HF 844

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016)

Posted on 04/29/2015 04:13 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to education; providing funding and policy for early childhood and 1.3family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general 1.4education, education excellence, special education, facilities, technology, 1.5nutrition, libraries, accounting, early childhood, education, self-sufficiency, 1.6lifelong learning, and state agencies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 1.7Statutes 2014, sections 5A.03; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 120B.13, 1.8subdivision 4; 120B.30, by adding subdivisions; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 1.9121A.17, subdivisions 3, 5; 122A.09, by adding a subdivision; 122A.18, 1.10subdivision 8; 122A.413, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.414, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 1.112a, 2b, 3; 122A.415; 122A.74; 123B.045, by adding a subdivision; 123B.53, 1.12subdivisions 1, 4; 123B.57; 124D.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.09, subdivisions 1.135, 8; 124D.10, subdivisions 8, 12; 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 5, by adding 1.14subdivisions; 124D.1158, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.15, subdivisions 3, 5, 12, 1.1515, by adding a subdivision; 124D.16, subdivision 2; 124D.165, subdivision 1.162; 124D.20, subdivision 4a; 124D.4531, subdivision 1; 124D.81; 124D.83, 1.17subdivision 2; 125A.03; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 1.18126C.01, subdivision 2; 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 13a, 18; 126C.15, 1.19subdivision 2; 127A.33; 127A.45, subdivision 3; 127A.47, subdivision 7; 1.20129C.30, subdivision 3; 134.355, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; Laws 2013, chapter 1.21116, article 1, section 58, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as 1.22amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended, 11, as amended; article 1.233, sections 35, subdivision 2; 37, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, 1.24as amended, 20, as amended; article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended; 1.25article 5, section 31, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; 1.26article 6, section 12, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended; article 7, section 1.2721, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 8, section 1.285, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 14, as amended; Laws 2014, 1.29chapter 312, article 16, sections 15; 16, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new 1.30law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A; 123B; 124D; 136D; repealing 1.31Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.59; 123B.591. 1.32BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 2.1ARTICLE 1 2.2GENERAL EDUCATION 2.3    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 1, is amended to 2.4read: 2.5    Subdivision 1. Agreements. (a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement 2.6with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options 2.7program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant 2.8to this section must specify the following: 2.9    (1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program 2.10applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota; 2.11    (2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated 2.12authority from the adjoining state; 2.13    (3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to 2.14the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate agreed 2.15upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to Minnesota; 2.16    (4) if Minnesota sends more students to the adjoining state than the adjoining state 2.17sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed 2.18upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to the adjoining state; 2.19    (5) the application procedures for the enrollment options program between 2.20Minnesota and the adjoining state; 2.21    (6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between 2.22Minnesota and the adjoining state may be denied; and 2.23    (7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any 2.24resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this section. 2.25A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services for 2.26such a student. 2.27    (b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional 2.28terms relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant 2.29to chapter 125A new text begin , including early childhood special education services new text end . Any additional 2.30terms must apply equally to both states. 2.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 2.32    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 2.33    Subd. 2. Pupil accounting. (a) Any student from an adjoining state enrolled in 2.34Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's average 3.1daily membership and pupil units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were 3.2a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district 3.3under section 124D.03. 3.4    (b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this 3.5section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and pupil 3.6units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were a resident of the district attending 3.7another Minnesota school district under section 124D.03. 3.8 new text begin (c) A prekindergarten child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a new text end 3.9 new text begin Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service and is receiving early new text end 3.10 new text begin childhood special education services from a Minnesota school district is considered new text end 3.11 new text begin enrolled in a Minnesota school district. new text end 3.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 3.13    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 3.14    Subdivision 1. Career and technical revenue. (a) A district with a career and 3.15technical program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is 3.16certified is eligible for career and technical revenue equal to 35 new text begin 37.5 new text end percent of approved 3.17expenditures in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following: 3.18(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel new text begin and qualifying nonlicensed new text end 3.19 new text begin community experts under paragraph (c) new text end providing direct instructional services to students 3.20in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered in the district's 3.21approved career and technical education programs, excluding salaries reimbursed by 3.22another school district under clause (2); 3.23(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential, 3.24licensed personnel new text begin and qualifying nonlicensed community experts under paragraph (c) new text end 3.25providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for services rendered 3.26in the district's approved career and technical education programs; 3.27(3) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota 3.28school district or cooperative center under chapter 123A or 136D; 3.29(4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical 3.30education personnel; 3.31(5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for 3.32vocational student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes; 3.33(6) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for 3.34improvement based on program assessment; 4.1(7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for 4.2noncollegiate credit-bearing professional development; and 4.3(8) specialized vocational instructional supplies. 4.4(b) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal 4.5year in which it is certified. 4.6(c) The amount of the revenue calculated under this subdivision may not exceed 4.7$17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 for taxes payable in 2013, and 4.8$20,657,000 for taxes payable in 2014. 4.9(d) If the estimated revenue exceeds the amount in paragraph (c), the commissioner 4.10must reduce the percentage in paragraph (a) until the estimated revenue no longer exceeds 4.11the limit in paragraph (c). 4.12     new text begin (c) Salaries for nonlicensed community experts qualify under paragraph (a), clauses new text end 4.13 new text begin (1) and (2), only if the district made efforts to obtain acceptable licensed teachers for the new text end 4.14 new text begin particular course or subject area. new text end 4.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 4.16 new text begin later. new text end 4.17    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 4.18    Subdivision 1. General education revenue. (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the 4.19general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, 4.20extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills 4.21revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity 4.22revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation 4.23revenue, and transition revenue. 4.24(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the general education revenue for each district 4.25equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time new text begin support new text end revenue, gifted and 4.26talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools 4.27revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, 4.28transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension 4.29adjustment revenue, and transition revenue. 4.30    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 4.31    Subd. 2. Basic revenue. For fiscal year 2014, the basic revenue for each district 4.32equals the formula allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school 4.33year. For fiscal year 2015 and later, the basic revenue for each district equals the formula 4.34allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for 5.1fiscal year 2013 is $5,224. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2014 is $5,302. The 5.2formula allowance for fiscal year 2015 and later is $5,831. new text begin The formula allowance for new text end 5.3 new text begin fiscal year 2016 is $5,889. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2017 and later is $5,948. new text end 5.4    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 5.5    Subd. 2a. Extended time new text begin support new text end revenue. (a) A school district's extended time 5.6revenue for fiscal year 2014 is equal to the product of $4,601 and the sum of the adjusted 5.7marginal cost pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily membership in excess 5.8of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 8. A school district's 5.9extended time new text begin support new text end revenue for fiscal year 2015 and later is equal to the product of 5.10$5,017 and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily 5.11membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 8. 5.12(b) A school district's extended time new text begin support new text end revenue may be used for extended day 5.13programs, extended week programs, summer school, and other programming authorized 5.14under the learning year program. new text begin Extended support revenue may also be used by area new text end 5.15 new text begin learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternative programs for new text end 5.16 new text begin academic purposes during the school day. new text end 5.17    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read: 5.18    Subd. 13a. Operating capital levy. To obtain operating capital revenue for fiscal 5.19year 2015 and later, a district may levy an amount not more than the product of its operating 5.20capital revenue for the fiscal year times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax 5.21capacity per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit to the operating capital equalizing factor. The 5.22operating capital equalizing factor equals $14,500 new text begin for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, $16,332 new text end 5.23 new text begin for fiscal year 2017, $23,905 for fiscal year 2018, and $38,100 for fiscal year 2019 and later new text end . 5.24 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 5.25 new text begin later. new text end 5.26    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read: 5.27    Subd. 18. Transportation sparsity revenue allowance. (a) A district's 5.28transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the result of the following 5.29computation: 5.30    (i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141. 5.31    (ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the 5.3226/100 power. 6.1    (iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the 6.213/100 power. 6.3     new text begin (iv) Multiply the result in clause (iii) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the new text end 6.4 new text begin square mile area of the district to 3,000 raised to the 34/100 power. new text end 6.5     new text begin (v) For a district that does not qualify for secondary sparsity revenue under new text end 6.6 new text begin subdivision 7 or elementary sparsity revenue under subdivision 8, multiply the result in new text end 6.7 new text begin clause (iv) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the square mile area of the district to new text end 6.8 new text begin 525 raised to the 34/100 power. new text end 6.9    (iv) new text begin (vi) new text end Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466. 6.10    (v) new text begin (vii) new text end Subtract the result in clause (iv) new text begin (vi) new text end from the result in clause (iii) new text begin (v) new text end . 6.11    (b) Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity allowance 6.12times the adjusted pupil units. 6.13 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 6.14 new text begin later. new text end 6.15    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 6.16    Subd. 2. Building allocation. (a) A district or cooperative must allocate its 6.17compensatory revenue to each school building in the district or cooperative where 6.18the children who have generated the revenue are served unless the school district or 6.19cooperative has received permission under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, 6.20article 1, section 50, to allocate compensatory revenue according to student performance 6.21measures developed by the school board. 6.22    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district or cooperative may allocate up to five 6.23 new text begin 50 new text end percent of the amount of compensatory revenue that the district receives to school 6.24sites according to a plan adopted by the school board, and a district or cooperative may 6.25allocate up to an additional five percent of its compensatory revenue for activities under 6.26subdivision 1, clause (10), according to a plan adopted by the school board. The money 6.27reallocated under this paragraph must be spent for the purposes listed in subdivision 1, but 6.28may be spent on students in any grade, including students attending school readiness or 6.29other prekindergarten programs. 6.30    (c) For the purposes of this section and section 126C.05, subdivision 3, "building" 6.31means education site as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 1. 6.32    (d) Notwithstanding section 123A.26, subdivision 1, compensatory revenue 6.33generated by students served at a cooperative unit shall be paid to the cooperative unit. 6.34    (e) A district or cooperative with school building openings, school building 6.35closings, changes in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student 7.1demographics between the prior year and the current year may reallocate compensatory 7.2revenue among sites to reflect these changes. A district or cooperative must report to the 7.3department any adjustments it makes according to this paragraph and the department must 7.4use the adjusted compensatory revenue allocations in preparing the report required under 7.5section 123B.76, subdivision 3, paragraph (c). 7.6 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 7.7    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 129C.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 7.8    Subd. 3. General education funding. General education revenue must be paid to 7.9the Crosswinds school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each 7.10adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus 7.11the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus an 7.12amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, 7.13subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment, basic skills revenue, 7.14extended time new text begin support new text end revenue, pension adjustment revenue, transition revenue, and 7.15transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment, basic skills revenue, extended 7.16time new text begin support new text end revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though the 7.17school were a school district. The general education revenue for each extended time 7.18 new text begin support new text end pupil unit equals $4,794. 7.19    Sec. 11. new text begin [136D.41] LISTED DISTRICTS MAY FORM INTERMEDIATE new text end 7.20 new text begin DISTRICT. new text end 7.21 new text begin Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, two or more of the Independent School new text end 7.22 new text begin Districts Nos. 108, 110, 111, and 112 of Carver County, Independent School Districts Nos. new text end 7.23 new text begin 716, 717, 719, 720, and 721 of Scott County, and Independent School District No. 2905 of new text end 7.24 new text begin Le Sueur County, whether or not contiguous, may enter into agreements to accomplish new text end 7.25 new text begin jointly and cooperatively the acquisition, betterment, construction, maintenance, and new text end 7.26 new text begin operation of facilities for, and instruction in, special education, career and technical new text end 7.27 new text begin education, adult basic education, and alternative education. Each school district that new text end 7.28 new text begin becomes a party to such an agreement is a "participating school district" for purposes new text end 7.29 new text begin of sections 136D.41 to 136D.49. The agreement may provide for the exercise of these new text end 7.30 new text begin powers by a joint school board created as set forth in sections 136D.41 to 136D.49. new text end 7.31    Sec. 12. new text begin [136D.42] JOINT SCHOOL BOARD; MEMBERS; BYLAWS. new text end 7.32     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Board. new text end new text begin The agreement shall provide for a joint school board new text end 7.33 new text begin representing the parties to the agreement. The agreement shall specify the name of the new text end 8.1 new text begin board, the number and manner of election or appointment of its members, their terms and new text end 8.2 new text begin qualifications, and other necessary and desirable provisions. new text end 8.3     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Bylaws. new text end new text begin The board may adopt bylaws specifying the duties and powers of new text end 8.4 new text begin its officers and the meeting dates of the board, and containing such other provisions as new text end 8.5 new text begin may be usual and necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the board. new text end 8.6    Sec. 13. new text begin [136D.43] STATUS OF JOINT SCHOOL BOARD. new text end 8.7     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Public agency. new text end new text begin The joint school board shall be a public agency of the new text end 8.8 new text begin participating school districts and may receive and disburse federal and state funds made new text end 8.9 new text begin available to it or to the participating school districts. new text end 8.10     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Liability. new text end new text begin No participating school district shall have individual liability new text end 8.11 new text begin for the debts and obligations of the board, nor shall any individual serving as a member new text end 8.12 new text begin of the board have such liability. new text end 8.13     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Tax exempt. new text end new text begin Any properties, real or personal, acquired, owned, leased, new text end 8.14 new text begin controlled, used, or occupied by the board for its purposes shall be exempt from taxation new text end 8.15 new text begin by the state or any of its political subdivisions. new text end 8.16    Sec. 14. new text begin [136D.44] JOINT BOARD HAS ALL POWERS OF MEMBER new text end 8.17 new text begin DISTRICTS. new text end 8.18 new text begin To effectuate the agreement, the joint school board shall have all the powers granted new text end 8.19 new text begin by law to any or all of the participating school districts. new text end 8.20    Sec. 15. new text begin [136D.45] AGREEMENT APPROVAL; NOTICE; PETITION; new text end 8.21 new text begin REFERENDUM. new text end 8.22     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Resolution. new text end new text begin The agreement shall, before it becomes effective, be new text end 8.23 new text begin approved by a resolution adopted by the school board of each school district named therein. new text end 8.24     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin When effective. new text end new text begin Each resolution shall be published once in a newspaper new text end 8.25 new text begin published in the district, if there is one, or in a newspaper having general circulation in the new text end 8.26 new text begin district, and shall become effective 30 days after publication, unless within the 30-day new text end 8.27 new text begin period a petition for referendum on the resolution is filed with the school board, signed by new text end 8.28 new text begin qualified voters of the school district equal in number to five percent of the number of new text end 8.29 new text begin voters voting at the last annual school district election. In such case, the resolution shall new text end 8.30 new text begin not become effective until approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at a regular new text end 8.31 new text begin or special election. The agreement may provide conditions under which it shall become new text end 8.32 new text begin effective even though it may not be approved in all districts. new text end 9.1    Sec. 16. new text begin [136D.46] DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS, DISBURSEMENTS, new text end 9.2 new text begin CONTRACTS. new text end 9.3 new text begin The participating school districts may contribute funds to the board. Disbursements new text end 9.4 new text begin shall be made by the board in accordance with sections 123B.14, 123B.143, and 123B.147. new text end 9.5 new text begin The board shall be subject to section 123B.52, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 5. new text end 9.6    Sec. 17. new text begin [136D.47] TERM OF AGREEMENT. new text end 9.7 new text begin The agreement shall state the term of its duration and may provide for the method of new text end 9.8 new text begin termination and distribution of assets after payment of all liabilities of the joint school new text end 9.9 new text begin board. new text end 9.10    Sec. 18. new text begin [136D.48] NON-POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS; LICENSED new text end 9.11 new text begin DIRECTION. new text end 9.12 new text begin The board may also provide any other educational programs or other services new text end 9.13 new text begin requested by a participating district. However, these programs and services may not be new text end 9.14 new text begin postsecondary programs or services. Academic offerings shall be provided only under the new text end 9.15 new text begin direction of properly licensed academic supervisory personnel. new text end 9.16    Sec. 19. new text begin [136D.49] OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS. new text end 9.17 new text begin In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.41, 136D.71, and new text end 9.18 new text begin 136D.81, the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter new text end 9.19 new text begin may provide for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and other new text end 9.20 new text begin governmental units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed in new text end 9.21 new text begin sections 136D.25, 136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the new text end 9.22 new text begin services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8. new text end 9.23    Sec. 20. new text begin COMPENSATORY REVENUE; INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT. new text end 9.24 new text begin For the 2015-2016 school year only, for an intermediate district formed under new text end 9.25 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 136D.41, the department must calculate compensatory new text end 9.26 new text begin revenue based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts for the South Metro Educational new text end 9.27 new text begin Cooperative. new text end 9.28    Sec. 21. new text begin RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT EXEMPTION; HENDRICKS. new text end 9.29 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.04, subdivision 6, paragraph new text end 9.30 new text begin (b); 124D.041, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and 124D.05, subdivision 2a, the provisions new text end 10.1 new text begin of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.041 and the agreement shall not apply to Independent new text end 10.2 new text begin School District No. 402, Hendricks. new text end 10.3 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and new text end 10.4 new text begin later. new text end 10.5    Sec. 22. new text begin SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY ADJUSTMENTS. new text end 10.6     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Tax rate adjustment. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education must adjust new text end 10.7 new text begin each school district tax rate established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B to 127A, new text end 10.8 new text begin by multiplying the rate by the ratio of the statewide total tax capacity for assessment year new text end 10.9 new text begin 2014, as it existed prior to the passage of Regular Session 2015, House File No. 848, or new text end 10.10 new text begin a similarly styled bill passed in a special session to the statewide total tax capacity for new text end 10.11 new text begin assessment year 2014. new text end 10.12     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Equalizing factors. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education must adjust each new text end 10.13 new text begin school district equalizing factor established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B to new text end 10.14 new text begin 127A, by dividing the equalizing factor by the ratio of the statewide total tax capacity for new text end 10.15 new text begin assessment year 2014, as it existed prior to the passage of Regular Session 2015, House new text end 10.16 new text begin File No. 848, or a similarly styled bill passed in a special session, to the statewide total tax new text end 10.17 new text begin capacity for assessment year 2014. new text end 10.18    Sec. 23. new text begin INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 761, OWATONNA PUBLIC new text end 10.19 new text begin SCHOOLS; REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION. new text end 10.20 new text begin The referendum revenue authorization for Independent School District No. 761, new text end 10.21 new text begin Owatonna public schools, shall be set at $1,082.70 per adjusted pupil unit for taxes new text end 10.22 new text begin payable in 2014 and adjusted thereafter for the annual inflationary increases calculated new text end 10.23 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), to reflect the new text end 10.24 new text begin intention of the school board and the understanding of the voters relating to the new new text end 10.25 new text begin authorization approved by the voters of that school district on November 5, 2013. This new text end 10.26 new text begin referendum will be applicable for seven years beginning with taxes payable in 2014 unless new text end 10.27 new text begin otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. new text end 10.28 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 10.29    Sec. 24. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 10.30     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 10.31 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 10.32 new text begin designated. new text end 11.1     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin General education aid. new text end new text begin For general education aid under Minnesota new text end 11.2 new text begin Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4: new text end 11.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,567,318,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 11.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,645,270,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 11.5 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $622,908,000 for 2015 and $5,944,411,000 for 2016. new text end 11.6 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $632,481,000 for 2016 and $6,012,789,000 for new text end 11.7 new text begin 2017. new text end 11.8     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Nonpublic pupil transportation. new text end new text begin For nonpublic pupil transportation aid new text end 11.9 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9: new text end 11.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 17,488,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 11.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 17,464,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 11.12 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,816,000 for 2015 and $15,672,000 for 2016. new text end 11.13 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,741,000 for 2016 and $15,723,000 for 2017. new text end 11.14     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Nonpublic pupil education aid. new text end new text begin For nonpublic pupil education aid under new text end 11.15 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87: new text end 11.16 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 16,819,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 11.17 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 17,338,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 11.18 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,575,000 for 2015 and $15,244,000 for 2016. new text end 11.19 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,693,000 for 2016 and $15,645,000 for 2017. new text end 11.20     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Career and technical aid. new text end new text begin For career and technical aid under Minnesota new text end 11.21 new text begin Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b: new text end 11.22 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,420,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 11.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 4,669,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 11.24 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $574,000 for 2015 and $4,846,000 for 2016. new text end 11.25 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $538,000 for 2016 and $4,131,000 for 2017. new text end 11.26     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Abatement revenue. new text end new text begin For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 11.27 new text begin 127A.49: new text end 11.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,740,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 11.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,932,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 11.30 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $278,000 for 2015 and $2,462,000 for 2016. new text end 11.31 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $273,000 for 2016 and $2,659,000 for 2017. new text end 11.32     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Consolidation transition. new text end new text begin For districts consolidating under Minnesota new text end 11.33 new text begin Statutes, section 123A.485: new text end 12.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 292,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 12.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 165,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 12.3 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2015 and $270,000 for 2016. new text end 12.4 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $30,000 for 2016 and $135,000 for 2017. new text end 12.5     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin One-room schoolhouse. new text end new text begin For a grant to Independent School District No. new text end 12.6 new text begin 690, Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School: new text end 12.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 65,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 12.8 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 65,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 12.9     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Enrollment options transportation. new text end new text begin For transportation of pupils attending new text end 12.10 new text begin postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation new text end 12.11 new text begin of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03: new text end 12.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 39,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 12.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 42,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 12.14ARTICLE 2 12.15EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 12.16    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 12.17    Subd. 4. Rigorous course taking information; AP, IB, and PSEO. The 12.18commissioner shall submit the following information on rigorous course taking new text begin , new text end 12.19 new text begin disaggregated by student subgroup, school district, and postsecondary institution, new text end to the 12.20education committees of the legislature each year by February 1: 12.21(1) the number of pupils enrolled in postsecondary enrollment options under section 12.22124D.09 , including concurrent enrollment, new text begin career and technical education courses offered new text end 12.23 new text begin as a concurrent enrollment course, new text end advanced placement, and international baccalaureate 12.24courses in each school district; 12.25(2) the number of teachers in each district attending training programs offered by the 12.26college board, International Baccalaureate North America, Inc., or Minnesota concurrent 12.27enrollment programs; 12.28(3) the number of teachers in each district participating in support programs; 12.29(4) recent trends in the field of postsecondary enrollment options under section 12.30124D.09 , including concurrent enrollment, advanced placement, and international 12.31baccalaureate programs; 13.1(5) expenditures for each category in this section and under sections 124D.09 and 13.2124D.091 new text begin , including career and technical education courses offered as a concurrent new text end 13.3 new text begin enrollment course new text end ; and 13.4(6) other recommendations for the state program or the postsecondary enrollment 13.5options under section 124D.09, including concurrent enrollment. 13.6    Sec. 2. new text begin [121A.395] TITLE. new text end 13.7 new text begin Sections 121A.395 to 121A.3951 may be cited as the "Student Support Services new text end 13.8 new text begin Personnel Act." new text end 13.9    Sec. 3. new text begin [121A.3951] STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PERSONNEL GRANT new text end 13.10 new text begin PROGRAM. new text end 13.11     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definitions. new text end new text begin For the purposes of sections 121A.395 to 121A.3951, new text end 13.12 new text begin the following terms have the meanings given them: new text end 13.13 new text begin (1) "student support services personnel" includes individuals licensed to serve as a new text end 13.14 new text begin school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical new text end 13.15 new text begin dependency counselor in Minnesota; and new text end 13.16 new text begin (2) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time new text end 13.17 new text begin position not under contract by a school at the start of the 2014-2015 school year. new text end 13.18     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Purpose. new text end new text begin The purpose of the student support services personnel grant new text end 13.19 new text begin program is to: new text end 13.20 new text begin (1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools; new text end 13.21 new text begin (2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure new text end 13.22 new text begin effective services; new text end 13.23 new text begin (3) ensure that students receive effective academic guidance and integrated and new text end 13.24 new text begin comprehensive services to improve kindergarten through grade 12 school outcomes and new text end 13.25 new text begin career and college readiness; new text end 13.26 new text begin (4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice new text end 13.27 new text begin of their training and licensure; new text end 13.28 new text begin (5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, and school management within a new text end 13.29 new text begin comprehensive approach that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; and new text end 13.30 new text begin (6) improve school safety and school climate to support academic success and new text end 13.31 new text begin career and college readiness. new text end 13.32     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Grant eligibility and application. new text end new text begin (a) A school district, charter school, new text end 13.33 new text begin intermediate school district, or other cooperative unit is eligible to apply for a six-year new text end 13.34 new text begin grant under this section. new text end 14.1 new text begin (b) The commissioner of education shall specify the form and manner of the grant new text end 14.2 new text begin application. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority to schools in which new text end 14.3 new text begin student support services personnel positions do not currently exist. Additional criteria new text end 14.4 new text begin must include at least the following: new text end 14.5 new text begin (1) existing student support services personnel caseloads; new text end 14.6 new text begin (2) school demographics; new text end 14.7 new text begin (3) Title 1 revenue; new text end 14.8 new text begin (4) Minnesota student survey data; new text end 14.9 new text begin (5) graduation rates; and new text end 14.10 new text begin (6) postsecondary completion rates. new text end 14.11     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Allowed uses; match requirements. new text end new text begin A grant under this section must be new text end 14.12 new text begin used to hire a new position. A school that receives a grant must match the grant with local new text end 14.13 new text begin funds in each year of the grant. In each of the first four years of the grant, the local match new text end 14.14 new text begin equals $1 for every $1 awarded in the same year. In years five and six of the grant, the new text end 14.15 new text begin local match equals $3 for every $1 awarded in the same year. The local match may not new text end 14.16 new text begin include federal reimbursements attributable to the new position. new text end 14.17     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Report required. new text end new text begin By February 1 following any fiscal year in which a grant new text end 14.18 new text begin was received, a school must submit a written report to the commissioner indicating how new text end 14.19 new text begin the new positions affected two or more of the following measures: new text end 14.20 new text begin (1) school climate; new text end 14.21 new text begin (2) attendance rates; new text end 14.22 new text begin (3) academic achievement; new text end 14.23 new text begin (4) career and college readiness; and new text end 14.24 new text begin (5) postsecondary completion rates. new text end 14.25    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision 14.26to read: 14.27     new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end new text begin Teacher preparation program data; report. new text end new text begin Each teacher preparation new text end 14.28 new text begin program must collect valid, reliable, and timely data about outcomes for its teacher new text end 14.29 new text begin candidates. On an annual basis, each teacher preparation program must publish summary new text end 14.30 new text begin data on programs' efficacy in an understandable, useful, and readily accessible electronic new text end 14.31 new text begin format that is available on a Web site hosted by the teacher preparation program. The new text end 14.32 new text begin summary report at least must include: four-year graduation rates, licensure attainment, new text end 14.33 new text begin employment rates, and satisfaction rates from teacher candidates collected via a survey. new text end 14.34 new text begin Additionally, some of the outcomes may be disaggregated by race, including: new text end 14.35 new text begin (1) graduation rates; new text end 15.1 new text begin (2) licensure rates; new text end 15.2 new text begin (3) employment rates; and new text end 15.3 new text begin (4) teacher candidate satisfaction. new text end 15.4 new text begin Teacher preparation programs must follow the standard practice determined by new text end 15.5 new text begin the National Center for Education Statistics by exempting sample cells smaller than ten new text end 15.6 new text begin people in order to maintain privacy of individual teachers. new text end 15.7 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 15.8 new text begin and applies to reports published beginning June 1, 2016. new text end 15.9    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.413, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 15.10    Subdivision 1. Qualifying plan. A district or new text begin , new text end intermediate school district new text begin , or a new text end 15.11 new text begin cooperative unit, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, new text end may develop an educational 15.12improvement plan for the purpose of qualifying for the alternative teacher professional pay 15.13system under section 122A.414. The plan must include measures for improving school 15.14district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, teacher, and individual 15.15student performance. 