property owner whose name does not appear on the records of the county auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>or the county treasurer is deemed to have waived this mailed notice unless the owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>has requested in writing that the county auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>include the name on the records for this purpose. The notice must project the anticipated <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>amount of tax increase in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>and project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>the first year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>result in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>levies, the notice may include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum ~~may~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>~~result in an increase in your property taxes."~~ renews an existing operating referendum at <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>the same amount per pupil as in the previous year." <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>amount authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board and shall be called <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>by the board upon the written petition of qualified voters of the district. A referendum to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>revoke or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per resident marginal cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>pupil unit by which the authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>voters of the district pursuant to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>least once before it is subject to a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>years. Only one revocation or reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>referendum revenue for any specific year and for years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A petition authorized by paragraph (a) or (c) is effective if signed by a number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>qualified voters in excess of 15 percent of the registered voters of the district on the day <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>the petition is filed with the board. A referendum invoked by petition must be held on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>date specified in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>copy of the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>auditor of each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>of the referendum have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>certification of the results of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>the commissioner of the results of the referendum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for elections conducted on or after <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>July 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Permanent school fund.</b> ~~The~~ An amount of money equal to $36 <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>times the district's pupils in average daily membership received by a district as income <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>from the permanent school fund for any year must be deducted from the general education <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>aid earned by the district for the same year or from aid earned from other state sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.21, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>County apportionment deduction.</b> Each year the amount of money <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>apportioned to a district for that year pursuant to ~~sections~~ section 
         <statute_ref>127A.34, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>~~and~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~272.029, subdivision 6~~</statute_ref>~~,~~ must be deducted from the general education aid earned by <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>that district for the same year or from aid earned from other state sources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.44, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var><b>126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>for all costs under this section shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs incurred for <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.101, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools; <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property; (5) <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems. For expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>under clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) ~~If~~ A school district ~~spends~~ must set aside at least $3 per adjusted marginal cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>pupil unit of the safe schools levy proceeds for the purposes authorized under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>(a), clause (6)~~,~~. The district must annually certify that its total spending on services <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>provided by the employees listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), is not less than the sum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>its expenditures for these purposes, excluding amounts spent under this section, in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>previous year plus the amount spent under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.51, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var><b>126C.51 APPLICATION OF LIMITING TAX LEGISLATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>471.69</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>471.75</statute_ref>, or of any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>provision of law which by per capita limitation, local tax rate limitation, or otherwise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>limits the power of a district to incur any debt or to issue any warrant or order, a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>district or intermediate school district has the powers in sections 
         <statute_ref>126C.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>126C.56</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>specifically conferred upon it and all powers incident and necessary to carrying out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>126C.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>126C.56</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limitations.</b> The board of any school district may also borrow money <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in sections 
         <statute_ref>126C.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>126C.56</statute_ref> in <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>anticipation of receipt of state aids for schools as defined in Minnesota Statutes and of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>federal school aids to be distributed by or through the department. The aggregate of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>borrowings under this subdivision shall never exceed 75 percent of such aids which are <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>receivable by said school district in the ~~school~~ fiscal year ~~(from July 1 to June 30)~~ in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>the money is borrowed, as estimated and certified by the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.52, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Intermediate school districts.</b> (a) The board of an intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>district may borrow money in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>sections 126C.50 to 126C.56 in anticipation of the receipt of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) state aids for schools as defined in Minnesota Statutes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) federal school aids to be distributed by or through the department; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) membership fees and tuition payments from its member school districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The aggregate of such borrowings under this subdivision shall never exceed 75 <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>percent of such aids, fees, and tuition payments which are receivable by the intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>school district in the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed, as estimated and certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The board of an intermediate school district may, upon receipt of a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>resolution by each of its member school districts, pledge the member district's full faith <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>and credit and unlimited taxing powers to repay its pro rata share of any certificates issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>or the amount paid by the state under section 126C.55, subdivision 2, plus interest, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>revenues specified in paragraph (a) and any other revenues of the intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>district are insufficient to do so.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.53, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var><b>126C.53 ENABLING RESOLUTION; FORM OF CERTIFICATES OF </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var><b>INDEBTEDNESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The board of a school district or intermediate school district may authorize and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>effect such borrowing, and may issue such certificates of indebtedness upon passage of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>a resolution specifying the amount and purposes for which it deems such borrowing is <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>necessary. