HF2

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

K-12 education omnibus bill.

Article 1: General education provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Permanent school fund reporting provision language modified.

Sec. 2: School calendar requirements language modified.

Sec. 3: Effective staff development activities provision language added to include boiler operator training, basic first aid, CPR certification, and automatic external defibrillator use.

Sec. 4: Staff development revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 5: Audited financial statement for comparison and correction requirement language modified.

Sec. 6: Failure to limit expenditures notice requirement language modified.

Sec. 7: Nonresident tuition rates provision language modified.

Sec. 8: Foreign exchange pupil provision language added.

Sec. 9: Elementary and secondary sparsity revenue eligibility provided for school districts that close facilities.

Sec. 10: Building allocation provision language modified.

Sec. 11: Separate accounts provision language modified to include cooperative units.

Sec. 12: Voter referendum revenue provision language added.

Sec. 13: School district lease purchase provision language modified.

Sec. 14: Retired employee health benefits provision language added.

Sec. 15: Safe schools levy authorization on taxable property within the district provision language added.

Sec. 16: Alternative attendance programs provision language modified.

Sec. 17: Electors approval exemptions provision language modified.

Sec. 18: Working group required to study effects of an early graduation incentives program for highly motivated students.

Sec. 19: ISDN 2142; St. Louis County; Eligibility for sparsity revenue provided.

Sec. 20: ISDN 858; St. Charles; Eligibility for declining pupil unit aid provided.

Sec. 21: Onetime general education revenue reduction provided; Reduction replaced with federal funds from the fiscal stabilization account.

Sec. 22: Revisor's instruction; Boiler operator training phrase removed from statute after sunset.

Sec. 23: Study required of the net property tax impact if expiring referendums are renewed.

Sec. 24: General fund appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided.
Subd 2: General education aid appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Enrollment options transportation appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Abatement revenue appropriation provided.
Subd 5: Consolidation transition appropriation provided.
Subd 6: Nonpublic pupil education aid appropriation provided.
Subd 7: Nonpublic pupil transportation appropriation provided.
Subd 8: ISDN 690; Warroad; Angle Inlet School appropriation provided.
Subd 9: ISDN 239; Rushford-Peterson; School district flood enrollment impact aid appropriation provided.
Subd 10: ISDN 356; Lancaster; Sparsity revenue replacement appropriation provided.
Subd 11: Compensatory revenue pilot project appropriation provided.

Sec. 25: Federal fund appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of education appropriation provided.
Subd 2: General education offset appropriation provided.

Article 2: Education excellence provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Annual information collection from local governments requirement provision language added, online clearinghouse of examples of good government in procurement and shared services authorized.

Sec. 2: Access to student data and participation in school conferences by individuals authorized with parent or guardian permission.

Sec. 3: Educational expectations provision for Minnesota's students language added.

Sec. 4: Required academic standards provision language modified.

Sec. 5: Districts requirement to establish elective standards language added, world language proficiency and high achievement certificates authorized.

Sec. 6: Academic standard revisions and reviews requirement provision language modified.

Sec. 7: School board report requirement language modified.

Sec. 8: Advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs provision language modified.

Sec. 9: Raised academic achievement program language modified.

Sec. 10: Definitions provided.

Sec. 11: Statewide testing and reporting system provision language modified.

Sec. 12: System accountability and statistical adjustments provision language modified.

Sec. 13: Measuring and reporting system of student academic achievement and growth requirement language modified.

Sec. 14: School accountability report requirement and appeals process provision language modified.

Sec. 15: School districts encouraged to participation in Minnesota Council for Quality's organizational assessment and performance improvement process.

Sec. 16: School reports on enrolled persons requirement language modified.

Sec. 17: Board of Teaching eligibility and board composition requirement language modified.

Sec. 18: Vacant position provision language modified.

Sec. 19: License expiration and renewal procedures provision language modified.

Sec. 20: Mentoring process requirement for probationary teachers language added.

Sec. 21: Peer coaching process requirement for continuing contract teachers language modified.

Sec. 22: Mentoring process requirement for probationary teachers language added.

Sec. 23: Peer coaching process requirement for continuing contract teachers language modified.

Sec. 24: Education improvement plan components provision language modified.

Sec. 25: Alternative teacher professional pay system provision language modified.

Sec. 26: Alternative teacher professional pay system approval process provision language modified.

Sec. 27: Staff development plan contents provision language added.

