1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to education finance; providing funding for prekindergarten through
1.3grade 12 education; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120B.131, subdivision 2; 120B.31, as
1.5amended; 120B.35, as amended; 120B.36, as amended; 120B.362; 122A.21;
1.6123B.02, subdivision 21; 123B.59, subdivision 1; 123B.62; 124D.04,
1.7subdivisions 3, 6, 8, 9; 124D.05, by adding a subdivision; 124D.10, subdivision
1.820; 124D.55; 125A.65, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, by adding a
1.9subdivision; 126C.10, subdivision 31, by adding a subdivision; 126C.17,
1.10subdivision 9; 126C.21, subdivision 1; 126C.51; 126C.52, subdivision 2, by
1.11adding a subdivision; 126C.53; 126C.55; 127A.45, subdivision 16; Minnesota
1.12Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 120B.30; 123B.143, subdivision 1;
1.13124D.531, subdivision 1; 126C.21, subdivision 3; 126C.44; Laws 2007, chapter
1.14146, article 1, section 24, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; article 2, section
1.1546, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 13; article 3, sections 23, subdivision 2; 24,
1.16subdivisions 3, 4, 9; article 4, section 16, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 8; article 5, section
1.1713, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; article 7, section 4; article 9, section 17, subdivisions
1.182, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13; Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section
1.1911, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.20chapters 120B; 124D; 127A; 145; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
1.21121A.67; 125A.16; 125A.19; 125A.20; 125A.57; Laws 2006, chapter 263,
1.22article 3, section 16; Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section
1.2311, subdivisions 3, 4.
1.24BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.25
ARTICLE 1
1.26
K-12 EDUCATION
1.27 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.131, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.28read:
1.29 Subd. 2.
Reimbursement for examination fees. The state may reimburse
1.30college-level examination program (CLEP) fees for a Minnesota public or nonpublic high
1.31school student who has successfully completed one or more college-level courses in high
2.1school in the subject matter of each examination in the following subjects: composition
2.2and literature, mathematics and science, social sciences and history, foreign languages, and
2.3business and humanities. The state may reimburse each student for up to six examination
2.4fees. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and a process and schedule
2.5for fee reimbursements. The commissioner must give priority to reimburse the CLEP
2.6examination fees of students of low-income families.
2.7
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
2.8 Sec. 2.
new text begin [120B.299] DEFINITIONS.new text end
2.9
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Definitions.new text end new text begin The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.new text end
2.10
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Growth.new text end new text begin "Growth" compares the difference between a student's new text end
2.11
new text begin achievement score at two distinct points in time.new text end
2.12
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Value-added.new text end new text begin "Value-added" is the amount of achievement a student new text end
2.13
new text begin demonstrates above an established baseline.new text end
2.14
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Growth-based value-added.new text end new text begin "Growth-based value-added" is a new text end
2.15
new text begin value-added system of assessments that measures the difference between an established new text end
2.16
new text begin baseline of growth and a student's growth over time.new text end
2.17
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Adequate yearly progress.new text end new text begin "Adequate yearly progress" compares the new text end
2.18
new text begin average achievement of two different groups of students at two different points in time. new text end
2.19
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin State growth norm.new text end new text begin "State growth norm" is an established statewide new text end
2.20
new text begin percentile or standard applicable to all students in a particular grade benchmarked to an new text end
2.21
new text begin established school year. Beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth norm new text end
2.22
new text begin is benchmarked to 2006-2007 school year data until the commissioner next changes the new text end
2.23
new text begin vertically linked scale score. Each time the commissioner changes the vertically linked new text end
2.24
new text begin scale score, a recognized Minnesota assessment group composed of assessment and new text end
2.25
new text begin evaluation directors and staff and researchers, in collaboration with the Independent Office new text end
2.26
new text begin of Educational Accountability under section 120B.31, subdivision 3, must recommend new text end
2.27
new text begin a new state growth norm that the commissioner must consider when revising standards new text end
2.28
new text begin under section 120B.023, subdivision 2. For each newly established state growth norm, the new text end
2.29
new text begin commissioner also must establish criteria for identifying schools and school districts that new text end
2.30
new text begin demonstrate accelerated growth in order to advance educators' professional development new text end
2.31
new text begin and to replicate programs that succeed in meeting students' diverse learning needs.new text end
2.32
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.30, is amended to read:
3.2
120B.30 STATEWIDE TESTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.
3.3 Subdivision 1.
Statewide testing. (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts
3.4with appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with
3.5subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade
3.6level to be tested, state-constructed tests developed from and aligned with the state's
3.7required academic standards under section
120B.021 and administered annually to all
3.8students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high school level. A state-developed test in a
3.9subject other than writing, developed after the 2002-2003 school year, must include both
3.10machine-scoreable and constructed response questions. The commissioner shall establish
3.11one or more months during which schools shall administer the tests to students each
3.12school year. For students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, only
3.13Minnesota basic skills tests in reading, mathematics, and writing shall fulfill students'
3.14basic skills testing requirements for a passing state notation. The passing scores of basic
3.15skills tests in reading and mathematics are the equivalent of 75 percent correct for students
3.16entering grade 9 in 1997 and thereafter, as based on the first uniform test administration of
new text begin new text end
3.17
new text begin administered innew text end February 1998.
3.18 (b) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, only the
3.19following options shall fulfill students' state graduation test requirements:
3.20 (1) for reading and mathematics:
3.21 (i) obtaining an achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as
3.22determined through a standard setting process on the Minnesota comprehensive
3.23assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or achieving a passing
3.24score as determined through a standard setting process on the graduation-required
3.25assessment for diploma in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or
3.26subsequent retests;
3.27 (ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on the
3.28state-identified language proficiency test in reading and the mathematics test for English
3.29language learners or the graduation-required assessment for diploma equivalent of those
3.30assessments for students designated as English language learners;
3.31 (iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment
3.32for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual
3.33education plan or 504 plan;
3.34 (iv) obtaining achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as
3.35determined through a standard setting process on the state-identified alternate assessment
4.1or assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics for students with
4.2an individual education plan; or
4.3 (v) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment
4.4or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an
4.5individual education plan; and
4.6 (2) for writing:
4.7 (i) achieving a passing score on the graduation-required assessment for diploma;
4.8 (ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on
4.9the state-identified language proficiency test in writing for students designated as English
4.10language learners;
4.11 (iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment
4.12for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual
4.13education plan or 504 plan; or
4.14 (iv) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment
4.15or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an
4.16individual education plan.
4.17 (c) The 3rd through 8th grade and high school level test results shall be available
4.18to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning and district instruction and
4.19curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The commissioner must
4.20disseminate to the public the test results upon receiving those results.
4.21 (d) State tests must be constructed and aligned with state academic standards. The
new text begin new text end
4.22
new text begin commissioner shall determine thenew text end testing process and the order of administration shall be
4.23determined by the commissioner. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site and
4.24district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.
4.25 (e) In addition to the testing and reporting requirements under this section, the
4.26commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public reporting
4.27system:
4.28 (1) uniform statewide testing of all students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high
4.29school level that provides appropriate, technically sound accommodations, alternate
4.30assessments, or exemptions consistent with applicable federal law, only with parent or
4.31guardian approval, for those very few students for whom the student's individual education
4.32plan team under sections
125A.05 and
125A.06 determines that the general statewide test
4.33is inappropriate for a student, or for a limited English proficiency student under section
4.34124D.59, subdivision 2
;
5.1 (2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school
5.2districts and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high
5.3school graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;
5.4 (3) state results on the American College Test; and
5.5 (4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational
5.6Progress so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other
5.7states, and, where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort
5.8to monitor achievement.
5.9 Subd. 1a.
Statewide and local assessments; results. (a) The commissioner must
5.10develop reading, mathematics, and science assessments aligned with state academic
5.11standards that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving
5.12those standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic
5.13standards in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner
5.14must require:
5.15 (1) annual reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8 and at the
5.16high school level for the 2005-2006 school year and later; and
5.17 (2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the
5.18grades 6 through 9
new text begin 8 new text end span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 10
new text begin 9 new text end through 12
5.19span for the 2007-2008 school year and later.
5.20 (b) The commissioner must ensure that all statewide tests administered to elementary
5.21and secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students'
5.22values, attitudes, and beliefs.
5.23 (c) Reporting of assessment results must:
5.24 (1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of
5.25individual students, schools, school districts, and the state;
5.26 (2) include, by no later than the 2008-2009 school year, a
new text begin growth-basednew text end value-added
5.27component that is in addition to a measure for student achievement growth over time
new text begin new text end
5.28
new text begin indicator of student achievement under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b)new text end ; and
5.29 (3)(i) for students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, determine
5.30whether students have met the state's basic skills requirements; and
5.31 (ii) for students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, determine
5.32whether students have met the state's academic standards.
5.33 (d) Consistent with applicable federal law and subdivision 1, paragraph (d), clause
5.34(1), the commissioner must include appropriate, technically sound accommodations or
5.35alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide
5.36assessments are inappropriate and for students with limited English proficiency.
6.1 (e) A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide
6.2assessments under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student
6.3progress in achieving the
new text begin proficiency in the context of the state's grade levelnew text end academic
6.4standards. If a state assessment is not available, a school, school district, and charter
6.5school must determine locally if a student has met the required academic standards. A
6.6school, school district, or charter school may use a student's performance on a statewide
6.7assessment as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. A
6.8school, school district, or charter school may use a high school student's performance on a
6.9statewide assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course, or place a
6.10student's assessment score on the student's transcript.
6.11 Subd. 2.
Department of Education assistance. The Department of Education
6.12shall contract for professional and technical services according to competitive bidding
6.13procedures under chapter 16C for purposes of this section.
6.14 Subd. 3.
Reporting. The commissioner shall report test data publicly and to
6.15stakeholders, including the performance achievement levels developed from students'
6.16unweighted test scores in each tested subject and a listing of demographic factors that
6.17strongly correlate with student performance. The commissioner shall also report data that
6.18compares performance results among school sites, school districts, Minnesota and other
6.19states, and Minnesota and other nations. The commissioner shall disseminate to schools
6.20and school districts a more comprehensive report containing testing information that
6.21meets local needs for evaluating instruction and curriculum.
6.22 Subd. 4.
Access to tests. The commissioner must adopt and publish a policy
6.23to provide public and parental access for review of basic skills tests, Minnesota
6.24Comprehensive Assessments, or any other such statewide test and assessment. Upon
6.25receiving a written request, the commissioner must make available to parents or guardians
6.26a copy of their student's actual responses to the test questions to be reviewed by the
6.27parent
new text begin for their reviewnew text end .
6.28
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
6.29 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.31, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter
6.30146, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:
6.31
120B.31 SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY AND STATISTICAL
6.32
ADJUSTMENTS.
6.33 Subdivision 1.
Educational accountability and public reporting. Consistent
6.34with the process
new text begin directionnew text end to adopt a results-oriented graduation rule
new text begin statewide academic new text end
7.1
new text begin standardsnew text end under section
120B.02, the department, in consultation with education and other
7.2system stakeholders, must establish
new text begin maintainnew text end a coordinated and comprehensive system of
7.3educational accountability and public reporting that promotes higher
new text begin greaternew text end academic
7.4achievement
new text begin , preparation for higher academic education, preparation for the world of new text end
7.5
new text begin work, citizenship as outlined under sections 120B.021, subdivision 1, clause (4), and new text end
7.6
new text begin 120B.024, paragraph (a), clause (4), and the artsnew text end .
7.7 Subd. 2.
Statewide testing. Each school year, all school districts shall give a
7.8uniform statewide test to students at specified grades to provide information on the status,
7.9needs and performance of Minnesota students.
7.10 Subd. 3.
Educational accountability. (a) The Independent Office of Educational
7.11Accountability, as authorized by Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5,
7.12section 28, subdivision 2, is established, and shall be funded through the Board of Regents
7.13of the University of Minnesota. The office shall advise the education committees of
7.14the legislature and the commissioner of education, at least on a biennial basis, on the
7.15degree to which the statewide educational accountability and reporting system includes a
7.16comprehensive assessment framework that measures school accountability for students
7.17achieving the goals described in the state's results-oriented
new text begin high schoolnew text end graduation
7.18rule. The office shall determine and annually report to the legislature whether and how
7.19effectively:
7.20 (1) the statewide system of educational accountability utilizes
new text begin usesnew text end multiple
7.21indicators to provide valid and reliable comparative and contextual data on students,
7.22schools, districts, and the state, and if not, recommend ways to improve the accountability
7.23reporting system;
7.24 (2) the commissioner makes statistical adjustments when reporting student data over
7.25time, consistent with clause (4);
7.26 (3) the commissioner uses indicators of student achievement growth
new text begin a growth-based new text end
7.27
new text begin value-added indicator of student achievementnew text end over time and a value-added assessment
7.28model that estimates the effects of the school and school district on student achievement to
7.29measure school performance, consistent with section
120B.36, subdivision 1new text begin 120B.35, new text end
7.30
new text begin subdivision 3, paragraph (b)new text end ;
7.31 (4) the commissioner makes data available on students who do not pass one or more
7.32of the state's required GRAD tests and do not receive a diploma as a consequence, and
7.33categorizes these data according to gender, race, eligibility for free or reduced lunch, and
7.34English language proficiency; and
7.35 (5) the commissioner fulfills the requirements under section
127A.095, subdivision 2.