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of its members. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>The board must fix the amount, date, maturity, form, denomination, and other details of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>the certificates of indebtedness, not inconsistent with this chapter. The board must fix the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>date and place for receipt of bids for the purchase of the certificates when bids are required <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>and direct the clerk to give notice of the date and place for bidding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.55, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var><b>126C.55 STATE PAYMENT OF DEBT OBLIGATION UPON POTENTIAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var><b>DEFAULT; REPAYMENT; STATE OBLIGATION NOT DEBT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the term "debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>obligation" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a ~~tax or aid anticipation~~ certificate of indebtedness issued under section 126C.52;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a certificate of participation issued under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.40, subdivision 6</statute_ref>; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a general obligation bond.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Notifications; payment; appropriation.</b> (a) If a school district or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>intermediate school district believes that it may be unable to make a principal or interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>payment on any outstanding debt obligation on the date that payment is due, it must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>notify the commissioner as soon as possible, but not less than 15 working days before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>date that principal or interest payment is due. The notice must include the name of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>school district or intermediate school district, an identification of the debt obligation issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>in question, the date the payment is due, the amount of principal and interest due on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>payment date, the amount of principal or interest that the school district or intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>school district will be unable to repay on that date, the paying agent for the debt obligation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>the wire transfer instructions to transfer funds to that paying agent, and an indication as to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>whether a payment is being requested by the school district or intermediate school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>under this section. If a paying agent becomes aware of a potential default, it shall inform <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>the commissioner of that fact. After receipt of a notice which requests a payment under <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>this section, after consultation with the school district or intermediate school district and <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>the paying agent, and after verification of the accuracy of the information provided, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>commissioner shall notify the commissioner of finance of the potential default. The notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>must include a final figure as to the amount due that the school district or intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>school district will be unable to repay on the date due.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except as provided in subdivision 9, upon receipt of this notice from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>commissioner, the commissioner of finance shall issue a warrant and authorize the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>commissioner of education to pay to the paying agent for the debt obligation the specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>amount on or before the date due. The amounts needed for the purposes of this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>are annually appropriated to the department from the state general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Departments of Education and Finance must jointly develop detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>procedures for school districts and intermediate school districts to notify the state that <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>they have obligated themselves to be bound by the provisions of this section, procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>for school districts or intermediate school districts and paying agents to notify the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>of potential defaults and to request state payment under this section, and procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>for the state to expedite payments to prevent defaults. The procedures are not subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>to chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>School district bound; interest rate on state paid amount.</b> If, at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>request of a school district or intermediate school district, the state has paid part or all of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>the principal or interest due on a district's debt obligation on a specific date, the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>district or the intermediate school district is bound by all provisions of this section and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>amount paid shall bear taxable interest from the date paid until the date of repayment at <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>the invested cash rate as it is certified by the commissioner of finance. Interest shall only <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>accrue on the amounts paid and outstanding less the reduction in aid under subdivision 4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>and other payments received from the school district or intermediate school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Pledge of district's full faith and credit.</b> If, at the request of a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>district or intermediate school district, the state has paid part or all of the principal or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>interest due on a district's debt obligation on a specific date, the pledge of the full faith <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>and credit and unlimited taxing powers of the school district or the intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>district to repay the principal and interest due on those debt obligations shall also, without <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>an election or the requirement of a further authorization, become a pledge of the full faith <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>and credit and unlimited taxing powers of the school district or the intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>district to repay to the state the amount paid, with interest. Amounts paid by the state must <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>be repaid in the order in which the state payments were made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Aid reduction for repayment.</b> (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>the state must reduce the state aid payable to the school district or intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>district under this chapter and chapters 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 126C, and 273 <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>by the amount paid by the state under this section on behalf of the district, plus the interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>due on it, and the amount reduced must revert from the appropriate account to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>general fund. Payments from the school district endowment fund or any federal aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>payments shall not be reduced.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For an intermediate school district, the state aid payable to the intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>school district must first be reduced, before any reduction is made to the state aids payable <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>to the member districts. If the state aid payable to the intermediate school district is <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>not sufficient to repay the state, state aid payable to member districts may be reduced <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>proportionately based on the ratio of each member district's adjusted net tax capacity to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>the total adjusted net tax capacity of all member districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If, after review of the financial situation of the school district or intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>school district, the commissioner advises the commissioner of finance that a total reduction <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>of aids would cause an undue hardship on or an undue disruption of the educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.36"></a><var>35.36</var>program of the district, the commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>finance, may establish a different schedule for reduction of aids to repay the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>amount of aids to be reduced is decreased by any amounts repaid to the state by the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>from other revenue sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Tax levy for repayment.</b> (a) With the approval of the commissioner, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>district may levy in the year the state makes a payment under this section an amount up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>the amount necessary to provide funds for the repayment of the amount paid by the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>plus interest through the date of estimated repayment by the district. The proceeds of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>levy may be used only for this purpose unless they are in excess of the amount actually <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>due, in which case the excess shall be used to repay other state payments made under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>section or shall be deposited in the debt redemption fund of the school district. This levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>shall be an increase in the levy limits of the district for purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>275.065, <br />
