1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing the annual program growth factor for 
1.3 	the adult basic education program; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 124D.531, subdivision 1; Laws 2013, chapter 
1.5 	116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 14.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	is amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.State total adult basic education aid. (a) The state total adult basic 
1.10 	education aid for fiscal year 2011 equals $44,419,000, plus any amount that is not paid 
1.11 	during the previous fiscal year as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph 
1.12 	(a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education aid for later 
1.13 	fiscal years equals:
1.14 	(1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any 
1.15 	amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under 
1.16 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times
1.17 	(2) the lesser of:
1.18 	(i) 1.025 1.03; or
1.19 	(ii) the average growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years.
1.20 	Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education 
1.21 	aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section 
1.22 	124D.522.
1.23 	(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals 
1.24 	the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic 
1.25 	population aid under subdivision 2.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2015 
2.2 	and later.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
2.4 		Subd. 14.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under 
2.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531:

2.6
2.7		$
	47,005,000
48,791,000
	.....
	2014
	
2.8
2.9		$
	48,145,000
48,414,000
	.....
	2015
	
2.10 	The 2014 appropriation includes $6,284,000 for 2013 and $40,721,000 $42,502,000
2.11 	 for 2014.
2.12 	The 2015 appropriation includes $6,409,000 $4,722,000 for 2014 and $41,736,000
2.13 	 $43,692,000 for 2015.