<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>family, adult, and prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>education, education excellence, special programs, facilities and technology, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>nutrition and accounting, libraries, state agencies, pupil transportation standards, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>early childhood and adult programs; education forecast adjustments, and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>technical and conforming amendments; providing for task force and advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>groups; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; funding parenting centers; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>funding lead hazard reduction; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Statutes 2006, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2; 119A.50, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision; 119A.52; 119A.535; 120A.22, subdivision 7; 120B.021, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>1; 120B.022, subdivision 1; 120B.12, subdivision 2; 120B.132; 120B.15; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>120B.30; 120B.31, subdivision 3; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 121A.17, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>5; 122A.20, subdivision 1; 122A.415, by adding subdivisions; 122A.61, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>adding a subdivision; 122A.628, subdivision 2; 122A.72, subdivision 5; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>123A.44; 123A.441; 123A.442; 123A.443; 123A.73, subdivision 8; 123B.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>by adding a subdivision; 123B.10, subdivision 1; 123B.143, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>123B.53, subdivision 1; 123B.54; 123B.57, subdivision 3; 123B.63, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>3; 123B.77, subdivision 4; 123B.79, subdivisions 6, 8, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>123B.81, subdivisions 2, 4, 7; 123B.83, subdivision 2; 123B.88, subdivision 12; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>123B.90, subdivision 2; 123B.92, subdivisions 1, 3; 124D.095, subdivisions 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>3, 4, 7; 124D.10, subdivisions 4, 23a, 24; 124D.111, subdivision 1; 124D.128, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 124D.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 11, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>124D.135, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6; 124D.15, subdivision 3; 124D.34, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>7; 124D.454, subdivisions 2, 3; 124D.531, subdivisions 1, 4; 124D.65, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivision 11; 124D.84, subdivision 1; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.13; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>125A.14; 125A.39; 125A.42; 125A.44; 125A.45; 125A.63, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>subdivision; 125A.75, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 125A.78; 125A.79, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>1, 5, 6, 8; 125B.15; 126C.01, subdivision 9; 126C.05, subdivision 1; 126C.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 2b, 13a, 24, 34, 35, 36; 126C.13, subdivision 4; 126C.15, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>subdivision 2; 126C.21, subdivisions 3, 5; 126C.41, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>126C.44; 126C.48, subdivisions 2, 7; 127A.095, subdivision 2; 127A.441; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>127A.47, subdivision 7; 127A.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 128D.11, subdivision 3; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>134.31, by adding a subdivision; 134.355, subdivision 9; 169.01, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>subdivision; 169.443, by adding a subdivision; 169.447, subdivision 2; 169.4501, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>subdivisions 1, 2; 169.4502, subdivision 5; 169.4503, subdivisions 13, 20; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>171.02, subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.321, subdivision 4; 205A.05, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>272.02, subdivision 64; 272.029, by adding a subdivision; 275.065, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>1, 1a; 517.08, subdivision 1c; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>1, sections 50, subdivision 2; 54, subdivisions 2, as amended, 4, 5, as amended, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>6, as amended, 7, as amended, 8, as amended; article 2, sections 81, as amended; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>84, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 6, as amended, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>10, as amended; article 3, section 18, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>4, as amended, 6, as amended; article 4, section 25, subdivisions 2, as amended, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>3, as amended; article 5, section 17, subdivision 3, as amended; article 7, section <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>20, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 8, section <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>8, subdivisions 2, as amended, 5, as amended; article 9, section 4, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 15; Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>section 28, subdivision 4; article 3, section 4, subdivision 2; proposing coding for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 119A; 121A; 124D; 127A; repealing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120B.233; 121A.23; 123A.22, subdivision 11; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>123B.749; 123B.81, subdivision 8; 124D.06; 124D.081, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>5, 6, 9; 124D.175; 124D.454, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7; 124D.531, subdivision 5; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>124D.62; 125A.10; 125A.75, subdivision 6; 125A.76, subdivision 3; 126C.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>subdivisions 34, 35, 36; 169.4502, subdivision 15; 169.4503, subdivisions 17, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>18, 26.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Additional revenues; priority.</b> (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of finance determines that there will be <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the biennium, the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>commissioner of finance must allocate money to the following accounts and purposes in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>priority order:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    (1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>$350,000,000;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    (2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>reaches $653,000,000;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>    (3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>aids and credits payments in section 
         <statute_ref>127A.45</statute_ref> to not more than 90 percent rounded to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>funds deposited in the budget reserve; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var>    (4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.38"></a><var>2.38</var>section 
         <statute_ref>127A.441</statute_ref> and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.2.39"></a><var>2.39</var>123B.75, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c) (b), and Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.2.40"></a><var>2.40</var>9, article 5, section 34, as amended by Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 23, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.41"></a><var>2.41</var>section 20, by the same amount.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    (b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>schedules otherwise established in statute.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>    (c) To the extent that a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>projected, appropriations under this section must be made before section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1522</statute_ref> takes <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>effect.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    (d) The commissioner of finance shall certify the total dollar amount of the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of education. The <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and reduce the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>fiscal year and thereafter.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.128, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Program established.</b> A learning year program provides instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>throughout the year on an extended year calendar, extended school day calendar, or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>both. A pupil may participate in the program and accelerate attainment of grade level <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>requirements or graduation requirements. A learning year program may begin after the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>close of the regular school year in June. The program may be for students in one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>grade levels from kindergarten through grade 12.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.128, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Commissioner designation.</b> (a) An area learning center designated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>state must be a site. An area learning center must provide services to students who meet <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>the criteria in section 124D.68 and who are enrolled in:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>    (1) a district that is served by the center; or<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>    (2) a charter school located within the geographic boundaries of a district that is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>served by the center.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>    (b) A school district or charter school may be approved biennially by the state to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>provide additional instructional programming that results in grade level acceleration. The <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>program must be designed so that students make grade progress during the school year <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>and graduate prior to the students' peers.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>    (c) To be designated, a district, charter school, or center must demonstrate to the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>commissioner that it will:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>    (1) provide a program of instruction that permits pupils to receive instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>throughout the entire year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    (2) develop and maintain a separate record system that, for purposes of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>126C.05
         </statute_ref>, permits identification of membership attributable to pupils participating in the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>program. The record system and identification must ensure that the program will not <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>have the effect of increasing the total number of pupil units average daily membership <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>attributable to an individual pupil as a result of a learning year program. The record <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>system must include the date the pupil originally enrolled in a learning year program, the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>pupil's grade level, the date of each grade promotion, the average daily membership <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>generated in each grade level, the number of credits or standards earned, and the number <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>needed to graduate. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>    (b) (d) A student who has not completed a school district's graduation requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>may continue to enroll in courses the student must complete in order to graduate until <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>the student satisfies the district's graduation requirements or the student is 21 years old, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>whichever comes first.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.128, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Student planning.</b> A district, charter school, or area learning center must <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>inform all pupils and their parents about the learning year program and that participation <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>in the program is optional. A continual learning plan must be developed at least annually <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>for each pupil with the participation of the pupil, parent or guardian, teachers, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>staff; each participant must sign and date the plan. The plan must specify the learning <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>experiences that must occur during the entire fiscal year and, are necessary for grade <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>progression or, for secondary students, for graduation. The plan must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    (1) the pupil's learning objectives and experiences, including courses or credits the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>pupil plans to complete each year and, for a secondary pupil, the graduation requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>the student must complete;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>    (2) the assessment measurements used to evaluate a pupil's objectives;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>    (3) requirements for grade level or other appropriate progression; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>    (4) for pupils generating more than one average daily membership in a given grade, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>an indication of which objectives were unmet.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>The plan may be modified to conform to district schedule changes. The district may <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>not modify the plan if the modification would result in delaying the student's time of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>graduation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Pupil unit.</b> Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>age of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>120A.20</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(c), in average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.06</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.07</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>in a charter school under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.10</statute_ref>; or for whom the resident district pays tuition <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.18</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.22</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.30</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.44</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.488</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.04</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.05</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>, shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>counted according to this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>by the commissioner and has an individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref> with a minimum <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref> pupil units. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>    (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>    (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>by the commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>education services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual education program <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>plan to 875, but not more than one.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>    (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as .557 of a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>pupil unit for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter 0.627 pupil units.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>    (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 3 is counted as 
         <statute_ref>1.115</statute_ref> pupil units for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>year 2000 and thereafter. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>    (f) A pupil who is any of grades 4 to 6 is counted as 
         <statute_ref>1.06</statute_ref> pupil units for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>year 1995 and thereafter. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>    (g) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 
         <statute_ref>1.3</statute_ref> pupil units.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>    (h) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>as 
         <statute_ref>1.3</statute_ref> pupil units.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>General education revenue.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2006 and later years <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>2007 and 2008, the general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, basic skills <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>revenue, training and experience revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>revenue, transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, and transition revenue.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2009 and later, the general education revenue for each district <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and talented <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>revenue, basic skills revenue, training and experience revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>revenue, equity revenue, and transition revenue.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Basic revenue.</b> The basic revenue for each district equals the formula <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The formula <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>allowance for fiscal year 2005 is $4,601. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2006 is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>$4,783. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2007 is $4,974 and the formula allowance <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>for fiscal year 2008 and subsequent years is $4,974 $5,075.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Gifted and talented revenue.</b> Gifted and talented revenue for each <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>district equals $4 times the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2006 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>and $9 for fiscal year 2007 and later that school year times $13 for fiscal year 2008 and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>later. A school district must reserve gifted and talented revenue and, consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.15</statute_ref>, must spend the revenue only to:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    (1) identify gifted and talented students;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>    (2) provide education programs for gifted and talented students; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>    (3) provide staff development to prepare teachers to best meet the unique needs <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>of gifted and talented students.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>    Subd. 24. <b>Equity revenue.</b> (a) A school district qualifies for equity revenue if:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>    (1) the school district's adjusted marginal cost pupil unit amount of basic revenue, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>supplemental revenue, transition revenue, and referendum revenue is less than the value of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>the school district at or immediately above the 95th percentile of school districts in its <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>equity region for those revenue categories; and<br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>    (2) the school district's administrative offices are not located in a city of the first <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>class on July 1, 1999.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>    (b) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that receives referendum revenue under <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, equals the product of (1) the district's adjusted marginal <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>cost pupil units for that year; times (2) the sum of (i) $13, plus (ii) $75, times the school <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>district's equity index computed under subdivision 27.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>    (c) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that does not receive referendum revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, equals the product of the district's adjusted marginal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>cost pupil units for that year times $13.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>    (d) A school district's equity revenue is increased by the greater of zero or an amount <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>equal to the district's resident marginal cost pupil units times the difference between ten <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>percent of the statewide average amount of referendum revenue per resident marginal cost <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>pupil unit for that year and the district's referendum revenue per resident marginal cost <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>pupil unit. A school district's revenue under this paragraph must not exceed $100,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>that year.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>    (e) A school district's equity revenue for a school district located in the metro equity <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>region equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) multiplied by 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>    (f) For fiscal year 2007 and later, notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (2), a school <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>district that has per pupil referendum revenue below the 95th percentile qualifies for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>additional equity revenue equal to $46 times its adjusted marginal cost pupil unit units.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>    (g) A district that does not qualify for revenue under paragraph (f) qualifies for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>equity revenue equal to one-half of the per pupil allowance in paragraph (f) $46 times its <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>adjusted marginal cost pupil units.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 34, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    Subd. 34. <b>Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school district or an intermediate <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>school district with a plan approved under section 
<statute_ref>122A.414, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, equals the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 
<statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with an approved plan <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>under section 
<statute_ref>122A.414, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>in the school on October 1 of the previous school year, or on October 1 of the current <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>fiscal year for a charter school in the first year of operation.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>    (b) For fiscal year years 2007 and later 2008, the basic alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>compensation aid for a school district with a plan approved under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>subdivision 2b
         </statute_ref>, equals 73.1 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>for an intermediate school district or charter school with a plan approved under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b
         </statute_ref>, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or on <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>October 1 of the current fiscal year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>compensation revenue for those districts under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>    (c) (b) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) and section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>1
         </statute_ref>, the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>$19,329,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2007 and later and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>$44,159,000 for fiscal year 2008. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>teacher compensation aid approved under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415</statute_ref> so as not to exceed these <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>limits.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 35, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>    Subd. 35. <b>Alternative teacher compensation levy.</b> For fiscal year years 2007 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>and later 2008, the alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>alternative teacher compensation aid equals the product of (1) the difference between the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>district's alternative teacher compensation revenue and the district's basic alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>teacher compensation aid times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to $5,913.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 36, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>    Subd. 36. <b>Alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year years 2007 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>and later 2008, a district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>district's alternative teacher compensation revenue minus the district's basic alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>teacher compensation aid minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy. If a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the alternative teacher compensation <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>    (b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>compensation equalization aid.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>    Subd. 4. <b>General education aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2006, a district's general <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>education aid is the sum of the following amounts:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>    (1) general education revenue, excluding equity revenue, total operating capital, and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>transition revenue;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>    (2) operating capital aid according to section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13b</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>    (3) equity aid according to section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 30</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    (4) transition aid according to section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 33</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>    (5) shared time aid according to section 
<statute_ref>126C.01, subdivision 7</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>    (6) referendum aid according to section 
<statute_ref>126C.17</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>    (7) online learning aid according to section 
<statute_ref>124D.096</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>    (b) For fiscal year years 2007 and later 2008, a district's general education aid is the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>sum of the following amounts:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>    (1) general education revenue, excluding equity revenue, total operating capital <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>revenue, alternative teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>    (2) operating capital aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13b</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>    (3) equity aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 30</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>    (4) alternative teacher compensation aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 36</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>    (5) transition aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 33</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>    (6) shared time aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.01, subdivision 7</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>    (7) referendum aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>    (8) online learning aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.096</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2009 and later, a district's general education aid is the sum of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>the following amounts:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>    (1) general education revenue, excluding equity revenue, total operating capital <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>revenue, and transition revenue;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>    (2) operating capital aid under section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13b</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>    (3) equity aid under section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 30</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>    (4) transition aid under section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 33</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>    (5) shared time aid under section 
<statute_ref>126C.01, subdivision 7</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>    (6) referendum aid under section 
<statute_ref>126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>    (7) online learning aid according to section 
<statute_ref>124D.096</statute_ref>.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.21, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>County apportionment deduction.</b> Each year the amount of money <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>apportioned to a district for that year pursuant to section sections
<statute_ref>127A.34, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>and 272.029, subdivision 6, must be deducted from the general education aid earned by <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>that district for the same year or from aid earned from other state sources. <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.21, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Adjustment for failure to meet federal maintenance of effort.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>general education aid paid to a school district or charter school that failed to meet federal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>special education maintenance of effort for the previous fiscal year must be reduced by the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>amount that must be paid to the federal government due to the shortfall. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>    (b) The general education aid paid to school districts that were members of a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>cooperative that failed to meet federal special education maintenance of effort must be <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>reduced by the amount that must be paid to the federal government due to the shortfall. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>The commissioner must apportion the aid reduction amount to the member school districts <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>based on each district's individual shortfall in maintaining effort, and on each member <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>district's proportionate share of any shortfall in expenditures made by the cooperative. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>Each district's proportionate share of shortfall in expenditures made by the cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>must be calculated using the adjusted marginal pupil units of each member school district.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>    (c) The amounts recovered under this subdivision shall be paid to the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>government to meet the state's obligations resulting from the district's or, charter school's, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>or cooperative's failure to meet federal special education maintenance of effort.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.44, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var><b>126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>    (a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>all costs under this section shall be equal to $27 $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>counties who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>liaison in services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>program as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.101, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (e), in the elementary <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>schools; (3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>district's schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>property; or (5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>safety, voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>by the school district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>nurses, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>and chemical dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems. For <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>expenditures under clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>boundaries. <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>    (b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts. <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>    (c) If a school district spends safe schools levy proceeds under paragraph (a), clause <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>(6), the district must annually certify that its total spending on services provided by the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>employees listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), is not less than the sum of its expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>for these purposes in the previous year plus the amount spent under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.441, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var><b>127A.441 AID REDUCTION; LEVY REVENUE RECOGNITION CHANGE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>    Each year, the state aids payable to any school district for that fiscal year that are <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>recognized as revenue in the school district's general and community service funds shall <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>be adjusted by an amount equal to (1) the amount the district recognized as revenue for the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>prior fiscal year pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.75, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph (b) or (c), minus (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>the amount the district recognized as revenue for the current fiscal year pursuant to section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>123B.75, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c) (b). For purposes of making the aid adjustments <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>under this section, the amount the district recognizes as revenue for either the prior fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>year or the current fiscal year pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.75, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph (b) <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>or (c), shall not include any amount levied pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.86, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>for school districts receiving revenue under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.86, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, clauses (1), <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>(2), and (3); 
         <statute_ref>126C.41, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3</statute_ref>, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d); 
         <statute_ref>126C.43, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>126C.457</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>126C.48, subdivision 6</statute_ref>. Payment from the permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>school fund shall not be adjusted pursuant to this section. The school district shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>notified of the amount of the adjustment made to each payment pursuant to this section. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Alternative attendance programs.</b> The general education aid and special <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.06</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>adjustments must be made according to this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>    (a) General education aid paid to a resident district must be reduced by an amount <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>equal to the referendum equalization aid attributable to the pupil in the resident district.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    (b) General education aid paid to a district serving a pupil in programs listed in this <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>subdivision must be increased by an amount equal to the greater of (1) the referendum <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>equalization aid attributable to the pupil in the nonresident district; or (2) the product of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>the district's open enrollment concentration index, the maximum amount of referendum <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>revenue in the first tier, and the district's net open enrollment pupil units for that year. A <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>district's open enrollment concentration index equals the greater of: (i) zero, or (ii) the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>lesser of 
<statute_ref>1.0</statute_ref>, or the difference between the district's ratio of open enrollment pupil units <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>served to its resident pupil units for that year and 0.2. This clause does not apply to a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>school district where more than 50 percent of the open enrollment students are enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>solely in online learning courses.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>    (c) If the amount of the reduction to be made from the general education aid of the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>resident district is greater than the amount of general education aid otherwise due the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>district, the excess reduction must be made from other state aids due the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>    (d) For fiscal year 2006, the district of residence must pay tuition to a district or an <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>area learning center, operated according to paragraph (f), providing special instruction and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>services to a pupil with a disability, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, or a pupil, as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision. The tuition must <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>be equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services to the pupil, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>including a proportionate amount for special transportation and unreimbursed building <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, minus (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>if the pupil receives special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>more than 60 percent of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>referendum aid attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid attributable <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and services. For <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum aid attributable to a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average general education revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.12.36"></a><var>12.36</var>and referendum aid per adjusted pupil unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    (e) For fiscal year 2007 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil with a disability, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, or a pupil, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, who is enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>the amount of general education revenue and referendum aid attributable to that pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>transportation, minus (3) special education aid attributable to that pupil, that is received <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>by the district providing special instruction and services. For purposes of this paragraph, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>general education revenue and referendum aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>using the serving district's average general education revenue and referendum aid per <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>adjusted pupil unit. Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>special instruction and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>must be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district. If <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full adjustment, the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>remaining adjustment shall be made to other state aids due to the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>    (f) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>paragraph (d) or (e), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount equal to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>the product of the formula allowance according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, times <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>.0485, calculated without basic skills revenue and transportation sparsity revenue, times <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area learning center, plus the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>compensatory revenue generated by pupils attending the area learning center.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.49, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Abatements.</b> Whenever by virtue of chapter 278, sections 
         <statute_ref>270C.86</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>375.192
         </statute_ref>, or otherwise, the net tax capacity or referendum market value of any district for <br/>
<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>any taxable year is changed after the taxes for that year have been spread by the county <br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>auditor and the local tax rate as determined by the county auditor based upon the original <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>net tax capacity is applied upon the changed net tax capacities, the county auditor shall, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>prior to February 1 of each year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>any resulting net revenue loss that accrued to the district during the preceding year. Each <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>year, the commissioner shall pay an abatement adjustment to the district in an amount <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>calculated according to the provisions of this subdivision. This amount shall be deducted <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>from the amount of the levy authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>126C.46</statute_ref>. The amount of the abatement <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>adjustment must be the product of:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>    (1) the net revenue loss as certified by the county auditor, times<br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>    (2) the ratio of:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>    (i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>according to the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>    (A) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>, if the district received health and safety aid according to that <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>    (B) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref>, if the district received aid for community education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>according to that section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>    (C) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>education aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref> for the second preceding year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>    (D) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, if the district received referendum equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>aid according to that section for the second preceding year; <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>    (E) section 126C.13, if the district received general education aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>section 126C.13, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), clause (1), of that section in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>    (F) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>    (G) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>    (H) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>to section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>    (I) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>aid according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>    (J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>according to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>    (K) section 123B.591, subdivision 3, if the district received deferred maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>aid according to section 123B.591, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>    (L) section 126C.10, subdivision 35, if the district received alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>compensation equalization aid according to section 126C.10, subdivision 36, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>(a), in the second preceding year, or section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>received alternative compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>subdivision 6, in the second preceding year; to<br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>    (ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding December, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>plus or minus auditor's adjustments.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Excess tax increment.</b> (a) If a return of excess tax increment is made to a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>district pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>469.176, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>469.177, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, or upon <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>decertification of a tax increment district, the school district's aid and levy limitations <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>must be adjusted for the fiscal year in which the excess tax increment is paid under the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>provisions of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>    (b) An amount must be subtracted from the district's aid for the current fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>equal to the product of:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>    (1) the amount of the payment of excess tax increment to the district, times<br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>    (2) the ratio of:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>    (i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy for the fiscal year in which <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>the excess tax increment is paid according to the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>    (A) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>, if the district received health and safety aid according to that <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>    (B) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref>, if the district received aid for community education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>according to that section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>    (C) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>education aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref> for the second preceding year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>    (D) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, if the district received referendum equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>aid according to that section for the second preceding year; <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>    (E) section 126C.13, if the district received general education aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>section 126C.13, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), clause (1), of that section in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>    (F) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>    (G) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>    (H) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>to section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>    (I) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>aid according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>    (J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>according to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>    (K) section 123B.591, subdivision 3, if the district received deferred maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>aid according to section 123B.591, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>    (L) section 126C.10, subdivision 35, if the district received alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>compensation equalization aid according to section 126C.10, subdivision 36, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>(a), in the second preceding year, or section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>received alternative compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>subdivision 6, in the second preceding year; to<br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>    (ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy for the fiscal year, plus or minus <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>auditor's adjustments.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>    (c) An amount must be subtracted from the school district's levy limitation for the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>next levy certified equal to the difference between:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>    (1) the amount of the distribution of excess increment; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>    (2) the amount subtracted from aid pursuant to clause (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>    If the aid and levy reductions required by this subdivision cannot be made to the aid <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>for the fiscal year specified or to the levy specified, the reductions must be made from <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>aid for subsequent fiscal years, and from subsequent levies. The school district must use <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>the payment of excess tax increment to replace the aid and levy revenue reduced under <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>    (d) This subdivision applies only to the total amount of excess increments received <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>by a district for a calendar year that exceeds $25,000.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 205A.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Questions.</b> Special elections must be held for a school district on a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>question on which the voters are authorized by law to pass judgment. The school board <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>may on its own motion call a special election to vote on any matter requiring approval of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>the voters of a district. Upon petition of 50 or more voters of the school district or five <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>percent of the number of voters voting at the preceding regular school district general <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>election, whichever is greater, the school board shall by resolution call a special election <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>to vote on any matter requiring approval of the voters of a district. A question is carried <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>only with the majority in its favor required by law. The election officials for a special <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>election are the same as for the most recent school district general election unless changed <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>according to law. Otherwise, special elections must be conducted and the returns made <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>in the manner provided for the school district general election. A special election may <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>not be held during the 30 days before and the 30 days after the state primary, during the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>30 days before and the 40 days after the state general election. In addition, a special <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>election may not be held during the 20 days before and the 20 days after any regularly <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>scheduled election of a municipality wholly or partially within the school district. <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the time period in which a special election <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>must be conducted under any other law may be extended by the school board to conform <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>with the requirements of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>and applies to petitions for special election submitted 30 days after that date and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 272.029, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>    Subd. 6a. <b>Report to commissioner of education.</b> The county auditor, on the first <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>Wednesday after such settlement, shall report to the commissioner the amount distributed <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>to each school district under subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008, for settlements made <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>during fiscal year 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>    Sec. 23. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 50, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Application process.</b> Independent School Districts Nos. 11, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>Anoka-Hennepin; 279, Osseo; 281, Robbinsdale; 286, Brooklyn Center; 535, Rochester; <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>and 833, South Washington may submit an application to the commissioner of education <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>by August 15, 2005, for a plan to allocate compensatory revenue to school sites based <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>on student performance. The application must include a written resolution approved by <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>the school board that: (1) identifies the test results that will be used to assess student <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>performance; (2) describes the method for distribution of compensatory revenue to the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>school sites; and (3) summarizes the evaluation procedure the district will use to determine <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>if the redistribution of compensatory revenue improves overall student performance. The <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>application must be submitted in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>commissioner must notify the selected school districts by September 1, 2005 within 90 <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>days of receipt of their application.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>    Sec. 24. Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 3, section 4, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Onetime energy assistance aid.</b> For onetime energy assistance aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>section 3:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var><br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3,495,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
 2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>and applies retroactively to fiscal year 2006.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>    Sec. 25. <b>SCHOOL FINANCE REFORM; TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Task force established.</b> A School Finance Reform Task Force <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>is established.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Task force goals.</b> The goals of the School Finance Reform Task Force <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>include:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>    (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula remains adequate over <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>time;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>    (2) simplifying the remaining school formulas;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>    (3) analyzing categorical funding formulas, including but not limited to pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>transportation, compensatory revenue, and limited English proficiency revenue;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>    (4) establishing a schedule for implementation of the other new formulas; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>    (5) examining the role of the regional delivery structure including the functions <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>performed by intermediate school districts, service cooperatives, education districts, and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>other cooperative organizations.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Task force members.</b> The task force consists of nine members. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>Membership includes the commissioner of education, four members appointed according <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>to the rules of the senate by the senate Committee on Rules and Administration <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>Subcommittee on Committees, and four members appointed by the speaker of the house.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Task force recommendations.</b> The task force must submit a report to the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>education committees of the legislature by January 15, 2008, describing the formula <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>recommendations according to the goals it has established.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    Sec. 26. <b>LIMITATION ON NEW ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION SCHOOL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var><b>DISTRICTS, FISCAL YEARS 2008-2011.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.413; 122A.414; 122A.415; <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>122A.416; and 126C.10, subdivisions 34, 35, and 36, the Department of Education must <br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>limit the participation in the alternative teacher pay program to those district sites and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>charter schools that received alternative compensation revenue in fiscal year 2007 or those <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>district sites and charter schools that have an approved plan, under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>section 122A.414, by March 10, 2007, for fiscal year 2008 alternative compensation <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>participation. This limitation applies to fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2011. No <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>additional district sites or charter schools may be approved until after June 30, 2012.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>    Sec. 27. <b>FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND 2009 DECLINING PUPIL UNIT AID, </b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var><b>RED LAKE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>    For fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only, Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>is eligible for declining pupil unit aid equal to the greater of zero or the product of $4,974 <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>times the difference between the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>2005 and the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that fiscal year times .75. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.13, the declining pupil unit aid must be <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>included in calculating the district's general education aid.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>    Sec. 28. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>General education aid.</b> For general education aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 5,581,605,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 5,506,993,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $531,733,000 for 2007 and $5,049,872,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $546,980,000 for 2008 and $4,960,013,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Referendum tax base replacement aid.</b> For referendum tax base <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">870,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $870,000 for 2007 and $0 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">95,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">97,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Abatement revenue.</b> For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>127A.49:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,343,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,347,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $76,000 for 2007 and $1,267,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $140,000 for 2008 and $1,207,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Consolidation transition.</b> For districts consolidating under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>Statutes, section 123A.485:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">565,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">212,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2007 and $522,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $57,000 for 2008 and $155,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic pupil education aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43, and 123B.87:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 16,292,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 16,555,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $1,606,000 for 2007 and $14,686,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $1,631,000 for 2008 and $14,924,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic pupil transportation aid <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 21,557,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 21,163,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $2,124,000 for 2007 and $19,433,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $2,159,000 for 2008 and $19,004,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>    Subd. 9. <b>One-room schoolhouse.</b> For a grant to Independent School District No. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>690, Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">65,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">65,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Compensatory revenue pilot project.</b> For grants for participation in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>compensatory revenue pilot program under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>article 1, section 50:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,175,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,175,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>    Of this amount, $1,500,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent School District <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin; $210,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent School <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>District No. 279, Osseo; $160,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent School <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $75,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent School <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>District No. 286, Brooklyn Center; $165,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>School District No. 535, Rochester; and $65,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>School District No. 833, South Washington.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>    If a grant to a specific school district is not awarded, the commissioner may increase <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>the aid amounts to any of the remaining participating school districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>    This appropriation is part of the base budget for subsequent fiscal years.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Declining pupil unit aid; Browns Valley.</b> For declining pupil unit aid <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>to Independent School District No. 801, Browns Valley:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Education finance study.</b> For a contract to hire an independent contractor <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>to assist the education finance task force:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">75,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Declining pupil aid, Red Lake.</b> For a grant to Independent School <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>District No. 38, Red Lake, for declining pupil aid:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">455,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Declining pupil aid McGregor.</b> For declining pupil aid for Independent <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>School District No. 4, McGregor:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    Sec. 29. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>    In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall correct any incorrect <br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>cross-references resulting from the repeal of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.06.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>    Sec. 30. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.06, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivisions 34, 35, and 36, are <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>repealed for revenue for fiscal year 2009 and later.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(c) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.081, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>9, are repealed effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.50, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Early childhood literacy programs.</b> (a) A research-based early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>literacy program premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>development, and high quality early literacy program standards is established to increase <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>the literacy skills of children participating in Head Start to prepare them to be successful <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>readers and to increase families' participation in providing early literacy experiences to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>their children. Program providers must:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>    (1) work to prepare children to be successful learners;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>    (2) work to close the achievement gap for at-risk children;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>    (3) use an integrated approach to early literacy that daily offers a literacy-rich <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>classroom learning environment composed of books, writing materials, writing centers, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>labels, rhyming, and other related literacy materials and opportunities;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>    (4) support children's home language while helping the children master English and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>use multiple literacy strategies to provide a cultural bridge between home and school;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>    (5) use literacy mentors, ongoing literacy groups, and other teachers and staff to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>provide appropriate, extensive professional development opportunities in early literacy <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>and classroom strategies for preschool teachers and other preschool staff;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>    (6) use ongoing data-based assessments that enable preschool teachers to understand, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>plan, and implement literacy strategies, activities, and curriculum that meet children's <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>literacy needs and continuously improve children's literacy; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>    (7) foster participation by parents, community stakeholders, literacy advisors, and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>evaluation specialists. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>Program providers are encouraged to collaborate with qualified, community-based <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>early childhood providers in implementing this program and to seek nonstate funds to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>supplement the program.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>    (b) Program providers under paragraph (a) interested in extending literacy programs <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>to children in kindergarten through grade 3 may elect to form a partnership with an <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>eligible organization under section 124D.38, subdivision 2, or 124D.42, subdivision 6, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>clause (3), schools enrolling children in kindergarten through grade 3, and other interested <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>and qualified community-based entities to provide ongoing literacy programs that offer <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>seamless literacy instruction focused on closing the literacy achievement gap. To close the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>literacy achievement gap by the end of third grade, partnership members must agree to use <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>best efforts and practices and to work collaboratively to implement a seamless literacy <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>model from age three to grade 3, consistent with paragraph (a). Literacy programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>this paragraph must collect and use literacy data to:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>    (1) evaluate children's literacy skills; and<br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>    (2) formulate specific intervention strategies to provide reading instruction to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>children premised on the outcomes of formative and summative assessments and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>research-based indicators of literacy development.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>    The literacy programs under this paragraph also must train teachers and other <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>providers working with children to use the assessment outcomes under clause (2) to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>develop and use effective, long-term literacy coaching models that are specific to the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>program providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>    (c) The commissioner must collect and evaluate literacy data on children from age <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>three to grade 3 who participate in literacy programs under this section to determine the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>efficacy of early literacy programs on children's success in developing the literacy skills <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>that they need for long-term academic success and the programs' success in closing the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>literacy achievement gap. Annually by February 1, the commissioner must report to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>the education policy and finance committees of the legislature on the ongoing impact <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>of these programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Education records.</b> (a) A district, a charter school, or a nonpublic school <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>that receives services or aid under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 from which a student is <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>transferring must transmit the student's educational records, within ten business days of a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>request, to the district, the charter school, or the nonpublic school in which the student is <br/>