            		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>subdivision 6
         </statute_ref>. The amount of aids to be reduced to repay the state shall be decreased by <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>the amount levied. This levy by the district is not eligible for debt service equalization <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the state is not repaid in full for a payment made under this section by <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>November 30 of the calendar year following the year in which the state makes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>payment, the commissioner shall require the district to certify a property tax levy in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>amount up to the amount necessary to provide funds for repayment of the amount paid by <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>the state plus interest through the date of estimated repayment by the school district. To <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>prevent undue hardship, the commissioner may allow the district to certify the levy over a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>five-year period. The proceeds of the levy may be used only for this purpose unless they <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>are in excess of the amount actually due, in which case the excess shall be used to repay <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>other state payments made under this section or shall be deposited in the debt redemption <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>fund of the district. This levy shall be an increase in the levy limits of the school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>for purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>275.065, subdivision 6</statute_ref>. If the commissioner orders the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>to levy, the amount of aids reduced to repay the state shall be decreased by the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>levied. This levy by the district is not eligible for debt service equalization under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>123B.53
         </statute_ref> or any successor provision. A levy under this subdivision must be explained as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>specific increase at the meeting required under section 
         <statute_ref>275.065, subdivision 6</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For an intermediate school district, a levy made by a member school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>under paragraph (a) or (b) to repay its pro rata share must be spread by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>as a tax rate based on the total adjusted net tax capacity of the member school districts. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>proceeds of the levy must be remitted by the member school district to the intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>school district and must be used by the intermediate school district only to repay the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>amounts owed. Any amount in excess of the amount owed to the state must be repaid <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>to the member school districts and the commissioner shall adjust each member school <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>district's property tax levy in the next year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Election as to mandatory application.</b> A school district or intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>school district may covenant and obligate itself, prior to the issuance of an issue of debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>obligations, to notify the commissioner of a potential default and to use the provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>this section to guarantee payment of the principal and interest on those debt obligations <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>when due. If the school district or intermediate school district obligates itself to be bound <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>by this section, it must covenant in the resolution that authorizes the issuance of the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>obligations to deposit with the paying agent three business days prior to the date on which <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>a payment is due an amount sufficient to make that payment or to notify the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>under subdivision 1 that it will be unable to make all or a portion of that payment. A school <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>district or intermediate school district that has obligated itself must include a provision in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>its agreement with the paying agent for that issue that requires the paying agent to inform <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>the commissioner if it becomes aware of a potential default in the payment of principal or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>interest on that issue or if, on the day two business days prior to the date a payment is due <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>on that issue, there are insufficient funds to make the payment on deposit with the paying <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>agent. Funds invested in a refunding escrow account established under section 
         <statute_ref>475.67</statute_ref> that <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>are to become available to the paying agent on a principal or interest payment date are <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>deemed to be on deposit with the paying agent three business days before the payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>date. If a school district or intermediate school district either covenants to be bound by <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>this section or accepts state payments under this section to prevent a default of a particular <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>issue of debt obligations, the provisions of this section shall be binding as to that issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>as long as any debt obligation of that issue remain outstanding. If the provisions of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>section are or become binding for more than one issue of debt obligations and a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>district or intermediate school district is unable to make payments on one or more of those <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>issues, the district must continue to make payments on the remaining issues. <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Mandatory plan; technical assistance.</b> If the state makes payments <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>on behalf of a school district or intermediate school district under this section or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>district defaults in the payment of principal or interest on an outstanding debt obligation, it <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>must submit a plan to the commissioner for approval specifying the measures it intends <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>to implement to resolve the issues which led to its inability to make the payment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>to prevent further defaults. The department must provide technical assistance to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>school district or intermediate school district in preparing its plan. If the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>determines that a district's plan is not adequate, the commissioner shall notify the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>district or intermediate school district that the plan has been disapproved, the reasons for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.36"></a><var>37.36</var>the disapproval, and that the state shall not make future payments under this section for <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>debt obligations issued after the date specified in that notice until its plan is approved. <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>The commissioner may also notify the school district or intermediate school district that <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>until its plan is approved, other aids due the district will be withheld after a date specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>in the notice.