8.1 (b) When the office reviews the statewide educational accountability and reporting
8.2system, it shall also consider:
8.3 (1) the objectivity and neutrality of the state's educational accountability system; and
8.4 (2) the impact of a testing program on school curriculum and student learning.
8.5 Subd. 4.
Statistical adjustmentsnew text begin ; student performance datanew text end . In developing
8.6
new text begin managingnew text end policies and assessment processes to hold schools and districts accountable
8.7for high levels of academic standards under section
120B.021, the commissioner shall
8.8aggregate student data over time to report student performance
new text begin and growthnew text end levels
8.9measured at the
new text begin school, new text end school district, regional, or
new text begin andnew text end statewide level. When collecting
8.10and reporting the
new text begin performancenew text end data, the commissioner shall: (1) acknowledge the impact
8.11of significant demographic factors such as residential instability, the number of single
8.12parent families, parents' level of education, and parents' income level on school outcomes;
8.13and (2) organize and report the data so that state and local policy makers can understand
8.14the educational implications of changes in districts' demographic profiles over time. Any
8.15report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance
8.16must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate
8.17with that performance.
8.18
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
8.19 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.35, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter
8.20147, article 8, section 38, is amended to read:
8.21
120B.35 STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESSnew text begin new text end
8.22
new text begin GROWTHnew text end .
8.23 Subdivision 1.
Adequate yearly progress of schools and studentsnew text begin School and new text end
8.24
new text begin student indicators of growth and achievementnew text end . The commissioner must develop
8.25and implement
new text begin maintainnew text end a system for measuring and reporting academic achievement
8.26and individual student progress
new text begin growthnew text end , consistent with the statewide educational
8.27accountability and reporting system. The
new text begin systemnew text end components of the system must measure
8.28the adequate yearly progress of schools and
new text begin the growth of new text end individual students: students'
8.29current achievement in schools under subdivision 2; and individual students' educational
8.30progress
new text begin growthnew text end over time under subdivision 3. The system also must include statewide
8.31measures of student academic achievement
new text begin growthnew text end that identify schools with high levels
8.32of achievement
new text begin growthnew text end , and also schools with low levels of achievement
new text begin growthnew text end that need
8.33improvement. When determining a school's effect, the data must include both statewide
8.34measures of student achievement and, to the extent annual tests are administered,
9.1indicators of achievement growth that take into account a student's prior achievement.
9.2Indicators of achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable
9.3statewide or districtwide assessments. Indicators that take into account a student's prior
9.4achievement must not be used to disregard a school's low achievement or to exclude
9.5a school from a program to improve low achievement levels. The commissioner by
9.6January 15, 2002, must submit a plan for integrating these components to the chairs of
9.7the legislative committees having policy and budgetary responsibilities for elementary
9.8and secondary education.
9.9 Subd. 2.
new text begin Expectations for federally mandated new text end student academic achievement.
9.10 (a) Each school year, a school district must determine if the student achievement levels
9.11at each school site meet state and local
new text begin federally mandatednew text end expectations. If student
9.12achievement levels at a school site do not meet state and local
new text begin federally mandatednew text end
9.13expectations and the site has not made adequate yearly progress for two consecutive
9.14school years, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the district must work with the
9.15school site to adopt a plan to raise student achievement levels to meet state and local
new text begin new text end
9.16
new text begin federally mandatednew text end expectations. The commissioner of education shall establish student
9.17academic achievement levels
new text begin to comply with this paragraphnew text end .
9.18 (b) School sites identified as not meeting
new text begin federally mandated new text end expectations must
9.19develop continuous improvement plans in order to meet state and local
new text begin federally mandatednew text end
9.20expectations for student academic achievement. The department, at a district's request,
9.21must assist the district and the school site in developing a plan to improve student
9.22achievement. The plan must include parental involvement components.
9.23 (c) The commissioner must:
9.24 (1) provide assistance to
new text begin assistnew text end school sites and districts identified as not meeting
9.25
new text begin federally mandated new text end expectations; and
9.26 (2) provide technical assistance to schools that integrate student progress measures
9.27under subdivision 3 in the school continuous improvement plan.
9.28 (d) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a continuous improvement Web
9.29site designed to make data on every school and district available to parents, teachers,
9.30administrators, community members, and the general public.
9.31 Subd. 3.
Student progress assessmentnew text begin growth; other state measuresnew text end . (a)
9.32The
new text begin state'snew text end educational assessment system component measuring individual students'
9.33educational progress must be
new text begin growth isnew text end based, to the extent annual tests are administered,
9.34on indicators of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement.
9.35Indicators of achievement and prior achievement must be
new text begin arenew text end based on highly reliable
9.36statewide or districtwide assessments.
10.1 (b) The commissioner must identify effective models for measuring individual
10.2student progress that enable a school district or school site to perform gains-based
10.3analysis, including evaluating the effects of the teacher, school, and school district on
10.4student achievement over time. At least one model must be a "value-added" assessment
10.5model that reliably estimates those effects for classroom settings where a single teacher
10.6teaches multiple subjects to the same group of students, for team teaching arrangements,
10.7and for other teaching circumstances.
new text begin use a growth-based value-added system. The new text end
10.8
new text begin commissioner must apply the state growth norm to students in grades 4 through 8 new text end
10.9
new text begin beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, consistent with section 120B.299, subdivision new text end
10.10
new text begin 6, initially benchmarking the state growth norm to 2006-2007 school year data. The new text end
10.11
new text begin model must allow the user to:new text end
10.12
new text begin (1) report student growth at and above the state norm; andnew text end
10.13
new text begin (2) for all student categories with a cell size of at least 20, report and compare new text end
10.14
new text begin aggregated and disaggregated state growth data using the nine student categories identified new text end
10.15
new text begin under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act and two student gender categories of new text end
10.16
new text begin male and female, respectively. The model must measure the effects that teacher teams new text end
10.17
new text begin within a grade, teacher teams across an entire grade, the school, and the school district new text end
10.18
new text begin have on student growth. The model must not compile test results for teacher teams within new text end
10.19
new text begin a grade or across a grade unless the test results encompass data on three or more teachers.new text end
10.20 (c) If a district has an accountability plan that includes gains-based analysis or
10.21"value-added" assessment, the commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate
10.22those measures in determining whether the district or school site meets expectations. The
10.23department must coordinate with the district in evaluating school sites and continuous
10.24improvement plans, consistent with best practices.
new text begin If a district has an accountability new text end
10.25
new text begin plan that includes other growth-based value-added analysis, the commissioner may, to new text end
10.26
new text begin the extent practicable and consistent with this section, incorporate those measures in new text end
10.27
new text begin determining whether the district or school site shows growth, including accelerated growth.new text end
10.28
new text begin (d) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the new text end
10.29
new text begin commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating new text end
10.30
new text begin the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary new text end
10.31
new text begin academic and career opportunities:new text end
10.32
new text begin (1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school new text end
10.33
new text begin graduates in the most recent school year who completed course work important to new text end
10.34
new text begin preparing them for postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the new text end
10.35
new text begin core academic subjects required for admission to Minnesota's public four-year colleges new text end
10.36
new text begin and universities as determined by the Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; andnew text end
11.1
new text begin (2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high new text end
11.2
new text begin school graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more new text end
11.3
new text begin college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment new text end
11.4
new text begin options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section new text end
11.5
new text begin 120B.021, subdivision 1a, or industry certification courses or programs.new text end
11.6
new text begin When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must also new text end
11.7
new text begin analyze and report separate categories of information using the nine student categories new text end
11.8
new text begin identified under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act and two student gender new text end
11.9
new text begin categories of male and female, respectively.new text end
11.10
new text begin (e) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the new text end
11.11
new text begin commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must include summary data showing new text end
11.12
new text begin students' average self-reported sense of school safety, engagement in school, and the new text end
11.13
new text begin quality of students' relationship with teachers, administrators, and other students. The new text end
11.14
new text begin commissioner must gather these data consistently from students in grade 4 or 5, in one new text end
11.15
new text begin grade level in grades 6 through 8, and in one grade level in high school, as determined by new text end
11.16
new text begin the commissioner in consultation with recognized and qualified experts.new text end
11.17 Subd. 4.
Improving schools. Consistent with the requirements of this section, the
11.18commissioner of education must establish a second achievement benchmark to identify
11.19improving schools. The commissioner must recommend to
new text begin annually report to the public new text end
11.20
new text begin and new text end the legislature by February 15, 2002, indicators in addition to the achievement
11.21benchmark for identifying improving schools, including an indicator requiring a school to
11.22demonstrate ongoing successful use of best teaching practices
new text begin best practices learned from new text end
11.23
new text begin those schools that demonstrate accelerated growth compared to the state growth normnew text end .
11.24 Subd. 5.
Improving graduation rates for students with emotional or behavioral
11.25
disorders. (a) A district must develop strategies in conjunction with parents of students
11.26with emotional or behavioral disorders and the county board responsible for implementing
11.27sections
245.487 to
245.4889 to keep students with emotional or behavioral disorders in
11.28school, when the district has a drop-out rate for students with an emotional or behavioral
11.29disorder in grades 9 through 12 exceeding 25 percent.
11.30 (b) A district must develop a plan in conjunction with parents of students with
11.31emotional or behavioral disorders and the local mental health authority to increase the
11.32graduation rates of students with emotional or behavioral disorders. A district with a
11.33drop-out rate for children with an emotional or behavioral disturbance in grades 9 through
11.3412 that is in the top 25 percent of all districts shall submit a plan for review and oversight
11.35to the commissioner.
12.1
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin Subdivision 3, paragraph (b), applies to students in the new text end
12.2
new text begin 2009-2010 school year and later. Subdivision 3, paragraph (d), applies to students in the new text end
12.3
new text begin 2010-2011 school year and later. Subdivision 3, paragraph (e), applies to high school new text end
12.4
new text begin students in the 2009-2010 school year and later, and to students in any grades 4 through 8 new text end
12.5
new text begin in the 2010-2011 school year and later, consistent with the commissioner's grade level new text end
12.6
new text begin determinations. Subdivision 4 applies in the 2011-2012 school year and later.new text end
12.7 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.36, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter
12.8146, article 2, section 11, is amended to read:
12.9
120B.36 SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY; APPEALS PROCESS.
12.10 Subdivision 1.
School performance report cards. (a) The commissioner shall
12.11use objective criteria based on levels of student performance to report at least student
12.12academic performance
new text begin under section 120B.35, subdivision 2, the percentages of students new text end
12.13
new text begin at and above the state growth norm under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b)new text end ,
12.14school safety
new text begin and student engagement under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph new text end
12.15
new text begin (e), rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d)new text end , two
12.16separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent
12.17with sections
122A.06 and
122A.15 for purposes of determining these ratios, and staff
12.18characteristics
new text begin excluding salariesnew text end , with a value-added component added no later than
12.19the 2008-2009 school year
new text begin student enrollment demographics, district mobility, and new text end
12.20
new text begin extracurricular activitiesnew text end . The report must indicate a school's adequate yearly progress
12.21status, and must not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools
12.22due solely to adequate yearly progress status.
12.23 (b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department
12.24Web site school performance report cards.
12.25 (c) The commissioner must make available the first performance report cards by
12.26November 2003, and during the beginning of each school year thereafter.
12.27 (d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing to
12.28the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's
12.29decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final.
12.30 (e) School performance report cards
new text begin cardnew text end data are nonpublic data under section
12.3113.02, subdivision 9
, until not later than ten days after the appeal procedure described in
12.32paragraph (d) concludes. The department shall annually post school performance report
12.33cards to its public Web site no later than September 1.
12.34 Subd. 2.
Adequate yearly progress data. All data the department receives,
12.35collects, or creates for purposes of determining
new text begin to determinenew text end adequate yearly progress
13.1designations
new text begin statusnew text end under Public Law 107-110, section 1116,
new text begin set state growth norms, and new text end
13.2
new text begin determine student growthnew text end are nonpublic data under section
13.02, subdivision 9, until not
13.3later than ten days after the appeal procedure described in subdivision 1, paragraph (d),
13.4concludes. Districts must provide parents sufficiently detailed summary data to permit
13.5parents to appeal under Public Law 107-110, section 1116(b)(2). The department shall
13.6annually post
new text begin federally mandatednew text end adequate yearly progress data
new text begin and state student growth new text end
13.7
new text begin datanew text end to its public Web site no later than September 1.
13.8
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end
13.9 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.362, is amended to read:
13.10
120B.362 new text begin GROWTH-BASED new text end VALUE-ADDED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
13.11 (a) The commissioner of education must implement a
new text begin growth-based new text end value-added
13.12assessment program to assist school districts, public schools, and charter schools in
13.13assessing and reporting individual students' growth in academic achievement under section
13.14120B.30, subdivision 1a
. The program must use assessments of individual students'
13.15academic achievement to make longitudinal comparisons of each student's academic
13.16growth over time. School districts, public schools, and charter schools may apply to the
13.17commissioner to participate in the initial trial program using a form and in the manner the
13.18commissioner prescribes. The commissioner must select program participants from urban,
13.19suburban, and rural areas throughout the state.
13.20 (b) The commissioner may issue a request for proposals to contract with an
13.21organization that provides a value-added assessment model that reliably estimates school
13.22and school district effects on students' academic achievement over time. The model the
13.23commissioner selects must accommodate diverse data and must use each student's test
13.24data across grades. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are personnel
13.25data under section
.