<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>enrolling. Districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools that receive services or aid <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 must make reasonable efforts to determine the district, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>the charter school, or the nonpublic school in which a transferring student is next enrolling <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>in order to comply with this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>    (b) A closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records, within <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>ten business days of the school's closure, to the student's school district of residence <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>where the records must be retained unless the records are otherwise transferred under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>    (c) A school district, a charter school, or a nonpublic school that receives services <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>or aid under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 that transmits a student's educational records <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>to another school district or other educational entity, charter school, or nonpublic school <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>to which the student is transferring must include in the transmitted records information <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>about any formal suspension, expulsion, and exclusion disciplinary action taken as a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>result of any incident in which the student possessed or used a dangerous weapon under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. The district, the charter school, or the nonpublic school <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>that receives services or aid under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 must provide notice to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>a student and the student's parent or guardian that formal disciplinary records will be <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>transferred as part of the student's educational record, in accordance with data practices <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>under chapter 13 and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, United <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>States Code, title 20, section 1232(g).<br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>    (c) (d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>138.17</statute_ref>, a principal or chief administrative officer <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>must remove from a student's educational record and destroy a probable cause notice <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>received under section 
         <statute_ref>260B.171, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, or paragraph (d), if one year has elapsed <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>since the date of the notice and the principal or chief administrative officer has not <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>received a disposition or court order related to the offense described in the notice. This <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>paragraph does not apply if the student no longer attends the school when this one-year <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>period expires. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>    (d) (e) A principal or chief administrative officer who receives a probable cause <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>notice under section 
         <statute_ref>260B.171, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, or a disposition or court order, must include <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>a copy of that data in the student's educational records if they are transmitted to another <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>school, unless the data are required to be destroyed under paragraph (c) or section 
         <statute_ref>121A.75</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Required academic standards.</b> The following subject areas are <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>required for statewide accountability:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>    (1) language arts;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>    (2) mathematics;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    (3) science;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>    (4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>citizenship;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>    (5) health and physical education, for which locally developed academic standards <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>apply; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>    (6) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>    The commissioner must submit proposed standards in science and social studies to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>the legislature by February 1, 2004.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>plan team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>An individualized education plan team that makes this determination must establish <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>alternative standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>    A school district, no later than the 2007-2008 school year, must adopt graduation <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements established in law or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>rule. A school district that incorporates these state graduation requirements before the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>2007-2008 school year must provide students who enter the 9th grade in or before <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>the 2003-2004 school year the opportunity to earn a diploma based on existing locally <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>established graduation requirements in effect when the students entered the 9th grade. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a result <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.10</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>and 
         <statute_ref>120B.20</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    The commissioner must include the contributions of Minnesota American Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>tribes and communities as they relate to the academic standards during the review and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>revision of the required academic standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.022, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Elective standards.</b> (a) A district must establish its own standards in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>the following subject areas:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>    (1) vocational and technical education; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>    (2) world languages.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>    A school district must offer courses in all elective subject areas.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>    (b) World languages teachers and other school staff should develop and implement <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>world languages programs that acknowledge and reinforce the language proficiency and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>cultural awareness that non-English language speakers already possess, and encourage <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>students' proficiency in multiple world languages. Programs under this paragraph must <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>encompass indigenous American Indian languages and cultures, among other world <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>languages and cultures. The department shall consult with postsecondary institutions in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>developing related professional development opportunities.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Identification.</b> For the 2002-2003 school year and later, each school <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>district shall identify before the end of first grade students who are at risk of not <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>learning to read before the end of second grade. The district must use a locally adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>assessment method. The district must annually report the results of the assessment to the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>commissioner by June 1.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.132, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var><b>120B.132 RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var><b>PLACEMENT</b><b> AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE</b><b> PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; eligibility.</b> A program is established to raise <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>kindergarten through grade 12 academic achievement through increased student <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>participation in preadvanced placement and, advanced placement, and international <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>baccalaureate programs, consistent with section 120B.13. Schools and charter schools <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>eligible to participate under this section: <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>    (1) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to establish a new <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>international baccalaureate program leading to international baccalaureate authorization, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>expand an existing program that leads to international baccalaureate authorization, or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>expand an existing authorized international baccalaureate program; or<br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>    (2) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to create a new or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>expand an existing program to implement the college board advanced placement courses <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>and exams or preadvanced placement courses initiative; and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>    (2) (3) must propose to further raise students' academic achievement by: <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    (i) increasing the availability of and all students' access to advanced placement or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs; <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>    (ii) expanding the breadth of advanced placement or international baccalaureate <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>courses or programs that are available to students; <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>    (iii) increasing the number and the diversity of the students who participate in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and succeed; <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>    (iv) providing low-income and other disadvantaged students with increased access <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>to advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses and programs; or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>    (v) increasing the number of high school students, including low-income and other <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>disadvantaged students, who receive college credit by successfully completing advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and achieving satisfactory <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>scores on related exams.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Application and review process; funding priority.</b> (a) Charter schools <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>and school districts in which eligible schools under subdivision 1 are located may <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>apply to the commissioner, in the form and manner the commissioner determines, for <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>competitive funding to further raise students' academic achievement. The application must <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>detail the specific efforts the applicant intends to undertake in further raising students' <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>academic achievement, consistent with subdivision 1, and a proposed budget detailing <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>the district or charter school's current and proposed expenditures for advanced placement <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>or, preadvanced placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs. The <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>proposed budget must demonstrate that the applicant's efforts will supplement but not <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>supplant any expenditures for advanced placement and preadvanced placement courses and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>programs the applicant currently makes available to students support implementation of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>advanced placement, preadvanced placement, and international baccalaureate courses and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>programs. Expenditures for administration must not exceed five percent of the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>budget. The commissioner may require an applicant to provide additional information.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>    (b) When reviewing applications, the commissioner must determine whether <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>the applicant satisfied all the requirements in this subdivision and subdivision 1. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>The commissioner may give funding priority to an otherwise qualified applicant that <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>demonstrates:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>    (1) a focus on developing or expanding preadvanced placement, advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>placement, or international baccalaureate courses and or programs or increasing students' <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>participation in, access to, or success with the courses or programs, including the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>participation, access, or success of low-income and other disadvantaged students;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>    (2) a compelling need for access to preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.36"></a><var>27.36</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    (3) an effective ability to actively involve local business and community <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>organizations in student activities that are integral to preadvanced placement, advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>placement, or international baccalaureate courses and or programs; <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>    (4) access to additional public or nonpublic funds or in-kind contributions that are <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>available for preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or international baccalaureate <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>courses or programs; or<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>    (5) an intent to implement activities that target low-income and other disadvantaged <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>students.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Funding; permissible funding uses.</b> (a) The commissioner shall award <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>grants to applicant school districts and charter schools that meet the requirements of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>subdivisions 1 and 2. The commissioner must award grants on an equitable geographical <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>basis to the extent feasible and consistent with this section. Grant awards must not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>the lesser of:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>    (1) $85 times the number of pupils enrolled at the participating sites on October <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>1 of the previous fiscal year; or<br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>    (2) the approved supplemental expenditures based on the budget submitted under <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>subdivision 2. For charter schools in their first year of operation, the maximum grant <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>funding award must be calculated using the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>the current fiscal year. The commissioner may adjust the maximum grant funding award <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>computed using prior year data for changes in enrollment attributable to school closings, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>school openings, grade level reconfigurations, or school district reorganizations between <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>the prior fiscal year and the current fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>    (b) School districts and charter schools that submit an application and receive <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>funding under this section must use the funding, consistent with the application, to:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>    (1) provide teacher training and instruction to more effectively serve students, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>including low-income and other disadvantaged students, who participate in preadvanced <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>and placement, advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>    (2) further develop preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or international <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>baccalaureate courses or programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>    (3) improve the transition between grade levels to better prepare students, including <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>low-income and other disadvantaged students, for succeeding in preadvanced placement, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>    (4) purchase books and supplies;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>    (5) pay course or program fees;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>    (6) increase students' participation in and success with preadvanced placement, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.36"></a><var>28.36</var>advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>    (7) expand students' access to preadvanced placement or, advanced placement, or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs through online learning;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>    (8) hire appropriately licensed personnel to teach additional advanced placement <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>or international baccalaureate courses or programs; or<br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>    (9) engage in other activity directly related to expanding students' access to, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>participation in, and success with preadvanced placement or, advanced placement, or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>international baccalaureate courses and or programs, including low-income and other <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>disadvantaged students.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Annual reports.</b> (a) Each school district and charter school that receives <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>a grant under this section annually must collect demographic and other student data to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>demonstrate and measure the extent to which the district or charter school raised students' <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>academic achievement under this program and must report the data to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>in the form and manner the commissioner determines. The commissioner annually by <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>February 15 must make summary data about this program available to the education <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>policy and finance committees of the legislature.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>    (b) Each school district and charter school that receives a grant under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>annually must report to the commissioner, consistent with the Uniform Financial <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>Accounting and Reporting Standards, its actual expenditures for advanced placement and, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>preadvanced placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs. The report <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>must demonstrate that the school district or charter school has maintained its effort from <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>other sources for advanced placement and, preadvanced placement, and international <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>baccalaureate courses and programs compared with the previous fiscal year, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>district or charter school has expended all grant funds, consistent with its approved budget.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>and applies to the 2007-2008 school year and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var><b>120B.15 GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>    (a) School districts may identify students, locally develop programs, provide <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>staff development, and evaluate programs to provide gifted and talented students with <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>challenging educational programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>    (b) School districts may adopt guidelines for assessing and identifying students for <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>participation in gifted and talented programs. The guidelines should include the use of:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>    (1) multiple and objective criteria; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>    (2) assessments and procedures that are valid and reliable, fair, and based on current <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>theory and research.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>    (c) School districts must adopt procedures for the academic acceleration of gifted <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>and talented students. These procedures must include how the district will:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>    (1) assess a student's readiness and motivation for acceleration; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>    (2) match the level, complexity, and pace of the curriculum to a student to achieve <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>the best type of academic acceleration for that student.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.30, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var><b>120B.30 STATEWIDE TESTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Statewide testing.</b> (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>with appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>level to be tested, state-constructed tests developed from and aligned with the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>required academic standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021</statute_ref> and administered annually to all <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high school level. A state-developed test in a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>subject other than writing, developed after the 2002-2003 school year, must include both <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>machine-scoreable and constructed response questions. The commissioner shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>one or more months during which schools shall administer the tests to students each <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>school year. For students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, only <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>Minnesota basic skills tests in reading, mathematics, and writing shall fulfill students' <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>basic skills testing requirements for a passing state notation. The passing scores of the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>state basic skills tests in reading and mathematics are the equivalent of:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>    (1) 70 percent correct for students entering grade 9 in 1996; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>    (2) 75 percent correct for students entering grade 9 in 1997 and thereafter, as based <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>on the first uniform test administration of February 1998.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>    (b) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, only <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments Second Edition (MCA-IIs) in reading, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>mathematics, and writing following options shall fulfill students' academic standard state <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>graduation test requirements.:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>    (1) for reading and mathematics:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>    (i) obtaining an achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>determined through a standard setting process on the Minnesota comprehensive <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or achieving a passing <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>score as determined through a standard setting process on the graduation-required <br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>assessment for diploma in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>subsequent retests;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>    (ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>state-identified language proficiency test in reading and the mathematics test for English <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>language learners or the graduation-required assessment for diploma equivalent of those <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>assessments for students designated as English language learners;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    (iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>education plan or 504 plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>    (iv) obtaining achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>determined through a standard setting process on the state-identified alternate assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>or assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics for students with <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>an individual education plan; or<br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    (v) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>individual education plan; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>    (2) for writing:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>    (i) achieving a passing score on the graduation-required assessment for diploma;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>    (ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>the state-identified language proficiency test in writing for students designated as English <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>language learners;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    (iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>education plan or 504 plan; or<br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    (iv) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>individual education plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>    (b) (c) The third 3rd through 8th grade and high school level test results shall <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>be available to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning and district <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>instruction and curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>commissioner must disseminate to the public the test results upon receiving those results.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>    (c) (d) State tests must be constructed and aligned with state academic standards. The <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>testing process and the order of administration shall be determined by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site and district level, consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>subdivision 1a.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    (d) (e) In addition to the testing and reporting requirements under this section, the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public reporting <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>system:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>    (1) uniform statewide testing of all students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>school level that provides appropriate, technically sound accommodations, alternate <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>assessments, or exemptions consistent with applicable federal law, only with parent or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>guardian approval, for those very few students for whom the student's individual education <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>plan team under sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.05</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>125A.06</statute_ref>, determines that the general statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>test is inappropriate for a student is incapable of taking a statewide test, or for a limited <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>English proficiency student under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, if the student has been <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>in the United States for fewer than three years;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>    (2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>districts and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>school graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    (3) students' scores state results on the American College Test; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>    (4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>Progress so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>states, and, where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>to monitor achievement.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>    (e) Districts must report exemptions under paragraph (d), clause (1), to the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>commissioner consistent with a format provided by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Statewide and local assessments; results.</b> (a) The commissioner must <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>develop reading, mathematics, and science assessments aligned with state academic <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>standards that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>those standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>standards in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>must require:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>    (1) annual reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8 and at the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>high school level for the 2005-2006 school year and later; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>    (2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>grades 6 through 9 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 10 through 12 span <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>for the 2007-2008 school year and later.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>    (b) The commissioner must ensure that all statewide tests administered to elementary <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>and secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students' <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>values, attitudes, and beliefs.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.36"></a><var>32.36</var>    (c) Reporting of assessment results must:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>    (1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>individual students, schools, school districts, and the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>    (2) include, by the 2006-2007 no later than the 2008-2009 school year, a value-added <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>component to that is in addition to a measure for student achievement growth over time; <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>    (3)(i) for students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, determine <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>whether students have met the state's basic skills requirements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>    (ii) for students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, determine <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>whether students have met the state's academic standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    (d) Consistent with applicable federal law and subdivision 1, paragraph (d), clause <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>(1), the commissioner must include appropriate, technically sound accommodations or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>assessments are inappropriate and for students with limited English proficiency.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>    (e) A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>assessments under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>progress in achieving the academic standards. If a state assessment is not available, a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>school, school district, and charter school must determine locally if a student has met <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>the required academic standards. A school, school district, or charter school may use a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>student's performance on a statewide assessment as one of multiple criteria to determine <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>grade promotion or retention. A school, school district, or charter school may use a high <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>school student's performance on a statewide assessment as a percentage of the student's <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>final grade in a course, or place a student's assessment score on the student's transcript.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Department of Education assistance.</b> The Department of Education <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>shall contract for professional and technical services according to competitive bidding <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>procedures under chapter 16C for purposes of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Reporting.</b> The commissioner shall report test data publicly and to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>stakeholders, including the three performance baselines performance achievement levels <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>developed from students' unweighted mean test scores in each tested subject and a listing of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>demographic factors that strongly correlate with student performance. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>shall also report data that compares performance results among school sites, school <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>districts, Minnesota and other states, and Minnesota and other nations. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>shall disseminate to schools and school districts a more comprehensive report containing <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>testing information that meets local needs for evaluating instruction and curriculum.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Access to tests.</b> The commissioner must adopt and publish a policy <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>to provide public and parental access for review of basic skills tests, Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>Comprehensive Assessments, or any other such statewide test and assessment. Upon <br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>receiving a written request, the commissioner must make available to parents or guardians <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>a copy of their student's actual answer sheet  responses to the test questions to be reviewed <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>by the parent.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.31, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Educational accountability.</b> (a) The Independent Office of Educational <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>Accountability, as authorized by Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>section 28, subdivision 2, is established, and shall be funded through the Board of Regents <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>of the University of Minnesota. The office shall advise the education committees of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>the legislature and the commissioner of education, at least on a biennial basis, on the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>degree to which the statewide educational accountability and reporting system includes a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>comprehensive assessment framework that measures school accountability for students <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>achieving the goals described in the state's results-oriented graduation rule. The office shall <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>consider determine and annually report to the legislature whether and how effectively: <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>    (1) the statewide system of educational accountability utilizes multiple indicators to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>provide valid and reliable comparative and contextual data on students, schools, districts, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>and the state, and if not, recommend ways to improve the accountability reporting system.;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>    (2) the commissioner makes statistical adjustments when reporting student data over <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>time, consistent with clause (4);<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>    (3) the commissioner uses indicators of student achievement growth over time <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>and a value-added assessment model that estimates the effects of the school and school <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>district on student achievement to measure school performance, consistent with section <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>120B.36, subdivision 1;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>    (4) the commissioner makes data available on students who do not pass one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>of the state's required GRAD tests and do not receive a diploma as a consequence, and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>categorizes these data according to gender, race, eligibility for free or reduced lunch, and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>English language proficiency; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>    (5) the commissioner fulfills the requirements under section 127A.095, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>    (b) When the office reviews the statewide educational accountability and reporting <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>system, it shall also consider:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>    (1) the objectivity and neutrality of the state's educational accountability system; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>    (2) the impact of a testing program on school curriculum and student learning.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>School performance report cards.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>use objective criteria based on levels of student performance to identify four to six <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>designations applicable to high and low performing public schools. The objective <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>criteria shall include report at least student academic performance, school safety, two <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes of determining these ratios, and staff <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>characteristics, with a value-added growth component added by the 2006-2007 no later <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>than the 2008-2009 school year. The report must indicate a school's adequate yearly <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>progress status, and must not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>schools due solely to adequate yearly progress status.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>    (b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>Web site school performance report cards. A school's designation must be clearly stated <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>on each school performance report card.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>    (c) The commissioner must make available the first school designations and school <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>performance report cards by November 2003, and during the beginning of each school <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>year thereafter.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>    (d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>a designation under this section to the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>designation notice of its status. The commissioner's decision to uphold or deny an appeal <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>is final.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>    (e) School performance report cards data are nonpublic data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>, until not later than ten days after the appeal procedure described in <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>paragraph (d) concludes. The department shall annually post school performance report <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>cards to its public Web site no later than September 1. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>and applies to the school performance report cards for the 2006-2007 school year and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[121A.231] RESPONSIBLE FAMILY LIFE AND SEXUALITY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var><b>EDUCATION PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) "Responsible family life and sexuality education" <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>means education in grades 7 through 12 that:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>    (1) respects community values and encourages family communication;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>    (2) develops skills in communication, decision making, and conflict resolution;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>    (3) contributes to healthy relationships;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>    (4) provides human development and sexuality education that is age appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>and medically accurate;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>    (5) includes an abstinence-first approach to delaying initiation of sexual activity that <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>emphasizes abstinence while also including education about the use of protection and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>contraception; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>    (6) promotes individual responsibility.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>    (b) "Age appropriate" refers to topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>particular ages or age groups of children and adolescents, based on developing cognitive, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>    (c) "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by research conducted in <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>compliance with scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals, where <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>appropriate, and recognized as accurate and objective by professional organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>and agencies in the relevant field, such as the federal Centers for Disease Control <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>and Prevention, the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>Pediatrics, or the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Curriculum requirements.</b> (a) A school district must offer and may <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>independently establish policies, procedures, curriculum, and services for providing <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>responsible family life and sexuality education that is age appropriate and medically <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>accurate for grades 7 through 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>    (b) A school district must consult with parents or guardians of enrolled students <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>when establishing policies, procedures, curriculum, and services under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Notice and parental options.</b> (a) It is the legislature's intent to encourage <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>pupils to communicate with their parents or guardians about human sexuality and to respect <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>rights of parents or guardians to supervise their children's education on these subjects.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>    (b) Parents or guardians may excuse their children from all or part of a responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>family life and sexuality education program.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>    (c) A school district must establish policies and procedures consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>paragraph (e) and this section for providing parents or guardians reasonable notice with <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>the following information:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>    (1) if the district is offering a responsible family life and sexuality education program <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>to the parents' or guardians' child during the course of the year;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>    (2) how the parents or guardians may inspect the written and audio/visual <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>educational materials used in the program and the process for inspection;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>    (3) if the program is presented by school district personnel or outside consultants, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>and if outside consultants are used, who they may be; and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>    (4) parents' or guardians' right to choose not to have their child participate in the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>program and the procedure for exercising that right.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    (d) A school district must establish policies and procedures for reasonably restricting <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>the availability of written and audio/visual educational materials from public view of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>students who have been excused from all or part of a responsible family life and sexuality <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>education program at the request of a parent or guardian, consistent with paragraph (e) <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>and this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>    (e) A school district may develop a policy for a parent, guardian, or adult student <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>age 18 or older to review the content of the instructional materials under this section. If a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>school district develops a policy, it must make reasonable arrangements with school <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>personnel for alternative instruction for those pupils whose parents or guardians object to <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>the content of the instruction, and must not impose an academic or other penalty upon a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>pupil merely for arranging the alternative instruction. School personnel may evaluate and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>assess the quality of the pupil's work completed as part of the alternative instruction.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Assistance to school districts.</b> (a) The Department of Education may <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>offer services to school districts to help them implement effective responsible family life <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>and sexuality education programs. In making these services available the department <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>may provide:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>    (1) training for teachers, parents, and community members in the development of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>responsible family life and sexuality education curriculum or services and in planning <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>for monitoring and evaluation activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>    (2) resource staff persons to provide expert training, curriculum development and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>implementation, and evaluation services;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>    (3) technical assistance to promote and coordinate community, parent, and youth <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>forums in communities identified as having high needs for responsible family life and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>sexuality education;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>    (4) technical assistance for issue management and policy development training for <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>school boards, superintendents, principals, and administrators across the state; and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>    (b) Technical assistance in accordance with National Health Education Standards <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>provided by the department to school districts may:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>    (1) promote instruction and use of materials that are age appropriate;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>    (2) provide information that is medically accurate and objective;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>    (3) provide instruction and promote use of materials that are respectful of marriage <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>and commitments in relationships;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>    (4) provide instruction and promote use of materials that are appropriate for use <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>with pupils and family experiences based on race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic <br/>
<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>and cultural background, and appropriately accommodate alternative learning based on <br/>
<a id="pl.37.36"></a><var>37.36</var>language or disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    (5) provide instruction and promote use of materials that encourage pupils to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>communicate with their parents or guardians about human sexuality;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>    (6) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that teach <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>abstinence from sexual intercourse as the only certain way to prevent unintended <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, Chlamydia, and HPV, and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>provide information about the role and value of abstinence while also providing medically <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>accurate information on other methods of preventing and reducing risk for unintended <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>    (7) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that are <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>medically accurate in explaining transmission modes, risks, symptoms, and treatments for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, Chlamydia, and HPV;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>    (8) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that address <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>varied societal views on sexuality, sexual behaviors, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>infections, including HIV, Chlamydia, and HPV, in an age-appropriate manner;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>    (9) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>information about the effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved methods for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>preventing and reducing risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>including HIV, Chlamydia, and HPV;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>    (10) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>instruction in skills for making and implementing responsible decisions about sexuality;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>    (11) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>instruction in skills for making and implementing responsible decisions about finding and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>using health services; and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>    (12) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that do not <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>teach or promote religious doctrine or bias against a religion or reflect or promote bias <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>against any person on the basis of any category protected under the Minnesota Human <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>Rights Act, chapter 363A.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial.</b> (a) The Board of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>Teaching or Board of School Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>licensure, may, on the written complaint of the school board employing a teacher, a teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>organization, or any other interested person, refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>revoke a teacher's license to teach for any of the following causes:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>    (1) immoral character or conduct;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>    (2) failure, without justifiable cause, to teach for the term of the teacher's contract;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    (3) gross inefficiency or willful neglect of duty;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>    (4) failure to meet licensure requirements; or<br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>    (5) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>    The written complaint must specify the nature and character of the charges.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>    (b) The Board of Teaching or Board of School Administrators, whichever <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, shall refuse to issue, refuse to renew, or <br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>automatically revoke a teacher's license to teach without the right to a hearing upon <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>receiving a certified copy of a conviction showing that the teacher has been convicted <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>of child abuse, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.185</statute_ref>, or sexual abuse under section 
         <statute_ref>609.342</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>609.343
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>609.344</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>609.345</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>609.3451, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>617.23, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or using <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>minors in a sexual performance under section 617.246, or possessing pornographic works <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>involving a minor under section 617.247, or under a similar law of another state or the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>United States. The board shall send notice of this licensing action to the district in which <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>the teacher is currently employed. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>    (c) A person whose license to teach has been revoked, not issued, or not renewed <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>under paragraph (b), may petition the board to reconsider the licensing action if the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>person's conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse is reversed by a final decision of the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court or if the person has received a pardon for the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>offense. The petitioner shall attach a certified copy of the appellate court's final decision or <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>the pardon to the petition. Upon receiving the petition and its attachment, the board shall <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>schedule and hold a disciplinary hearing on the matter under section 
