hf2333LAWS 1999 - CHAPTER 241FIFTH ENGROSSMENTOmnibus K-12 policy and appropriations bill.ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Sec. 1: Nonpublic pupil transportation aid formula modified. Sec. 2: charter school general education revenue modified. Sec. 3: adjusted LEP revenue set for year 2000. Sec. 4: school district LEP revenue set for year 2000 and beyond. Sec. 5: Graduation incentives program enrollment verification provisions modified related to basic skills revenue. Sec. 6: Contracted alternative education program aid provisions modified related to basic skills revenue. Sec. 7: fiscal year 2000 and later integration revenue formula provided. Sec. 8: Pupil unit calculation modified for prekindergarten students. Sec. 9: Charter school, contracted alternative program, and school buildings with increased enrollment compensation revenue pupil units calculation provided. Sec. 10-11: adjusted and resident pupil units calculations provided. Sec. 12: charter schools included in pupil units served definition. Sec. 13: General education revenue computation provision modified to include equity revenue and referendum offset adjustment. Sec. 14: Basic revenue formula allowance for fiscal year 2000 provided. Sec. 15: Basic skills revenue formula modified. Sec. 16: training and experience revenue formula modified. Sec. 17: secondary and elementary average daily membership conforming changes provided. Sec. 18-20: secondary and elementary sparsity, and supplemental revenue definitions clarified. Sec. 21: Supplemental levy formula modified. Sec. 22: supplemental revenue reduction provided. Sec. 23: total operating capital revenue formula provided. Sec. 24: Total operating capital revenue uses modified related to operating capital-related assessments and purchasing technology.. Sec. 25: transportation sparsity revenue formula definition clarified. Sec. 26-27: Transition allowance and transition revenue adjustment provisions modified. Sec. 28: Transition levy adjustment formula modified. Sec. 29: referendum offset adjustment provided. Sec. 30-34: Equity revenue, regional equity gap, district equity gap, district equity index, and equity region computations provided. Sec. 35-36: Learning and development revenue amount and use provisions expanded. Sec. 37: General education tax rate and provisions modified. Sec. 38: General education levy exclusions expanded to include transition revenue. Sec. 39: Compensatory education revenue changed to basic skills revenue and provisions modified. Sec. 40-42: Referendum allowance provisions modified. Sec. 43: Referendum equalization revenue provisions modified. Sec. 44: Referendum equalization levy formula provisions modified. Sec. 45: referendum revenue ballot provisions conforming changes provided. Sec. 46: previous retired employee health benefits levy restriction removed. Sec. 47: State aids reduced for the purpose of levy revenue recognition modified. Sec. 48: aid to serving district provided. Sec. 49: Alternative attendance programs general education formula provisions modified related to special education transportation aid. Sec. 50: charter school aid provisions modified. Sec. 51: abatements provisions modified. Sec. 52: excess tax increment provisions modified. Sec. 53: statewide average revenue conforming changes made. Sec. 54: previous repealer effective date modified. Sec. 55: Previous learning year pupil units repealer eliminated. Sec. 56 Previous school district levy adjustments revenue conversion provision modified. Sec. 57: Previous school district levy adjustments tax rate adjustment provision modified. Sec. 58: Previous school district levy adjustments equalizing factors provision modified. Sec. 59: Previous school district levy adjustments qualifying rate provision modified. Sec. 60: Fund transfers provided for Monticello, White Bear Lake, Oklee, and Deer River, Faribault, and Westonka. Sec. 61: Eden Prairie authorized lease levy for administrative space. Sec. 62: operating debt levy for independent school district No. 417, Tracy, authorized. Sec. 63: department of children, families, and learning directed to make appropriate weighting adjustments to pupil unit in fiscal year 2000. Sec. 64: contingent formula increase provided. Sec. 65: supplemental revenue increases provided for independent school district Nos. 11, Anoka, and 279, Osseo. Sec. 66: equity revenue adjustment provided. Sec. 67: class size, all-day kindergarten, and special education student-to-instructor ratio reserve requirements provided. Sec. 68: Money appropriated for general and supplemental education aid, transportation safety, transportation aid for enrollment options, and district cooperation