13.26 (c) The contract under paragraph (b) must be consistent with the definition of "best
13.27value" under section
16C.02, subdivision 4.
13.28
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
13.29 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.21, is amended to read:
13.30
122A.21 TEACHERS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' LICENSES; FEES.
13.31
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Licensure applications.new text end Each application for the issuance, renewal,
13.32or extension of a license to teach
new text begin , including applications for licensure via portfolio under new text end
13.33
new text begin subdivision 2,new text end must be accompanied by a processing fee of $57. Each application for
14.1issuing, renewing, or extending the license of a school administrator or supervisor must
14.2be accompanied by a processing fee in the amount set by the Board of Teaching. The
14.3processing fee for a teacher's license and for the licenses of supervisory personnel must
14.4be paid to the executive secretary of the appropriate board. The executive secretary of
14.5the board shall deposit the fees with the commissioner of finance. The fees as set by the
14.6board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, a fee must
14.7be refunded by the commissioner of finance in any case in which the applicant already
14.8holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or reduce fees for applicants who
14.9apply at the same time for more than one license.
14.10
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Licensure via portfolio.new text end new text begin (a) A candidate seeking licensure via portfolio new text end
14.11
new text begin must submit a $75 fee to the Educator Licensing Division at the department to determine new text end
14.12
new text begin the candidate's eligibility for licensure via portfolio. An eligible candidate may use new text end
14.13
new text begin licensure via portfolio to obtain an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent new text end
14.14
new text begin with the applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules.new text end
14.15
new text begin (b) A candidate for initial licensure must submit to the Educator Licensing Division new text end
14.16
new text begin at the department one portfolio demonstrating pedagogical competence and one portfolio new text end
14.17
new text begin demonstrating content competence.new text end
14.18
new text begin (c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field must submit to the Educator new text end
14.19
new text begin Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating content competence.new text end
14.20
new text begin (d) A candidate must pay to the executive secretary of the Board of Teaching a new text end
14.21
new text begin $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for review and a $200 fee for any portfolio new text end
14.22
new text begin submitted subsequently. The fees must be paid to the executive secretary of the Board of new text end
14.23
new text begin Teaching. The revenue generated from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure new text end
14.24
new text begin portfolio account in the special revenue fund. The fees set by the Board of Teaching are new text end
14.25
new text begin nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. The Board of Teaching may new text end
14.26
new text begin waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.new text end
14.27 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.02, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
14.28 Subd. 21.
Wind energy conversion system. The board
new text begin , or more than one board new text end
14.29
new text begin acting jointly under the authority granted by section 471.59,new text end may construct, acquire, own
14.30in whole or in part, operate, and sell and retain and spend the payment received from
14.31selling energy from a wind energy conversion system, as defined in section
216C.06,
14.32subdivision 19
. The board's share of the installed capacity of the wind energy conversion
14.33systems authorized by this subdivision must not exceed 3.3 megawatts of nameplate
14.34capacity. A board owning, operating, or selling energy from a wind energy conversion
14.35system must integrate information about wind energy conversion systems in its educational
15.1programming.
new text begin The board, or more than one board acting jointly under the authority new text end
15.2
new text begin granted by section 471.59, may be a limited partner in a partnership, a member of a limited new text end
15.3
new text begin liability company, or a shareholder in a corporation, established for the sole purpose of new text end
15.4
new text begin constructing, acquiring, owning in whole or in part, financing, or operating a wind energy new text end
15.5
new text begin conversion system for the benefit of the district or districts in accordance with this section.new text end
15.6
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end
15.7 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 123B.143, subdivision 1,
15.8is amended to read:
15.9 Subdivision 1.
Contract; duties. All districts maintaining a classified secondary
15.10school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the
15.11school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be
15.12vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent
15.13shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years
15.14from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a
15.15period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment
15.16contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing
15.17employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing
15.18employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment
15.19contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract
15.20must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a
15.21contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in
15.22the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same
15.23individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract.
15.24A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any
15.25of the grounds specified in section
122A.40, subdivision 9 or 13. A superintendent shall
15.26not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract
15.27rights in the position of superintendent under section
122A.40. Notwithstanding the
15.28provisions of sections
122A.40, subdivision 10 or 11,
123A.32,
123A.75, or any other law
15.29to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based
15.30on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for
15.31the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have
15.32the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent
15.33in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the
15.34superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a
15.35contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following:
16.1 (1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations
16.2about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;
16.3 (2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;
16.4 (3) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;
16.5 (4) make reports required by the commissioner;
new text begin andnew text end
16.6 (5) by January 10, submit an annual report to the commissioner in a manner
16.7prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation with school districts, identifying the
16.8expenditures that the district requires to ensure an 80 percent student passage rate on
16.9the MCA-IIs taken in the eighth grade, identifying the highest student passage rate the
16.10district expects it will be able to attain on the MCA-IIs by grade 12, and the amount of
16.11expenditures that the district requires to attain the targeted student passage rate; and
16.12 (6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.
16.13
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
16.14 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.15 Subdivision 1.
To qualify. (a) An independent or special school district qualifies to
16.16participate in the alternative facilities bonding and levy program if the district has:
16.17 (1) more than 66 students per grade;
16.18 (2) over 1,850,000 square feet of space and the average age of building space is 15
16.19years or older or over 1,500,000 square feet and the average age of building space is
16.2035 years or older;
16.21 (3) insufficient funds from projected health and safety revenue and capital facilities
16.22revenue to meet the requirements for deferred maintenance, to make accessibility
16.23improvements, or to make fire, safety, or health repairs; and
16.24 (4) a ten-year facility plan approved by the commissioner according to subdivision 2.
16.25 (b) An independent or special school district not eligible to participate in the
16.26alternative facilities bonding and levy program under paragraph (a) qualifies for limited
16.27participation in the program if the district has:
16.28 (1) one or more health and safety projects with an estimated cost of $500,000 or
16.29more per site that would qualify for health and safety revenue except for the project size
16.30limitation in section
123B.57, subdivision 1, paragraph (b); and
16.31 (2) insufficient funds from capital facilities revenue to fund those projects.
16.32
new text begin (c) Notwithstanding the square footage limitation in paragraph (a), clause (2), new text end
16.33
new text begin a school district that qualified for eligibility under paragraph (a) as of July 1, 2007, new text end
16.34
new text begin remains eligible for funding under this section as long as the district continues to meet new text end
16.35
new text begin the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (1), (3), and (4).new text end
17.1
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
17.2 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.62, is amended to read:
17.3
123B.62 BONDS FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL FACILITIES.
17.4 (a) In addition to other bonding authority, with approval of the commissioner, a
17.5district may issue general obligation bonds for certain capital projects under this section.
17.6The bonds must be used only to make capital improvements including:
17.7 (1) under section
126C.10, subdivision 14, total operating capital revenue uses
17.8specified in clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10);
17.9 (2) the cost of energy modifications;
17.10 (3) improving disability accessibility to school buildings; and
17.11 (4) bringing school buildings into compliance with life and safety codes and fire
17.12codes.
17.13 (b) Before a district issues bonds under this subdivision, it must publish notice
17.14of the intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district
17.15indebtedness.
17.16 (c) A bond issue tentatively authorized by the board under this subdivision becomes
17.17finally authorized unless a petition signed by more than 15 percent of the registered voters
17.18of the district is filed with the school board within 30 days of the board's adoption of a
17.19resolution stating the board's intention to issue bonds. The percentage is to be determined
17.20with reference to the number of registered voters in the district on the last day before the
17.21petition is filed with the board. The petition must call for a referendum on the question of
17.22whether to issue the bonds for the projects under this section. The approval of 50 percent
17.23plus one of those voting on the question is required to pass a referendum authorized
17.24by this section.
17.25 (d) The bonds must be paid off within ten
new text begin 15 new text end years of issuance. The bonds must be
17.26issued in compliance with chapter 475, except as otherwise provided in this section. A tax
17.27levy must be made for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds in accordance
17.28with section
475.61. The sum of the tax levies under this section and section
123B.61 for
17.29each year must not exceed the limit specified in section
123B.61. The levy for each year
17.30must be reduced as provided in section
123B.61. A district using an excess amount in the
17.31debt redemption fund to retire the bonds shall report the amount used for this purpose to
17.32the commissioner by July 15 of the following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding
17.33capital loan under section
126C.69 or an outstanding debt service loan under section
17.34126C.68
must not use an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the bonds.
18.1 (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), bonds issued by a district within the first
18.2five years following voter approval of a combination according to section
123A.37,
18.3subdivision 2
, must be paid off within 20 years of issuance. All the other provisions and
18.4limitation of paragraph (d) apply.
18.5
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
18.6 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
18.7 Subd. 3.
Pupils in adjoining states. new text begin Except as provided under an agreement with new text end
18.8
new text begin an adjoining state under section 124D.041, new text end a non-Minnesota pupil who resides in an
18.9adjoining state in a district that borders Minnesota may enroll in a Minnesota district if
18.10either the board of the district in which the pupil resides or state in which the pupil resides
18.11pays tuition to the district in which the pupil is enrolled.
18.12 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
18.13 Subd. 6.
Tuition payments. new text begin (a) new text end In each odd-numbered year, before March 1, the
18.14commissioner must agree to rates of tuition for Minnesota elementary and secondary
18.15pupils attending in other states for the next two fiscal years when the other state agrees to
18.16negotiate tuition rates. The commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the
18.17designated authority in each state for pupils who reside in an adjoining state and enroll in
18.18a Minnesota district. The rates must be at least equal to the tuition specified in section
18.19124D.05, subdivision 1
. If the other state does not agree to negotiate a general tuition rate,
18.20a Minnesota school district may negotiate a tuition rate with the school district in the other
18.21state that sends a pupil to or receives a pupil from the Minnesota school district. The
18.22tuition rate for a pupil with a disability must be equal to the actual cost of instruction and
18.23services provided. The resident district of a Minnesota pupil attending in another state
18.24under this section must pay the amount of tuition agreed upon in this section to the district
18.25of attendance, prorated on the basis of the proportion of the school year attended.
18.26
new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 9, if an agreement is reached new text end
18.27
new text begin between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to section 124D.041, new text end
18.28
new text begin the provisions of section 124D.041 and the agreement shall apply to all enrollment new text end
18.29
new text begin transfers between Minnesota and the adjoining state, and provisions of paragraph (a) new text end
18.30
new text begin and subdivision 9 shall not apply.new text end
18.31 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
18.32 Subd. 8.
Effective if reciprocal. This section is effective with respect to South
18.33Dakota upon enactment of provisions by South Dakota that the commissioner determines
19.1are essentially similar to the provisions for Minnesota pupils in this section. This section
19.2is effective with respect to any other bordering state upon enactment of provisions by the
19.3bordering state that the commissioner determines are essentially similar to the provisions
19.4for Minnesota pupils in this section.
19.5 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
19.6 Subd. 9.
Appeal to the commissioner. If a Minnesota school district cannot agree
19.7with an adjoining state on a tuition rate for a Minnesota student attending school in that
19.8state and that state has met the requirements in subdivision 8, then the student's parent or
19.9guardian may request that the commissioner agree on
new text begin setnew text end a tuition rate for the student. The
19.10Minnesota district must pay the amount of tuition the commissioner agrees upon
new text begin setsnew text end .
