1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing the commissioner of education to waive 
1.3 	the General Education Development (GED) test fee under certain circumstances; 
1.4 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.55;  
1.5 	Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 9, section 4, subdivision 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.55, is amended to read:
1.8 	124D.55 GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TEST FEES.
1.9 	(a) The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible 
1.10 	individual for the full battery of a general education development (GED) test, but not more 
1.11 	than $20 for an eligible individual except as provided in paragraph (b).
1.12 	(b) The commissioner may waive the fee for an eligible individual who is homeless 
1.13 	or precariously housed.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006. 

1.15 	Sec. 2. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 9, section 4, subdivision 3, 
1.16 	is amended to read:
1.17 	
1.18 	
1.19 	Subd. 3. GED tests. For payment of 60 percent of the  costs of GED tests under 
1.20 	Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 4,  section 44, subdivision 10:  

2.1		$
	125,000
	.....
	2006
	
2.2
2.3		$
	125,000
200,000
	.....
	2007
	
2.4 	

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.