revenue,. Sec. 69: Repealer. Sec. 70: Effective dates.ARTICLE 2 - SPECIAL PROGRAMS Sec. 1: Health-related programs expanded to include human papilloma virus (HPV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI). Sec. 2: student replaced with pupil in exclusion and expulsion of pupils with a disability provision. Sec. 3: Oral aural deaf education program teacher licensure provided. Sec. 4-7: Alternative learning center reserve revenue formula, access to services, program focus, and people to be served provisions modified. Sec. 8: District integration aid required to be recognized in the same fiscal year as the integration levy. Sec. 9: first-grade preparedness program qualifying school site continuing eligibility restriction provided. Sec. 10: state total school-to-work program-disabled revenue provided. Sec. 11: state total limited English proficiency programs revenue provided. Sec. 12: Interdistrict desegregation and integration transportation grants changed to state aid. Sec. 13: Educational placement of children with a disability dispute resolution lay person district reimbursement by the department eliminated. Sec. 14: transportation responsibilities clarified for child with a disability temporarily placed in another district for care and treatment. Sec. 15: Special education reciprocity agreement form developed by the department of children, families, and learning. Sec. 16: Alternative delivery of specialized instructional services application contents provisions modified related to assurance of mastery programs. Sec. 17: Alternative delivery of specialized instructional services evaluation information submitted in the form of an annual report. Sec. 18: legal residence defined when parental rights have been terminated for child placed in a residential or foster facility. Sec. 19: commissioner's approval required of education program for placement of children without disabilities. Sec. 20-34: Faribault academies board duties transferred to the Minnesota state academies board, membership specified, and powers and responsibilities transferred. Sec. 35: full state payment provisions extended to approved programs at foster facilities. Sec. 36: Special education program litigation and hearing costs to include interpreter and transliterator fees, and provisions modified. Sec. 37 Aid percentage factor and levy percentage factor definitions eliminated related to special education revenue. Sec. 38: special education base revenue provisions clarified. Sec. 39: State total special education revenue changed to aid and increased. Sec. 40: School district special education revenue changed to aid. Sec. 41: Average daily membership and program growth factor defined and general revenue definition modified related to special education excess cost aid. Sec. 42: Special education excess cost aid provided for fiscal years 2000 and . Sec. 43: Special education initial excess cost aid formula provided. Sec. 44: State total special education excess cost aid formula provided. Sec. 45: District special education excess cost aid formula provided. Sec. 46: out-of-state child tuition provided. Sec. 47: Uniform billing for the education costs of out-of-home placed students provided. Sec. 48: crime-related costs levy provisions modified. Sec. 49: Forward shifted integration aid payments provided. Sec. 50: School district aid payment percentage provision expanded to include forward shifted integration aid. Sec. 51: Homeless pupils considered resident of school district that enrolls the student. Sec. 52: juvenile offender education programs commissioner approval required. Sec. 53: education programs offered in residential or nonresidential programs commissioner approval required. Sec. 54: Department of children, families, and learning considered the agency responsible for assessing or investigating reports of maltreatment in schools. Sec. 55: Previous American Sign Language (ASL) teacher certification guideline provisions modified and oral aural deaf education teachers not included. Sec. 56: Previous first-grade preparedness appropriation allocation specified and provisions modified. Sec. 57: effective date. Sec. 58: design and implementation of uniform billing system required. Sec. 59: task force convened to seek recommendations for a system to approve education programs serving children at care and treatment facilities. Sec. 60: Money appropriated for American Indian language and culture education programs, American Indian education, American Indian post-secondary preparation grants, American Indian scholarships, Indian teacher preparation grants, tribal contract schools, early childhood programs at tribal schools, magnet school grants, integration