19.11 Sec. 17.
new text begin [124D.041] RECIPROCITY WITH ADJOINING STATES.new text end
19.12
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Agreements.new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement new text end
19.13
new text begin with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options new text end
19.14
new text begin program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant new text end
19.15
new text begin to this section must specify the following:new text end
19.16
new text begin (1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program new text end
19.17
new text begin applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota;new text end
19.18
new text begin (2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated new text end
19.19
new text begin authority from the adjoining state;new text end
19.20
new text begin (3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to new text end
19.21
new text begin the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate agreed new text end
19.22
new text begin upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to Minnesota;new text end
19.23
new text begin (4) if Minnesota sends more students to the adjoining state than the adjoining state new text end
19.24
new text begin sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed new text end
19.25
new text begin upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to the adjoining state;new text end
19.26
new text begin (5) the application procedures for the enrollment options program between new text end
19.27
new text begin Minnesota and the adjoining state;new text end
19.28
new text begin (6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between new text end
19.29
new text begin Minnesota and the adjoining may be denied; andnew text end
19.30
new text begin (7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any new text end
19.31
new text begin resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this section. new text end
19.32
new text begin A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services for new text end
19.33
new text begin such a student.new text end
20.1
new text begin (b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional terms new text end
20.2
new text begin relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant to chapter new text end
20.3
new text begin 125A. Any additional terms must apply equally to both states.new text end
20.4
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Pupil accounting.new text end new text begin (a) Any student from an adjoining state enrolled in new text end
20.5
new text begin Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's average new text end
20.6
new text begin daily membership and pupil units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were new text end
20.7
new text begin a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district new text end
20.8
new text begin under section 124D.03.new text end
20.9
new text begin (b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this new text end
20.10
new text begin section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and pupil new text end
20.11
new text begin units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were a resident of the district attending new text end
20.12
new text begin another Minnesota school district under section 124D.03.new text end
20.13
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Procedures.new text end new text begin (a) The Department of Education must establish procedures new text end
20.14
new text begin relating to the application process, the collection or payment of funds under the provisions new text end
20.15
new text begin of any agreement established pursuant to this section, and the collection of data necessary new text end
20.16
new text begin to implement any agreement established pursuant to this section.new text end
20.17
new text begin (b) Notwithstanding sections 124D.04 and 124D.05, if an agreement is established new text end
20.18
new text begin between Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to this section, the provisions of this new text end
20.19
new text begin section and the agreement shall apply to all enrollment transfers between Minnesota and new text end
20.20
new text begin the adjoining state, and provisions of sections 124D.04 and 124D.05 to the contrary, new text end
20.21
new text begin including provisions relating to tuition payments, shall not apply.new text end
20.22
new text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), any payments to adjoining states under this new text end
20.23
new text begin section shall be made according to section 127A.45, subdivision 16.new text end
20.24
new text begin (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), sections 124D.04, subdivision 6, paragraph (b), new text end
20.25
new text begin and 124D.05, subdivision 2a, the provisions of this section and the agreement shall not new text end
20.26
new text begin apply to enrollment transfers between Minnesota and a school district in an adjoining state new text end
20.27
new text begin enrolling fewer than 150 pupils that is exempted from participation in the program under new text end
20.28
new text begin the laws of the adjoining state.new text end
20.29 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.05, is amended by adding a
20.30subdivision to read:
20.31
new text begin Subd. 2a.new text end new text begin Exception.new text end new text begin Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, if an agreement new text end
20.32
new text begin is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to section new text end
20.33
new text begin 124D.041, the provisions of section 124D.041 and the agreement shall apply to all new text end
20.34
new text begin enrollment transfers between Minnesota and the adjoining state, and provisions of new text end
21.1
new text begin subdivisions 1 and 2 to the contrary, including provisions relating to tuition payments, new text end
21.2
new text begin shall not apply.new text end
21.3 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
21.4 Subd. 20.
Leave to teach in a charter school. If a teacher employed by a district
21.5makes a written request for an extended leave of absence to teach at a charter school,
21.6the district must grant the leave. The district must grant a leave not to exceed a total of
21.7five years. Any request to extend the leave shall be granted only at the discretion of the
21.8school board. The district may require that the request for a leave or extension of leave
21.9be made up to 90 days before the teacher would otherwise have to report for duty
new text begin before new text end
21.10
new text begin February 1 in the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to new text end
21.11
new text begin return, or before February 1 of the calendar year in which the teacher's leave is scheduled new text end
21.12
new text begin to terminatenew text end . Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and except for section
21.13122A.46, subdivision 7
, the leave is governed by section
122A.46, including, but not
21.14limited to, reinstatement, notice of intention to return, seniority, salary, and insurance.
21.15 During a leave, the teacher may continue to aggregate benefits and credits in the
21.16Teachers' Retirement Association account by paying both the employer and employee
21.17contributions based upon the annual salary of the teacher for the last full pay period before
21.18the leave began. The retirement association may impose reasonable requirements to
21.19efficiently administer this subdivision.
21.20
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and new text end
21.21
new text begin later.new text end
21.22 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.531, subdivision 1,
21.23is amended to read:
21.24 Subdivision 1.
State total adult basic education aid. (a) The state total adult basic
21.25education aid for fiscal year 2005 is $36,509,000. The state total adult basic education
21.26aid for fiscal year 2006 equals $36,587,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during
21.27the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or
21.28section
124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year
21.292007 equals $37,673,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal
21.30year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section
124D.52,
21.31subdivision 3
. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year 2008 equals
21.32$40,650,000, plus any amount that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of
21.33adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section
124D.52, subdivision 3. The
21.34state total adult basic education aid for later fiscal years equals:
22.1 (1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any
22.2amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under
22.3subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section
124D.52, subdivision 3; times
22.4 (2) the lesser of:
22.5 (i)
1.03; or
22.6 (ii) the greater of
or the ratio of the state total contact hours in the first prior
22.7program year to the state total contact hours in the second prior program year
new text begin the average new text end
22.8
new text begin growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program yearsnew text end .
22.9 Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education
22.10aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section
22.11124D.522
.
22.12 (b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals
22.13the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic
22.14population aid under subdivision 2.
22.15 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.55, is amended to read:
22.16
124D.55 GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TEST FEES.
22.17 The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible
22.18individual for the full battery of a general education development (GED) test, but not
22.19more than $20
new text begin $40 new text end for an eligible individual.
22.20 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.65, is amended by adding a
22.21subdivision to read:
22.22
new text begin Subd. 11.new text end new text begin Third-party reimbursement.new text end new text begin The Minnesota State Academies must seek new text end
22.23
new text begin reimbursement under section 125A.21 from third parties for the cost of services provided new text end
22.24
new text begin by the Minnesota State Academies whenever the services provided are otherwise covered new text end
22.25
new text begin by a child's public or private health plan.new text end
22.26
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
22.27
new text begin for revenue in fiscal years 2008 and later.new text end
22.28 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a
22.29subdivision to read:
22.30
new text begin Subd. 4a.new text end new text begin Adjustments for tuition reciprocity with adjoining states.new text end new text begin (a) If an new text end
22.31
new text begin agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to new text end
22.32
new text begin section 124D.041 that requires a special education tuition payment from the state of new text end
23.1
new text begin Minnesota to the adjoining state, the tuition payment shall be made from the special new text end
23.2
new text begin education aid appropriation for that year, and the state total special education aid under new text end
23.3
new text begin subdivision 4 shall be reduced by the amount of the payment.new text end
23.4
new text begin (b) If an agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state new text end
23.5
new text begin pursuant to section 124D.041 that requires a special education tuition payment from new text end
23.6
new text begin an adjoining state to the state of Minnesota, the special education aid appropriation for new text end
23.7
new text begin that year and the state total special education aid under subdivision 4 shall be increased new text end
23.8
new text begin by the amount of the payment.new text end
23.9
new text begin (c) If an agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state new text end
23.10
new text begin pursuant to section 124D.041 that requires special education tuition payments to be made new text end
23.11
new text begin between the two states and not between districts in the two states, the special education aid new text end
23.12
new text begin for a Minnesota school district serving a student with a disability from the adjoining state new text end
23.13
new text begin shall be calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, except that no reduction new text end
23.14
new text begin shall be made in the special education aid paid to the resident district.new text end
23.15 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 31, is amended to read:
23.16 Subd. 31.
Transition revenue. (a) A district's transition allowance equals the
23.17greater of zero or the product of the ratio of the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil
23.18units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002
23.19to the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2004, times the difference
23.20between: (1) the lesser of the district's general education revenue per adjusted marginal
23.21cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2003 or the amount of general education revenue the district
23.22would have received per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2004 according
23.23to Minnesota Statutes 2002, and (2) the district's general education revenue for fiscal year
23.242004 excluding transition revenue divided by the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil
23.25units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002.
23.26 (b) A district's transition revenue for fiscal year
new text begin yearsnew text end 2006 and later
new text begin through 2009new text end
23.27equals the sum of the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's
23.28adjusted marginal cost pupil units plus the district's transition for prekindergarten revenue
23.29under subdivision 31a.
23.30
new text begin (c) A district's transition revenue for fiscal year 2010 and later equals the sum of new text end
23.31
new text begin the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's adjusted marginal cost new text end
23.32
new text begin pupil units plus the district's transition for prekindergarten revenue under subdivision 31a new text end
23.33
new text begin plus the district's transition for tuition reciprocity revenue under subdivision 31c.new text end
24.1 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a
24.2subdivision to read:
24.3
new text begin Subd. 31c.new text end new text begin Transition for tuition reciprocity revenue.new text end new text begin For the first year that a new text end
24.4
new text begin tuition reciprocity agreement with an adjoining state is in effect under section 124D.041 new text end
24.5
new text begin and later, a school district's transition for tuition reciprocity revenue equals the greater of new text end
24.6
new text begin zero or the difference between the sum of the general education revenue and net tuition new text end
24.7
new text begin revenue the district would have received for pupils enrolled under section 124D.041 for new text end
24.8
new text begin the first year the agreement is in effect if the agreement had not been in effect, and the new text end
24.9
new text begin sum of the district's general education revenue and net tuition revenue for the first year new text end
24.10
new text begin the agreement is in effect.new text end
24.11 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
24.12 Subd. 9.
Referendum revenue. (a) The revenue authorized by section
126C.10,
24.13subdivision 1
, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district at a
24.14referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board or shall be
24.15called by the board upon written petition of qualified voters of the district. The referendum
24.16must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy authority, if
24.17approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase may be held
24.18in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under paragraph (g), the
24.19referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The
24.20ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased revenue per resident marginal cost
24.21pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule, determined by the board, of increased revenue
24.22per resident marginal cost pupil unit that differs from year to year over the number of
24.23years for which the increased revenue is authorized or may state that the amount shall
24.24increase annually by the rate of inflation. For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be the
24.25annual inflationary increase calculated under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot may
24.26state that existing referendum levy authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may also
24.27compare the proposed levy authority to the existing expiring levy authority, and express
24.28the proposed increase as the amount, if any, over the expiring referendum levy authority.
24.29The ballot must designate the specific number of years, not to exceed ten, for which the
24.30referendum authorization applies. The ballot, including a ballot on the question to revoke
24.31or reduce the increased revenue amount under paragraph (c), must abbreviate the term
24.32"per resident marginal cost pupil unit" as "per pupil." The notice required under section
24.33275.60
may be modified to read, in cases of renewing existing levies:
24.34"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU MAY BE VOTING
24.35FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
new text begin ARE RENEWING AN EXISTING new text end
25.1
new text begin PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM. YOU ARE NOT CHANGING YOUR new text end
25.2
new text begin OPERATING REFERENDUM FROM ITS LEVEL IN THE PREVIOUS YEARnew text end ."
25.3 The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this
25.4subdivision and a question stating substantially the following:
25.5 "Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of .........,
25.6School District No. .., be approved?"
25.7 If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per resident marginal cost
25.8pupil unit times the resident marginal cost pupil units for the school year beginning in
25.9the year after the levy is certified shall be authorized for certification for the number of
25.10years approved, if applicable, or until revoked or reduced by the voters of the district at a
25.11subsequent referendum.
25.12 (b) The board must prepare and deliver by first class mail at least 15 days but no more
25.13than 30 days before the day of the referendum to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum
25.14and the proposed revenue increase. The board need not mail more than one notice to any
25.15taxpayer. For the purpose of giving mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must be
25.16those shown to be owners on the records of the county auditor or, in any county where
25.17tax statements are mailed by the county treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer.
25.18Every property owner whose name does not appear on the records of the county auditor
25.19or the county treasurer is deemed to have waived this mailed notice unless the owner
25.20has requested in writing that the county auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be,
25.21include the name on the records for this purpose. The notice must project the anticipated
25.22amount of tax increase in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural
25.23homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the school district.
25.24 The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring
25.25and project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in
25.26the first year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural
25.27homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.
25.28 The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will
25.29result in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing
25.30levies, the notice may include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum may
25.31result in an increase
new text begin a changenew text end in your property taxes."
25.32 (c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue
25.33amount authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board and shall be called
25.34by the board upon the written petition of qualified voters of the district. A referendum to
25.35revoke or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per resident marginal cost
25.36pupil unit by which the authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the
26.1voters of the district pursuant to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at
26.2least once before it is subject to a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent
26.3years. Only one revocation or reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce
26.4referendum revenue for any specific year and for years thereafter.
26.5 (d) A petition authorized by paragraph (a) or (c) is effective if signed by a number of
26.6qualified voters in excess of 15 percent of the registered voters of the district on the day
26.7the petition is filed with the board. A referendum invoked by petition must be held on the
26.8date specified in paragraph (a).
26.9 (e) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required to
26.10pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.
26.11 (f) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a
26.12copy of the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county
26.13auditor of each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results
26.14of the referendum have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the
26.15certification of the results of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify
26.16the commissioner of the results of the referendum.
26.17
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for elections conducted on or after new text end
26.18
new text begin July 1, 2008.new text end
26.19 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.20 Subdivision 1.
Permanent school fund. The
new text begin Annew text end amount of money
new text begin equal to $36 new text end
26.21
new text begin times the district's pupils in average daily membership new text end received by a district as income
26.22from the permanent school fund for any year must be deducted from the general education
26.23aid earned by the district for the same year or from aid earned from other state sources.
26.24
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.new text end
26.25 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.21, subdivision 3, is
26.26amended to read:
26.27 Subd. 3.
County apportionment deduction. Each year the amount of money
26.28apportioned to a district for that year pursuant to sections
new text begin section new text end
127A.34, subdivision 2,
26.29and
272.029, subdivision 6, must be deducted from the general education aid earned by
26.30that district for the same year or from aid earned from other state sources.
26.31
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.new text end
27.1 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
27.2
126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
27.3 (a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district
27.4for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied
27.5for all costs under this section shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted
27.6marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and
27.7used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties
27.8who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs incurred for
27.9the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in
27.10services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program
27.11as defined in section
609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
27.12(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's
27.13schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property; (5)
27.14to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary
27.15opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school
27.16district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed
27.17school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical
27.18dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems. For expenditures
27.19under clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided
27.20by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's
27.21department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If
27.22a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the
27.23necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or
27.24sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries.