15.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 15.17 new text begin later. new text end 15.18    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.413, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 15.19    Subd. 2. Plan components. The educational improvement plan must be approved 15.20by the school board new text begin or governing board new text end and have at least these elements: 15.21(1) assessment and evaluation tools to measure student performance and progress, 15.22including the academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of English 15.23learners, among other measures; 15.24(2) performance goals and benchmarks for improvement; 15.25(3) measures of student attendance and completion rates; 15.26(4) a rigorous research and practice-based professional development system, based 15.27on national and state standards of effective teaching practice applicable to all students 15.28including English learners with varied needs under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 15.292a, and consistent with section 122A.60, that is aligned with educational improvement and 15.30designed to achieve ongoing and schoolwide progress and growth in teaching practice; 15.31(5) measures of student, family, and community involvement and satisfaction; 15.32(6) a data system about students and their academic progress that provides parents 15.33and the public with understandable information; 16.1(7) a teacher induction and mentoring program for probationary teachers that 16.2provides continuous learning and sustained teacher support; and 16.3(8) substantial participation by the exclusive representative of the teachers in 16.4developing the plan. 16.5 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 16.6 new text begin later. new text end 16.7    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 16.8    Subdivision 1. Restructured pay system. A restructured alternative teacher 16.9professional pay system is established under subdivision 2 to provide incentives to 16.10encourage teachers to improve their knowledge and instructional skills in order to improve 16.11student learning and for school districts, intermediate school districts, new text begin cooperative units, new text end 16.12 new text begin as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, new text end and charter schools to recruit and retain 16.13highly qualified teachers, encourage highly qualified teachers to undertake challenging 16.14assignments, and support teachers' roles in improving students' educational achievement. 16.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 16.16 new text begin later. new text end 16.17    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 16.18    Subd. 1a. Transitional planning year. (a) To be eligible to participate in an 16.19alternative teacher professional pay system, a school district, intermediate school district, 16.20or site, at least one school year before it expects to fully implement an alternative pay 16.21system, must: 16.22(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the school district or new text begin , new text end 16.23intermediate school district and the exclusive representative of the teachers to complete a 16.24plan preparing for full implementation, consistent with subdivision 2, that may include, 16.25among other activities, training to evaluate teacher performance, a restructured school 16.26day to develop integrated ongoing site-based professional development activities, release 16.27time to develop an alternative pay system agreement, and teacher and staff training on 16.28using multiple data sources; and 16.29(2) agree to use up to two percent of basic revenue for staff development purposes, 16.30consistent with sections 122A.60 and 122A.61, to develop the alternative teacher 16.31professional pay system agreement under this section. 17.1(b) To be eligible to participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system, a 17.2charter school, at least one school year before it expects to fully implement an alternative 17.3pay system, must: 17.4(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the charter school and the 17.5charter school board of directors; 17.6(2) submit the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the charter 17.7school indicating at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative 17.8pay system; and 17.9(3) agree to use up to two percent of basic revenue for staff development purposes, 17.10consistent with sections 122A.60 and 122A.61, to develop the alternative teacher 17.11professional pay system. 17.12 new text begin (c) To be eligible to participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system, new text end 17.13 new text begin a cooperative, excluding intermediate school districts at least one school year before it new text end 17.14 new text begin expects to fully implement an alternative pay system, must: new text end 17.15 new text begin (1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the governing board new text end 17.16 new text begin of the cooperative; and new text end 17.17 new text begin (2) submit the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed by the cooperative new text end 17.18 new text begin indicating at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative pay system. new text end 17.19(c) new text begin (d) new text end The commissioner may waive the planning year if the commissioner 17.20determines, based on the criteria under subdivision 2, that the school district, intermediate 17.21school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end site or charter school is ready to fully implement an alternative 17.22pay system. 17.23 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 17.24 new text begin later. new text end 17.25    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 17.26    Subd. 2. Alternative teacher professional pay system. (a) To participate in 17.27this program, a school district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or 17.28charter school must have an educational improvement plan under section 122A.413 and 17.29an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under paragraph (b). A charter 17.30school participant also must comply with subdivision 2a. 17.31    (b) The alternative teacher professional pay system agreement must: 17.32    (1) describe how teachers can achieve career advancement and additional 17.33compensation; 17.34    (2) describe how the school district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end 17.35school site, or charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options that 18.1allow teachers to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused 18.2professional development that helps other teachers improve their skills; 18.3    (3) reform the "steps and lanes" salary schedule, new text begin which may include a hiring new text end 18.4 new text begin bonus or other added compensation for teachers who work in a hard-to-fill position or new text end 18.5 new text begin hard-to-staff school setting, such as a school with a majority of students whose families new text end 18.6 new text begin meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically isolated school, or a school identified by new text end 18.7 new text begin the state as eligible for targeted programs or services for its students. The salary schedule new text end 18.8 new text begin must new text end prevent any teacher's compensation paid before implementing the pay system from 18.9being reduced as a result of participating in this system, base at least 60 percent of any 18.10compensation increase on teacher performance using: 18.11    (i) schoolwide student achievement gains under section 120B.35 or locally selected 18.12standardized assessment outcomes, or both; 18.13    (ii) measures of student growth and literacy that may include value-added models 18.14or student learning goals, consistent with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, clause (9), or 18.15122A.41, subdivision 5 , clause (9), and other measures that include the academic literacy, 18.16oral academic language, and achievement of English learners under section 122A.40, 18.17subdivision 8, clause (10), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, clause (10); and 18.18    (iii) an objective evaluation program under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, 18.19paragraph (b), clause (2), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (2); 18.20    (4) provide for participation in job-embedded learning opportunities such as 18.21professional learning communities to improve instructional skills and learning that are 18.22aligned with student needs under section 122A.413, consistent with the staff development 18.23plan under section 122A.60 and led during the school day by trained teacher leaders 18.24such as master or mentor teachers; 18.25    (5) allow any teacher in a participating school district, intermediate school district, 18.26 new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or charter school that implements an alternative pay system to 18.27participate in that system without any quota or other limit; and 18.28    (6) encourage collaboration rather than competition among teachers. 18.29 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 18.30 new text begin later. new text end 18.31    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 18.32    Subd. 2a. Charter school applications new text begin ; cooperative applications new text end . new text begin (a) new text end For charter 18.33school applications, the board of directors of a charter school that satisfies the conditions 18.34under subdivisions 2 and 2b must submit to the commissioner an application that contains: 19.1(1) an agreement to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system 19.2under this section; 19.3(2) a resolution by the charter school board of directors adopting the agreement; and 19.4(3) the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the charter school 19.5indicating that at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative 19.6teacher professional pay system, unless the charter school submits an alternative teacher 19.7professional pay system agreement under this section before the first year of operation. 19.8Alternative compensation revenue for a qualifying charter school must be calculated 19.9under section 126C.10, subdivision 34, paragraphs (a) and (b). 19.10 new text begin (b) For cooperative unit applications, excluding intermediate school districts, the new text end 19.11 new text begin governing board of a cooperative unit that satisfies the conditions under subdivisions 2 new text end 19.12 new text begin and 2b must submit to the commissioner an application that contains: new text end 19.13 new text begin (1) an agreement to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system new text end 19.14 new text begin under this section; new text end 19.15 new text begin (2) a resolution by the governing board adopting the agreement; and new text end 19.16 new text begin (3) the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the cooperative unit new text end 19.17 new text begin indicating that at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative teacher new text end 19.18 new text begin professional pay system. new text end 19.19 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 19.20 new text begin later. new text end 19.21    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 19.22    Subd. 2b. Approval process. (a) Consistent with the requirements of this section and 19.23sections 122A.413 and 122A.415, the department must prepare and transmit to interested 19.24school districts, intermediate school districts, new text begin cooperatives, new text end school sites, and charter 19.25schools a standard form for applying to participate in the alternative teacher professional 19.26pay system. The commissioner annually must establish three dates as deadlines by which 19.27interested applicants must submit an application to the commissioner under this section. 19.28An interested school district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or 19.29charter school must submit to the commissioner a completed application executed by the 19.30district superintendent and the exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers if the 19.31applicant is a school district, intermediate school district, or school site, or executed by 19.32the charter school board of directors if the applicant is a charter school new text begin or executed by new text end 19.33 new text begin the governing board if the applicant is a cooperative unit new text end . The application must include 19.34the proposed alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under subdivision 19.352. The department must review a completed application within 30 days of the most 20.1recent application deadline and recommend to the commissioner whether to approve or 20.2disapprove the application. The commissioner must approve applications on a first-come, 20.3first-served basis. The applicant's alternative teacher professional pay system agreement 20.4must be legally binding on the applicant and the collective bargaining representative before 20.5the applicant receives alternative compensation revenue. The commissioner must approve 20.6or disapprove an application based on the requirements under subdivisions 2 and 2a. 20.7(b) If the commissioner disapproves an application, the commissioner must give the 20.8applicant timely notice of the specific reasons in detail for disapproving the application. 20.9The applicant may revise and resubmit its application and related documents to the 20.10commissioner within 30 days of receiving notice of the commissioner's disapproval and 20.11the commissioner must approve or disapprove the revised application, consistent with this 20.12subdivision. Applications that are revised and then approved are considered submitted on 20.13the date the applicant initially submitted the application. 20.14 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 20.15 new text begin later. new text end 20.16    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 20.17    Subd. 3. Report; continued funding. (a) Participating districts, intermediate school 20.18districts, new text begin cooperatives, new text end school sites, and charter schools must report on the implementation 20.19and effectiveness of the alternative teacher professional pay system, particularly 20.20addressing each requirement under subdivision 2 and make annual recommendations by 20.21June 15 to their school boards. The school board or new text begin , new text end board of directors new text begin , or governing board new text end 20.22shall transmit a copy of the report with a summary of the findings and recommendations 20.23of the district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or charter school to 20.24the commissioner. 20.25(b) If the commissioner determines that a school district, intermediate school district, 20.26 new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or charter school that receives alternative teacher compensation 20.27revenue is not complying with the requirements of this section, the commissioner 20.28may withhold funding from that participant. Before making the determination, the 20.29commissioner must notify the participant of any deficiencies and provide the participant 20.30an opportunity to comply. 20.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 20.32 new text begin later. new text end 21.1    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.415, is amended to read: 21.2122A.415 ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION REVENUE. 21.3    Subdivision 1. Revenue amount. (a) A school district, intermediate school district, 21.4 new text begin cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, new text end school site, or charter 21.5school that meets the conditions of section 122A.414 and submits an application approved 21.6by the commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation revenue. 21.7(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner 21.8must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by a 21.9district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain an 21.10alternative teacher professional pay system agreement that: 21.11(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with 21.12section 122A.414; and 21.13(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations 21.14Act under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 179A.20, subdivision 3, a 21.15district may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years. 21.16Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site in 21.17which the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place 21.18teachers in the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay system equals 21.19$260 times the number of pupils enrolled at the district or site on October 1 of the previous 21.20fiscal year. Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying intermediate school 21.21district new text begin or cooperative new text end must be calculated under subdivision 4, paragraph (a) new text begin (b) new text end . 21.22(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed 21.23using the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts entering 21.24into the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue computed 21.25for a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings, school 21.26openings, or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current year. 21.27(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts, 21.28 new text begin cooperatives, new text end school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher 21.29professional pay system by October 1 of the current school year. 21.30    Subd. 3. Revenue timing. (a) Districts, intermediate school districts, new text begin cooperatives, new text end 21.31school sites, or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative 21.32compensation revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district, 21.33 new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional 21.34pay system under this subdivision and section 122A.414. For fiscal year 2007 and later, 21.35A qualifying district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or charter 21.36school that received alternative teacher compensation aid for the previous fiscal year 22.1must receive at least an amount of alternative teacher compensation revenue equal to the 22.2lesser of the amount it received for the previous fiscal year or the amount it qualifies 22.3for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if the district, intermediate school 22.4district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school site, or charter school submits a timely application and the 22.5commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district, new text begin cooperative, new text end school 22.6site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional pay 22.7system, consistent with its application under this section. 22.8(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1, 22.9and section 122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b), and 2a, if the applicant is a charter 22.10school new text begin or cooperative new text end , in the order in which they are received, select applicants that 22.11qualify for this program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, new text begin cooperatives, new text end 22.12school sites, and charter schools about the program, develop and disseminate application 22.13materials, and carry out other activities needed to implement this section. 22.14(c) For fiscal year 2008 and later, the portion of the state total basic alternative 22.15teacher compensation aid entitlement allocated to charter schools must not exceed the 22.16product of $3,374,000 times the ratio of the state total charter school enrollment for the 22.17previous fiscal year to the state total charter school enrollment for fiscal year 2007. 22.18Additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid may be approved for charter schools 22.19after August 1, not to exceed the charter school limit for the following fiscal year, if 22.20the basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement for school districts based on 22.21applications approved by August 1 does not expend the remaining amount under the limit. 22.22    Subd. 4. Basic alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For fiscal year 2015 and 22.23later, The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school with a plan approved 22.24under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher 22.25compensation revenue under subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation 22.26aid for an intermediate school district or new text begin a new text end charter school with a plan approved under 22.27section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 22.28times the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or 22.29on October 1 of the current year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times 22.30the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher 22.31compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher 22.32compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1. 22.33(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative 22.34teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2015 22.35and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation 22.36aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these limits new text begin Basic alternative teacher new text end 23.1 new text begin compensation aid for an intermediate district or other cooperative unit equals $3,000 times new text end 23.2 new text begin the number of licensed teachers employed by the intermediate district or cooperative unit new text end 23.3 new text begin on October 1 of the previous school year new text end . 23.4    Subd. 5. Alternative teacher compensation levy. For fiscal year 2015 and later, 23.5The alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic alternative teacher 23.6compensation aid equals the product of (1) the difference between the district's alternative 23.7teacher compensation revenue and the district's basic alternative teacher compensation 23.8aid, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted net tax capacity per 23.9adjusted pupil unit to $6,100. 23.10    Subd. 6. Alternative teacher compensation equalization aid. (a) For fiscal year 23.112015 and later, A district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the 23.12district's alternative teacher compensation revenue minus the district's basic alternative 23.13teacher compensation aid minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy. If a 23.14district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the alternative teacher compensation 23.15equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied. 23.16(b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the 23.17district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative teacher 23.18compensation equalization aid. 23.19 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 23.20 new text begin later. new text end 23.21    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.74, is amended to read: 23.22122A.74 PRINCIPALS' LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE new text begin DEVELOPMENT new text end . 23.23    Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) The commissioner of education may contract 23.24with the Minnesota State University Mankato or new text begin and new text end the regents of the University of 23.25Minnesota to establish a Principals' Leadership Institute to provide new text begin licensed principals new text end 23.26 new text begin and other school leaders in Minnesota with a research-based and professionally evaluated new text end 23.27professional development to school principals new text begin program focused on instructional and new text end 23.28 new text begin organizational leadership new text end by: 23.29(1) creating a network of new text begin educational new text end leaders in the educational and business 23.30communities to communicate current and future trends in leadership techniques new text begin to help new text end 23.31 new text begin all Minnesota students learn new text end ; new text begin and new text end 23.32(2) helping to create a vision for the school that is aligned with the community 23.33and district priorities; 24.1(3) developing strategies to retain highly qualified teachers and ensure that diverse 24.2student populations, including at-risk students, children with disabilities, English learners, 24.3and gifted students, among others, have equal access to these highly qualified teachers; and 24.4(4) providing training to analyze data using culturally competent tools. 24.5(b) The new text begin Minnesota Principals' Academy at the new text end University of Minnesota must new text begin and new text end 24.6 new text begin the Institute for Courageous Leadership at Minnesota State University Mankato may new text end 24.7cooperate with participating members of the business community new text begin and educational leaders new text end 24.8to provide funding and content for the institute new text begin programs new text end . 24.9(c) Participants must agree to attend new text begin all sessions of new text end the Principals' Leadership 24.10Institute for four weeks during the academic summer new text begin Minnesota Principals' Academy or new text end 24.11 new text begin the Institute for Courageous Leadership new text end . 24.12(d) new text begin (c) new text end The Principals' Leadership Institute new text begin Minnesota Principals' Academy new text end must 24.13incorporate program elements offered by leadership programs at the University of 24.14Minnesota and new text begin , new text end program elements used by the participating members of the business 24.15community to enhance leadership within their businesses new text begin , and current research-based new text end 24.16 new text begin practices in educational leadership new text end . 24.17    Subd. 2. Method of Selection new text begin methods new text end and requirements new text begin admission processes new text end . 24.18(a) The board of each school district new text begin and charter school new text end in the state may select a new text begin licensed new text end 24.19principal new text begin or school leader new text end , upon the recommendation of the district's superintendent and new text begin or new text end 24.20 new text begin charter school's board of directors, new text end based on the principal's new text begin or school leader's new text end leadership 24.21potential, to attend the institute new text begin apply to a program under subdivision (1), paragraph (b) new text end . 24.22(b) The school board new text begin and the charter school board of directors new text end annually shall 24.23forward its list new text begin their lists new text end of recommended participants to the commissioner by February 24.241. In addition 24.25 new text begin (b) As an alternative to paragraph (a) new text end , a principal new text begin or school leader new text end may submit an 24.26application new text begin by February 1 new text end directly to the commissioner by February 1 new text begin administrator of a new text end 24.27 new text begin program under subdivision (1), paragraph (b) new text end . 24.28 new text begin (c) A committee comprised of the commissioner of education or the commissioner's new text end 24.29 new text begin designee, the executive directors of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, new text end 24.30 new text begin the Minnesota Elementary Principals Association, the Minnesota Association of new text end 24.31 new text begin Secondary School Principals, the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and Charter new text end 24.32 new text begin School Partners shall recommend applicants to the program administrators under new text end 24.33 new text begin subdivision 1, paragraph (b). The recommended applicants shall be regionally diverse new text end 24.34 new text begin and include charter school leaders. The program administrators shall annually select and new text end 24.35 new text begin notify the applicants under paragraphs (a) and (b) and their recommending organizations new text end 24.36 new text begin or employers of the applicants admitted to the program. new text end The commissioner shall notify the 25.1school board, the principal candidates, and the University of Minnesota of the principals 25.2selected to participate in the Principals' Leadership Institute each year. 25.3     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Program delivery. new text end new text begin A Minnesota Principals' Academy shall be offered new text end 25.4 new text begin annually in the seven-county metropolitan area and in greater Minnesota. The Minnesota new text end 25.5 new text begin Principals' Academy in greater Minnesota shall be at one of the designated Centers of new text end 25.6 new text begin Excellence in cooperation with the department. new text end 25.7    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.045, is amended by adding a 25.8subdivision to read: 25.9     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Teacher-powered schools; grants. new text end new text begin (a) For the purposes of this new text end 25.10 new text begin subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given to them: new text end 25.11 new text begin (1) "launch school" means a school newly created under this section; new text end 25.12 new text begin (2) "conversion school" means a school that is becoming a teacher-powered school new text end 25.13 new text begin by a teacher vote under this section; and new text end 25.14 new text begin (3) "teacher-powered school" means a school site in which the teachers comprise the new text end 25.15 new text begin governance structure of the school, hold autonomies as specified in subdivision 2, and new text end 25.16 new text begin assume responsibility for the school's success. new text end 25.17 new text begin (b) The commissioner shall, upon documented approval by the school board and new text end 25.18 new text begin the exclusive representative of the teachers in that school of a launch or conversion new text end 25.19 new text begin teacher-powered school, award a grant according to this paragraph: new text end 25.20 new text begin (1) a planning grant, awarded for one year in advance of the opening of a launch or new text end 25.21 new text begin conversion school and not to exceed $150,000; and new text end 25.22 new text begin (2) a start-up grant, awarded for the initial two years of operation and not to exceed new text end 25.23 new text begin $100,000 per year for a conversion school or $225,000 per year for a launch school. new text end 25.24 new text begin (c) After 50 percent of the grant funds have been awarded, the commissioner shall new text end 25.25 new text begin give preference in awarding grants to applicant school districts located in congressional new text end 25.26 new text begin districts in which no grants have been made. new text end 25.27 new text begin (d) A school district receiving a grant award under this subdivision must submit an new text end 25.28 new text begin annual budget to the commissioner along with the documentation of the approval of the new text end 25.29 new text begin school by the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers. new text end 25.30 new text begin (e) A school district receiving a grant award must, annually by September 1 of each new text end 25.31 new text begin year beginning September 1, 2016, submit a report to the commissioner to be shared with new text end 25.32 new text begin the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 finance new text end 25.33 new text begin and policy regarding the success of teacher-powered schools. Success measures include, new text end 25.34 new text begin but are not limited to, the state multiple measure, surveys of parental satisfaction, and new text end 25.35 new text begin other measures as might be relevant to the school's special mission. new text end 26.1    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 26.2    Subd. 5. Authorization; notification. Notwithstanding any other law to the 26.3contrary, an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled 26.4tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign 26.5exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an 26.6eligible institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by 26.7that postsecondary institution. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th or 10th 26.8grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant 26.9school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in 26.10a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian courses 26.11offered under subdivision 10, if after all 11th and 12th grade students have applied for a 26.12course, additional students are necessary to offer the course. new text begin A 9th or 10th grade pupil's new text end 26.13 new text begin eligibility to participate in the course is at the discretion of the school district and the new text end 26.14 new text begin eligible postsecondary institution providing the course offered under subdivision 10. new text end If an 26.15institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the institution shall 26.16send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and the commissioner 26.17within ten days of acceptance. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment 26.18of that pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must 26.19notify the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution. 26.20    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 26.21    Subd. 8. Limit on participation. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 9 may not 26.22enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than 26.23the equivalent of four academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 10 may not 26.24enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than 26.25the equivalent of three academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 11 may not 26.26enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the 26.27equivalent of two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 12 may not enroll in 26.28postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent 26.29of one academic year. If a pupil in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 first enrolls in a postsecondary 26.30course for secondary credit during the school year, the time of participation shall be 26.31reduced proportionately. If a pupil is in a learning year or other year-round program and 26.32begins each grade in the summer session, summer sessions shall not be counted against 26.33the time of participation. new text begin If a school district determines a pupil is not on track to graduate, new text end 26.34 new text begin the limit on participation does not apply to that pupil. new text end A pupil who has graduated from 26.35high school cannot participate in a program under this section. A pupil who has completed 27.1course requirements for graduation but who has not received a diploma may participate in 27.2the program under this section. 