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>State bond rating.</b> If the commissioner of finance determines that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>credit rating of the state would be adversely affected thereby, the commissioner of finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>shall not issue warrants under subdivision 2 for the payment of principal or interest on any <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>debt obligations for which a district did not, prior to their issuance, obligate itself to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>bound by the provisions of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Continuing disclosure agreements.</b> The commissioner of finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>may enter into written agreements or contracts relating to the continuing disclosure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>information needed to facilitate the ability of school districts or intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>districts to issue debt obligations according to federal securities laws, rules, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>regulations, including securities and exchange commission rules and regulations, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>240.15c2-12. Such agreements or contracts may be in any form the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>finance deems reasonable and in the state's best interests.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. <b>[127A.331] SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND; USE OF REVENUE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A school that receives school endowment fund revenue under section 127A.33 <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>in excess of $36 per pupil in average daily membership may use that revenue only for <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>the following purposes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to purchase or lease computers and related materials, copying machines, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>telecommunications equipment, and other noninstructional equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) to purchase or lease assistive technology or equipment for instructional programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to purchase new and replacement library media resources or technology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) to pay for ongoing or recurring telecommunications/Internet access costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>associated with Internet access, data lines, and video links; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) to pay for service provider installation fees for installation of new <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>telecommunications lines or increased bandwidth.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.45, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Payments to third parties.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 3, the current <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>year aid payment percentage of the amounts under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.26, subdivision 3</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>section 124D.041, shall be paid in equal installments on August 30, December 30, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>March 30, with a final adjustment payment on October 30 of the next fiscal year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>remaining amount.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. <b>[145.986] STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Goals.</b> The initial goals of the public health improvement program <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>are to reduce the percentage of Minnesotans who are obese or overweight to less than half <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>by the year 2020 and to reduce tobacco smoking by two percent annually starting in 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>By 2011, and considering available funding, the commissioner of health, in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>with the State Community Health Advisory Committee established in section 145A.10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>subdivision 10, and other stakeholders, may make recommendations as to future goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>related to alcohol use and illegal drug use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Funding local communities.</b> Beginning January 1, 2009, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>commissioner of health must provide funding to community health boards to convene, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>coordinate, and lead locally developed programs targeted at achieving measurable health <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>improvement goals. Funding to each community health board will be distributed based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>a per capita formula, with a base allocation of $50,000 to each community health board <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>that receives funding. By January 15, 2011, the commissioner of health must recommend <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>whether additional funding should be distributed to community health boards based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>health disparities demonstrated in the populations served.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Outcomes.</b> (a) The commissioner of health must set performance measures <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>and annually review the progress of local communities in improving the performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>measures. The commissioner may provide technical assistance and corrective action plans <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>to ensure that local communities are making sufficient progress.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner must measure current public health data, using existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>measures and data collection systems when available, to determine baseline data against <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>which progress shall be monitored.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Media campaign.</b> The commissioner of health must conduct a statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>marketing campaign using public media to reinforce local efforts at addressing health <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>improvement goals. The commissioner must develop the statewide campaigns and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>determine the timing of these campaigns in consultation with local public health <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>representatives.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 13, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13.  <b>Preadvanced placement, advanced placement, international </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var><b>baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs.</b> For preadvanced placement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.132</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>124D.091</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of this amount, $2,500,000 each year is for concurrent enrollment program aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.091</statute_ref>. If the appropriation is insufficient, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>commissioner must proportionately reduce the aid payment to each district. Any balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $2,000,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 23, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Report.</b> (a) The task force must submit to the education policy and finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>committees of the legislature by February 15, ~~2008~~ 2009, a report that identifies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>clearly and concisely explains each provision in state law or rule that exceeds ~~or expands~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>~~upon~~ a minimum federal requirement contained in law or regulation for providing special <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>education programs and services to eligible students. The report also must recommend <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>which state ~~provisions~~ statutes and rules that exceed ~~or expand upon~~ a minimum federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>requirement may be amended to conform with minimum federal requirements or made <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>more effective as determined by a majority of the task force members. The task force must <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>recommend rules governing the use of aversive and deprivation procedures by school <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>district employees or persons under contract with a school district. The task force expires <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>when it submits its report to the legislature. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Consistent with subdivision 1, the Department of Education member of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>task force representing regulators shall be replaced with a parent advocate selected by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>statewide organization that advocates on behalf of families with children with disabilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Department of Education must provide technical assistance at the request of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>the task force.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 24, subdivision 9, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9.  <b>Special Education Task Force.</b> For the task force to compare federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>and state special education requirements: <br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~20,000~~ 40,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 5, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5.  <b>Plainview-Elgin-Millville fund balance replacement aid.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For fund balance replacement aid for Independent School District No. 2899, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>Plainview-Elgin-Millville: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~17,000~~ 24,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 7, section 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1.  <b>Department of Education.</b> Unless otherwise indicated, the sums <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>Education for the fiscal years designated. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Department.</b> (a) For the Department of Education: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">22,169,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~22,653,000~~<br />