27.25 (b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may
27.26include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities
27.27authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority
27.28must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts.
27.29This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue
27.30raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
27.31 (c) If A school district spends
new text begin must set aside at least $3 per adjusted marginal cost new text end
27.32
new text begin pupil unit of the new text end safe schools levy proceeds
new text begin for the purposes authorized new text end under paragraph
27.33(a), clause (6),
new text begin .new text end The district must annually certify that its total spending on services
27.34provided by the employees listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), is not less than the sum of
27.35its expenditures for these purposes, excluding amounts spent under this section, in the
27.36previous year plus the amount spent under this section.
28.1
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.new text end
28.2 Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.51, is amended to read:
28.3
126C.51 APPLICATION OF LIMITING TAX LEGISLATION.
28.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of section
471.69 or
471.75, or of any other
28.5provision of law which by per capita limitation, local tax rate limitation, or otherwise,
28.6limits the power of a district to incur any debt or to issue any warrant or order, a
new text begin school new text end
28.7district
new text begin or intermediate school district new text end has the powers in sections
126C.50 to
126C.56
28.8specifically conferred upon it and all powers incident and necessary to carrying out the
28.9purposes of sections
126C.50 to
126C.56.
28.10
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
28.11 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.12 Subd. 2.
Limitations. The board
new text begin of any school district new text end may also borrow money
28.13in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in sections
126C.50 to
126C.56 in
28.14anticipation of receipt of state aids for schools as defined in Minnesota Statutes and of
28.15federal school aids to be distributed by or through the department. The aggregate of such
28.16borrowings under this subdivision shall never exceed 75 percent of such aids which are
28.17receivable by said school district in the school
new text begin fiscal new text end year (from July 1 to June 30) in which
28.18the money is borrowed, as estimated and certified by the commissioner.
28.19
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
28.20 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.52, is amended by adding a
28.21subdivision to read:
28.22
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Intermediate school districts.new text end new text begin (a) The board of an intermediate school new text end
28.23
new text begin district may borrow money in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in new text end
28.24
new text begin sections 126C.50 to 126C.56 in anticipation of the receipt of:new text end
28.25
new text begin (1) state aids for schools as defined in Minnesota Statutes;new text end
28.26
new text begin (2) federal school aids to be distributed by or through the department; andnew text end
28.27
new text begin (3) membership fees and tuition payments from its member school districts.new text end
28.28
new text begin The aggregate of such borrowings under this subdivision shall never exceed 75 new text end
28.29
new text begin percent of such aids, fees, and tuition payments which are receivable by the intermediate new text end
28.30
new text begin school district in the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed, as estimated and certified new text end
28.31
new text begin by the commissioner.new text end
29.1
new text begin (b) The board of an intermediate school district may, upon receipt of a written new text end
29.2
new text begin resolution by each of its member school districts, pledge the member district's full faith new text end
29.3
new text begin and credit and unlimited taxing powers to repay its pro rata share of any certificates issued new text end
29.4
new text begin or the amount paid by the state under section 126C.55, subdivision 2, plus interest, if the new text end
29.5
new text begin revenues specified in paragraph (a) and any other revenues of the intermediate school new text end
29.6
new text begin district are insufficient to do so.new text end
29.7
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
29.8 Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.53, is amended to read:
29.9
126C.53 ENABLING RESOLUTION; FORM OF CERTIFICATES OF
29.10
INDEBTEDNESS.
29.11 The board
new text begin of a school district or intermediate school district new text end may authorize and
29.12effect such borrowing, and may issue such certificates of indebtedness upon passage of
29.13a resolution specifying the amount and purposes for which it deems such borrowing is
29.14necessary. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of its members.
29.15The board must fix the amount, date, maturity, form, denomination, and other details of
29.16the certificates of indebtedness, not inconsistent with this chapter. The board must fix the
29.17date and place for receipt of bids for the purchase of the certificates when bids are required
29.18and direct the clerk to give notice of the date and place for bidding.
29.19
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
29.20 Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.55, is amended to read:
29.21
126C.55 STATE PAYMENT OF DEBT OBLIGATION UPON POTENTIAL
29.22
DEFAULT; REPAYMENT; STATE OBLIGATION NOT DEBT.
29.23 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "debt
29.24obligation" means:
29.25 (1) a tax or aid anticipation certificate of indebtedness
new text begin issued under section 126C.52new text end ;
29.26 (2) a certificate of participation issued under section
126C.40, subdivision 6; or
29.27 (3) a general obligation bond.
29.28 Subd. 2.
Notifications; payment; appropriation. (a) If a
new text begin school new text end district
new text begin or new text end
29.29
new text begin intermediate school district new text end believes that it may be unable to make a principal or interest
29.30payment on any outstanding debt obligation on the date that payment is due, it must
29.31notify the commissioner as soon as possible, but not less than 15 working days before the
29.32date that principal or interest payment is due. The notice must include the name of the
new text begin new text end
29.33
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end , an identification of the debt obligation issue
30.1in question, the date the payment is due, the amount of principal and interest due on the
30.2payment date, the amount of principal or interest that the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate new text end
30.3
new text begin school districtnew text end will be unable to repay on that date, the paying agent for the debt obligation,
30.4the wire transfer instructions to transfer funds to that paying agent, and an indication as to
30.5whether a payment is being requested by the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end
30.6under this section. If a paying agent becomes aware of a potential default, it shall inform
30.7the commissioner of that fact. After receipt of a notice which requests a payment under
30.8this section, after consultation with the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end and
30.9the paying agent, and after verification of the accuracy of the information provided, the
30.10commissioner shall notify the commissioner of finance of the potential default. The notice
30.11must include a final figure as to the amount due that the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate new text end
30.12
new text begin school districtnew text end will be unable to repay on the date due.
30.13 (b) Except as provided in subdivision 9, upon receipt of this notice from the
30.14commissioner, the commissioner of finance shall issue a warrant and authorize the
30.15commissioner of education to pay to the paying agent for the debt obligation the specified
30.16amount on or before the date due. The amounts needed for the purposes of this subdivision
30.17are annually appropriated to the department from the state general fund.
30.18 (c) The Departments of Education and Finance must jointly develop detailed
30.19procedures for
new text begin school new text end districts
new text begin and intermediate school districts new text end to notify the state that
30.20they have obligated themselves to be bound by the provisions of this section, procedures
30.21for
new text begin schoolnew text end districts
new text begin or intermediate school districtsnew text end and paying agents to notify the state
30.22of potential defaults and to request state payment under this section, and procedures
30.23for the state to expedite payments to prevent defaults. The procedures are not subject
30.24to chapter 14.
30.25 Subd. 3.
School district bound; interest rate on state paid amount. If, at the
30.26request of a
new text begin school new text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end , the state has paid part or all of
30.27the principal or interest due on a district's debt obligation on a specific date, the
new text begin schoolnew text end
30.28district
new text begin or the intermediate school district new text end is bound by all provisions of this section and the
30.29amount paid shall bear taxable interest from the date paid until the date of repayment at
30.30the invested cash rate as it is certified by the commissioner of finance. Interest shall only
30.31accrue on the amounts paid and outstanding less the reduction in aid under subdivision 4
30.32and other payments received from the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end .
30.33 Subd. 4.
Pledge of district's full faith and credit. If, at the request of a
new text begin school new text end
30.34district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end , the state has paid part or all of the principal or
30.35interest due on a district's debt obligation on a specific date, the pledge of the full faith
30.36and credit and unlimited taxing powers of the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or the intermediate school new text end
31.1
new text begin district new text end to repay the principal and interest due on those debt obligations shall also, without
31.2an election or the requirement of a further authorization, become a pledge of the full faith
31.3and credit and unlimited taxing powers of the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or the intermediate school new text end
31.4
new text begin district new text end to repay to the state the amount paid, with interest. Amounts paid by the state must
31.5be repaid in the order in which the state payments were made.
31.6
new text begin Subd. 4a.new text end new text begin Aid reduction for repayment.new text end new text begin (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, new text end
31.7
new text begin the state must reduce the state aid payable to the school district or intermediate school new text end
31.8
new text begin district under this chapter and chapters 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 126C, and 273 new text end
31.9
new text begin by the amount paid by the state under this section on behalf of the district, plus the interest new text end
31.10
new text begin due on it, and the amount reduced must revert from the appropriate account to the state new text end
31.11
new text begin general fund. Payments from the school district endowment fund or any federal aid new text end
31.12
new text begin payments shall not be reduced.new text end
31.13
new text begin (b) For an intermediate school district, the state aid payable to the intermediate new text end
31.14
new text begin school district must first be reduced, before any reduction is made to the state aids payable new text end
31.15
new text begin to the member districts. If the state aid payable to the intermediate school district is new text end
31.16
new text begin not sufficient to repay the state, state aid payable to member districts may be reduced new text end
31.17
new text begin proportionately based on the ratio of each member district's adjusted net tax capacity to new text end
31.18
new text begin the total adjusted net tax capacity of all member districts.new text end
31.19
new text begin (c) If, after review of the financial situation of the school district or intermediate new text end
31.20
new text begin school district, the commissioner advises the commissioner of finance that a total reduction new text end
31.21
new text begin of aids would cause an undue hardship on or an undue disruption of the educational new text end
31.22
new text begin program of the district, the commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of new text end
31.23
new text begin finance, may establish a different schedule for reduction of aids to repay the state. The new text end
31.24
new text begin amount of aids to be reduced is decreased by any amounts repaid to the state by the district new text end
31.25
new text begin from other revenue sources.new text end
31.26 Subd. 6.
Tax levy for repayment. (a) With the approval of the commissioner, a
31.27district may levy in the year the state makes a payment under this section an amount up to
31.28the amount necessary to provide funds for the repayment of the amount paid by the state
31.29plus interest through the date of estimated repayment by the district. The proceeds of this
31.30levy may be used only for this purpose unless they are in excess of the amount actually
31.31due, in which case the excess shall be used to repay other state payments made under this
31.32section or shall be deposited in the debt redemption fund of the school district. This levy
31.33shall be an increase in the levy limits of the district for purposes of section
275.065,
31.34subdivision 6
. The amount of aids to be reduced to repay the state shall be decreased by
31.35the amount levied. This levy by the district is not eligible for debt service equalization
31.36under section
123B.53.
32.1 (b) If the state is not repaid in full for a payment made under this section by
32.2November 30 of the calendar year following the year in which the state makes the
32.3payment, the commissioner shall require the district to certify a property tax levy in an
32.4amount up to the amount necessary to provide funds for repayment of the amount paid by
32.5the state plus interest through the date of estimated repayment by the school district. To
32.6prevent undue hardship, the commissioner may allow the district to certify the levy over a
32.7five-year period. The proceeds of the levy may be used only for this purpose unless they
32.8are in excess of the amount actually due, in which case the excess shall be used to repay
32.9other state payments made under this section or shall be deposited in the debt redemption
32.10fund of the district. This levy shall be an increase in the levy limits of the school district
32.11for purposes of section
275.065, subdivision 6. If the commissioner orders the district
32.12to levy, the amount of aids reduced to repay the state shall be decreased by the amount
32.13levied. This levy by the district is not eligible for debt service equalization under section
32.14123B.53
or any successor provision. A levy under this subdivision must be explained as a
32.15specific increase at the meeting required under section
275.065, subdivision 6.
32.16
new text begin (c) For an intermediate school district, a levy made by a member school district new text end
32.17
new text begin under paragraph (a) or (b) to repay its pro rata share must be spread by the commissioner new text end
32.18
new text begin as a tax rate based on the total adjusted net tax capacity of the member school districts. The new text end
32.19
new text begin proceeds of the levy must be remitted by the member school district to the intermediate new text end
32.20
new text begin school district and must be used by the intermediate school district only to repay the state new text end
32.21
new text begin amounts owed. Any amount in excess of the amount owed to the state must be repaid new text end
32.22
new text begin to the member school districts and the commissioner shall adjust each member school new text end
32.23
new text begin district's property tax levy in the next year.new text end
32.24 Subd. 7.
Election as to mandatory application. A
new text begin school new text end district
new text begin or intermediate new text end
32.25
new text begin school district new text end may covenant and obligate itself, prior to the issuance of an issue of debt
32.26obligations, to notify the commissioner of a potential default and to use the provisions of
32.27this section to guarantee payment of the principal and interest on those debt obligations
32.28when due. If the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end obligates itself to be bound
32.29by this section, it must covenant in the resolution that authorizes the issuance of the debt
32.30obligations to deposit with the paying agent three business days prior to the date on which
32.31a payment is due an amount sufficient to make that payment or to notify the commissioner
32.32under subdivision 1 that it will be unable to make all or a portion of that payment. A
new text begin schoolnew text end
32.33district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end that has obligated itself must include a provision in
32.34its agreement with the paying agent for that issue that requires the paying agent to inform
32.35the commissioner if it becomes aware of a potential default in the payment of principal or
32.36interest on that issue or if, on the day two business days prior to the date a payment is due
33.1on that issue, there are insufficient funds to make the payment on deposit with the paying
33.2agent. Funds invested in a refunding escrow account established under section
475.67 that
33.3are to become available to the paying agent on a principal or interest payment date are
33.4deemed to be on deposit with the paying agent three business days before the payment
33.5date. If a
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end either covenants to be bound by
33.6this section or accepts state payments under this section to prevent a default of a particular
33.7issue of debt obligations, the provisions of this section shall be binding as to that issue
33.8as long as any debt obligation of that issue remain outstanding. If the provisions of this
33.9section are or become binding for more than one issue of debt obligations and a
new text begin schoolnew text end
33.10district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end is unable to make payments on one or more of those
33.11issues, the district must continue to make payments on the remaining issues.