27.3    Sec. 18. new text begin [124D.231] FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. new text end 27.4     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definitions. new text end new text begin For the purposes of this section, the following terms new text end 27.5 new text begin have the meanings given them. new text end 27.6 new text begin (a) "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization that has been in new text end 27.7 new text begin existence for three years or more and serves persons within the community surrounding new text end 27.8 new text begin the covered school site on education and other issues. new text end 27.9 new text begin (b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community new text end 27.10 new text begin organizations that propose to work together to plan and implement community school new text end 27.11 new text begin programming. new text end 27.12 new text begin (c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities new text end 27.13 new text begin described under subdivision 2, paragraph (g). new text end 27.14 new text begin (d) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means new text end 27.15 new text begin educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, new text end 27.16 new text begin consistent with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers. new text end 27.17 new text begin (e) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been new text end 27.18 new text begin funded to provide community school programming. new text end 27.19 new text begin (f) "Site coordinator" is an individual who is responsible for aligning programming new text end 27.20 new text begin with the needs of the school community identified in the baseline analysis. new text end 27.21     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Full-service community school program. new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner shall new text end 27.22 new text begin provide funding to eligible school sites to plan, implement, and improve full-service new text end 27.23 new text begin community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following criteria: new text end 27.24 new text begin (1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section new text end 27.25 new text begin 120B.35, subdivision 2; or new text end 27.26 new text begin (2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved new text end 27.27 new text begin by the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862. new text end 27.28 new text begin (b) An eligible school site may receive up to $100,000 annually. School sites new text end 27.29 new text begin receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency to hire a new text end 27.30 new text begin site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site. new text end 27.31 new text begin (c) Implementation funding of up to $20,000 must be available for up to one year for new text end 27.32 new text begin planning for school sites. At the end of this period, the school must submit a full-service new text end 27.33 new text begin community school plan, pursuant to paragraph (g). new text end 27.34 new text begin (d) The commissioner shall dispense the funds to schools with significant populations new text end 27.35 new text begin of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches. Schools with significant homeless and new text end 28.1 new text begin highly mobile students shall also be a priority. The commissioner must also dispense the new text end 28.2 new text begin funds in a manner to ensure equity among urban, suburban, and greater Minnesota schools. new text end 28.3 new text begin (e) A school site must establish a school leadership team responsible for developing new text end 28.4 new text begin school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs, and overseeing the process new text end 28.5 new text begin of implementing expanded programming at each covered site. The school leadership team new text end 28.6 new text begin shall have between 12 to 15 members and shall meet the following requirements: new text end 28.7 new text begin (1) at least 30 percent of the members are parents and 30 percent of the members new text end 28.8 new text begin are teachers at the school site and must include the school principal and representatives new text end 28.9 new text begin from partner agencies; and new text end 28.10 new text begin (2) the school leadership team must be responsible for overseeing the baseline new text end 28.11 new text begin analyses under paragraph (f). A school leadership team must have ongoing responsibility new text end 28.12 new text begin for monitoring the development and implementation of full service community school new text end 28.13 new text begin operations and programming at the school site and shall issue recommendations to schools new text end 28.14 new text begin on a regular basis and summarized in an annual report. These reports shall also be made new text end 28.15 new text begin available to the public at the school site and on school and district Web sites. new text end 28.16 new text begin (f) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to beginning programming new text end 28.17 new text begin as a full-service community school. The analysis shall include: new text end 28.18 new text begin (1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team, new text end 28.19 new text begin which shall include the following elements: new text end 28.20 new text begin (i) identification of challenges facing the school; new text end 28.21 new text begin (ii) analysis of the student body, including: new text end 28.22 new text begin (A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students; new text end 28.23 new text begin (B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of new text end 28.24 new text begin these students; new text end 28.25 new text begin (C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; and new text end 28.26 new text begin (D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and new text end 28.27 new text begin the needs of these students; and new text end 28.28 new text begin (iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, new text end 28.29 new text begin English learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or new text end 28.30 new text begin reduced-price lunch; new text end 28.31 new text begin (iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such new text end 28.32 new text begin disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including, but not new text end 28.33 new text begin limited to, students of color, students with disabilities, students who are English learners, new text end 28.34 new text begin and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are represented among students subject new text end 28.35 new text begin to such actions; new text end 29.1 new text begin (v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic new text end 29.2 new text begin categories, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability new text end 29.3 new text begin status, and free or reduced-price lunch status; new text end 29.4 new text begin (vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and new text end 29.5 new text begin (vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of wraparound services, including, new text end 29.6 new text begin but not limited to: new text end 29.7 new text begin (A) mechanisms for meeting students' social, emotional, and physical health needs, new text end 29.8 new text begin which may include coordination of existing services as well as the development of new new text end 29.9 new text begin services based on student needs; and new text end 29.10 new text begin (B) strategies to create a safe and secure school environment and improve school new text end 29.11 new text begin climate and discipline, such as implementing a system of positive behavioral supports, and new text end 29.12 new text begin taking additional steps to eliminate bullying; new text end 29.13 new text begin (2) a baseline analysis of community assets and a strategic plan for utilizing new text end 29.14 new text begin and aligning identified assets. This analysis should include, but is not limited to, a new text end 29.15 new text begin documentation of individuals in the community, faith-based organizations, community and new text end 29.16 new text begin neighborhood associations, colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service new text end 29.17 new text begin agencies who may be able to provide support and resources; and new text end 29.18 new text begin (3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by new text end 29.19 new text begin the school leadership team, including, but not limited to: new text end 29.20 new text begin (i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education new text end 29.21 new text begin programs; new text end 29.22 new text begin (ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and new text end 29.23 new text begin (iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming. new text end 29.24 new text begin (g) Each school site receiving funding under this section must establish at least two new text end 29.25 new text begin of the following types of programming: new text end 29.26 new text begin (1) early childhood: new text end 29.27 new text begin (i) early childhood education; and new text end 29.28 new text begin (ii) child care services; new text end 29.29 new text begin (2) academic: new text end 29.30 new text begin (i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time; new text end 29.31 new text begin (ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences; new text end 29.32 new text begin (iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services; new text end 29.33 new text begin (iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, new text end 29.34 new text begin or expelled; and new text end 29.35 new text begin (v) specialized instructional support services; new text end 29.36 new text begin (3) parental involvement: new text end 30.1 new text begin (i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy, including the new text end 30.2 new text begin Reading First and Early Reading First programs authorized under part B of title I of the new text end 30.3 new text begin Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, United States Code, title 20, section new text end 30.4 new text begin 6361, et seq.; new text end 30.5 new text begin (ii) parent leadership development activities; and new text end 30.6 new text begin (iii) parenting education activities; new text end 30.7 new text begin (4) mental and physical health: new text end 30.8 new text begin (i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and new text end 30.9 new text begin conflict mediation; new text end 30.10 new text begin (ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs; new text end 30.11 new text begin (iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals; new text end 30.12 new text begin (iv) developmentally appropriate physical education; new text end 30.13 new text begin (v) nutrition services; new text end 30.14 new text begin (vi) primary health and dental care; and new text end 30.15 new text begin (vii) mental health counseling services; new text end 30.16 new text begin (5) community involvement: new text end 30.17 new text begin (i) service and service-learning opportunities; new text end 30.18 new text begin (ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and new text end 30.19 new text begin (iii) homeless prevention services; new text end 30.20 new text begin (6) positive discipline practices; and new text end 30.21 new text begin (7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in new text end 30.22 new text begin the baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan. new text end 30.23 new text begin (h) The school leadership team at each school site must develop a full-service new text end 30.24 new text begin community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team will take, including: new text end 30.25 new text begin (1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team; new text end 30.26 new text begin (2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components; new text end 30.27 new text begin (3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact new text end 30.28 new text begin of programming on the participating children and adults; new text end 30.29 new text begin (4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school new text end 30.30 new text begin and community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement new text end 30.31 new text begin organizations, businesses, and social service providers; new text end 30.32 new text begin (5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as new text end 30.33 new text begin universities, hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the new text end 30.34 new text begin development and implementation of community school programming; new text end 30.35 new text begin (6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and new text end 30.36 new text begin (7) plan for school leadership team development. new text end 31.1     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Full-service community school review. new text end new text begin (a) Every three years, a new text end 31.2 new text begin full-service community school site must submit to the commissioner, and make available new text end 31.3 new text begin at the school site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community school new text end 31.4 new text begin programming at each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service new text end 31.5 new text begin community school on participating children and adults. This report shall include, but new text end 31.6 new text begin is not limited to, the following: new text end 31.7 new text begin (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or new text end 31.8 new text begin implementing the community school plan; new text end 31.9 new text begin (2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school new text end 31.10 new text begin plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding new text end 31.11 new text begin program implementation; new text end 31.12 new text begin (3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful new text end 31.13 new text begin execution of the community school plan; new text end 31.14 new text begin (4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming new text end 31.15 new text begin to students and families; new text end 31.16 new text begin (5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming new text end 31.17 new text begin who had not previously been served; new text end 31.18 new text begin (6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving new text end 31.19 new text begin community school programming who had not previously been served; new text end 31.20 new text begin (7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school new text end 31.21 new text begin programming; new text end 31.22 new text begin (8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community new text end 31.23 new text begin school programming; new text end 31.24 new text begin (9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and new text end 31.25 new text begin in their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with new text end 31.26 new text begin the school and community environment; new text end 31.27 new text begin (10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the new text end 31.28 new text begin implementation of the program; new text end 31.29 new text begin (11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their new text end 31.30 new text begin children's education; new text end 31.31 new text begin (12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction; new text end 31.32 new text begin (13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction; new text end 31.33 new text begin (14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to new text end 31.34 new text begin provide services in the absence of future funding under this section; new text end 31.35 new text begin (15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and new text end 32.1 new text begin (16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private new text end 32.2 new text begin partners. new text end 32.3 new text begin (b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with new text end 32.4 new text begin respect to the following criteria: new text end 32.5 new text begin (1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in new text end 32.6 new text begin implementing the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which new text end 32.7 new text begin the school site navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the new text end 32.8 new text begin full-service community school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local new text end 32.9 new text begin statute or regulation impeding program implementation; new text end 32.10 new text begin (2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve new text end 32.11 new text begin delivery of community school programming to students; new text end 32.12 new text begin (3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of new text end 32.13 new text begin students and nonstudents receiving community school programming; new text end 32.14 new text begin (4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and new text end 32.15 new text begin improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school new text end 32.16 new text begin programming; new text end 32.17 new text begin (5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program; new text end 32.18 new text begin (6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement; new text end 32.19 new text begin (7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to new text end 32.20 new text begin provide services in the absence of future funding under this section; new text end 32.21 new text begin (8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and new text end 32.22 new text begin (9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private new text end 32.23 new text begin partners. new text end 32.24    Sec. 19. new text begin [124D.501] INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR SERVICE-LEARNING new text end 32.25 new text begin GRANTS. new text end 32.26     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Establishment; eligibility criteria; application requirements. new text end new text begin (a) new text end 32.27 new text begin A five-year grant program is established to initiate or expand and strengthen innovative new text end 32.28 new text begin service-learning opportunities for students in early childhood programs through grade new text end 32.29 new text begin 12 and thereby increase student academic achievement, and help close the academic new text end 32.30 new text begin achievement gap and the community, college, and career opportunity gaps. new text end 32.31 new text begin (b) To be eligible to apply for and receive an innovative, incubator service-learning new text end 32.32 new text begin grant under this section, at least one public school teacher, administrator, or program new text end 32.33 new text begin staff member and at least one service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator, new text end 32.34 new text begin or curriculum specialist employed at a public school, public school program, or school new text end 32.35 new text begin district must form an authentic student-adult partnership that includes one or more new text end 33.1 new text begin community-based organizations or government units. The partnership may invite one or new text end 33.2 new text begin more other individuals or entities, such as postsecondary faculty members or institutions, new text end 33.3 new text begin parents, other community members, local businesses or business organizations, or new text end 33.4 new text begin local media representatives to become partners or participate with the partnership, new text end 33.5 new text begin consistent with this paragraph. Before developing and submitting a grant application to new text end 33.6 new text begin the department, participating students must work with one or more adults who are part new text end 33.7 new text begin of the initial partnership to identify an issue, need, or opportunity to pursue through a new text end 33.8 new text begin service-learning partnership and identify and invite one or more possible partners to new text end 33.9 new text begin collaborate in developing and submitting a grant application. The employing school new text end 33.10 new text begin district that is a member of the partnership or the school district of the school or school new text end 33.11 new text begin program that is a member of the partnership is the fiscal agent for the grant. An eligible new text end 33.12 new text begin service-learning partnership receiving an innovation service-learning grant must: new text end 33.13 new text begin (1) include at least a group of enrolled students, two or more school district new text end 33.14 new text begin employees, and an eligible community-based organization or unit of government; and new text end 33.15 new text begin (2) assist students to: new text end 33.16 new text begin (i) actively participate in service-learning experiences that meet identified student new text end 33.17 new text begin and community needs or opportunities; new text end 33.18 new text begin (ii) operate collaboratively with service-learning partnership members; new text end 33.19 new text begin (iii) align service-learning experiences with students' individualized educational new text end 33.20 new text begin plans and programs; new text end 33.21 new text begin (iv) apply students' knowledge and skills in their community and help solve new text end 33.22 new text begin community problems; new text end 33.23 new text begin (v) foster students' civic engagement; and new text end 33.24 new text begin (vi) explore and pursue career pathways and achieve college readiness. new text end 33.25 new text begin An eligible partnership interested in receiving a grant must apply to the commissioner of new text end 33.26 new text begin education in the form and manner determined by the commissioner. Consistent with this new text end 33.27 new text begin subdivision, the application must describe how the applicant will: with guidance from new text end 33.28 new text begin the service-learning partnership, incorporate student-designed and student-led service new text end 33.29 new text begin learning into the school curriculum or in specific courses or across subject areas; provide new text end 33.30 new text begin students with instruction and experiences during the school day using service-learning new text end 33.31 new text begin best practices and an option to supplement their service-learning experiences outside the new text end 33.32 new text begin school day; align service-learning opportunities with state and local academic standards; new text end 33.33 new text begin and make implementing service-learning best practices an educational priority. The new text end 33.34 new text begin application also must indicate how the partnership intends to provide student-designed, new text end 33.35 new text begin student-led service-learning experiences that meet genuine community needs or develop new text end 33.36 new text begin genuine community opportunities based on service-learning best practices aligned to new text end 34.1 new text begin state academic standards. The partnership must work with a district service-learning new text end 34.2 new text begin specialist or service-learning coordinator or a district curriculum specialist to design a new text end 34.3 new text begin grant application and implement an approved grant application. new text end 34.4     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Innovation grants. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education must award up to new text end 34.5 new text begin four grants of up to $30,000 each to allow eligible partnerships, equitably distributed new text end 34.6 new text begin to two recipients within the seven-county metropolitan area and two recipients outside new text end 34.7 new text begin the seven-county metropolitan area, to provide innovative, incubator service-learning new text end 34.8 new text begin opportunities to students, consistent with this section. The commissioner may renew new text end 34.9 new text begin a grant annually as appropriations are available and consistent with the grant criteria new text end 34.10 new text begin established in this section and other criteria the commissioner may establish for grant new text end 34.11 new text begin eligibility or for renewing a grant. In order to receive a grant, a partnership must provide a new text end 34.12 new text begin one-to-one match in funds or in-kind contributions unless the commissioner decides to new text end 34.13 new text begin waive the match requirement for an applicant serving a high number of students whose new text end 34.14 new text begin families meet federal poverty guidelines. A partnership grantee must allocate the grant new text end 34.15 new text begin amount according to its grant application, which must include conveying 50 percent of the new text end 34.16 new text begin actual grant amount to its community-based organization or unit of government partner or new text end 34.17 new text begin partners to implement or help defray the direct costs of carrying out the service-learning new text end 34.18 new text begin strategies and activities described in the partnership's grant application. new text end 34.19     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Evaluation. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education must evaluate these new text end 34.20 new text begin innovative, incubator service-learning initiatives based on the educational and new text end 34.21 new text begin developmental outcomes of students participating in the service learning and include new text end 34.22 new text begin summary data on the characteristics and extent of students' participation in service learning, new text end 34.23 new text begin their development of academic skills or achievements, and their engagement in school, new text end 34.24 new text begin school attendance, course completion rates, opportunity to develop community, college, or new text end 34.25 new text begin career connections, and the graduation rates for participating high school-age students. new text end 34.26 new text begin The commissioner also must evaluate the success of the service-learning grants based on new text end 34.27 new text begin the community outcomes and community results achieved through student service-learning new text end 34.28 new text begin experiences and the corresponding student service activities. The commissioner must new text end 34.29 new text begin transmit an interim progress report on student and community outcomes and results under new text end 34.30 new text begin this section to the legislative committees with oversight over education by February 15, new text end 34.31 new text begin 2019, and a final report to the same legislative committees by February 15, 2021. new text end 34.32 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later. new text end 35.1    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.81, is amended to read: 35.2124D.81 CONTINUATION OF new text begin AMERICAN new text end INDIAN EDUCATION GRANTS 35.3 new text begin AID new text end . 35.4    Subdivision 1. Grants; Procedures. Each fiscal year the commissioner of education 35.5must make grants to no fewer than six American Indian education programs. At least 35.6three programs must be in urban areas and at least three must be on or near reservations. 35.7The board of a local district, a participating school or a group of boards may develop a 35.8proposal for grants in support of American Indian education programs. Proposals new text begin A new text end 35.9 new text begin school district, charter school, or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant new text end 35.10 new text begin school enrolling at least 20 American Indian students on October 1 of the previous school new text end 35.11 new text begin year, receiving federal Title 7 funding, and operating an American Indian education new text end 35.12 new text begin program according to section 124D.74 is eligible for Indian education aid if it meets the new text end 35.13 new text begin requirements of this section. Programs new text end may provide for contracts for the provision of 35.14program components by nonsectarian nonpublic, community, tribal, charter, or alternative 35.15schools. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner of application for grants 35.16 new text begin aids new text end , and no grant new text begin aid new text end shall be made for a proposal new text begin program new text end not complying with the 35.17requirements of sections 124D.71 to 124D.82. 35.18    Subd. 2. Plans. Each new text begin To qualify for aid, an eligible new text end district new text begin , charter school, new text end or 35.19participating new text begin tribal contract new text end school submitting a proposal under subdivision 1 must 35.20develop and submit with the proposal a plan new text begin for approval by the Indian education director new text end 35.21which new text begin that new text end shall: 35.22(a) Identify the measures to be used to meet the requirements of sections 124D.71 to 35.23124D.82 ; 35.24(b) Identify the activities, methods and programs to meet the identified educational 35.25needs of the children to be enrolled in the program; 35.26(c) Describe how district goals and objectives as well as the objectives of sections 35.27124D.71 to 124D.82 are to be achieved; 35.28(d) Demonstrate that required and elective courses as structured do not have a 35.29discriminatory effect within the meaning of section 124D.74, subdivision 5; 35.30(e) Describe how each school program will be organized, staffed, coordinated, 35.31and monitored; and 35.32(f) Project expenditures for programs under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82. 35.33     new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end new text begin American Indian education aid. new text end new text begin (a) The American Indian education new text end 35.34 new text begin aid for an eligible district or tribal contract school equals the greater of (1) the sum of new text end 35.35 new text begin $20,000 plus the product of $63 times the difference between the number of American new text end 35.36 new text begin Indian students enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year and 20; or (2) if the new text end 36.1 new text begin district or school received a grant under this section for fiscal year 2015, the amount new text end 36.2 new text begin of the grant for fiscal year 2015. new text end 36.3 new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the American Indian education aid must not new text end 36.4 new text begin exceed the district or tribal contract school's actual expenditure according to the approved new text end 36.5 new text begin plan under subdivision 2. new text end 36.6    Subd. 3. Additional requirements. Each district receiving a grant new text begin aid new text end under this 36.7section must each year conduct a count of American Indian children in the schools 36.8of the district; test for achievement; identify the extent of other educational needs of 36.9the children to be enrolled in the American Indian education program; and classify the 36.10American Indian children by grade, level of educational attainment, age and achievement. 36.11Participating schools must maintain records concerning the needs and achievements of 36.12American Indian children served. 36.13    Subd. 4. Nondiscrimination; testing. In accordance with recognized professional 36.14standards, all testing and evaluation materials and procedures utilized for the identification, 36.15testing, assessment new text begin , new text end and classification of American Indian children must be selected and 36.16administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory and must be valid for the 36.17purpose of identifying, testing, assessing, and classifying American Indian children. 36.18    Subd. 5. Records. Participating schools and districts must keep records and afford 36.19access to them as the commissioner finds necessary to ensure that American Indian 36.20education programs are implemented in conformity with sections 124D.71 to 124D.82. 36.21Each school district or participating school must keep accurate, detailed, and separate 36.22revenue and expenditure accounts for pilot American Indian education programs funded 36.23under this section. 36.24    Subd. 6. Money from other sources. A district or participating school providing 36.25American Indian education programs shall be eligible to receive moneys for these programs 36.26from other government agencies and from private sources when the moneys are available. 36.27    Subd. 7. Exceptions. Nothing in sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 shall be construed as 36.28prohibiting a district or school from implementing an American Indian education program 36.29which is not in compliance with sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 if the proposal and plan for 36.30that program is not funded pursuant to this section. 36.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 new text end 36.32 new text begin and later. new text end 36.33    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 36.34    Subd. 2. Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or 36.35grant school that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the 37.1requirements in subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. 37.2The amount of aid is derived by: 37.3(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less 37.4$170, times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 37.5126C.05, subdivision 6 , in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, 37.6subdivision 13 , and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted 37.7according to section 126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 37.8123B.44 or for which the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69; 37.9(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 37.10allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 37.11compensation revenue pupil units; 37.12(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the 37.13school by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the 37.14Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, 37.15subparts A to E, for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for 37.16the base rate as applied to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school 37.17adjustments and additional weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for 37.18contingency funds, school board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor 37.19repair, interim administration cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and 37.20the amount of money that is received according to section 124D.69; 37.21(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average 37.22daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract 37.23compensation revenue pupil units; and 37.24(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, 37.25subdivision 13 , in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue 37.26pupil units by the lesser of $1,500 new text begin $2,376 new text end or the result in clause (4). 37.27 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 37.28 new text begin later. new text end 37.29    Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 35, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 37.30    Subd. 2. Achievement and integration levy. For fiscal year 2014 only, a district's 37.31achievement and integration levy equals new text begin the lesser of the district's achievement and new text end 37.32 new text begin integration revenue for that year or new text end the amount the district was authorized to levy under 37.33Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2, section 49, paragraph (f). 37.34 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 38.1    Sec. 23. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 15, is amended to read: 38.2    Sec. 15. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION REVENUE. 38.3    (a) For fiscal year 2015 only, teacher development and evaluation revenue for a 38.4school district, intermediate school district, new text begin educational cooperative, education district, new text end 38.5or charter school new text begin with any school site new text end that does not have an alternative professional pay 38.6system agreement under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, equals $302 38.7times the number of full-time equivalent teachers employed on October 1 of the previous 38.8school year new text begin in each school site without an alternative professional pay system under new text end 38.9 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.414, subdivision 2 new text end . new text begin Except for charter schools, new text end revenue 38.10under this section must be reserved for teacher development and evaluation activities 38.11consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or Minnesota Statutes, 38.12section 122A.41, subdivision 5. For the purposes of this section, "teacher" has the 38.13meaning given it in Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or Minnesota 38.14Statutes, section 122A.41, subdivision 1. 38.15    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the state total teacher development and 38.16evaluation revenue entitlement must not exceed $10,000,000 new text begin $10,022,000 new text end for fiscal year 38.172015. The commissioner must limit the amount of revenue under this section so as not 38.18to exceed this limit. 38.19 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2014. new text end 38.20    Sec. 24. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 16, subdivision 7, is amended to 38.21read: 38.22    Subd. 7. Teacher development and evaluation. For teacher development and 38.23evaluation revenue. 38.24 38.25 $ 9,000,000 new text begin 9,020,000 new text end ..... 2015 38.26The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $9,000,000 new text begin $9,020,000 new text end for 2015. 38.27This is a onetime appropriation and is available until expended new text begin the end of fiscal year 2017 new text end . 38.28    Sec. 25. new text begin AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS. new text end 38.29     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Grant program established. new text end new text begin A grant program is established to new text end 38.30 new text begin support school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the new text end 38.31 new text begin summer with high school students in extension programs. Grants must be used to create or new text end 38.32 new text begin increase the availability of agricultural education teachers for students over the summer. new text end 39.1     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Application. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education shall develop the form and new text end 39.2 new text begin method for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining new text end 39.3 new text begin the allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants. new text end 39.4     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Grant awards. new text end new text begin Grant funding under this section must be matched new text end 39.5 new text begin by funding from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer new text end 39.6 new text begin employment. Grant funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 30 working new text end 39.7 new text begin days. new text end 39.8     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Reports. new text end new text begin School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the new text end 39.9 new text begin commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number new text end 39.10 new text begin of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals new text end 39.11 new text begin established in the grant application. The Department of Education shall develop the new text end 39.12 new text begin criteria necessary for the reports. new text end 39.13    Sec. 26. new text begin CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT WORKING GROUP. new text end 39.14     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Membership. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education shall convene a new text end 39.15 new text begin working group on concurrent enrollment. Members shall be named by the commissioner new text end 39.16 new text begin of education and include: new text end 39.17 new text begin (1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee; new text end 39.18 new text begin (2) the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education or the commissioner's new text end 39.19 new text begin designee; new text end 39.20 new text begin (3) representatives of postsecondary institutions with concurrent enrollment new text end 39.21 new text begin programs including at least: new text end 39.22 new text begin (i) one postsecondary faculty member from the University of Minnesota who has new text end 39.23 new text begin supervised a concurrent enrollment course; new text end 39.24 new text begin (ii) one postsecondary faculty member from the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end 39.25 new text begin University system who has supervised a concurrent enrollment course; new text end 39.26 new text begin (iii) one representative from the University of Minnesota; new text end 39.27 new text begin (iv) one representative from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; new text end 39.28 new text begin (v) one representative from a private college with a concurrent enrollment program; new text end 39.29 new text begin and new text end 39.30 new text begin (vi) one postsecondary faculty member from a career and technical college who has new text end 39.31 new text begin supervised a concurrent enrollment program; new text end 39.32 new text begin (4) representatives of school districts with concurrent enrollment programs, new text end 39.33 new text begin including at least one high school administrator, one high school teacher, and one high new text end 39.34 new text begin school counselor; new text end 40.1 new text begin (5) one representative of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment new text end 40.2 new text begin Partnerships; new text end 40.3 new text begin (6) at least one parent who has or had children participate in a concurrent enrollment new text end 40.4 new text begin course; new text end 40.5 new text begin (7) at least one student enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course for the 2015-2016 new text end 40.6 new text begin school year; and new text end 40.7 new text begin (8) other stakeholders as determined by the commissioner. new text end 40.8 new text begin The chair must be selected by the members at the first meeting. new text end 40.9     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Responsibilities. new text end new text begin (a) The working group shall review: new text end 40.10 new text begin (1) differences between concurrent enrollment courses and the sponsoring public new text end 40.11 new text begin postsecondary institution's equivalent course in regard to: new text end 40.12 new text begin (i) course outline including scope, sequence of content, and methods to be employed; new text end 40.13 new text begin (ii) final exam; new text end 40.14 new text begin (iii) grading scale; and new text end 40.15 new text begin (iv) nature and frequency of exams; new text end 40.16 new text begin (2) each program's student eligibility requirements, including exceptions to the new text end 40.17 new text begin requirements and the number of waivers to the requirements given in the past year; new text end 40.18 new text begin (3) course prerequisites; new text end 40.19 new text begin (4) all postsecondary institutions, both in-state and out-of-state, that have accepted new text end 40.20 new text begin or denied transferring courses for college credit; new text end 40.21 new text begin (5) the frequency with which courses are offered; new text end 40.22 new text begin (6) the method of charging for delivery of concurrent instruction; and new text end 40.23 new text begin (7) the compensation and workload of faculty supervisors of concurrent enrollment. new text end 40.24 new text begin (b) The working group shall make recommendations, including legislative proposals new text end 40.25 new text begin for improving the consistency of concurrent enrollment programs in regards to the items new text end 40.26 new text begin in paragraph (a). new text end 40.27 new text begin (c) Any costs of the working group and preparing the report under subdivision 3 must new text end 40.28 new text begin be paid for out of the Department of Education and participating public postsecondary new text end 40.29 new text begin institutions' current operating budgets. Postsecondary institutions must make materials new text end 40.30 new text begin available for the study as requested by the commissioners of education and the Office of new text end 40.31 new text begin Higher Education. All intellectual property associated with materials made available for new text end 40.32 new text begin the study are retained by the institution or professor. new text end 40.33     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Report. new text end new text begin The working group must submit a report to the commissioner new text end 40.34 new text begin of education by January 15, 2016, with their findings and recommendations. The new text end 40.35 new text begin commissioner must prepare and submit to the education policy and finance committees of new text end 40.36 new text begin the legislature by February 15, 2016, a written report including the working group report new text end 41.1 new text begin and summary data on concurrent enrollment courses under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 41.2 new text begin 124D.09, subdivision 10, consistent with this section. new text end 41.3    Sec. 27. new text begin EXAMINING AND DEVELOPING STATEWIDE SWIMMING new text end 41.4 new text begin RESOURCES. new text end 41.5 new text begin (a) The commissioner of education must use existing budgetary resources to new text end 41.6 new text begin inventory and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 2016, new text end 41.7 new text begin on the extent of existing resources and best practices available for swimming instruction new text end 41.8 new text begin in Minnesota public schools. new text end 41.9 new text begin (b) The commissioner of education must establish a work group of interested new text end 41.10 new text begin stakeholders, including the commissioner or commissioner's designee, the commissioner new text end 41.11 new text begin of health or the commissioner's designee, and representatives of K-12 physical education new text end 41.12 new text begin teachers, K-12 school administrators, the Minnesota school boards association, nonprofit new text end 41.13 new text begin fitness and recreational organizations, public parks and recreation departments, and new text end 41.14 new text begin other stakeholders, including community members underserved and disproportionately new text end 41.15 new text begin impacted by the current distribution of swimming resources, interested in swimming new text end 41.16 new text begin instruction and activities identified by the commissioner of education, to determine new text end 41.17 new text begin and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 2016, on the new text end 41.18 new text begin curriculum, resources, personnel, and other costs needed to make swimming instruction new text end 41.19 new text begin available in all Minnesota public schools for children beginning at an early age. The work new text end 41.20 new text begin group must consider the substance of the report under paragraph (a) in preparing its report. new text end 41.21 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 41.22    Sec. 28. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 41.23     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 41.24 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 41.25 new text begin designated. new text end 41.26     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Alternative compensation. new text end new text begin For alternative teacher compensation aid new text end 41.27 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4: new text end 41.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 78,331,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 41.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 96,864,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 41.30 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $7,766,000 for 2015 and $70,565,000 for 2016. new text end 41.31 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $7,840,000 for 2016 and $89,024,000 for 2017. new text end 41.32     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Achievement and integration aid. new text end new text begin For achievement and integration aid new text end 41.33 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862: new text end 42.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 65,539,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 42.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 68,745,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 42.3 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $6,382,000 for 2015 and $59,157,000 for 2016. new text end 42.4 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $6,573,000 for 2016 and $62,172,000 for 2017. new text end 42.5     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Literacy incentive aid. new text end new text begin For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota new text end 42.6 new text begin Statutes, section 124D.98: new text end 42.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 44,552,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 42.8 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 45,508,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 42.9 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $4,683,000 for 2015 and $39,869,000 for 2016. new text end 42.10 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $4,429,000 for 2016 and $41,079,000 for 2017. new text end 42.11     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. new text end new text begin For new text end 42.12 new text begin interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 42.13 new text begin section 124D.87: new text end 42.14 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,023,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 42.15 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,825,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 42.16     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Early childhood literacy programs. new text end new text begin For early childhood literacy new text end 42.17 new text begin programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3: new text end 42.18 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,675,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 42.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,675,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 42.20 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The new text end 42.21 new text begin base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $6,375,000. new text end 42.22     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Tribal contract schools. new text end new text begin For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota new text end 42.23 new text begin Statutes, section 124D.83: new text end 42.24 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,424,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 42.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,608,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 42.26 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2015 and $3,220,000 for 2016. new text end 42.27 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $357,000 for 2016 and $3,251,000 for 2017. new text end 42.28     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Compensatory revenue pilot program. new text end new text begin For grants for participation in the new text end 42.29 new text begin compensatory revenue pilot program under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, new text end 42.30 new text begin article 1, section 50, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 21: new text end 42.31 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,325,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 42.32 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,325,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 42.33 new text begin (a) In fiscal years 2016 and 2017, grants shall be awarded in the following amounts: new text end 42.34 new text begin $4,730,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin; new text end 42.35 new text begin $240,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 286, Brooklyn Center; $660,000 new text end 43.1 new text begin is for a grant to Independent School District No. 279, Osseo; $500,000 is for a grant to new text end 43.2 new text begin Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $520,000 is for a grant to Independent new text end 43.3 new text begin School District No. 535, Rochester; $205,000 is for a grant to Independent School District new text end 43.4 new text begin No. 833, South Washington; and $470,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. new text end 43.5 new text begin 241, Albert Lea. If a grant to a specific school district is not awarded, the commissioner new text end 43.6 new text begin may increase the aid amounts to any of the remaining participating school districts. new text end 43.7 new text begin (b) The base for this program in fiscal year 2018 and later is $2,325,000. Grants new text end 43.8 new text begin shall be awarded in the same amount as under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter new text end 43.9 new text begin 11, article 1, section 36: $1,500,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. new text end 43.10 new text begin 11, Anoka-Hennepin; $75,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 286, new text end 43.11 new text begin Brooklyn Center; $210,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 279, Osseo; new text end 43.12 new text begin $160,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $165,000 is new text end 43.13 new text begin for a grant to Independent School District No. 535, Rochester; $65,000 is for a grant to new text end 43.14 new text begin Independent School District No. 833, South Washington; and $150,000 is for a grant to new text end 43.15 new text begin Independent School District No. 241, Albert Lea. new text end 43.16 new text begin (c) The commissioner of education must submit a report by February 15, 2016, to the new text end 43.17 new text begin education committees of the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program. new text end 43.18     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Concurrent enrollment program. new text end new text begin For concurrent enrollment programs new text end 43.19 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091: new text end 43.20 new text begin $ new text end new text begin $4,000,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 43.21 new text begin $ new text end new text begin $4,000,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 43.22 new text begin If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce new text end 43.23 new text begin the aid payment to each district. new text end 43.24 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 43.25     new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Student support services personnel grants. new text end new text begin For student support services new text end 43.26 new text begin personnel grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.3951: new text end 43.27 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 8,000,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 43.28 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available new text end 43.29 new text begin until June 30, 2021. The commissioner may not allot more than $1,580,000 of this new text end 43.30 new text begin appropriation before July 1, 2016. Any balance remaining after June 30, 2021, shall new text end 43.31 new text begin cancel to the general fund. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for administration of the new text end 43.32 new text begin Student Support Services Personnel Act under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.395 new text end 43.33 new text begin to 121A.3951. new text end 43.34     new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Success for the future. new text end new text begin For American Indian success for the future grants new text end 43.35 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81: new text end 44.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 237,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 44.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 0 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 44.3 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $237,000 for 2015 and $0 for 2016. new text end 44.4     new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin American Indian education aid. new text end new text begin For American Indian education aid new text end 44.5 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a: new text end 44.6 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,371,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 44.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,393,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 44.8     new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Collaborative urban educator. new text end new text begin For the collaborative urban educator new text end 44.9 new text begin grant program: new text end 44.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,090,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 44.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,090,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 44.12 new text begin Grants shall be awarded in equal amounts: $272,500 each year is for the Southeast new text end 44.13 new text begin Asian teacher program at Concordia University, St. Paul; $272,500 each year is for the new text end 44.14 new text begin collaborative urban educator program at the University of St. Thomas; $272,500 each year new text end 44.15 new text begin is for the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching at Hamline University; and $272,500 new text end 44.16 new text begin each year is for the East Africa Student to Teacher program at Augsburg College. new text end 44.17 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 44.18 new text begin Each institution shall prepare for the legislature, by January 15 of each year, a new text end 44.19 new text begin detailed report regarding the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers new text end 44.20 new text begin prepared as well as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced. new text end 44.21     new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin ServeMinnesota program. new text end new text begin For funding ServeMinnesota programs under new text end 44.22 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45: new text end 44.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 900,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 44.24 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 900,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 44.25 new text begin A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents new text end 44.26 new text begin of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such new text end 44.27 new text begin coverage is not otherwise available. new text end 44.28     new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Student organizations. new text end new text begin For student organizations: new text end 44.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 725,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 44.30 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 725,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 44.31 new text begin $46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA). new text end 44.32 new text begin $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry new text end 44.33 new text begin occupations (Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary). new text end 44.34 new text begin $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA, new text end 44.35 new text begin secondary and postsecondary). new text end 45.1 new text begin $193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations new text end 45.2 new text begin (FFA, PAS). new text end 45.3 new text begin $142,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science new text end 45.4 new text begin occupations (FCCLA). new text end 45.5 new text begin $109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations new text end 45.6 new text begin (DECA and DECA collegiate). new text end 45.7 new text begin $40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations. new text end 45.8 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 45.9     new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Museums and Education Centers. new text end new text begin For grants to museums and education new text end 45.10 new text begin centers: new text end 45.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 626,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 45.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 626,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 45.13 new text begin (a) $360,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of this amount, new text end 45.14 new text begin $100,000 each year is a onetime appropriation. new text end 45.15 new text begin (b) $125,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum. Of this amount, new text end 45.16 new text begin $75,000 each year is a onetime appropriation. new text end 45.17 new text begin (c) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science. new text end 45.18 new text begin (d) $75,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center. This is a onetime new text end 45.19 new text begin appropriation. new text end 45.20 new text begin (e) $75,000 each year is for the Works Museum. This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 45.21 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The new text end 45.22 new text begin base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2018 is $351,000. new text end 45.23     new text begin Subd. 17. new text end new text begin Teacher development and evaluation. new text end new text begin For teacher development and new text end 45.24 new text begin evaluation revenue: new text end 45.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,002,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 45.26 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,002,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017. This is a new text end 45.27 new text begin onetime appropriation and is available in the second year. new text end 45.28     new text begin Subd. 18. new text end new text begin Starbase MN. new text end new text begin For a grant to Starbase MN for rigorous science, new text end 45.29 new text begin technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 to new text end 45.30 new text begin 6 with a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace new text end 45.31 new text begin environment using state-of-the-art technology: new text end 45.32 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 45.33 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 45.34 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year. new text end 45.35     new text begin Subd. 19. new text end new text begin Recovery program grants. new text end new text begin For recovery program grants under new text end 45.36 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.695: new text end 46.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 46.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 46.3 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year. new text end 46.4     new text begin Subd. 20. new text end new text begin STEM grants. new text end new text begin For school districts to provide STEM-based courses: new text end 46.5 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 46.6 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 46.7 new text begin The commissioner must determine the form and manner of application and award new text end 46.8 new text begin criteria. Grant awards are limited to $50,000 per course. Any balance in the first year does new text end 46.9 new text begin not cancel but is available in the second year of the biennium. new text end 46.10 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 46.11     new text begin Subd. 21. new text end new text begin Teacher-powered school grants. new text end new text begin For grants to teacher-powered schools new text end 46.12 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.045, subdivision 7: new text end 46.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 46.14 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 46.15     new text begin The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 is $0. Any balance in the first year does new text end 46.16 new text begin not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 46.17     new text begin Subd. 22. new text end new text begin Full-service community schools. new text end new text begin For full-service community schools new text end 46.18 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231: new text end 46.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 46.20 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 46.21     new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 46.22 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 46.23     new text begin Subd. 23. new text end new text begin Minnesota math corps program. new text end new text begin For the Minnesota math corps program new text end 46.24 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9: new text end 46.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 46.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 46.27 new text begin Any unexpended balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the new text end 46.28 new text begin second year. new text end 46.29     new text begin Subd. 24. new text end new text begin Agricultural educator grants. new text end new text begin For agricultural educator grants under new text end 46.30 new text begin section 24: new text end 46.31 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 46.32 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 46.33 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but new text end 46.34 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 47.1     new text begin Subd. 25. new text end new text begin American Indian teacher preparation grants. new text end new text begin For joint grants to assist new text end 47.2 new text begin American Indian people to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63: new text end 47.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 230,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 47.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 230,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 47.5 new text begin Of this amount, $80,000 in each year must be reserved for Bemidji State University new text end 47.6 new text begin and Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake. new text end 47.7     new text begin Subd. 26. new text end new text begin Excellence in teaching program. new text end new text begin For the Board of Teaching to award new text end 47.8 new text begin excellence in teaching program incentive grants: new text end 47.9 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 200,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 47.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 200,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 47.11 new text begin The Board of Teaching shall award a onetime incentive grant of up to $2,000 to any new text end 47.12 new text begin Minnesota teacher who achieves National Board Certification after June 30, 2015, as long new text end 47.13 new text begin as funds are available. The grants must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. new text end 47.14     new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 47.15 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 47.16     new text begin Subd. 27. new text end new text begin Robotics and engineering programs. new text end new text begin For a grant to InScite to provide new text end 47.17 new text begin robotics and engineering programs in Minnesota classrooms: new text end 47.18 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 47.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 47.20 new text begin The grant must be used for High Tech Kids hands-on engineering education programs new text end 47.21 new text begin in Minnesota schools for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Any balance in the first new text end 47.22 new text begin year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 47.23     new text begin Subd. 28. new text end new text begin Innovative service-learning grants. new text end new text begin For innovative service-learning new text end 47.24 new text begin program grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501: new text end 47.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 65,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 47.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 65,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 47.27     new text begin Any funds not expended in the first fiscal year do not cancel but carry forward to new text end 47.28 new text begin the second fiscal year. The Department of Education may retain up to $10,000 of this new text end 47.29 new text begin appropriation to conduct the evaluation under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501, new text end 47.30 new text begin subdivision 3. new text end 47.31     new text begin Subd. 29. new text end new text begin Regional office of career and technical education. new text end new text begin For a grant to new text end 47.32 new text begin the SW/WC Service Cooperative to establish a regional office of career and technical new text end 47.33 new text begin education: new text end 47.34 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 47.35 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 48.1 new text begin The regional office of career and technical education must: new text end 48.2 new text begin (1) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who new text end 48.3 new text begin are equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers, in new text end 48.4 new text begin collaborative participation with three or more school districts; new text end 48.5 new text begin (2) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who new text end 48.6 new text begin attend sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public/private partnerships new text end 48.7 new text begin with business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and new text end 48.8 new text begin postsecondary program options; and new text end 48.9 new text begin (3) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career new text end 48.10 new text begin and technical education courses and training opportunities. new text end 48.11 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 48.12     new text begin Subd. 30. new text end new text begin Civic education grants. new text end new text begin For grants to the Minnesota Civic Education new text end 48.13 new text begin Coalition, Kids Voting St. Paul, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA new text end 48.14 new text begin Youth in Government to provide civic education programs for Minnesota youth age 18 new text end 48.15 new text begin and younger. Civic education is the study of constitutional principles and the democratic new text end 48.16 new text begin foundation of our national, state, and local institutions, and the study of political processes new text end 48.17 new text begin and structures of government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government new text end 48.18 new text begin under the rule of law. new text end 48.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 175,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 48.20 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 175,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 48.21     new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 48.22     new text begin Subd. 31. new text end new text begin Rural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics experiential new text end 48.23 new text begin learning pilot project. new text end new text begin For a grant to the Lakes Country Service Cooperative: new text end 48.24 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 285,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 48.25 new text begin The grant must be used to expand career and technical education and science, new text end 48.26 new text begin technology, engineering, and mathematics coursework to students in multiple districts on new text end 48.27 new text begin a rotating basis. Eligible uses of the grant include training and curriculum development, new text end 48.28 new text begin the purchase and maintenance of equipment, and evaluation of the program. new text end 48.29 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 48.30     new text begin Subd. 32. new text end new text begin Video resource grants. new text end new text begin For a grant to the Minnesota Public Television new text end 48.31 new text begin Association for professional development initiatives to provide prekindergarten through new text end 48.32 new text begin grade 12 teachers with the necessary skills to effectively incorporate public television new text end 48.33 new text begin video resources into classroom curriculum and instruction and to integrate regional arts, new text end 48.34 new text begin culture, and history videos across the curriculum in order to increase student achievement: new text end 48.35 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 48.36 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 49.1 new text begin Public television stations eligible to receive grants under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 49.2 new text begin 129D.13, shall select teachers throughout the state to participate in training sessions and to new text end 49.3 new text begin develop model lessons for identifying and integrating videos on regional arts, culture, and new text end 49.4 new text begin history into prekindergarten through grade 12 curriculum and lesson plans. new text end 49.5 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 49.6 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 49.7     new text begin Subd. 33. new text end new text begin Minnesota Council on Economic Education. new text end new text begin For a grant to the new text end 49.8 new text begin Minnesota Council on Economic Education to provide staff development to teachers new text end 49.9 new text begin for the implementation of the state graduation standards in learning areas relating to new text end 49.10 new text begin economic education: new text end 49.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 49.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 49.13 new text begin The commissioner, in consultation with the council, shall develop expected results new text end 49.14 new text begin of staff development, eligibility criteria for participants, an evaluation procedure, and new text end 49.15 new text begin guidelines for direct and in-kind contributions by the council. new text end 49.16 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 49.17 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 49.18     new text begin Subd. 34. new text end new text begin Minnesota Principals' Program. new text end new text begin For grants to the Minnesota Principals' new text end 49.19 new text begin Program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.74, to reduce the costs to participants, new text end 49.20 new text begin broaden programming and accessibility, or expand the curriculum and instructional new text end 49.21 new text begin elements: new text end 49.22 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 49.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 49.24 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 49.25 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 49.26     new text begin Subd. 35. new text end new text begin Wilderness inquiry. new text end new text begin For a grant to wilderness inquiry: new text end 49.27 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 49.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 49.29     new text begin Of this amount, $70,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for a continuation of research new text end 49.30 new text begin establishing the socioemotional benefits of outdoor engagement leading to improved new text end 49.31 new text begin academic outcomes. new text end 49.32     new text begin Of this amount, $30,000 each year is to facilitate Minnesota teachers' participation new text end 49.33 new text begin in professional development focused on place-based education that furthers the research. new text end 49.34 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 49.35     new text begin Subd. 36. new text end new text begin Race 2 Reduce. new text end new text begin For grants to support expanded Race 2 Reduce water new text end 49.36 new text begin conservation programming in Minnesota schools: new text end 50.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 81,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 50.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 50.3 new text begin In the first year, $28,000 is for H2O for Life; $38,000 is for Independent School new text end 50.4 new text begin District No. 624, White Bear Lake; and $15,000 is for Independent School District new text end 50.5 new text begin No. 832, Mahtomedi. In the second year, $32,000 is for H2O for Life; $22,000 is for new text end 50.6 new text begin Independent School District No. 624, White Bear Lake; and $15,000 is for Independent new text end 50.7 new text begin School District No. 832, Mahtomedi. new text end 50.8 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The new text end 50.9 new text begin base appropriation for fiscal year 2018 and later is $0. new text end 50.10     new text begin Subd. 37. new text end new text begin Network for the Development of Children of African Descent. new text end new text begin For a new text end 50.11 new text begin grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent: new text end 50.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 70,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 50.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 70,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 50.14     new text begin This amount must be used for family literacy services and the high school new text end 50.15 new text begin community action research program that helps students earn high school and college credit new text end 50.16 new text begin while learning community action research skills. A progress report on the activities and new text end 50.17 new text begin outcomes associated with this grant must be submitted to the commissioner of education new text end 50.18 new text begin by September 15, 2016, and a final report must be submitted on September 15, 2017. new text end 50.19     new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 50.20 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 50.21     new text begin Subd. 38. new text end new text begin Minnesota Learning Resource Center. new text end new text begin For a grant to A Chance to new text end 50.22 new text begin Grow for the Minnesota Learning Resource Center's comprehensive training program new text end 50.23 new text begin for education professionals charged with helping children in prekindergarten programs new text end 50.24 new text begin through grade 3 acquire basic reading and math skills: new text end 50.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 50.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 50.27 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 50.28     new text begin Subd. 39. new text end new text begin We Win Institute planning grant. new text end new text begin For a planning grant to the We Win new text end 50.29 new text begin Institute: new text end 50.30 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 50.31 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 50.32 new text begin The W. Matthew Little Cultural and Educational Excellence Center must be new text end 50.33 new text begin established to: new text end 50.34 new text begin (1) develop the academic and social development of marginalized youth; new text end 50.35 new text begin (2) develop intergenerational leadership skills; new text end 51.1 new text begin (3) develop pathways for marginalized youth to attend and be successful in new text end 51.2 new text begin postsecondary education programs; and new text end 51.3 new text begin (4) develop public-private partnerships that create success for marginalized youth. new text end 51.4 new text begin The We Win Institute must submit a detailed report to the chairs and ranking minority new text end 51.5 new text begin members of the legislative committees having primary jurisdiction over early childhood new text end 51.6 new text begin through grade 12 education by January 18, 2017, on how the funds were used. new text end 51.7 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but new text end 51.8 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 51.9     new text begin Subd. 40. new text end new text begin Regional career and technical education advisory committee. new text end new text begin For a new text end 51.10 new text begin grant to the SW/WC Service Cooperative for a regional career and technical education new text end 51.11 new text begin advisory committee: new text end 51.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 200,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 51.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 200,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 51.14 new text begin Eligible uses of this grant are: new text end 51.15 new text begin (1) capital start-up costs for such items as determined by the committee including, new text end 51.16 new text begin but not limited to, a mobile welding lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial new text end 51.17 new text begin kitchen equipment; new text end 51.18 new text begin (2) informational materials for students, families, and residents of the region that new text end 51.19 new text begin communicate the relationship between career and technical education programs, labor new text end 51.20 new text begin market needs, and well-paying employment; new text end 51.21 new text begin (3) incentive and training grants to develop career and technical education new text end 51.22 new text begin instructors; and new text end 51.23 new text begin (4) transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities new text end 51.24 new text begin throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education. new text end 51.25 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 51.26     new text begin Subd. 41. new text end new text begin Northwestern Online College in the High School program. new text end new text begin For the new text end 51.27 new text begin Northwestern Online College in the High School program: new text end 51.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 51.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 51.30 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance from the first year may carry forward new text end 51.31 new text begin into the second year. new text end 51.32     new text begin Subd. 42. new text end new text begin Education Partnership Pilots. new text end new text begin For education partnership pilot grants: new text end 51.33 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 51.34 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 51.35 new text begin Of this amount, $100,000 in each year is for the Northfield Healthy Community new text end 51.36 new text begin Initiative for a pilot site in Northfield; $100,000 in each year is for the Jones Family new text end 52.1 new text begin Foundation for a pilot site in Red Wing; and $100,000 in each year is for Independent new text end 52.2 new text begin School District No. 742, St. Cloud, for a pilot site in St. Cloud. Each partnership pilot new text end 52.3 new text begin program shall support community collaborations focused on academic achievement and new text end 52.4 new text begin youth development, use a comprehensive and data-driven approach to increase student new text end 52.5 new text begin success, and measure outcomes, such as kindergarten readiness, reading proficiency at new text end 52.6 new text begin third grade, high school graduation, and college and career readiness. By February 15, new text end 52.7 new text begin 2016, each partnership pilot grant recipient shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority new text end 52.8 new text begin members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through new text end 52.9 new text begin grade 12 education a report describing the activities funded by the grant, changes in new text end 52.10 new text begin outcome measures attributable to the grant-funded activities, and the recipient's program new text end 52.11 new text begin plan for the following year. new text end 52.12     new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance from the first year may carry forward new text end 52.13 new text begin into the second year. new text end 52.14     new text begin Subd. 43. new text end new text begin Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education Teacher new text end 52.15 new text begin Education Program. new text end new text begin For the Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education new text end 52.16 new text begin Teacher Education Program to support special education paraprofessionals working new text end 52.17 new text begin toward licensure in an online program. new text end 52.18 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 195,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 52.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 0 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 52.20 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 52.21 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 52.22ARTICLE 3 52.23STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS 52.24    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to 52.25read: 52.26    Subdivision 1. Required academic standards. (a) The following subject areas 52.27are required for statewide accountability: 52.28    (1) language arts; 52.29    (2) mathematics; 52.30    (3) science; 52.31    (4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and 52.32citizenship; 52.33    (5) physical education; 52.34    (6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and 53.1    (7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as 53.2determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least 53.3three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and 53.4visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the 53.5following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts. 53.6    (b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, 53.7mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students 53.8with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education 53.9program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An 53.10individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish 53.11alternative standards. 53.12 new text begin (c) The department must adopt the most recent National Association of Sport and new text end 53.13 new text begin Physical Education kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks for physical new text end 53.14 new text begin education as the required physical education academic standards. The department may new text end 53.15 new text begin modify and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The modification new text end 53.16 new text begin and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national standards. The new text end 53.17 new text begin department must make available sample assessments for school districts to assess students' new text end 53.18 new text begin mastery of the physical education standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year. new text end 53.19    (c) new text begin (d) new text end District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum 53.20as a result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 53.21120B.11 , and 120B.20. 