E Modifying certain education programs and funding provisions ARTICLE 1 � GENERAL EDUCATIONEliminating a certain annual reporting requirement of school +superintendents; correcting the title of a certain manual for use in recording +expenditures for extra curricular (extracurricular) activities; modifying the formula +for debt service equalization aid, providing for tiers; requiring and +providing for school district maintenance and reporting of general fund +expenditures by building, specifying certain reporting requirements of the +commissioner of education; modifying the school district budget approval process; +removing the exclusion of capital expenditure funds from the definition of +reorganization operating debt; modifying the general education revenue formula for +charter schools relating to extended time revenue and transition revenue; +providing for the payment of compensatory revenue after certain changes in +alternative program contracts to the appropriate district; authorizing +commissioner withholding of state aid for school district failure to submit +audited financial data; expanding revenue for children of divorced parents to+ children of legally separated parents relating to joint physical custody; +modifying certain proposed property tax notice (truth in taxation) requirements+ of school districts; modifying the state aid reduction schedule for school +districts qualifying for second tier debt service equalization aid; repealing a+ certain provision regulating the allocation of general education revenue by +building ARTICLE 2 � EDUCATION EXCELLENCEExpanding academic standards adoption requirements to the subjects of+ social studies and science; modifying the required number of course credits +for mathematics and social studies; providing for waiver of rigorous +course of study requirements under certain conditions; providing for the +identification of gifted and talented students; classifying school performance +report cards and yearly progress data as nonpublic before posting on the +department of education web site; defining or redefining certain terms under the +limited English proficiency (LEP) program and modifying the general +requirements for the programs; specifying certain academic standards deposit and +maintenance requirements; specifying certain commissioner of education rule +adoption requirements and certain term and phrase change instructions to the +revisor of statutes ARTICLE 3 � SPECIAL PROGRAMSRequiring independent education plans (IEP) for students with +disabilities enrolled in on line learning courses or programs to be adapted to +reflect the on line learning option; expanding and modifying the interagency +intervention service system for special education purposes and modifying the +membership of the state interagency committee; expanding the special instruction +for children with a disability requirement to students suspended or expelled from +school for more than a few days; delaying the deadline for the commissioner of +education to adopt rules relating to the hearing process ARTICLE 4 � LIBRARIESRequiring the commissioner of education to appoint a temporary +advisory committee to advise the staff of the Minnesota library for the blind +and physically handicapped on long range planning and library services; +increasing the monetary limit for library accessibility grants ARTICLE 5 - STATE AGENCIESExpanding certain school board reporting requirements relating to +teacher or administrator discipline (ra, ja)