                  		21,761,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for GRAD test rulemaking. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for rulemaking under section 3. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) $40,000 each year is for an early hearing loss intervention coordinator under <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125A.63, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. If the department expends federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>funds to employ a hearing loss coordinator under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125.63, <br />
            		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, then the appropriation under this paragraph is reallocated for purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>employing a world languages coordinator. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) $619,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $632,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>of Teaching. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) $163,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $171,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>of School Administrators. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>indicated. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>Minnesota's Washington, D.C., office.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>1, is amended to read:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1. <b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~<b>584,000~~</b><b> </b><b> 298,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>The appropriations in this section are from <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>the general fund. The amounts that may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>spent for each purpose are specified in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>following subdivisions. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>2, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2. <b>Independent School District No. 239, </b><br />
                  		<b>Rushford-Peterson</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Flood Enrollment Impact Aid</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">89,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>The commissioner of education shall pay to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>the school district flood enrollment impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>aid equal to $5,394 times the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>pupils lost as a result of the floods of August <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>2007. The district must provide to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>commissioner of education documentation <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>of the number of pupils in average daily <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>membership lost as a result of the flood. <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Disaster Relief Facilities Grant</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~250,000~~  150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>For facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>costs related to the floods of August 2007 not <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>covered by the district's insurance settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>or through Federal Emergency Management <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>Agency payments. The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>education may request the school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>to provide necessary information before <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>awarding a grant. <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Pupil Transportation Aid</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">40,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>For increased costs associated with <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>transporting students as a result of the floods <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>of August 2007. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>6, is amended to read:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6. <b>Disaster Relief Facilities Grants to </b><br />
                  		<b>Other Districts</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~90,000~~14,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>For facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>costs related to the floods of August 2007 not <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>covered by the district's insurance settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>or through Federal Emergency Management <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>Agency payments. The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>education may request the school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>to provide necessary information before <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>awarding a grant. School districts not <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>included in subdivisions 2 to 5 must be given <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>priority in the allocation of this appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. <b>FUND TRANSFERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Capital account transfers.</b> Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>on June 30, 2008, a school district may transfer money from its reserved for operating <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>capital account to its undesignated balance in the general fund. The amount transferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>by any school district must not exceed $51 times the district's adjusted marginal cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>pupil units for fiscal year 2007. This transfer may occur only after the school board has <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>adopted a written resolution stating the amount of the transfer and declaring that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>school district's operating capital needs are being met.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Reserved for operating capital account transfer; Balaton school </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var><b>district.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or 123B.80, or subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>1, on June 30, 2008, Independent School District No. 411, Balaton, may transfer up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>$70,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its undesignated general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>balance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Reserved for operating capital account transfer; East Central school </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var><b>district.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or 123B.80, or subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>1, on June 30, 2008, Independent School District No. 2580, East Central, may transfer up <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>to $300,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its undesignated general <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>fund balance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. <b>ONETIME GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE INCREASE; FISCAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var><b>YEAR 2009 ONLY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A school district's general education revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>126C.10, is increased for fiscal year 2009 only by an amount equal to $51 times the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. <b>ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION AID.