programs, special education aid, aid for children with a disability, travel for home-based services, special education excess cost aid, career and technical programs for children with a disability, special programs equalization aid, integration aid, additional revenue for homeless students, interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation aid, adolescent parenting grants, center for victims of torture, out-of-state tuition, uniform billing system technical assistance, state approval of education programs at care and treatment facilities, first-grade preparedness grants, litigation costs, court-placed special education revenue, and Independent school district, No. 535, Rochester. Sec. 61: revisor instruction. Sec. 62: Repealer. Sec. 63: Effective dates.ARTICLE 3 - LIFEWORK DEVELOPMENT Sec. 1: Secondary vocation aid provided for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 2: independent school district No. 330, Heron Lake-Okabena; previous Southwest Star concept school grant availability deadline provided. Sec. 3: Money appropriated for secondary vocational education aid, youthworks programs, education and employment transitions program grants, and learn and earn graduation achievement program. Sec. 4: Instruction to the revisor. Sec. 5: Repealer. Sec. 6: effective date.ARTICLE 4 - FACILITES AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 1: debt service equalization eligibility provisions modified. Sec. 2: Debt service equalization revenue formula provided. Sec. 3: Equalized debt service levy provided. Sec. 4: Debt service equalization aid provisions modified. Sec. 5: debt service equalization aid payment schedule provided. Sec. 6: Debt service appropriation modified. Sec. 7: Health and safety levy modified. Sec. 8: alternative facilities bonding and levy program qualification modified. Sec. 9: Capital equipment purchase provisions modified related to prepay special assessments. Sec. 10: metropolitan magnet school grant maximum amount increased, and joint powers and members authorized to enter into long-term agreements. Sec. 11: Telecommunication access grant and statewide coordination provisions modified. Sec. 12 Interactive television capital levy provisions modified. Sec. 13: commissioner of finance continuing disclosure agreements authorized. Sec. 14 Levy definition modified for the purpose of maximum effort capital and debt service loans. Sec. 15 Maximum effort debt service levy definition modified. Sec. 16 Capital loans eligibility modified in July, 1999. Sec. 17 Capital loan amount limits modified. Sec. 18 Previous Minnesota education telecommunications council duties modified. Sec. 19 Telecommunications access grant repealer delayed. Sec. 20: previous East Metropolitan Integration magnet school grant site development fund usage authorized. Sec. 21 Independent school district No. 2687, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, reorganization operating debt levy authority date provided. Sec. 22: independent school district No. 508, St. Peter, declining pupil unit aid eligibility provided. Sec. 23: Independent school district Nos. 592, Climax, 2171 Kittson Central, , Ada-Borup, 2176, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, 846, Breckenridge, 595 East Grand Forks, and 2856 Aygyle-Stephen declining pupil units aid provided. Sec. 24: independent school district No. 704, Proctor, ice arena health and safety improvements authorized. Sec. 25: independent school district Nos. 622, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, and 834, Stillwater, alternative facilities revenue program eligibility provided. Sec. 26: previous unused residential academy grant funds reallocated. Sec. 27: Money appropriated for health and safety aid, debt service aid, interactive television (ITV) aid, alternative facilities bonding aid, urban league street academy, telecommunications access grants, disaster relief facilities grants to St. Paul and Comfrey, and flood-related declining pupil aid for independent school district No. 508, St. Peter.. Sec. 28: Instruction to the revisor provided. Sec. 29: Repealer. Sec. 30: Effective dates.ARTICLE 5 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Sec. 1: agriculture education grant program grants authorized for elementary programs. Sec. 2: persons enrolled in board-approved teacher programs authorized to be employed as short-call substitute teachers. Sec. 3: Staff development program goals expanded to include mentoring and supporting new teachers. Sec. 4: Staff development revenue provisions modified and percentage earmarked for new teacher mentoring programs. Sec. 5: Home school defined for the purpose of school board required