53.22    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 53.23    Subd. 3. Rulemaking. The commissioner, consistent with the requirements of 53.24this section and section 120B.022, must adopt statewide rules under section 14.389 for 53.25implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics, 53.26science, social studies, new text begin physical education, new text end and the arts. After the rules authorized under 53.27this subdivision are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these 53.28rules nor adopt new rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization. The 53.29academic standards for language arts, mathematics, and the arts must be implemented for 53.30all students beginning in the 2003-2004 school year. The academic standards for science 53.31and social studies must be implemented for all students beginning in the 2005-2006 school 53.32year. 53.33    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 54.1    Subd. 4. Revisions and reviews required. (a) The commissioner of education must 54.2revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent 54.3with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards 54.4and graduation requirements and implement a ten-year cycle to review and, consistent 54.5with the review, revise state academic standards and related benchmarks, consistent with 54.6this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision cycle, the commissioner also 54.7must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and related benchmark 54.8with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college readiness and advanced 54.9work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must include the contributions of 54.10Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities as related to the academic standards 54.11during the review and revision of the required academic standards. 54.12    (b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments 54.13administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic 54.14standards in mathematics, consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph 54.15(b). The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 54.16benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016 school year and every ten years 54.17thereafter. 54.18(c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 54.19benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and every ten years thereafter. 54.20(d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 54.21related benchmarks in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten 54.22years thereafter. 54.23(e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 54.24related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every 54.25ten years thereafter. 54.26(f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 54.27related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every 54.28ten years thereafter. 54.29 new text begin (g) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and new text end 54.30 new text begin related benchmarks in physical education beginning in the 2024-2025 school year and new text end 54.31 new text begin every ten years thereafter. new text end 54.32(g) new text begin (h) new text end School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic 54.33standards and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and career 54.34and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning 54.35in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and 55.1charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards 55.2and related benchmarks in health, world languages, and career and technical education. 55.3    Sec. 4. new text begin [120B.026] PHYSICAL EDUCATION. new text end 55.4     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Exclusion from class; recess. new text end new text begin A student may be excused from a new text end 55.5 new text begin physical education class if the student submits written information signed by a physician new text end 55.6 new text begin stating that physical activity will jeopardize the student's health. A student may be new text end 55.7 new text begin excused from a physical education class if being excused meets the student's unique and new text end 55.8 new text begin individualized needs according to the student's individualized education program, federal new text end 55.9 new text begin 504 plan, or individualized health plan. A student may be excused if a parent or guardian new text end 55.10 new text begin requests an exemption on religious grounds. A student with a disability must be provided new text end 55.11 new text begin with modifications or adaptations that allow physical education class to meet their needs. new text end 55.12 new text begin Schools are strongly encouraged not to exclude students in kindergarten through grade new text end 55.13 new text begin 5 from recess due to punishment or disciplinary action. new text end 55.14     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Teachers. new text end new text begin Physical education must be taught by teachers who are licensed new text end 55.15 new text begin to teach physical education. A physical education teacher shall be adequately prepared new text end 55.16 new text begin and regularly participate in professional development activities under section 122A.60. new text end 55.17    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 55.18to read: 55.19     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin ACT administration to nonpublic pupils. new text end new text begin By January 1, 2016, the new text end 55.20 new text begin Department of Education shall allow up to 100 nonpublic pupils in grades 11 and 12 to new text end 55.21 new text begin take the ACT exam on state testing dates, choose a testing site, and register 45 days before new text end 55.22 new text begin the exam's administration. The department shall notify a school district of the number of new text end 55.23 new text begin nonpublic pupils registered to take the ACT exam at the district's testing sites. new text end 55.24    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 55.25to read: 55.26     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Commissioner-ordered suspension of assessments. new text end new text begin In the event that it new text end 55.27 new text begin becomes necessary for the commissioner to order the suspension of assessments under new text end 55.28 new text begin this section because of service disruptions, technical interruptions, or any other reason new text end 55.29 new text begin beyond the control of school districts, the commissioner must immediately notify the chair new text end 55.30 new text begin and ranking member of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten new text end 55.31 new text begin through grade 12 education. new text end 55.32    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 56.1    Subdivision 1. School performance reports. (a) The commissioner shall report 56.2student academic performance under section 120B.35, subdivision 2; the percentages of 56.3students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35, subdivision 56.43 , paragraph (b); school safety and student engagement and connection under section 56.5120B.35 , subdivision 3, paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, 56.6subdivision 3 , paragraph (c); the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 56.73 , paragraph (b), clause (2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career 56.8and college readiness benchmarks under sections 120B.30, subdivision 1, and 120B.35, 56.9subdivision 3 , paragraph (e); longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in 56.10reducing disparities in students' academic achievement and realizing racial and economic 56.11integration under section 124D.861; the acquisition of English, and where practicable, 56.12native language academic literacy, including oral academic language, and the academic 56.13progress of English learners under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a; new text begin the weekly new text end 56.14 new text begin amount of time students in kindergarten through grade 8 are scheduled to spend in physical new text end 56.15 new text begin education class, the percent of students in kindergarten through grade 12 who receive a new text end 56.16 new text begin passing grade in physical education, and the number of required physical education credits new text end 56.17 new text begin high school students must complete to graduate; new text end two separate student-to-teacher ratios that 56.18clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 56.19for purposes of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding salaries; student 56.20enrollment demographics; district mobility; and extracurricular activities. The report also 56.21must indicate a school's adequate yearly progress status under applicable federal law, 56.22and must not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools due 56.23solely to adequate yearly progress status. 56.24    (b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department 56.25Web site school performance reports. 56.26    (c) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning 56.27of each school year. 56.28    (d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing to 56.29the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's 56.30decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final. 56.31    (e) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, 56.32until the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post 56.33school performance reports to the department's public Web site no later than September 1, 56.34except that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner 56.35shall post the school performance reports no later than October 1. 57.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 57.2 new text begin and applies to reports for the 2017-2018 school year and later. new text end 57.3    Sec. 8. new text begin COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; ASSESSMENT new text end 57.4 new text begin RECOMMENDATIONS. new text end 57.5 new text begin The commissioner of education must research whether the Minnesota Comprehensive new text end 57.6 new text begin Assessments can be replaced by the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments. new text end 57.7 new text begin This study shall include assessing the alignment of the MAP to current Minnesota new text end 57.8 new text begin state standards and whether it would meet federal accountability requirements. The new text end 57.9 new text begin commissioner must report the recommendations to the committees of the legislature new text end 57.10 new text begin having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by January 15, 2016. new text end 57.11    Sec. 9. new text begin MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM DISRUPTIONS; ASSESSMENT new text end 57.12 new text begin RESULTS. new text end 57.13 new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the assessment results for any student new text end 57.14 new text begin whose scheduled assessment was delayed or canceled as a result of assessment system new text end 57.15 new text begin interruptions beyond the control of the school district during the 2014-2015 school year new text end 57.16 new text begin may, at the discretion of the school district, be excluded for the purposes of school and new text end 57.17 new text begin student indicators of growth and achievement under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, new text end 57.18 new text begin or school performance reports under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.36. new text end 57.19    Sec. 10. new text begin REALLOCATION OF MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM new text end 57.20 new text begin PAYMENT REDUCTIONS. new text end 57.21 new text begin Following each contract year of the contract for the Minnesota Assessment System, new text end 57.22 new text begin the commissioner of education shall distribute the amount of the agreed-upon cumulative new text end 57.23 new text begin payment reduction for the prior contract year to school districts and charter schools new text end 57.24 new text begin equally on a per pupil basis. new text end 57.25    Sec. 11. new text begin MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CONTRACTOR new text end 57.26 new text begin PERFORMANCE REPORT. new text end 57.27 new text begin By February 15, 2016, the commissioner of education shall make a report to the new text end 57.28 new text begin committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 new text end 57.29 new text begin education describing the performance of the contractor for the Minnesota Assessment new text end 57.30 new text begin System, including documentation related to any payment reductions agreed to under the new text end 57.31 new text begin terms of the contract, summary measures of stakeholder satisfaction with the assessment new text end 57.32 new text begin system, and any other information the commissioner wishes to provide. new text end 58.1    Sec. 12. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 58.2     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 58.3 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 58.4 new text begin designated. new text end 58.5     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Statewide testing and reporting system. new text end new text begin For the statewide testing and new text end 58.6 new text begin reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30: new text end 58.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 18,865,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 58.8 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 18,553,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 58.9 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 58.10     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. new text end new text begin (a) For new text end 58.11 new text begin students' advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under new text end 58.12 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs new text end 58.13 new text begin for teachers and other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, new text end 58.14 new text begin subdivision 1: new text end 58.15 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 4,500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 58.16 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 4,500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 58.17 new text begin (b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation new text end 58.18 new text begin each year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the new text end 58.19 new text begin appropriation each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the new text end 58.20 new text begin advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced new text end 58.21 new text begin Placement Advisory Council and IBMN, respectively, shall determine the amounts of new text end 58.22 new text begin the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for new text end 58.23 new text begin each program. new text end 58.24 new text begin (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least new text end 58.25 new text begin $500,000 each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs new text end 58.26 new text begin and follow-up support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international new text end 58.27 new text begin baccalaureate programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an new text end 58.28 new text begin advanced placement or international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop new text end 58.29 new text begin shall be the same. The commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount new text end 58.30 new text begin of the subsidy. new text end 58.31 new text begin (d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income new text end 58.32 new text begin families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent new text end 58.33 new text begin of available appropriations shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an new text end 58.34 new text begin advanced placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both. new text end 58.35 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 59.1     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin ACT administration to nonpublic pupils. new text end new text begin For ACT administration to new text end 59.2 new text begin nonpublic pupils under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 5: new text end 59.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 59.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 0 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 59.5 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 59.6ARTICLE 4 59.7CHARTER SCHOOLS 59.8    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 59.9    Subd. 8. Federal, state, and local requirements. (a) A charter school shall meet all 59.10federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts. 59.11    (b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing 59.12standards and assessments in chapter 120B. 59.13    (c) A school authorized by a school board may be located in any district, unless the 59.14school board of the district of the proposed location disapproves by written resolution. 59.15    (d) A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, 59.16employment practices, and all other operations. An authorizer may not authorize a charter 59.17school or program that is affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious 59.18institution. A charter school student must be released for religious instruction, consistent 59.19with section 120A.22, subdivision 12, clause (3). 59.20    (e) Charter schools must not be used as a method of providing education or 59.21generating revenue for students who are being home-schooled. This paragraph does not 59.22apply to shared time aid under section 126C.19. 59.23    (f) The primary focus of a charter school must be to provide a comprehensive 59.24program of instruction for at least one grade or age group from five through 18 years 59.25of age. Instruction may be provided to people older than 18 years of age. A charter 59.26school may offer a free preschool or prekindergarten that meets high-quality early 59.27learning instructional program standards that are aligned with Minnesota's early learning 59.28standards for children. new text begin A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled students new text end 59.29 new text begin that are eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of deafness new text end 59.30 new text begin or are hard-of-hearing may enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section new text end 59.31 new text begin 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). new text end 59.32    (g) A charter school may not charge tuition. 59.33    (h) A charter school is subject to and must comply with chapter 363A and section 59.34121A.04 . 60.1    (i) Once a student is enrolled in the school, the student is considered enrolled in the 60.2school until the student formally withdraws or is expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal 60.3Act in sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. A charter school is subject to and must comply with 60.4the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, sections 121A.40 to 121A.56, and the Minnesota Public 60.5School Fee Law, sections 123B.34 to 123B.39. 60.6    (j) A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and 60.7audit requirements as a district, except as required under subdivision 6a. Audits must be 60.8conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the 60.9federal Single Audit Act, if applicable, and section 6.65. A charter school is subject 60.10to and must comply with sections 15.054; 118A.01; 118A.02; 118A.03; 118A.04; 60.11118A.05 ; 118A.06; 471.38; 471.391; 471.392; and 471.425. The audit must comply with 60.12the requirements of sections 123B.75 to 123B.83, except to the extent deviations are 60.13necessary because of the program at the school. Deviations must be approved by the 60.14commissioner and authorizer. The Department of Education, state auditor, legislative 60.15auditor, or authorizer may conduct financial, program, or compliance audits. A charter 60.16school determined to be in statutory operating debt under sections 123B.81 to 123B.83 60.17must submit a plan under section 123B.81, subdivision 4. 60.18    (k) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466. 60.19    (l) A charter school must comply with chapters 13 and 13D; and sections 120A.22, 60.20subdivision 7 ; 121A.75; and 260B.171, subdivisions 3 and 5. 60.21    (m) A charter school is subject to the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under 60.22section 121A.11, subdivision 3. 60.23    (n) A charter school offering online courses or programs must comply with section 60.24124D.095 . 60.25    (o) A charter school and charter school board of directors are subject to chapter 181. 60.26    (p) A charter school must comply with section 120A.22, subdivision 7, governing 60.27the transfer of students' educational records and sections 138.163 and 138.17 governing 60.28the management of local records. 60.29    (q) A charter school that provides early childhood health and developmental 60.30screening must comply with sections 121A.16 to 121A.19. 60.31    (r) A charter school that provides school-sponsored youth athletic activities must 60.32comply with section 121A.38. 60.33    (s) A charter school is subject to and must comply with continuing truant notification 60.34under section 260A.03. 60.35(t) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer 60.36review process under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to 61.1(13). The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional 61.2employment rights for teachers. 61.3(u) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with 61.4section 120B.11, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive 61.5for the world's best workforce. 61.6(v) A charter school must comply with section 121A.031 governing policies on 61.7prohibited conduct. 61.8(w) A charter school must comply with all pupil transportation requirements in 61.9section 123B.88, subdivision 1. A charter school must not require parents to surrender 61.10their rights to pupil transportation under section 123B.88, subdivision 2. 61.11    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 12, is amended to read: 61.12    Subd. 12. Pupils with a disability. A charter school must comply with sections 61.13125A.02 , 125A.03 to 125A.24, and 125A.65 and rules relating to the education of pupils 61.14with a disability as though it were a district. new text begin A charter school enrolling prekindergarten new text end 61.15 new text begin pupils with a disability under subdivision 8, paragraph (f), must comply with sections new text end 61.16 new text begin 125A.259 to 125A.48 and rules relating to the interagency early childhood intervention new text end 61.17 new text begin system as though it were a district. new text end 61.18    Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 61.19     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 61.20 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 61.21 new text begin designated. new text end 61.22     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Charter school building lease aid. new text end new text begin For building lease aid under Minnesota new text end 61.23 new text begin Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4: new text end 61.24 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 66,787,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 61.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 73,603,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 61.26 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $6,032,000 for 2015 and $60,755,000 for 2016. new text end 61.27 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $6,750,000 for 2016 and $66,853,000 for 2017. new text end 61.28ARTICLE 5 61.29SPECIAL EDUCATION 61.30    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 61.31    Subdivision 1. General education revenue. new text begin (a) new text end General education revenue must 61.32be paid to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue 62.1for each adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, 62.2plus the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus 62.3an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, 62.4subdivision 2 , times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, local optional 62.5revenue, basic skills revenue, extended time new text begin support new text end revenue, pension adjustment revenue, 62.6transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment revenue, 62.7basic skills revenue, extended time new text begin support new text end revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and 62.8transition revenue as though the school were a school district. The general education 62.9revenue for each extended time new text begin support new text end pupil unit equals $4,794. 62.10 new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible new text end 62.11 new text begin special education charter school as defined in subdivision 5a equals the sum of the new text end 62.12 new text begin amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined in new text end 62.13 new text begin subdivision 5a for educating students not eligible for special education services. new text end 62.14    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 62.15    Subd. 5. Special education aid. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, special 62.16education aid must be paid to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as though 62.17it were a school district. 62.18(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the special education aid paid to the charter school 62.19shall be adjusted as follows: 62.20(1) if the charter school does not receive general education revenue on behalf of 62.21the student according to subdivision 1, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 62.22125A.11 ; or 62.23(2) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student 62.24according to subdivision 1, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 127A.47, 62.25subdivision 7 , paragraphs (b) to (d) new text begin (e) new text end . 62.26 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later. new text end 62.27    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision 62.28to read: 62.29     new text begin Subd. 5a. new text end new text begin Definitions. new text end new text begin (a) For purposes of subdivision 5b, the terms in this new text end 62.30 new text begin subdivision have the meanings given. new text end 62.31 new text begin (b) "Unreimbursed costs" means the difference between the total cost of educating new text end 62.32 new text begin students at the school and the total of state and federal aids and grants, excluding aid under new text end 62.33 new text begin subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and subdivision 5b. new text end 62.34 new text begin (c) "Eligible special education charter school" means a charter school: new text end 63.1 new text begin (1) where the percent of students eligible for special education services equals at new text end 63.2 new text begin least 90 percent of the charter school's total enrollment; and new text end 63.3 new text begin (2) that submits to the commissioner a preliminary annual budget by June 15 prior new text end 63.4 new text begin to the start of the fiscal year and a revised budget by January 15 of the current fiscal new text end 63.5 new text begin year detailing its unreimbursed costs for educating students eligible and not eligible for new text end 63.6 new text begin special education services. new text end 63.7 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later. new text end 63.8    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision 63.9to read: 63.10     new text begin Subd. 5b. new text end new text begin Special education aid for eligible special education charter schools. new text end 63.11 new text begin (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 5, the special education aid for an eligible special new text end 63.12 new text begin education charter school equals the sum of the school's special education aid under new text end 63.13 new text begin subdivision 5, paragraph (a), and the school's approved unreimbursed cost for educating new text end 63.14 new text begin students eligible for special education services. new text end 63.15 new text begin (b) The commissioner must review the budget data submitted by an eligible special new text end 63.16 new text begin education charter school under subdivision 5a and notify the school of the approved new text end 63.17 new text begin unreimbursed cost to be used for current aid payments within 30 days of receiving the new text end 63.18 new text begin budget from the school. new text end 63.19 new text begin (c) For purposes of section 127A.45, subdivision 13, the aid under this subdivision new text end 63.20 new text begin is not subject to the 97.4 percent current fiscal year special education aid entitlement new text end 63.21 new text begin provision. new text end 63.22 new text begin (d) Final aid payments must be calculated using the actual unreimbursed costs as new text end 63.23 new text begin determined by the department based on year-end financial and student data submitted by new text end 63.24 new text begin the charter school. new text end 63.25 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later. new text end 63.26    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.03, is amended to read: 63.27125A.03 SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY. 63.28(a) As defined in paragraph (b), every district must provide special instruction and 63.29services, either within the district or in another district, for all children with a disability, 63.30including providing required services under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 63.31300.121, paragraph (d), to those children suspended or expelled from school for more than 63.32ten school days in that school year, who are residents of the district and who are disabled 63.33as set forth in section 125A.02. For purposes of state and federal special education laws, 64.1the phrase "special instruction and services" in the state Education Code means a free 64.2and appropriate public education provided to an eligible child with disabilities. "Free 64.3appropriate public education" means special education and related services that: 64.4(1) are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and 64.5without charge; 64.6(2) meet the standards of the state, including the requirements of the Individuals 64.7with Disabilities Education Act, Part B or C; 64.8(3) include an appropriate preschool, elementary school, or secondary school 64.9education; and 64.10(4) are provided to children ages three through 21 in conformity with an 64.11individualized education program that meets the requirements of the Individuals with 64.12Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 300.320 to 300.324, and provided to 64.13infants and toddlers in conformity with an individualized family service plan that meets 64.14the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 64.15303.300 to 303.346. 64.16(b) Notwithstanding any age limits in laws to the contrary, special instruction and 64.17services must be provided from birth until July 1 after the child with a disability becomes 64.1821 years old but shall not extend beyond secondary school or its equivalent, except as 64.19provided in section 124D.68, subdivision 2. Local health, education, and social service 64.20agencies must refer children under age five who are known to need or suspected of 64.21needing special instruction and services to the school district. Districts with less than the 64.22minimum number of eligible children with a disability as determined by the commissioner 64.23must cooperate with other districts to maintain a full range of programs for education 64.24and services for children with a disability. This section does not alter the compulsory 64.25attendance requirements of section 120A.22. 64.26 new text begin (c) At the board's discretion, a school district that participates in a reciprocity new text end 64.27 new text begin agreement with a neighboring state under section 124D.041 may enroll and provide new text end 64.28 new text begin special instruction and services to a child from an adjoining state whose family resides new text end 64.29 new text begin at a Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service if the district has new text end 64.30 new text begin completed child identification procedures for that child to determine the child's eligibility new text end 64.31 new text begin for special education services, and the child has received developmental screening under new text end 64.32 new text begin sections 121A.16 to 121A.19. new text end 64.33 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 64.34    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 65.1    Subdivision 1. Nonresident tuition rate; other costs. (a) For fiscal year 2015 and 65.2later, when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil with 65.3a disability as defined in section 125A.02 outside the district of residence, excluding 65.4a pupil for whom an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to 65.5section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the 65.6resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing 65.7special instruction and services to the pupil, including a proportionate amount for special 65.8transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt service costs for facilities used 65.9primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount of general education revenue and 65.10referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident district's 65.11average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil 65.12unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity 65.13revenue, minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability 65.14under section 125A.76 received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives 65.15special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent 65.16of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization 65.17aid, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, district support 65.18services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, 65.19attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction 65.20and services outside of the regular classroom, calculated using the resident district's 65.21average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit 65.22excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue 65.23and the serving district's basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary 65.24sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit. Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils 65.25served by a cooperative unit without a fiscal agent school district, the general education 65.26revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using 65.27the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 65.28excluding compensatory revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity 65.29revenue. Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special 65.30instruction and services for the pupil must be increased by the amount of the reduction in 65.31the aid paid to the resident district. Amounts paid to cooperatives under this subdivision 65.32and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, shall be recognized and reported as revenues and 65.33expenditures on the resident school district's books of account under sections 123B.75 65.34and 123B.76. If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 65.35adjustment, the remaining adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district. 66.1    (b) new text begin Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education new text end 66.2 new text begin aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5b, provides special instruction and services for new text end 66.3 new text begin a pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02, excluding a pupil for whom an new text end 66.4 new text begin adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.46, subdivision new text end 66.5 new text begin 7, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must be reduced new text end 66.6 new text begin by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter school received new text end 66.7 new text begin aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), special education new text end 66.8 new text begin aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services for the pupil must new text end 66.9 new text begin not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district. new text end 66.10     new text begin (c) new text end Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 66.11(b) to (d), a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive special 66.12education and related services, a site approved under section 125A.515, an intermediate 66.13district, a special education cooperative, or a school district that served as the applicant 66.14agency for a group of school districts for federal special education aids for fiscal year 66.152006 may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an 66.16additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with 66.17a disability. The application must include a description of the costs and the calculations 66.18used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the resident district. Amounts 66.19approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be included in the tuition billings 66.20or aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 66.21(b) to (d), as applicable. 66.22    (c) new text begin (d) new text end For purposes of this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, 66.23paragraph (b), "general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means 66.24the sum of the general education revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, 66.25excluding the local optional levy according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph 66.26(c), plus the referendum equalization aid according to section 126C.17, subdivision 7. 66.27 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later. new text end 66.28    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.79, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 66.29    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this 66.30subdivision apply. 66.31    (a) "Unreimbursed old formula special education expenditures" means: 66.32    (1) old formula special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus 66.33    (2) for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the sum of the special education aid under section 66.34125A.76, subdivision 5 , for the prior fiscal year and the cross subsidy reduction aid under 67.1section 125A.76, subdivision 2b, and for fiscal year 2016 and later, the special education 67.2initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus 67.3(3) for fiscal year 2016 and later, the amount of general education revenue, excluding 67.4local optional revenue, plus local optional aid and referendum equalization aid for the 67.5prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services outside the 67.6regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time the 67.7pupils receive special instruction and services outside the regular classroom, excluding 67.8portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services, 67.9operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation. 67.10(b) "Unreimbursed nonfederal special education expenditures" means: 67.11(1) nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus 67.12(2) special education initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus 67.13(3) the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid for the 67.14prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services outside the 67.15regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time the 67.16pupils receive special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding 67.17portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services, 67.18operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation. 67.19    (c) "General revenue" for a school district means the sum of the general education 67.20revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, new text begin excluding new text end transportation sparsity 67.21revenue, local optional revenue, and total operating capital revenue. "General revenue" 67.22for a charter school means the sum of the general education revenue according to section 67.23124D.11, subdivision 1 , and transportation revenue according to section 124D.11, 67.24subdivision 2, new text begin excluding new text end referendum equalization aid, transportation sparsity revenue, and 67.25operating capital revenue. 67.26    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.45, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 67.27    Subd. 3. Payment dates and percentages. (a) The commissioner shall pay to a 67.28district on the dates indicated an amount computed as follows: the cumulative amount 67.29guaranteed minus the sum of (1) the district's other district receipts through the current 67.30payment, and (2) the aid and credit payments through the immediately preceding payment. 