         <statute_ref>214.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>unless the petitioner waives the right to a hearing. If the board finds that, notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>the reversal of the petitioner's criminal conviction or the issuance of a pardon, the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>petitioner is disqualified from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), the board shall <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>affirm its previous licensing action. If the board finds that the petitioner is not disqualified <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), it shall reverse its previous licensing action. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>    (d) For purposes of this subdivision, the Board of Teaching is delegated the authority <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>to suspend or revoke coaching licenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2009 <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>and later, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school district with a plan <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals 73.1 percent of the alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>teacher compensation revenue under subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>compensation aid for an intermediate school district or charter school with a plan approved <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>$260 times the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>fiscal year, or on October 1 of the current fiscal year for a charter school in the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>alternative teacher compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>alternative teacher compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $43,515,000 for fiscal year 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>$42,953,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $42,643,000 for fiscal year 2011 and later. The <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation aid approved <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>under this section so as not to exceed these limits.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009 <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Alternative teacher compensation levy.</b> For fiscal year 2009 and later, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>the alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>compensation aid equals the product of: (1) the difference between the district's alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>teacher compensation revenue, under subdivision 1, and the district's basic alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>teacher compensation aid, under subdivision 4; times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>the district's adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to $5,913.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009 <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2009 and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>later, a district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the district's <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>alternative teacher compensation revenue, minus the district's basic alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>compensation aid, minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy. If a district <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>does not levy the entire amount permitted under subdivision 5, the alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>compensation equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    (b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>compensation equalization aid.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.61, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Coursework and training.</b> A school district may use the revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>reserved under subdivision 1 for grants to the district's teachers to pay for coursework <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>and training leading to certification as a college in the schools or concurrent enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>teacher. In order to receive a grant, the teacher must be enrolled in a program that includes <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>coursework and training focused on teaching a core subject.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.72, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Center functions.</b> (a) A teacher center shall perform functions according <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>to this subdivision. The center shall assist teachers, diagnose learning needs, experiment <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>with the use of multiple instructional approaches, assess pupil outcomes, assess staff <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>development needs and plans, and teach school personnel about effective pedagogical <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>approaches. The center shall develop and produce curricula and curricular materials <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>designed to meet the educational needs of pupils being served, by applying educational <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>research and new and improved methods, practices, and techniques. The center shall <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>provide programs to improve the skills of teachers to meet the special educational needs of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>pupils. The center shall provide programs to familiarize teachers with developments in <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>curriculum formulation and educational research, including how research can be used to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>improve teaching skills. The center shall facilitate sharing of resources, ideas, methods, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>and approaches directly related to classroom instruction and improve teachers' familiarity <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>with current teaching materials and products for use in their classrooms. The center shall <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>provide in-service programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    (b) Each teacher center must provide a professional development program to train <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>interested and highly qualified elementary, middle, and secondary teachers, selected by the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>employing school district, to assist other teachers in that district with mathematics and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>science curriculum, standards, and instruction so that all teachers have access to:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>    (1) high quality professional development programs in mathematics and science <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>that address curriculum, instructional methods, alignment of standards, and performance <br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>measurements, enhance teacher and student learning, and support state mathematics and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>science standards; and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>    (2) research-based mathematics and science programs and instructional models <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>premised on best practices that inspire teachers and students and have practical classroom <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>application.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2007-2008 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.02, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>    Subd. 24. <b>Membership in economic development, community, and civic </b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var><b>organizations.</b> The board may authorize and pay for the membership of the school <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>district or of any district representative designated by the board in those local economic <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>development associations or other community or civic organizations that the board deems <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>appropriate.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Contract; duties.</b> All districts maintaining a classified secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>of the grounds specified in section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 9</statute_ref> or 13. A superintendent shall <br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>rights in the position of superintendent under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40</statute_ref>. Notwithstanding the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 10</statute_ref> or 11, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.75</statute_ref>, or any other law <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent <br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following: <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>    (1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>    (2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>    (3) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>    (4) make reports required by the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>    (5) by January 10, submit an annual report to the commissioner in a manner <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation with school districts, identifying the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>expenditures that the district requires to ensure an 80 percent student passage rate on the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>basic standards test MCA-IIs taken in the eighth grade, identifying the highest student <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>passage rate the district expects it will be able to attain on the basic standards test MCA-IIs <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>by grade 12, and the amount of expenditures that the district requires to attain the targeted <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>student passage rate, and how much the district is cross-subsidizing programs with special <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>education, basic skills, and general education revenue; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>    (6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.92, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Alternative attendance programs.</b> (a) A district that enrolls nonresident <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>pupils in programs under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.06</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>and 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>, must provide authorized transportation to the pupil within the attendance <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>area for the school that the pupil attends at the same level of service that is provided to <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>resident pupils within the attendance area. The resident district need not provide or pay for <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>transportation between the pupil's residence and the district's border. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>    (b) A district may provide transportation to allow a student who attends a high-need <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>English language learner program and who resides within the transportation attendance <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>area of the program to continue in the program until the student completes the highest <br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>grade level offered by the program.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>    Sec. 21. <b>[124D.091] CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AID.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Accreditation.</b> To establish a uniform standard by which <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>concurrent enrollment courses and professional development activities may be measured, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>postsecondary institutions are encouraged to apply for accreditation by the National <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> A district that offers a concurrent enrollment course according <br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>to an agreement under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid for the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>costs of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal year 2011, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>districts only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>comparable standard to accredited courses.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Aid.</b> An eligible district shall receive $150 per pupil enrolled in a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>concurrent enrollment course. The money must be used to defray the cost of delivering <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>the course at the high school. The commissioner shall establish application procedures <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>and deadlines for receipt of aid payments.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.095, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the following terms have the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>    (a) "Online learning" is an interactive course or program that delivers instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>from a teacher to a student by computer; is combined with other traditional delivery <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>methods that include frequent student assessment and may include actual teacher contact <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>time; and meets or exceeds state academic standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    (b) "Online learning provider" is a school district, an intermediate school district, an <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>organization of two or more school districts operating under a joint powers agreement, or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>a charter school located in Minnesota that provides online learning to students.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>    (c) "Student" is a Minnesota resident enrolled in a school under section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, in kindergarten through grade 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>    (d) "Online learning student" is a student enrolled in an online learning course or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>program delivered by an online provider under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>    (e) "Enrolling district" means the school district or charter school in which a student <br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>is enrolled under section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, for purposes of compulsory attendance.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>    (f) "Supplemental online learning" means an online course taken in place of a course <br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>period during the regular school day at a local district school.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    (g) "Full-time online provider" means an enrolling school authorized by the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>department to deliver comprehensive public education at any or all of the elementary, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>middle, or high school levels.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.095, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Authorization; notice; limitations on enrollment.</b> (a) A student may <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>apply to an online learning provider to enroll in online learning for full-time enrollment in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>an approved online learning program under section 124D.03, 124D.08 or 124D.10, or for <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>supplemental online learning. Notwithstanding sections 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>procedures for enrolling in online learning shall be as provided in this subdivision. A <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>student age 17 or younger must have the written consent of a parent or guardian to apply. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>No school district or charter school may prohibit a student from applying to enroll in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>online learning. An online learning provider that accepts a student under this section must, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>within ten days, notify the student and the enrolling district if the enrolling district is not <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>the online learning provider. The notice must report the student's course or program and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>hours of instruction. In order that a student may enroll in online learning, the student <br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>and the student's parents must submit an application to the online learning provider and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>identify the reason for enrolling in online learning. The online learning provider that <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>accepts a student under this section must within ten days notify the student and the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>enrolling district in writing if the enrolling district is not the online learning provider. The <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>student and family must notify the online learning provider of their intent to enroll in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>online learning within ten days of acceptance, at which time the student and parent must <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>sign a statement of assurance that they have reviewed the online course or program and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>understand the expectations of online learning enrollment. The online learning provider <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>must notify the enrolling district of the student's enrollment in online learning in writing <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>on a form provided by the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>    (b) Supplemental online learning notification to the enrolling district upon student <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>enrollment in the online learning program will include the courses or program, credits <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>to be awarded, the start date of online enrollment, and confirmation that the courses will <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>meet the student's graduation plan. A student may enroll in supplemental online learning <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>courses up to the midpoint of the enrolling district's term. The enrolling district may waive <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>this requirement for special circumstances and upon acceptance by the online provider.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>    (b) An online learning student must notify the enrolling district at least 30 days <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>before taking an online learning course or program if the enrolling district is not providing <br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>the online learning. (c) An online learning provider must notify the commissioner that it is <br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>delivering online learning and report the number of online learning students it is accepting <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>and the online learning courses and programs it is delivering.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>    (c) (d) An online learning provider may limit enrollment if the provider's school <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>board or board of directors adopts by resolution specific standards for accepting and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>rejecting students' applications.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>    (d) (e) An enrolling district may reduce an online learning student's regular <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>classroom instructional membership in proportion to the student's membership in online <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>learning courses.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.095, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Online learning parameters.</b> (a) An online learning student must receive <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>academic credit for completing the requirements of an online learning course or program. <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>Secondary credits granted to an online learning student must be counted toward the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>graduation and credit requirements of the enrolling district. An online learning provider <br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>must make available to the enrolling district the course syllabus, standard alignment, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>content outline, assessment requirements, and contact information for supplemental online <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>courses taken by students in the enrolling district. The enrolling district must apply the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>same graduation requirements to all students, including online learning students, and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>must continue to provide nonacademic services to online learning students. If a student <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>completes an online learning course or program that meets or exceeds a graduation <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>standard or grade progression requirement at the enrolling district, that standard or <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>requirement is met. The enrolling district must use the same criteria for accepting online <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>learning credits or courses as it does for accepting credits or courses for transfer students <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03, subdivision 9</statute_ref>. The enrolling district may reduce the teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>contact time course schedule of an online learning student in proportion to the number <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>of online learning courses the student takes from an online learning provider that is not <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>the enrolling district.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>    (b) An online learning student may:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>    (1) enroll in supplemental online learning courses during a single school year in a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>maximum of 12 semester-long courses or their equivalent delivered by an online learning <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>provider or the enrolling district to a maximum of 50 percent of the student's full schedule <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>of courses per term. A student may exceed the supplemental online learning registration <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>limit if the enrolling district grants permission for supplemental online learning enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>above the limit, or if an agreement is made between the enrolling district and the online <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>learning provider for instructional services;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    (2) complete course work at a grade level that is different from the student's current <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>grade level; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>    (3) enroll in additional courses with the online learning provider under a separate <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>agreement that includes terms for payment of any tuition or course fees.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>    (c) An online learning student has the same access to the computer hardware and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>education software available in a school as all other students in the enrolling district. An <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>online learning provider must assist an online learning student whose family qualifies <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>for the education tax credit under section 
         <statute_ref>290.0674</statute_ref> to acquire computer hardware and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>educational software for online learning purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>    (d) An enrolling district may offer online learning to its enrolled students. Such <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>online learning does not generate online learning funds under this section. An enrolling <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>district that offers online learning only to its enrolled students is not subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>reporting requirements or review criteria under subdivision 7. A teacher with a Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>license must assemble and deliver instruction to enrolled students receiving online <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>learning from an enrolling district. The delivery of instruction occurs when the student <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>interacts with the computer or the teacher and receives ongoing assistance and assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>of learning. The instruction may include curriculum developed by persons other than a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>teacher with a Minnesota license.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>    (e) An online learning provider that is not the enrolling district is subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>the reporting requirements and review criteria under subdivision 7. A teacher with a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>Minnesota license must assemble and deliver instruction to online learning students. The <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>delivery of instruction occurs when the student interacts with the computer or the teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>and receives ongoing assistance and assessment of learning. The instruction may include <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>curriculum developed by persons other than a teacher with a Minnesota license. Unless <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>the commissioner grants a waiver, a teacher providing online learning instruction must not <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>instruct more than 40 students in any one online learning course or program.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>    (f) To enroll in more than 50 percent of the student's full schedule of courses per term <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>in online learning, the student must qualify to exceed the supplemental online learning <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>registration limit under paragraph (b) or apply for enrollment to an approved full-time <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>online learning program following appropriate procedures in subdivision 3, paragraph (a). <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>Full-time online learning students may enroll in classes at a local school per contract for <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>instructional services between the online learning provider and the school district.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.095, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Department of Education.</b> (a) The department must review and certify <br/>
<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>online learning providers. The online learning courses and programs must be rigorous, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>aligned with state academic standards, and contribute to grade progression in a single <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>subject. Online learning providers must affirm demonstrate to the commissioner that <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>online learning courses have equivalent standards or instruction, curriculum, and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>assessment requirements as other courses offered to enrolled students. The online learning <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>provider must also demonstrate expectations for actual teacher contact time or other <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>student-to-teacher communication. Once an online learning provider is approved under <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>this paragraph, all of its online learning course offerings are eligible for payment under <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>this section unless a course is successfully challenged by an enrolling district or the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>department under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>    (b) An enrolling district may challenge the validity of a course offered by an online <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>learning provider. The department must review such challenges based on the certification <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>procedures under paragraph (a). The department may initiate its own review of the validity <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>of an online learning course offered by an online learning provider.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>    (c) The department may collect a fee not to exceed $250 for certifying online <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>learning providers or $50 per course for reviewing a challenge by an enrolling district.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>    (d) The department must develop, publish, and maintain a list of approved online <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>learning providers and online learning courses and programs that it has reviewed and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>certified.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Formation of school.</b> (a) A sponsor may authorize one or more licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>teachers under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.18, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, to operate a charter school subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>approval by the commissioner. A board must vote on charter school application for <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>sponsorship no later than 90 days after receiving the application. After 90 days, the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>applicant may apply to the commissioner. If a board elects not to sponsor a charter school, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>the applicant may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner who may elect to assist <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>the applicant in finding an eligible sponsor. The school must be organized and operated as <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>a cooperative under chapter 308A or nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A and the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>provisions under the applicable chapter shall apply to the school except as provided in this <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>section. Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>465.717</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>465.719</statute_ref>, a school district may create a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>corporation for the purpose of creating a charter school.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>    (b) Before the operators may form and operate a school, the sponsor must file an <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>affidavit with the commissioner stating its intent to authorize a charter school. The <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>affidavit must state the terms and conditions under which the sponsor would authorize a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>charter school and how the sponsor intends to oversee the fiscal and student performance <br/>
<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>of the charter school and to comply with the terms of the written contract between the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>sponsor and the charter school board of directors under subdivision 6. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>must approve or disapprove the sponsor's proposed authorization within 90 days of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>receipt of the affidavit. Failure to obtain commissioner approval precludes a sponsor from <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>authorizing the charter school that was the subject of the affidavit.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>    (c) The operators authorized to organize and operate a school, before entering into <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>a contract or other agreement for professional or other services, goods, or facilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>must incorporate as a cooperative under chapter 308A or as a nonprofit corporation <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>under chapter 317A and must establish a board of directors composed of at least five <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>members until a timely election for members of the charter school board of directors is <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>held according to the school's articles and bylaws. A charter school board of directors <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>must be composed of at least five members. Any staff members who are employed at the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>school, including teachers providing instruction under a contract with a cooperative, and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>all parents of children enrolled in the school may participate in the election for members <br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>of the school's board of directors. Licensed teachers employed at the school, including <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>teachers providing instruction under a contract with a cooperative, must be a majority <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>of the members of the board of directors before the school completes its third year of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>operation, unless the commissioner waives the requirement for a majority of licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>teachers on the board. Board of director meetings must comply with chapter 13D.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>    (d) The granting or renewal of a charter by a sponsoring entity must not be <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>conditioned upon the bargaining unit status of the employees of the school.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>    (e) A sponsor may authorize the operators of a charter school to expand the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>operation of the charter school to additional sites or to add additional grades at the school <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>beyond those described in the sponsor's application as approved by the commissioner only <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>after submitting a supplemental application to the commissioner in a form and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>prescribed by the commissioner. The supplemental application must provide evidence that:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>    (1) the expansion of the charter school is supported by need and projected enrollment;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>    (2) the charter school is fiscally sound;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>    (3) the sponsor supports the expansion; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>    (4) the building of the additional site meets all health and safety requirements to <br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>be eligible for lease aid.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>    (f) The commissioner annually must provide timely financial management training <br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>to newly elected members of a charter school board of directors and ongoing training to <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>other members of a charter school board of directors. Training must address ways to:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>    (1) proactively assess opportunities for a charter school to maximize all available <br/>
<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>revenue sources;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.36"></a><var>49.36</var>    (2) establish and maintain complete, auditable records for the charter school;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    (3) establish proper filing techniques;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>    (4) document formal actions of the charter school, including meetings of the charter <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>school board of directors;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>    (5) properly manage and retain charter school and student records;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>    (6) comply with state and federal payroll record-keeping requirements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>    (7) address other similar factors that facilitate establishing and maintaining complete <br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>records on the charter school's operations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 23a, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>    Subd. 23a. <b>Related party lease costs.</b> (a) A charter school is prohibited from <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>entering a lease of real property with a related party as defined in this subdivision 26, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>the lessor is a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A or a cooperative under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>308A, and the lease cost is reasonable under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, clause (1). <br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>    (b) For purposes of this subdivision section and section 124D.11:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    (1) A "related party" is an affiliate or close relative of the other party in question, an <br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>affiliate of a close relative, or a close relative of an affiliate.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>    (2) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>person.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>    (3) "Close relative" means an individual whose relationship by blood, marriage, or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>adoption to another individual is no more remote than first cousin.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>    (4) "Person" means an individual or entity of any kind.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>    (5) "Control" includes the terms "controlling," "controlled by," and "under common <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>control with" and means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>the direction of the management, operations, or policies of a person, whether through the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>    (c) A lease of real property to be used for a charter school, not excluded in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>(b) (a), must contain the following statement: "This lease is subject to Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.10, subdivision 23a</statute_ref>." <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>    (d) If a charter school enters into as lessee a lease with a related party and the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>charter school subsequently closes, the commissioner has the right to recover from the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>lessor any lease payments in excess of those that are reasonable under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, clause (1). <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    Subd. 24. <b>Pupil enrollment upon nonrenewal or termination of charter school </b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var><b>contract.</b> If a contract is not renewed or is terminated according to subdivision 23, a <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>pupil who attended the school, siblings of the pupil, or another pupil who resides in the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>same place as the pupil may enroll in the resident district or may submit an application <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>to a nonresident district according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref> at any time. Applications and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>notices required by section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref> must be processed and provided in a prompt manner. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>The application and notice deadlines in section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref> do not apply under these <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>circumstances. The closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>within ten business days of closure to the student's school district of residence where the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>records must be retained or transferred under section 120A.22, subdivision 7.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>    Sec. 29. <b>[124D.645] MULTIRACIAL DIVERSITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>    (a) Notwithstanding other law or rule to the contrary and in order to effectively <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>meet students' educational needs and foster parents' meaningful participation in their <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>children's education, a school district may apply to the commissioner for a waiver from <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>the requirement to maintain racial balance within a district school if the racial imbalance <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>in that school results from:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>    (1) the enrollment of protected multiracial students and the proportion of enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>multiracial students reflects the proportion of multiracial students who reside in the school <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>attendance area or who are enrolled in the grade levels served by the district; or<br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>    (2) the enrollment of limited English proficiency students in a transition program <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>that includes an intensive English component.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>The commissioner must grant the waiver if the district in which the school is located offers <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>the multiracial students or the limited English proficiency students, as appropriate, the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>option of enrolling in another school with the requisite racial balance, and the students' <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>parents choose not to pursue that option.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>    (b) This section is effective for the 2006-2007 through 2010-2011 school years or <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>until amended rules are adopted under Minnesota Rules, chapter 3535, pertaining to racial <br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>diversity, whichever comes first.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.84, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Awards.</b> The commissioner may award director of the Office <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>of Higher Education shall establish procedures for the distribution of scholarships to <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>any Minnesota resident student who is of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry, who has <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>applied for other existing state and federal scholarship and grant programs, and who, in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>the opinion of the commissioner director of the Office of Higher Education, based upon <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>postsecondary institution recommendations, has the capabilities to benefit from further <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>education. Scholarships must be for accredited degree programs in accredited Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>colleges or universities or for courses in accredited Minnesota business, technical, or <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>vocational schools. Scholarships may also be given to students attending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>colleges that are in candidacy status for obtaining full accreditation, and are eligible for <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>and receiving federal financial aid programs. Students are also eligible for scholarships <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>when enrolled as students in Minnesota higher education institutions that have joint <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>programs with other accredited higher education institutions. Scholarships shall be used <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>to defray the total cost of education including tuition, incidental fees, books, supplies, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>transportation, other related school costs and the cost of board and room and shall be paid <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>directly to the college or school concerned where the student receives federal financial <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>aid. The total cost of education includes all tuition and fees for each student enrolling in a <br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>public institution and the portion of tuition and fees for each student enrolling in a private <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>institution that does not exceed the tuition and fees at a comparable public institution. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>Each student shall be awarded a scholarship based on the total cost of the student's <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>education and a federal standardized need analysis after application of federal Pell money, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>state grant money, and other scholarships. Depending upon students' unmet needs, the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>Minnesota Indian scholarship program may award up to the current federal Pell grant <br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>allowable maximum student award per school year. Applicants are encouraged to apply <br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>for all other sources of financial aid.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>    When an Indian student satisfactorily completes the work required by a certain <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>college or school in a school year the student is eligible for additional scholarships, if <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>additional training is necessary to reach the student's educational and vocational objective. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>Scholarships may not be given to any Indian student for more than five years of study at <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>the undergraduate level and five years at the graduate level. Students may acquire only <br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>one degree per level and one terminal degree.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.095, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>No Child Left Behind review.</b> (a) The legislature intends to require <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>the Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive review of the consolidated <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>state plan the state submitted to the federal Department of Education to implement the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>No Child Left Behind Act. The Minnesota Department of Education shall seek waivers <br/>
<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>under paragraph (b). If the Department of Education is unable to obtain waivers under <br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>paragraph (b), it should recommend in its report under paragraph (b) whether the state <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>should opt out of the No Child Left Behind Act.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>    (b) The commissioner, by January 15, 2007 2008, shall report to the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>12 education policy and finance whether the department has received approval from <br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>the federal Department of Education to:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>    (1) allow the state to develop a plan for determining adequate yearly progress that <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>uses multiple measures of student achievement that include value-added measurement of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>student achievement in addition to standardized test results to evaluate school and student <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>performance participate in the growth model pilot program;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>    (2) exclude from sanctions a school that is classified as not having made adequate <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>yearly progress due solely to different subgroups testing below proficient levels for at <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>least two consecutive years;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>    (3) allow the state to average three years of data for the purposes of identifying a <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>school for improvement;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>    (4) allow the state to use No Child Left Behind Act money to provide supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>education services only in the academic subject area that causes a school to miss adequate <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>yearly progress;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>    (5) exclude from sanctions schools that have not made adequate yearly progress due <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>solely to a subgroup of students with disabilities not testing at a proficient level;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>    (6) (3) identify a school as not making adequate yearly progress only after the school <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>has missed the adequate yearly progress targets in the same subject and subgroup for two <br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>consecutive years;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>    (7) limit the score of a student within multiple subgroups to the smallest subgroup in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>which that student is included when calculating adequate yearly progress;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>    (8) (4) determine when to hold schools accountable for including a student with <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>limited English proficiency in adequate yearly progress calculations; and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>    (9) use a fully computer-adaptive test for purposes of compliance with the No Child <br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>Left Behind Act<br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>    (5) allow a district not making adequate yearly progress to offer supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>educational services as an option before offering school choice;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>    (6) allow a district not making adequate yearly progress to also be the supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>educational services provider;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>    (7) allow the state to maintain a subgroup size to 40 for the purposes of calculating <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>adequate yearly progress for subgroups of students with limited English proficiency and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.36"></a><var>53.36</var>subgroups of students with disabilities; and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>    (8) create flexibility to enable the state to define and identify highly qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>teachers.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>    Sec. 32. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 81, as amended <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>by Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 2, section 20, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>    Sec. 81. BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; RULEMAKING <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>AUTHORITY.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>    (a) On or before June 30, 2007 2008, the Board of School Administrators may adopt <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>rules to reflect the changes in duties, responsibilities, and roles of school administrators <br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.035</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>121A.037</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>299F.30</statute_ref>, and to make technical revisions and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>clarifications to Minnesota Rules, chapter 3512. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>    (b) Any rules the board adopts under the authority in paragraph (a) must retain the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>requirement in effect in calendar year 2006 governing classroom teaching experience for <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>licensure as a principal.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>    Sec. 33. <b>RULEMAKING REQUIRED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>    (a) Notwithstanding the time limit in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.125, the Board <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>of Teaching must adopt the rules it was mandated to adopt under Laws 2003, chapter 129, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>article 1, section 10. The board must publish a notice of intent to adopt rules or a notice of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>hearing for rules subject to this section before January 1, 2008. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>    (b) The Board of Teaching may charge fees to issue new credentials and to renew <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>credentials for paraprofessionals issued credentials under the rules adopted under this <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>section.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>    Sec. 34. <b>RULEMAKING AUTHORIZED; SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var><b>SERVICE PROVIDERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>    The commissioner of education must amend Minnesota Rules, part 3512.5400, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>consistent with the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14, to include <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>specifications that provide the basis for withdrawing Department of Education approval <br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>from supplemental education service providers that fail to increase students' academic <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>proficiency for two consecutive school years. The amended rule also must clearly indicate:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>    (1) how the Department of Education will distinguish the effect of supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>education from the effect of regular school instruction on students' academic performance; <br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>    (2) whether the Department of Education will assess effectiveness of the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>supplemental education service providers using an absolute measure, such as percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>"proficient" students or measure individual students' growth toward proficiency over time.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>    Sec. 35. <b>RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>    The commissioner of education shall adopt rules for implementing and administering <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>the graduation-required assessment for diploma (GRAD) in reading and mathematics <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>and in writing, consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>for public review of the GRAD test. The rules must specify the GRAD requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>that apply to students in unique circumstances including dual enrolled students, English <br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>language learners, foreign exchange students, home school students, open enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>students, Minnesota postsecondary enrollment options students, shared-time students, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>transfer students from other states, and district-placed students and students attending <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>school under a tuition agreement. The rules must establish the criteria for determining <br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>individualized GRAD passing scores for students with an individual education plan or <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>a Section 504 plan and for using an alternative assessment when a student's individual <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>education plan team decides to replace the GRAD test.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>    Sec. 36. <b>GRANT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL TEACHING </b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var><b>STANDARDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A grant program to promote professional teaching <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>standards through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is established to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>provide teachers with the opportunity to receive National Board for Professional Teaching <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>Standards certification and to reward teachers who have already received this certification.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> An applicant for a grant must:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>    (1) be a licensed teacher employed in a Minnesota public school;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>    (2) have a minimum of five school years' classroom teaching experience; and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>    (3) demonstrate acceptance by the National Board for Professional Teaching <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>Standards as a candidate for board certification or as a recipient of board certification.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Application process.</b> To obtain a grant to participate in the National Board <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>for Professional Teaching Standards certification process or to receive a reward for already <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>completing the board certification process, a teacher must submit an application to the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>commissioner of education in the form and manner established by the commissioner. The <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>commissioner shall consult with the Board of Teaching when reviewing the applications. <br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>The commissioner shall also provide program support to assist applicants during the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>national board certification process.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Grant awards; proceeds.</b> (a) The commissioner may award grants of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>$1,000 to eligible teachers accepted as candidates for the National Board for Professional <br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>Teaching Standards certification or for national board certification renewal for partial <br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>payment of the teacher's candidate application fee.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>    (b) The commissioner shall award grants of $3,000 to all eligible teacher applicants <br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>who hold certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>$2,000 for renewal of their national board certification.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>    (c) The commissioner shall also award grants to eligible teachers who have received <br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification within one year prior to <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>the date of the teacher's application for a grant to use for educational purposes, including <br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>purchasing instructional materials, equipment, or supplies, and pursuing professional <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>development opportunities. The commissioner, under this paragraph, may award grants not <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>to exceed $1,000 after consulting with interested stakeholders regarding the grant amount. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>    Sec. 37. <b>WORLD LANGUAGES PILOT PROGRAM GRANTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>    (a) A pilot program awarding five world languages grants to interested and qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>school sites and school districts is established for fiscal year 2009 to develop and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>implement sustainable, high-quality model world languages programs and to enhance <br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>existing world languages programs at various grade levels for students in kindergarten <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>through grade 12. Program participants must simultaneously support both non-English <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>language learners in maintaining their native language while mastering English and native <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>English speakers in learning other languages. <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>    (b) Interested school sites and school districts must apply to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>education in the form and manner the commissioner determines. The application must <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>indicate whether the applicant intends to develop a new world languages program or <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>expand an existing world languages program and whether the applicant intends to offer <br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>more intensive programs or programs that are readily accessible to larger numbers of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>students. Applicants must agree to disseminate information about their programs to <br/>
<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>interested school sites and school districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>    (c) The commissioner must award grants to qualified applicants that satisfy the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>requirements in paragraphs (a) and (b). To the extent there are qualified applicants, the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>commissioner must award grants to qualified applicants on an equitable geographic <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>basis to the extent feasible. The commissioner must award three grants to kindergarten <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>through grade 8 sites, one grant to a qualified site interested in developing or enhancing a <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>sustainable Mandarin Chinese program, and one grant to an indigenous American Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>world languages program. Grantees must expend the grant consistent with the content of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>their application and this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>    (d) The commissioner shall provide for an evaluation of the grantees to identify <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>exemplary model world languages programs and the staff development needs of world <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>languages teachers and report the findings of the evaluation to the education policy and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>finance committees of the legislature by February 15, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2007-2008 school year.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>    Sec. 38. <b>BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL CERTIFICATES; DEPARTMENT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var><b>OF EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>    The Department of Education, in consultation with interested stakeholders, must <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>develop and recommend to the legislature by February 15, 2008, the standards and process <br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>for awarding bilingual and multilingual certificates to those kindergarten through grade <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>12 students who demonstrate and maintain a requisite level of proficiency in multiple <br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>languages.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>    Sec. 39. <b>SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT CARDS; ADVISORY GROUP </b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var><b>RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    (a) To sustain equity and excellence in education, the Independent Office of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>Educational Accountability under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.31, subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>must convene and facilitate an advisory group of curriculum and measurement experts <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>to consider and recommend how to structure school performance data and school <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>performance report cards under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, to <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>fully, fairly, and accurately report student achievement and emphasize school excellence <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>under Minnesota's system of educational accountability and public reporting. The advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>group at least must consider and recommend how to: evaluate student achievement using <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>multiple measures of growth that take into account student demographic characteristics, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.31, subdivision 4; and identify <br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>outstanding schools based on student achievement and achievement growth and using <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>multiple performance measures that are objective and consistent with the highest standards <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>in the field of educational measurements and accountability. The advisory group, at its <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>discretion, may also consider and make recommendations on other related statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>accountability and reporting matters.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>    (b) Advisory group members under paragraph (a) include: two qualified experts in <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>measurement in education selected by the State Council on Measurement in Education; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>one qualified expert in elementary curriculum and one qualified expert in secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>curriculum selected by the Minnesota Association for Supervision and Curriculum <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>Development; three regionally diverse school district research and evaluation directors <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>selected by the Minnesota Assessment Group; one school superintendent selected by the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>Minnesota Association of School Administrators; one University of Minnesota faculty <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>selected by the dean of the College of Education and Human Development; one licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>teacher selected by Education Minnesota; two parents selected by the Minnesota Parent <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>Teachers Association with expertise in measurement in education; and the director of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>evaluation and testing at the Minnesota Department of Education. Advisory group <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>members' terms and other advisory group matters are subject to Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>section 15.059, subdivision 6. The Independent Office of Educational Accountability <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>must present the advisory group's recommendations under paragraph (a) to the education <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>policy and finance committees of the legislature by February 15, 2008. The advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>group expires February 16, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>    Sec. 40. <b>ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON MINNESOTA AMERICAN INDIAN </b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var><b>TRIBES AND COMMUNITIES AND K-12 STANDARDS-BASED REFORM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Duties.</b>  An advisory task force on Minnesota American Indian tribes <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>and communities and K-12 standards-based reform is established to examine the impact of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>state and federal standards-based reform on Minnesota's K-12 students, with particular <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>attention to the impacts on American Indian students enrolled in Minnesota schools. <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>The task force, in consultation with American Indian educators, parents, and others who <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>advocate for American Indian children, must determine if:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>    (1) state education standards and assessments are appropriate for American Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>students;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>    (2) American Indian students are fairly compared; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>    (3) American Indian students receive the assistance they need to achieve the state <br/>
