HF 4040

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Omnibus early childhood, family, and kindergarten through grade 12 education bill providing funding for education, special programs, pupil transportation, and other programs; and appropriating money.

ARTICLE 1: GENERAL EDUCATION

Section 1: Age limitations for pupils clarified.
Sec. 2: Revenue amount modified.
Sec. 3: Revenue timing modified.
Sec. 4: People to be served by centers clarified.
Sec. 5: Building expenditures modified.
Sec. 6: Secondary school programs modified.
Sec. 7: Allowable student fee modified.
Sec. 8: Technical reference added.
Sec. 9: Program eligibility modified.
Sec. 10: Educational program tuition procedure modified.
Sec. 11: Unreimbursed costs regulated.
Sec. 12: Tuition reduction conforming change.
Sec. 13: Student count relating to tuition specified.
Sec. 14: Annual appropriation clarified.
Sec. 15: Out-of-state admissions technical change.
Sec. 16: Pupil unit statutory reference added.
Sec. 17: related term definitions modified.
Sec. 18: Operating capital levy adjusted.
Sec. 19: Equity levy adjusted.
Sec. 20: Basic alternative teacher compensation aid modified.
Sec. 21: Referendum revenue clarified.
Sec. 22: Unemployment insurance program trust fund payment regulated.
Sec. 23: Safe schools levy modified.
Sec. 24: General education aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 25: Operating referendum cap modified for Chokio-Alberta.
Sec. 26: Willow River early levy recognition provided.
Sec. 27: Rocori school district money appropriated.
Sec. 28: Repealer.

ARTICLE 2: EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Section 1: Parent definition modified.
Sec. 2: Benchmarks for academic standards publication required.
Sec. 3: Graduation student transfers modified.
Sec. 4: Examination fees reimbursement provided.
Sec. 5: Academic achievement, advanced placement and international baccalaureate standards specified.
Sec. 6: School performance report cards required.
Sec. 7: Crisis management policy adjusted.
Sec. 8: School safety drills required.
Sec. 9: Exclusions or expulsion regulations modified.
Sec. 10: Teacher and support personnel qualifications modified.
Sec. 11: Immediate discharge provision clarified.
Sec. 12: School mentoring provision modified.
Sec. 13: Election authorized to detach land for a new school district.
Sec. 14: School employees prohibited from using school resources for advocacy.
Sec. 15: Structurally balanced school district budget regulations modified.
Sec. 16: Learning parameters for online courses modified.
Sec. 17: Sponsorship regulations expanded.
Sec. 18: Contract provision clarified.
Sec. 19: Transportation notification required.
Sec. 20: Aid payment to charter schools modified.
Sec. 21: Program general requirements modified.
Sec. 22: Integration revenue modified.
Sec. 23: High school redesign grants established.
Sec. 24: School fire drill provisions modified.
Sec. 25: Charter school start-up aid revised.
Sec. 26: Dates extended.
Sec. 27: Board of school administrators rulemaking authority revised.
Sec. 28: Charter school startup aid modified.
Sec. 29: Examination fees AP and IB appropriations modified.
Sec. 30: Youth works program appropriations modified.
Sec. 31: Chinese language programs authorized and curriculum development promoted.
Sec. 32: Advisory task force on school and staff emergency / all hazard preparedness established.
Sec. 33: 2006 school accountability report public release authorized.
Sec. 34: Advisory task force established.
Sec. 35: Integration revenue reduction imposed.
Sec. 36: Student achievement studies money appropriated.
Sec. 37: Revisor¿s instruction.

ARTICLE 3: SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Section 1: Budget language established.
Sec. 2: Building expenditures modified.
Sec. 3: Blind chlidren classified as having a disability.
Sec. 4: Nonresident tuition rate provision modified.
Sec. 5: Special instruction IEP team regulated.
Sec. 6: Interagency child find systems definition modified.
Sec. 7: Statutory references modified.
Sec. 8: School and county board responsibilities expanded.
Sec. 9: Interagency early intervention committees modified.
Sec. 10: Individualized family service plan clarified.
Sec. 11: Service coordination modified.
Sec. 12: State interagency agreement technical refernce added.
Sec. 13: Education program approval modified.
Sec. 14: Education responsibility provision modified.
Sec. 15: Residential facilities modified.
Sec. 16: Educational summary progress report modified.
Sec. 18-21: Technical modifications.
Sec. 22: Special education effort and maintenance required.
Sec. 23: General and total qualifying referendum revenue term definitions modified.
Sec. 24: Local welfare agency powers modified.
Sec. 25: Visually impaired rule language modified.
Sec. 26: Education rule amendments required.
Sec. 27: Tuition billing provision modified.
Sec. 28: Repealer.