fees provision. Sec. 6: Home school students considered fully eligible to participate in extracurricular activities. Sec. 7: Education cooperative boards and town or city governing entities authorized to sponsor charter schools. Sec. 8: Formation of charter schools provisions modified and state board required to vote on application within 90 days. Sec. 9: School board allowed to convert school(s) to charter school(s) if 60 percent of the full-time teachers sign petition. Sec. 10: Charter school sponsor's contract required to be completed within 90 days of state board's approval. Sec. 11: Charter school teachers authorized to perform administrative, supervisory, and instruction leadership duties without valid administrator's license. Sec. 12: Results-oriented charter school build lease aid formula modified. Sec. 13: Charter school aid, grants, and revenue eligibility modified. Sec. 14: State aid payment to charter schools specified. Sec. 15: School software development provisions modified. Sec. 16: Minnesota learning academy training opportunities expanded to include school media and information technology professionals. Sec. 17: salary credit for prior experience and training provided program graduates of the collaborative urban educator, southeast Asian teacher licensure, or circles of support in educational leadership programs. Sec. 18: Money appropriated for St. Paul community-based school program, advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs, statewide testing, charter school building lease aid, charter school start-up grants, graduation rule resource grants, charter school integration aid, homework hotline, Minnesota talented youth math project, and programs training teachers of special needs students. Sec. 19: Effective dates.ARTICLE 6 - OTHER PROGRAMS Sec. 1: Compulsory attendance reporting to include student's date of birth rather than age. Sec.2: District board adoption of proposed plat provisions expanded related to public votes. Sec. 3: School board members' right to employment provision modified. Sec. 4: Minnesota academic excellence foundation board of directors membership modified. Sec. 5: Minnesota academic excellence foundation contracts subject to the same review and approval procedures as department of children, families ,and learning contracts. Sec. 6: Minnesota academic excellence foundation staff provisions modified. Sec. 7: 1977 statutory operating debt provisions modified. Sec. 8: 1983 operating debt provisions modified. Sec. 9: Abatement levy provisions modified. Sec. 10: Cumulative amount guaranteed and payment date definitions modified related to payment of aids and credits to school districts. Sec. 11: School district payment dates and percentages appeal conditions expanded. Sec. 12: Abatement provisions modified related to school district aid adjustments. Sec. 13: previous levy authority extended to independent school district No. , Lac qui Parle Valley. Sec. 14: Money appropriated for abatement aid, nonpublic pupil aid, consolidation transition aid, nonpublic pupil transportation, and the Minnesota learning resource center, HIV education training sites, magnet school grants, and Angle Inlet school operation in independent school district No. , Warroad. Sec. 15: Repealer. Sec. 16: Effective dates. ARTICLE 7 - NUTRITION PROGRAMS Sec. 1: Fast break to learning grant program established and expiration date provided. Sec. 2: Money appropriated for school lunch aid, summer food service replacement aid, fast break to learning grants, and school breakfast program. Sec. 3: Repealer.ARTICLE 8 - LIBRARIES Sec. 1: Previous independent school district No. 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin, library pilot project provisions modified. Sec. 2: previous library site technology development grants eligibility criteria modified. Sec. 3: database access program for public libraries and school media centers provisions modified. Sec. 4: Money appropriated for basic support grants; multicounty, multitype library systems; regional library telecommunications aid; Minnesota library for the blind and physically handicapped, and database access program. Sec. 5: Repealer.ARTICLE 9 - EDUCATION POLICY Sec. 1: Government data classification provisions modified related to data collected on students receiving AFDC or MFIP-S. Sec. 2: school districts authorized to begin school year before September 1 to accommodate construction or remodeling. Sec. 3: board of education reference removed. Sec. 4: previous student achievement levels requirements start date modified. Sec. 5: school discipline policy required to be developed in consultation with law enforcement agencies, county attorney offices, and