Sec. 28: State-approved alternative program organization provided; area learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternatives included.

Sec. 29: State-approved alternative programs and services provision language modified.

Sec. 30: State-approved alternative program funding provision language modified.

Sec. 31: Background check provision language modified.

Sec. 32: Investigation of disciplinary actions taken against prospective teachers requirement language modified.

Sec. 33: District-created site-governed schools authorized.

Sec. 34: Superintendent employment contract and duties provision language modified.

Sec. 35: School board fees provision language added.

Sec. 36: School board control of extracurricular activities provision language modified to include charter school provisions.

Sec. 37: Temporary schoolhouse closing provision language provided.

Sec. 38: Definitions expanded to include online course syllabus.

Sec. 39: Online learning program authorization, notice and limitations on enrollment provision language modified.

Sec. 40: Online learning parameters provision language modified.

Sec. 41: Department of Education review and certification of online learning programs requirement language modified.

Sec. 42: Online Learning Advisory Council provision language modified.

Sec. 43: Charter schools provisions language modified.

Sec. 44: Charter school building lease aid provision language added.

Sec. 45: Charter school aid payments provision language modified.

Sec. 46: State-approved alternative program designation provision language modified.

Sec. 47: Learning year program information requirement language modified.

Sec. 48: Program training requirement language modified.

Sec. 49: Minnesota reading corps program established.

Sec. 50: Graduation incentives program eligibility provision language stricken.

Sec. 51: Eligible programs provision language modified.

Sec. 52: Additional eligible program language stricken.

Sec. 53: Pupil enrollment provision language modified.

Sec. 54: Early childhood family education grants provision language modified.

Sec. 55: Integration revenue use provision language modified.

Sec. 56: Desegregation/integration plan budget requirement language
modified.

Sec. 57: Desegregation/integration plan components provision language modified.

Sec. 58: Learning year program pupil units provision language modified.

Sec. 59: Project-based instruction al program average daily membership provision language modified.

Sec. 60: Basic alternative teacher compensation aid provision language
modified.

Sec. 61: Minnesota P-20 education partnership established.

Sec. 62: Driver's instruction permit provision language modified.

Sec. 63: Offenses provision resulting in license revocation language added.

Sec. 64: Driver's violations provision language modified.

Sec. 65: Employment certificate issuance provision language modified.

Sec. 66: Pay differential of reserve on active duty provision language modified.

Sec. 67: Procedures provided for implementation of rigorous coursework requirements related to student performance.

Sec. 68: Procedures provided for implementation of measures for assessing school safety and students' engagement and connection at school.

Sec. 69: Advisory group required to examine the characteristics and impact of high stakes math and science tests in the context of awarding high school diplomas.

Sec. 70: Legislative report required on districts' use of and need for integration revenue.

Sec. 71: Appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided from the general fund.
Subd 2: Charter school building lease aid appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Charter school startup cost aid appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Integration aid appropriation provided.
Subd 5: Magnet school and program grants appropriation provided.
Subd 6: Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants appropriation provided.
Subd 7: American Indian success for the future grants appropriation provided.
Subd 8: American Indian teacher preparation grants appropriation provided.
Subd 9: Tribal contract school aid appropriation provided.
Subd 10: Early childhood programs at tribal schools appropriation provided.
Subd 11: Statewide testing and reporting system appropriation provided.
Subd 12: Advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees, teacher training and support programs appropriation provided.
Subd 13: Concurrent enrollment programs appropriation provided.
Subd 14: Collaborative urban educator grant program appropriation provided.
Subd 15: Youth works programs appropriation provided.
Subd 16: Student organizations appropriations provided.
Subd 17: Education Planning and Assessment System program appropriation provided.
Subd 18: Early childhood literacy programs appropriation provided.

Sec. 72: Repealer.

Article 3: Special programs provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Pupil definition modified.

Sec. 2: Suspension definition modified.

Sec. 3: Exclusion and expulsion of pupils with a disability provision language modified.

Sec. 4: Reimbursement provision for the services of interpreters/transliterators provision language modified.

Sec. 5: Child with a disability definition modified.

Sec. 6: General school district obligations to children with disabilities provided.

Sec. 7: Rulemaking language modified.

Sec. 8: Individualized educations program requirements for children with disabilities language modified.

Sec. 9: Alternative dispute resolution and due process hearings over special education services provision language modified.

Sec. 10: Restrictive procedures for children with disabilities provided.