<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>standards; and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>    (4) schools receive financial and technical assistance sufficient to meet the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>educational needs of American Indian students.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The commissioner of education shall appoint <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>representatives from the following organizations and agencies to the task force:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>    (1) Department of Education staff experienced in working with American Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>students and programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>    (2) Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>    (3) the Minnesota School Board Association;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>    (4) school administrators;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>    (5) Education Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>    (6) the state Board of Teaching;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>    (7) the Minnesota Council on Indian Affairs; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>    (8) postsecondary faculty who serve as instructors in teacher preparation programs; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>    (9) local community service providers who work with Minnesota American Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>tribes and communities.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>    (b) After the task force has been convened, the commissioner of education may <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>appoint additional public members recommended by members of the task force.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Organization; compensation.</b> (a) The commissioner shall complete <br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>appointments to the task force, under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), by September 1, 2007. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>The commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee shall convene the first <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>meeting of the task force within 30 days after the appointments are completed. The task <br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>force shall select a chair from its membership at the first meeting.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>    (b) Vacancies, renewal, and compensation of members are as provided in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>Statutes, section 15.059, subject to the availability of appropriations.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>    (c) The commissioner of education must provide the task force with administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>and clerical support.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Recommendations.</b>  By February 15, 2008, the task force must report <br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>recommendations and suggest implementing legislation to the legislative committees and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>divisions with jurisdiction over education policy and finance regarding the changes, if <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>any, to the state's educational performance standards, content requirements, assessments <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>measures, and teacher preparation programs that will enable Minnesota schools to most <br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>effectively meet the educational needs of American Indian students consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.71 to 124D.82.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.35"></a><var>59.35</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Expiration.</b>  This section expires the day following the submission of the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.36"></a><var>59.36</var>report required by subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>    Sec. 41. <b>AMERICAN INDIAN SCHOLARSHIP.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>    Administration of the American Indian scholarship program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>Statutes, section 124D.84, is transferred from the Department of Education to the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education. The director of the Minnesota Office of Higher <br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>Education must contract with at least one knowledgeable person residing in or near the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>city of Bemidji to assist students with the scholarships under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>124D.84, subdivision 1, and with other information about financial aid for which the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>students may be eligible.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>    Sec. 42. <b>WORLD LANGUAGES RESOURCES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>    (a) The commissioner of education shall employ a full-time state coordinator for <br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>world languages education within the department by July 1, 2007. The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>seek advice from the quality teaching network before assigning or hiring the coordinator. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>The coordinator, at a minimum, shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>    (1) assist charter schools and school districts in planning to develop or enhance their <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>capacity to offer world languages courses and programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>    (2) collaborate with Minnesota world languages professionals and charter schools <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>and school districts and continuously seek their advice in developing all aspects of world <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>languages programs; <br/>
<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>    (3) survey Minnesota charter schools and school districts to (i) determine the types <br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>of existing world languages programs including, among others, those that use information <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>technology to provide high-quality world languages instruction, (ii) identify exemplary <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>model world languages programs, and (iii) identify and address staff development needs of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>current world languages teachers, preservice teachers, and teacher preparation programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>    (4) identify successful world languages programs in other states; <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>    (5) consult with interested stakeholders to prepare a report for the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>education to submit by February 15, 2008, to the education policy and finance committees <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>of the legislature assessing the feasibility and structure of a statewide world languages <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>graduation requirement under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.021, subdivision 1; and <br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>    (6) beginning February 1, 2008, and until February 1, 2012, report annually to the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>education policy and finance committees of the legislature on the status of world languages <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>in Minnesota and the programmatic needs identified by charter school and school district <br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>surveys, and make recommendations on how to address the identified needs.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    (b) After carefully examining existing world languages assessments, including <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>among other considerations the ease or difficulty with which the assessments may be <br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>adapted to world languages not currently assessed, the commissioner, by July 1, 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>shall recommend an assessment tool for charter schools and school districts to use in <br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>measuring student progress in acquiring proficiency in world languages.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>    (c) Beginning July 1, 2008, the department shall assist world languages teachers <br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>and other school staff in developing and implementing world languages programs <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>that acknowledge and reinforce the language proficiency and cultural awareness that <br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>non-English language speakers already possess, and encourage students' proficiency in <br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>multiple world languages. Programs under this paragraph must encompass indigenous <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>American Indian languages and cultures, among other world languages and cultures. The <br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>department shall consult with postsecondary institutions in developing related professional <br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>development opportunities. <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>    (d) The commissioner, upon request, must evaluate the plans of charter schools and <br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>school districts to develop or enhance their capacity to offer world languages courses <br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>and programs and continue to offer technical assistance to districts in developing or <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>enhancing world languages programs. The department shall assist districts in monitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>local assessment results.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>    Sec. 43. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Minnesota Office of Higher Education.</b> The sums indicated in <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota Office of Higher <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>Education for the fiscal years designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>American Indian scholarships.</b> For American Indian scholarships under <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.84:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,950,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,950,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>    Of this appropriation, $75,000 each year is for administration under section 41.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>    Sec. 44. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.</b> The sums <br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>the University of Minnesota for the fiscal years designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Independent Office of Educational Accountability.</b> For the Independent <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>Office of Educational Accountability under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.31, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>subdivision 3:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>    Sec. 45. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department.</b> The sums indicated in this section are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Charter school building lease aid.</b> For building lease aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4: <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">31,875,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">36,193,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $2,814,000 for 2007 and $29,061,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $3,229,000 for 2008 and $32,964,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Charter school startup cost aid.</b> For charter school startup cost aid <br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.11:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,896,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,161,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $241,000 for 2007 and $1,655,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $183,000 for 2008 and $1,978,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Integration aid.</b> For integration aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>124D.86, subdivision 5:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">61,769,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">61,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $5,824,000 for 2007 and $55,945,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $6,216,000 for 2008 and $54,784,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Magnet school program grants.</b> For magnet school program grants:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">750,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">750,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>    These amounts may be used for magnet school programs under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>section 124D.871.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>    Up to $100,000 each year is available for site-based decision-making grant proposals <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>that meet the goals outlined in section 124D.871 under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>123B.04, subdivision 2, paragraph (g). <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. <br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>section 124D.87:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,639,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,567,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Success for the future.</b> For American Indian success for the future grants <br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,137,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,137,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $213,000 for 2007 and $1,924,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $213,000 for 2008 and $1,924,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>    Subd. 8. <b>American Indian teacher preparation grants.</b> For joint grants to assist <br/>
<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>American Indians to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">190,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">190,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Tribal contract schools.</b> For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>Statutes, section 124D.83:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 2,238,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 2,409,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2007 and $2,034,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $226,000 for 2008 and $2,183,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Early childhood programs at tribal schools.</b> For early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>family education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>124D.83, subdivision 4:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">68,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">68,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Statewide testing and reporting system.</b> For the statewide testing and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,150,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,150,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>    Any testing contracts awarded by the commissioner using appropriations in this <br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>subdivision must include as part of that testing contract a method to vertically link testing <br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>questions across grade levels for the purposes of working towards a statewide growth <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>model.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>    $1,150,000 each year is for the value-added index assessment model.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Examination fees; teacher training and support programs.</b> (a) For <br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>students' advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under <br/>
<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs <br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>for teachers and other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>subdivision 1:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>    (b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>each year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>appropriation each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>Placement Advisory Council and IBMN, respectively, shall determine the amounts of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for <br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>each program.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>    (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least <br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>$500,000 each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs <br/>
<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>and follow-up support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international <br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>baccalaureate programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an <br/>
<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>advanced placement or international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop <br/>
<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>shall be the same. The commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>of the subsidy.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>    (d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent <br/>
<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>of available appropriations shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an <br/>
<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>advanced placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Preadvanced placement, advanced placement, international </b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var><b>baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs.</b> For preadvanced placement, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 120B.132 and 124D.091:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>    Of this amount,  $700,000 each year is for concurrent enrollment program aid <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091. If the appropriation is insufficient, the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>commissioner must proportionately reduce the aid payment to each district.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Collaborative urban educator.</b> For collaborative urban educator grants <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.641:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">528,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">528,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>    $210,000 each year is for the Southeast Asian teacher program at Concordia <br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>University, St. Paul; $159,000 each year is for the collaborative urban educator program at <br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>the University of St. Thomas; and $159,000 each year is for the Center for Excellence in <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>Urban Teaching at Hamline University. Grant recipients must collaborate with urban and <br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>nonurban school districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Youth works program.</b> For funding youth works programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">900,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">900,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>    A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents <br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>of each participant enrolled in a full-time youth works program to the extent the coverage <br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>is not otherwise available.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Early childhood literacy programs.</b> For early childhood literacy <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>    $500,000 each year is for leveraging federal and private funding to support <br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota Reading Corps program established by <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>Serve Minnesota, including costs associated with the training and teaching of early literacy <br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>skills to children age three to grade 3 and the evaluation of the impact of the program <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.38, subdivision 2, and 124D.42, subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>    $500,000 each year is for words work grants for early childhood literacy allocated by <br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3, paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>    Subd. 17. <b>St. Croix River Education District.</b> For a grant to the St. Croix River <br/>
<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>Education District:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>    These funds must be used to:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>    (1) deliver standardized research-based professional development in <br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>problem-solving, including response to intervention, scientifically based reading <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>instruction, and standards-aligned instruction and assessment;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>    (2) provide coaching to targeted districts throughout the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>    (3) deliver large scale training throughout the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>    (4) provide ongoing technical assistance to schools;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>    (5) assist with implementing professional development content into higher education <br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>instructional curricula; and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>    (6) evaluate the effectiveness of project activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>    Subd. 18. <b>Student organizations.</b> For student organizations:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">725,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">725,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>    $40,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>    $38,000 each year is for student organizations serving service occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>    $88,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>    $84,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>    $131,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>    $125,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science <br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>    $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>    Subd. 19. <b>Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) program.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>    For the Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>Statutes, section 120B.128:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">829,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">829,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>    Subd. 20. <b>College-level examination program (CLEP).</b> For the college-level <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>examination program (CLEP) under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.131:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,650,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,650,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>    Subd. 21. <b>World Languages grants.</b> For World Languages grants:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>    Subd. 22. <b>Alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> For alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>compensation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 6:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">39,164,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $0 for fiscal year 2008 and $39,164,000 for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>year 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>    Subd. 23. <b>National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.</b> (a) For <br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>professional teacher licensure:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>    (b) $63,000 of this amount is for grants of $1,000 each to eligible teachers accepted <br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>as candidates for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification <br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.73, subdivision 4, paragraph (a). The grant <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>award shall be made to the national board.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>    (c) $125,000 of this amount is for grants of $2,000 each to eligible teachers <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.73, subdivision 4, paragraph (b). <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>    (d) $62,000 of this amount is for grants of up to $1,000 each to eligible teachers who <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>have received National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification according <br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.73, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>    (e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>    (f) This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>    Subd. 24. <b>Mathematics and science; teacher centers.</b> For teacher centers for <br/>
<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>mathematics and science teacher development:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 1,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>    Subd. 25. <b>First Grade Preparedness.</b> For first grade preparedness grants under <br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.081:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>    Sec. 46. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>    (a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.84 <br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>to section 136A.126, correct cross-references, and make other necessary corrections to <br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>implement section 41.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>    (b) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall codify Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>section 124D.10, subdivision 23a, paragraph (b), as Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>subdivision 26.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>    Sec. 47. <b>REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120B.233; 121A.23; and 124D.62, are repealed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>    (a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>    (1) the sum of:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>    (i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus<br/>
<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>    (ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet <br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>and mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for <br/>
<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>districts operating a program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.128</statute_ref> for grades 1 to 12 for all students in <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>the district and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus<br/>
<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>    (iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type three school <br/>
<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>buses, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, clause (5), which must be used a <br/>
<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>majority of the time for pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at <br/>
<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>the rate of 20 percent per year of the cost of the type three school buses by:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>    (2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>    (b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to <br/>
<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>pupils as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>    (1) Regular transportation is:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>    (i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident <br/>
<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>elementary pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they <br/>
<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>attend, and resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public <br/>
<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>or nonpublic school they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon <br/>
<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>kindergarten transportation; but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from <br/>
<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>nonpublic schools, only to the extent permitted by sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.84</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.87</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>    (ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>    (iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between <br/>
<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>the pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if <br/>
<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>the home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>    (iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident <br/>
<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>pupils of a district without a secondary school; and<br/>
<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>    (v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under <br/>
<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance <br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>area border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>when the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or <br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>more, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>    For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care <br/>
<a id="pl.69.35"></a><var>69.35</var>facility, school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.36"></a><var>69.36</var>residence of a person chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian as the home of a pupil for <br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>part or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility or <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>residence is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>    (2) Excess transportation is:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>    (i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident <br/>
<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>secondary pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or <br/>
<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>nonpublic school they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>residing less than one mile from school who are transported because of extraordinary <br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and<br/>
<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>    (ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under <br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area <br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school <br/>
<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>they attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border <br/>
<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>to the school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>    (3) Desegregation transportation is transportation within and outside of the district <br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>during the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal <br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>attendance areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under <br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>court order.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>    (4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>    (i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular <br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>school bus between home or a respite care facility and school;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>    (ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to <br/>
<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref> are provided, within or outside the district <br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>where services are provided;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>    (iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>125A.12
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>    (iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special <br/>
<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>classes;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>    (v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for <br/>
<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>resident pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>transportation required by sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.18</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>, for resident pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>with disabilities who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis <br/>
<a id="pl.70.35"></a><var>70.35</var>or if resident pupils are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public <br/>
<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>and private schools or neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>district's program for children with a disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>    (vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging <br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes; and<br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>    (vii) services described in clauses (i) to (vi), when provided for pupils with <br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>disabilities in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's <br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>individual education plan or in conjunction with a learning year program established <br/>
<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.128</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>    For purposes of computing special education base revenue initial aid under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>125A.76, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, the cost of providing transportation for children with disabilities <br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>includes (A) the additional cost of transporting a homeless student from a temporary <br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>nonshelter home in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless student <br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through the end <br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased after <br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated <br/>
<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>according to paragraph (a), clauses (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>disabled transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure <br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation categories according to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>    (5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>    (i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>resident pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>transportation for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);<br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>    (ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>public school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support <br/>
<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>services pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.44</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>    (iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>    (c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>educational programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling <br/>
<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>services, and health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>neutral site as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.41, subdivision 13</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.454, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this <br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>subdivision apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>    (a) "Base year" means the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which <br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>aid will be paid.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>    (b) "Basic revenue" has the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>For the purposes of computing basic revenue pursuant to this section, each child with a <br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>disability shall be counted as prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>    (c) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 
<statute_ref>126C.05</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>    (d) "Program growth factor" means 
<statute_ref>1.00</statute_ref> for fiscal year 1998 and later. <br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>    (e) "Aid percentage factor" means 100 percent for fiscal year 2000 and later.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>    (f) (b) "Essential personnel" means a licensed teacher, licensed support services <br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>staff person, paraprofessional providing direct services to students, or licensed personnel <br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>under subdivision 12. This definition is not intended to change or modify the definition of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>essential employee in chapter 179A.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.454, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Base revenue</b><b> Initial aid</b><b>.</b> (a) The transition-disabled program base revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>initial aid equals the sum of the following amounts computed using base current year data:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>    (1) 68 percent of the salary of each essential licensed person or approved <br/>
<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>paraprofessional who provides direct instructional services to students employed during <br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>that fiscal year for services rendered in that district's transition program for children with a <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>    (2) 47 percent of the costs of necessary equipment for transition programs for <br/>
<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>children with a disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>    (3) 47 percent of the costs of necessary travel between instructional sites by transition <br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>program teachers of children with a disability but not including travel to and from local, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>regional, district, state, or national career and technical student organization meetings;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>    (4) 47 percent of the costs of necessary supplies for transition programs for children <br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>with a disability but not to exceed an average of $47 in any one school year for each child <br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>with a disability receiving these services;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>    (5) for transition programs for children with disabilities provided by a contract <br/>
<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>approved by the commissioner with public, private, or voluntary agencies other than a <br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>Minnesota school district or cooperative center, in place of programs provided by the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>district, 52 percent of the difference between the amount of the contract and the basic <br/>
<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>revenue of the district for that pupil for the fraction of the school day the pupil receives <br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>services under the contract;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>    (6) for transition programs for children with disabilities provided by a contract <br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>approved by the commissioner with public, private, or voluntary agencies other than a <br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>Minnesota school district or cooperative center, that are supplementary to a full educational <br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>program provided by the school district, 52 percent of the amount of the contract; and<br/>
<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>    (7) for a contract approved by the commissioner with another Minnesota school <br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>district or cooperative center for vocational evaluation services for children with a <br/>
<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>disability for children that are not yet enrolled in grade 12, 52 percent of the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>of the contract.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>    (b) If requested by a school district for transition programs during the base year for <br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>less than the full school year, the commissioner may adjust the base revenue to reflect <br/>
<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>the expenditures that would have occurred during the base year had the program been <br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>operated for the full year.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Nonresident tuition rate; other costs.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>when a school district provides instruction and services outside the district of residence, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>board and lodging, and any tuition to be paid, shall be paid by the district of residence. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>The tuition rate to be charged for any child with a disability, excluding a pupil for whom <br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>tuition is calculated according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (d), must be <br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>the sum of (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services to the child <br/>
<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>including a proportionate amount for special transportation and unreimbursed building <br/>
<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, plus (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>the amount of general education revenue and referendum aid attributable to the pupil, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability received <br/>
<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives special instruction and services <br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day, the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>general education revenue and referendum aid, excluding portions attributable to district <br/>
<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, capital <br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>expenditures, and pupil transportation, attributable to that pupil for the portion of time <br/>
<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom. If <br/>
<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>the boards involved do not agree upon the tuition rate, either board may apply to the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>commissioner to fix the rate. Notwithstanding chapter 14, the commissioner must then set <br/>
<a id="pl.73.35"></a><var>73.35</var>a date for a hearing or request a written statement from each board, giving each board <br/>
<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>at least ten days' notice, and after the hearing or review of the written statements the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>commissioner must make an order fixing the tuition rate, which is binding on both school <br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>districts. General education revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to a <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>pupil must be calculated using the resident district's average general education revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>and referendum revenue equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2007 and later, when a school district provides special instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>and services for a pupil with a disability as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref> outside the district <br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>of residence, excluding a pupil for whom an adjustment to special education aid is <br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>calculated according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (e), special education <br/>
<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>aid paid to the resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual <br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>cost of providing special instruction and services to the pupil, including a proportionate <br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>amount for special transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt service costs <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>for facilities used primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount of general education <br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>resident district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid <br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>per adjusted pupil unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>secondary sparsity revenue, minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children <br/>
<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>with a disability received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives special <br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, district support <br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and <br/>
<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>services outside of the regular classroom., general education revenue and referendum aid <br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident district's average general <br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit excluding <br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue and the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>serving district's basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity <br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>revenue per adjusted pupil unit. Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils served by <br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>a cooperative unit without a fiscal agent school district, the general education revenue and <br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>referendum equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident <br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid excluding <br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue. Special education aid paid to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>the district or cooperative providing special instruction and services for the pupil must be <br/>
<a id="pl.74.35"></a><var>74.35</var>increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district. Amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.74.36"></a><var>74.36</var>paid to cooperatives under this subdivision and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>recognized and reported as revenues and expenditures on the resident school district's <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>books of account under sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.75</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>123B.76</statute_ref>. If the resident district's special <br/>
<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>education aid is insufficient to make the full adjustment, the remaining adjustment shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>made to other state aid due to the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>paragraphs (d) and (e), a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students <br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>receive special education and related services, a  site approved under section 125A.515, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>an intermediate district, a special education cooperative, or a school district that served <br/>
<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>as the applicant agency for a group of school districts for federal special education aids <br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>for fiscal year 2006 may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident <br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>district an additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving <br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>pupils with a disability. The application must include a description of the costs and the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>calculations used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the resident <br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>district. Amounts approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be included <br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>in the tuition billings or aid adjustments under paragraph (a) or (b), or section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (d) or (e), as applicable.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>    (d) For purposes of this subdivision and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47</statute_ref>, subdivision 7, paragraphs <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>(d) and (e), "general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means the sum <br/>
<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>of the general education revenue according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, excluding <br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>alternative teacher compensation revenue, plus the referendum equalization aid according <br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17</statute_ref>, subdivision 7, as adjusted according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47</statute_ref>, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>7, paragraphs (a) to (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.13, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var><b>125A.13 SCHOOL OF PARENTS' CHOICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>    (a) Nothing in this chapter must be construed as preventing parents of a child with a <br/>
<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>disability from sending the child to a school of their choice, if they so elect, subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>admission standards and policies adopted according to sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.62</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.64</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>125A.66
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.73</statute_ref>, and all other provisions of chapters 120A to 129C. <br/>
<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>    (b) The parent of a student with a disability not yet enrolled in kindergarten and not <br/>
<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>open enrolled in a nonresident district may request that the resident district enter into a <br/>
<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>tuition agreement with the nonresident district if: <br/>
<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>    (1) the child is enrolled in a Head Start program or a licensed child care setting in <br/>
<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>the nonresident district; and <br/>
<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>    (2) the child can be served in the same setting as other children in the nonresident <br/>
<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>district with the same level of disability.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var><b>125A.14 </b><b>SUMMER PROGRAMS</b><b> EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>    A district may provide summer programs extended school year services for children <br/>
<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>with a disability living within the district and nonresident children temporarily placed in <br/>
<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>the district pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>. Prior to March 31 or 30 days after the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>child with a disability is placed in the district, whichever is later, the providing district <br/>
<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>shall give notice to the district of residence of any nonresident children temporarily placed <br/>
<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>in the district pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>, of its intention to provide these <br/>
<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>programs. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>district providing the special instruction and services must apply for special education <br/>
<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>aid for the summer program extended school year services. The unreimbursed actual cost <br/>
<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>of providing the program for nonresident children with a disability, including the cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>board and lodging, may be billed to the district of the child's residence and must be paid <br/>
<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>by the resident district. Transportation costs must be paid by the district responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>for providing transportation pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref> and transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>aid must be paid to that district. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.63, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Statewide hearing loss early education intervention coordinator.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>The coordinator shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>    (1) collaborate with the early hearing detection and intervention coordinator for the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>Department of Health, the director of the Department of Education Resource Center for <br/>
<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Department of Health Early Hearing Detection and <br/>
<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>Intervention Advisory Council;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>    (2) coordinate and support Department of Education early hearing detection and <br/>
<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>intervention teams;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>    (3) leverage resources by serving as a liaison between interagency early intervention <br/>
<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>committees; part C coordinators from the Departments of Education, Health, and <br/>
<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>Human Services; Department of Education regional low-incidence facilitators; service <br/>
<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>coordinators from school districts; Minnesota children with special health needs in the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.33"></a><var>76.33</var>Department of Health; public health nurses; child find; Department of Human Services <br/>
<a id="pl.76.34"></a><var>76.34</var>Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Division; and others as appropriate;<br/>
<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>    (4) identify, support, and promote culturally appropriate and evidence-based early <br/>
<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>intervention practices for infants with hearing loss, and provide training, outreach, and use <br/>
<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>of technology to increase consistency in statewide service provision;<br/>
<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>    (5) identify culturally appropriate specialized reliable and valid instruments to assess <br/>
<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>and track the progress of children with hearing loss and promote their use;<br/>
<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>    (6) ensure that early childhood providers, parents, and members of the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>family service and intervention plan are provided with child progress data resulting from <br/>
<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>specialized assessments;<br/>
<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>    (7) educate early childhood providers and teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>to use developmental data from specialized assessments to plan and adjust individual <br/>
<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>family service plans; and<br/>
<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>    (8) make recommendations that would improve educational outcomes to the early <br/>
<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>hearing detection and intervention committee, the commissioners of education and health, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>the Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People, and the advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>council of the Minnesota Department of Education Resource Center for the Deaf and <br/>
<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>Hard-of-Hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>    (b) The Department of Education must provide aggregate data regarding outcomes <br/>
<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>of deaf and hard-of-hearing children who receive early intervention services within the <br/>
<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>state in accordance with the state performance plan.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Travel aid.</b> The state must pay each district one-half of the sum <br/>
<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>actually expended by a district, based on mileage, for necessary travel of essential <br/>
<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>personnel providing home-based or community-based services to children with a disability <br/>
<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>under age five and their families.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.75, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Program and aid approval.</b> Before June 1 of each year, each district <br/>
<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>providing special instruction and services to children with a disability, including children <br/>
<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>eligible for Part C, as defined in section 125A.02, subdivision 1, and section 125A.27, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>subdivision 8,  must submit to the commissioner an application for approval of these <br/>
<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>programs and their budgets for the next fiscal year. The application must include an <br/>
<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>enumeration of the costs proposed as eligible for state aid pursuant to this section and of <br/>
<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>the estimated number and grade level of children with a disability in the district who will <br/>
<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>receive special instruction and services during the regular school year and in summer <br/>
<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>school programs during the next fiscal year. The application must also include any <br/>
<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>other information deemed necessary by the commissioner for the calculation of state aid <br/>
<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>and for the evaluation of the necessity of the program, the necessity of the personnel <br/>
<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>to be employed in the program, for determining the amount which the program will <br/>
<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>receive from grants from federal funds, or special grants from other state sources, and <br/>
<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>the program's compliance with the rules and standards of the Department of Education. <br/>
<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>The commissioner shall review each application to determine whether the program and <br/>
<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>the personnel to be employed in the program are actually necessary and essential to meet <br/>
<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>the district's obligation to provide special instruction and services to children with a <br/>
<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>disability pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.259</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>The commissioner shall not approve aid pursuant to this section for any program or for <br/>
<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>the salary of any personnel determined to be unnecessary or unessential on the basis of <br/>
<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>this review. The commissioner may withhold all or any portion of the aid for programs <br/>
<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>which receive grants from federal funds, or special grants from other state sources. By <br/>
<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>August 31 the commissioner shall approve, disapprove, or modify each application, and <br/>
<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>notify each applying district of the action and of the estimated amount of aid for the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>programs. The commissioner shall provide procedures for districts to submit additional <br/>
<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>applications for program and budget approval during the fiscal year, for programs needed <br/>
<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>to meet any substantial changes in the needs of children with a disability in the district. <br/>
<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>127A.42</statute_ref>, the commissioner may modify or <br/>
<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>withdraw the program or aid approval and withhold aid pursuant to this section without <br/>
<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>proceeding according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.42</statute_ref> at any time the commissioner determines that <br/>
<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>the program does not comply with rules of the Department of Education or that any facts <br/>
<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>concerning the program or its budget differ from the facts in the district's approved <br/>
<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>application. <br/>
<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.75, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Litigation costs; annual report.</b> (a) By November 30 of each year, <br/>
<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>a school district must annually report the district's special education litigation costs, <br/>
<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>including attorney fees and costs of due process hearings, to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>education, consistent with the Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>    (b) By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report school district special <br/>
<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>education litigation costs to the house of representatives and the senate committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.78.34"></a><var>78.34</var>jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education finance.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this <br/>
<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>subdivision apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>    (a) "Base year" for fiscal year 1998 and later fiscal years means the second fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>year preceding the fiscal year for which aid will be paid.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>    (b) "Basic revenue" has the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>For the purposes of computing basic revenue pursuant to this section, each child with a <br/>
<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>disability shall be counted as prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>    (c) (b) "Essential personnel" means teachers, cultural liaisons, related services, and <br/>
<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>support services staff providing direct services to students. Essential personnel may also <br/>
<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>include special education paraprofessionals or clericals providing support to teachers and <br/>
<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>students by preparing paperwork and making arrangements related to special education <br/>
<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>compliance requirements, including parent meetings and individual education plans.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>    (d) (c) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>    (e) (d) "Program growth factor" means 
         <statute_ref>1.046</statute_ref> for fiscal year 2003, and 1.0 for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>year 2004 2012 and later. <br/>
<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Special education </b><b>base revenue</b><b> initial aid</b><b>.</b> (a) The special education <br/>
<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>base revenue initial aid equals the sum of the following amounts computed using base <br/>
<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>current year data:<br/>
<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>    (1) 68 percent of the salary of each essential person employed in the district's <br/>
<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>program for children with a disability during the fiscal year, whether the person is <br/>
<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>employed by one or more districts or a Minnesota correctional facility operating on a <br/>
