2E Providing for the financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 and early childhood and family education programs and services

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION

Modifying annual reporting requirements of district anticipated expenditures and passage rates for GRAD purposes by school superintendents; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into interstate agreements with adjoining states to establish an enrollment options program, specifying agreement specifications, conditions, and pupil accounting (pupil unit); requiring the commissioner of education to establish procedures relating to the application process, funds payment or collection and data collection; providing for an exclusion from procedure requirements for certain smaller enrollment transfers; providing a tuition exemption for enrollment transfers under terms of agreement; modifying general education revenue calculation for 2010 and later to reflect alternative teacher compensation revenue program changes; modifying transition revenue for 2010 and later to include tuition reciprocity, adjusting transition revenue for independent school district #356, Lancaster; providing a transition for tuition reciprocity revenue and specifying a formula; allowing payments made through the enrollment reciprocity program to be included in allowable payments to third parties; modifying the formula for determining basic alternative teacher compensation aid for school districts, intermediate school districts and charter schools, limitations; limiting calculation of the alternative teacher compensation levy and aid in the general education program; modifying the referendum revenue ballot language in cases of renewal of referendum authority; increasing school districts and intermediate school districts allowable lease levy authority; authorizing intermediate school district boards to borrow money in anticipation of the receipt of federal and state aids and membership fees and tuition payments from member school districts, specifying borrowing limitations; requiring enabling resolutions and certain notification requirements; specifying certain aid reduction for repayment limitations and certain repayment conditions for school districts and intermediate school districts; clarifying provisions relating to abatement adjustment aid and excess tax increments; adjusting certain prior appropriations for general education aid, for independent school district #239, Rushford-Peterson flood costs and for disaster relief facilities grants to other districts affected by the floods; creating a formula for 2010 to provide school district flood enrollment and transportation aid to independent school district #239, Rushford-Peterson and appropriating money for flood enrollment impact aid; limiting participation in the alternative teacher pay program to new school districts and charter schools; providing eligibility for sparsity adjustment aid to independent school district #356, Lancaster and appropriating money; repealing certain provisions relating to the permanent school fund, alternative teacher compensation levy, school district advance final payment, basic alternative teacher compensation aid and flood aid for independent school district #238, Mabel-Canton and independent school districts #294, Houston

ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Designating ice hockey as the official sport of the state; establishing a state virtual education program for teachers and student instruction and learning enhancement and improvement; establishing state measures for academic success, requiring a growth based value added indicator of student achievement for statewide and local assessments; defining certain terms; modifying certain statewide testing and reporting system provisions and educational accountability and public reporting requirements, requiring the commissioner to aggregate certain student performance data; requiring the commissioner to maintain a system for student academic achievement and growth and specifying certain system component requirements; modifying educational assessment system requirements, modifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to establishing a new state growth norm applicable to students in a particular grade for a particular year; specifying certain application requirements for the state growth norm to students in grades 4 through 8; specifying certain student performance reporting requirements; requiring the commissioner to establish criteria for identifying school and school districts demonstrating exceptional growth and on best practices learned from schools; modifying school performance report cards content and reporting requirements; modifying growth based value added assessment program requirements; providing teacher licensure via portfolio; modifying the basic alternative teacher compensation aid formulas for a school district, intermediate school district or charter school with an approved plan; establishing formulas for district alternative teacher compensation levy and aid; requiring teacher institutes to assist teachers in providing advanced training during summer months to licensed mathematics and science teachers; authorizing cooperative agreements for certain regional pupil transportation services in Hennepin county; clarifying pupil notification regarding payment and intent to enroll procedures under the postsecondary enrollment options act (PSEO); clarifying the procedure for a student to enroll in supplemental online learning, specifying certain online provider reporting requirements; modifying online learning program (online learning option act) learning parameters; extending the online learning advisory council sunset; modifying appropriations for the statewide testing and reporting system, the educational planning and assessment system (EPAS) program, and the college level examination program (CLEP) and the preadvanced placement, advance placement, international baccalaureate and concurrent enroll programs; extending the special education task force sunset, modifying duties and membership, appropriating money; requiring the commissioner to convene groups for implementing a student growth based value added system, specifying certain growth based value added system model conformity requirements; creating an advisory task force on improving students academic achievement to review plans submitted to the commissioner of education and submit a proposal for improving student academic achievement to the legislature, sunset provision; appropriating money to the department of education for the Minnesota virtual education program, for mathematics and science teacher centers and institutes and for certain best practices grants to the humanities commission, historical society, to A Chance to Grow/New Visions for the Minnesota learning resource center program, and to the Principals leadership institute

ARTICLE 3 - FACILITIES AND ACCOUNTING

Adjusting appropriations for payment of debt service equalization aid; modifying district general obligation bonding authority for certain capital facilities to include modifying buildings and equipment for security, increasing bond payoff time; increasing education levy authority for ice arenas; authorizing certain permanent fund transfers in independent school districts #411, Balaton, #2580, East Central, #671, Hills-Beaver Creek, #750, Rocori and #706, Virginia; allowing eligibility in the alternative facilities revenue program by independent school district #623, Roseville under certain conditions

ARTICLE 4 - NUTRITION

Increasing the K-12 school milk reimbursement for kindergarten students to schools; increasing a prior appropriation for traditional school breakfast aid and kindergarten milk

ARTICLE 5 - STATE AGENCIES

Requiring the commissioner to create an American Indian education committee to advise the commissioner in the administration of certain educational duties of American Indian people; adjusting a prior appropriation; appropriating money for the outdoor education working group, for administration of the online learning program, the state advisory board on early learning, for administration of the school performance report card, and for the academic achievement plan; directing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to coordinate a working group with the commissioner of education to report on the teaching of outdoor education in grades 7 through 12

ARTICLE 6 - LIFELONG LEARNING

Increasing reimbursements for early education developmental screening aid; modifying the formula for calculating state total adult basic education aid; clarifying replacement aid eligibility requirements for independent school district #2899, Plainview-Elgin-Millville; adjusting a prior appropriation for health and developmental screening aid; establishing a state advisory board on early learning to make recommendations on the most efficient and effective to leverage state and federal funding streams for early childhood and child care programs, sunset

ARTCLE 7 - PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS
A. GENERAL EDUCATION

Modifying appropriations for referendum tax base replacement aid, enrollment options transportation, abatement revenue, consolidation transition, nonpublic pupil education aid and nonpublic pupil transportation

B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Modifying appropriations for charter school building lease aid, charter school startup cost aid, integration aid, interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants and tribal contract school aid

C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Modifying appropriations for aid to children with disabilities and travel aid for homebased services

D. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Modifying appropriations health and safety revenue, debt service equalization, deferred maintenance aid and school technology and capital aid grants

E. NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING

Modifying appropriations for school lunch, traditional school breakfast, kindergarten milk and summer food service replacement aid

F. EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ADULT PROGRAMS

Modifying appropriations for early childhood family education (ECFE) aid, school readiness, health and developmental screening aid, community education aid, adults with disabilities program aid and adult basic education aid
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