social service agencies. Sec. 6: commissioner required to maintain and make available a model crisis management policy, and school districts required to adopt district crisis management policies. Sec. 7: board of teaching teacher licensure rules and dispute provisions modified. Sec. 8: teacher preparation programs required to include best practices to teach reading. Sec. 9-11: board of education references removed. Sec. 12: teachers' and administrators' license application provisions modified. Sec. 13: school boards required to give written notice of teacher contract nonrenewal by July 1. Sec. 14-16: termination of contract after probationary period, written decision notification deadline, and discharge or demotion deadline provisions modified to July 1. Sec. 17: staff development committee provisions modified. Sec. 18: cooperative units authorized to apply for all competitive grants administered by state and other sources. Sec. 19: limitations on school district participation and financial support provisions applied only to certain agreements. Sec. 20: school board revenue estimate reports required prior to budget appropriation. Sec. 21: state board requirements reference replace with high school graduation requirements. Sec. 22-24: student school bus safety training expanded to include use of lap belts and shoulder belts, and conforming changes provided. Sec. 25: nonresident habitual truant students enrollment termination authorized. Sec. 26: state board reference removed. Sec. 27: integration revenue rule reference clarified. Sec. 28: cultural exchange grant program district desegregation plan and summer program requirements eliminated. Sec. 29-30: state board references removed. Sec. 31: teacher shortage survey provided, and reports required. Sec. 32-36: state board of education references removed, and duties transferred to commissioner of children, families, and learning. Sec. 37: High school league board member terms specified and per diems not allowed for certain members. Sec. 38: High school league commercial relationship prohibition provisions modified. Sec. 39: commissioner authorized to examine any high school league activities or issues when warranted. Sec. 40: school bus definitions modified. Sec. 41: persons engaged in working upon highways required to follow safety of school children duties of other drivers provisions. Sec. 42: school bus driver endorsement cancellation provision modified. Sec. 43: waiver of permanent cancellation of school bus driver endorsement provisions modified. Sec. 44: school district payroll policy requirements clarified. Sec. 45: school district bond issuance contested election surety bond requirements provided. Sec. 46: grant program to promote professional teaching standards provisions clarified, and regional coordinators provided. Sec. 47: alternative pathways for teacher preparation program established. Sec. 48: board of teaching required to communicate with school districts on procedures for expediting hiring of substitute teachers. Sec. 49: transition membership terms defined. Sec. 50: model state policy on student records and recommendations to the legislature required. Sec. 51: independent school district Nos. 253, Goodhue, 912, Milaca, and 518, Worthington, authorized to begin school year early. Sec. 52: previous laws provisions state board of education changed to commissioner of children, families, and learning. Sec. 53: money appropriated for alternative pathways for teacher preparation; collaborative urban educator programs; independent school district No. 116, Pillager, lawsuit reimbursement; partners for quality school improvement; and professional teaching standards grant awards. Sec. 54: repealer. Sec. 55: Effective dates. ARTICLE 10 - STATE AGENCIES Sec. 1: state academies for the deaf and blind authorized to start school year before September 1. Sec. 2: Lola and Rudy Perpich Minnesota Center for Arts Education authorized to start school prior to September 1. Sec. 3: commissioners duties clarified in cases of neglect or abuse in a facility. Sec. 4: drug policy and violence prevention powers and duties of department of children, families, and learning transferred to department of public safety. Sec. 5: Department of children, families, and learning appropriated money for teaching and learning program, lifework development program, management and support services program, and office of community services program. Sec. 6: Lola and Rudy Perpich Minnesota Center for Arts Education appropriated money. Sec. 7: Minnesota state academies for the deaf and blind appropriated money. Sec. 8: Instruction to the revisor provided. Sec. 9: repealer. Sec. 10: Effective date. hlbcth