<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>fee-for-service basis;<br/>
<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>    (2) for the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf or the Minnesota State Academy <br/>
<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>for the Blind, 68 percent of the salary of each instructional aide assigned to a child <br/>
<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>attending the academy, if that aide is required by the child's individual education plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>    (3) for special instruction and services provided to any pupil by contracting with <br/>
<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>public, private, or voluntary agencies other than school districts, in place of special <br/>
<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>instruction and services provided by the district, 52 percent of the difference between <br/>
<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>the amount of the contract and the amount of the basic revenue, as defined in section <br/>
<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var><statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, special education aid, and any other aid earned on behalf of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.34"></a><var>79.34</var>the child the general education revenue, excluding basic skills revenue and alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.79.35"></a><var>79.35</var>teacher compensation revenue, and referendum equalization aid attributable to a pupil, <br/>
<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>calculated using the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum <br/>
<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit for the fraction of the school day the pupil receives <br/>
<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>services under the contract. This includes children who are residents of the state, receive <br/>
<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>services under this subdivision and subdivision 1, and are placed in a care and treatment <br/>
<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>facility by court action in a state that does not have a reciprocity agreement with the <br/>
<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>commissioner under section 125A.155 as provided for in section 125A.79, subdivision 8; <br/>
<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>    (4) for special instruction and services provided to any pupil by contracting for <br/>
<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>services with public, private, or voluntary agencies other than school districts, that are <br/>
<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>supplementary to a full educational program provided by the school district, 52 percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>the amount of the contract for that pupil;<br/>
<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>    (5) for supplies and equipment purchased or rented for use in the instruction of <br/>
<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>children with a disability, an amount equal to 47 percent of the sum actually expended by <br/>
<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>the district, or a Minnesota correctional facility operating on a fee-for-service basis, but <br/>
<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>not to exceed an average of $47 in any one school year for each child with a disability <br/>
<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>receiving instruction;<br/>
<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>    (6) for fiscal years 1997 and later, special education base revenue shall include <br/>
<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>amounts under clauses (1) to (5) for special education summer programs provided during <br/>
<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>the base year for that fiscal year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>    (7) for fiscal years 1999 and later, the cost of providing transportation services for <br/>
<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>children with disabilities under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.92, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause <br/>
<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>(4); and<br/>
<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>    (8) the district's transition-disabled program initial aid according to section <br/>
<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>124D.454, subdivision 3. <br/>
<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>    The department shall establish procedures through the uniform financial accounting <br/>
<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>and reporting system to identify and track all revenues generated from third-party billings <br/>
<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>as special education revenue at the school district level; include revenue generated from <br/>
<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>third-party billings as special education revenue in the annual cross-subsidy report; and <br/>
<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>exclude third-party revenue from calculation of excess cost aid to the districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>    (b) If requested by a school district operating a special education program during <br/>
<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>the base year for less than the full fiscal year, or a school district in which is located a <br/>
<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>Minnesota correctional facility operating on a fee-for-service basis for less than the full <br/>
<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>fiscal year, the commissioner may adjust the base revenue to reflect the expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>that would have occurred during the base year had the program been operated for the <br/>
<a id="pl.80.34"></a><var>80.34</var>full fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.80.35"></a><var>80.35</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), the portion of a school district's base <br/>
<a id="pl.80.36"></a><var>80.36</var>revenue attributable to a Minnesota correctional facility operating on a fee-for-service <br/>
<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>basis during the facility's first year of operating on a fee-for-service basis shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>computed using current year data.<br/>
<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>    Subd. 4. <b>State total special education aid.</b> The state total special education aid <br/>
<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>for fiscal year 2004 equals $530,642,000. The state total special education aid for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>year 2005 equals $529,164,000 $529,247,000 for fiscal year 2007, $709,698,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>fiscal year 2008, $742,334,000 for fiscal year 2009, $778,780,000 for fiscal year 2010, <br/>
<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>and $817,167,000 for fiscal year 2011. The state total special education aid for later <br/>
<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>fiscal years equals:<br/>
<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>    (1) the state total special education aid for the preceding fiscal year; times<br/>
<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>    (2) the program growth factor; times<br/>
<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>    (3) the greater of one, or the ratio of the state total average daily membership for the <br/>
<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>current fiscal year to the state total average daily membership for the preceding fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>    Subd. 5. <b>School district special education aid.</b> (a) A school district's special <br/>
<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>education aid for fiscal year 2000 2008 and later equals the state total special education <br/>
<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>aid, minus the amount determined under paragraphs (b) and (c), times the ratio of the <br/>
<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>district's adjusted initial special education base revenue aid to the state total adjusted <br/>
<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>initial special education base revenue aid. If the commissioner of education modifies <br/>
<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>its rules for special education in a manner that increases a district's special education <br/>
<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>obligations or service requirements, the commissioner shall annually increase each <br/>
<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>district's special education aid by the amount necessary to compensate for the increased <br/>
<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>service requirements. The additional aid equals the cost in the current year attributable to <br/>
<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>rule changes not reflected in the computation of special education base revenue, multiplied <br/>
<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>by the appropriate percentages from subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the special education base revenue for a <br/>
<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>district equals zero, the special education aid equals the amount computed according <br/>
<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>to subdivision 2 using current year data.<br/>
<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), if the special education base revenue for <br/>
<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>a district is greater than zero, and the base year amount for the district under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>2, paragraph (a), clause (7), equals zero, the special education aid equals the sum of the <br/>
<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>amount computed according to paragraph (a), plus the amount computed according to <br/>
<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (7), using current year data.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>    (d) A charter school under section 
<statute_ref>124D.10</statute_ref> shall generate state special education <br/>
<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>aid based on current year expenditures for its first four years of operation and only in its <br/>
<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>fifth and later years shall paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) apply. <br/>
<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Special education forecast maintenance of effort.</b> (a) If, on the basis of <br/>
<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>a forecast of general fund revenues and expenditures under section 16A.103, the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>expenditures for special education and related services for children with disabilities <br/>
<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>from nonfederal sources for a fiscal year, including special education aid under section <br/>
<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>125A.76; special education excess cost aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 7; travel <br/>
<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>for home-based services under section 125A.75, subdivision 1; aid for students with <br/>
<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>disabilities under section 125A.75, subdivision 3; court-placed special education under <br/>
<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>section 125A.79, subdivision 4; out-of-state tuition under section 125A.79, subdivision 8; <br/>
<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>and direct expenditures by state agencies are projected to be less than the amount required <br/>
<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>to meet federal special education maintenance of effort, the additional amount required <br/>
<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>to meet federal special education maintenance of effort is added to the state total special <br/>
<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>education aid in section 125A.76, subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>    (b) If, on the basis of a forecast of general fund revenues and expenditures under <br/>
<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>section 16A.103, expenditures in the programs in paragraph (a) are projected to be greater <br/>
<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>than previously forecast for an enacted budget, and an addition to state total special <br/>
<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>education aid has been made under paragraph (a), the state total special education aid <br/>
<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>must be reduced by the lesser of the amount of the expenditure increase or the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>previously added to state total special education aid in section 125A.76, subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>    (c) For the purpose of this section, "previously forecast for an enacted budget" means <br/>
<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>the allocation of funding for these programs in the most recent forecast of general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>revenues and expenditures or the act appropriating money for these programs, whichever <br/>
<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>occurred most recently. It does not include planning estimates for a future biennium.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>    (d) If the amount of special education aid is adjusted in accordance with this <br/>
<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>subdivision, the commissioner of education shall notify the chairs of the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.82.33"></a><var>82.33</var>committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education regarding <br/>
<a id="pl.82.34"></a><var>82.34</var>the amount of the adjustment and provide an explanation of the federal maintenance of <br/>
<a id="pl.82.35"></a><var>82.35</var>effort requirements.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.78, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var><b>125A.78 ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY </b><b>BASE REVENUE</b><b> </b><b>INITIAL AID </b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var><b>ADJUSTMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Eligibility.</b> A district is eligible for an alternative delivery base <br/>
<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>revenue initial aid adjustment if the commissioner has approved the application of the <br/>
<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>district according to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.50</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Base revenue</b><b> </b><b>Initial aid </b><b>adjustment.</b> For the third fiscal year after <br/>
<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>approval of a district's application, and thereafter, the special education base revenue initial <br/>
<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>aid under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, must be computed based on activities defined as <br/>
<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>reimbursable under Department of Education rules for special education and nonspecial <br/>
<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>education students, and additional activities as detailed and approved by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Use of revenue.</b> Revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref> shall be used to <br/>
<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>implement the approved program. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.79, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this <br/>
<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>subdivision apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>    (a) "Unreimbursed special education cost" means the sum of the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>    (1) expenditures for teachers' salaries, contracted services, supplies, equipment, and <br/>
<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>transportation services eligible for revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref>; plus<br/>
<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>    (2) expenditures for tuition bills received under sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>125A.65
         </statute_ref> for services eligible for revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76, subdivision 2</statute_ref>; minus<br/>
<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>    (3) revenue for teachers' salaries, contracted services, supplies, and equipment, and <br/>
<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>transportation services under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref>; minus<br/>
<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>    (4) tuition receipts under sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref> for services <br/>
<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>eligible for revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>    (b) "General revenue" means the sum of the general education revenue according to <br/>
<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, excluding alternative teacher compensation revenue, plus <br/>
<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>the total qualifying referendum revenue specified in paragraph (e) minus transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>sparsity revenue minus total operating capital revenue.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>    (c) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>    (d) "Program growth factor" means 
         <statute_ref>1.02</statute_ref> for fiscal year 2003, and 
<statute_ref>1.0</statute_ref> for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>year 2004 2012 and later.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>    (e) "Total qualifying referendum revenue" means two-thirds of the district's total <br/>
<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>referendum revenue as adjusted according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47</statute_ref>, subdivision 7, paragraphs <br/>
<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>(a) to (c), for fiscal year 2006, one-third of the district's total referendum revenue for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>year 2007, and none of the district's total referendum revenue for fiscal year 2008 and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.79, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Initial excess cost aid.</b> For fiscal years 2002 2008 and later, a district's <br/>
<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>initial excess cost aid equals the greatest greater of:<br/>
<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>    (1) 75 percent of the difference between (i) the district's unreimbursed special <br/>
<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>education cost and (ii) 
         <statute_ref>4.36</statute_ref> percent of the district's general revenue;  or<br/>
<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>    (2) 70 percent of the difference between (i) the increase in the district's unreimbursed <br/>
<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>special education cost between the base year as defined in section 
<statute_ref>125A.76, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>and the current year and (ii) 1.6 percent of the district's general revenue; or <br/>
<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>    (3) zero.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.79, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>    Subd. 6. <b>State total special education excess cost aid.</b> The state total special <br/>
<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>education excess cost aid for fiscal year 2005 equals $91,811,000 $104,700,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>fiscal year 2007, $122,586,000 for fiscal year 2008, $125,302,000 for fiscal year 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>$125,477,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $125,858,000 for fiscal year 2011. The state <br/>
<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>total special education excess cost aid equals $103,600,000 for fiscal year 2006 and <br/>
<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>$104,700,000 for fiscal year 2007. The state total special education excess cost aid for <br/>
<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>fiscal year 2008 and later fiscal years equals:<br/>
<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>    (1) the state total special education excess cost aid for the preceding fiscal year; times<br/>
<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>    (2) the program growth factor; times<br/>
<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>    (3) the greater of one, or the ratio of the state total average daily membership for the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>current fiscal year to the state total average daily membership for the preceding fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.79, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Out-of-state tuition.</b> For children who are residents of the state, receive <br/>
<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>services under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76, subdivisions 1 and 2</statute_ref>, and are placed in a care and <br/>
<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>treatment facility by court action in a state that does not have a reciprocity agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>with the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.155</statute_ref>, the resident school district shall submit <br/>
<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>the balance of the tuition bills, minus the amount of the basic revenue, as defined by <br/>
<a id="pl.84.33"></a><var>84.33</var>section 
<statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, of the district for the child and the general education <br/>
<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>revenue, excluding basic skills revenue and alternative teacher compensation revenue, <br/>
<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>and referendum equalization aid attributable to the pupil, calculated using the resident <br/>
<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted <br/>
<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>pupil unit minus  the special education aid, and any other aid earned on behalf of the child <br/>
<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>contracted services initial revenue attributable to the pupil. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Alternative attendance programs.</b> The general education aid and special <br/>
<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district <br/>
<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.06</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>adjustments must be made according to this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>    (a) General education aid paid to a resident district must be reduced by an amount <br/>
<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>equal to the referendum equalization aid attributable to the pupil in the resident district.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>    (b) General education aid paid to a district serving a pupil in programs listed in this <br/>
<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>subdivision must be increased by an amount equal to the referendum equalization aid <br/>
<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>attributable to the pupil in the nonresident district.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>    (c) If the amount of the reduction to be made from the general education aid of the <br/>
<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>resident district is greater than the amount of general education aid otherwise due the <br/>
<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>district, the excess reduction must be made from other state aids due the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>    (d) For fiscal year 2006, the district of residence must pay tuition to a district or an <br/>
<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>area learning center, operated according to paragraph (f), providing special instruction and <br/>
<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>services to a pupil with a disability, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, or a pupil, as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision. The tuition must <br/>
<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>be equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services to the pupil, <br/>
<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>including a proportionate amount for special transportation and unreimbursed building <br/>
<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, minus (2) if <br/>
<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>the pupil receives special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more <br/>
<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>than 60 percent of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum <br/>
<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>equalization aid attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special <br/>
<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to <br/>
<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, <br/>
<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid attributable <br/>
<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and services. <br/>
<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average general <br/>
<a id="pl.85.35"></a><var>85.35</var>education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>    (e) For fiscal year 2007 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district <br/>
<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt <br/>
<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil with a disability, <br/>
<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, or a pupil, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, who is enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day, <br/>
<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable <br/>
<a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and services <br/>
<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school <br/>
<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, <br/>
<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid attributable to that pupil, that is <br/>
<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>received by the district providing special instruction and services. For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>paragraph, general education revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to a <br/>
<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average general education revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit. Special education aid paid to the <br/>
<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>district or cooperative providing special instruction and services for the pupil, or to the <br/>
<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased by the amount of the reduction <br/>
<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>in the aid paid to the resident district. If the resident district's special education aid is <br/>
<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>insufficient to make the full adjustment, the remaining adjustment shall be made to other <br/>
<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>state aids due to the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>    (f) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, <br/>
<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the <br/>
<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the <br/>
<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>paragraph (d) or (e), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount equal to <br/>
<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>the product of the formula allowance according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, times <br/>
<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>.0485, calculated without basic skills revenue and transportation sparsity revenue, times <br/>
<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area learning center, plus the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>compensatory revenue generated by pupils attending the area learning center.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var>    Sec. 22. Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.86.34"></a><var>86.34</var>    Sec. 15. <b>SPECIAL EDUCATION TUITION BILLING FOR FISCAL YEARS </b><br/>
<a id="pl.86.35"></a><var>86.35</var><b>2006 </b><b>AND</b><b>,</b><b> 2007</b><b>, AND 2008</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.11, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>(a), and 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (d), for fiscal year 2006 an intermediate <br/>
<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>district, special education cooperative, or school district that served as an applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>agency for a group of school districts for federal special education aids for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>2006 is not subject to the uniform special education tuition billing calculations, but may <br/>
<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>instead continue to bill the resident school districts for the actual unreimbursed costs <br/>
<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>of serving pupils with a disability as determined by the intermediate district, special <br/>
<a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>education cooperative, or school district.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>    (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125A.11, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>(c), for fiscal year 2007 only, an applicant district agency exempted from the uniform <br/>
<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>special education tuition billing calculations for fiscal year 2006 under paragraph (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>may apply to the commissioner for a waiver an exemption from the uniform special <br/>
<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>education tuition calculations and aid adjustments under Minnesota Statutes, sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>125A.11, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), and 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (e). The <br/>
<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>commissioner must grant the waiver exemption within 30 days of receiving the following <br/>
<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>information from the intermediate district, special education cooperative, or school district:<br/>
<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>    (1) a detailed description of the applicant district's methodology for calculating <br/>
<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>special education tuition for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, as required by the applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>district to recover the full cost of serving pupils with a disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>    (2) sufficient data to determine the total amount of special education tuition actually <br/>
<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>charged for each student with a disability, as required by the applicant district to recover <br/>
<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>the full cost of serving pupils with a disability in fiscal year 2006; and<br/>
<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>    (3) sufficient data to determine the amount that would have been charged for each <br/>
<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>student for fiscal year 2006 using the uniform tuition billing methodology according <br/>
<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>to Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.11, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>as applicable.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>    (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>(c), for fiscal year 2008 only, an agency granted an exemption from the uniform special <br/>
<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>education tuition billing calculations and aid adjustments for fiscal year 2007 under <br/>
<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>paragraph (b)  may apply to the commissioner for a one-year extension of the exemption <br/>
<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var>granted under paragraph (b). The commissioner must grant the extension within 30 days <br/>
<a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var>of receiving the request. <br/>
<a id="pl.87.33"></a><var>87.33</var>    (d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraphs <br/>
<a id="pl.87.34"></a><var>87.34</var>(a) and (b), and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (d) and (e), for fiscal year 2007 <br/>
<a id="pl.87.35"></a><var>87.35</var>only, a school district or charter school not eligible for a waiver under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.87.36"></a><var>87.36</var>section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), may apply to the commissioner for authority <br/>
<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>to charge the resident district an additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed <br/>
<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>costs of serving pupils with a disability. The application must include a description of the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>costs and the calculations used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>resident district. Amounts approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be <br/>
<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>included in the tuition billings or aid adjustments under paragraph (a) or (b), or Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>Statutes, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (d) or (e), as applicable.<br/>
<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>    Sec. 23. <b>TASK FORCE TO COMPARE FEDERAL AND STATE SPECIAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var><b>EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; duties.</b> A task force is established to recommend <br/>
<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>which state laws and rules that exceed or expand upon minimum federal special education <br/>
<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>requirements for providing special education programs and services to eligible students <br/>
<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>should be amended to conform with minimum federal requirements. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>of the Bureau of Mediation Services under Minnesota Statutes, section 179.02, after <br/>
<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>consulting with interested stakeholders, shall appoint a ten-member task force composed <br/>
<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>of equal numbers of providers, advocates, regulators, consumers of special education <br/>
<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>services, lawyers who practice in the field of special education and represent either parents <br/>
<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>or school districts, special education teachers, and school officials. The commissioner must <br/>
<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>convene the task force by August 1, 2007, which shall meet regularly and shall review the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>January 25, 2006, report prepared by the Minnesota Department of Education Office of <br/>
<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>Compliance and Assistance and other relevant studies and resources analyzing differences <br/>
<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>between federal and state special education requirements. The terms and compensation of <br/>
<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>task force members are governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Report.</b> The task force must submit to the education policy and finance <br/>
<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>committees of the legislature by February 15, 2008, a report that identifies and clearly <br/>
<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>and concisely explains each provision in state law or rule that exceeds or expands upon <br/>
<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>a minimum federal requirement contained in law or regulation for providing special <br/>
<a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>education programs and services to eligible students. The report also must recommend <br/>
<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>which state provisions that exceed or expand upon a minimum federal requirement may <br/>
<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>be amended to conform with minimum federal requirements. The task force expires <br/>
<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>when it submits its report to the legislature.<br/>
<a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.24.0"></a><a id="pl.88.33"></a><var>88.33</var>    Sec. 24. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Special education; regular.</b> For special education aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>Statutes, section 125A.75:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">691,653,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">739,070,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $52,965,000 for 2007 and $638,688,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $70,965,000 for 2008 and $668,105,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities <br/>
<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,538,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,729,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>    If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>year is available.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Travel for home-based services.</b> For aid for teacher travel for home-based <br/>
<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">254,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">284,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2007 and $232,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $25,000 for 2008 and $259,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Special education; excess costs.</b> For excess cost aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 7:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">116,612,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">124,395,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $34,969,000 for 2007 and $81,643,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $40,943,000 for 2008 and $83,452,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Transition for disabled students.</b> For aid for transition programs for <br/>
<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>children with disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.454:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">879,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $879,000 for 2007 and $0 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Court-placed special education revenue.</b> For reimbursing serving <br/>
<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>school districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in <br/>
<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>the serving school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, <br/>
<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>subdivision 4:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">72,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">74,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Special education out-of-state tuition.</b> For special education out-of-state <br/>
<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>tuition according to Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Special Education Task Force.</b> For the task force to compare federal <br/>
<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>and state special education requirements:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.25.0"></a><a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>    Sec. 25. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 125A.10; and 125A.75, subdivision 6, are <br/>
<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 124D.454, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, and 7; and <br/>
<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>125A.76, subdivision 3, are repealed effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.44, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var><b>123A.44 CITATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>    Sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.441</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.446</statute_ref> may be cited as the "Cooperative Secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>Facilities Grant Act." <br/>
<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.441, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var><b>123A.441 POLICY AND PURPOSE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>    Because of the rates of decline in school-aged population, population shifts and <br/>
<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>economic changes that the state has experienced in recent years and anticipates in future <br/>
<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>years, and because in some instances local districts have not, and will not be able to <br/>
<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>provide the required construction funds through local property taxes, the purpose of the <br/>
<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>cooperative secondary facilities grant program is to provide an incentive to encourage <br/>
<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>cooperation in making available to all secondary students those educational programs, <br/>
<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>services and facilities that are most efficiently and effectively provided by a cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>effort of several school districts. The policy and purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.442</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>123A.446
         </statute_ref> is to use the credit of the state, to a limited degree, to provide grants to <br/>
<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>cooperating groups of districts to improve and expand the educational opportunities and <br/>
<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>facilities available to their secondary students. <br/>
<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.442, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var><b>123A.442 APPROVAL AUTHORITY; APPLICATION FORMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Approval by commissioner.</b> To the extent money is available, the <br/>
<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>commissioner may approve projects from applications submitted under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.443</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>The grant money must be used only to acquire, construct, remodel or improve the building <br/>
<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>or site of a cooperative secondary facility under contracts to be entered into within 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>months after the date on which each grant is awarded. <br/>
<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Cooperation and combination.</b> Districts that have not already <br/>
<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>consolidated and receive a cooperative secondary facilities grant after May 1, 1991, shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>    (1) submit a consolidation plan as set forth in under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.36 123A.48</statute_ref> for <br/>
<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>approval by the State Board of Education before December 31, 1999, or Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>Education after December 30, 1999; and <br/>
<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>    (2) hold a referendum on the question of combination consolidation no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>four years after a grant is awarded under subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>    The districts are eligible for cooperation and combination consolidation revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.39, subdivision 3</statute_ref> 123A.485. <br/>
<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Consolidated districts.</b> A school district that has consolidated with <br/>
<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>another school district since July 1, 1980, is eligible for a cooperative facilities grant.<br/>
<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.443, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var><b>123A.443 GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Qualification.</b> Any group of districts or a consolidated district <br/>
<a id="pl.91.33"></a><var>91.33</var>that meets the criteria required under subdivision 2 may apply for an incentive grant for <br/>
<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>construction of a new secondary facility or for remodeling and improving an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>secondary facility. A grant for new construction must not exceed the lesser of $5,000,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>$20,000,000 or 75 percent of the approved construction costs of a cooperative secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>education facility. A grant for remodeling and improving an existing facility must not <br/>
<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>exceed $200,000 the lesser of $10,000,000, or 75 percent of the approved remodeling <br/>
<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Review by commissioner.</b> (a) A group of districts or a consolidated district <br/>
<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>that submits an application for a grant must submit a proposal to the commissioner for <br/>
<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>review and comment under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.71</statute_ref>. The commissioner shall prepare a review <br/>
<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>and comment on the proposed facility by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, regardless of <br/>
<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>the amount of the capital expenditure required to acquire, construct, remodel or improve <br/>
<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>the secondary facility. The commissioner shall not approve an application for an incentive <br/>
<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>grant for any secondary facility unless the facility receives a favorable review and <br/>
<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>comment under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.71</statute_ref> and the following criteria are met: <br/>
<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>    (1) the applicant is a consolidated district or a minimum of two or more districts, <br/>
<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>with kindergarten to grade 12 enrollments in each district of no more than 1,200 pupils, <br/>
<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>enter that have entered into a joint powers agreement;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>    (2) for a group of districts, a joint powers board representing all participating <br/>
<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>districts is established under section 
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref> to govern the cooperative secondary facility; <br/>
<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>    (3) the planned secondary facility will result in the joint powers district meeting the <br/>
<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>requirements of Minnesota Rules, parts 3500.2010 and 3500.2110;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>    (4) at least 198 pupils would be served in grades 10 to 12, 264 pupils would be <br/>
<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>served in grades 9 to 12, or 396 pupils would be served in grades 7 to 12;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>    (5) (3) for a group of districts, no more than one superintendent is employed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>joint powers board as a result of the cooperative secondary facility agreement;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>    (6) (4) a statement of need is submitted, that may include reasons why the current <br/>
<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>secondary facilities are inadequate, unsafe or inaccessible to persons with disabilities;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>    (7) (5) an educational plan is prepared, that includes input from both community and <br/>
<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>professional staff;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>    (8) (6) for a group of districts, a combined seniority list for all participating districts <br/>
<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>is developed by the joint powers board;<br/>
<a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>    (9) (7) for a group of districts, an education program is developed that provides for <br/>
<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>more learning opportunities and course offerings, including the offering of advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.92.34"></a><var>92.34</var>placement courses, for students than is currently available in any single member district;<br/>
<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>    (10) (8) a plan is developed for providing instruction of any resident students in <br/>
<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>other districts when distance to the secondary education facility makes attendance at the <br/>
<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>facility unreasonably difficult or impractical; and<br/>
<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>    (11) (9) for a secondary facility, the joint powers board established under clause (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>discusses with technical colleges located in the area how vocational education space in <br/>
<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>the cooperative secondary facility could be jointly used for secondary and postsecondary <br/>
<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>    (b) To the extent possible, the joint powers board is encouraged to provide for <br/>
<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>severance pay or for early retirement incentives under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.48</statute_ref>, for any teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>or administrator, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, who is placed on <br/>
<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>unrequested leave as a result of the cooperative secondary facility agreement. <br/>
<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>    (c) For the purpose of paragraph (a), clause (8) (6), each district must be considered <br/>
<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>to have started school each year on the same date.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>    (d) The districts may develop a plan that provides for the location of social service, <br/>
<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>health, and other programs serving pupils and community residents within the cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>secondary facility. The commissioner shall consider this plan when preparing a review <br/>
<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>and comment on the proposed facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>    (e) The districts must schedule and conduct a meeting on library services. The <br/>
<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>school districts, in cooperation with the regional public library system and its appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>member libraries, must discuss the possibility of including jointly operated library services <br/>
<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>at the cooperative secondary facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>    (f) The board of a district that has reorganized under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.37</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>123A.48</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>and that is applying for a grant for remodeling or improving an existing facility may act in <br/>
<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>the place of a joint powers board to meet the criteria of this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Reorganizing districts.</b> A district that is a member of a joint powers <br/>
<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>board established under subdivision 2 and that is planning to reorganize under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>123A.45
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.46</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>123A.48</statute_ref> must notify the joint powers board one year in advance of <br/>
<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>the effective date of the reorganization. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref> or any other law <br/>
<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>to the contrary, the board of a district that reorganizes under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.45</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.46</statute_ref>, or <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>123A.48
         </statute_ref> may appoint representatives to the joint powers board who will serve on the joint <br/>
<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>powers board for two years after the effective date of the reorganization if authorized in <br/>
<a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>the agreement establishing the joint powers board to govern the cooperative secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.93.33"></a><var>93.33</var>facility. These representatives shall have the same powers as representatives of any other <br/>
<a id="pl.93.34"></a><var>93.34</var>school district under the joint powers agreement. <br/>
<a id="pl.93.35"></a><var>93.35</var>    Subd. 4. <b>District procedures.</b> A joint powers board of a secondary district <br/>
<a id="pl.93.36"></a><var>93.36</var>established under subdivision 2 or a school board of a reorganized district that intends <br/>
<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>to apply for a grant must adopt a resolution stating the proposed costs of the project, <br/>
<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>the purpose for which the costs are to be incurred, and an estimate of the dates when <br/>
<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>the facilities for which the grant is requested will be contracted for and completed. <br/>
<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>Applications for the state grants must be accompanied by (a) a copy of the resolution, (b) <br/>
<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>a certificate by the clerk and treasurer of the joint powers board showing the current <br/>
<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>outstanding indebtedness of each member district, and (c) a certificate by the county <br/>
<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>auditor of each county in which a portion of the joint powers district lies showing the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>information in the auditor's official records that is required to be used in computing the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>debt limit of the district under section 
         <statute_ref>475.53, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. The clerk's and treasurer's <br/>
<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>certificate must show, as to each outstanding bond issue of each member district, the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>amount originally issued, the purpose for which issued, the date of issue, the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>remaining unpaid as of the date of the resolution, and the interest rates and due dates <br/>
<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>and amounts of principal thereon. Applications and necessary data must be in the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>form prescribed by the commissioner and the rules of the State Board of Education <br/>
<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>before December 31, 1999, and after December 30, 1999, in the form prescribed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>commissioner. Applications must be received by the commissioner by September 1 of an <br/>
<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>odd-numbered year. When an application is received, the commissioner shall obtain from <br/>
<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>the commissioner of revenue, and from the Public Utilities Commission when required, <br/>
<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>the information in their official records that is required to be used in computing the debt <br/>
<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>limit of the joint powers district under section 
         <statute_ref>475.53, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Award of grants.</b> By November 1 of the odd-numbered year, the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>commissioner shall examine and consider all applications for grants, and if any district is <br/>
<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>found not qualified, the commissioner shall promptly notify that board.<br/>
<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>    A grant award is subject to verification by the district as specified in subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>8. A grant award for a new facility must not be made until the site of the secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>facility has been determined. A grant award to remodel or improve an existing facility <br/>
<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>must not be made until the districts have reorganized. If the total amount of the approved <br/>
<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>applications exceeds the amount that is or can be made available, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>first award grants to districts that will close at least one existing school building, and then, <br/>
<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>to the extent funds remain, allot the available amount equally between the any other <br/>
<a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var>approved applicant districts. The commissioner shall promptly certify to each qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>district the amount, if any, of the grant awarded to it.<br/>
<a id="pl.94.33"></a><var>94.33</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Collocation grant.</b> A group of districts that receives a grant for a new <br/>
<a id="pl.94.34"></a><var>94.34</var>facility under subdivision 4 is also eligible to receive an additional grant in the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.94.35"></a><var>94.35</var>$1,000,000. To receive the additional grant, the group of districts must develop a plan <br/>
<a id="pl.94.36"></a><var>94.36</var>under subdivision 2, paragraph (d), that provides for the location of a significant number <br/>
<a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>of noneducational student and community service programs within the cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>secondary facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Referendum; bond issue.</b> Within 180 days after being awarded a grant <br/>
<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>for a new facility under subdivision 5, the joint powers board must submit the question <br/>
<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>of authorizing the borrowing of funds for the secondary facility to the voters of the joint <br/>
<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>powers district at a special election, which may be held in conjunction with the annual <br/>
<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>general election of the school board members of the member districts. The question <br/>
<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>submitted must state the total amount of funding needed from all sources. A majority of <br/>
<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>those voting in the affirmative on the question is sufficient to authorize the joint powers <br/>
<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>board to accept the grant and to issue the bonds on public sale in accordance with <br/>
<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>according to chapter 475. The clerk of the joint powers board must certify the vote of <br/>
<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>the bond election to the commissioner. If the question is approved by the voters, the <br/>
<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>commissioner shall notify the approved applicant districts that the grant amount certified <br/>
<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>under subdivision 5 is available and appropriated for payment under this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>If a majority of those voting on the question do not vote in the affirmative, the grant <br/>
<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>must be canceled.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Contract.</b> Each grant must be evidenced by a contract between the board <br/>
<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>and the state acting through the commissioner. The contract obligates the state to pay to <br/>
<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>the board an amount computed according to subdivision 5, and according to a schedule, <br/>
<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>and terms and conditions acceptable to the commissioner of finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Consolidation.</b> A group of districts that operates a cooperative secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>facility that was acquired, constructed, remodeled, or improved under this section and <br/>
<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>implements consolidation proceedings according to section 
         <statute_ref>123A.48</statute_ref>, may propose a <br/>
<a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>temporary school board structure in the petition or resolution required under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var>123A.48, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>. The districts may propose the number of existing school board <br/>
<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>members of each district to become members of the board of the consolidated district <br/>
<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>and a method to gradually reduce the membership to six or seven. The proposal must <br/>
<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>be approved, disapproved, or modified by the state board of education commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>The election requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>123A.48, subdivision 20</statute_ref>, do not apply to a <br/>
<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>proposal approved by the state board. Elections conducted after the effective date of the <br/>
<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var>consolidation are subject to the Minnesota Election Law. <br/>
<a id="pl.95.32"></a><var>95.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.95.33"></a><var>95.33</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.95.34"></a><var>95.34</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the eligible debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.95.35"></a><var>95.35</var>revenue of a district is defined as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>    (1) the amount needed to produce between five and six percent in excess of the <br/>
<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the obligations <br/>
<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>of the district for eligible projects according to subdivision 2, including the amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>necessary for repayment of energy loans according to section 
         <statute_ref>216C.37</statute_ref> or sections 
         <statute_ref>298.292</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>to 
         <statute_ref>298.298</statute_ref>, debt service loans and capital loans, lease purchase payments under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>126C.40, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, alternative facilities levies under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>5
         </statute_ref>,  paragraph (a), minus<br/>
<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>    (2) the amount of debt service excess levy reduction for that school year calculated <br/>
<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>according to the procedure established by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>    (b) The obligations in this paragraph are excluded from eligible debt service revenue:<br/>
<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>    (1) obligations under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.61</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>    (2) the part of debt service principal and interest paid from the taconite environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>protection fund or Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust;<br/>
<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>    (3) obligations issued under Laws 1991, chapter 265, article 5, section 18, as <br/>
<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>amended by Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 5, section 24; and<br/>
<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>    (4) obligations under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.62</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>    (c) For purposes of this section, if a preexisting school district reorganized under <br/>
<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.35</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.43</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.46</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>123A.48</statute_ref> is solely responsible for retirement <br/>
<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>of the preexisting district's bonded indebtedness, capital loans or debt service loans, debt <br/>
<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>service equalization aid must be computed separately for each of the preexisting districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>    (d) For purposes of this section, the adjusted net tax capacity determined according <br/>
<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.48</statute_ref> shall be adjusted to include a portion of the tax capacity of property <br/>
<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>generally exempted from ad valorem taxes under section 272.02, subdivisions subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>64 and 65, equal to the product of that tax capacity times the ratio of the eligible debt <br/>
<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>service revenue attributed to general obligation bonds to the total eligible debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>revenue of the district.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.54, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var><b>123B.54 DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>    (a) $21,624,000 $14,813,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $20,403,000, $11,124,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>fiscal year 2009, $8,866,000 in fiscal year 2010, and $6,631,000 in fiscal year 2011 and <br/>
<a id="pl.96.31"></a><var>96.31</var>later are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for payment <br/>
