1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; reimbursing school districts' additional costs 
1.3 	attributable to the Affordable Care Act; appropriating money;proposing coding 
1.4 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [127A.39] STATE AID PAYMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH 
1.7 	CARE COSTS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Eligible amount. A school district or charter school that is subject to 
1.9 	an employer penalty under the Affordable Care Act or that has higher total employer-paid 
1.10 	health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act than the district or charter school 
1.11 	had prior to the implementation of the act qualifies for state aid equal to that amount.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Aid amount. A school district's or charter school's Affordable Care Act 
1.13 	state aid for each year equals the district's or charter school's eligible aid amount calculated 
1.14 	for the previous fiscal year. Each district or charter school must notify the commissioner 
1.15 	of this amount in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
1.16 		Subd. 3.Aid payments. The amount of the aid calculated under this section must 
1.17 	be included in the district's or charter school's aid payments under section 127A.45.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for state aid payments for fiscal 
1.19 	year 2015 and later.

1.20 	Sec. 2. SCHOOL DISTRICT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AID.
 1.21 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.22 	of education for payment of state aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.39.