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A school district that has not applied for alternative teacher compensation aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 34, by March 20, 2008, is not eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>for aid under that subdivision for fiscal year 2009. Nothing in this section limits a district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>eligibility for alternative teacher compensation aid in subsequent fiscal years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. <b>IMPLEMENTING A STUDENT GROWTH-BASED VALUE-ADDED </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var><b>SYSTEM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>subdivision 3, paragraph (b), and to help parents and members of the public compare the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>reported data, the commissioner must convene a group of expert school district assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>and evaluation staff, including a recognized Minnesota assessment group composed <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>of assessment and evaluation directors and staff and researchers under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>Statutes, section 120B.299, subdivision 6, and interested stakeholders, including school <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>superintendents, school principals, school teachers, and parents to examine the actual <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>statewide performance of students using Minnesota's growth-based value-added system <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>and establish criteria for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>accelerated growth in order to advance educators' professional development and replicate <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>programs that succeed in meeting students' diverse learning needs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner must submit a written report to the education committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>the house of representatives and senate by February 15, 2009, describing the criteria for <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate accelerated growth. The group <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>convened under this section expires on June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>and applies to school report cards in the 2008-2009 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. <b>IMPLEMENTING RIGOROUS COURSEWORK MEASURES </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var><b>RELATED TO STUDENT PERFORMANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), and to help parents and members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>public compare the reported data, the commissioner of education must convene a group of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>recognized and qualified experts and interested stakeholders, including parents among <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>other stakeholders, to develop a model projecting anticipated performance of each high <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>school on preparation and rigorous coursework measures that compares the school with <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>similar schools. The model must use information about entering high school students <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>based on particular background characteristics that are predictive of differing rates of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>college readiness. These characteristics include grade 8 achievement levels, high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>student mobility, high school student attendance, and the size of each entering ninth grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>class. The group of experts and stakeholders may examine other characteristics not part <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>of the prediction model including the nine student categories identified under the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>2001 No Child Left Behind Act, and two student gender categories of male and female, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>respectively. The commissioner annually must use the predicted level of entering students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>performance to provide a context for interpreting graduating students' actual performance. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>The group convened under this section expires June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Consistent with paragraph (a), the commissioner also must propose an expanded <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>high school student data system to report preparation and rigorous coursework measures <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>and facilitate additional research on college readiness. This proposed data system must <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>expect school districts and charter schools to report data to the state education department <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>on each course a high school student takes and completes. The commissioner must link <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>the course data file to the department's existing student reporting system. The proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>data system must enable the commissioner to prepare detailed reports, consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clauses <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>(1) and (2), and support the development of a state P-16 longitudinal data system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>and applies to school report cards beginning July 1, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. <b>IMPLEMENTING MEASURES FOR ASSESSING STUDENTS' </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var><b>SELF-REPORTED SENSE OF SCHOOL SAFETY, ENGAGEMENT IN </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var><b>SCHOOL, AND THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS, </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var><b>ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHER STUDENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>subdivision 3, paragraph (d), and to help parents and members of the public compare the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>reported data, the commissioner of education, in consultation with interested stakeholders, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>including parents among other stakeholders, must convene a group of recognized and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>qualified experts to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) analyze the University of Minnesota student safety and engagement survey <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>instrument and other commonly recognized survey instruments to select the survey <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>instrument that best meets state accountability requirements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) ensure that the selected survey instrument has sound psychometric properties and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>is useful for intervention planning;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) determine at what grade levels to administer the survey instrument and ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>that the survey instrument can be used at those grade levels; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) determine through disaggregated use of survey indicators or other means how to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>report "safety" in order to comply with federal law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner must submit a written report to the education committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>the house of representatives and senate by February 15, 2009, presenting the experts' <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>responses to paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4). The group convened under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>expires June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>and applies to school report cards beginning July 1, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. <b>GROWTH-BASED VALUE-ADDED SYSTEM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The growth-based value-added system used by the commissioner of education to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), must <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>be consistent with the growth-based value-added model contained in the document <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>labeled "Educational Report Card Growth Model" developed in partnership with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>Minnesota Department of Education. The document must be deposited with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>Office of the Revisor of Statutes, the Legislative Reference Library, and the State Law <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>Library, where the document shall be maintained until the commissioner implements the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>growth-based value-added system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>3, paragraph (b). The recognized Minnesota assessment group composed of assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>and evaluation directors and staff and researchers under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>120B.299, subdivision 6, must determine whether the growth-based value-added model <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>the commissioner uses to comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>3, paragraph (b), is consistent with the deposited document and report its determination to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>the education committees of the house of representatives and senate by February 15, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.57.0"></a><a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. <b>EXPEDITED PROCESS; SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var><b>RULE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of education may use the expedited process under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>Statutes, section 14.389, to conform Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1341, to new federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>requirements on specific learning disabilities under Public Law 108-446, sections 602(30) <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>and 614(b)(6), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>and its implementing regulations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.58.0"></a><a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. <b>ENDING PARTICIPATION IN NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of education must nullify and revoke by August 1, 2009, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>consolidated state plan that the state of Minnesota submitted to the federal Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>of Education on implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>Minnesota state contract or agreement entered into under the provisions of the No Child <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>Left Behind Act of 2001.