<a id="pl.96.32"></a><var>96.32</var>of debt service equalization aid under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.33"></a><var>96.33</var>    (b) The appropriations in paragraph (a) must be reduced by the amount of any <br/>
<a id="pl.96.34"></a><var>96.34</var>money specifically appropriated for the same purpose in any year from any state fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.57, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> A district's health and safety revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>for a fiscal year equals the district's alternative facilities levy under section 123B.59, <br/>
<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>subdivision 5, paragraph (b), plus the greater of zero or:<br/>
<a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>    (1) the sum of (a) the total approved cost of the district's hazardous substance <br/>
<a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>plan for fiscal years 1985 through 1989, plus (b) the total approved cost of the district's <br/>
<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var>health and safety program for fiscal year 1990 through the fiscal year to which the levy <br/>
<a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>is attributable, excluding expenditures funded with bonds issued under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>or 
         <statute_ref>123B.62</statute_ref>, or chapter 475; certificates of indebtedness or capital notes under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>123B.61
         </statute_ref>; levies under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.58</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.59</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.63</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>126C.40, subdivision 1</statute_ref> or <br/>
<a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>6; and other federal, state, or local revenues, minus <br/>
<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>    (2) the sum of (a) the district's total hazardous substance aid and levy for fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>1985 through 1989 under sections 
         <statute_ref>124.245</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>275.125, subdivision 11c</statute_ref>, plus (b) the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>district's health and safety revenue under this subdivision, for years before the fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>to which the levy is attributable. <br/>
<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.8.0"></a><a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.63, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Capital project levy referendum.</b> A district may levy the local tax <br/>
<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>rate approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question to provide funds for <br/>
<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>an approved project. The election must take place no more than five years before the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var>estimated date of commencement of the project. The referendum must be held on a date <br/>
<a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>set by the board. A referendum for a project not receiving a positive review and comment <br/>
<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.71</statute_ref> must be approved by at least 60 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>voters at the election. The referendum may be called by the school board and may be held: <br/>
<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>    (1) separately, before an election for the issuance of obligations for the project <br/>
<a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>under chapter 475; or<br/>
<a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var>    (2) in conjunction with an election for the issuance of obligations for the project <br/>
<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>under chapter 475; or<br/>
<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>    (3) notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>475.59</statute_ref>, as a conjunctive question authorizing both the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>capital project levy and the issuance of obligations for the project under chapter 475. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.97.32"></a><var>97.32</var>obligations authorized for a project may be issued within five years of the date of the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.33"></a><var>97.33</var>election. <br/>
<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>    The ballot must provide a general description of the proposed project, state the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>estimated total cost of the project, state whether the project has received a positive or <br/>
<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>negative review and comment from the commissioner, state the maximum amount of the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>capital project levy as a percentage of net tax capacity, state the amount that will be raised <br/>
<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>by that local tax rate in the first year it is to be levied, and state the maximum number of <br/>
<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>years that the levy authorization will apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>    The ballot must contain a textual portion with the information required in this <br/>
<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>section and a question stating substantially the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>    "Shall the capital project levy proposed by the board of .......... School District <br/>
<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>No. .......... be approved?"<br/>
<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>    If approved, the amount provided by the approved local tax rate applied to the net <br/>
<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>tax capacity for the year preceding the year the levy is certified may be certified for the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>number of years, not to exceed ten, approved.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>    In the event a conjunctive question proposes to authorize both the capital project <br/>
<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>levy and the issuance of obligations for the project, appropriate language authorizing the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>issuance of obligations must also be included in the question.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>    The district must notify the commissioner of the results of the referendum.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007, for elections conducted <br/>
<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>on or after that day.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.9.0"></a><a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 128D.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>    Subd. 3. <b>No election.</b> Subject to the provisions of subdivisions 7 to 10, the school <br/>
<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>district may also by a two-thirds majority vote of all the members of its board of education <br/>
<a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>and without any election by the voters of the district, issue and sell in each calendar year <br/>
<a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>general obligation bonds of the district in an amount not to exceed 5-1/10 per cent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>net tax capacity of the taxable property in the district (plus, for calendar years 1990 to <br/>
<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>2003, an amount not to exceed $7,500,000, and for calendar years 2004 to 2008 2016 an <br/>
<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>amount not to exceed $15,000,000; with an additional provision that any amount of bonds <br/>
<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>so authorized for sale in a specific year and not sold can be carried forward and sold in <br/>
<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>the year immediately following).<br/>
<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.10.0"></a><a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 272.02, subdivision 64, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.98.32"></a><var>98.32</var>    Subd. 64. <b>Job opportunity building zone property.</b> (a) Improvements to real <br/>
<a id="pl.98.33"></a><var>98.33</var>property, and personal property, classified under section 
         <statute_ref>273.13, subdivision 24</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>located within a job opportunity building zone, designated under section 
         <statute_ref>469.314</statute_ref>, are <br/>
<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>exempt from ad valorem taxes levied under chapter 275.<br/>
<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>    (b) Improvements to real property, and tangible personal property, of an agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>production facility located within an agricultural processing facility zone, designated <br/>
<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>469.314</statute_ref>, is exempt from ad valorem taxes levied under chapter 275.<br/>
<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>    (c) For property to qualify for exemption under paragraph (a), the occupant must be <br/>
<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>a qualified business, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>469.310</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>    (d) The exemption applies beginning for the first assessment year after designation <br/>
<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>of the job opportunity building zone by the commissioner of employment and economic <br/>
<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>development. The exemption applies to each assessment year that begins during the <br/>
<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>duration of the job opportunity building zone. To be exempt, the property must be <br/>
<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>occupied by July 1 of the assessment year by a qualified business that has signed the <br/>
<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>business subsidy agreement and relocation agreement, if required, by July 1 of the <br/>
<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>assessment year. This exemption does not apply to:<br/>
<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>    (1) the levy under section 
         <statute_ref>475.61</statute_ref> or similar levy provisions under any other law to <br/>
<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>pay general obligation bonds; or<br/>
<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>    (2) a levy under section 
<statute_ref>126C.17</statute_ref>, if the levy was approved by the voters before the <br/>
<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>designation of the job opportunity building zone other school district levies included in <br/>
<a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>the debt service levy of the district under section 123B.55.<br/>
<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.11.0"></a><a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>    Sec. 11. <b>SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATING CAPITAL AID.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>    For fiscal years 2008, and 2009 only, school technology and operating capital aid <br/>
<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>equals $87 times the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that fiscal year. <br/>
<a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>This aid must only be used for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>subdivision 14.<br/>
<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.12.0"></a><a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>    Sec. 12. <b>BONDING AUTHORIZATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>    To provide funds for the acquisition or betterment of school facilities, Independent <br/>
<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var>School District No. 625, St. Paul, may by two-thirds majority vote of all the members of <br/>
<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>the board of directors issue general obligation bonds in one or more series for calendar <br/>
<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>years 2008 through 2016, as provided in this section. The aggregate principal amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>any bonds issued under this section for each calendar year must not exceed $15,000,000. <br/>
<a id="pl.99.33"></a><var>99.33</var>Issuance of the bonds is not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 475.58 or 475.59. <br/>
<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>The bonds must otherwise be issued as provided in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 475. <br/>
<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>The authority to issue bonds under this section is in addition to any bonding authority <br/>
<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>authorized by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B, or other law. The amount of bonding <br/>
<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>authority authorized under this section must be disregarded in calculating the bonding <br/>
<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>limit of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B, or any other law other than Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>section 475.53, subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.13.0"></a><a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>    Sec. 13. <b>TAX LEVY FOR DEBT SERVICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>    To pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under section 12, Independent <br/>
<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>School District No. 625, St. Paul, must levy a tax annually in an amount sufficient <br/>
<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 475.61, subdivisions 1 and 3, to pay the principal of <br/>
<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var>and interest on the bonds. The tax authorized under this section is in addition to the <br/>
<a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>taxes authorized to be levied under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B, 124D, or 126C, or <br/>
<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>other law.<br/>
<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.14.0"></a><a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>    Sec. 14. <b>ADMINISTRATIVE LEASE LEVY; SPRING LAKE PARK.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>    Notwithstanding the instructional purposes limitation of Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>126C.40, subdivision 1, Independent School District No. 16, Spring Lake Park, may <br/>
<a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>lease administrative space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, if <br/>
<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var>the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner of education that <br/>
<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>the administrative space is less expensive than instruction space that the district would <br/>
<a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>otherwise lease. A school district may not levy under this section for more than five years. <br/>
<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>The commissioner must deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution <br/>
<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>stating its intent to lease instructional space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br/>
<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>subdivision 1, if the commissioner does not grant authority under this section. The <br/>
<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>resolution must also certify that a lease of administrative space under this section is less <br/>
<a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>expensive than the district's proposed instructional lease. Levy authority under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>shall not exceed the total levy authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br/>
<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (e). <br/>
<a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective beginning with revenue for taxes <br/>
<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var>payable in 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.15.0"></a><a id="pl.100.32"></a><var>100.32</var>    Sec. 15. <b>HEALTH AND SAFETY REVENUE; CLEARBROOK-GONVICK.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, Independent School District <br/>
<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>No. 2311, Clearbrook-Gonvick, may use health and safety revenue for the demolition of <br/>
<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>the Gonvick school building. The district must recognize the revenue under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var>in fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.16.0"></a><a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var>    Sec. 16. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> For health and safety aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">190,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">179,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $20,000 for 2007 and $170,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $18,000 for 2008 and $161,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Debt service equalization.</b> For debt service aid according to Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 14,813,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,124,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $1,767,000 for 2007 and $13,046,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $1,450,000 for 2008 and $9,674,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Alternative facilities bonding aid.</b> For alternative facilities bonding aid, <br/>
<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.59, subdivision 1:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,287,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,287,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2007 and $17,359,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2008 and $17,359,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Equity in telecommunications access.</b> For equity in telecommunications <br/>
<a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>access:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,622,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.101.31"></a><var>101.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,743,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>    If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the <br/>
<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var>revenue for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall be prorated.<br/>
<a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>    The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $3,750,000. <br/>
<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Deferred maintenance aid.</b> For deferred maintenance aid, according to <br/>
<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,290,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,667,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $0 for 2007 and $3,290,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $365,000 for 2008 and $2,302,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Rocori school district.</b> For Rocori, Independent School District No. <br/>
<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>750, for Project Serv:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">53,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>    Subd. 8. <b>School technology and operating capital aid grants.</b> For school <br/>
<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>technology and operating capital grants under section 11:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">82,965,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">82,734,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Eden Valley-Watkins; environmental remediation.</b> For a grant to <br/>
<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>Independent School District No. 463, Eden Valley-Watkins, to recover the amount actually <br/>
<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>spent on environmental remediation efforts related to the cleanup of a mercury spill.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">126,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Budgets</b><b>; form of notification</b><b>.</b> (a) Every board must publish revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>and expenditure budgets for the current year and the actual revenues, expenditures, fund <br/>
<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>balances for the prior year and projected fund balances for the current year in a form <br/>
<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>prescribed by the commissioner within one week of the acceptance of the final audit by <br/>
<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>the board, or November 30, whichever is earlier. The forms prescribed must be designed <br/>
<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>so that year to year comparisons of revenue, expenditures and fund balances can be made. <br/>
<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>These budgets, reports of revenue, expenditures and fund balances must be published in <br/>
<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the district or on the district's official <br/>
<a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var>Web site. If published on the district's official Web site, the district must also publish an <br/>
<a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var>announcement in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the district that includes <br/>
<a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>the Internet address where the information has been posted.<br/>
<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var>    (b) A school board annually must notify the public of its revenue, expenditures, fund <br/>
<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>balances, and other relevant budget information. The board must include the budget <br/>
<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>information required by this section in the materials provided as a part of its truth in <br/>
<a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var>taxation hearing, post the materials in a conspicuous place on the district's official Web <br/>
<a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var>site, including a link to the district's school report card on the Department of Education's <br/>
<a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>Web site, and publish the information in a qualified newspaper of general circulation <br/>
<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>in the district.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.77, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Budget approval.</b> Prior to July 1 of each year, the board of each district <br/>
<a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>must approve and adopt its revenue and expenditure budgets for the next school year. <br/>
<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>The budget document so adopted must be considered an expenditure-authorizing or <br/>
<a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var>appropriations document. No funds shall be expended by any board or district for any <br/>
<a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var>purpose in any school year prior to the adoption of the budget document which authorizes <br/>
<a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>that expenditure, or prior to an amendment to the budget document by the board to <br/>
<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>authorize the expenditure. Expenditures of funds in violation of this subdivision shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>considered unlawful expenditures. Prior to the appropriation of revenue for the next <br/>
<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>school year in the initial budget, the board shall inform the principal or other responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>administrative authority of each site of the amount of general education and referendum <br/>
<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>revenue that the Department of Education estimates will be generated by the pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var>in attendance at each site. For purposes of this subdivision, a district may adjust the <br/>
<a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var>department's estimates for school building openings, school building closings, changes <br/>
<a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student demographics <br/>
<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>not reflected in the department's calculations. A district must report to the department <br/>
<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>any adjustments it makes according to this subdivision in the department's estimates <br/>
<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>of compensatory revenue generated by the pupils in attendance at each site, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var>department must use the adjusted compensatory revenue estimates in preparing the report <br/>
<a id="pl.103.32"></a><var>103.32</var>required under section 
<statute_ref>123B.76, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (c). <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.103.33"></a><var>103.33</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.79, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Account transfer for reorganizing districts.</b> A district that has <br/>
<a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var>reorganized according to sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.35</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.43</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.46</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>123A.48</statute_ref>, or has <br/>
<a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>conducted a successful referendum on the question of combination under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var>123A.37, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, or consolidation under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.48, subdivision 15</statute_ref>, or has <br/>
<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>been assigned an identification number by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.48, <br/>
<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>subdivision 16
         </statute_ref>, may make permanent transfers between any of the funds or accounts in <br/>
<a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>the newly created or enlarged district with the exception of the debt redemption fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>food service fund, and health and safety account of the capital expenditure fund. Fund <br/>
<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>transfers under this section may be made for up to one year prior to the effective date of <br/>
<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>combination or consolidation by the consolidating boards and during the year following <br/>
<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>the effective date of reorganization by the consolidated board. The newly formed board of <br/>
<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>the combined district may adopt a resolution on or before August 30 of the year of the <br/>
<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>reorganization authorizing a transfer among accounts or funds of the previous independent <br/>
<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>school districts which transfer or transfers shall be reported in the affected districts' <br/>
<a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>audited financial statements for the year immediately preceding the consolidation. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.79, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Elimination of reserve accounts.</b> A school board shall eliminate all <br/>
<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>reserve accounts established in the school district's general fund under Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>before July 1, 2006, for which no specific authority remains in statute as of June 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>2007. Any balance in the district's reserved for bus purchases account as of June 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>2007, shall be transferred to the reserved account for operating capital in the school <br/>
<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>district's general fund. Any balance in other reserved accounts established in the school <br/>
<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>district's general fund under Minnesota Statutes before July 1, 2006, for which no specific <br/>
<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>authority remains in statute as of June 30, 2007, shall be transferred to the school district's <br/>
<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>unreserved general fund balance. A school board may, upon adoption of a resolution by <br/>
<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>the school board, establish a designated account for any program for which a reserved <br/>
<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>account has been eliminated.<br/>
<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.111, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>School lunch aid computation.</b> Each school year, the state must pay <br/>
<a id="pl.104.32"></a><var>104.32</var>participants in the national school lunch program the amount of 
         <statute_ref>10.5 12</statute_ref> cents for each full <br/>
<a id="pl.104.33"></a><var>104.33</var>paid, reduced, and free student lunch served to students.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.6.0"></a><a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Building allocation.</b> (a) A district must allocate its compensatory revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>to each school building in the district where the children who have generated the revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>are served unless the school district has received permission under section 50 to allocate <br/>
<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>compensatory revenue according to student performance measures developed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>school board.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may allocate up to five percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>amount of compensatory revenue that the district receives to school sites according to a <br/>
<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>plan adopted by the school board.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>    (c) For the purposes of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, "building" <br/>
<a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>means education site as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.04, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>    (d) If the pupil is served at a site other than one owned and operated by the district, <br/>
<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>the revenue shall be paid to the district and used for services for pupils who generate the <br/>
<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var>revenue.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var>    (e) A district with school building openings, school building closings, changes <br/>
<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student demographics <br/>
<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>between the prior year and the current year may reallocate compensatory revenue among <br/>
<a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>sites to reflect these changes. A district must report to the department any adjustments it <br/>
<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>makes according to this paragraph and the department must use the adjusted compensatory <br/>
<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>revenue allocations in preparing the report required under section 123B.76, subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.7.0"></a><a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.41, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Levy authority for unfunded severance and retirement costs.</b> (a) A <br/>
<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>school district qualifies for eligibility under this section if the district:<br/>
<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>    (1) participated in the cooperative secondary facilities program;<br/>
<a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>    (2) consolidated with at least two other school districts; and<br/>
<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>    (3) has unfunded severance or retirement costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>    (b) An eligible school district may annually levy up to $150,000 for unfunded <br/>
<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>severance or retirement costs. This levy authority expires after taxes payable in 2017.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.31"></a><var>105.31</var>    (c) A school district that levies under this section must reserve the proceeds of the <br/>
<a id="pl.105.32"></a><var>105.32</var>levy and spend those amounts only for unfunded severance or retirement costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.105.33"></a><var>105.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.8.0"></a><a id="pl.105.34"></a><var>105.34</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.48, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Notice to commissioner; forms.</b> By October 7 of each year each <br/>
<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>district must notify the commissioner of the proposed levies in compliance with the levy <br/>
<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>limitations of this chapter and chapters 120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 127A, and <br/>
<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>136D. A school district that has reached an agreement with its home county auditor to <br/>
<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>extend the date of certification of its proposed levy under section 275.065, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>must submit its notice of proposed levies to the commissioner no later than October 10 of <br/>
<a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>each year. By January 7 of each year each district must notify the commissioner of the <br/>
<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>final levies certified. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of these notifications and <br/>
<a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>may request any additional information necessary to compute certified levy amounts.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.9.0"></a><a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 275.065, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Proposed levy.</b> (a) Notwithstanding any law or charter to the <br/>
<a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>contrary, on or before September 15, each taxing authority, other than a school district, <br/>
<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>shall adopt a proposed budget and shall certify to the county auditor the proposed or, in <br/>
<a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>the case of a town, the final property tax levy for taxes payable in the following year.<br/>
<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>    (b) On or before September 30, each school district that has not mutually agreed <br/>
<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>with its home county to extend this date shall certify to the county auditor the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>property tax levy for taxes payable in the following year. Each school district that has <br/>
<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>agreed with its home county to delay the certification of its proposed property tax levy <br/>
<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>must certify its proposed property tax levy for the following year no later than October <br/>
<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>7. The school district shall certify the proposed levy as:<br/>
<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>    (1) a specific dollar amount by school district fund, broken down between <br/>
<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>voter-approved and non-voter-approved levies and between referendum market value <br/>
<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>and tax capacity levies; or<br/>
<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var>    (2) the maximum levy limitation certified by the commissioner of education <br/>
<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>according to section   
         <statute_ref>126C.48, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var>    (c) If the board of estimate and taxation or any similar board that establishes <br/>
<a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>maximum tax levies for taxing jurisdictions within a first class city certifies the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>property tax levies for funds under its jurisdiction by charter to the county auditor by <br/>
<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>September 15, the city shall be deemed to have certified its levies for those taxing <br/>
<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var>jurisdictions.<br/>
<a id="pl.106.31"></a><var>106.31</var>    (d) For purposes of this section, "taxing authority" includes all home rule and <br/>
<a id="pl.106.32"></a><var>106.32</var>statutory cities, towns, counties, school districts, and special taxing districts as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.106.33"></a><var>106.33</var>in section   
         <statute_ref>275.066</statute_ref>. Intermediate school districts that levy a tax under chapter 124 or <br/>
<a id="pl.106.34"></a><var>106.34</var>136D, joint powers boards established under sections   
         <statute_ref>123A.44</statute_ref> to   
         <statute_ref>123A.446</statute_ref>, and Common <br/>
<a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>School Districts No. 323, Franconia, and No. 815, Prinsburg, are also special taxing <br/>
<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>districts for purposes of this section. <br/>
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<a id="bill.5.10.0"></a><a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 275.065, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Overlapping jurisdictions.</b> In the case of a taxing authority lying in <br/>
<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>two or more counties, the home county auditor shall certify the proposed levy and the <br/>
<a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var>proposed local tax rate to the other county auditor by October 5, unless the home county <br/>
<a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>has agreed to delay the certification of its proposed property tax levy, in which case the <br/>
<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>home county auditor shall certify the proposed levy and the proposed local tax rate to the <br/>
<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>other county auditor by October 10. The home county auditor must estimate the levy or <br/>
<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>rate in preparing the notices required in subdivision 3, if the other county has not certified <br/>
<a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>the appropriate information. If requested by the home county auditor, the other county <br/>
<a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>auditor must furnish an estimate to the home county auditor.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.11.0"></a><a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var>    Sec. 11. <b>PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE; CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var><b>FUND BALANCE CALCULATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Fiscal year 2007 replacement aid.</b> Independent School District <br/>
<a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>No. 2899, Plainview-Elgin-Millville, is eligible for replacement aid to offset its excess <br/>
<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var>fund balance penalty for fiscal year 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</b> Upon receipt of appropriate documentation <br/>
<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>from Independent School District No. 2899, Plainview-Elgin-Millville, the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>Education must adjust the district's three-year adjusted average fund balances required <br/>
<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.135, 124D.16 and 124D.20. The department <br/>
<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>shall adjust the fiscal year 2006 account balances reported by former Independent School <br/>
<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>Districts Nos. 806, Elgin-Millville, and 810, Plainview, to reflect any permanent account <br/>
<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>of fund transfers made under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79.<br/>
<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.12.0"></a><a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>    Sec. 12. <b>FUND TRANSFER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Brainerd.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 <br/>
<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 181, Brainerd, may <br/>
<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>permanently transfer up to $750,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its <br/>
<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>undesignated general fund balance without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.107.31"></a><var>107.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Campbell-Tintah.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 <br/>
<a id="pl.107.32"></a><var>107.32</var>or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 852, Campbell-Tintah, <br/>
<a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>may permanently transfer up to $100,000 from its reserved for operating capital account <br/>
<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>to its undesignated general fund without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Comfrey.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 <br/>
<a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 81, Comfrey, may <br/>
<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>permanently transfer up to $250,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its <br/>
<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>undesignated general fund balance without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Floodwood.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 <br/>
<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 698, Floodwood, <br/>
<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>may transfer up to $227,000 from its reserved for disabled accessibility account to its <br/>
<a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>undesignated general fund balance without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>    Subd. 5. <b>International Falls.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 <br/>
<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 361, International Falls, <br/>
<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>may permanently transfer up to $100,000 from its reserved for operating capital account <br/>
<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>to its undesignated general fund balance without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Jackson County Central.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var>123B.79 or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 2895, Jackson <br/>
<a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>County Central, may permanently transfer up to $300,000 from its reserved for operating <br/>
<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>capital account to its undesignated general fund balance without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Red Rock Central.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 <br/>
<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>or 123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 2884, Red Rock Central, <br/>
<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>may permanently transfer up to $81,000 from its reserved for disabled accessibility <br/>
<a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>account to its undesignated general fund balance without making a levy reduction. <br/>
<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Windom.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or <br/>
<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>123B.80, on June 30, 2007, Independent School District No. 177, Windom, may transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>up to $50,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its undesignated general <br/>
<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>fund balance without making a levy reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.13.0"></a><a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>    Sec. 13. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.108.32"></a><var>108.32</var>    Subd. 2. <b>School lunch.</b> For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.108.33"></a><var>108.33</var>section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,022,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,166,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Traditional school breakfast; kindergarten milk.</b> For traditional school <br/>
<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>breakfast aid and kindergarten milk under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.1158 and <br/>
<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>124D.118:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,460,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,695,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Summer food service replacement aid.</b> For summer food service <br/>
<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">150,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">150,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Plainview-Elgin-Millville fund balance replacement aid.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>    For fund balance replacement aid for Independent School District No. 2899, <br/>
<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>Plainview-Elgin-Millville:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">17,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.14.0"></a><a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var>    Sec. 14. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.749, is repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 134.31, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>    Subd. 4a. <b>Services to the blind and physically handicapped.</b> The Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var>Department of Education shall provide specialized services to the blind and physically <br/>
<a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var>handicapped through the Minnesota Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped <br/>
<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var>under a cooperative plan with the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically <br/>
<a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>Handicapped of the Library of Congress.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>    Sec. 2. <b>DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LIBRARY APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Basic system support.</b> For basic system support grants under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var>Statutes, section 134.355:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,182,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13,138,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $857,000 for 2007 and $8,325,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $925,000 for 2008 and $12,213,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Multicounty, multitype library systems.</b> For grants under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var>Statutes, sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,260,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $90,000 for 2007 and $1,170,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2008 and $1,170,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Electronic library for Minnesota.</b> For statewide licenses to online <br/>
<a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for <br/>
<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public <br/>
<a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>or private college or university libraries:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">900,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">900,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Regional library telecommunications aid.</b> For regional library <br/>
<a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,190,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $120,000 for 2007 and $2,070,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2008 and $2,070,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Hennepin County and Minneapolis library systems merger.</b> For costs <br/>
<a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var>attributable to the library system merger:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.110.31"></a><var>110.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.110.32"></a><var>110.32</var>    If the Hennepin County and Minneapolis city library systems do not merge, any <br/>
<a id="pl.110.33"></a><var>110.33</var>unexpended balance remaining in this appropriation must be allocated to increase the <br/>
<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>fiscal year 2008 entitlement for Basic System Support Grants under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>section 134.355.<br/>
<a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var>    This appropriation is available through June 30, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.7.1.0"></a><a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var>    Section 1. <b>[127A.065] CROSS-SUBSIDY REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var>    By January 10, the commissioner of education shall submit an annual report to the <br/>
<a id="pl.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var>legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education <br/>
<a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var>on the amount each district is cross-subsidizing special education costs with general <br/>
<a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>education revenue.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.2.0"></a><a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>    Subd. 1c. <b>Disposition of license fee.</b> (a) Of the marriage license fee collected <br/>
<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</var>pursuant to subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), $15 must be retained by the county. The local <br/>
<a id="pl.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var>registrar must pay $85 to the commissioner of finance to be deposited as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var>    (1) $50 in the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var>    (2) $3 in the state government special revenue fund to be appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var>commissioner of education public safety for parenting time centers under section 
         <statute_ref>119A.37</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var>    (3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health <br/>
<a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>for developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 
         <statute_ref>145.9255</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>    (4) $25 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>employment and economic development for the displaced homemaker program under <br/>
<a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var>section 
         <statute_ref>116L.96</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>    (5) $5 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of human <br/>
<a id="pl.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var>services for the Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative under <br/>
<a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var>section 
         <statute_ref>256.742</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var>    (b) Of the $30 fee under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), $15 must be retained by the <br/>
<a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var>county. The local registrar must pay $15 to the commissioner of finance to be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var>as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var>    (1) $5 as provided in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3); and<br/>
<a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var>    (2) $10 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>employment and economic development for the displaced homemaker program under <br/>
<a id="pl.111.33"></a><var>111.33</var>section 
         <statute_ref>116L.96</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>    (c) The increase in the marriage license fee under paragraph (a) provided for in Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>2004, chapter 273, and disbursement of the increase in that fee to the special fund for the <br/>
<a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative under paragraph (a), <br/>
<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>clause (5), is contingent upon the receipt of federal funding under United States Code, title <br/>
<a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var>42, section 1315, for purposes of the initiative.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.3.0"></a><a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var>    Sec. 3. <b>RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; CAREER AND TECHNICAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var><b>EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>    The commissioner of education shall adopt rules under Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>14, for the administration of career and technical education programs for grades 7 through <br/>
<a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>12 under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.452, 124D.4531, and 124D.454, to ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>that the career and technical levy and programs can be administered to serve students <br/>
<a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>under the current state and local organizational structures.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.4.0"></a><a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var>    Sec. 4. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> Unless otherwise indicated, the sums <br/>
<a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var>indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var>Education for the fiscal years designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Department.</b> (a) For the Department of Education:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,169,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,653,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>    (b) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for GRAD test rulemaking.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>    (c) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for rulemaking under section 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var>    (d) $40,000 each year is for an early hearing loss intervention coordinator under <br/>
<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.63, subdivision 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>    (e) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var>    (f) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>    (g) $619,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $632,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for the Board <br/>
<a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var>of Teaching.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>    (h) $163,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $171,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for the Board <br/>
<a id="pl.112.31"></a><var>112.31</var>of School Administrators.<br/>
<a id="pl.112.32"></a><var>112.32</var>    (i) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum.<br/>
<a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var>    (j) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget <br/>
<a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var>document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as <br/>
<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var>indicated.<br/>
<a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>    (k) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for <br/>
<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>Minnesota's Washington, D.C., office.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.5.0"></a><a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>    Sec. 5. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var>    The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 11,788,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 11,915,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.6.0"></a><a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>    Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var>    The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var>Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 6,929,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,090,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.7.0"></a><a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>    Sec. 7. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>    The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the state government <br/>
<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>special revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for the fiscal years designated to <br/>
<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>fund parenting time centers as described in Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.37:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">96,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">96,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.8.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.8.1.0"></a><a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.88, subdivision 12, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Early childhood family education participants.</b> Districts may provide <br/>
<a id="pl.113.29"></a><var>113.29</var>bus transportation along regular school bus routes when space is available for participants <br/>
<a id="pl.113.30"></a><var>113.30</var>in early childhood family education programs and school readiness programs if these <br/>
<a id="pl.113.31"></a><var>113.31</var>services do not result in an increase in the district's expenditures for transportation. <br/>
<a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var>The costs allocated to these services, as determined by generally accepted accounting <br/>
<a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var>principles, shall be considered part of the authorized cost for regular transportation for <br/>
<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var>the purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>123B.92</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>and applies for fiscal year 2007 and later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.2.0"></a><a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.90, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Student training.</b> (a) Each district must provide public school pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 with age-appropriate school bus safety training, <br/>
<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>as described in this section, of the following concepts:<br/>
<a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>    (1) transportation by school bus is a privilege and not a right;<br/>
<a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var>    (2) district policies for student conduct and school bus safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var>    (3) appropriate conduct while on the school bus;<br/>
<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var>    (4) the danger zones surrounding a school bus;<br/>
<a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>    (5) procedures for safely boarding and leaving a school bus;<br/>
<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>    (6) procedures for safe street or road crossing; and<br/>
<a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>    (7) school bus evacuation.<br/>
<a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>    (b) Each nonpublic school located within the district must provide all nonpublic <br/>
<a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>school pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who are transported by school <br/>
<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>bus at public expense and attend school within the district's boundaries with training as <br/>
<a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var>required in paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var>    (c) Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 6 who are transported by school <br/>
<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var>bus and are enrolled during the first or second week of school must receive the school bus <br/>
<a id="pl.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var>safety training competencies by the end of the third week of school. Students enrolled in <br/>
<a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var>grades 7 through 10 who are transported by school bus and are enrolled during the first or <br/>
<a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>second week of school and have not previously received school bus safety training must <br/>
<a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var>receive the training or receive bus safety instructional materials by the end of the sixth <br/>
<a id="pl.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var>week of school. Students taking driver's training instructional classes and other students in <br/>
<a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var>grades 9 and 10 must receive training in the laws and proper procedures when operating a <br/>
<a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>motor vehicle in the vicinity of a school bus as required by section 169.446, subdivisions 2 <br/>
<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</var>and 3. Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who enroll in a school after the <br/>
<a id="pl.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var>second week of school and are transported by school bus and have not received training <br/>
<a id="pl.114.32"></a><var>114.32</var>in their previous school district shall undergo school bus safety training or receive bus <br/>
<a id="pl.114.33"></a><var>114.33</var>safety instructional materials within four weeks of the first day of attendance. Upon <br/>
<a id="pl.114.34"></a><var>114.34</var>request of the superintendent of schools, the school transportation safety director in each <br/>
<a id="pl.114.35"></a><var>114.35</var>district must certify to the superintendent of schools annually that all students transported <br/>
<a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var>by school bus within the district have received the school bus safety training according to <br/>
<a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var>this section. Upon request of the superintendent of the school district where the nonpublic <br/>
<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</var>school is located, the principal or other chief administrator of each nonpublic school must <br/>
<a id="pl.115.4"></a><var>115.4</var>certify annually to the school transportation safety director of the district in which the <br/>
<a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</var>school is located that the school's students transported by school bus at public expense <br/>
<a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var>have received training according to this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var>    (d) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at <br/>
<a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>public expense may provide kindergarten pupils with bus safety training before the first <br/>
<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>day of school.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>    (e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at <br/>
<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var>public expense may also provide student safety education for bicycling and pedestrian <br/>
<a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var>safety, for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var>    (f) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at <br/>
<a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var>public expense must make reasonable accommodations for the school bus safety training <br/>
<a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var>of pupils known to speak English as a second language and pupils with disabilities.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var>    (g) The district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at <br/>
<a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>public expense must provide students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 school bus <br/>
<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>safety training twice during the school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>    (h) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public <br/>
<a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>expense must conduct a school bus evacuation drill at least once during the school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.3.0"></a><a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>    Subd. 92. <b>Cellular phone.</b> "Cellular phone" means a cellular, analog, wireless, or <br/>
<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>digital telephone capable of sending or receiving telephone or text messages without <br/>
<a id="pl.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var>an access line for service.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.4.0"></a><a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.443, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Personal cellular phone call prohibition.</b> A school bus driver may not <br/>
<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>operate a school bus while communicating over, or otherwise operating, a cellular phone <br/>
<a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var>for personal reasons, whether hand-held or hands free, when the vehicle is in motion.<br/>
<a id="pl.115.32"></a><var>115.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.5.0"></a><a id="pl.116.1"></a><var>116.1</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.447, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Driver seat belt.</b> New School buses and Head Start buses manufactured <br/>
<a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var>after December 31, 1994, must be equipped with driver seat belts and seat belt assemblies <br/>
<a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var>of the type described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.685, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. School bus drivers and Head <br/>
<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var>Start bus drivers must use these seat belts. <br/>
<a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.6.0"></a><a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4501, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>National standards adopted.</b> Except as provided in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.116.9"></a><var>116.9</var>169.4502
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>169.4503</statute_ref>, the construction, design, equipment, and color of types A, B, C, <br/>
<a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</var>and D and multifunctional school activity bus school buses used for the transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var>of school children shall meet the requirements of the "bus chassis standards" and "bus <br/>
