1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; increasing the pupil weight for 
  1.3             kindergarten students who are enrolled in all day 
  1.4             kindergarten; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.5             section 126C.05, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.05, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [PUPIL UNIT.] Pupil units for each 
  1.10  Minnesota resident pupil in average daily membership enrolled in 
  1.11  the district of residence, in another district under sections 
  1.12  123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.06, 124D.07, 124D.08, or 
  1.13  124D.68; in a charter school under section 124D.10; or for whom 
  1.14  the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 
  1.15  123A.22, 123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, 
  1.16  subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 
  1.17  125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.  
  1.18     (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is 
  1.19  enrolled in a program approved by the commissioner and has an 
  1.20  individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the number 
  1.21  of hours of assessment and education service to 825 with a 
  1.22  minimum of 0.28, but not more than one. 
  1.23     (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined 
  1.24  not to be handicapped is counted as the ratio of the number of 
  1.25  hours of assessment service to 825.  
  2.1      (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled 
  2.2   in a program approved by the commissioner is counted as the 
  2.3   ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education 
  2.4   services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual 
  2.5   education program plan to 875, but not more than one. 
  2.6      (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph 
  2.7   (c) is counted as .53 of a pupil unit for fiscal year 1995 and 
  2.8   thereafter except as provided in paragraph (e). 
  2.9      (e) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph 
  2.10  (c) who is enrolled at a school that offers all day kindergarten 
  2.11  is counted as .75 of a pupil unit for fiscal year 2000, .85 of a 
  2.12  pupil unit for fiscal year 2001, and 1.0 pupil unit for fiscal 
  2.13  year 2002 and thereafter. 
  2.14     (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 
  2.15  1.06 pupil units for fiscal year 1995 and thereafter. 
  2.16     (f) (g) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted 
  2.17  as 1.3 pupil units.  
  2.18     (g) (h) A pupil who is in the post-secondary enrollment 
  2.19  options program is counted as 1.3 pupil units.  
  2.20     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.21     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.