HF 489

1st Committee Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)

Posted on 12/22/2009 12:37 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to education finance; authorizing funding for staff development for 1.3school districts with schools not making adequate yearly progress; appropriating 1.4money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.61, by adding a 1.5subdivision. 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.61, is amended by adding a 1.8subdivision to read: 1.9     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Supplementary staff development aid. new text end new text begin (a) A school district that is new text end 1.10 new text begin categorized by the Department of Education as either "not making sufficient progress" new text end 1.11 new text begin or "needs assistance" in reaching the levels of adequate yearly progress required by the new text end 1.12 new text begin No Child Left Behind Act and that meets the qualifications of paragraph (d) is eligible new text end 1.13 new text begin for supplementary staff development aid. new text end 1.14     new text begin (b) Supplementary staff development aid equals two percent of the formula new text end 1.15 new text begin allowance for that year times the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil units attending new text end 1.16 new text begin sites within the school district that are categorized as not making sufficient progress or new text end 1.17 new text begin needs assistance. new text end 1.18     new text begin (c) The staff development aid received under this section must be reserved and used new text end 1.19 new text begin for staff development activities under this section and section new text end new text begin . Supplementary new text end 1.20 new text begin staff development aid must be allocated according to a plan adopted by the school board. new text end 1.21     new text begin (d) In order to qualify for revenue under paragraph (a) a district must: new text end 1.22     new text begin (1) operate a high school that has a mobility rate in excess of 25 percent; new text end 1.23     new text begin (2) operate a school site where the percentage of free and reduced lunch eligible new text end 1.24 new text begin students exceeds 50 percent; and new text end 2.1     new text begin (3) be contiguous to, or have boundaries that include, a portion of a city that has new text end 2.2 new text begin more than 60,000 residents. new text end 2.3 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008. new text end 2.4    Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION. new text end 2.5 new text begin $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the commissioner new text end 2.6 new text begin of education for payment of supplementary staff development aid under section 1. new text end