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.59.0"></a><a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>appropriated from the general fund, unless otherwise indicated, to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>Education for the fiscal years designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Additional general education revenue.</b> For additional general education <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>aid according to section 51:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">23,262,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This appropriation is in addition to any other appropriation for this purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This 2009 appropriation includes $0 for 2008 and $18,926,000 for 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Rushford-Peterson.</b> For a grant to Independent School District No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>239, Rushford-Peterson, for school district flood enrollment impact aid and aid for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>increased costs of transporting students as a result of the floods of August 2007.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">158,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 is $158,000. The base appropriation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>later years is zero.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Virginia.</b> For a grant to Independent School District No. 701, Virginia, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>emergency school facility repairs:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Lancaster.</b> For a grant to Independent School District No. 356, Lancaster, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>to replace the loss of sparsity revenue:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The base appropriation for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is $100,000 per year. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>base appropriation for later fiscal years is zero.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Principal's Leadership Institute.</b> For a grant to the Principal's Leadership <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>Institute under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.74:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The base appropriation for this program for fiscal year 2010 and later is $400,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Board of Teaching; licensure by portfolio.</b> For the Board of Teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>for licensure by portfolio:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">17,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This appropriation is from the educator licensure portfolio account of the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.60.0"></a><a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 121A.67; 125A.16; 125A.19; 125A.20; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>125A.57, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>(b) Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 16; and Laws 2007, First Special <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 3, and 4, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var><b>FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>General education aid.</b> For general education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>126C.13, subdivision 4</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~5,618,342,000~~<br />
                  		5,600,647,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~5,618,342,000~~<br />
                  		5,649,098,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$531,733,000~~ $536,251,000 for 2007 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>~~$5,073,250,000~~ $5,064,396,000 for 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$546,314,000~~ $543,752,000 for 2008 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>~~$5,072,028,000~~ $5,105,346,000 for 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Referendum tax base replacement aid.</b> For referendum tax base <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 7a</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~870,000~~861,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$870,000~~ $861,000 for 2007 and $0 for 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4.  <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref>, or for transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~95,000~~48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~97,000~~50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5.  <b>Abatement revenue.</b> For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>127A.49
         </statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~1,343,000~~<br />
                  		1,333,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~1,347,000~~<br />
                  		1,629,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $76,000 for 2007 and ~~$1,267,000~~ $1,257,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>for 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$140,000~~ $139,000 for 2008 and ~~$1,207,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>$1,490,000 for 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6.  <b>Consolidation transition.</b> For districts consolidating under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123A.485</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~565,000~~240,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~212,000~~339,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2007 and ~~$522,000~~ $197,000 for 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$57,000~~ $21,000 for 2008 and ~~$155,000~~ $318,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>for 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7.  <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic pupil education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.43</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>123B.87</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~16,290,000~~<br />
                  		15,601,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~16,620,000~~<br />
                  		16,608,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$1,606,000~~ $1,214,000 for 2007 and ~~$14,684,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>$14,387,000 for 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$1,631,000~~ $1,598,000 for 2008 and ~~$14,989,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>$15,010,000 for 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8.  <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic pupil transportation aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.92, subdivision 9</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~21,551,000~~<br />
                  		20,755,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~21,392,000~~<br />
                  		21,007,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $2,124,000 for 2007 and ~~$19,427,000~~ $18,631,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>for 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$2,158,000~~ $2,070,000 for 2008 and ~~$19,234,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>$18,937,000 for 2009.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var><b>B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Charter school building lease aid.</b> For building lease aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, subdivision 4</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~31,875,000~~<br />
                  		32,817,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~36,193,000~~<br />
                  		37,527,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $2,814,000 for 2007 and ~~$29,061,000~~ $30,003,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$3,229,000~~ $3,333,000 for 2008 and ~~$32,964,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>$34,194,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Charter school startup cost aid.</b> For charter school startup cost aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~1,896,000~~<br />
                  		1,801,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~2,161,000~~<br />
                  		1,987,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$241,000~~ $239,000 for 2007 and ~~$1,655,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>$1,562,000 for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$183,000~~ $173,000 for 2008 and ~~$1,978,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>$1,814,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 4, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4.  <b>Integration aid.</b> For integration aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>124D.86, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~61,769,000~~<br />
                  		59,036,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~61,000,000~~<br />