ARTICLE 4: FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Section 1: Citation modified.
Sec. 2: Policy and purpose language clarified.
Sec. 3-4: Conforming changes.
Sec. 5: Eligible debt service revenue definition modified.
Sec. 6: Equalized debt service levy increased.
Sec. 7: Timeline waiver provided.
Sec. 8: Waseca levy authorized.
Sec. 9: Belle Plaine health and safety revenue uses specified.
Sec. 10: Rocori and Faribault lease levy authorized.
Sec. 11: Money appropriated.

ARTICLE 5: SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTING

Section 1: Date extended and web site publication required.
Sec. 2: Contract duties expanded.
Sec. 3: Levy recognition modified.
Sec. 4: Reserve account elimination modified.
Sec. 5: Distribution errors modified.
Sec. 6: Payment date term definition modified.
Sec. 7: Nonoperating fund payments modified.
Sec. 8: Department of education report required.
Sec. 9: Rochester school district property tax certification modified.
Sec. 10: Fund transfers authorized.

ARTICLE 6: PUPIL TRANSPORTATION

Section 1: Student training provision modified.
Sec. 2: Compliance required.
Sec. 3: Related term definitions modified.
Sec. 4: School bus definitions modified.
Sec. 5: Driver seat belt required in all school buses.
Sec. 6: National standard adoption required.
Sec. 7: Dates modified.
Sec. 8: Electrical system requirements modified.
Sec. 9: Seat and crash barriers cushion depth specified.
Sec. 10: Training requirements modified.
Sec. 11: Repealer.

ARTICLE 7: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Section 1: Balance availability provided.

ARTICLE 8: PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Section 1: Money appropriated.

ARTICLE 9: SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Section 1: First prior program year definition modified.
Sec. 2: Program requirements modified.
Sec. 3: Intensive English instruction grants for adult refugees provided.
Sec. 4: Money appropriated.

ARTICLE 10: STATE AGENCIES

Section 1: License and rule adoption required.
Sec. 2: Teacher preparation data program report required.
Sec. 3: Interdisciplinary teaching and learning program model for teacher licensure established.
Sec. 4: Teacher training program scope and requirements provided.
Sec. 5: Alternative teacher compensation revune for Perpich Center for Arts Education provided.
Sec. 6: Consolidated financial statement required.
Sec. 7: Comparison and correction statement posting on web site required.
Sec. 8: Appropriations modified.
Sec. 9: Geographic labor cost difference study required.
Sec. 10: Uniform system of public schools study required.
Sec. 11: Repealer.

ARTICLE 11: FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

Section 1: Referendum tax base replacement aid modified.
Sec. 2: Abatement revenue appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 3: Consolidation transition appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 4: Nonpublic pupil education aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 5: Nonpublic pupil transportation appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 6: Charter school building lease aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 7: Integration aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 8: Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants
appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 9: Success for the future American Indian grant appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 10: Tribal contract school aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 11: Special education appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 12: Aid for children with disabilities appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 13: Home-based services travel appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 14: Special education excess costs appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 15: Disabled students transition appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 16: Court-placed special education revenue appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 17: Health and safety revenue appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 18: Debt service equalization appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 19: Alternative facilities bonding aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 20: School lunch appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 21: Traditional school breakfast & kindergarten milk appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 22: Basic system support appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 23: Multicounty, multitype library systems appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 24: Regional library telecommunications aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 25: School readiness appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 26: Early childhood family education aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 27: Health and developmental screening aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 28: Community education aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 29: Adults with disabilities program aid appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 30: School-age care revenue appropriation adjusted.
Sec. 31: Adult basic education aid appropriation adjusted.

ARTICLE 12: TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Sections 1-6: Technical and conforming changes.

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5/22/06