33.12 Subd. 8.
Mandatory plan; technical assistance. If the state makes payments
33.13on behalf of a
new text begin school new text end district
new text begin or intermediate school district new text end under this section or the
33.14district defaults in the payment of principal or interest on an outstanding debt obligation, it
33.15must submit a plan to the commissioner for approval specifying the measures it intends
33.16to implement to resolve the issues which led to its inability to make the payment and
33.17to prevent further defaults. The department must provide technical assistance to the
new text begin new text end
33.18
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end in preparing its plan. If the commissioner
33.19determines that a district's plan is not adequate, the commissioner shall notify the
new text begin schoolnew text end
33.20district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end that the plan has been disapproved, the reasons for
33.21the disapproval, and that the state shall not make future payments under this section for
33.22debt obligations issued after the date specified in that notice until its plan is approved.
33.23The commissioner may also notify the
new text begin schoolnew text end district
new text begin or intermediate school districtnew text end that
33.24until its plan is approved, other aids due the district will be withheld after a date specified
33.25in the notice.
33.26 Subd. 9.
State bond rating. If the commissioner of finance determines that the
33.27credit rating of the state would be adversely affected thereby, the commissioner of finance
33.28shall not issue warrants under subdivision 2 for the payment of principal or interest on any
33.29debt obligations for which a district did not, prior to their issuance, obligate itself to be
33.30bound by the provisions of this section.
33.31 Subd. 10.
Continuing disclosure agreements. The commissioner of finance
33.32may enter into written agreements or contracts relating to the continuing disclosure of
33.33information needed to facilitate the ability of school districts
new text begin or intermediate school new text end
33.34
new text begin districtsnew text end to issue debt obligations according to federal securities laws, rules, and
33.35regulations, including securities and exchange commission rules and regulations, section
34.1240.15c2-12. Such agreements or contracts may be in any form the commissioner of
34.2finance deems reasonable and in the state's best interests.
34.3
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
34.4 Sec. 35.
new text begin [127A.331] SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND; USE OF REVENUE.new text end
34.5
new text begin A school that receives school endowment fund revenue under section 127A.33 new text end
34.6
new text begin in excess of $36 per pupil in average daily membership may use that revenue only for new text end
34.7
new text begin the following purposes:new text end
34.8
new text begin (1) to purchase or lease computers and related materials, copying machines, new text end
34.9
new text begin telecommunications equipment, and other noninstructional equipment;new text end
34.10
new text begin (2) to purchase or lease assistive technology or equipment for instructional programs;new text end
34.11
new text begin (3) to purchase new and replacement library media resources or technology;new text end
34.12
new text begin (4) to pay for ongoing or recurring telecommunications/Internet access costs new text end
34.13
new text begin associated with Internet access, data lines, and video links; and new text end
34.14
new text begin (5) to pay for service provider installation fees for installation of new new text end
34.15
new text begin telecommunications lines or increased bandwidth.new text end
34.16
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.new text end
34.17 Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.45, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
34.18 Subd. 16.
Payments to third parties. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, the current
34.19year aid payment percentage of the amounts under section
123A.26, subdivision 3new text begin and new text end
34.20
new text begin section 124D.041new text end , shall be paid in equal installments on August 30, December 30, and
34.21March 30, with a final adjustment payment on October 30 of the next fiscal year of the
34.22remaining amount.
34.23 Sec. 37.
new text begin [145.986] STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.new text end
34.24
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Goals.new text end new text begin The initial goals of the public health improvement program new text end
34.25
new text begin are to reduce the percentage of Minnesotans who are obese or overweight to less than half new text end
34.26
new text begin by the year 2020 and to reduce tobacco smoking by two percent annually starting in 2011. new text end
34.27
new text begin By 2011, and considering available funding, the commissioner of health, in consultation new text end
34.28
new text begin with the State Community Health Advisory Committee established in section 145A.10, new text end
34.29
new text begin subdivision 10, and other stakeholders, may make recommendations as to future goals new text end
34.30
new text begin related to alcohol use and illegal drug use.new text end
34.31
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Funding local communities.new text end new text begin Beginning January 1, 2009, the new text end
34.32
new text begin commissioner of health must provide funding to community health boards to convene, new text end
35.1
new text begin coordinate, and lead locally developed programs targeted at achieving measurable health new text end
35.2
new text begin improvement goals. Funding to each community health board will be distributed based on new text end
35.3
new text begin a per capita formula, with a base allocation of $50,000 to each community health board new text end
35.4
new text begin that receives funding. By January 15, 2011, the commissioner of health must recommend new text end
35.5
new text begin whether additional funding should be distributed to community health boards based on new text end
35.6
new text begin health disparities demonstrated in the populations served.new text end
35.7
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Outcomes.new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner of health must set performance measures new text end
35.8
new text begin and annually review the progress of local communities in improving the performance new text end
35.9
new text begin measures. The commissioner may provide technical assistance and corrective action plans new text end
35.10
new text begin to ensure that local communities are making sufficient progress.new text end
35.11
new text begin (b) The commissioner must measure current public health data, using existing new text end
35.12
new text begin measures and data collection systems when available, to determine baseline data against new text end
35.13
new text begin which progress shall be monitored.new text end
35.14
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Media campaign.new text end new text begin The commissioner of health must conduct a statewide new text end
35.15
new text begin marketing campaign using public media to reinforce local efforts at addressing health new text end
35.16
new text begin improvement goals. The commissioner must develop the statewide campaigns and new text end
35.17
new text begin determine the timing of these campaigns in consultation with local public health new text end
35.18
new text begin representatives.new text end
35.19 Sec. 38. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 13, is amended to
35.20read:
35.21 Subd. 13.
Preadvanced placement, advanced placement, international
35.22
baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs. For preadvanced placement,
35.23advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs
35.24under Minnesota Statutes, sections
120B.132 and
124D.091:
35.25
$
6,500,000
.....
2008
35.26
$
6,500,000
.....
2009
35.27 Of this amount, $2,500,000 each year is for concurrent enrollment program aid
35.28under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.091. If the appropriation is insufficient, the
35.29commissioner must proportionately reduce the aid payment to each district.
new text begin Any balance new text end
35.30
new text begin in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.new text end
35.31 The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $2,000,000.
35.32
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
35.33 Sec. 39. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 23, subdivision 2, is amended to
35.34read:
36.1 Subd. 2.
Report. new text begin (a)new text end The task force must submit to the education policy and finance
36.2committees of the legislature by February 15, 2008
new text begin 2009new text end , a report that identifies and
36.3clearly and concisely explains each provision in state law or rule that exceeds or expands
36.4upon a minimum federal requirement contained in law or regulation for providing special
36.5education programs and services to eligible students. The report also must recommend
36.6which state provisions
new text begin statutes and rulesnew text end that exceed or expand upon a minimum federal
36.7requirement may be amended to conform with minimum federal requirements
new text begin or made new text end
36.8
new text begin more effective as determined by a majority of the task force membersnew text end .
new text begin The task force must new text end
36.9
new text begin recommend rules governing the use of aversive and deprivation procedures by school new text end
36.10
new text begin district employees or persons under contract with a school district.new text end The task force expires
36.11when it submits its report to the legislature.
36.12
new text begin (b) Consistent with subdivision 1, the Department of Education member of the new text end
36.13
new text begin task force representing regulators shall be replaced with a parent advocate selected by a new text end
36.14
new text begin statewide organization that advocates on behalf of families with children with disabilities.new text end
36.15
new text begin (c) The Department of Education must provide technical assistance at the request of new text end
36.16
new text begin the task force.new text end
36.17
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
36.18 Sec. 40. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 24, subdivision 9, is amended to
36.19read:
36.20 Subd. 9.
Special Education Task Force. For the task force to compare federal
36.21and state special education requirements:
36.22
$
20,000new text begin 40,000new text end
.....
2008
36.23
new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.new text end
36.24 This is a onetime appropriation.
36.25
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
36.26 Sec. 41. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 5, is amended to
36.27read:
36.28 Subd. 5.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville fund balance replacement aid.
36.29 For fund balance replacement aid for Independent School District No. 2899,
36.30Plainview-Elgin-Millville:
36.31
$
17,000new text begin 24,000new text end
.....
2008
36.32 This is a onetime appropriation.
37.1
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
37.2 Sec. 42. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 7, section 4, is amended to read:
37.3 Sec. 4.
APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
37.4 Subdivision 1.
Department of Education. Unless otherwise indicated, the sums
37.5indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
37.6Education for the fiscal years designated.
37.7 Subd. 2.
Department. (a) For the Department of Education:
37.8
$
22,169,000
.....
2008
37.9
37.10
$
22,653,000
new text begin 21,761,000new text end
.....
2009
37.11 Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
37.12 (b) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for GRAD test rulemaking.
37.13 (c) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for rulemaking under section 3.
37.14 (d) $40,000 each year is for an early hearing loss intervention coordinator under
37.15Minnesota Statutes, section
125A.63, subdivision 5. If the department expends federal
37.16funds to employ a hearing loss coordinator under Minnesota Statutes, section
125.63,
37.17subdivision 5
, then the appropriation under this paragraph is reallocated for purposes of
37.18employing a world languages coordinator.
37.19 (e) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
37.20 (f) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
37.21 (g) $619,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $632,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for the Board
37.22of Teaching.
37.23 (h) $163,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $171,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for the Board
37.24of School Administrators.
37.25 (i) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum.
37.26 (j) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget
37.27document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as
37.28indicated.
37.29 (k) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for
37.30Minnesota's Washington, D.C., office.
37.31 Sec. 43. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision
37.321, is amended to read:
37.33
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
$
584,000 new text begin 298,000new text end
38.1The appropriations in this section are from
38.2the general fund. The amounts that may be
38.3spent for each purpose are specified in the
38.4following subdivisions.
38.5
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
38.6 Sec. 44. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision
38.72, is amended to read:
38.8
38.9
Subd. 2. Independent School District No. 239,
Rushford-Peterson
38.10
(a) Flood Enrollment Impact Aid
89,000
38.11The commissioner of education shall pay to
38.12the school district flood enrollment impact
38.13aid equal to $5,394 times the number of
38.14pupils lost as a result of the floods of August
38.152007. The district must provide to the
38.16commissioner of education documentation
38.17of the number of pupils in average daily
38.18membership lost as a result of the flood.
38.19
(b) Disaster Relief Facilities Grant
250,000 new text begin 150,000new text end
38.20For facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement
38.21costs related to the floods of August 2007 not
38.22covered by the district's insurance settlement
38.23or through Federal Emergency Management
38.24Agency payments. The commissioner of
38.25education may request the school district
38.26to provide necessary information before
38.27awarding a grant.
38.28
(c) Pupil Transportation Aid
40,000
38.29For increased costs associated with
38.30transporting students as a result of the floods
38.31of August 2007.
38.32
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
39.1 Sec. 45. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision
39.26, is amended to read:
39.3
39.4
Subd. 6. Disaster Relief Facilities Grants to
Other Districts
90,000new text begin 14,000new text end
39.5For facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement
39.6costs related to the floods of August 2007 not
39.7covered by the district's insurance settlement
39.8or through Federal Emergency Management
39.9Agency payments. The commissioner of
39.10education may request the school district
39.11to provide necessary information before
39.12awarding a grant. School districts not
39.13included in subdivisions 2 to 5 must be given
39.14priority in the allocation of this appropriation.