Sec. 11: Restrictive procedures definitions provided.

Sec. 12: Restrictive procedures standards provided.

Sec. 13: Temporary placement of a child with a disability in another school district provision language modified.

Sec. 14: State Interagency Coordinating Council language modified, expiration extended to 2014.

Sec. 15: Placement, education, and transportation of children with short-term or temporary physical or emotional illness or disability provision language modified.

Sec. 16: Alternate instruction requirement before student assessment referral language modified.

Sec. 17: Assistive technology device definition modified.

Sec. 18: Resource center program requirements for deaf or hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, and multiply disabled pupils language modified.

Sec. 19: Resource center advisory committees requirement language added.

Sec. 20: Definitions modified.

Sec. 21: Appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided from the general fund.
Subd 2: Special education aid appropriations provided.
Subd 3: Special education excess cost aid appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Aid for children with disabilities appropriation provided.
Subd 5: Teacher travel for home-based services aid appropriation provided.
Subd 6: Court-placed special education revenue appropriation provided.
Subd 7: Special education out-of-state tuition appropriation provided.
Sec. 22: Repealer.

Article 4: Facilities and technology provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Wind energy conservation system provision language modified.

Sec. 2: Health and safety program revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 3: Ten-year facility plan requirement language modified.

Sec. 4: General obligation bond authorization provision language modified.

Sec. 5: Levy authorization provision language modified.

Sec. 6: School facility review and comment provision language added.

Sec. 7: Review and comment procedure provision language modified.

Sec. 8: School board proposing to construct a facility information
requirements language modified.

Sec. 9: Commissioner's project review and comment publication requirement modified.

Sec. 10: Telecommunications/internet access equity aid provision language
modified.

Sec. 11: Appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided from the general fund.
Subd 2: Health and safety aid revenue appropriations provided.
Subd 3: Debt service equalization appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Alternative facilities bonding aid appropriation provided.
Subd 5: Equity in telecommunication access appropriation provided.
Subd 6: Deferred maintenance aid appropriation provided.

Article 5: Libraries, nutrition, and accounting appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: School board revenue and expenditure budget notification requirements language modified.

Sec. 2: Clerk records requirements language modified.

Sec. 3: School district tax settlement revenue and levy recognition provision language modified.

Sec. 4: General fund expenditures by building requirements language modified.

Sec. 5: Account transfer provision for designated separation and retirement benefits language modified.

Sec. 6: Uniform audition and verification procedure requirements language modified.

Sec. 7: Debt elimination provision language modified.

Sec. 8: Certification of debt provision language modified.

Sec. 9: School food service fund provision language modified.

Sec. 10: Aid reduction and levy revenue recognition change provision language added.

Sec. 11: Definitions modified.

Sec. 12: Payment dates and percentages provision language modified.

Sec. 13: Advance final payment provision provided.

Sec. 14: Aid payment percentage system provision language stricken.

Sec. 15: Notification requirement of resident district of pupil provision
language modified.

Sec. 16: Specialized services requirement for people with visual and physical
disabilities language modified.

Sec. 17: Advisory Committee for the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library telephone or electronic meetings authorized.

Sec. 18: Notice of proposed property taxes provision language modified.

Sec. 19: Budget and levy adoption provision language modified.

Sec. 20: Capital account transfers provision language modified.

Sec. 21: ISDN 282; St. Anthony-New Brighton; Permanent fund transfer authorized.

Sec. 22: Appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided from the general fund.
Subd 2: School lunch aid appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Traditional school breakfast aid appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Kindergarten milk aid appropriation provided.
Subd 5: Summer school food service replacement aid appropriation provided.
Sec. 23: Department of Education library appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided from the general fund.
Subd 2: Basic system support grants appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Multicounty, multitype library systems grants appropriation provided.
Subd 4; Electronic library appropriation provided.
Subd 5: Regional library telecommunications aid appropriation provided.

Sec. 24: Repealer.

Article 6: Self-sufficiency and lifelong learning provision language modified.

Sec. 1: Commissioner of public safety in consultation with the Chemical
Abuse and Violence Prevention Council duties provision language modified.

Article 7: State agencies provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Competitive grants and gifts provision language modified.

Sec. 2: Grants and gifts provision provided.

Sec. 3: Department of Education provision provided.
Subd 1: Department of Education appropriations provided from the general fund.
Subd 2: Department of Education appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Board of Teaching appropriation provided for licensure by portfolio.
Sec 4: Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and Blind appropriation provided.
Sec. 5: Perpich Center for Arts Education appropriation provided.