67.31For purposes of this computation, the payment dates and the cumulative disbursement 67.32percentages are as follows: 67.33 Payment date Percentage 67.34 Payment 1 July 15: 5.5 67.35 Payment 2 July 30: 8.0 68.1 Payment 3 August 15: 17.5 68.2 Payment 4 August 30: 20.0 68.3 Payment 5 September 15: 22.5 68.4 Payment 6 September 30: 25.0 68.5 Payment 7 October 15: 27.0 68.6 Payment 8 October 30: 30.0 68.7 Payment 9 November 15: 32.5 68.8 Payment 10 November 30: 36.5 68.9 Payment 11 December 15: 42.0 68.10 Payment 12 December 30: 45.0 68.11 Payment 13 January 15: 50.0 68.12 Payment 14 January 30: 54.0 68.13 Payment 15 February 15: 58.0 68.14 Payment 16 February 28: 63.0 68.15 Payment 17 March 15: 68.0 68.16 Payment 18 March 30: 74.0 68.17 Payment 19 April 15: 78.0 68.18 Payment 20 April 30: 85.0 68.19 Payment 21 May 15: 90.0 68.20 Payment 22 May 30: 95.0 68.21 Payment 23 June 20: 100.0 68.22(b) In addition to the amounts paid under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay 68.23to a school district or charter school on the dates indicated an amount computed as follows: 68.24 68.25 Payment 3 August 15: the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for the state paid property tax credits established in section 273.1392 68.26 68.27 Payment 4 August 30: 30 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for all aid entitlements except state paid property tax credits 68.28 68.29 Payment 6 September 30: 40 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for all aid entitlements except state paid property tax credits 68.30 68.31 Payment 8 October 30: 30 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for all aid entitlements except state paid property tax credits 68.32(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if the current year aid payment percentage 68.33under subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is less than 90, in addition to the amounts paid under 68.34paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay to a charter school on the dates indicated an 68.35amount computed as follows: 68.36 68.37 Payment 1 July 15: 75 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for all aid entitlements 68.38 68.39 Payment 8 October 30: 25 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for all aid entitlements 68.40 new text begin (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if a charter school is an eligible special education new text end 68.41 new text begin charter school under section 124D.11, subdivision 5a, in addition to the amounts paid new text end 69.1 new text begin under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay to a charter school on the dates indicated new text end 69.2 new text begin an amount computed as follows: new text end 69.3 69.4 new text begin Payment 1 new text end new text begin July 15: 75 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for new text end new text begin all aid entitlements new text end 69.5 69.6 new text begin Payment 8 new text end new text begin October 30: 25 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year new text end new text begin for all aid entitlements new text end 69.7    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 69.8    Subd. 7. Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and 69.9special education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident 69.10district under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The 69.11adjustments must be made according to this subdivision. 69.12    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 69.13education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 69.14special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 69.15lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 69.16with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 69.17who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives 69.18special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of 69.19the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 69.20as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (c) new text begin (d) new text end , attributable to that pupil 69.21for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of the 69.22regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, 69.23district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil 69.24transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 125A.76 attributable to 69.25that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and services. For 69.26purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 69.27attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average general 69.28education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit. 69.29(c) For fiscal year 2015 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district 69.30must be reduced by an amount equal to 90 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 69.31special education and services. 69.32(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district 69.33must be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special 69.34education and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or 69.35charter school where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at 69.36least 70 percent of the charter school's total enrollment. 70.1 new text begin (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district new text end 70.2 new text begin must be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special new text end 70.3 new text begin education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5b, calculated as if the charter school new text end 70.4 new text begin received special education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5. new text end 70.5    (e) new text begin (f) new text end Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special 70.6instruction and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must 70.7be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under 70.8paragraphs (c) and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make 70.9the full adjustment new text begin under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) new text end , the remaining adjustment shall be 70.10made to other state aids due to the district. 70.11 new text begin (g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district new text end 70.12 new text begin of a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school new text end 70.13 new text begin receives general education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), must new text end 70.14 new text begin be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid new text end 70.15 new text begin attributable to the student under section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and the new text end 70.16 new text begin general education aid that the student would have generated for the charter school under new text end 70.17 new text begin section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial new text end 70.18 new text begin education student" means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a new text end 70.19 new text begin disability, as defined in section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51. new text end 70.20    (f) new text begin (h) new text end An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate 70.21district, education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of 70.22the constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have 70.23the general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 70.24paragraph (e) new text begin (f) new text end , the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more 70.25than 100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus 70.26an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, 70.27subdivision 2 , times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional 70.28revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils 70.29attending the area learning center. 70.30 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later. new text end 70.31    Sec. 10. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 70.32     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 70.33 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 70.34 new text begin designated. new text end 71.1     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Special education; regular. new text end new text begin For special education aid under Minnesota new text end 71.2 new text begin Statutes, section 125A.75: new text end 71.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,171,029,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 71.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,228,842,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 71.5 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $137,932,000 for 2015 and $1,033,097,000 for new text end 71.6 new text begin 2016. new text end 71.7 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $145,429,000 for 2016 and $1,083,413,000 for new text end 71.8 new text begin 2017. new text end 71.9     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Travel for home-based services. new text end new text begin For aid for teacher travel for home-based new text end 71.10 new text begin services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1: new text end 71.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 361,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 71.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 371,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 71.13 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $35,000 for 2015 and $326,000 for 2016. new text end 71.14 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $36,000 for 2016 and $335,000 for 2017. new text end 71.15     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Special education out-of-state tuition. new text end new text begin For special education out-of-state new text end 71.16 new text begin tuition according to Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8: new text end 71.17 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 71.18 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 71.19     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Aid for children with disabilities. new text end new text begin For aid under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 71.20 new text begin section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities new text end 71.21 new text begin within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined: new text end 71.22 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,406,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 71.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,629,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 71.24 new text begin If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end 71.25 new text begin year is available. new text end 71.26     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Court-placed special education revenue. new text end new text begin For reimbursing serving school new text end 71.27 new text begin districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving new text end 71.28 new text begin school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4: new text end 71.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 56,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 71.30 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 57,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 71.31     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Training and technical assistance to reduce district use of seclusion and new text end 71.32 new text begin restraint. new text end new text begin For providing school districts with training and technical assistance to reduce new text end 71.33 new text begin district use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs: new text end 72.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 72.2 new text begin Of this appropriation, $75,000 is available to the commissioner to reimburse school new text end 72.3 new text begin districts for the cost of hiring experts to provide staff training in reducing district use of new text end 72.4 new text begin seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs. Of this appropriation, $25,000 is new text end 72.5 new text begin available to the commissioner for the costs of providing specialized training and assistance new text end 72.6 new text begin to school districts with a high use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs. new text end 72.7 new text begin The commissioner may contract with experts from intermediate school districts teams or new text end 72.8 new text begin level four programs to provide the specialized training and technical assistance. Any funds new text end 72.9 new text begin unexpended in fiscal year 2016 do not cancel but carry forward into the next fiscal year. new text end 72.10ARTICLE 6 72.11FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 72.12    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 72.13    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the eligible debt service 72.14revenue of a district is defined as follows: 72.15    (1) the amount needed to produce between five and six percent in excess of the 72.16amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the obligations of 72.17the district for eligible projects according to subdivision 2, including the amounts necessary 72.18for repayment of energy loans according to section 216C.37 or sections 298.292 to 298.298, 72.19debt service loans and new text begin , new text end capital loans, new text begin and new text end lease purchase payments under section 126C.40, 72.20subdivision 2 , alternative facilities levies under section 123B.59, subdivision 5, paragraph 72.21(a), new text begin excluding long-term facilities maintenance levies under section 123B.595, new text end minus 72.22    (2) the amount of debt service excess levy reduction for that school year calculated 72.23according to the procedure established by the commissioner. 72.24    (b) The obligations in this paragraph are excluded from eligible debt service revenue: 72.25    (1) obligations under section 123B.61; 72.26    (2) the part of debt service principal and interest paid from the taconite environmental 72.27protection fund or Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust, excluding the portion of 72.28taconite payments from the Iron Range school consolidation and cooperatively operated 72.29school account under section 298.28, subdivision 7a; 72.30    (3) obligations issued under Laws 1991, chapter 265, article 5, section 18, as 72.31amended by Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 5, section 24; 72.32    (4) obligations under section 123B.62; and 72.33    (5) obligations equalized under section 123B.535. 73.1    (c) For purposes of this section, if a preexisting school district reorganized under 73.2sections 123A.35 to 123A.43, 123A.46, and 123A.48 is solely responsible for retirement 73.3of the preexisting district's bonded indebtedness, capital loans or debt service loans, debt 73.4service equalization aid must be computed separately for each of the preexisting districts. 73.5    (d) For purposes of this section, the adjusted net tax capacity determined according 73.6to sections 127A.48 and 273.1325 shall be adjusted to include the tax capacity of property 73.7generally exempted from ad valorem taxes under section 272.02, subdivision 64. 73.8 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 73.9 new text begin later. new text end 73.10    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 73.11    Subd. 4. Debt service equalization revenue. (a) The debt service equalization 73.12revenue of a district equals the sum of the first tier debt service equalization revenue and 73.13the second tier debt service equalization revenue. 73.14    (b) The first tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater 73.15of zero or the eligible debt service revenue minus the amount raised by a levy of 15.74 73.16percent times the adjusted net tax capacity of the district minus the second tier debt service 73.17equalization revenue of the district. 73.18    (c) The second tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater 73.19of zero or the eligible debt service revenue, excluding alternative facilities levies under 73.20section 123B.59, subdivision 5, minus the amount raised by a levy of 26.24 percent times 73.21the adjusted net tax capacity of the district. 73.22 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 73.23 new text begin later. new text end 73.24    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, is amended to read: 73.25123B.57 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE; HEALTH AND SAFETY. 73.26    Subdivision 1. Health and safety revenue application. (a) To receive health 73.27and safety revenue for any fiscal year a district must submit to the commissioner a 73.28capital expenditure health and safety revenue application by the date determined by the 73.29commissioner. The application must include a health and safety budget adopted and 73.30confirmed by the school district board as being consistent with the district's health and 73.31safety policy under subdivision 2. The budget must include the estimated cost of the 73.32program per Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) finance 73.33code, by fiscal year. Upon approval through the adoption of a resolution by each of an 74.1intermediate district's member school district boards and the approval of the Department 74.2of Education, a school district may include its proportionate share of the costs of health 74.3and safety projects for an intermediate district in its application. 74.4(b) Health and safety projects with an estimated cost of $500,000 or more per 74.5site are not eligible for health and safety revenue. Health and safety projects with an 74.6estimated cost of $500,000 or more per site that meet all other requirements for health and 74.7safety funding, are eligible for alternative facilities bonding and levy revenue according 74.8to section . A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into 74.9components to qualify for health and safety revenue, and shall not combine unrelated 74.10projects into a single project to qualify for alternative facilities bonding and levy revenue. 74.11(c) The commissioner of education shall not make eligibility for health and safety 74.12revenue contingent on a district's compliance status, level of program development, or 74.13training. The commissioner shall not mandate additional performance criteria such as 74.14training, certifications, or compliance evaluations as a prerequisite for levy approval. 74.15    Subd. 2. Health and safety policy. To qualify for health and safety revenue, a 74.16school board must adopt a health and safety policy. The policy must include provisions 74.17for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, and 74.18environmental regulations and best practices including indoor air quality management. 74.19    Subd. 3. Health and safety revenue. A district's health and safety revenue 74.20for a fiscal year equals the district's alternative facilities levy under section , 74.21subdivision 5, paragraph (b), plus the greater of zero or: 74.22    (1) the sum of (a) the total approved cost of the district's hazardous substance 74.23plan for fiscal years 1985 through 1989, plus (b) the total approved cost of the district's 74.24health and safety program for fiscal year 1990 through the fiscal year to which the levy 74.25is attributable, excluding expenditures funded with bonds issued under section 123B.59 74.26or , or chapter 475; certificates of indebtedness or capital notes under section 74.27; levies under section , , , or 126C.40, subdivision 1 or 74.286; and other federal, state, or local revenues, minus 74.29    (2) the sum of (a) the district's total hazardous substance aid and levy for fiscal years 74.301985 through 1989 under sections and 275.125, subdivision 11c, plus (b) the 74.31district's health and safety revenue under this subdivision, for years before the fiscal year 74.32to which the levy is attributable. 74.33    Subd. 4. Health and safety levy. To receive health and safety revenue, a district 74.34may levy an amount equal to the district's health and safety revenue as defined in 74.35subdivision 3 multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by 74.36dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year preceding the year the 75.1levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for the school year to which 75.2the levy is attributable, to $3,165. 75.3    Subd. 5. Health and safety aid. A district's health and safety aid is the difference 75.4between its health and safety revenue and its health and safety levy. If a district does not 75.5levy the entire amount permitted, health and safety aid must be reduced in proportion to 75.6the actual amount levied. Health and safety aid may not be reduced as a result of reducing 75.7a district's health and safety levy according to section . 75.8    Subd. 6. Uses of Health and safety revenue new text begin capital projects new text end . (a) Health and 75.9safety revenue may be used only for approved new text begin capital projects may include new text end expenditures 75.10necessary for the correction of fire and life safety hazards; design, purchase, installation, 75.11maintenance, and inspection of fire protection and alarm equipment; purchase or 75.12construction of appropriate facilities for the storage of combustible and flammable 75.13materials; inventories and facility modifications not related to a remodeling project 75.14to comply with lab safety requirements under section 121A.31; inspection, testing, 75.15repair, removal or encapsulation, and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials; 75.16cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls; cleanup and disposal of hazardous and 75.17infectious wastes; cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating fuel or 75.18transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section 75.19296A.01 ; correction of occupational safety and health administration regulated hazards; 75.20indoor air quality inspections, investigations, and testing; mold abatement; upgrades or 75.21replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating, 75.22Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code; 75.23design, materials, and installation of local exhaust ventilation systems, including required 75.24make-up air for controlling regulated hazardous substances; correction of Department of 75.25Health Food Code violations; correction of swimming pool hazards excluding depth 75.26correction; playground safety inspections, repair of unsafe outdoor playground equipment, 75.27and the installation of impact surfacing materials; bleacher repair or rebuilding to comply 75.28with the order of a building code inspector under section 326B.112; testing and mitigation 75.29of elevated radon hazards; lead testing; copper in water testing; cleanup after major 75.30weather-related disasters or flooding; reduction of excessive organic and inorganic levels 75.31in wells and capping of abandoned wells; installation and testing of boiler backflow valves 75.32to prevent contamination of potable water; vaccinations, titers, and preventative supplies 75.33for bloodborne pathogen compliance; costs to comply with the Janet B. Johnson Parents' 75.34Right to Know Act; automated external defibrillators and other emergency plan equipment 75.35and supplies specific to the district's emergency action plan; compliance with the National 75.36Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for school generators established by the 76.1United States Environmental Protection Agency; and health, safety, and environmental 76.2management costs associated with implementing the district's health and safety program 76.3including costs to establish and operate safety committees, in school buildings or property 76.4owned or being acquired by the district. Testing and calibration activities are permitted for 76.5existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five years. 76.6(b) For fiscal years 2014 through 2017, a school district must not include expenses 76.7related to emission compliance projects for school generators in its health and safety 76.8revenue new text begin capital projects new text end unless it reduces its approved spending on other qualified health 76.9and safety projects by the same amount. 76.10    Subd. 6a. Restrictions on health and safety revenue. Notwithstanding subdivision 76.116, health and safety revenue must not be used: 76.12(1) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other 76.13deferred payments agreement; 76.14(2) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the 76.15purchase of portable classrooms; 76.16(3) for interest or other financing expenses; 76.17(4) for energy-efficiency projects under section , for a building or property 76.18or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for 76.19a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; 76.20(5) for replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows, 76.21internal fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition of 76.22facilities, structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions, violence 76.23prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or public announcement systems and 76.24emergency communication devices; or 76.25(6) for building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning supplies, maintenance, 76.26and cleaning activities. All assessments, investigations, inventories, and support 76.27equipment not leading to the engineering or construction of a project shall be included in 76.28the health, safety, and environmental management costs in subdivision 8, paragraph (a). 76.29    Subd. 6b. Health and safety projects. (a) Health and safety revenue applications 76.30defined in subdivision 1 must be accompanied by a description of each project for which 76.31funding is being requested. Project descriptions must provide enough detail for an auditor 76.32to determine if the work qualifies for revenue. For projects other than fire and life 76.33safety projects, playground projects, and health, safety, and environmental management 76.34activities, a project description does not need to include itemized details such as material 76.35types, room locations, square feet, names, or license numbers. The commissioner 77.1may request supporting information and shall approve only projects that comply with 77.2subdivisions 6 and 8, as defined by the Department of Education. 77.3(b) Districts may request funding for allowable projects based on self-assessments, 77.4safety committee recommendations, insurance inspections, management assistance 77.5reports, fire marshal orders, or other mandates. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph 77.6(b), and subdivision 8, paragraph (b), for projects under $500,000, individual project 77.7size for projects authorized by this subdivision is not limited and may include related 77.8work in multiple facilities. Health and safety management costs from subdivision 8 may 77.9be reported as a single project. 77.10(c) All costs directly related to a project shall be reported in the appropriate Uniform 77.11Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) finance code. 77.12(d) For fire and life safety egress and all other projects exceeding $20,000, cited 77.13under the Minnesota Fire Code, a fire marshal plan review is required. 77.14(e) Districts shall update project estimates with actual expenditures for each 77.15fiscal year. If a project's final cost is significantly higher than originally approved, the 77.16commissioner may request additional supporting information. 77.17    Subd. 6c. Appeals process. In the event a district is denied funding approval for 77.18a project the district believes complies with subdivisions 6 and 8, and is not otherwise 77.19excluded, a district may appeal the decision. All such requests must be in writing. The 77.20commissioner shall respond in writing. A written request must contain the following: 77.21project number; description and amount; reason for denial; unresolved questions for 77.22consideration; reasons for reconsideration; and a specific statement of what action the 77.23district is requesting. 77.24    Subd. 7. Proration. In the event that the health and safety aid available for any year 77.25is prorated, a district having its aid prorated may levy an additional amount equal to the 77.26amount not paid by the state due to proration. 77.27    Subd. 8. Health, safety, and environmental management cost. (a) "Health, safety, 77.28and environmental management" is defined in section . 77.29(b) A district's cost for health, safety, and environmental management is limited to 77.30the lesser of: 77.31(1) actual cost to implement their plan; or 77.32(2) an amount determined by the commissioner, based on enrollment, building 77.33age, and size. 77.34(c) The department may contract with regional service organizations, private 77.35contractors, Minnesota Safety Council, or state agencies to provide management 77.36assistance to school districts for health and safety capital projects. Management assistance 78.1is the development of written programs for the identification, recognition and control of 78.2hazards, and prioritization and scheduling of district health and safety capital projects. The 78.3commissioner shall not mandate management assistance or exclude private contractors 78.4from the opportunity to provide any health and safety services to school districts. 78.5 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 78.6 new text begin later. new text end 78.7    Sec. 4. new text begin [123B.595] LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE REVENUE. new text end 78.8     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance revenue. new text end new text begin (a) For fiscal year new text end 78.9 new text begin 2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) $193 times new text end 78.10 new text begin the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's new text end 78.11 new text begin average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor new text end 78.12 new text begin air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section new text end 78.13 new text begin 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site or (2) the new text end 78.14 new text begin sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, new text end 78.15 new text begin section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes new text end 78.16 new text begin 2014, section 123B.591. new text end 78.17 new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the new text end 78.18 new text begin greater of (1) $292 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the new text end 78.19 new text begin ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the new text end 78.20 new text begin commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement new text end 78.21 new text begin projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more new text end 78.22 new text begin per site or (2) the sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota new text end 78.23 new text begin Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota new text end 78.24 new text begin Statutes 2014, section 123B.591. new text end 78.25 new text begin (c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals new text end 78.26 new text begin the greater of (1) $380 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or new text end 78.27 new text begin the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the new text end 78.28 new text begin commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement new text end 78.29 new text begin projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more new text end 78.30 new text begin per site or (2) the sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota new text end 78.31 new text begin Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota new text end 78.32 new text begin Statutes 2014, section 123B.591. new text end 78.33     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school. new text end new text begin (a) new text end 78.34 new text begin For fiscal year 2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school new text end 78.35 new text begin equals $34 times the adjusted pupil units. new text end 79.1 new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter new text end 79.2 new text begin school equals $85 times the adjusted pupil units. new text end 79.3 new text begin (c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a new text end 79.4 new text begin charter school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units. new text end 79.5     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Intermediate districts and other cooperative units. new text end new text begin Upon approval new text end 79.6 new text begin through the adoption of a resolution by each member district school board of an new text end 79.7 new text begin intermediate district or other cooperative units under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, new text end 79.8 new text begin and the approval of the commissioner of education, a school district may include in its new text end 79.9 new text begin authority under this section a proportionate share of the long-term maintenance costs new text end 79.10 new text begin of the intermediate district or cooperative unit. The cooperative unit may issue bonds new text end 79.11 new text begin to finance the project costs or levy for the costs, using long-term maintenance revenue new text end 79.12 new text begin transferred from member districts to make debt service payments or pay project costs. new text end 79.13 new text begin Authority under this subdivision is in addition to the authority for individual district new text end 79.14 new text begin projects under subdivision 1. new text end 79.15     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Facilities plans. new text end new text begin (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school new text end 79.16 new text begin district or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility new text end 79.17 new text begin plan adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include new text end 79.18 new text begin provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, new text end 79.19 new text begin and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management. new text end 79.20 new text begin (b) The district must annually update the plan, biennially submit a facility new text end 79.21 new text begin maintenance plan to the commissioner, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds new text end 79.22 new text begin to finance the plan or levy for the costs. new text end 79.23     new text begin (c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a new text end 79.24 new text begin debt service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the new text end 79.25 new text begin principal and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term new text end 79.26 new text begin facilities revenue for that year. new text end 79.27     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Bond authorization. new text end new text begin (a) A school district may issue general obligation new text end 79.28 new text begin bonds under this section to finance facilities plans approved by its board and the new text end 79.29 new text begin commissioner. Chapter 475, except sections 475.58 and 475.59, must be complied with. new text end 79.30 new text begin The authority to issue bonds under this section is in addition to any bonding authority new text end 79.31 new text begin authorized by this chapter or other law. The amount of bonding authority authorized new text end 79.32 new text begin under this section must be disregarded in calculating the bonding or net debt limits of this new text end 79.33 new text begin chapter, or any other law other than section 475.53, subdivision 4. new text end 79.34 new text begin (b) At least 20 days before the earliest of solicitation of bids, the issuance of bonds, new text end 79.35 new text begin or the final certification of levies under subdivision 6, the district must publish notice new text end 80.1 new text begin of the intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district new text end 80.2 new text begin indebtedness. new text end 80.3 new text begin (c) The portion of revenue under this section for bonded debt must be recognized new text end 80.4 new text begin in the debt service fund. new text end 80.5     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Levy authorization. new text end new text begin A district may levy for costs related to an approved new text end 80.6 new text begin plan under subdivision 4 as follows: new text end 80.7 new text begin (1) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that bonds will be issued, the new text end 80.8 new text begin district may levy for the principal and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued new text end 80.9 new text begin under subdivision 5 after reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; new text end 80.10 new text begin (2) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that the plan will be funded new text end 80.11 new text begin through levy, the district may levy according to the schedule approved in the plan after new text end 80.12 new text begin reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; or new text end 80.13     new text begin (3) if the debt service revenue for a district required to pay the principal and interest new text end 80.14 new text begin on bonds issued under subdivision 5 exceeds the district's long-term facilities maintenance new text end 80.15 new text begin revenue for the same fiscal year, the district's general fund levy must be reduced by the new text end 80.16 new text begin amount of the excess. new text end 80.17     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue. new text end new text begin (a) For fiscal new text end 80.18 new text begin year 2017 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue equals new text end 80.19 new text begin the lesser of (1) $193 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's revenue under new text end 80.20 new text begin subdivision 1. new text end 80.21 new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2018 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance new text end 80.22 new text begin equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $292 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) new text end 80.23 new text begin the district's revenue under subdivision 1. new text end 80.24 new text begin (c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance new text end 80.25 new text begin equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $380 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) new text end 80.26 new text begin the district's revenue under subdivision 1. new text end 80.27     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy. new text end new text begin For fiscal year 2017 new text end 80.28 new text begin and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's new text end 80.29 new text begin long-term facilities maintenance revenue minus the greater of: new text end 80.30 new text begin (1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance revenue or the amount new text end 80.31 new text begin of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section new text end 80.32 new text begin 123B.59, subdivision 6; or new text end 80.33 new text begin (2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the new text end 80.34 new text begin greater of (i) zero or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted new text end 80.35 new text begin pupil unit in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 percent of the state new text end 81.1 new text begin average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the year preceding the year new text end 81.2 new text begin the levy is certified. new text end 81.3     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. new text end new text begin For fiscal year 2017 new text end 81.4 new text begin and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid equals its long-term new text end 81.5 new text begin facilities maintenance revenue minus its long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy new text end 81.6 new text begin times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy. new text end 81.7     new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue. new text end new text begin (a) A new text end 81.8 new text begin district may use revenue under this section for any of the following: new text end 81.9 new text begin (1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent new text end 81.10 new text begin further erosion of facilities; new text end 81.11 new text begin (2) increasing accessibility of school facilities; or new text end 81.12 new text begin (3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57. new text end 81.13 new text begin (b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related new text end 81.14 new text begin to the school. new text end 81.15     new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Restrictions on long-term facilities maintenance revenue. new text end 81.16 new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision 11, long-term facilities maintenance revenue may not be used: new text end 81.17 new text begin (1) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the new text end 81.18 new text begin purchase of portable classrooms; new text end 81.19 new text begin (2) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other new text end 81.20 new text begin deferred payments agreement; new text end 81.21 new text begin (3) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property new text end 81.22 new text begin or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for new text end 81.23 new text begin a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; or new text end 81.24 new text begin (4) for violence prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or emergency new text end 81.25 new text begin communication devices. new text end 81.26     new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Reserve account. new text end new text begin The portion of long-term facilities maintenance new text end 81.27 new text begin revenue not recognized under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), must be maintained in a new text end 81.28 new text begin reserve account within the general fund. new text end 81.29 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 81.30 new text begin later. new text end 81.31    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 81.32    Subd. 2. Adjusted net tax capacity. new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), new text end 81.33"adjusted net tax capacity" means the net tax capacity of the taxable property of the 81.34district as adjusted by the commissioner of revenue under sections 127A.48 and 273.1325. 