<a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var>body standards" in the 2000 2005 edition of the "National School Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.116.13"></a><var>116.13</var>Specifications and Procedures" adopted by the National Conference Congress on School <br/>
<a id="pl.116.14"></a><var>116.14</var>Transportation. Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.4504</statute_ref>, the construction, design, and <br/>
<a id="pl.116.15"></a><var>116.15</var>equipment of types A, B, C, and D and multifunctional school activity bus school buses <br/>
<a id="pl.116.16"></a><var>116.16</var>used for the transportation of students with disabilities also shall meet the requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.116.17"></a><var>116.17</var>of the "specially equipped school bus standards" in the 2000 2005 National School <br/>
<a id="pl.116.18"></a><var>116.18</var>Transportation Specifications and Procedures. The "bus chassis standards," "bus body <br/>
<a id="pl.116.19"></a><var>116.19</var>standards," and "specially equipped school bus standards" sections of the 2000 2005 <br/>
<a id="pl.116.20"></a><var>116.20</var>edition of the "National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures" are <br/>
<a id="pl.116.21"></a><var>116.21</var>incorporated by reference in this chapter. <br/>
<a id="pl.116.22"></a><var>116.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.7.0"></a><a id="pl.116.23"></a><var>116.23</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4501, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.116.24"></a><var>116.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Applicability.</b> (a) The standards adopted in this section and sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.116.25"></a><var>116.25</var>169.4502
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>169.4503</statute_ref>, govern the construction, design, equipment, and color of school <br/>
<a id="pl.116.26"></a><var>116.26</var>buses used for the transportation of school children, when owned or leased and operated <br/>
<a id="pl.116.27"></a><var>116.27</var>by a school or privately owned or leased and operated under a contract with a school. <br/>
<a id="pl.116.28"></a><var>116.28</var>Each school, its officers and employees, and each person employed under the contract is <br/>
<a id="pl.116.29"></a><var>116.29</var>subject to these standards. <br/>
<a id="pl.116.30"></a><var>116.30</var>    (b) The standards apply to school buses manufactured after October 31, 2004 <br/>
<a id="pl.116.31"></a><var>116.31</var>December 31, 2007. Buses complying with the standards when manufactured need not <br/>
<a id="pl.116.32"></a><var>116.32</var>comply with standards established later except as specifically provided for by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.1"></a><var>117.1</var>    (c) A school bus manufactured on or before October 31, 2004 December 31, <br/>
<a id="pl.117.2"></a><var>117.2</var>2007, must conform to the Minnesota standards in effect on the date the vehicle was <br/>
<a id="pl.117.3"></a><var>117.3</var>manufactured except as specifically provided for in law.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.4"></a><var>117.4</var>    (d) A new bus body may be remounted on a used chassis provided that the remounted <br/>
<a id="pl.117.5"></a><var>117.5</var>vehicle meets state and federal standards for new buses which are current at the time of the <br/>
<a id="pl.117.6"></a><var>117.6</var>remounting. Permission must be obtained from the commissioner of public safety before <br/>
<a id="pl.117.7"></a><var>117.7</var>the remounting is done. A used bus body may not be remounted on a new or used chassis.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.8"></a><var>117.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.8.0"></a><a id="pl.117.9"></a><var>117.9</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4502, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.117.10"></a><var>117.10</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Electrical system; battery.</b> (a) The storage battery, as established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.117.11"></a><var>117.11</var>manufacturer's rating, must be of sufficient capacity to care for starting, lighting, signal <br/>
<a id="pl.117.12"></a><var>117.12</var>devices, heating, and other electrical equipment. In a bus with a gas-powered chassis, the <br/>
<a id="pl.117.13"></a><var>117.13</var>battery or batteries must provide a minimum of 800 cold cranking amperes. In a bus <br/>
<a id="pl.117.14"></a><var>117.14</var>with a diesel-powered chassis, the battery or batteries must provide a minimum of 1050 <br/>
<a id="pl.117.15"></a><var>117.15</var>cold cranking amperes.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.16"></a><var>117.16</var>    (b) In a type B bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or more, and <br/>
<a id="pl.117.17"></a><var>117.17</var>type C and D buses, the battery shall be temporarily mounted on the chassis frame. The <br/>
<a id="pl.117.18"></a><var>117.18</var>final location of the battery and the appropriate cable lengths in these buses must comply <br/>
<a id="pl.117.19"></a><var>117.19</var>with the SBMI design objectives booklet.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.20"></a><var>117.20</var>    (c) All batteries shall be mounted according to chassis manufacturers' <br/>
<a id="pl.117.21"></a><var>117.21</var>recommendations.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.22"></a><var>117.22</var>    (d) In a type C bus, other than are powered by diesel fuel, a battery providing at least <br/>
<a id="pl.117.23"></a><var>117.23</var>550 cold cranking amperes may be installed in the engine compartment only if used in <br/>
<a id="pl.117.24"></a><var>117.24</var>combination with a generator or alternator of at least 120 130 amperes.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.25"></a><var>117.25</var>    (e) A bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less may be <br/>
<a id="pl.117.26"></a><var>117.26</var>equipped with a battery to provide a minimum of 550 cold cranking amperes only if used <br/>
<a id="pl.117.27"></a><var>117.27</var>in combination with an alternator of at least 80 130 amperes. This paragraph does not <br/>
<a id="pl.117.28"></a><var>117.28</var>apply to those buses with wheelchair lifts or diesel engines.<br/>
<a id="pl.117.29"></a><var>117.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.9.0"></a><a id="pl.117.30"></a><var>117.30</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4503, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.117.31"></a><var>117.31</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Identification.</b> (a) Each bus shall, in the beltline, identify the school <br/>
<a id="pl.117.32"></a><var>117.32</var>district serviced, or company name, or owner of the bus. Numbers necessary for <br/>
<a id="pl.117.33"></a><var>117.33</var>identification must appear on the sides and rear of the bus. Symbols or letters may <br/>
<a id="pl.118.1"></a><var>118.1</var>be used on the outside of the bus near the entrance door for student identification. A <br/>
<a id="pl.118.2"></a><var>118.2</var>manufacturer's nameplate or logo may be placed on the bus.<br/>
<a id="pl.118.3"></a><var>118.3</var>    (b) Effective December 31, 1994, all type A, B, C, and D buses sold must display <br/>
<a id="pl.118.4"></a><var>118.4</var>lettering "Unlawful to pass when red lights are flashing" on the rear of the bus. The <br/>
<a id="pl.118.5"></a><var>118.5</var>lettering shall be in two-inch black letters on school bus yellow background. This message <br/>
<a id="pl.118.6"></a><var>118.6</var>shall be displayed directly below the upper window of the rear door. On rear engine buses, <br/>
<a id="pl.118.7"></a><var>118.7</var>it shall be centered at approximately the same location. Only signs and lettering approved <br/>
<a id="pl.118.8"></a><var>118.8</var>or required by state law may be displayed.<br/>
<a id="pl.118.9"></a><var>118.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.10.0"></a><a id="pl.118.10"></a><var>118.10</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4503, subdivision 20, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.118.11"></a><var>118.11</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.118.12"></a><var>118.12</var>    Subd. 20. <b>Seat and crash barriers.</b> (a) All restraining barriers and passenger seats <br/>
<a id="pl.118.13"></a><var>118.13</var>shall be covered with a material that has fire retardant or fire block characteristics.<br/>
<a id="pl.118.14"></a><var>118.14</var>    (b) All seats must have a minimum cushion depth of 15 inches and a seat back <br/>
<a id="pl.118.15"></a><var>118.15</var>height of at least 20 inches above the seating reference point.<br/>
<a id="pl.118.16"></a><var>118.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.11.0"></a><a id="pl.118.17"></a><var>118.17</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.118.18"></a><var>118.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Driver's license classifications, endorsements, exemptions.</b> (a) Drivers' <br/>
<a id="pl.118.19"></a><var>118.19</var>licenses are classified according to the types of vehicles that may be driven by the holder <br/>
<a id="pl.118.20"></a><var>118.20</var>of each type or class of license. The commissioner may, as appropriate, subdivide the <br/>
<a id="pl.118.21"></a><var>118.21</var>classes listed in this subdivision and issue licenses classified accordingly.<br/>
<a id="pl.118.22"></a><var>118.22</var>    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), and subdivision 2a, no <br/>
<a id="pl.118.23"></a><var>118.23</var>class of license is valid to operate a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle, double-trailer <br/>
<a id="pl.118.24"></a><var>118.24</var>or triple-trailer combination, vehicle transporting hazardous materials, or bus, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.118.25"></a><var>118.25</var>so endorsed. There are four general classes of licenses as described in paragraphs (c) <br/>
<a id="pl.118.26"></a><var>118.26</var>through (f).<br/>
<a id="pl.118.27"></a><var>118.27</var>    (c) Class D drivers' licenses are valid for:<br/>
<a id="pl.118.28"></a><var>118.28</var>    (1) operating all farm trucks if the farm truck is:<br/>
<a id="pl.118.29"></a><var>118.29</var>    (i) controlled and operated by a farmer, including operation by an immediate family <br/>
<a id="pl.118.30"></a><var>118.30</var>member or an employee of the farmer;<br/>
<a id="pl.118.31"></a><var>118.31</var>    (ii) used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies, <br/>
<a id="pl.118.32"></a><var>118.32</var>including hazardous materials, to or from a farm;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.1"></a><var>119.1</var>    (iii) not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier as governed by <br/>
<a id="pl.119.2"></a><var>119.2</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 365; and<br/>
<a id="pl.119.3"></a><var>119.3</var>    (iv) used within 150 miles of the farm;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.4"></a><var>119.4</var>    (2) notwithstanding paragraph (b), operating an authorized emergency vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.119.5"></a><var>119.5</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, whether or not in excess of 26,000 pounds <br/>
<a id="pl.119.6"></a><var>119.6</var>gross vehicle weight;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.7"></a><var>119.7</var>    (3) operating a recreational vehicle as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 25</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.119.8"></a><var>119.8</var>that is operated for personal use;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.9"></a><var>119.9</var>    (4) operating all single-unit vehicles except vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of <br/>
<a id="pl.119.10"></a><var>119.10</var>more than 26,000 pounds, vehicles designed to carry more than 15 passengers including <br/>
<a id="pl.119.11"></a><var>119.11</var>the driver, and vehicles that carry hazardous materials;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.12"></a><var>119.12</var>    (5) notwithstanding paragraph (d), operating a type A school bus or a multifunctional <br/>
<a id="pl.119.13"></a><var>119.13</var>school activity bus without a school bus endorsement if:<br/>
<a id="pl.119.14"></a><var>119.14</var>    (i) the bus has a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.15"></a><var>119.15</var>    (ii) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver; and<br/>
<a id="pl.119.16"></a><var>119.16</var>    (iii) the requirements of subdivision 2a are satisfied, as determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.119.17"></a><var>119.17</var>commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.18"></a><var>119.18</var>    (6) operating any vehicle or combination of vehicles when operated by a licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.119.19"></a><var>119.19</var>peace officer while on duty; and<br/>
<a id="pl.119.20"></a><var>119.20</var>    (7) towing vehicles if:<br/>
<a id="pl.119.21"></a><var>119.21</var>    (i) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less; or<br/>
<a id="pl.119.22"></a><var>119.22</var>    (ii) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds and <br/>
<a id="pl.119.23"></a><var>119.23</var>the combination of vehicles has a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.119.24"></a><var>119.24</var>    (d) Class C drivers' licenses are valid for:<br/>
<a id="pl.119.25"></a><var>119.25</var>    (1) operating class D motor vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.119.26"></a><var>119.26</var>    (2) with a hazardous materials endorsement, transporting hazardous materials <br/>
<a id="pl.119.27"></a><var>119.27</var>in class D vehicles; and<br/>
<a id="pl.119.28"></a><var>119.28</var>    (3) with a school bus endorsement, operating school buses designed to transport 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.119.29"></a><var>119.29</var>or fewer passengers, including the driver.<br/>
<a id="pl.119.30"></a><var>119.30</var>    (e) Class B drivers' licenses are valid for:<br/>
<a id="pl.119.31"></a><var>119.31</var>    (1) operating all class C motor vehicles, class D motor vehicles, and all other <br/>
<a id="pl.119.32"></a><var>119.32</var>single-unit motor vehicles including, with a passenger endorsement, buses; and<br/>
<a id="pl.119.33"></a><var>119.33</var>    (2) towing only vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.119.34"></a><var>119.34</var>    (f) Class A drivers' licenses are valid for operating any vehicle or combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.119.35"></a><var>119.35</var>vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.119.36"></a><var>119.36</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.8.12.0"></a><a id="pl.120.1"></a><var>120.1</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.120.2"></a><var>120.2</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Exception for certain school bus drivers.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.120.3"></a><var>120.3</var>2, paragraph (c), the holder of a class D driver's license, without a school bus endorsement, <br/>
<a id="pl.120.4"></a><var>120.4</var>may operate a type A school bus described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b), under the <br/>
<a id="pl.120.5"></a><var>120.5</var>following conditions:<br/>
<a id="pl.120.6"></a><var>120.6</var>    (a) The operator is an employee of the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the <br/>
<a id="pl.120.7"></a><var>120.7</var>school bus and is not solely hired to provide transportation services under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.8"></a><var>120.8</var>    (b) The operator drives the school bus only from points of origin to points of <br/>
<a id="pl.120.9"></a><var>120.9</var>destination, not including home-to-school trips to pick up or drop off students.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.10"></a><var>120.10</var>    (c) The operator is prohibited from using the eight-light system. Violation of this <br/>
<a id="pl.120.11"></a><var>120.11</var>paragraph is a misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.12"></a><var>120.12</var>    (d) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for <br/>
<a id="pl.120.13"></a><var>120.13</var>annual training and certification of the operator in:<br/>
<a id="pl.120.14"></a><var>120.14</var>    (1) safe operation of the type of school bus the operator will be driving;<br/>
<a id="pl.120.15"></a><var>120.15</var>    (2) understanding student behavior, including issues relating to students with <br/>
<a id="pl.120.16"></a><var>120.16</var>disabilities;<br/>
<a id="pl.120.17"></a><var>120.17</var>    (3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the bus and handling incidents of <br/>
<a id="pl.120.18"></a><var>120.18</var>misconduct appropriately;<br/>
<a id="pl.120.19"></a><var>120.19</var>    (4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of the road, and local school <br/>
<a id="pl.120.20"></a><var>120.20</var>bus safety policies;<br/>
<a id="pl.120.21"></a><var>120.21</var>    (5) handling emergency situations; and<br/>
<a id="pl.120.22"></a><var>120.22</var>    (6) safe loading and unloading of students.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.23"></a><var>120.23</var>    (e) A background check or background investigation of the operator has been <br/>
<a id="pl.120.24"></a><var>120.24</var>conducted that meets the requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.18, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>123B.03</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.120.25"></a><var>120.25</var>for teachers; section 
         <statute_ref>144.057</statute_ref> or chapter 245C for day care employees; or section 
         <statute_ref>171.321, <br/>
<a id="pl.120.26"></a><var>120.26</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, for all other persons operating a type A school bus under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.27"></a><var>120.27</var>    (f) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as required by section 
         <statute_ref>171.321, <br/>
<a id="pl.120.28"></a><var>120.28</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.29"></a><var>120.29</var>    (g) The operator's driver's license is verified annually by the entity that owns, leases, <br/>
<a id="pl.120.30"></a><var>120.30</var>or contracts for the school bus.<br/>
<a id="pl.120.31"></a><var>120.31</var>    (h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>609.02</statute_ref>, of violating <br/>
<a id="pl.120.32"></a><var>120.32</var>section 
         <statute_ref>169A.25</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.26</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.27</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.31</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.51</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref>, or a similar statute <br/>
<a id="pl.120.33"></a><var>120.33</var>or ordinance of another state is precluded from operating a school bus for five years <br/>
<a id="pl.120.34"></a><var>120.34</var>from the date of conviction.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.1"></a><var>121.1</var>    (i) A person who has ever been convicted of a disqualifying offense as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.121.2"></a><var>121.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>171.3215, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (c), may not operate a school bus under this <br/>
<a id="pl.121.3"></a><var>121.3</var>subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.4"></a><var>121.4</var>    (j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>609.02</statute_ref>, of a fourth <br/>
<a id="pl.121.5"></a><var>121.5</var>moving offense in violation of chapter 169 is precluded from operating a school bus for <br/>
<a id="pl.121.6"></a><var>121.6</var>one year from the date of the last conviction.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.7"></a><var>121.7</var>    (k) Students riding the school bus must have training required under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.121.8"></a><var>121.8</var>123B.90, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.9"></a><var>121.9</var>    (l) An operator must be trained in the proper use of child safety restraints as set <br/>
<a id="pl.121.10"></a><var>121.10</var>forth in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Guideline for the Safe <br/>
<a id="pl.121.11"></a><var>121.11</var>Transportation of Pre-school Age Children in School Buses.," if child safety restraints are <br/>
<a id="pl.121.12"></a><var>121.12</var>used by the passengers.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.13"></a><var>121.13</var>    (m) Annual certification of the requirements listed in this subdivision must be <br/>
<a id="pl.121.14"></a><var>121.14</var>maintained under separate file at the business location for each operator licensed under <br/>
<a id="pl.121.15"></a><var>121.15</var>this subdivision and subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clause (5). The business manager, <br/>
<a id="pl.121.16"></a><var>121.16</var>school board, governing body of a nonpublic school, or any other entity that owns, <br/>
<a id="pl.121.17"></a><var>121.17</var>leases, or contracts for the school bus operating under this subdivision is responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.121.18"></a><var>121.18</var>for maintaining these files for inspection.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.19"></a><var>121.19</var>    (n) The school bus must bear a current certificate of inspection issued under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.121.20"></a><var>121.20</var>169.451
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.21"></a><var>121.21</var>    (o) The word "School" on the front and rear of the bus must be covered by a sign <br/>
<a id="pl.121.22"></a><var>121.22</var>that reads "Activities" when the bus is being operated under authority of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.23"></a><var>121.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.8.13.0"></a><a id="pl.121.24"></a><var>121.24</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.121.25"></a><var>121.25</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Training.</b> (a) No person shall drive a class A, B, C, or D school bus when <br/>
<a id="pl.121.26"></a><var>121.26</var>transporting school children to or from school or upon a school-related trip or activity <br/>
<a id="pl.121.27"></a><var>121.27</var>without having demonstrated sufficient skills and knowledge to transport students in <br/>
<a id="pl.121.28"></a><var>121.28</var>a safe and legal manner.<br/>
<a id="pl.121.29"></a><var>121.29</var>    (b) A bus driver must have training or experience that allows the driver to meet at <br/>
<a id="pl.121.30"></a><var>121.30</var>least the following competencies:<br/>
<a id="pl.121.31"></a><var>121.31</var>    (1) safely operate the type of school bus the driver will be driving;<br/>
<a id="pl.121.32"></a><var>121.32</var>    (2) understand student behavior, including issues relating to students with <br/>
<a id="pl.121.33"></a><var>121.33</var>disabilities;<br/>
<a id="pl.121.34"></a><var>121.34</var>    (3) encourage orderly conduct of students on the bus and handle incidents of <br/>
<a id="pl.121.35"></a><var>121.35</var>misconduct appropriately;<br/>
<a id="pl.122.1"></a><var>122.1</var>    (4) know and understand relevant laws, rules of the road, and local school bus <br/>
<a id="pl.122.2"></a><var>122.2</var>safety policies;<br/>
<a id="pl.122.3"></a><var>122.3</var>    (5) handle emergency situations; and<br/>
<a id="pl.122.4"></a><var>122.4</var>    (6) safely load and unload students.<br/>
<a id="pl.122.5"></a><var>122.5</var>    (c) The commissioner of public safety shall develop a comprehensive model <br/>
<a id="pl.122.6"></a><var>122.6</var>school bus driver training program and model assessments for school bus driver training <br/>
<a id="pl.122.7"></a><var>122.7</var>competencies, which are not subject to chapter 14. A school district, nonpublic school, or <br/>
<a id="pl.122.8"></a><var>122.8</var>private contractor may use alternative assessments for bus driver training competencies <br/>
<a id="pl.122.9"></a><var>122.9</var>with the approval of the commissioner of public safety. A driver may receive at least eight <br/>
<a id="pl.122.10"></a><var>122.10</var>hours of school bus in-service training any year, as an alternative to being assessed for bus <br/>
<a id="pl.122.11"></a><var>122.11</var>driver competencies after the initial year of being assessed for bus driver competencies. <br/>
<a id="pl.122.12"></a><var>122.12</var>The employer shall keep the assessment or a record of the in-service training for the <br/>
<a id="pl.122.13"></a><var>122.13</var>current period available for inspection by representatives of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.122.14"></a><var>122.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.8.14.0"></a><a id="pl.122.15"></a><var>122.15</var>    Sec. 14. <b>RULES REVISED: COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.122.16"></a><var>122.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Rules revised under the good cause exemption.</b> The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.122.17"></a><var>122.17</var>of public safety must amend and adopt the revisions to the rules listed  in subdivisions 2 to <br/>
<a id="pl.122.18"></a><var>122.18</var>8 under the good cause exemption to the rulemaking process under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.122.19"></a><var>122.19</var>section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3).<br/>
<a id="pl.122.20"></a><var>122.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.0500.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.122.21"></a><var>122.21</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.0500, by replacing two obsolete references to the <br/>
<a id="pl.122.22"></a><var>122.22</var>Department of Children, Families, and Learning, with a reference to the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.122.23"></a><var>122.23</var>Public Safety and removing references to specifically repealed rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.122.24"></a><var>122.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.0700.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.122.25"></a><var>122.25</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.0700, as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.122.26"></a><var>122.26</var>    (1) for the points assigned to school bus equipment defects, strike the reference to <br/>
<a id="pl.122.27"></a><var>122.27</var>"orange" school buses and include a new school bus color exemption for multifunctional <br/>
<a id="pl.122.28"></a><var>122.28</var>school activity buses; and<br/>
<a id="pl.122.29"></a><var>122.29</var>    (2) replace the references to type I and type II school buses with type A, B, C, <br/>
<a id="pl.122.30"></a><var>122.30</var>or D school buses.<br/>
<a id="pl.122.31"></a><var>122.31</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1000.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.122.32"></a><var>122.32</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1000, to: <br/>
<a id="pl.122.33"></a><var>122.33</var>    (1) include multifunctional school activity buses in the headnote; <br/>
<a id="pl.122.34"></a><var>122.34</var>    (2) update subpart 1 to include multifunctional school activity buses as a type of <br/>
<a id="pl.122.35"></a><var>122.35</var>school bus listed after bus types A, B, C, and D; <br/>
<a id="pl.123.1"></a><var>123.1</var>    (3) modify subpart 2 to clarify that the prohibition against loading or unloading while <br/>
<a id="pl.123.2"></a><var>123.2</var>adjacent to a turn lane applies only when it is a right-hand turn lane and does not prohibit a <br/>
<a id="pl.123.3"></a><var>123.3</var>bus from loading or unloading at the side of the road when there is a center turn lane; and <br/>
<a id="pl.123.4"></a><var>123.4</var>    (3) expand the exception that allows service dogs on  school buses to include all <br/>
<a id="pl.123.5"></a><var>123.5</var>companion animals.<br/>
<a id="pl.123.6"></a><var>123.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1100.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.123.7"></a><var>123.7</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1100, to include multifunctional school activity <br/>
<a id="pl.123.8"></a><var>123.8</var>buses in the headnote and amend subpart 1 to include multifunctional school activity buses <br/>
<a id="pl.123.9"></a><var>123.9</var>as a type of school bus listed after bus types A, B, C, and D. The commissioner must also <br/>
<a id="pl.123.10"></a><var>123.10</var>amend item B of this part to require drivers to use prewarning flashing signals, flashing <br/>
<a id="pl.123.11"></a><var>123.11</var>red signals, and stop signals arms on buses that are equipped with those signals.<br/>
<a id="pl.123.12"></a><var>123.12</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1400.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.123.13"></a><var>123.13</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1400, to clarify that the operating rules in parts <br/>
<a id="pl.123.14"></a><var>123.14</var>7470.1000 to 7470.1500 apply to buses that are leased and rented as well as to school <br/>
<a id="pl.123.15"></a><var>123.15</var>buses that are owned by a school district, a nonpublic school, or a private operator under <br/>
<a id="pl.123.16"></a><var>123.16</var>contract to a school district or nonpublic school.<br/>
<a id="pl.123.17"></a><var>123.17</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1500.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.123.18"></a><var>123.18</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1500, to: <br/>
<a id="pl.123.19"></a><var>123.19</var>    (1) clarify that the prohibition against loading or unloading while adjacent to a turn <br/>
<a id="pl.123.20"></a><var>123.20</var>lane applies only when it is a right-hand turn lane and does not prohibit a bus from loading <br/>
<a id="pl.123.21"></a><var>123.21</var>or unloading at the side of the road when there is a center turn lane; and <br/>
<a id="pl.123.22"></a><var>123.22</var>    (2) delete item H because it is obsolete.<br/>
<a id="pl.123.23"></a><var>123.23</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1700.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.123.24"></a><var>123.24</var>must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1700, subpart 2, to: <br/>
<a id="pl.123.25"></a><var>123.25</var>    (1) clarify that the bus driver and the bus aide must have access to emergency health <br/>
<a id="pl.123.26"></a><var>123.26</var>care information for the students with disabilities transported on the bus; and <br/>
<a id="pl.123.27"></a><var>123.27</var>    (2) add an item E that allows the health information to be maintained either in a hard <br/>
<a id="pl.123.28"></a><var>123.28</var>copy on the vehicle or immediately accessible through a two-way communications system.<br/>
<a id="pl.123.29"></a><var>123.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.8.15.0"></a><a id="pl.123.30"></a><var>123.30</var>    Sec. 15. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.123.31"></a><var>123.31</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 169.4502, subdivision 15; and 169.4503, <br/>
<a id="pl.123.32"></a><var>123.32</var>subdivisions 17, 18, and 26, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.123.33"></a><var>123.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.9.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.9.1.0"></a><a id="pl.124.4"></a><var>124.4</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.52, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.124.5"></a><var>124.5</var><b>119A.52 DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.124.6"></a><var>124.6</var>    (a) The commissioner of education must distribute money appropriated for that <br/>
<a id="pl.124.7"></a><var>124.7</var>purpose to federally designated Head Start programs to expand services and to serve <br/>
<a id="pl.124.8"></a><var>124.8</var>additional low-income children. Migrant and Indian reservation programs must be initially <br/>
<a id="pl.124.9"></a><var>124.9</var>allocated money based on the programs' share of federal funds. The remaining money <br/>
<a id="pl.124.10"></a><var>124.10</var>must be initially allocated to the remaining local agencies based equally on the agencies' <br/>
<a id="pl.124.11"></a><var>124.11</var>share of federal funds and on the proportion of eligible children in the agencies' service <br/>
<a id="pl.124.12"></a><var>124.12</var>area who are not currently being served. A Head Start grantee program must be funded <br/>
<a id="pl.124.13"></a><var>124.13</var>at a per child rate equal to its contracted, federally funded base level at the start of the <br/>
<a id="pl.124.14"></a><var>124.14</var>fiscal year. In allocating funds under this paragraph, the commissioner of education <br/>
<a id="pl.124.15"></a><var>124.15</var>must assure that each Head Start program in existence in 1993 is allocated no less <br/>
<a id="pl.124.16"></a><var>124.16</var>funding in any fiscal year than was allocated to that program in fiscal year 1993. Before <br/>
<a id="pl.124.17"></a><var>124.17</var>paying money to the programs, the commissioner must notify each program of its initial <br/>
<a id="pl.124.18"></a><var>124.18</var>allocation, how the money must be used, and the number of low-income children to be <br/>
<a id="pl.124.19"></a><var>124.19</var>served with the allocation based upon the federally funded per child rate. Each program <br/>
<a id="pl.124.20"></a><var>124.20</var>must present a plan under section 
         <statute_ref>119A.535</statute_ref>. For any grantee program that cannot utilize <br/>
<a id="pl.124.21"></a><var>124.21</var>its full allocation at the beginning of the fiscal year, the commissioner must reduce the <br/>
<a id="pl.124.22"></a><var>124.22</var>allocation proportionately. Money available after the initial allocations are reduced must <br/>
<a id="pl.124.23"></a><var>124.23</var>be redistributed to eligible grantees programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.124.24"></a><var>124.24</var>    (b) The commissioner must develop procedures to make payments to programs <br/>
<a id="pl.124.25"></a><var>124.25</var>based upon the number of children reported to be enrolled during the required time <br/>
<a id="pl.124.26"></a><var>124.26</var>period of program operations. Enrollment is defined by federal Head Start regulations. <br/>
<a id="pl.124.27"></a><var>124.27</var>The procedures must include a reporting schedule, corrective action plan requirements, <br/>
<a id="pl.124.28"></a><var>124.28</var>and financial consequences to be imposed on programs that do not meet full enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.124.29"></a><var>124.29</var>after the period of corrective action. Programs reporting chronic underenrollment, as <br/>
<a id="pl.124.30"></a><var>124.30</var>defined by the commissioner, will have their subsequent program year allocation reduced <br/>
<a id="pl.124.31"></a><var>124.31</var>proportionately. Funds made available by prorating payments and allocations to programs <br/>
<a id="pl.124.32"></a><var>124.32</var>with reported underenrollment will be made available to the extent funds exist to fully <br/>
<a id="pl.124.33"></a><var>124.33</var>enrolled Head Start programs through a form and manner prescribed by the department.<br/>
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<a id="bill.9.2.0"></a><a id="pl.125.1"></a><var>125.1</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.535, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.125.2"></a><var>125.2</var><b>119A.535 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.125.3"></a><var>125.3</var>    Eligible Head Start organizations must submit a plan to the department for approval <br/>
<a id="pl.125.4"></a><var>125.4</var>on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. The plan must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.125.5"></a><var>125.5</var>    (1) the estimated number of low-income children and families the program will be <br/>
<a id="pl.125.6"></a><var>125.6</var>able to serve;<br/>
<a id="pl.125.7"></a><var>125.7</var>    (2) a description of the program design and service delivery area which meets the <br/>
<a id="pl.125.8"></a><var>125.8</var>needs of and encourages access by low-income working families;<br/>
<a id="pl.125.9"></a><var>125.9</var>    (3) a program design that ensures fair and equitable access to Head Start services for <br/>
<a id="pl.125.10"></a><var>125.10</var>all populations and parts of the service area;<br/>
<a id="pl.125.11"></a><var>125.11</var>    (4) a plan for coordinating services to maximize assistance for child care costs <br/>
<a id="pl.125.12"></a><var>125.12</var>available to families under chapter 119B providing Head Start services in conjunction with <br/>
<a id="pl.125.13"></a><var>125.13</var>full-day child care programs to minimize child transitions, increase program intensity and <br/>
<a id="pl.125.14"></a><var>125.14</var>duration, and improve child and family outcomes as required in section 119A.5411; and<br/>
<a id="pl.125.15"></a><var>125.15</var>    (5) identification of regular Head Start, early Head Start, full-day services identified <br/>
<a id="pl.125.16"></a><var>125.16</var>in section 119A.5411, and innovative services based upon demonstrated needs to be <br/>
<a id="pl.125.17"></a><var>125.17</var>provided.<br/>
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<a id="bill.9.3.0"></a><a id="pl.125.18"></a><var>125.18</var>    Sec. 3. <b>[119A.5411] FULL-DAY REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.125.19"></a><var>125.19</var>    The following phase-in of full-day services in Head Start programs or licensed child <br/>
<a id="pl.125.20"></a><var>125.20</var>care as defined in chapter 245A is required: <br/>
<a id="pl.125.21"></a><var>125.21</var>    (1) by fiscal year 2009, a minimum of 25 percent of the total state-funded enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.125.22"></a><var>125.22</var>throughout  the state must be provided in full-day services;<br/>
<a id="pl.125.23"></a><var>125.23</var>     (2) by fiscal year 2011, a minimum of 40 percent of the total state-funded enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.125.24"></a><var>125.24</var>throughout the state must be provided in full-day services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.125.25"></a><var>125.25</var>    (3) by fiscal year 2013, a minimum of 50 percent of the total state-funded enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.125.26"></a><var>125.26</var>throughout the state must be provided in full-day services.<br/>
<a id="pl.125.27"></a><var>125.27</var>    Head Start programs may provide full-day services as part of their own program <br/>
<a id="pl.125.28"></a><var>125.28</var>model or through agreements with licensed full-day child care programs. If licensed child <br/>
<a id="pl.125.29"></a><var>125.29</var>care providers do not exist in a geographic area, choose not to participate, cannot meet <br/>
<a id="pl.125.30"></a><var>125.30</var>the federal Head Start performance standards after sufficient opportunity, or a Head Start <br/>
<a id="pl.125.31"></a><var>125.31</var>program is unable to establish the full-day services as a part of their own program model, <br/>
<a id="pl.125.32"></a><var>125.32</var>the Head Start program may request exemption from the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.9.4.0"></a><a id="pl.125.33"></a><var>125.33</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.126.1"></a><var>126.1</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Developmental screening program information.</b> The board must inform <br/>
<a id="pl.126.2"></a><var>126.2</var>each resident family with a child eligible to participate in the developmental screening <br/>
<a id="pl.126.3"></a><var>126.3</var>program about the availability of the program and the state's requirement that a child <br/>
<a id="pl.126.4"></a><var>126.4</var>receive a developmental screening or provide health records indicating that the child <br/>
<a id="pl.126.5"></a><var>126.5</var>received a comparable developmental screening from a public or private health care <br/>
<a id="pl.126.6"></a><var>126.6</var>organization or individual health care provider not later than 30 days after the first <br/>
<a id="pl.126.7"></a><var>126.7</var>day of attending kindergarten in a public school. A school district must inform all <br/>
<a id="pl.126.8"></a><var>126.8</var>resident families with eligible children under age seven that their children may receive <br/>
<a id="pl.126.9"></a><var>126.9</var>a developmental screening conducted either by the school district or by a public or <br/>
<a id="pl.126.10"></a><var>126.10</var>private health care organization or individual health care provider and that the screening <br/>
<a id="pl.126.11"></a><var>126.11</var>is not required if a statement signed by the child's parent or guardian is submitted to the <br/>
<a id="pl.126.12"></a><var>126.12</var>administrator or other person having general control and supervision of the school that <br/>
<a id="pl.126.13"></a><var>126.13</var>the child has not been screened.<br/>
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<a id="bill.9.5.0"></a><a id="pl.126.14"></a><var>126.14</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.126.15"></a><var>126.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment</b><b>; purpose</b><b>.</b> A district that provides a community <br/>
<a id="pl.126.16"></a><var>126.16</var>education program under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.18</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>124D.19</statute_ref> may establish an early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.126.17"></a><var>126.17</var>family education program. Two or more districts, each of which provides a community <br/>
<a id="pl.126.18"></a><var>126.18</var>education program, may cooperate to jointly provide an early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.126.19"></a><var>126.19</var>program. The purpose of the early childhood family education program is to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.126.20"></a><var>126.20</var>parenting education to support children's learning and development. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.6.0"></a><a id="pl.126.21"></a><var>126.21</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.126.22"></a><var>126.22</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Program </b><b>characteristics</b><b> requirements</b><b>.</b> (a) Early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.126.23"></a><var>126.23</var>education programs are programs for children in the period of life from birth to <br/>
<a id="pl.126.24"></a><var>126.24</var>kindergarten, for the parents and other relatives of these children, and for expectant <br/>
<a id="pl.126.25"></a><var>126.25</var>parents. To the extent that funds are insufficient to provide programs for all children, <br/>
<a id="pl.126.26"></a><var>126.26</var>early childhood family education programs should emphasize programming for a child <br/>
<a id="pl.126.27"></a><var>126.27</var>from birth to age three and encourage parents and other relatives to involve four- and <br/>
<a id="pl.126.28"></a><var>126.28</var>five-year-old children in school readiness programs, and other public and nonpublic early <br/>
<a id="pl.126.29"></a><var>126.29</var>learning programs. A district may not limit participation to school district residents. Early <br/>
<a id="pl.126.30"></a><var>126.30</var>childhood family education programs may include the following must provide:<br/>
<a id="pl.126.31"></a><var>126.31</var>    (1) programs to educate parents and other relatives about the physical, mental, and <br/>
<a id="pl.126.32"></a><var>126.32</var>emotional development of children and to enhance the skills of parents and other relatives <br/>
<a id="pl.126.33"></a><var>126.33</var>in providing for their children's learning and development;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.1"></a><var>127.1</var>    (2) programs to enhance the skills of parents and other relatives in providing for their <br/>
<a id="pl.127.2"></a><var>127.2</var>children's learning and development structured learning activities requiring interaction <br/>
<a id="pl.127.3"></a><var>127.3</var>between children and their parents or relatives;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.4"></a><var>127.4</var>    (3) structured learning experiences activities for children and parents and other <br/>
<a id="pl.127.5"></a><var>127.5</var>relatives that promote children's development and positive interaction with peers, which <br/>
<a id="pl.127.6"></a><var>127.6</var>are held while parents or relatives attend parent education classes;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.7"></a><var>127.7</var>    (4) activities designed to detect children's physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral <br/>
<a id="pl.127.8"></a><var>127.8</var>problems that may cause learning problems;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.9"></a><var>127.9</var>    (5) activities and materials designed to encourage self-esteem, skills, and behavior <br/>
<a id="pl.127.10"></a><var>127.10</var>that prevent sexual and other interpersonal violence;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.11"></a><var>127.11</var>    (6) educational materials which may be borrowed for home use;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.12"></a><var>127.12</var>    (7) (4) information on related community resources;<br/>
<a id="pl.127.13"></a><var>127.13</var>    (8) programs to prevent (5) information, materials, and activities that support the <br/>
<a id="pl.127.14"></a><var>127.14</var>safety of children, including prevention of child abuse and neglect; and<br/>
<a id="pl.127.15"></a><var>127.15</var>    (9) other programs or activities to improve the health, development, and school <br/>
<a id="pl.127.16"></a><var>127.16</var>readiness of children; or<br/>
<a id="pl.127.17"></a><var>127.17</var>    (10) activities designed to maximize development during infancy.<br/>
<a id="pl.127.18"></a><var>127.18</var>    (6) a community outreach plan to ensure participation by families who reflect the <br/>
<a id="pl.127.19"></a><var>127.19</var>racial, cultural, and economic diversity of the school district.<br/>
<a id="pl.127.20"></a><var>127.20</var>    The programs must include learning experiences for children, parents, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.127.21"></a><var>127.21</var>relatives that promote children's early literacy skills. The programs program must not <br/>
<a id="pl.127.22"></a><var>127.22</var>include activities for children that do not require substantial involvement of the children's <br/>
<a id="pl.127.23"></a><var>127.23</var>parents or other relatives. The programs program must be reviewed periodically to assure <br/>
<a id="pl.127.24"></a><var>127.24</var>the instruction and materials are not racially, culturally, or sexually biased. The programs <br/>
<a id="pl.127.25"></a><var>127.25</var>must encourage parents to be aware of practices that may affect equitable development of <br/>
<a id="pl.127.26"></a><var>127.26</var>children.<br/>
<a id="pl.127.27"></a><var>127.27</var>    (b) For the purposes of this section, "relative" or "relatives" means noncustodial <br/>
<a id="pl.127.28"></a><var>127.28</var>grandparents or other persons related to a child by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster <br/>
<a id="pl.127.29"></a><var>127.29</var>placement, excluding parents.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.7.0"></a><a id="pl.127.30"></a><var>127.30</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.127.31"></a><var>127.31</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Teachers.</b> A school board must employ necessary qualified teachers <br/>
<a id="pl.127.32"></a><var>127.32</var>licensed in early childhood or parent education for its early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.127.33"></a><var>127.33</var>programs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.8.0"></a><a id="pl.128.1"></a><var>128.1</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.128.2"></a><var>128.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.128.3"></a><var>128.3</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Plan and program data submission requirements.</b> (a) An early <br/>
<a id="pl.128.4"></a><var>128.4</var>childhood family education program must submit a biennial plan addressing the <br/>
<a id="pl.128.5"></a><var>128.5</var>requirements of subdivision 2 for approval by the commissioner. The plan must also <br/>
<a id="pl.128.6"></a><var>128.6</var>describe how the program provides parenting education and ensures participation of <br/>
<a id="pl.128.7"></a><var>128.7</var>families representative of the school district. A school district must submit the plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.128.8"></a><var>128.8</var>approval by the commissioner in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.128.9"></a><var>128.9</var>One-half of districts, as determined by the commissioner, must first submit a biennial plan <br/>
<a id="pl.128.10"></a><var>128.10</var>by April 1, 2009, and the remaining districts must first submit a plan by April 1, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.128.11"></a><var>128.11</var>    (b) Districts receiving early childhood family education revenue under section <br/>
<a id="pl.128.12"></a><var>128.12</var>124D.135 must submit annual program data to the department by July 15 in the form and <br/>
<a id="pl.128.13"></a><var>128.13</var>manner prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.128.14"></a><var>128.14</var>    (c) Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2011, a school district must submit its annual <br/>
<a id="pl.128.15"></a><var>128.15</var>program data to the department before it may certify a levy under section 124D.135. <br/>
<a id="pl.128.16"></a><var>128.16</var>Districts selected by the commissioner to submit a biennial plan by April 1, 2009, must <br/>
<a id="pl.128.17"></a><var>128.17</var>also have an approved plan on file with the commissioner before certifying a levy under <br/>
<a id="pl.128.18"></a><var>128.18</var>section 124D.135 for fiscal year 2011. Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2012, all <br/>
<a id="pl.128.19"></a><var>128.19</var>districts must submit annual program data and have an approved biennial plan on file with <br/>
<a id="pl.128.20"></a><var>128.20</var>the commissioner before certifying a levy under section 124D.135.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.9.0"></a><a id="pl.128.21"></a><var>128.21</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.128.22"></a><var>128.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Revenue.</b> The revenue for early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.128.23"></a><var>128.23</var>programs for a school district equals  $112 for fiscal year 2007 and $120 for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.128.24"></a><var>128.24</var>2008 and later, times the greater of:<br/>
<a id="pl.128.25"></a><var>128.25</var>    (1) 150; or<br/>
<a id="pl.128.26"></a><var>128.26</var>    (2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.128.27"></a><var>128.27</var>of the previous school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.128.28"></a><var>128.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.10.0"></a><a id="pl.128.29"></a><var>128.29</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.128.30"></a><var>128.30</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Early childhood family education levy.</b> For fiscal year 2001 to obtain <br/>
<a id="pl.128.31"></a><var>128.31</var>early childhood family education revenue, a district may levy an amount equal to the tax <br/>
<a id="pl.128.32"></a><var>128.32</var>rate of .5282 percent times the adjusted tax capacity of the district for the year preceding <br/>
<a id="pl.128.33"></a><var>128.33</var>the year the levy is certified. Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2002, By September <br/>
<a id="pl.128.34"></a><var>128.34</var>30 of each year, the commissioner shall establish a tax rate for early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.129.1"></a><var>129.1</var>education revenue that raises $21,027,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $22,135,000 in each <br/>
<a id="pl.129.2"></a><var>129.2</var>fiscal year 2003 and each subsequent year. If the amount of the early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.129.3"></a><var>129.3</var>education levy would exceed the early childhood family education revenue, the early <br/>
<a id="pl.129.4"></a><var>129.4</var>childhood family education levy must equal the early childhood family education revenue. <br/>
<a id="pl.129.5"></a><var>129.5</var>Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2011, a district may not certify an early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.129.6"></a><var>129.6</var>family education levy unless it has met the annual program data reporting and biennial <br/>
<a id="pl.129.7"></a><var>129.7</var>plan requirements under section 124D.13, subdivision 13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.11.0"></a><a id="pl.129.8"></a><var>129.8</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.129.9"></a><var>129.9</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Use of revenue restricted.</b> (a) Early childhood family education revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.129.10"></a><var>129.10</var>may be used only for early childhood family education programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.129.11"></a><var>129.11</var>    (b) Not more than five percent of early childhood family education revenue, as <br/>
<a id="pl.129.12"></a><var>129.12</var>defined in subdivision 7, may be used to administer early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.129.13"></a><var>129.13</var>programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.129.14"></a><var>129.14</var>    (c) An early childhood family education program may use up to ten percent of its <br/>
<a id="pl.129.15"></a><var>129.15</var>early childhood family education revenue as defined in subdivision 1, including revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.129.16"></a><var>129.16</var>from participant fees, for equipment that is used in the early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.129.17"></a><var>129.17</var>program. This revenue may only be used for the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.129.18"></a><var>129.18</var>    (1) to purchase or lease computers and related materials; and<br/>
<a id="pl.129.19"></a><var>129.19</var>    (2) to purchase or lease equipment for instruction for participating children and <br/>
<a id="pl.129.20"></a><var>129.20</var>their families.<br/>
<a id="pl.129.21"></a><var>129.21</var>    If a district anticipates an unusual circumstance requiring its early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.129.22"></a><var>129.22</var>education program capital expenditures to exceed the ten percent limitation, prior approval <br/>
<a id="pl.129.23"></a><var>129.23</var>to exceed the limit must be obtained in writing from the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.12.0"></a><a id="pl.129.24"></a><var>129.24</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.129.25"></a><var>129.25</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Home visiting levy.</b> A district that is eligible to levy for early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.129.26"></a><var>129.26</var>family education under subdivision 3 and that enters into a collaborative agreement to <br/>
<a id="pl.129.27"></a><var>129.27</var>provide education services and social services to families with young children may levy <br/>
<a id="pl.129.28"></a><var>129.28</var>an amount equal to $1.60 times the number of people under five years of age residing in <br/>
<a id="pl.129.29"></a><var>129.29</var>the district on September 1 of the last school year. Levy revenue under this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.129.30"></a><var>129.30</var>must not be included as revenue under subdivision 1. The revenue must be used for home <br/>
<a id="pl.129.31"></a><var>129.31</var>visiting programs under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.13, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.13.0"></a><a id="pl.129.32"></a><var>129.32</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.129.33"></a><var>129.33</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Program requirements.</b> A school readiness program provider must:<br/>
<a id="pl.130.1"></a><var>130.1</var>    (1) assess each child's cognitive skills when the child enters and again before the <br/>
<a id="pl.130.2"></a><var>130.2</var>child leaves the program to inform program planning and promote kindergarten readiness;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.3"></a><var>130.3</var>    (2) provide comprehensive program content based on early childhood research and <br/>
<a id="pl.130.4"></a><var>130.4</var>professional practice that is focused on children's cognitive skills and development and <br/>
<a id="pl.130.5"></a><var>130.5</var>prepares children for the transition to kindergarten, including early literacy skills;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.6"></a><var>130.6</var>    (3) arrange for early childhood screening and appropriate referral;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.7"></a><var>130.7</var>    (4) involve parents in program planning and decision making;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.8"></a><var>130.8</var>    (5) coordinate with relevant community-based services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.130.9"></a><var>130.9</var>    (6) cooperate with adult basic education programs and other adult literacy programs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.14.0"></a><a id="pl.130.10"></a><var>130.10</var>    Sec. 14. <b>[124D.2211] AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING </b><br/>
<a id="pl.130.11"></a><var>130.11</var><b>PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.130.12"></a><var>130.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A competitive statewide after-school community <br/>
<a id="pl.130.13"></a><var>130.13</var>learning grant program is established to provide grants to community or nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.130.14"></a><var>130.14</var>organizations, political subdivisions, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers, or <br/>
<a id="pl.130.15"></a><var>130.15</var>school-based programs that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours. The <br/>
<a id="pl.130.16"></a><var>130.16</var>commissioner shall develop criteria for after-school community learning programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.130.17"></a><var>130.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Program outcomes.</b> The expected outcomes of the after-school <br/>
<a id="pl.130.18"></a><var>130.18</var>community learning programs are to increase:<br/>
<a id="pl.130.19"></a><var>130.19</var>    (1) school connectedness of participants;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.20"></a><var>130.20</var>    (2) academic achievement of participating students in one or more core academic <br/>
<a id="pl.130.21"></a><var>130.21</var>areas;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.22"></a><var>130.22</var>    (3) the capacity of participants to become productive adults; and<br/>
<a id="pl.130.23"></a><var>130.23</var>    (4) prevent truancy from school and prevent juvenile crime.<br/>
<a id="pl.130.24"></a><var>130.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Grants.</b> An applicant shall submit an after-school community learning <br/>
<a id="pl.130.25"></a><var>130.25</var>program proposal to the commissioner. The submitted plan must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.130.26"></a><var>130.26</var>    (1) collaboration with and leverage of existing community resources that have <br/>
<a id="pl.130.27"></a><var>130.27</var>demonstrated effectiveness;<br/>
<a id="pl.130.28"></a><var>130.28</var>    (2) outreach to children and youth; and<br/>
<a id="pl.130.29"></a><var>130.29</var>    (3) involvement of local governments, including park and recreation boards or <br/>
<a id="pl.130.30"></a><var>130.30</var>schools, unless no government agency is appropriate.<br/>
<a id="pl.130.31"></a><var>130.31</var>    Proposals will be reviewed and approved by the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.15.0"></a><a id="pl.130.32"></a><var>130.32</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.130.33"></a><var>130.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>State total adult basic education aid.</b> (a) The state total adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.130.34"></a><var>130.34</var>education aid for fiscal year 2005 is $36,509,000. The state total adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.131.1"></a><var>131.1</var>aid for fiscal year 2006  equals $36,587,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during <br/>
<a id="pl.131.2"></a><var>131.2</var>the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or <br/>
<a id="pl.131.3"></a><var>131.3</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.131.4"></a><var>131.4</var>2007 equals $37,673,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.131.5"></a><var>131.5</var>year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.131.6"></a><var>131.6</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year 2008 equals <br/>
<a id="pl.131.7"></a><var>131.7</var>$40,650,000, plus any amount that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of <br/>
<a id="pl.131.8"></a><var>131.8</var>adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The <br/>
<a id="pl.131.9"></a><var>131.9</var>state total adult basic education aid for later fiscal years equals:<br/>
<a id="pl.131.10"></a><var>131.10</var>    (1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any <br/>
<a id="pl.131.11"></a><var>131.11</var>amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under <br/>
<a id="pl.131.12"></a><var>131.12</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; times<br/>
<a id="pl.131.13"></a><var>131.13</var>    (2) the lesser of:<br/>
<a id="pl.131.14"></a><var>131.14</var>    (i) 
         <statute_ref>1.03</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.131.15"></a><var>131.15</var>    (ii) the greater of 
         <statute_ref>1.00</statute_ref> or the ratio of the state total contact hours in the first prior <br/>
<a id="pl.131.16"></a><var>131.16</var>program year to the state total contact hours in the second prior program year.<br/>
<a id="pl.131.17"></a><var>131.17</var>    Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.131.18"></a><var>131.18</var>aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.131.19"></a><var>131.19</var>124D.522
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.131.20"></a><var>131.20</var>    (b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals <br/>
<a id="pl.131.21"></a><var>131.21</var>the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic <br/>
<a id="pl.131.22"></a><var>131.22</var>population aid under subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.16.0"></a><a id="pl.131.23"></a><var>131.23</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.531, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.131.24"></a><var>131.24</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Adult basic education program aid limit.</b> (a) Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.131.25"></a><var>131.25</var>subdivisions 2 and 3, the total adult basic education aid for a program per prior year <br/>
<a id="pl.131.26"></a><var>131.26</var>contact hour must not exceed $21 $22 per prior year contact hour computed under <br/>
<a id="pl.131.27"></a><var>131.27</var>subdivision 3, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.131.28"></a><var>131.28</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2004, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.131.29"></a><var>131.29</var>adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the aid for that program <br/>
<a id="pl.131.30"></a><var>131.30</var>under subdivision 3, clause (2), for fiscal year 2003 by more than the greater of eight <br/>
<a id="pl.131.31"></a><var>131.31</var>percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.131.32"></a><var>131.32</var>    (c) For fiscal year 2005, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.131.33"></a><var>131.33</var>adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the sum of the aid for that <br/>
<a id="pl.131.34"></a><var>131.34</var>program under subdivision 3, clause (2), and Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, <br/>
<a id="pl.132.1"></a><var>132.1</var>article 9, section 8, paragraph (a), for the preceding fiscal year by more than the greater of <br/>
<a id="pl.132.2"></a><var>132.2</var>eight percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.3"></a><var>132.3</var>    (d) (b) For fiscal year 2006 and later fiscal year 2007, the aid for a program under <br/>
<a id="pl.132.4"></a><var>132.4</var>subdivision 3, clause (2), adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.132.5"></a><var>132.5</var>the aid for that program under subdivision 3, clause (2), for the first preceding fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.132.6"></a><var>132.6</var>by more than the greater of eight percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.7"></a><var>132.7</var>    (c) For fiscal year 2008, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.132.8"></a><var>132.8</var>adjusted for changes in program membership, shall not be limited.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.9"></a><var>132.9</var>    (d) For fiscal year 2009 and later, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.132.10"></a><var>132.10</var>clause (2), adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the aid for <br/>
<a id="pl.132.11"></a><var>132.11</var>that program under subdivision 3, clause (2), for the first preceding fiscal year by more <br/>
<a id="pl.132.12"></a><var>132.12</var>than the greater of 11 percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.13"></a><var>132.13</var>    (e) Adult basic education aid is payable to a program for unreimbursed costs <br/>
<a id="pl.132.14"></a><var>132.14</var>occurring in the program year as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.15"></a><var>132.15</var>    (f) Any adult basic education aid that is not paid to a program because of the <br/>
<a id="pl.132.16"></a><var>132.16</var>program aid limitation under paragraph (a) must be added to the state total adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.132.17"></a><var>132.17</var>education aid for the next fiscal year under subdivision 1. Any adult basic education aid <br/>
<a id="pl.132.18"></a><var>132.18</var>that is not paid to a program because of the program aid limitations under paragraph (b), <br/>
<a id="pl.132.19"></a><var>132.19</var>(c), or (d), must be reallocated among programs by adjusting the rate per contact hour <br/>
<a id="pl.132.20"></a><var>132.20</var>under subdivision 3, clause (2).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.9.17.0"></a><a id="pl.132.21"></a><var>132.21</var>    Sec. 17. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.132.22"></a><var>132.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.132.23"></a><var>132.23</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.132.24"></a><var>132.24</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.25"></a><var>132.25</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.132.26"></a><var>132.26</var>education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.132.27"></a><var>132.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 21,106,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.132.28"></a><var>132.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 21,888,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.132.29"></a><var>132.29</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $1,796,000 for 2007 and $19,310,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.30"></a><var>132.30</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $2,145,000 for 2008 and $19,743,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.132.31"></a><var>132.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>School readiness.</b> For revenue for school readiness programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.132.32"></a><var>132.32</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.132.33"></a><var>132.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,995,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.132.34"></a><var>132.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,095,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.133.1"></a><var>133.1</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $909,000 for 2007 and $9,086,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.2"></a><var>133.2</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $1,009,000 for 2008 and $9,086,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.3"></a><var>133.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Health and developmental screening aid.</b> For health and developmental <br/>
<a id="pl.133.4"></a><var>133.4</var>screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.5"></a><var>133.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,159,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.6"></a><var>133.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,330,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.133.7"></a><var>133.7</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $288,000 for 2007 and $2,871,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.8"></a><var>133.8</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $319,000 for 2008 and $3,011,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.9"></a><var>133.9</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Educate parents partnership.</b> For the educate parents partnership under <br/>