Article 8: Pupil transportation provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Definitions modified.

Sec. 2: District data reports requirement language added.

Sec. 3: School bus definition and provision language modified.

Sec. 4: School bus driver personal cellular phone call prohibition language
modified.

Sec. 5: School buses and multifunction school activity buses national
standards provision language modified.

Sec. 6: Seat and crash barriers provision language modified.

Sec. 7: School bus tailpipe regulations provided.

Sec. 8: Exemption language modified.

Sec. 9: School bus definition modified.

Sec. 10: Commercial motor vehicle definition modified.

Sec. 11: Driver's license classifications, endorsements, and exemptions provision language modified.

Sec. 12: Exception for certain school bus drivers language modified.

Sec. 13: Exception for type III vehicle drivers language modified.

Sec. 14: Endorsement provision language modified.

Sec. 15: School bus training requirement language modified.

Sec. 16: Annual evaluation and license verification requirement language
modified.

Article 9: School finance system changes provided.

Sec. 1: Equalized debt service levy provision language modified.

Sec. 2: School bond agricultural credit established.

Sec. 3: Career and technical program aid provision language modified.

Sec. 4: Pupil of limited English proficiency definition modified.

Sec. 5: School district LEP revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 6: School district special education aid provision language modified.

Sec. 7: District special education excess cost aid provision language
modified.

Sec. 8: Adjusted net tax capacity equalizing factor provided.

Sec. 9: Referendum market value equalizing factor provided.

Sec. 10: School district's location equity index provided.

Sec. 11: Pupil unit provision language modified.

Sec. 12: Compensation revenue pupil units computation provision language
modified.

Sec. 13: Adjusted pupil units provision language modified.

Sec. 14: Resident pupil units provision language modified.

Sec. 15: Average daily membership for pupils with disabilities provision
language added.

Sec. 16: Free and reduced-price lunches provision language modified.

Sec. 17: LEP pupil units provision language modified.

Sec. 18: Education funding framework provided; general classroom funding,
district instructional services revenue, and district support revenue
services included.

Sec. 19: General education revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 20: Basic revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 21: Extended time revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 22: Declining enrollment revenue provision provided.

Sec. 23: Location equity revenue provision provided.

Sec. 24: Referendum replacement revenue provision provided.

Sec. 25: Compensatory education revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 26: Basic skills revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 27: Definitions modified.

Sec. 28: Total operating capital and technology revenue provision language
modified.

Sec. 29: Technology revenue usage provision language modified.

Sec. 30: Transportation sparsity revenue allowance provision language
modified.

Sec. 31: Transportation revenue provision provided.

Sec. 32: Innovation revenue usage requirements provided.

Sec. 33: General education aid provision language modified.

Sec. 34: General education revenue usage provision language modified.

Sec. 35: Referendum allowance provision language modified.

Sec. 36: Referendum equalization revenue provision language modified.

Sec. 37: Referendum equalization levy provision language modified.

Sec. 38: Annual general education aid appropriation language modified.

Sec. 39: District leasing or renting of buildings or land provision language
modified.

Sec. 40: Statewide average adjusted general revenue provision language
modified.

Sec. 41: Revenue phase-in procedures provided.

Sec. 42: Revisor's instruction; "Adjusted marginal cost pupil units" replaced by "adjusted pupil units" and "resident marginal cost pupil units" replaced by "resident pupil units."

Sec. 43: Repealer.

Article 10: Forecast adjustments provided.

Sec. 1: General education aid adjustment provided.

Sec. 2: Consolidation transition adjustment provided.

Sec. 3: Nonpublic pupil transportation adjustment provided.

Sec. 4: Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants
adjustment provided.

Sec. 5: Travel for home-based services adjustment provided.

Sec. 6: Health and safety aid adjustment provided.

Sec. 7: Deferred maintenance aid adjustment provided.

Sec. 8: School lunch aid adjustment provided.

Sec. 9: Traditional school breakfast aid and kindergarten milk adjustment
provided.

Sec. 10: Early childhood family education aid adjustment provided.

Sec. 11: Adult basic education aid adjustment provided.

Article 11: Technical Corrections provided.

Sec. 1: Education records requirement technical changes provided.

Sec. 2: Equity revenue provision technical changes provided.

ERS, 5/4/09