81.35The adjusted net tax capacity for any given calendar year must be used to compute levy 82.1limitations for levies certified in the succeeding calendar year and aid for the school year 82.2beginning in the second succeeding calendar year. 82.3 new text begin (b) For purposes of the long-term maintenance facilities equalization levy under new text end 82.4 new text begin section 123B.595, subdivision 8, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described in new text end 82.5 new text begin paragraph (a) reduced by 50 percent of the value of class 2a agricultural land determined new text end 82.6 new text begin under that paragraph before the application of the growth limit under section 127A.48, new text end 82.7 new text begin subdivision 7. new text end 82.8 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for taxes payable in 2016 and later. new text end 82.9    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.33, is amended to read: 82.10127A.33 SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND; APPORTIONMENT. 82.11 new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner shall apportion the school endowment fund semiannually on 82.12the first Monday in March and September in each year, to districts whose schools have 82.13been in session at least nine months. The apportionment shall be in proportion to each 82.14district's adjusted average daily membership during the preceding year. The apportionment 82.15shall not be paid to a district for pupils for whom tuition is received by the district. 82.16 new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2016 and later, a district must reserve for school technology new text end 82.17 new text begin and telecommunications infrastructure, programs, and training an amount equal to the new text end 82.18 new text begin greater of (1) zero or (2) the total fiscal year apportionment per prior year pupil in adjusted new text end 82.19 new text begin average daily membership minus $31.62. new text end 82.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 82.21    Sec. 7. new text begin COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; 1:1 DEVICE PROGRAM new text end 82.22 new text begin GUIDELINES. new text end 82.23 new text begin The commissioner of education must research existing 1:1 device programs in new text end 82.24 new text begin Minnesota and across the country to determine best practices for Minnesota schools new text end 82.25 new text begin implementing 1:1 device programs. By February 15, 2016, the commissioner must new text end 82.26 new text begin develop and publish guidelines to ensure maximum effectiveness of 1:1 device programs new text end 82.27 new text begin and make a report on the research findings to the committees of the legislature with new text end 82.28 new text begin jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education. new text end 82.29    Sec. 8. new text begin FAIR SCHOOL CRYSTAL TRANSITION. new text end 82.30     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Student enrollment. new text end new text begin A student enrolled in the FAIR School new text end 82.31 new text begin Crystal during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during new text end 82.32 new text begin the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School Crystal in any new text end 83.1 new text begin year through the 2019-2020 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other new text end 83.2 new text begin students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03. new text end 83.3     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation new text end 83.4 new text begin revenue. new text end new text begin For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate new text end 83.5 new text begin compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR new text end 83.6 new text begin School Crystal based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts. new text end 83.7     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Pupil transportation. new text end new text begin The district may transport a pupil enrolled in new text end 83.8 new text begin the 2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016 new text end 83.9 new text begin school year to and from the FAIR School Crystal in succeeding school years regardless new text end 83.10 new text begin of the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section are new text end 83.11 new text begin reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87. new text end 83.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following the date on which new text end 83.13 new text begin the real and personal property of the FAIR School Crystal in Crystal is conveyed to new text end 83.14 new text begin Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale. new text end 83.15    Sec. 9. new text begin FAIR SCHOOL DOWNTOWN TRANSITION. new text end 83.16     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Student enrollment. new text end new text begin A student enrolled in the FAIR School new text end 83.17 new text begin downtown during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during new text end 83.18 new text begin the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School downtown in any new text end 83.19 new text begin year through the 2018-2019 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other new text end 83.20 new text begin students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03. new text end 83.21     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation new text end 83.22 new text begin revenue. new text end new text begin For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate new text end 83.23 new text begin compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR new text end 83.24 new text begin School downtown based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts. new text end 83.25     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Pupil transportation. new text end new text begin The district may transport a pupil enrolled in the new text end 83.26 new text begin 2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016 school new text end 83.27 new text begin year to and from the FAIR School downtown in succeeding school years regardless of new text end 83.28 new text begin the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section are new text end 83.29 new text begin reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87. new text end 83.30 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following the date on which new text end 83.31 new text begin the real and personal property of the FAIR School downtown in Minneapolis is conveyed new text end 83.32 new text begin to Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis. new text end 83.33    Sec. 10. new text begin INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PARTNERSHIP. new text end 84.1     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Request for proposals. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education shall issue new text end 84.2 new text begin a request for proposals no later than July 1, 2015, and award a contract no later than new text end 84.3 new text begin September 1, 2015, to a provider for the program under subdivision 3. new text end 84.4     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Eligible schools. new text end new text begin A school district, intermediate district, or charter school new text end 84.5 new text begin is eligible to participate in the program under this section, as long as funds are available. new text end 84.6     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Program description; provider duties. new text end new text begin (a) The provider must partner new text end 84.7 new text begin with eligible schools to make available a program to teach information technology skills new text end 84.8 new text begin and competencies that are essential for career and college readiness. By December 1, new text end 84.9 new text begin 2015, the provider must contact each eligible school and indicate how the school can new text end 84.10 new text begin access program services under this section. new text end 84.11 new text begin (b) The provider shall recruit up to 200 schools to participate in the program as long new text end 84.12 new text begin as funds are available. The provider must engage schools on a first-come, first-served new text end 84.13 new text begin basis, except that no more than half of the total funds available may be used to deliver the new text end 84.14 new text begin program to schools located in the seven-county metropolitan area. new text end 84.15 new text begin (c) The provider shall deliver to each participating school: new text end 84.16 new text begin (1) a research-based information technology curriculum; new text end 84.17 new text begin (2) online access to the curriculum; new text end 84.18 new text begin (3) instructional software for classroom and student use; new text end 84.19 new text begin (4) training for teachers who will be using the curriculum or instructional software; new text end 84.20 new text begin (5) industry-recognized certification of skills and competencies in a broad array of new text end 84.21 new text begin information technology-related skill areas; and new text end 84.22 new text begin (6) project management, deployment, and program support, including, but not new text end 84.23 new text begin limited to, integration with academic standards under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 84.24 new text begin 120B.021 or 120B.022. new text end 84.25     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Department support. new text end new text begin The Department of Education must make support new text end 84.26 new text begin available to the provider, including acting as the primary liaison between schools and the new text end 84.27 new text begin provider and providing direction and oversight, consistent with the purposes of this section. new text end 84.28     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Report required. new text end new text begin By February 1, 2018, the provider and commissioner new text end 84.29 new text begin must jointly develop and deliver to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over new text end 84.30 new text begin kindergarten through grade 12 education, a summary report on program activities and new text end 84.31 new text begin outcomes, including a description of the number and location of participating schools and new text end 84.32 new text begin students, and the number and type of certifications earned by students. new text end 84.33    Sec. 11. new text begin CANCELLATION OF PREVIOUS BIENNIUM APPROPRIATION. new text end 84.34 new text begin The appropriation made by Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 16, new text end 84.35 new text begin subdivision 5, is canceled. new text end 85.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 85.2    Sec. 12. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 85.3     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 85.4 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 85.5 new text begin designated. new text end 85.6     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Long-term maintenance equalization aid. new text end new text begin For long-term maintenance new text end 85.7 new text begin equalization aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595: new text end 85.8 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 0 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 85.9 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 51,848,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 85.10 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $51,848,000 for 2017. new text end 85.11     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Debt service equalization. new text end new text begin For debt service aid according to Minnesota new text end 85.12 new text begin Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6: new text end 85.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 20,349,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 85.14 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 22,171,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 85.15 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $2,295,000 for 2015 and $18,054,000 for 2016. new text end 85.16 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $2,005,000 for 2016 and $20,166,000 for 2017. new text end 85.17     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Alternative facilities bonding aid. new text end new text begin For alternative facilities bonding aid, new text end 85.18 new text begin according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.59, subdivision 1: new text end 85.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 19,287,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 85.20 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,928,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 85.21 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2015 and $17,359,000 for 2016. new text end 85.22 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017. new text end 85.23     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Equity in telecommunications access. new text end new text begin For equity in telecommunications new text end 85.24 new text begin access: new text end 85.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 85.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,250,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 85.27 new text begin If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the new text end 85.28 new text begin reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the new text end 85.29 new text begin revenue for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 shall be prorated. new text end 85.30 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The new text end 85.31 new text begin base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $3,750,000. new text end 86.1     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Deferred maintenance aid. new text end new text begin For deferred maintenance aid, according to new text end 86.2 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4: new text end 86.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,520,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 86.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 345,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 86.5 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $409,000 for 2015 and $3,111,000 for 2016. new text end 86.6 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $345,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017. new text end 86.7     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Health and safety revenue. new text end new text begin For health and safety aid according to new text end 86.8 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5: new text end 86.9 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 501,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 86.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 48,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 86.11 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $66,000 for 2015 and $435,000 for 2016. new text end 86.12 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017. new text end 86.13     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Information technology certification partnership. new text end new text begin For an information new text end 86.14 new text begin technology certification partnership: new text end 86.15 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 86.16 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 0 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 86.17 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is new text end 86.18 new text begin available in the second year. Of this appropriation, five percent is for departmental costs new text end 86.19 new text begin related to providing support for the information technology certification partnership. new text end 86.20     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Innovative Technology Cooperative. new text end new text begin For a grant to the Innovative new text end 86.21 new text begin Technology Cooperative under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.215, to provide new text end 86.22 new text begin professional development related to technology: new text end 86.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 86.24 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 86.25 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The base new text end 86.26 new text begin for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0. new text end 86.27     new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Northwest mobile manufacturing lab. new text end new text begin For a grant to the Pine to Prairie new text end 86.28 new text begin Cooperative Center: new text end 86.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 86.30 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 86.31 new text begin The grant must be used to establish a northwest mobile manufacturing lab program, new text end 86.32 new text begin containing two manufacturing labs and two welding labs, operated by Pine to Prairie new text end 86.33 new text begin Cooperative Center in collaboration with Northland Community and Technical College. new text end 87.1 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The new text end 87.2 new text begin base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0. new text end 87.3     new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Anoka-Hennepin School District fabrication lab. new text end new text begin For a grant new text end 87.4 new text begin to Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, to purchase equipment new text end 87.5 new text begin and software for a fabrication lab at its Secondary Technical Education Program in new text end 87.6 new text begin collaboration with Anoka Technical College and private program partners. new text end 87.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 87.8    Sec. 13. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 87.9 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.59; and 123B.591, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 87.10 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and new text end 87.11 new text begin later. new text end 87.12ARTICLE 7 87.13NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING 87.14    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.1158, subdivision 3, is amended to 87.15read: 87.16    Subd. 3. Program reimbursement. Each school year, the state must reimburse 87.17each participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 55 cents for each 87.18fully paid breakfast served to students in grades 1 new text begin 2 new text end to 12, and $1.30 for each fully paid 87.19breakfast served to a new text begin students in new text end kindergarten student new text begin to grade 1 new text end . 87.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017. new text end 87.21    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.1158, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 87.22    Subd. 4. No fees. A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section 87.23must make breakfast available without charge to all participating students in grades 1 new text begin 2 new text end 87.24to 12 who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all new text begin students in new text end kindergarten 87.25students new text begin to grade 1 new text end . 87.26 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017. new text end 87.27    Sec. 3. new text begin COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND ACCOUNT TRANSFERS; BARNUM. new text end 87.28 new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, on June 30 of each year from 2015 through new text end 87.29 new text begin 2018, Independent School District No. 91, Barnum, may transfer any positive account new text end 88.1 new text begin balances between the reserve accounts for early childhood family education and school new text end 88.2 new text begin readiness. The annual transfer may only occur after the school board has taken public new text end 88.3 new text begin testimony on the proposed transfer and has adopted a written resolution authorizing the new text end 88.4 new text begin transfer. new text end 88.5 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 88.6    Sec. 4. new text begin FUND TRANSFER; FISCAL YEARS 2016 AND 2017. new text end 88.7 new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin 123B.80, subdivision 3 new text end new text begin , for new text end 88.8 new text begin fiscal years 2016 and 2017 only, the commissioner must approve a request for a fund new text end 88.9 new text begin transfer if the transfer does not increase state aid obligations to the district or result in new text end 88.10 new text begin additional property tax authority for the district. This section does not permit transfers new text end 88.11 new text begin from the community service fund, the food service fund, or the reserved account for staff new text end 88.12 new text begin development under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin . new text end 88.13 new text begin (b) A school board may approve a fund transfer under paragraph (a) only after new text end 88.14 new text begin adopting a resolution stating the fund transfer will not diminish instructional opportunities new text end 88.15 new text begin for students. new text end 88.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 88.17    Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 88.18     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 88.19 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 88.20 new text begin designated. new text end 88.21     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin School lunch. new text end new text begin For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, new text end 88.22 new text begin section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17: new text end 88.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,661,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 88.24 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,818,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 88.25     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin School breakfast. new text end new text begin For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota new text end 88.26 new text begin Statutes, section 124D.1158: new text end 88.27 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 9,731,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 88.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 14,552,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 88.29     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Kindergarten milk. new text end new text begin For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 88.30 new text begin section 124D.118: new text end 89.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 942,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 89.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 942,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 89.3     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Summer school service replacement aid. new text end new text begin For summer food service new text end 89.4 new text begin replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119: new text end 89.5 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 89.6 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 89.7ARTICLE 8 89.8LIBRARIES 89.9    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 89.10    Subd. 5. Base aid distribution. Five new text begin Thirteen new text end percent of the available aid funds 89.11shall be paid to each system as base aid for basic system services. 89.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 89.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 89.14    Subd. 6. Adjusted net tax capacity per capita distribution. Twenty-five 89.15 new text begin Seventeen new text end percent of the available aid funds shall be distributed to regional public library 89.16systems based upon the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each member county or 89.17participating portion of a county as calculated for the second year preceding the fiscal year 89.18for which aid is provided. Each system's entitlement shall be calculated as follows: 89.19(a) Multiply the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each county or participating 89.20portion of a county by .0082. 89.21(b) Add sufficient aid funds that are available under this subdivision to raise the 89.22amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the lowest value calculated 89.23according to paragraph (a) to the amount of the county or participating portion of a county 89.24with the next highest value calculated according to paragraph (a). Multiply the amount of 89.25the additional aid funds by the population of the county or participating portion of a county. 89.26(c) Continue the process described in paragraph (b) by adding sufficient aid funds 89.27that are available under this subdivision to the amount of a county or participating portion 89.28of a county with the next highest value calculated in paragraph (a) to raise it and the 89.29amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values calculated in 89.30paragraph (a) up to the amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the 89.31next highest value, until reaching an amount where funds available under this subdivision 89.32are no longer sufficient to raise the amount of a county or participating portion of a county 90.1and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values up to 90.2the amount of the next highest county or participating portion of a county. 90.3(d) If the point is reached using the process in paragraphs (b) and (c) at which the 90.4remaining aid funds under this subdivision are not adequate for raising the amount of a 90.5county or participating portion of a county and all counties and participating portions of 90.6counties with amounts of lower value to the amount of the county or participating portion 90.7of a county with the next highest value, those funds are to be divided on a per capita 90.8basis for all counties or participating portions of counties that received aid funds under 90.9the calculation in paragraphs (b) and (c). 90.10 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 90.11    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 90.12    Subd. 8. Eligibility. A regional public library system may apply for regional library 90.13telecommunications aid. The aid must be used for data and video access maintenance, 90.14equipment, or installation of telecommunication lines new text begin on behalf of itself and member new text end 90.15 new text begin public libraries. The aid must be used for connections and other eligible nonvoice related new text end 90.16 new text begin E-rate Program category 1 services. Aid must be used for E-rate Program category 2 new text end 90.17 new text begin services as identified in the Federal Communications Commission's eligible services list new text end 90.18 new text begin for the current and preceding four funding years, if sufficient funds remain once category new text end 90.19 new text begin 1 needs are met in each funding year new text end . To be eligible, a regional public library system must 90.20be officially designated by the commissioner of education as a regional public library 90.21system as defined in section 134.34, subdivision 3, and each of its participating cities and 90.22counties must meet local support levels defined in section 134.34, subdivision 1. A public 90.23library building that receives aid under this section must be open a minimum of 20 hours 90.24per week. Exceptions to the minimum open hours requirement may be granted by the 90.25Department of Education on request of the regional public library system for the following 90.26circumstances: short-term closing for emergency maintenance and repairs following a 90.27natural disaster; in response to exceptional economic circumstances; building repair or 90.28maintenance that requires public services areas to be closed; or to adjust hours of public 90.29service to respond to documented seasonal use patterns. 90.30    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 90.31    Subd. 9. Telecommunications aid. An application for regional library 90.32telecommunications aid must, at a minimum, contain information to document the 90.33following: 91.1    (1) the connections are adequate and employ an open network architecture that 91.2will ensure interconnectivity and interoperability with school districts, postsecondary 91.3education, or other governmental agencies; 91.4    (2) that the connection is established through the most cost-effective means and that 91.5the regional library has explored and coordinated connections through school districts, 91.6postsecondary education, or other governmental agencies; 91.7    (3) that the regional library system has new text begin and all member libraries included in the new text end 91.8 new text begin application have new text end filed new text begin or are included in new text end an e-rate application; and 91.9    (4) other information, as determined by the commissioner of education, to ensure 91.10that connections are coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective, take advantage of discounts, 91.11and meet applicable state standards. 91.12    The library system may include costs associated with cooperative arrangements with 91.13postsecondary institutions, school districts, and other governmental agencies. 91.14    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 10, is amended to read: 91.15    Subd. 10. Award of funds. The commissioner of education shall develop an 91.16application and a reporting form and procedures for regional library telecommunications 91.17aid. Aid shall be based on actual costs of new text begin , including, but not limited to, new text end connections new text begin , as new text end 91.18 new text begin documented in e-rate funding commitment decision letters for category 1 services and new text end 91.19 new text begin acceptable documentation for category 2 services new text end and funds available for this purpose. 91.20The commissioner shall make payments directly to the regional public library system. 91.21    Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 91.22     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 91.23 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 91.24 new text begin designated. new text end 91.25     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Regional library basic system support. new text end new text begin For regional library basic system new text end 91.26 new text begin support aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355: new text end 91.27 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 14,920,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 91.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,070,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 91.29 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2015 and $13,563,000 for 2016. new text end 91.30 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,507,000 for 2016 and $13,563,000 for 2017. new text end 91.31     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Regional library telecommunications aid. new text end new text begin For regional library new text end 91.32 new text begin telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355: new text end 92.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 92.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 92.3 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2015 and $2,070,000 for 2016. new text end 92.4 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2016 and $2,070,000 for 2017. new text end 92.5     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Multicounty, multitype library systems. new text end new text begin For aid under Minnesota new text end 92.6 new text begin Statutes, sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems: new text end 92.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 92.8 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 92.9 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2015 and $1,170,000 for 2016. new text end 92.10 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2016 and $1,170,000 for 2017. new text end 92.11     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Electronic library for Minnesota. new text end new text begin For statewide licenses to online new text end 92.12 new text begin databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for new text end 92.13 new text begin school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public new text end 92.14 new text begin or private college or university libraries: new text end 92.15 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 900,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 92.16 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 900,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 92.17 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 92.18ARTICLE 9 92.19EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 92.20    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 92.21    Subd. 3. Program requirements. new text begin (a) new text end A school readiness program provider must: 92.22    (1) assess each child's cognitive and language skills with a comprehensive child 92.23assessment instrument when the child enters and again before the child leaves the program 92.24to improve program planning and implementation, communicate with parents, and 92.25promote kindergarten readiness; 92.26    (2) provide comprehensive program content and intentional instructional practice 92.27aligned with the state early childhood learning guidelines and kindergarten standards and 92.28based on early childhood research and professional practice that is focused on children's 92.29cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills and development and prepares children 92.30for the transition to kindergarten, including early literacy and language skills; 92.31(3) new text begin at the option of the school board, offer at least 500 hours per year of program new text end 92.32 new text begin content and instruction, including 50 summer hours, to each child who is eligible under new text end 92.33 new text begin subdivision 15, clause (1), except that a program provider may establish a waiting list new text end 93.1 new text begin consistent with subdivision 16 when funds are not available to serve every child eligible new text end 93.2 new text begin under subdivision 15, clause (1); new text end 93.3 new text begin (4) new text end coordinate appropriate kindergarten transition with parents and kindergarten 93.4teachers; 93.5    (4) new text begin (5) new text end involve parents in program planning and decision making; 93.6    (5) new text begin (6) new text end coordinate with relevant community-based services; 93.7    (6) new text begin (7) new text end cooperate with adult basic education programs and other adult literacy 93.8programs; 93.9(7) new text begin (8) new text end ensure staff-child ratios of one-to-ten and maximum group size of 20 children 93.10with the first staff required to be a teacher; and 93.11(8) new text begin (9) provide high-quality staff development in order to new text end have teachers 93.12knowledgeable in early childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English 93.13language development programs, and instruction. 93.14 new text begin (b) In order to receive aid under section 124D.16, a school readiness or preschool new text end 93.15 new text begin program must ensure that all classroom teachers have a license issued by the Board of new text end 93.16 new text begin Teaching or special permission by the 2019-2020 school year and later. Employees under new text end 93.17 new text begin this section who have served as a school readiness or preschool teacher in a school district new text end 93.18 new text begin for at least two years prior to the 2019-2020 school year are deemed to have completed new text end 93.19 new text begin their student teaching requirement. new text end 93.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later. new text end 93.21    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 93.22    Subd. 5. Services with new or existing providers. A district may contract 93.23with a charter school or community-based organization to provide eligible children 93.24developmentally appropriate services that meet the program requirements in subdivision 93.253. In the alternative, a district may pay tuition or fees to place an eligible child in an 93.26existing program. A district may establish a new program where no existing, reasonably 93.27accessible program meets the program requirements in subdivision 3. Districts must 93.28submit a copy of each contract to the commissioner with the biennial plan. Services may 93.29be provided in a site-based program or in the home of the child or a combination of both. 93.30The district may not restrict participation to district residents. 93.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later. new text end 93.32    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 12, is amended to read: 94.1    Subd. 12. Program fees. A district must adopt a sliding fee schedule based on a 94.2family's income but must waive a fee for a participant unable to pay. School districts must 94.3use school readiness aid for eligible children. Children who do not meet the eligibility 94.4requirements in subdivision 15 may participate on a fee-for-service basis. new text begin A fee may new text end 94.5 new text begin not be charged for a four-year-old child eligible under subdivision 15, clause (1), who new text end 94.6 new text begin is enrolled fewer than 500 hours per year. new text end 94.7 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later. new text end 94.8    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 15, is amended to read: 94.9    Subd. 15. Eligibility. A child is eligible to participate in a school readiness program 94.10if the child new text begin has completed health and developmental screening within 90 days of program new text end 94.11 new text begin enrollment under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, and new text end : 94.12(1) is at least three years old on September 1 new text begin is at least four years old on September new text end 94.13 new text begin 1 new text end ; new text begin or new text end 94.14(2) has completed health and developmental screening within 90 days of program 94.15enrollment under sections to ; and new text begin is at least three years old on new text end 94.16 new text begin September 1, and has one or more of the following risk factors: new text end 94.17(3) has one or more of the following risk factors: 94.18(i) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch; 94.19(ii) is an English learner; 94.20(iii) is homeless; 94.21(iv) has an individualized education program (IEP) or an individual interagency 94.22intervention plan (IIIP); 94.23(v) is identified, through health and developmental screenings under sections 94.24121A.16 to 121A.19, with a potential risk factor that may influence learning; or 94.25(vi) is defined as at-risk by the school district. 94.26 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later. new text end 94.27    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 94.28to read: 94.29     new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Waiting list. new text end new text begin A program that has eligible children on a waiting list must new text end 94.30 new text begin give enrollment priority to children eligible under subdivision 15, clause (2). new text end 94.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017 new text end 94.32 new text begin and later. new text end 95.1    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 95.2    Subd. 2. Amount of aid. (a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid 95.3for eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section 95.4124D.15 if the biennial plan required by section 124D.15, subdivision 3a, has been 95.5approved by the commissioner. 95.6(b) A district must receive school readiness aid equal to: 95.7(1) the number of four-year-old children in the district on October 1 for the previous 95.8school year times the ratio of 50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to 95.9the total number of four-year-old children reported to the commissioner for the previous 95.10school year; plus 95.11(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for the 95.12free or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year times the ratio of 95.1350 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to the total number of pupils 95.14in the state from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program for the 95.15previous school year. 95.16(c) new text begin For fiscal year 2016, the total school readiness aid entitlement equals new text end 95.17 new text begin $21,058,000. For fiscal year 2017, the total school readiness aid entitlement equals new text end 95.18 new text begin $74,516,000. new text end For fiscal year 2015 new text begin 2018 new text end and later, the total school readiness aid entitlement 95.19equals $12,170,000 new text begin $74,152,000 new text end . 