                  		62,448,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $5,824,000 for 2007 and ~~$55,945,000~~ $53,212,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$6,216,000~~ $5,912,000 for 2008 and ~~$54,784,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>$56,536,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 6, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6.  <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.87</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~9,639,000~~<br />
                  		9,901,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~11,567,000~~<br />
                  		11,881,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 9, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9.  <b>Tribal contract schools.</b> For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~2,238,000~~<br />
                  		2,207,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~2,422,000~~<br />
                  		2,392,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2007 and ~~$2,034,000~~ $2,003,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$226,000~~ $222,000 for 2008 and ~~$2,196,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>$2,170,000 for 2009. <br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var><b>C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 24, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~1,538,000~~<br />
                  		2,086,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~1,729,000~~<br />
                  		2,282,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>year is available. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4.  <b>Travel for home-based services.</b> For aid for teacher travel for home-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>services under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75, subdivision 1</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~254,000~~207,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~284,000~~227,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2007 and ~~$232,000~~ $185,000 for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$25,000~~ $20,000 for 2008 and ~~$259,000~~ $207,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>for 2009. <br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var><b>D. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> For health and safety aid according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57, subdivision 5</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~190,000~~254,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~179,000~~103,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $20,000 for 2007 and ~~$170,000~~ $234,000 for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$18,000~~ $26,000 for 2008 and ~~$161,000~~ $77,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Debt service equalization.</b> For debt service aid according to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 6</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="41px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~14,813,000~~<br />
                  		14,814,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~11,124,000~~<br />
                  		9,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$1,767,000~~ $1,766,000 for 2007 and ~~$13,046,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>$13,048,000 for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$1,450,000~~ $1,449,000 for 2008 and ~~$9,674,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>$7,660,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 6, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6.  <b>Deferred maintenance aid.</b> For deferred maintenance aid, according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591, subdivision 4</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~3,290,000~~<br />
                  		3,232,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~2,667,000~~<br />
                  		2,627,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $0 for 2007 and ~~$3,290,000~~ $3,232,000 for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$365,000~~ $359,000 for 2008 and ~~$2,302,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>$2,268,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 8, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8.  <b>School technology and operating capital aid grants.</b> For school <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>technology and operating capital grants under section 11: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~38,145,000~~<br />
                  		38,236,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~52,676,000~~<br />
                  		52,454,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a onetime appropriation. <br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var><b>E. NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>School lunch.</b> For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.111</statute_ref>, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 
         <statute_ref>210.17</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~12,022,000~~<br />
                  		12,094,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~12,166,000~~<br />
                  		12,394,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Traditional school breakfast; kindergarten milk.</b> For traditional school <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>breakfast aid and kindergarten milk under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.1158</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>124D.118
         </statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~5,460,000~~<br />
                  		5,583,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~5,695,000~~<br />
                  		5,994,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 4, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4.  <b>Summer food service replacement aid.</b> For summer food service <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.119</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~150,000~~127,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var><b>F. EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ADULT PROGRAMS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~21,106,000~~<br />
                  		21,092,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~29,601,000~~<br />
                  		29,324,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $1,796,000 for 2007 and ~~$19,310,000~~ $19,296,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$2,145,000~~ $2,144,000 for 2008 and ~~$27,456,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>$27,180,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>School readiness.</b> For revenue for school readiness programs under <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.15</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>124D.16</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~9,995,000~~<br />
                  		9,987,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,095,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$909,000~~ $901,000 for 2007 and $9,086,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes $1,009,000 for 2008 and $9,086,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 4, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4.  <b>Health and developmental screening aid.</b> For health and developmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.17</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~3,159,000~~<br />
                  		2,624,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~3,330,000~~<br />
                  		2,656,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $288,000 for 2007 and ~~$2,871,000~~ $2,336,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$319,000~~ $259,000 for 2008 and ~~$3,011,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>$2,397,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 8, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8.  <b>Community education aid.</b> For community education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~1,307,000~~<br />
                  		1,299,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~816,000~~796,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $195,000 for 2007 and ~~$1,112,000~~ $1,104,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes ~~$123,000~~ $122,000 for 2008 and ~~$693,000~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>$674,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 9, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9.  <b>Adults with disabilities program aid.</b> For adults with disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.56</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~710,000~~709,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes ~~$71,000~~ $70,000 for 2007 and $639,000 for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2008 and $639,000 for 2009. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;School districts operating existing adults with disabilities programs that are not fully <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>funded shall receive full funding for the program beginning in fiscal year 2008 before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>commissioner awards grants to other districts. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 13, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13.  <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.531</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~40,347,000~~<br />
                  		40,344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">~~41,745,000~~<br />
                  		41,712,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">..... <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2008 appropriation includes $3,759,000 for 2007 and ~~$36,588,000~~ $36,585,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>for 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 appropriation includes $4,065,000 for 2008 and ~~$37,680,000~~ $37,647,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>for 2009.<br />
         		
      </div>