<a id="pl.133.10"></a><var>133.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.11"></a><var>133.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.12"></a><var>133.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.133.13"></a><var>133.13</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention </b><br/>
<a id="pl.133.14"></a><var>133.14</var><b>program.</b> For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program <br/>
<a id="pl.133.15"></a><var>133.15</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.16"></a><var>133.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 287,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.17"></a><var>133.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 287,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.133.18"></a><var>133.18</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Head Start programs.</b> For Head Start programs under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.133.19"></a><var>133.19</var>Statutes, section 119A.52:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.20"></a><var>133.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.21"></a><var>133.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.133.22"></a><var>133.22</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.23"></a><var>133.23</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Community education aid.</b> For community education aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.133.24"></a><var>133.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.25"></a><var>133.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,307,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.26"></a><var>133.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">816,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.133.27"></a><var>133.27</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $195,000 for 2007 and $1,112,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.28"></a><var>133.28</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $123,000 for 2008 and $693,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.133.29"></a><var>133.29</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Adults with disabilities program aid.</b> For adults with disabilities <br/>
<a id="pl.133.30"></a><var>133.30</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.31"></a><var>133.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">710,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.133.32"></a><var>133.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 710,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.134.1"></a><var>134.1</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2007 and $639,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.2"></a><var>134.2</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2008 and $639,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.3"></a><var>134.3</var>    School districts operating existing adults with disabilities programs that are not fully <br/>
<a id="pl.134.4"></a><var>134.4</var>funded shall receive full funding for the program beginning in fiscal year 2008 before the <br/>
<a id="pl.134.5"></a><var>134.5</var>commissioner awards grants to other districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.6"></a><var>134.6</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Hearing-impaired adults.</b> For programs for hearing-impaired adults <br/>
<a id="pl.134.7"></a><var>134.7</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.8"></a><var>134.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">70,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.9"></a><var>134.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">70,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.134.10"></a><var>134.10</var>    Subd. 11. <b>School-age care revenue.</b> For extended day aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.134.11"></a><var>134.11</var>Statutes, section 124D.22:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.12"></a><var>134.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.13"></a><var>134.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.134.14"></a><var>134.14</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $0 for 2007 and $1,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.15"></a><var>134.15</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $0 for 2008 and $1,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.16"></a><var>134.16</var>    Subd. 12. <b>After-school community learning grants.</b> For after-school community <br/>
<a id="pl.134.17"></a><var>134.17</var>learning grants:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.18"></a><var>134.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,775,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.19"></a><var>134.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,600,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.134.20"></a><var>134.20</var>    The commissioner may hire one full-time equivalent staff person to administer the <br/>
<a id="pl.134.21"></a><var>134.21</var>statewide after-school community learning grant program.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.22"></a><var>134.22</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.23"></a><var>134.23</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.134.24"></a><var>134.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.25"></a><var>134.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 40,347,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.26"></a><var>134.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 41,745,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.134.27"></a><var>134.27</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $3,759,000 for 2007 and $36,588,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.28"></a><var>134.28</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $4,065,000 for 2008 and $37,680,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.134.29"></a><var>134.29</var>    Subd. 14. <b>GED test fees.</b> For GED test fees under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.134.30"></a><var>134.30</var>124D.55:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.31"></a><var>134.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 125,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.134.32"></a><var>134.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 125,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.134.33"></a><var>134.33</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.135.1"></a><var>135.1</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Adult literacy grants for recent immigrants.</b> For adult literacy grants <br/>
<a id="pl.135.2"></a><var>135.2</var>for recent immigrants to Minnesota under Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 2, section 26:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.135.3"></a><var>135.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.9.18.0"></a><a id="pl.135.4"></a><var>135.4</var>    Sec. 18. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.135.5"></a><var>135.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Health.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.135.6"></a><var>135.6</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Health for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.135.7"></a><var>135.7</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.135.8"></a><var>135.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Lead hazard reduction.</b> For lead hazard reduction under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.135.9"></a><var>135.9</var>Statutes, section 144.9512:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.135.10"></a><var>135.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.135.11"></a><var>135.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.9.19.0"></a><a id="pl.135.12"></a><var>135.12</var>    Sec. 19. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.135.13"></a><var>135.13</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 124D.175; and 124D.531, subdivision 5, are <br/>
<a id="pl.135.14"></a><var>135.14</var>repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.10.1.0"></a><a id="pl.135.18"></a><var>135.18</var>    Section 1. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.135.19"></a><var>135.19</var>2, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 3, section 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.135.20"></a><var>135.20</var>    Subd. 2 <b>General education aid</b>  For general education  aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.135.21"></a><var>135.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>126C.13, subdivision 4</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.135.22"></a><var>135.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"> 5,819,153,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.135.23"></a><var>135.23</var><br/>
<a id="pl.135.24"></a><var>135.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">5,472,238,000<br/>
5,453,693,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.135.25"></a><var>135.25</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $787,978,000 for 2005 and $5,031,175,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.135.26"></a><var>135.26</var>2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.135.27"></a><var>135.27</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $513,848,000 $518,218,000 for 2006 and <br/>
<a id="pl.135.28"></a><var>135.28</var>$4,958,390,000 $4,935,475,000 for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.135.29"></a><var>135.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.2.0"></a><a id="pl.136.1"></a><var>136.1</var>    Sec. 2. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 4, <br/>
<a id="pl.136.2"></a><var>136.2</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.136.3"></a><var>136.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br/>
<a id="pl.136.4"></a><var>136.4</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref>, or for transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.136.5"></a><var>136.5</var>of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.136.6"></a><var>136.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">55,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.136.7"></a><var>136.7</var><br/>
<a id="pl.136.8"></a><var>136.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">55,000<br/>
93,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.136.9"></a><var>136.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.3.0"></a><a id="pl.136.10"></a><var>136.10</var>    Sec. 3. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.136.11"></a><var>136.11</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.136.12"></a><var>136.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Abatement revenue.</b> For abatement aid under  Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.136.13"></a><var>136.13</var>127A.49
         </statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.136.14"></a><var>136.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">909,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.136.15"></a><var>136.15</var><br/>
<a id="pl.136.16"></a><var>136.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">1,026,000<br/>
765,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.136.17"></a><var>136.17</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $187,000 for 2005 and   $722,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.136.18"></a><var>136.18</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $80,000 for 2006 and   $946,000 $685,000 for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.136.19"></a><var>136.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.4.0"></a><a id="pl.136.20"></a><var>136.20</var>    Sec. 4. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 6, <br/>
<a id="pl.136.21"></a><var>136.21</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.136.22"></a><var>136.22</var>    Subd. 6.  <b>Consolidation transition.</b> For districts  consolidating under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.136.23"></a><var>136.23</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123A.485</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.136.24"></a><var>136.24</var><br/>
<a id="pl.136.25"></a><var>136.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">527,000<br/>
388,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.136.26"></a><var>136.26</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $0 for 2006 and $527,000 $388,000 for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.136.27"></a><var>136.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.5.0"></a><a id="pl.136.28"></a><var>136.28</var>    Sec. 5. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 7, <br/>
<a id="pl.136.29"></a><var>136.29</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.136.30"></a><var>136.30</var>    Subd. 7.  <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic  pupil education aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.136.31"></a><var>136.31</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.87</statute_ref>  and 
         <statute_ref>123B.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.43</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.137.1"></a><var>137.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">15,458,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.137.2"></a><var>137.2</var><br/>
<a id="pl.137.3"></a><var>137.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">15,991,000<br/>
15,972,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.137.4"></a><var>137.4</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes  $1,864,000 for 2005 and   $13,594,000 for 2006.<br/>
<a id="pl.137.5"></a><var>137.5</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $1,510,000 for 2006 and   $14,481,000 $14,462,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.137.6"></a><var>137.6</var>for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.137.7"></a><var>137.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.6.0"></a><a id="pl.137.8"></a><var>137.8</var>    Sec. 6. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.137.9"></a><var>137.9</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.137.10"></a><var>137.10</var>    Subd. 8.  <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic  pupil transportation aid <br/>
<a id="pl.137.11"></a><var>137.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section  
         <statute_ref>123B.92, subdivision 9</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.137.12"></a><var>137.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">21,371,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.137.13"></a><var>137.13</var><br/>
<a id="pl.137.14"></a><var>137.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">20,843,000<br/>
21,133,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.137.15"></a><var>137.15</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $3,274,000 for 2005 and   $18,097,000 for 2006.<br/>
<a id="pl.137.16"></a><var>137.16</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $2,010,000 for 2006 and   $18,833,000 $19,123,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.137.17"></a><var>137.17</var>for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.137.18"></a><var>137.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.7.0"></a><a id="pl.137.20"></a><var>137.20</var>    Sec. 7. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.137.21"></a><var>137.21</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.137.22"></a><var>137.22</var>    Subd. 2.  Charter school building lease aid. For building  lease aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.137.23"></a><var>137.23</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, subdivision </statute_ref>4:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.137.24"></a><var>137.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">25,331,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.137.25"></a><var>137.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.137.26"></a><var>137.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">27,806,000<br/>
27,795,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.137.27"></a><var>137.27</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes  $3,173,000 for 2005 and   $22,158,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.137.28"></a><var>137.28</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $2,462,000 for 2006 and   $25,344,000 $25,333,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.137.29"></a><var>137.29</var>for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.137.30"></a><var>137.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.8.0"></a><a id="pl.137.31"></a><var>137.31</var>    Sec. 8. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.137.32"></a><var>137.32</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.138.1"></a><var>138.1</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Charter school startup aid.</b> For charter school  startup cost aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.138.2"></a><var>138.2</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.138.3"></a><var>138.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">1,291,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.138.4"></a><var>138.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.138.5"></a><var>138.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2,347,000<br/>
2,316,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.138.6"></a><var>138.6</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $0 for 2005 and $1,291,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.138.7"></a><var>138.7</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $143,000 for 2006 and   $2,204,000 $2,173,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.138.8"></a><var>138.8</var>for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.138.9"></a><var>138.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.9.0"></a><a id="pl.138.10"></a><var>138.10</var>    Sec. 9. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 4, <br/>
<a id="pl.138.11"></a><var>138.11</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.138.12"></a><var>138.12</var>    Subd. 4.  <b>Integration aid.</b> For integration aid under  Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.138.13"></a><var>138.13</var>124D.86, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.138.14"></a><var>138.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">59,404,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.138.15"></a><var>138.15</var><br/>
<a id="pl.138.16"></a><var>138.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">58,405,000<br/>
58,075,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.138.17"></a><var>138.17</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $8,545,000 for 2005 and   $50,859,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.138.18"></a><var>138.18</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $5,650,000 for 2006 and   $52,755,000 $52,425,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.138.19"></a><var>138.19</var>for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.138.20"></a><var>138.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.10.0"></a><a id="pl.138.21"></a><var>138.21</var>    Sec. 10. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.138.22"></a><var>138.22</var>6, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.138.23"></a><var>138.23</var>    Subd. 6.  <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br/>
<a id="pl.138.24"></a><var>138.24</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.138.25"></a><var>138.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.87</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.138.26"></a><var>138.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">6,032,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.138.27"></a><var>138.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.138.28"></a><var>138.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">10,134,000<br/>
8,169,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.138.29"></a><var>138.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.11.0"></a><a id="pl.138.30"></a><var>138.30</var>    Sec. 11. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.138.31"></a><var>138.31</var>10, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.139.1"></a><var>139.1</var>    Subd. 10.  <b>Tribal contract schools.</b> For tribal contract  school aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.139.2"></a><var>139.2</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.139.3"></a><var>139.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2,338,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.139.4"></a><var>139.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.139.5"></a><var>139.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2,357,000<br/>
2,060,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.139.6"></a><var>139.6</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $348,000 for 2005 and   $1,990,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.139.7"></a><var>139.7</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $221,000 for 2006 and   $2,136,000 $1,839,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.139.8"></a><var>139.8</var>for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.139.9"></a><var>139.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.12.0"></a><a id="pl.139.11"></a><var>139.11</var>    Sec. 12. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.139.12"></a><var>139.12</var>2, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.139.13"></a><var>139.13</var>    Subd. 2.  Special education; regular. For special  education aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.139.14"></a><var>139.14</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.139.15"></a><var>139.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"> 559,485,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.139.16"></a><var>139.16</var><br/>
<a id="pl.139.17"></a><var>139.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">528,106,000<br/>
529,257,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.139.18"></a><var>139.18</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $83,078,000 for 2005 and   $476,407,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.139.19"></a><var>139.19</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $52,934,000 for 2006 and   $475,172,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.139.20"></a><var>139.20</var>$476,323,000 for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.139.21"></a><var>139.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.13.0"></a><a id="pl.139.22"></a><var>139.22</var>    Sec. 13. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.139.23"></a><var>139.23</var>3, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 13, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.139.24"></a><var>139.24</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid  under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.139.25"></a><var>139.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, for  children with disabilities placed in residential facilities  <br/>
<a id="pl.139.26"></a><var>139.26</var>within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence  can be determined:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.139.27"></a><var>139.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">1,527,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.139.28"></a><var>139.28</var><br/>
<a id="pl.139.29"></a><var>139.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">1,624,000<br/>
1,410,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.139.30"></a><var>139.30</var>    If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the  appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.139.31"></a><var>139.31</var>year is available.  <br/>
<a id="pl.139.32"></a><var>139.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.14.0"></a><a id="pl.140.1"></a><var>140.1</var>    Sec. 14. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.140.2"></a><var>140.2</var>4, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.140.3"></a><var>140.3</var>    Subd. 4.  <b>Travel for home-based services.</b> For aid for  teacher travel for home-based <br/>
<a id="pl.140.4"></a><var>140.4</var>services under Minnesota Statutes,  section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75, subdivision 1</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.140.5"></a><var>140.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">198,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.140.6"></a><var>140.6</var><br/>
<a id="pl.140.7"></a><var>140.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">195,000<br/>
224,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.140.8"></a><var>140.8</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $28,000 for 2005 and   $170,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.140.9"></a><var>140.9</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $18,000 for 2006 and   $177,000 $206,000 for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.140.10"></a><var>140.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.15.0"></a><a id="pl.140.11"></a><var>140.11</var>    Sec. 15. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.140.12"></a><var>140.12</var>6, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 16, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.140.13"></a><var>140.13</var>    Subd. 6. Transition for disabled students. For aid for  transition programs for children <br/>
<a id="pl.140.14"></a><var>140.14</var>with disabilities under  Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.454</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.140.15"></a><var>140.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">9,300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.140.16"></a><var>140.16</var><br/>
<a id="pl.140.17"></a><var>140.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">8,781,000<br/>
8,800,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.140.18"></a><var>140.18</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $1,380,000 for 2005 and   $7,920,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.140.19"></a><var>140.19</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $880,000 for 2006 and   $7,901,000 $7,920,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.140.20"></a><var>140.20</var>for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.140.21"></a><var>140.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.16.0"></a><a id="pl.140.23"></a><var>140.23</var>    Sec. 16. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.140.24"></a><var>140.24</var>2, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 18, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.140.25"></a><var>140.25</var>    Subd. 2.  <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> For health and  safety aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.140.26"></a><var>140.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>,  subdivision 5:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.140.27"></a><var>140.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">823,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.140.28"></a><var>140.28</var><br/>
<a id="pl.140.29"></a><var>140.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">352,000<br/>
249,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.140.30"></a><var>140.30</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $211,000 for 2005 and   $612,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.140.31"></a><var>140.31</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $68,000 for 2006 and   $284,000 $181,000 for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.140.32"></a><var>140.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.17.0"></a><a id="pl.141.1"></a><var>141.1</var>    Sec. 17. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.141.2"></a><var>141.2</var>3, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 5, section 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.141.3"></a><var>141.3</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Debt service equalization.</b> For debt service aid  according to Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.141.4"></a><var>141.4</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 6</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.141.5"></a><var>141.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">27,206,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.141.6"></a><var>141.6</var><br/>
<a id="pl.141.7"></a><var>141.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">18,410,000<br/>
18,395,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.141.8"></a><var>141.8</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $4,654,000 for 2005 and   $22,552,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.141.9"></a><var>141.9</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $2,504,000 for 2006 and   $15,906,000 $15,891,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.141.10"></a><var>141.10</var>for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.141.11"></a><var>141.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.18.0"></a><a id="pl.141.13"></a><var>141.13</var>    Sec. 18. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 17, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.141.14"></a><var>141.14</var>3, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 20, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.141.15"></a><var>141.15</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Traditional school breakfast; kindergarten  milk.</b> For traditional school <br/>
<a id="pl.141.16"></a><var>141.16</var>breakfast aid and kindergarten  milk under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.1158</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.141.17"></a><var>141.17</var>124D.118
         </statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.141.18"></a><var>141.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">4,856,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.141.19"></a><var>141.19</var><br/>
<a id="pl.141.20"></a><var>141.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">5,044,000<br/>
5,175,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.141.21"></a><var>141.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.19.0"></a><a id="pl.141.23"></a><var>141.23</var>    Sec. 19. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.141.24"></a><var>141.24</var>2, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.141.25"></a><var>141.25</var>    Subd. 2.  <b>School readiness.</b> For revenue for school  readiness programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.141.26"></a><var>141.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.15</statute_ref>  and 
         <statute_ref>124D.16</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.141.27"></a><var>141.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">9,528,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.141.28"></a><var>141.28</var><br/>
<a id="pl.141.29"></a><var>141.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">9,020,000<br/>
9,087,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.141.30"></a><var>141.30</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes  $1,415,000 for 2005 and   $8,113,000 for 2006.<br/>
<a id="pl.141.31"></a><var>141.31</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $901,000 for 2006 and   $8,119,000 $8,186,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.141.32"></a><var>141.32</var>for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.141.33"></a><var>141.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.20.0"></a><a id="pl.142.1"></a><var>142.1</var>    Sec. 20. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.142.2"></a><var>142.2</var>3, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 2, section 24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.142.3"></a><var>142.3</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early  childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.142.4"></a><var>142.4</var>education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section  
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.142.5"></a><var>142.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">15,105,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.142.6"></a><var>142.6</var><br/>
<a id="pl.142.7"></a><var>142.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">17,792,000<br/>
17,639,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.142.8"></a><var>142.8</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $1,859,000 for 2005 and $13,246,000 for 2006.<br/>
<a id="pl.142.9"></a><var>142.9</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $1,471,000 for 2006 and $16,321,000 $16,168,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.142.10"></a><var>142.10</var>for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.142.11"></a><var>142.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.21.0"></a><a id="pl.142.12"></a><var>142.12</var>    Sec. 21. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.142.13"></a><var>142.13</var>4, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 2, section 25, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.142.14"></a><var>142.14</var>    Subd. 4.  <b>Health and developmental screening aid.</b> For  health and developmental <br/>
<a id="pl.142.15"></a><var>142.15</var>screening aid under Minnesota Statutes,  sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.17</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.142.16"></a><var>142.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.142.17"></a><var>142.17</var><br/>
<a id="pl.142.18"></a><var>142.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2,997,000<br/>
2,880,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.142.19"></a><var>142.19</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $417,000 for 2005 and  $2,583,000 for 2006 <br/>
<a id="pl.142.20"></a><var>142.20</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $287,000 for 2006 and $2,710,000 $2,593,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.142.21"></a><var>142.21</var>for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.142.22"></a><var>142.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.22.0"></a><a id="pl.142.23"></a><var>142.23</var>    Sec. 22. Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 2, section 28, subdivision 4, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.142.24"></a><var>142.24</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.142.25"></a><var>142.25</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Early childhood Part C.</b> For the expansion of early childhood Part C <br/>
<a id="pl.142.26"></a><var>142.26</var>services:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.142.27"></a><var>142.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">400,000-0- <br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.142.28"></a><var>142.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.23.0"></a><a id="pl.142.30"></a><var>142.30</var>    Sec. 23. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.142.31"></a><var>142.31</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 25, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.143.1"></a><var>143.1</var>    Subd. 2.  Community education aid. For community  education aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.143.2"></a><var>143.2</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.143.3"></a><var>143.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2,043,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.143.4"></a><var>143.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.143.5"></a><var>143.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">1,949,000<br/>
1,942,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.143.6"></a><var>143.6</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes  $385,000 for 2005 and   $1,658,000 for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.143.7"></a><var>143.7</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $184,000 for 2006 and   $1,765,000 $1,758,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.143.8"></a><var>143.8</var>for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.143.9"></a><var>143.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.10.24.0"></a><a id="pl.143.10"></a><var>143.10</var>    Sec. 24. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, subdivision 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.143.11"></a><var>143.11</var>as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 7, section 27, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.143.12"></a><var>143.12</var>    Subd. 5.  <b>School-age care revenue.</b> For extended day aid  under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.143.13"></a><var>143.13</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.22</statute_ref>:  <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.143.14"></a><var>143.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">17,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.143.15"></a><var>143.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">4,0006,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.143.16"></a><var>143.16</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $4,000 for 2005 and $13,000  for 2006.  <br/>
<a id="pl.143.17"></a><var>143.17</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes  $1,000 for 2006 and  $3,000 $5,000 for 2007.  <br/>
<a id="pl.143.18"></a><var>143.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>

<a id="bill.10.25.0"></a><a id="pl.143.20"></a><var>143.20</var>    Sec. 25. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 9, section 4, subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.143.21"></a><var>143.21</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.143.22"></a><var>143.22</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.143.23"></a><var>143.23</var>Statutes:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.143.24"></a><var>143.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">36,518,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2006<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.143.25"></a><var>143.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.143.26"></a><var>143.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">36,540,000<br/>
37,486,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.143.27"></a><var>143.27</var>    The 2006 appropriation includes $5,707,000 for 2005 and $30,811,000 for 2006.<br/>
<a id="pl.143.28"></a><var>143.28</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $5,737,000 $3,654,000 for 2006 and $30,803,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.143.29"></a><var>143.29</var>$33,832,000 for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.143.30"></a><var>143.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.11.1.0"></a><a id="pl.144.3"></a><var>144.3</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.628, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.144.4"></a><var>144.4</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.144.5"></a><var>144.5</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Revenue.</b> A school district that is selected to participate in the schools <br/>
<a id="pl.144.6"></a><var>144.6</var>mentoring schools program under this section may utilize its professional compensation <br/>
<a id="pl.144.7"></a><var>144.7</var>revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.4142 122A.414, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, to pay regional training sites <br/>
<a id="pl.144.8"></a><var>144.8</var>for staff development and training services.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.2.0"></a><a id="pl.144.9"></a><var>144.9</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.73, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.144.10"></a><var>144.10</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Taxable property.</b> As of the effective date of a consolidation of districts or <br/>
<a id="pl.144.11"></a><var>144.11</var>the dissolution of a district and its attachment to one or more existing districts pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.144.12"></a><var>144.12</var>to chapter 123A, and subject to the conditions of section 
<statute_ref>126C.42, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, all <br/>
<a id="pl.144.13"></a><var>144.13</var>the taxable property which is in the newly created or enlarged district and which was <br/>
<a id="pl.144.14"></a><var>144.14</var>previously taxable for the payment of any statutory operating debt theretofore incurred by <br/>
<a id="pl.144.15"></a><var>144.15</var>any preexisting district of which the taxable property was a part prior to the consolidation <br/>
<a id="pl.144.16"></a><var>144.16</var>or dissolution and attachment shall remain taxable for the payment of that debt and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.144.17"></a><var>144.17</var>not become taxable for the payment of any statutory operating debt theretofore incurred <br/>
<a id="pl.144.18"></a><var>144.18</var>by any preexisting district of which the taxable property was not a part prior to the <br/>
<a id="pl.144.19"></a><var>144.19</var>consolidation or dissolution and attachment. The amount of statutory operating debt <br/>
<a id="pl.144.20"></a><var>144.20</var>attributable to that taxable property and to the newly created or enlarged district in which <br/>
<a id="pl.144.21"></a><var>144.21</var>it is located, and the amount of a preexisting district's reserved fund balance reserve <br/>
<a id="pl.144.22"></a><var>144.22</var>account for purposes of statutory operating debt reduction attributable to the newly created <br/>
<a id="pl.144.23"></a><var>144.23</var>or enlarged district, shall be apportioned according to the proportion which the adjusted <br/>
<a id="pl.144.24"></a><var>144.24</var>net tax capacity of that part of the preexisting district bears to the total adjusted net tax <br/>
<a id="pl.144.25"></a><var>144.25</var>capacity of the entire preexisting district at the time of the consolidation or dissolution <br/>
<a id="pl.144.26"></a><var>144.26</var>and attachment. This apportionment shall be made by the county auditor and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.144.27"></a><var>144.27</var>be incorporated as an annex to the order of the commissioner dividing the assets and <br/>
<a id="pl.144.28"></a><var>144.28</var>liabilities of the component districts. As used in this section, "statutory operating debt" <br/>
<a id="pl.144.29"></a><var>144.29</var>shall have the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.81</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.3.0"></a><a id="pl.144.30"></a><var>144.30</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.79, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.144.31"></a><var>144.31</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Account transfer for statutory operating debt.</b> On June 30 of each year, <br/>
<a id="pl.144.32"></a><var>144.32</var>a district may make a permanent transfer from the general fund account entitled "net <br/>
<a id="pl.144.33"></a><var>144.33</var>unreserved general fund balance since statutory operating debt" to the account entitled <br/>
<a id="pl.145.1"></a><var>145.1</var>"reserved fund balance reserve account for purposes of statutory operating debt reduction." <br/>
<a id="pl.145.2"></a><var>145.2</var>The amount of the transfer is limited to the lesser of (a) the net unreserved general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.145.3"></a><var>145.3</var>balance, or (b) the sum of the remaining statutory operating debt levies authorized for all <br/>
<a id="pl.145.4"></a><var>145.4</var>future years according to section 
<statute_ref>126C.42, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. If the net unreserved general <br/>
<a id="pl.145.5"></a><var>145.5</var>fund balance is less than zero, the district may not make a transfer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.4.0"></a><a id="pl.145.6"></a><var>145.6</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.81, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.145.7"></a><var>145.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Statutory operating debt.</b> If the amount of the operating debt is more <br/>
<a id="pl.145.8"></a><var>145.8</var>than 2-1/2 percent of the most recent fiscal year's expenditure amount for the funds <br/>
<a id="pl.145.9"></a><var>145.9</var>considered under subdivision 1, the net negative undesignated fund balance is defined as <br/>
<a id="pl.145.10"></a><var>145.10</var>"statutory operating debt" for the purposes of this section and sections
<statute_ref>section 123B.83</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.145.11"></a><var>145.11</var>and 
<statute_ref>126C.42, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.5.0"></a><a id="pl.145.12"></a><var>145.12</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.81, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.145.13"></a><var>145.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Debt elimination.</b> If an audit or other verification procedure conducted <br/>
<a id="pl.145.14"></a><var>145.14</var>pursuant to subdivision 3 determines that a statutory operating debt exists, a district must <br/>
<a id="pl.145.15"></a><var>145.15</var>follow the procedures set forth in this section 
         <statute_ref>126C.42, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, to eliminate this <br/>
<a id="pl.145.16"></a><var>145.16</var>statutory operating debt. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.6.0"></a><a id="pl.145.17"></a><var>145.17</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.81, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.145.18"></a><var>145.18</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Applicability.</b> This section and the provisions of section 
<statute_ref>126C.42, <br/>
<a id="pl.145.19"></a><var>145.19</var>subdivision 1
</statute_ref>, are is applicable only to common, independent, and special school districts <br/>
<a id="pl.145.20"></a><var>145.20</var>and districts formed pursuant to Laws 1967, chapter 822, as amended, and Laws 1969, <br/>
<a id="pl.145.21"></a><var>145.21</var>chapters 775 and 1060, as amended. This section and the provisions of section 
<statute_ref>126C.42, <br/>
<a id="pl.145.22"></a><var>145.22</var>subdivision 1
</statute_ref>, do does not apply to Independent School District No. 625. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.7.0"></a><a id="pl.145.23"></a><var>145.23</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.145.24"></a><var>145.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Net unreserved general fund balances.</b> A school district must limit its <br/>
<a id="pl.145.25"></a><var>145.25</var>expenditures so that its net unreserved general fund balance does not constitute statutory <br/>
<a id="pl.145.26"></a><var>145.26</var>operating debt as defined in section 
<statute_ref>126C.42</statute_ref> under section 123B.81.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.8.0"></a><a id="pl.145.27"></a><var>145.27</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.34, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.145.28"></a><var>145.28</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Foundation staff.</b> The commissioner of education shall appoint the <br/>
<a id="pl.145.29"></a><var>145.29</var>executive director of the foundation from three candidates nominated and submitted by the <br/>
<a id="pl.145.30"></a><var>145.30</var>foundation board of directors and, as necessary, other staff who shall perform duties and <br/>
<a id="pl.145.31"></a><var>145.31</var>have responsibilities solely related to the foundation. The employees appointed are not <br/>
<a id="pl.146.1"></a><var>146.1</var>state employees under chapter 43A, but are covered under section 
         <statute_ref>3.736</statute_ref>. The employees <br/>
<a id="pl.146.2"></a><var>146.2</var>may participate in the state health and state insurance plans for employees in unclassified <br/>
<a id="pl.146.3"></a><var>146.3</var>service. The employees shall be supervised by the executive director. <br/>
<a id="pl.146.4"></a><var>146.4</var>    The commissioner shall appoint from the Office of Lifework Development a liaison <br/>
<a id="pl.146.5"></a><var>146.5</var>to the foundation board from the division in the department responsible for career and <br/>
<a id="pl.146.6"></a><var>146.6</var>technical education.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.9.0"></a><a id="pl.146.7"></a><var>146.7</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.65, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.146.8"></a><var>146.8</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Allocations from cooperative units.</b> For the purposes of this section <br/>
<a id="pl.146.9"></a><var>146.9</var>and section 
<statute_ref>125A.77</statute_ref>, pupils of limited English proficiency enrolled in a cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.146.10"></a><var>146.10</var>or intermediate school district unit shall be counted by the school district of residence, <br/>
<a id="pl.146.11"></a><var>146.11</var>and the cooperative unit shall allocate its approved expenditures for limited English <br/>
<a id="pl.146.12"></a><var>146.12</var>proficiency programs among participating school districts. Limited English proficiency <br/>
<a id="pl.146.13"></a><var>146.13</var>aid for services provided by a cooperative or intermediate school district shall be paid to <br/>
<a id="pl.146.14"></a><var>146.14</var>the participating school districts. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.10.0"></a><a id="pl.146.15"></a><var>146.15</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.39, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.146.16"></a><var>146.16</var><b>125A.39 LOCAL INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.146.17"></a><var>146.17</var>    School boards and the county board may enter into agreements to cooperatively <br/>
<a id="pl.146.18"></a><var>146.18</var>serve and provide funding for children with disabilities, under age five, and their families <br/>
<a id="pl.146.19"></a><var>146.19</var>within a specified geographic area.<br/>
<a id="pl.146.20"></a><var>146.20</var>    The local interagency agreement must address, at a minimum, the following issues:<br/>
<a id="pl.146.21"></a><var>146.21</var>    (1) responsibilities of local agencies on local interagency early intervention <br/>
<a id="pl.146.22"></a><var>146.22</var>committees (IEIC's), consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>125A.38</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.146.23"></a><var>146.23</var>    (2) assignment of financial responsibility for early intervention services;<br/>
<a id="pl.146.24"></a><var>146.24</var>    (3) methods to resolve intraagency and interagency disputes;<br/>
<a id="pl.146.25"></a><var>146.25</var>    (4) identification of current resources and recommendations about the allocation of <br/>
<a id="pl.146.26"></a><var>146.26</var>additional state and federal early intervention funds under the auspices of United States <br/>
<a id="pl.146.27"></a><var>146.27</var>Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C, Public Law 102-119 108-446) and United <br/>
<a id="pl.146.28"></a><var>146.28</var>States Code, title 20, section 631, et seq. (Chapter I, Public Law 89-313);<br/>
<a id="pl.146.29"></a><var>146.29</var>    (5) data collection; and<br/>
<a id="pl.146.30"></a><var>146.30</var>    (6) other components of the local early intervention system consistent with Public <br/>
<a id="pl.146.31"></a><var>146.31</var>Law 102-119.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.11.0"></a><a id="pl.146.32"></a><var>146.32</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.42, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.146.33"></a><var>146.33</var><b>125A.42 PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS; PARENT AND CHILD RIGHTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.147.1"></a><var>147.1</var>    (a) This section applies to local school and county boards for children from birth <br/>
<a id="pl.147.2"></a><var>147.2</var>through age two who are eligible for Part H C, Public Law 102-119 108-446, and their <br/>
<a id="pl.147.3"></a><var>147.3</var>families. This section must be consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education <br/>
<a id="pl.147.4"></a><var>147.4</var>Act, United States Code, title 20, sections 1471 to 1485 (Part H C, Public Law 102-119 <br/>
<a id="pl.147.5"></a><var>147.5</var>108-446), regulations adopted under United States Code, title 20, sections 1471 to 1485, <br/>
<a id="pl.147.6"></a><var>147.6</var>and sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.259</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.147.7"></a><var>147.7</var>    (b) A parent has the right to:<br/>
<a id="pl.147.8"></a><var>147.8</var>    (1) inspect and review early intervention records;<br/>
<a id="pl.147.9"></a><var>147.9</var>    (2) prior written notice of a proposed action in the parents' native language unless it <br/>
<a id="pl.147.10"></a><var>147.10</var>is clearly not feasible to do so;<br/>
<a id="pl.147.11"></a><var>147.11</var>    (3) give consent to any proposed action;<br/>
<a id="pl.147.12"></a><var>147.12</var>    (4) selectively accept or decline any early intervention service; and<br/>
<a id="pl.147.13"></a><var>147.13</var>    (5) resolve issues regarding the identification, evaluation, or placement of the child, <br/>
<a id="pl.147.14"></a><var>147.14</var>or the provision of appropriate early intervention services to the child and the child's <br/>
<a id="pl.147.15"></a><var>147.15</var>family through an impartial due process hearing pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.46</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.147.16"></a><var>147.16</var>    (c) The eligible child has the right to have a surrogate parent appointed by a school <br/>
<a id="pl.147.17"></a><var>147.17</var>district as required by section 
         <statute_ref>125A.07</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.12.0"></a><a id="pl.147.18"></a><var>147.18</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.44, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.147.19"></a><var>147.19</var><b>125A.44 COMPLAINT PROCEDURE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.147.20"></a><var>147.20</var>    (a) An individual or organization may file a written signed complaint with the <br/>
<a id="pl.147.21"></a><var>147.21</var>commissioner of the state lead agency alleging that one or more requirements of the Code <br/>
<a id="pl.147.22"></a><var>147.22</var>of Federal Regulations, title 34, part 303, is not being met. The complaint must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.147.23"></a><var>147.23</var>    (1) a statement that the state has violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education <br/>
<a id="pl.147.24"></a><var>147.24</var>Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C, Public Law 102-119 <br/>
<a id="pl.147.25"></a><var>147.25</var>108-446) or Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 303; and<br/>
<a id="pl.147.26"></a><var>147.26</var>    (2) the facts on which the complaint is based.<br/>
<a id="pl.147.27"></a><var>147.27</var>    (b) The commissioner of the state lead agency shall receive and coordinate with <br/>
<a id="pl.147.28"></a><var>147.28</var>other state agencies the review and resolution of a complaint within 60 calendar days <br/>
<a id="pl.147.29"></a><var>147.29</var>according to the state interagency agreement required under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.147.30"></a><var>147.30</var>development and disposition of corrective action orders for nonschool agencies shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.147.31"></a><var>147.31</var>determined by the State Agency Committee (SAC). Failure to comply with corrective <br/>
<a id="pl.147.32"></a><var>147.32</var>orders may result in fiscal actions or other measures. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.13.0"></a><a id="pl.147.33"></a><var>147.33</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.45, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.147.34"></a><var>147.34</var><b>125A.45 INTERAGENCY DISPUTE PROCEDURE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.148.1"></a><var>148.1</var>    (a) A dispute between a school board and a county board that is responsible for <br/>
<a id="pl.148.2"></a><var>148.2</var>implementing the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>125A.29</statute_ref> regarding early identification, child and <br/>
<a id="pl.148.3"></a><var>148.3</var>family assessment, service coordination, and IFSP development and implementation must <br/>
<a id="pl.148.4"></a><var>148.4</var>be resolved according to this subdivision when the dispute involves services provided <br/>
<a id="pl.148.5"></a><var>148.5</var>to children and families eligible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, <br/>
<a id="pl.148.6"></a><var>148.6</var>United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C, Public Law 102-119 108-446). <br/>
<a id="pl.148.7"></a><var>148.7</var>    (b) A dispute occurs when the school board and county board are unable to agree as <br/>
<a id="pl.148.8"></a><var>148.8</var>to who is responsible to coordinate, provide, pay for, or facilitate payment for services <br/>
<a id="pl.148.9"></a><var>148.9</var>from public and private sources.<br/>
<a id="pl.148.10"></a><var>148.10</var>    (c) Written and signed disputes must be filed with the local primary agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.148.11"></a><var>148.11</var>    (d) The local primary agency must attempt to resolve the matter with the involved <br/>
<a id="pl.148.12"></a><var>148.12</var>school board and county board and may request mediation from the commissioner of the <br/>
<a id="pl.148.13"></a><var>148.13</var>state lead agency for this purpose.<br/>
<a id="pl.148.14"></a><var>148.14</var>    (e) When interagency disputes have not been resolved within 30 calendar days, the <br/>
<a id="pl.148.15"></a><var>148.15</var>local primary agency must request the commissioner of the state lead agency to review <br/>
<a id="pl.148.16"></a><var>148.16</var>the matter with the commissioners of health and human services and make a decision. <br/>
<a id="pl.148.17"></a><var>148.17</var>The commissioner must provide a consistent process for reviewing those procedures. The <br/>
<a id="pl.148.18"></a><var>148.18</var>commissioners' decision is binding subject to the right of an aggrieved party to appeal to <br/>
<a id="pl.148.19"></a><var>148.19</var>the state Court of Appeals.<br/>
<a id="pl.148.20"></a><var>148.20</var>    (f) The local primary agency must ensure that eligible children and their families <br/>
<a id="pl.148.21"></a><var>148.21</var>receive early intervention services during resolution of a dispute. While a local dispute is <br/>
<a id="pl.148.22"></a><var>148.22</var>pending, the local primary agency must either assign financial responsibility to an agency <br/>
<a id="pl.148.23"></a><var>148.23</var>or pay for the service from the early intervention account under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.35</statute_ref>. If in <br/>
<a id="pl.148.24"></a><var>148.24</var>resolving the dispute, it is determined that the assignment of financial responsibility was <br/>
<a id="pl.148.25"></a><var>148.25</var>inappropriate, the responsibility for payment must be reassigned to the appropriate agency <br/>
<a id="pl.148.26"></a><var>148.26</var>and the responsible agency must make arrangements for reimbursing any expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.148.27"></a><var>148.27</var>incurred by the agency originally assigned financial responsibility. <br/>
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<a id="bill.11.14.0"></a><a id="pl.148.28"></a><var>148.28</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125B.15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.148.29"></a><var>148.29</var><b>125B.15 INTERNET ACCESS FOR STUDENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.148.30"></a><var>148.30</var>    (a) Recognizing the difference between school libraries, school computer labs, and <br/>
<a id="pl.148.31"></a><var>148.31</var>school media centers, which serve unique educational purposes, and public libraries, <br/>
<a id="pl.148.32"></a><var>148.32</var>which are designed for public inquiry, all computers at a school site with access to the <br/>
<a id="pl.148.33"></a><var>148.33</var>Internet available for student use must be equipped to restrict, including by use of <br/>
<a id="pl.148.34"></a><var>148.34</var>available software filtering technology or other effective methods, all student access <br/>
<a id="pl.149.1"></a><var>149.1</var>to material that is reasonably believed to be obscene or child pornography or material <br/>
<a id="pl.149.2"></a><var>149.2</var>harmful to minors under federal or state law.<br/>
<a id="pl.149.3"></a><var>149.3</var>    (b) A school site is not required to purchase filtering technology if the school site <br/>
<a id="pl.149.4"></a><var>149.4</var>would incur more than incidental expense in making the purchase.<br/>
<a id="pl.149.5"></a><var>149.5</var>    (c) A school district receiving technology revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>125B.25 125B.26</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.149.6"></a><var>149.6</var>must prohibit, including through use of available software filtering technology or other <br/>
<a id="pl.149.7"></a><var>149.7</var>effective methods, adult access to material that under federal or state law is reasonably <br/>
<a id="pl.149.8"></a><var>149.8</var>believed to be obscene or child pornography. <br/>
<a id="pl.149.9"></a><var>149.9</var>    (d) A school district, its agents or employees, are immune from liability for failure <br/>
<a id="pl.149.10"></a><var>149.10</var>to comply with this section if they have made a good faith effort to comply with the <br/>
<a id="pl.149.11"></a><var>149.11</var>requirements of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.149.12"></a><var>149.12</var>    (e) "School site" means an education site as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.04, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.149.13"></a><var>149.13</var>1
         </statute_ref>, or charter school under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.10</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.11.15.0"></a><a id="pl.149.14"></a><var>149.14</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.01, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.149.15"></a><var>149.15</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Training and experience index.</b> "Training and experience index" <br/>
<a id="pl.149.16"></a><var>149.16</var>means a measure of a district's teacher training and experience relative to the education <br/>
<a id="pl.149.17"></a><var>149.17</var>and experience of teachers in the state. The measure must be determined pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.149.18"></a><var>149.18</var>Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
         <statute_ref>126C.11</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.16.0"></a><a id="pl.149.19"></a><var>149.19</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.149.20"></a><var>149.20</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Pupil unit.</b> Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the <br/>
<a id="pl.149.21"></a><var>149.21</var>age of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>120A.20</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.149.22"></a><var>149.22</var>(c), in average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district <br/>
<a id="pl.149.23"></a><var>149.23</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.06</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.07</statute_ref>,
<statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.149.24"></a><var>149.24</var>in a charter school under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.10</statute_ref>; or for whom the resident district pays tuition <br/>
<a id="pl.149.25"></a><var>149.25</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.18</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.22</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.30</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.44</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.488</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, <br/>
<a id="pl.149.26"></a><var>149.26</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.04</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.05</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>, shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.149.27"></a><var>149.27</var>counted according to this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.149.28"></a><var>149.28</var>    (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved <br/>
<a id="pl.149.29"></a><var>149.29</var>by the commissioner and has an individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the <br/>
<a id="pl.149.30"></a><var>149.30</var>number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref> with a minimum <br/>
<a id="pl.149.31"></a><var>149.31</var>average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref> pupil units. <br/>
<a id="pl.149.32"></a><var>149.32</var>    (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is <br/>
<a id="pl.149.33"></a><var>149.33</var>counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.150.1"></a><var>150.1</var>    (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved <br/>
<a id="pl.150.2"></a><var>150.2</var>by the commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and <br/>
<a id="pl.150.3"></a><var>150.3</var>education services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual education program <br/>
<a id="pl.150.4"></a><var>150.4</var>plan to 875, but not more than one.<br/>
<a id="pl.150.5"></a><var>150.5</var>    (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as .557 of a <br/>
<a id="pl.150.6"></a><var>150.6</var>pupil unit for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.<br/>
<a id="pl.150.7"></a><var>150.7</var>    (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 3 is counted as 
         <statute_ref>1.115</statute_ref> pupil units for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.150.8"></a><var>150.8</var>year 2000 and thereafter. <br/>
<a id="pl.150.9"></a><var>150.9</var>    (f) A pupil who is any of grades 4 to 6 is counted as 
         <statute_ref>1.06</statute_ref> pupil units for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.150.10"></a><var>150.10</var>year 1995 and thereafter. <br/>
<a id="pl.150.11"></a><var>150.11</var>    (g) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 
         <statute_ref>1.3</statute_ref> pupil units.<br/>
<a id="pl.150.12"></a><var>150.12</var>    (h) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted <br/>
<a id="pl.150.13"></a><var>150.13</var>as 
         <statute_ref>1.3</statute_ref> pupil units.<br/>
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<a id="bill.11.17.0"></a><a id="pl.150.14"></a><var>150.14</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.48, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.150.15"></a><var>150.15</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Reporting.</b> For each tax settlement, the county auditor shall report <br/>
<a id="pl.150.16"></a><var>150.16</var>to each school district by fund, the district tax settlement revenue defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.150.17"></a><var>150.17</var>123B.75, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a), and the amount levied pursuant to section 
<statute_ref>126C.42, <br/>
<a id="pl.150.18"></a><var>150.18</var>subdivision 1
</statute_ref>, on the form specified in section 
         <statute_ref>276.10</statute_ref>. The county auditor shall send to <br/>
<a id="pl.150.19"></a><var>150.19</var>the district a copy of the spread levy report specified in section 
         <statute_ref>275.124</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.18.0"></a><a id="pl.150.20"></a><var>150.20</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 134.355, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.150.21"></a><var>150.21</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Telecommunications aid.</b> An application for regional library <br/>
<a id="pl.150.22"></a><var>150.22</var>telecommunications aid must, at a minimum, contain information to document the <br/>
<a id="pl.150.23"></a><var>150.23</var>following:<br/>
<a id="pl.150.24"></a><var>150.24</var>    (1) the connections are adequate and employ an open network architecture that <br/>
<a id="pl.150.25"></a><var>150.25</var>will ensure interconnectivity and interoperability with school districts, postsecondary <br/>
<a id="pl.150.26"></a><var>150.26</var>education, or other governmental agencies;<br/>
<a id="pl.150.27"></a><var>150.27</var>    (2) that the connection is established through the most cost-effective means and that <br/>
<a id="pl.150.28"></a><var>150.28</var>the regional library has explored and coordinated connections through school districts, <br/>
<a id="pl.150.29"></a><var>150.29</var>postsecondary education, or other governmental agencies;<br/>
<a id="pl.150.30"></a><var>150.30</var>    (3) that the regional library system has filed an e-rate application; and<br/>
<a id="pl.150.31"></a><var>150.31</var>    (4) other information, as determined by the commissioner of children, families, and <br/>
<a id="pl.150.32"></a><var>150.32</var>learning education, to ensure that connections are coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective, <br/>
<a id="pl.150.33"></a><var>150.33</var>take advantage of discounts, and meet applicable state standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.151.1"></a><var>151.1</var>    The library system may include costs associated with cooperative arrangements with <br/>
<a id="pl.151.2"></a><var>151.2</var>postsecondary institutions, school districts, and other governmental agencies.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.11.19.0"></a><a id="pl.151.3"></a><var>151.3</var>    Sec. 19. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.151.4"></a><var>151.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 123A.22, subdivision 11; and 123B.81, <br/>
<a id="pl.151.5"></a><var>151.5</var>subdivision 8, are repealed.<br/>