39.15
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
39.16 Sec. 46.
new text begin FUND TRANSFERS.new text end
39.17
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Capital account transfers.new text end new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, new text end
39.18
new text begin on June 30, 2008, a school district may transfer money from its reserved for operating new text end
39.19
new text begin capital account to its undesignated balance in the general fund. The amount transferred new text end
39.20
new text begin by any school district must not exceed $51 times the district's adjusted marginal cost new text end
39.21
new text begin pupil units for fiscal year 2007. This transfer may occur only after the school board has new text end
39.22
new text begin adopted a written resolution stating the amount of the transfer and declaring that the new text end
39.23
new text begin school district's operating capital needs are being met.new text end
39.24
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Reserved for operating capital account transfer; Balaton school new text end
39.25
new text begin district.new text end new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or 123B.80, or subdivision new text end
39.26
new text begin 1, on June 30, 2008, Independent School District No. 411, Balaton, may transfer up to new text end
39.27
new text begin $70,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its undesignated general fund new text end
39.28
new text begin balance.new text end
39.29
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Reserved for operating capital account transfer; East Central school new text end
39.30
new text begin district.new text end new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or 123B.80, or subdivision new text end
39.31
new text begin 1, on June 30, 2008, Independent School District No. 2580, East Central, may transfer up new text end
39.32
new text begin to $300,000 from its reserved for operating capital account to its undesignated general new text end
39.33
new text begin fund balance.new text end
39.34
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
40.1 Sec. 47.
new text begin ONETIME GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE INCREASE; FISCAL new text end
40.2
new text begin YEAR 2009 ONLY.new text end
40.3
new text begin A school district's general education revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
40.4
new text begin 126C.10, is increased for fiscal year 2009 only by an amount equal to $51 times the new text end
40.5
new text begin district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year.new text end
40.6 Sec. 48.
new text begin ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION AID.new text end
40.7
new text begin A school district that has not applied for alternative teacher compensation aid under new text end
40.8
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 34, by March 20, 2008, is not eligible new text end
40.9
new text begin for aid under that subdivision for fiscal year 2009. Nothing in this section limits a district's new text end
40.10
new text begin eligibility for alternative teacher compensation aid in subsequent fiscal years.new text end
40.11
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
40.12 Sec. 49.
new text begin IMPLEMENTING A STUDENT GROWTH-BASED VALUE-ADDED new text end
40.13
new text begin SYSTEM.new text end
40.14
new text begin (a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, new text end
40.15
new text begin subdivision 3, paragraph (b), and to help parents and members of the public compare the new text end
40.16
new text begin reported data, the commissioner must convene a group of expert school district assessment new text end
40.17
new text begin and evaluation staff, including a recognized Minnesota assessment group composed new text end
40.18
new text begin of assessment and evaluation directors and staff and researchers under Minnesota new text end
40.19
new text begin Statutes, section 120B.299, subdivision 6, and interested stakeholders, including school new text end
40.20
new text begin superintendents, school principals, school teachers, and parents to examine the actual new text end
40.21
new text begin statewide performance of students using Minnesota's growth-based value-added system new text end
40.22
new text begin and establish criteria for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate new text end
40.23
new text begin accelerated growth in order to advance educators' professional development and replicate new text end
40.24
new text begin programs that succeed in meeting students' diverse learning needs.new text end
40.25
new text begin (b) The commissioner must submit a written report to the education committees of new text end
40.26
new text begin the house of representatives and senate by February 15, 2009, describing the criteria for new text end
40.27
new text begin identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate accelerated growth. The group new text end
40.28
new text begin convened under this section expires on June 30, 2009.new text end
40.29
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
40.30
new text begin and applies to school report cards in the 2008-2009 school year and later.new text end
40.31 Sec. 50.
new text begin IMPLEMENTING RIGOROUS COURSEWORK MEASURES new text end
40.32
new text begin RELATED TO STUDENT PERFORMANCE.new text end
41.1
new text begin (a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, new text end
41.2
new text begin subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), and to help parents and members of the new text end
41.3
new text begin public compare the reported data, the commissioner of education must convene a group of new text end
41.4
new text begin recognized and qualified experts and interested stakeholders, including parents among new text end
41.5
new text begin other stakeholders, to develop a model projecting anticipated performance of each high new text end
41.6
new text begin school on preparation and rigorous coursework measures that compares the school with new text end
41.7
new text begin similar schools. The model must use information about entering high school students new text end
41.8
new text begin based on particular background characteristics that are predictive of differing rates of new text end
41.9
new text begin college readiness. These characteristics include grade 8 achievement levels, high school new text end
41.10
new text begin student mobility, high school student attendance, and the size of each entering ninth grade new text end
41.11
new text begin class. The group of experts and stakeholders may examine other characteristics not part new text end
41.12
new text begin of the prediction model including the nine student categories identified under the federal new text end
41.13
new text begin 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, and two student gender categories of male and female, new text end
41.14
new text begin respectively. The commissioner annually must use the predicted level of entering students' new text end
41.15
new text begin performance to provide a context for interpreting graduating students' actual performance. new text end
41.16
new text begin The group convened under this section expires June 30, 2011.new text end
41.17
new text begin (b) Consistent with paragraph (a), the commissioner also must propose an expanded new text end
41.18
new text begin high school student data system to report preparation and rigorous coursework measures new text end
41.19
new text begin and facilitate additional research on college readiness. This proposed data system must new text end
41.20
new text begin expect school districts and charter schools to report data to the state education department new text end
41.21
new text begin on each course a high school student takes and completes. The commissioner must link new text end
41.22
new text begin the course data file to the department's existing student reporting system. The proposed new text end
41.23
new text begin data system must enable the commissioner to prepare detailed reports, consistent with the new text end
41.24
new text begin requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clauses new text end
41.25
new text begin (1) and (2), and support the development of a state P-16 longitudinal data system.new text end
41.26
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
41.27
new text begin and applies to school report cards beginning July 1, 2011.new text end
41.28 Sec. 51.
new text begin IMPLEMENTING MEASURES FOR ASSESSING STUDENTS' new text end
41.29
new text begin SELF-REPORTED SENSE OF SCHOOL SAFETY, ENGAGEMENT IN new text end
41.30
new text begin SCHOOL, AND THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS, new text end
41.31
new text begin ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHER STUDENTS.new text end
41.32
new text begin (a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, new text end
41.33
new text begin subdivision 3, paragraph (d), and to help parents and members of the public compare the new text end
41.34
new text begin reported data, the commissioner of education, in consultation with interested stakeholders, new text end
42.1
new text begin including parents among other stakeholders, must convene a group of recognized and new text end
42.2
new text begin qualified experts to:new text end
42.3
new text begin (1) analyze the University of Minnesota student safety and engagement survey new text end
42.4
new text begin instrument and other commonly recognized survey instruments to select the survey new text end
42.5
new text begin instrument that best meets state accountability requirements;new text end
42.6
new text begin (2) ensure that the selected survey instrument has sound psychometric properties and new text end
42.7
new text begin is useful for intervention planning;new text end
42.8
new text begin (3) determine at what grade levels to administer the survey instrument and ensure new text end
42.9
new text begin that the survey instrument can be used at those grade levels; andnew text end
42.10
new text begin (4) determine through disaggregated use of survey indicators or other means how to new text end
42.11
new text begin report "safety" in order to comply with federal law.new text end
42.12
new text begin (b) The commissioner must submit a written report to the education committees of new text end
42.13
new text begin the house of representatives and senate by February 15, 2009, presenting the experts' new text end
42.14
new text begin responses to paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4). The group convened under this section new text end
42.15
new text begin expires June 30, 2009.new text end
42.16
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
42.17
new text begin and applies to school report cards beginning July 1, 2011.new text end
42.18 Sec. 52.
new text begin GROWTH-BASED VALUE-ADDED SYSTEM.new text end
42.19
new text begin The growth-based value-added system used by the commissioner of education to new text end
42.20
new text begin comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), must new text end
42.21
new text begin be consistent with the growth-based value-added model contained in the document new text end
42.22
new text begin labeled "Educational Report Card Growth Model" developed in partnership with the new text end
42.23
new text begin Minnesota Department of Education. The document must be deposited with the new text end
42.24
new text begin Office of the Revisor of Statutes, the Legislative Reference Library, and the State Law new text end
42.25
new text begin Library, where the document shall be maintained until the commissioner implements the new text end
42.26
new text begin growth-based value-added system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision new text end
42.27
new text begin 3, paragraph (b). The recognized Minnesota assessment group composed of assessment new text end
42.28
new text begin and evaluation directors and staff and researchers under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
42.29
new text begin 120B.299, subdivision 6, must determine whether the growth-based value-added model new text end
42.30
new text begin the commissioner uses to comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision new text end
42.31
new text begin 3, paragraph (b), is consistent with the deposited document and report its determination to new text end
42.32
new text begin the education committees of the house of representatives and senate by February 15, 2009.new text end
42.33
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
43.1 Sec. 53.
new text begin EXPEDITED PROCESS; SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES new text end
43.2
new text begin RULE.new text end
43.3
new text begin The commissioner of education may use the expedited process under Minnesota new text end
43.4
new text begin Statutes, section 14.389, to conform Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1341, to new federal new text end
43.5
new text begin requirements on specific learning disabilities under Public Law 108-446, sections 602(30) new text end
43.6
new text begin and 614(b)(6), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, new text end
43.7
new text begin and its implementing regulations.new text end
43.8
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
43.9 Sec. 54.
new text begin SCHOOL START DATE; 2009-2010 AND 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEARS.new text end
43.10
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120A.40, a school district may start an new text end
43.11
new text begin elementary or secondary school year beginning August 31 in the 2009-2010 school year new text end
43.12
new text begin and beginning August 30 in the 2010-2011 school year.new text end
43.13
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
43.14 Sec. 55.
new text begin ENDING PARTICIPATION IN NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.new text end
43.15
new text begin The commissioner of education must nullify and revoke by August 1, 2009, the new text end
43.16
new text begin consolidated state plan that the state of Minnesota submitted to the federal Department new text end
43.17
new text begin of Education on implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and any other new text end
43.18
new text begin Minnesota state contract or agreement entered into under the provisions of the No Child new text end
43.19
new text begin Left Behind Act of 2001.new text end
43.20 Sec. 56.
new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
43.21
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Department of Education.new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end
43.22
new text begin appropriated from the general fund, unless otherwise indicated, to the Department of new text end
43.23
new text begin Education for the fiscal years designated.new text end
43.24
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Additional general education revenue.new text end new text begin For additional general education new text end
43.25
new text begin aid according to section 43:new text end
43.26
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 23,262,000new text end
new text begin .....new text end
new text begin 2009new text end
43.27
new text begin This appropriation is in addition to any other appropriation for this purpose.new text end
43.28
new text begin This 2009 appropriation includes $0 for 2008 and $18,926,000 for 2009.new text end
43.29
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Rushford-Peterson.new text end new text begin For a grant to Independent School District No. new text end
43.30
new text begin 239, Rushford-Peterson, for school district flood enrollment impact aid and aid for the new text end
43.31
new text begin increased costs of transporting students as a result of the floods of August 2007.new text end
44.1
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 158,000new text end
new text begin .....new text end
new text begin 2009new text end
44.2
new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 is $158,000. The base appropriation for new text end
44.3
new text begin later years is zero.new text end
44.4
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Virginia.new text end new text begin For a grant to Independent School District No. 701, Virginia, for new text end
44.5
new text begin emergency school facility repairs:new text end
44.6
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
new text begin .....new text end
new text begin 2009new text end
44.7
new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.new text end
44.8
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Lancaster.new text end new text begin For a grant to Independent School District No. 356, Lancaster, new text end
44.9
new text begin to replace the loss of sparsity revenue:new text end
44.10
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
new text begin .....new text end
new text begin 2009new text end
44.11
new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is $100,000 per year. The new text end
44.12
new text begin base appropriation for later fiscal years is zero.new text end
44.13
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Principal's Leadership Institute.new text end new text begin For a grant to the Principal's Leadership new text end
44.14
new text begin Institute under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.74:new text end
44.15
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 400,000new text end
new text begin .....new text end
new text begin 2009new text end
44.16
new text begin The base appropriation for this program for fiscal year 2010 and later is $400,000.new text end
44.17
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin Board of Teaching; licensure by portfolio.new text end new text begin For the Board of Teaching new text end
44.18
new text begin for licensure by portfolio:new text end
44.19
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 17,000new text end
new text begin .....new text end
new text begin 2009new text end
44.20
new text begin This appropriation is from the educator licensure portfolio account of the special new text end
44.21
new text begin revenue fund.new text end
44.22 Sec. 57.
new text begin REPEALER.new text end
44.23
new text begin (a)new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 121A.67; 125A.16; 125A.19; 125A.20; and new text end
44.24
new text begin 125A.57,new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
44.25
new text begin (b)new text end new text begin Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 16; and Laws 2007, First Special new text end
44.26
new text begin Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 3, and 4, new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
44.27
ARTICLE 2
44.28
FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS
44.29 Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 2, is amended to
44.30read:
45.1 Subd. 2.
General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota
45.2Statutes, section
126C.13, subdivision 4:
45.3
45.4
$
5,618,342,000
new text begin 5,600,647,000new text end
.....
2008
45.5
45.6
$
5,618,342,000
new text begin 5,649,098,000new text end
.....
2009
45.7 The 2008 appropriation includes $531,733,000
new text begin $536,251,000new text end for 2007 and
45.8$5,073,250,000
new text begin $5,064,396,000new text end for 2008.
45.9 The 2009 appropriation includes $546,314,000
new text begin $543,752,000new text end for 2008 and
45.10$5,072,028,000
new text begin $5,105,346,000 new text end for 2009.
45.11 Sec. 2. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
45.12 Subd. 3.
Referendum tax base replacement aid. For referendum tax base
45.13replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
126C.17, subdivision 7a:
45.14
$
870,000new text begin 861,000new text end
.....
2008
45.15 The 2008 appropriation includes $870,000
new text begin $861,000new text end for 2007 and $0 for 2008.
45.16 Sec. 3. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
45.17 Subd. 4.
Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending
45.18postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.09, or for transportation
45.19of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.03:
45.20
$
95,000new text begin 48,000new text end
.....
2008
45.21
$
97,000new text begin 50,000new text end
.....
2009
45.22 Sec. 4. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
45.23 Subd. 5.
Abatement revenue. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
45.24127A.49
:
45.25
45.26
$
1,343,000
new text begin 1,333,000new text end
.....
2008
45.27
45.28
$
1,347,000
new text begin 1,629,000new text end
.....
2009
45.29 The 2008 appropriation includes $76,000 for 2007 and $1,267,000
new text begin $1,257,000new text end
45.30for 2008.
45.31 The 2009 appropriation includes $140,000
new text begin $139,000new text end for 2008 and $1,207,000
new text begin new text end
45.32
new text begin $1,490,000new text end for 2009.
