E Modifying certain provisions relating to K-12 education and the + department of children, families and learning (CFL); modifying the authority of +the commissioner of children, families and learning to close schools, +eliminating certain state aid reduction or denial prohibitions; changing the name+ of the Minnesota Indian scholarship committee to the American Indian +education committee; eliminating certain instructional hours requirements of +area learning centers and education districts; modifying the calculation +of referendum revenue for certain reorganized school districts; +expanding the authority of school boards to lease real property and changing +references to capital expenditure funds to operating capital accounts; reducing the+ health and safety and school age care levy limits; modifying the building +construction down payment program, providing for capital project referendum +accounts and levies; eliminating certain basis requirements for school district comprehensive pupil transportation safety policies; expanding the +definitions of regular and excess transportation relating to nonresident pupils +for transportation aid entitlement purposes; clarifying the +responsibility of school districts enrolling nonresident pupils in alternative +attendance programs to provide transportation to the pupils; clarifying certain provisions under the post-secondary enrollment options (PSEO) +program; modifying the formula for the payment of general education revenue to+ charter schools relating to the transportation transition allowance; +modifying the early childhood family education (ECFE) and school readiness reserve +account limits; transferring the authority for approval of school boards use +of nonlicensed community education directors from the commissioner to +the Minnesota board of school administrators; modifying the total +community education levy formula; regulating the payment of aid for access to +the transition system for children with disabilities; expanding certain +budget approval requirements for the payment of integration revenue; +modifying the definition of high school relating to districts without secondary +schools for general education revenue purposes; eliminating the requirement for +reservation of a portion of the transition revenue adjustment under the basic +skills revenue reservation requirement; eliminating a certain referendum +levy assumption relating to the determination of referendum tax base +replacement aid and modifying certain requirements for referenda to revoke or reduce +increased revenue amounts; increasing the statutory operating debt levy +formula; modifying certain levy procedure adjustment requirements; modifying +certain provisions under the maximum effort school aid law relating to levies+ and expanding eligibility for capital loans; modifying area learning +center tuition charging requirements; modifying the formulas for determination of +certain aid adjustments; increasing the net debt limit for special school +district #1, Minneapolis; eliminating certain driver training course +responsibilities of the commissioner; modifying the determination of attached machinery aid +and the reservation requirement relating to the receipt of taconite tax +proceeds, eliminating the authority of school districts to use the proceeds for+ outcome based learning programs; modifying the treatment of certain surplus +funds used to reduce certain levies and state aids; increasing the net tax +capacity rate for the severance levy by independent school district #625, St. Paul; specifying certain reference change and codification instructions to +the revisor of statutes; repealing certain provisions relating to levy +limits of reorganized districts, limited English proficiency (LEP) programs +aid, the Indian scholarship committee, intervention demonstration projects, +regional clearinghouses for improving education technology, general education +levy equity, a certain standing appropriation to the department for the +payment of adjustment aids, certain obsolete reporting and data collection +requirements of the commissioner, a certain uncodified provision requiring certain +commissioner school district formula adjustments and certain rules relating to the+ teacher lunch period, pupil transportation, services for the blind and +physically disabled, disaster plans, civil defense construction and the training+ and experience index (je, ja)