Relating to educationARTICLE 1 GENERAL EDUCATIONProviding for the computation of general education revenue for charter schools in the first year of operation; modifying the required uses of integration revenue, requiring filing of desegregation plans with the department of children, families and learning; imposing a budget approval process requirement for the receipt of integration revenue by school districts other than the school districts in first class cities; specifying certain desegregation plan component requirements; modifying the integration revenue formula and the payment of integration aid to alternative attendance programs; clarifying the regional and district equity gap formulas; modifying the learning and development revenue formula, changing the definition of instructor to classroom teacher, defining class size and requiring use of the revenue to reduce class size in grades K-3, modifying authorized uses; clarifying certain referendum and statewide average revenue requirements; repealing the Minnesota education finance act of 1992 ARTICLE 2 SPECIAL PROGRAMSExpanding the authorized use of Indian scholarships and the membership of the advisory board for the office of desegregation integration; modifying certain school district assurance of compliance requirements; clarifying a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of children, families and learning for magnet school grants; repealing a certain rule ARTICLE 3 LIFEWORK DEVLOPMENTChanging secondary vocational disabled revenue and aid to transition disabled revenue and aid; extending the availability of certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of children, families and learning for education and employment transitions program grants ARTICLE 4 FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGYAuthorizing school districts to deposit proceeds from the sale or exchange of school buildings or property in the general fund reserved for operating capital account instead of in the capital expenditure fund ARTICLE 5 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Clarifying the authorized sponsors of charter schools and authorizing boards designated by higher education institutions to vote on formation of the schools; specifying an annual deadline for charter school developers to submit proposals and affidavits to the commissioner of children, families and learning for review and a time limit for the commissioner to complete the review and grant new charters, authorizing the commissioner to appoint a review committee to assist in the review process; providing for exception to charter school financial requirements and for reduction of state aid to charter schools employing unlicensed teachers; modifying the charter school termination procedure; specifying certain health and safety requirements for buildings leased by charter schools and establishing an annual deadline for application for building lease aid; modifying charter school eligibility for integration revenue ARTICLE 6 OTHER PROGRAMS Changing the deadline for the commissioner of children, families and learning to submit certain advanced placement (AP) and international baccalaureate (IB) programs information to the legislatureARTICLE 7 NUTRITION PROGRAMS Modifying eligibility criteria for fast break to learning grants by the commissioner of children, families and learning ARTICLE 8 LIBRARIESExtending the availability of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of children, families and learning for the library for the blind and physically handicappedARTICLE 9 EDUCATION POLICY Requiring the board of teaching to adopt rules for granting temporary teaching licenses to certain teachers from other states; requiring school districts and charter schools to request criminal history background checks on hired nonlicensed community experts and to verify completion of the checks to the board of teaching; modifying certain requirements for superintendent basic standards test reports to the commissioner of children, families and learning; specifying certain standards for school district audits; requiring the calculation of amounts necessary for school district severance pay reserves according to the department of children, families and learning instead of the advisory council on uniform financial accounting and reporting standards (UFARS); clarifying certain school district student transportation and school bus safety requirements; modifying the formula for the transportation reduction in first grade preparedness revenue paid to charter schools and the learning year programs summer transportation expenditures reporting requirement ARTICLE 10 STATE AGENCIESReducing the allocation of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of children, families and learning for the Perpich center for arts education for asset preservation and facility repair(ra)