45.33 Sec. 5. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
46.1 Subd. 6.
Consolidation transition. For districts consolidating under Minnesota
46.2Statutes, section
123A.485:
46.3
$
565,000new text begin 240,000new text end
.....
2008
46.4
$
212,000new text begin 339,000new text end
.....
2009
46.5 The 2008 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2007 and $522,000
new text begin $197,000new text end for 2008.
46.6 The 2009 appropriation includes $57,000
new text begin $21,000new text end for 2008 and $155,000
new text begin $318,000new text end
46.7for 2009.
46.8 Sec. 6. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
46.9 Subd. 7.
Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under
46.10Minnesota Statutes, sections
123B.40 to
123B.43, and
123B.87:
46.11
46.12
$
16,290,000
new text begin 15,601,000new text end
.....
2008
46.13
46.14
$
16,620,000
new text begin 16,608,000new text end
.....
2009
46.15 The 2008 appropriation includes $1,606,000
new text begin $1,214,000new text end for 2007 and $14,684,000
new text begin new text end
46.16
new text begin $14,387,000new text end for 2008.
46.17 The 2009 appropriation includes $1,631,000
new text begin $1,598,000new text end for 2008 and $14,989,000
new text begin new text end
46.18
new text begin $15,010,000new text end for 2009.
46.19 Sec. 7. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 24, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
46.20 Subd. 8.
Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid
46.21under Minnesota Statutes, section
123B.92, subdivision 9:
46.22
46.23
$
21,551,000
new text begin 20,755,000new text end
.....
2008
46.24
46.25
$
21,392,000
new text begin 21,007,000new text end
.....
2009
46.26 The 2008 appropriation includes $2,124,000 for 2007 and $19,427,000
new text begin $18,631,000new text end
46.27for 2008.
46.28 The 2009 appropriation includes $2,158,000
new text begin $2,070,000new text end for 2008 and $19,234,000
new text begin new text end
46.29
new text begin $18,937,000new text end for 2009.
46.30
B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE
46.31 Sec. 8. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
46.32 Subd. 2.
Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota
46.33Statutes, section
124D.11, subdivision 4:
47.1
47.2
$
31,875,000
new text begin 32,817,000new text end
.....
2008
47.3
47.4
$
36,193,000
new text begin 37,527,000new text end
.....
2009
47.5 The 2008 appropriation includes $2,814,000 for 2007 and $29,061,000
new text begin $30,003,000new text end
47.6for 2008.
47.7 The 2009 appropriation includes $3,229,000
new text begin $3,333,000new text end for 2008 and $32,964,000
new text begin new text end
47.8
new text begin $34,194,000new text end for 2009.
47.9 Sec. 9. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
47.10 Subd. 3.
Charter school startup cost aid. For charter school startup cost aid
47.11under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.11:
47.12
47.13
$
1,896,000
new text begin 1,801,000new text end
.....
2008
47.14
47.15
$
2,161,000
new text begin 1,987,000new text end
.....
2009
47.16 The 2008 appropriation includes $241,000
new text begin $239,000 new text end for 2007 and $1,655,000
new text begin new text end
47.17
new text begin $1,562,000new text end for 2008.
47.18 The 2009 appropriation includes $183,000
new text begin $173,000new text end for 2008 and $1,978,000
new text begin new text end
47.19
new text begin $1,814,000new text end for 2009.
47.20 Sec. 10. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 4, is amended to
47.21read:
47.22 Subd. 4.
Integration aid. For integration aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
47.23124D.86, subdivision 5
:
47.24
47.25
$
61,769,000
new text begin 59,036,000new text end
.....
2008
47.26
47.27
$
61,000,000
new text begin 62,448,000new text end
.....
2009
47.28 The 2008 appropriation includes $5,824,000 for 2007 and $55,945,000
new text begin $53,212,000new text end
47.29for 2008.
47.30 The 2009 appropriation includes $6,216,000
new text begin $5,912,000new text end for 2008 and $54,784,000
new text begin new text end
47.31
new text begin $56,536,000new text end for 2009.
47.32 Sec. 11. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 6, is amended to
47.33read:
48.1 Subd. 6.
Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For
48.2interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
48.3section
124D.87:
48.4
48.5
$
9,639,000
new text begin 9,901,000new text end
.....
2008
48.6
48.7
$
11,567,000
new text begin 11,881,000new text end
.....
2009
48.8 Sec. 12. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 2, section 46, subdivision 9, is amended to
48.9read:
48.10 Subd. 9.
Tribal contract schools. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota
48.11Statutes, section
124D.83:
48.12
48.13
$
2,238,000
new text begin 2,207,000new text end
.....
2008
48.14
48.15
$
2,422,000
new text begin 2,392,000new text end
.....
2009
48.16 The 2008 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2007 and $2,034,000
new text begin $2,003,000new text end
48.17for 2008.
48.18 The 2009 appropriation includes $226,000
new text begin $222,000new text end for 2008 and $2,196,000
new text begin new text end
48.19
new text begin $2,170,000new text end for 2009.
48.20
C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS
48.21 Sec. 13. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 24, subdivision 3, is amended to
48.22read:
48.23 Subd. 3.
Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes,
48.24section
125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities
48.25within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:
48.26
48.27
$
1,538,000
new text begin 2,086,000new text end
.....
2008
48.28
48.29
$
1,729,000
new text begin 2,282,000new text end
.....
2009
48.30 If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
48.31year is available.
48.32 Sec. 14. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 3, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to
48.33read:
48.34 Subd. 4.
Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based
48.35services under Minnesota Statutes, section
125A.75, subdivision 1:
49.1
$
254,000new text begin 207,000new text end
.....
2008
49.2
$
284,000new text begin 227,000new text end
.....
2009
49.3 The 2008 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2007 and $232,000
new text begin $185,000new text end for 2008.
49.4 The 2009 appropriation includes $25,000
new text begin $20,000new text end for 2008 and $259,000
new text begin $207,000new text end
49.5for 2009.
49.6
D. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
49.7 Sec. 15. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 2, is amended to
49.8read:
49.9 Subd. 2.
Health and safety revenue. For health and safety aid according to
49.10Minnesota Statutes, section
123B.57, subdivision 5:
49.11
$
190,000new text begin 254,000new text end
.....
2008
49.12
$
179,000new text begin 103,000new text end
.....
2009
49.13 The 2008 appropriation includes $20,000 for 2007 and $170,000
new text begin $234,000new text end for 2008.
49.14 The 2009 appropriation includes $18,000
new text begin $26,000new text end for 2008 and $161,000
new text begin $77,000new text end
49.15for 2009.
49.16 Sec. 16. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 3, is amended to
49.17read:
49.18 Subd. 3.
Debt service equalization. For debt service aid according to Minnesota
49.19Statutes, section
123B.53, subdivision 6:
49.20
49.21
$
14,813,000
new text begin 14,814,000new text end
.....
2008
49.22
49.23
$
11,124,000
new text begin 9,109,000new text end
.....
2009
49.24 The 2008 appropriation includes $1,767,000
new text begin $1,766,000new text end for 2007 and $13,046,000
new text begin new text end
49.25
new text begin $13,048,000new text end for 2008.
49.26 The 2009 appropriation includes $1,450,000
new text begin $1,449,000new text end for 2008 and $9,674,000
new text begin new text end
49.27
new text begin $7,660,000new text end for 2009.
49.28 Sec. 17. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 6, is amended to
49.29read:
49.30 Subd. 6.
Deferred maintenance aid. For deferred maintenance aid, according to
49.31Minnesota Statutes, section
123B.591, subdivision 4:
50.1
50.2
$
3,290,000
new text begin 3,232,000new text end
.....
2008
50.3
50.4
$
2,667,000
new text begin 2,627,000new text end
.....
2009
50.5 The 2008 appropriation includes $0 for 2007 and $3,290,000
new text begin $3,232,000new text end for 2008.
50.6 The 2009 appropriation includes $365,000
new text begin $359,000new text end for 2008 and $2,302,000
new text begin new text end
50.7
new text begin $2,268,000new text end for 2009.
50.8 Sec. 18. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 4, section 16, subdivision 8, is amended to
50.9read:
50.10 Subd. 8.
School technology and operating capital aid grants. For school
50.11technology and operating capital grants under section 11:
50.12
50.13
$
38,145,000
new text begin 38,236,000new text end
.....
2008
50.14
50.15
$
52,676,000
new text begin 52,454,000new text end
.....
2009
50.16 This is a onetime appropriation.
50.17
E. NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING
50.18 Sec. 19. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 2, is amended to
50.19read:
50.20 Subd. 2.
School lunch. For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes,
50.21section
124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section
210.17:
50.22
50.23
$
12,022,000
new text begin 12,094,000new text end
.....
2008
50.24
50.25
$
12,166,000
new text begin 12,394,000new text end
.....
2009
50.26 Sec. 20. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 3, is amended to
50.27read:
50.28 Subd. 3.
Traditional school breakfast; kindergarten milk. For traditional school
50.29breakfast aid and kindergarten milk under Minnesota Statutes, sections
124D.1158 and
50.30124D.118
:
50.31
50.32
$
5,460,000
new text begin 5,583,000new text end
.....
2008
50.33
50.34
$
5,695,000
new text begin 5,994,000new text end
.....
2009
51.1 Sec. 21. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 5, section 13, subdivision 4, is amended to
51.2read:
51.3 Subd. 4.
Summer food service replacement aid. For summer food service
51.4replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.119:
51.5
$
150,000new text begin 127,000new text end
.....
2008
51.6
$
150,000
.....
2009
51.7
F. EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ADULT PROGRAMS
51.8 Sec. 22. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 2, is amended to
51.9read:
51.10 Subd. 2.
Early childhood family education aid. For early childhood family
51.11education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.135:
51.12
51.13
$
21,106,000
new text begin 21,092,000new text end
.....
2008
51.14
51.15
$
29,601,000
new text begin 29,324,000new text end
.....
2009
51.16 The 2008 appropriation includes $1,796,000 for 2007 and $19,310,000
new text begin $19,296,000new text end
51.17for 2008.
51.18 The 2009 appropriation includes $2,145,000
new text begin $2,144,000new text end for 2008 and $27,456,000
new text begin new text end
51.19
new text begin $27,180,000new text end for 2009.
51.20 Sec. 23. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 3, is amended to
51.21read:
51.22 Subd. 3.
School readiness. For revenue for school readiness programs under
51.23Minnesota Statutes, sections
124D.15 and
124D.16:
51.24
51.25
$
9,995,000
new text begin 9,987,000new text end
.....
2008
51.26
$
10,095,000
.....
2009
51.27 The 2008 appropriation includes $909,000
new text begin $901,000new text end for 2007 and $9,086,000 for
51.282008.
51.29 The 2009 appropriation includes $1,009,000 for 2008 and $9,086,000 for 2009.
51.30 Sec. 24. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 4, is amended to
51.31read:
51.32 Subd. 4.
Health and developmental screening aid. For health and developmental
51.33screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections
121A.17 and
121A.19:
52.1
52.2
$
3,159,000
new text begin 2,624,000new text end
.....
2008
52.3
52.4
$
3,330,000
new text begin 2,656,000new text end
.....
2009
52.5 The 2008 appropriation includes $288,000 for 2007 and $2,871,000
new text begin $2,336,000new text end
52.6for 2008.
52.7 The 2009 appropriation includes $319,000
new text begin $259,000new text end for 2008 and $3,011,000
new text begin new text end
52.8
new text begin $2,397,000new text end for 2009.
52.9 Sec. 25. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 8, is amended to
52.10read:
52.11 Subd. 8.
Community education aid. For community education aid under
52.12Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.20:
52.13
52.14
$
1,307,000
new text begin 1,299,000new text end
.....
2008
52.15
$
816,000new text begin 796,000new text end
.....
2009
52.16 The 2008 appropriation includes $195,000 for 2007 and $1,112,000
new text begin $1,104,000new text end
52.17for 2008.
52.18 The 2009 appropriation includes $123,000
new text begin $122,000new text end for 2008 and $693,000
new text begin new text end
52.19
new text begin $674,000new text end for 2009.
52.20 Sec. 26. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 9, is amended to
52.21read:
52.22 Subd. 9.
Adults with disabilities program aid. For adults with disabilities
52.23programs under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.56:
52.24
$
710,000new text begin 709,000new text end
.....
2008
52.25
$
710,000
.....
2009
52.26 The 2008 appropriation includes $71,000
new text begin $70,000new text end for 2007 and $639,000 for 2008.
52.27 The 2009 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2008 and $639,000 for 2009.
52.28 School districts operating existing adults with disabilities programs that are not fully
52.29funded shall receive full funding for the program beginning in fiscal year 2008 before the
52.30commissioner awards grants to other districts.
52.31 Sec. 27. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 13, is amended to
52.32read:
52.33 Subd. 13.
Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under
52.34Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.531:
53.1
53.2
$
40,347,000
new text begin 40,344,000new text end
.....
2008
53.3
53.4
$
41,745,000
new text begin 41,712,000new text end
.....
2009
53.5 The 2008 appropriation includes $3,759,000 for 2007 and $36,588,000
new text begin $36,585,000new text end
53.6for 2008.
53.7 The 2009 appropriation includes $4,065,000 for 2008 and $37,680,000
new text begin $37,647,000new text end
53.8for 2009.