95.20 new text begin (d) Aid for a district that does not offer the program described under section new text end 95.21 new text begin 124D.15, subdivision 3, must be reduced by 80 percent and the reduction reallocated new text end 95.22 new text begin among all other districts. new text end 95.23 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 new text end 95.24 new text begin and later. new text end 95.25    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 95.26    Subd. 2. Family eligibility. (a) For a family to receive an early learning scholarship, 95.27parents or guardians must meet the following eligibility requirements: 95.28(1) have a child three or four years of age on September 1 of the current school year, 95.29who has not yet started kindergarten; and 95.30(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income 95.31in the current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation in 95.32the free and reduced-price lunch program or child and adult care food program, National 95.33School Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; the Food 95.34Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Food and Nutrition Act, United States 95.35Code, title 7, sections 2011-2036; Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for 96.1School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J; 96.2child care assistance programs under chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance 96.3program; or placement in foster care under section 260C.212. 96.4(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a parent under age 21 who 96.5is pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diploma is eligible for an early 96.6learning scholarship if the parent has a child age zero to five years old and meets the 96.7income eligibility guidelines in this subdivision. 96.8(c) Any siblings between the ages zero to five years old of a child who has been 96.9awarded a scholarship under this section must be awarded a scholarship upon request, 96.10provided the sibling attends the same program as long as funds are available. 96.11(d) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to 96.12receive a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under section 96.13120A.20 and as long as funds are available. 96.14(e) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the 96.15purposes of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L, 96.16Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs 96.17under chapter 119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School 96.18Readiness Act of 2007. 96.19 new text begin (f) A child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address as new text end 96.20 new text begin assigned by the United States Postal Service, who has received developmental screening new text end 96.21 new text begin under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, who intends to enroll in a Minnesota school district, new text end 96.22 new text begin and whose family meets the criteria of paragraph (a) is eligible for an early learning new text end 96.23 new text begin scholarship under this section. new text end 96.24 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015. new text end 96.25    Sec. 8. new text begin STUDY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EFFECTIVENESS ON THIRD new text end 96.26 new text begin GRADE LITERACY. new text end 96.27 new text begin The Department of Education must study and, using valid student assessment data, new text end 96.28 new text begin report annually on the effect of public school-provided preschool, public school-provided new text end 96.29 new text begin all-day kindergarten, Head Start, and any federally- or state-funded early learning new text end 96.30 new text begin scholarships on the literacy rates of public school third grade students. An initial report shall new text end 96.31 new text begin be provided on February 1, 2017, and annually thereafter to the chairs and ranking minority new text end 96.32 new text begin members of committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over early childhood through new text end 96.33 new text begin grade 12 education. The department must use existing staff and resources for the report. new text end 96.34    Sec. 9. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 97.1     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 97.2 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 97.3 new text begin designated. new text end 97.4     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin School readiness. new text end new text begin For revenue for school readiness programs under new text end 97.5 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16: new text end 97.6 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 20,170,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 97.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 69,170,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 97.8 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,217,000 for 2015 and $18,953,000 for 2016. new text end 97.9 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $2,105,000 for 2016 and $67,065,000 for 2017. new text end 97.10     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Early learning scholarships. new text end new text begin For the early learning scholarship program new text end 97.11 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165: new text end 97.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 30,384,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 97.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 30,384,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 97.14 new text begin Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program. new text end 97.15 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 97.16     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Head Start program. new text end new text begin For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 97.17 new text begin section 119A.52: new text end 97.18 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 22,100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 97.19 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 22,100,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 97.20     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Early childhood family education aid. new text end new text begin For early childhood family new text end 97.21 new text begin education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135: new text end 97.22 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 27,997,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 97.23 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 28,984,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 97.24 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $2,713,000 for 2015 and $25,284,000 for 2016. new text end 97.25 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $2,809,000 for 2016 and $26,175,000 for 2017. new text end 97.26     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Developmental screening aid. new text end new text begin For developmental screening aid under new text end 97.27 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19: new text end 97.28 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,363,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 97.29 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,369,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 97.30 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $338,000 for 2015 and $3,025,000 for 2016. new text end 97.31 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $336,000 for 2016 and $3,033,000 for 2017. new text end 98.1     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Parent-child home program. new text end new text begin For a grant to the parent-child home new text end 98.2 new text begin program: new text end 98.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 98.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 98.5 new text begin The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood new text end 98.6 new text begin literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at its new text end 98.7 new text begin existing program locations. The base for fiscal year 2018 and later is $350,000 new text end 98.8     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention new text end 98.9 new text begin program. new text end new text begin For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program new text end 98.10 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162: new text end 98.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 281,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 98.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 281,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 98.13     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Early childhood programs at tribal schools. new text end new text begin For early childhood family new text end 98.14 new text begin education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.83, new text end 98.15 new text begin subdivision 4: new text end 98.16 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 68,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 98.17 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 68,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 98.18     new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Educate parents partnership. new text end new text begin For the educate parents partnership new text end 98.19 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129: new text end 98.20 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 49,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 98.21 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 49,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 98.22ARTICLE 10 98.23PREVENTION 98.24    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 98.25    Subd. 3. Screening program. (a) A screening program must include at least the 98.26following components: developmental assessments, hearing and vision screening or 98.27referral, immunization review and referral, the child's height and weight new text begin , the date of the new text end 98.28 new text begin child's most recent comprehensive vision examination, if any new text end , identification of risk factors 98.29that may influence learning, an interview with the parent about the child, and referral for 98.30assessment, diagnosis, and treatment when potential needs are identified. The district and 98.31the person performing or supervising the screening must provide a parent or guardian 98.32with clear written notice that the parent or guardian may decline to answer questions 99.1or provide information about family circumstances that might affect development and 99.2identification of risk factors that may influence learning. The notice must state "Early 99.3childhood developmental screening helps a school district identify children who may 99.4benefit from district and community resources available to help in their development. 99.5Early childhood developmental screening includes a vision screening that helps detect 99.6potential eye problems but is not a substitute for a comprehensive eye exam." The notice 99.7must clearly state that declining to answer questions or provide information does not 99.8prevent the child from being enrolled in kindergarten or first grade if all other screening 99.9components are met. If a parent or guardian is not able to read and comprehend the written 99.10notice, the district and the person performing or supervising the screening must convey 99.11the information in another manner. The notice must also inform the parent or guardian 99.12that a child need not submit to the district screening program if the child's health records 99.13indicate to the school that the child has received comparable developmental screening 99.14performed within the preceding 365 days by a public or private health care organization or 99.15individual health care provider. The notice must be given to a parent or guardian at the 99.16time the district initially provides information to the parent or guardian about screening 99.17and must be given again at the screening location. 99.18(b) All screening components shall be consistent with the standards of the state 99.19commissioner of health for early developmental screening programs. A developmental 99.20screening program must not provide laboratory tests or a physical examination to any 99.21child. The district must request from the public or private health care organization or the 99.22individual health care provider the results of any laboratory test or physical examination 99.23within the 12 months preceding a child's scheduled screening. new text begin For the purposes of this new text end 99.24 new text begin section, "comprehensive vision examination" means a vision examination performed by new text end 99.25 new text begin an optometrist or ophthalmologist. new text end 99.26(c) If a child is without health coverage, the school district must refer the child to an 99.27appropriate health care provider. 99.28(d) A board may offer additional components such as nutritional, physical and 99.29dental assessments, review of family circumstances that might affect development, blood 99.30pressure, laboratory tests, and health history. 99.31(e) If a statement signed by the child's parent or guardian is submitted to the 99.32administrator or other person having general control and supervision of the school that 99.33the child has not been screened because of conscientiously held beliefs of the parent 99.34or guardian, the screening is not required. 99.35    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 100.1    Subd. 5. Developmental screening program information. new text begin (a) new text end The board must 100.2inform each resident family with a child eligible to participate in the developmental 100.3screening program, and a charter school that provides screening must inform families 100.4that apply for admission to the charter school, about the availability of the program and 100.5the state's requirement that a child receive a developmental screening or provide health 100.6records indicating that the child received a comparable developmental screening from a 100.7public or private health care organization or individual health care provider not later than 100.830 days after the first day of attending kindergarten in a public school. A school district 100.9must inform all resident families with eligible children under age seven, and a charter 100.10school that provides screening must inform families that apply for admission to the charter 100.11school, that their children may receive a developmental screening conducted either by the 100.12school district or by a public or private health care organization or individual health care 100.13provider and that the screening is not required if a statement signed by the child's parent 100.14or guardian is submitted to the administrator or other person having general control and 100.15supervision of the school that the child has not been screened. 100.16 new text begin (b) A school district that enrolls students from an adjoining state under section new text end 100.17 new text begin 124D.041 may inform a nonresident child whose family resides at a Minnesota address as new text end 100.18 new text begin assigned by the United States Postal Service about the availability of the developmental new text end 100.19 new text begin screening program and may provide screening under this section to that child. new text end 100.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 new text end 100.21 new text begin and later. new text end 100.22    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.20, subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 100.23    Subd. 4a. Youth after-school enrichment revenue. In fiscal year 2003 and 100.24thereafter, Youth after-school enrichment revenue for a district operating a youth 100.25after-school enrichment program under section 124D.19, subdivision 12, equals: 100.26(1) $1.85 new text begin $2.37 new text end times the greater of 1,335 or the population of the district, as defined 100.27in section 275.14, not to exceed 10,000; and 100.28(2) $0.43 new text begin $0.55 new text end times the population of the district, as defined in section 275.14, 100.29in excess of 10,000. Youth after-school enrichment revenue must be reserved for youth 100.30after-school enrichment programs. 100.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017 new text end 100.32 new text begin and later. new text end 100.33    Sec. 4. new text begin AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING GRANTS. new text end 101.1     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Grant program established. new text end new text begin A competitive grant program is new text end 101.2 new text begin established to support community-based organizations, schools, political subdivisions, or new text end 101.3 new text begin child care centers that service young people in kindergarten through grade 12 after school new text end 101.4 new text begin or during nonschool hours. Grants must be used to offer a broad array of enrichment new text end 101.5 new text begin activities that promote positive youth development, including art, music, community new text end 101.6 new text begin engagement, literacy, technology education, health, agriculture, and recreation programs. new text end 101.7     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Application. new text end new text begin The commissioner of education shall develop the form new text end 101.8 new text begin and method for applying for the grants. The application must include information on new text end 101.9 new text begin the applicant's outreach to children and youth that qualify for free or reduced-price new text end 101.10 new text begin lunch and two-year measurable goals and activities linked to research or best practices. new text end 101.11 new text begin The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining the allocation of the grants and new text end 101.12 new text begin appropriate goals for the use of the grants including: new text end 101.13 new text begin (1) increasing access to protective factors that build young people's capacity to new text end 101.14 new text begin become productive adults, such as connections to a caring adult; new text end 101.15 new text begin (2) developing children's skills and behaviors necessary to succeed in postsecondary new text end 101.16 new text begin education and career opportunities; and new text end 101.17 new text begin (3) encouraging attendance and improving performance in school. new text end 101.18     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Grant awards. new text end new text begin To the extent practicable, the selection of applicants new text end 101.19 new text begin shall result in an equitable distribution of grant awards among geographic areas within new text end 101.20 new text begin Minnesota, including rural, suburban, and urban communities. The commissioner shall new text end 101.21 new text begin also give priority to programs that collaborate with and leverage existing community new text end 101.22 new text begin resources that have demonstrated effectiveness. Applicants selected as grantees are new text end 101.23 new text begin eligible to receive a two-year grant, contingent upon satisfactory progress toward goals new text end 101.24 new text begin and objectives and the availability of funds. new text end 101.25    Sec. 5. new text begin COMPREHENSIVE VISION EXAMINATION REPORT. new text end 101.26 new text begin By January 15, 2017, the commissioner must submit to the committees of the new text end 101.27 new text begin legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education a report new text end 101.28 new text begin describing the number and proportion of children in each school district who report having new text end 101.29 new text begin had a comprehensive vision examination, disaggregated by age at the time of early new text end 101.30 new text begin childhood developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.17. new text end 101.31    Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATION. new text end 101.32     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 101.33 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 101.34 new text begin designated. new text end 102.1     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Community education aid. new text end new text begin For community education aid under new text end 102.2 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20: new text end 102.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 788,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 102.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 777,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 102.5 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $107,000 for 2015 and $681,000 for 2016. new text end 102.6 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $75,000 for 2016 and $702,000 for 2017. new text end 102.7     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Northside Achievement Zone. new text end new text begin For a grant to the Northside Achievement new text end 102.8 new text begin Zone. new text end 102.9 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 650,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 102.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 650,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 102.11 new text begin Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the new text end 102.12 new text begin educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, new text end 102.13 new text begin and may be used for Northside Achievement Zone programming and services consistent new text end 102.14 new text begin with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements. new text end 102.15     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin St. Paul Promise Neighborhood. new text end new text begin For a grant to the St. Paul Promise new text end 102.16 new text begin Neighborhood. new text end 102.17 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 650,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 102.18 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 650,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 102.19 new text begin Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the new text end 102.20 new text begin educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, new text end 102.21 new text begin and may be used for St. Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent new text end 102.22 new text begin with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements. new text end 102.23     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin After-school community learning grants. new text end new text begin For after-school community new text end 102.24 new text begin learning grants under section 1: new text end 102.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 102.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 102.27 new text begin Up to seven percent of the appropriation in each fiscal year may be used for new text end 102.28 new text begin administration, evaluation, and technical assistance, including partnering with the new text end 102.29 new text begin Minnesota Afterschool Network, Ignite Afterschool, and other appropriate entities to new text end 102.30 new text begin ensure implementation of strategies statewide to ensure the provision of high quality, new text end 102.31 new text begin research-driven learning opportunities. new text end 102.32 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but new text end 102.33 new text begin is available in the second year. new text end 103.1     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Adults with disabilities program aid. new text end new text begin For adults with disabilities new text end 103.2 new text begin programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56: new text end 103.3 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 710,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 103.4 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 710,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 103.5 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2015 and $639,000 for 2016. new text end 103.6 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2016 and $639,000 for 2017. new text end 103.7     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Hearing-impaired adults. new text end new text begin For programs for hearing-impaired adults new text end 103.8 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57: new text end 103.9 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 70,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 103.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 70,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 103.11     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin School-age care revenue. new text end new text begin For extended day aid under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 103.12 new text begin section 124D.22: new text end 103.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 103.14 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 103.15 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $0 for 2015 and $1,000 for 2016. new text end 103.16 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $1,000 for 2017. new text end 103.17ARTICLE 11 103.18SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING 103.19    Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 103.20     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 103.21 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 103.22 new text begin designated. new text end 103.23     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Adult basic education aid. new text end new text begin For adult basic education aid under Minnesota new text end 103.24 new text begin Statutes, section 124D.531: new text end 103.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 49,118,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 103.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 50,592,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 103.27 new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $4,782,000 for 2015 and $44,336,000 for 2016. new text end 103.28 new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $4,926,000 for 2016 and $45,666,000 for 2017. new text end 103.29     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin GED tests. new text end new text begin For payment of 60 percent of the costs of GED tests under new text end 103.30 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.55: new text end 103.31 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 125,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 103.32 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 125,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 104.1ARTICLE 12 104.2STATE AGENCIES 104.3    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 5A.03, is amended to read: 104.45A.03 ORGANIZATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION. 104.5     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Placing high school students in Minnesota. new text end (a) An application for 104.6registration as an international student exchange visitor placement organization must be 104.7submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application must include: 104.8(1) evidence that the organization meets the standards established by the secretary of 104.9state by rule; 104.10(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive 104.11officer, and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for 104.12supervising placements within the state; 104.13(3) the organization's unified business identification number, if any; 104.14(4) the organization's Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, United 104.15States Department of State number, if any; 104.16(5) evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing, if 104.17any; 104.18(6) whether the organization is exempt from federal income tax; and 104.19(7) a list of the organization's placements in Minnesota for the previous academic 104.20year including the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts in 104.21which they were placed, and the length of their placements. 104.22(b) The application must be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization 104.23and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising 104.24placements within Minnesota. If the secretary of state determines that the application is 104.25complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and the applicant is registered. 104.26(c) Organizations that have registered shall inform the secretary of state of any 104.27changes in the information required under paragraph (a), clause (1), within 30 days of the 104.28change. There is no fee to amend a registration. 104.29(d) Registration under this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be 104.30renewed annually. The fee to renew a registration is $50 per year. 104.31(e) Organizations registering for the first time in Minnesota must pay an initial 104.32registration fee of $150. 104.33(f) Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section must be deposited in the 104.34state treasury and credited to the general fund. 105.1     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Placing Minnesota students in travel abroad programs. new text end new text begin (a) A school new text end 105.2 new text begin district or charter school with enrolled students who participate in a foreign exchange or new text end 105.3 new text begin study or other travel abroad program under a written agreement between the district or new text end 105.4 new text begin charter school and the program provider must use a form developed by the Department new text end 105.5 new text begin of Education to annually report to the department by November 1 the following data new text end 105.6 new text begin from the previous school year: new text end 105.7 new text begin (1) the number of Minnesota student deaths that occurred while Minnesota students new text end 105.8 new text begin were participating in the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program and new text end 105.9 new text begin that resulted from Minnesota students participating in the program; new text end 105.10 new text begin (2) the number of Minnesota students hospitalized due to accidents and the illnesses new text end 105.11 new text begin that occurred while Minnesota students were participating in the foreign exchange or study new text end 105.12 new text begin or other travel abroad program and that resulted from Minnesota students participating new text end 105.13 new text begin in the program; and new text end 105.14 new text begin (3) the name and type of the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad new text end 105.15 new text begin program and the city or region where the reported death, hospitalization due to accident, new text end 105.16 new text begin or the illness occurred. new text end 105.17 new text begin (b) School districts and charter schools must ask but must not require enrolled new text end 105.18 new text begin eligible students and the parents or guardians of other enrolled students who complete new text end 105.19 new text begin a foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program to disclose the information new text end 105.20 new text begin under paragraph (a). new text end 105.21     new text begin (c) When reporting the data under paragraph (a), a school district or charter school new text end 105.22 new text begin may supplement the data with a brief explanatory statement. The Department of Education new text end 105.23 new text begin annually must aggregate and publish the reported data on the department Web site in new text end 105.24 new text begin a format that facilitates public access to the aggregated data and include links to both new text end 105.25 new text begin the United States Department of State's Consular Information Program that informs the new text end 105.26 new text begin public of conditions abroad that may affect students' safety and security and the publicly new text end 105.27 new text begin available reports on sexual assaults and other criminal acts affecting students participating new text end 105.28 new text begin in a foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program. new text end 105.29     new text begin (d) School districts and charter schools with enrolled students who participate in new text end 105.30 new text begin foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad programs under a written agreement new text end 105.31 new text begin between the district or charter school and the program provider are encouraged to adopt new text end 105.32 new text begin policies supporting the programs and to include program standards in their policies to new text end 105.33 new text begin ensure students' health and safety. new text end 105.34     new text begin (e) To be eligible under this subdivision to provide a foreign exchange or study or new text end 105.35 new text begin other travel abroad program to Minnesota students enrolled in a school district or charter new text end 105.36 new text begin school, a program provider annually must register with the secretary of state and provide new text end 106.1 new text begin the following information on a form developed by the secretary of state: the name, new text end 106.2 new text begin address, and telephone number of the program provider, its chief executive officer, and new text end 106.3 new text begin the person within the provider's organization who is primarily responsible for supervising new text end 106.4 new text begin programs within the state; the program provider's unified business identification number, new text end 106.5 new text begin if any; whether the program provider is exempt from federal income tax; a list of the new text end 106.6 new text begin program provider's placements in foreign countries for the previous school year including new text end 106.7 new text begin the number of Minnesota students placed, where Minnesota students were placed, and new text end 106.8 new text begin the length of their placement; the terms and limits of the medical and accident insurance new text end 106.9 new text begin available to cover participating students and the process for filing a claim; and the new text end 106.10 new text begin signatures of the program provider's chief executive officer and the person primarily new text end 106.11 new text begin responsible for supervising Minnesota students' placements in foreign countries. If the new text end 106.12 new text begin secretary of state determines the registration is complete, the secretary of state shall file the new text end 106.13 new text begin registration and the program provider is registered. Registration with the secretary of state new text end 106.14 new text begin must not be considered or represented as an endorsement of the program provider by the new text end 106.15 new text begin secretary of state. The secretary of state annually must publish on its Web site aggregated new text end 106.16 new text begin data under paragraph (c) received from the Department of Education. new text end 106.17 new text begin (f) Program providers, annually by August 1, must provide the data required under new text end 106.18 new text begin paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), to the districts and charter schools with enrolled students new text end 106.19 new text begin participating in the provider's program. new text end 106.20 new text begin (g) The Department of Education must publish the information it has under new text end 106.21 new text begin paragraph (c), but it is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the information new text end 106.22 new text begin provided to it by a school district or charter school. A school district or charter school is new text end 106.23 new text begin not responsible for omissions in the information provided to it by students and programs. new text end 106.24 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and new text end 106.25 new text begin later. new text end 106.26    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 106.27    Subd. 8. Background checks. (a) The Board of Teaching and the commissioner 106.28of education must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent 106.29of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all applicants for initial licenses under their 106.30jurisdiction. An application for a license under this section must be accompanied by: 106.31(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and 106.32(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 106.33for the fee for conducting the new text begin payment to conduct a new text end criminal history background check. 106.34 new text begin Proceeds from this fee are annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs associated new text end 106.35 new text begin with processing licensure applications. new text end 107.1(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the 107.2background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data as 107.3defined in section 13.87 and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records 107.4repository. The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal 107.5Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent 107.6shall recover the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to 107.7the applicant under paragraph (a). 107.8(c) The Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education may issue a license 107.9pending completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify 107.10the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the 107.11background check. 107.12    Sec. 3. new text begin RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. new text end 107.13 new text begin (a) The Board of Teaching shall adopt rules for a process for approving certificates new text end 107.14 new text begin of advanced professional study. A certificate of advanced professional study is a credential new text end 107.15 new text begin available only to a teacher with a full license in at least one discipline that allows for new text end 107.16 new text begin teaching without further waiver or variance when a licensure program in the discipline new text end 107.17 new text begin does not exist or when a teacher with a full license in the discipline cannot be found. The new text end 107.18 new text begin certificate of advanced professional study must: new text end 107.19 new text begin (1) have fewer requirements than the full license in the discipline; new text end 107.20 new text begin (2) set the specific qualifications required to attain it; and new text end 107.21 new text begin (3) maintain professional standards for teaching in that discipline. new text end 107.22 new text begin (b) The rules adopted under paragraph (a) must limit certificates of advanced new text end 107.23 new text begin professional study to: new text end 107.24 new text begin (1) disciplines in which at least one geographic area of the state has a demonstrated new text end 107.25 new text begin shortage of fully licensed teachers; and new text end 107.26 new text begin (2) emerging disciplines where full licenses or licensure programs do not exist. new text end 107.27    Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. new text end 107.28     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin Unless otherwise indicated, the sums new text end 107.29 new text begin indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of new text end 107.30 new text begin Education for the fiscal years designated. new text end 107.31     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Department. new text end new text begin (a) For the Department of Education: new text end 107.32 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 21,498,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 107.33 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 21,535,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 108.1 new text begin Of these amounts: new text end 108.2 new text begin (1) $1,020,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $768,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for the new text end 108.3 new text begin Board of Teaching; new text end 108.4 new text begin (2) $228,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $231,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for the Board new text end 108.5 new text begin of School Administrators; new text end 108.6 new text begin (3) $1,000,000 each year is for Regional Centers of Excellence under Minnesota new text end 108.7 new text begin Statutes, section 120B.115; new text end 108.8 new text begin (4) $500,000 each year is for the School Safety Technical Assistance Center under new text end 108.9 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.052; new text end 108.10 new text begin (5) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial new text end 108.11 new text begin data analysis; new text end 108.12 new text begin (6) $20,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for the commissioner to provide assessment new text end 108.13 new text begin recommendations; and new text end 108.14 new text begin (7) $5,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for costs related to the Concurrent Enrollment new text end 108.15 new text begin Working Group. new text end 108.16 new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 108.17 new text begin (c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for new text end 108.18 new text begin Minnesota's Washington, D.C. office. new text end 108.19 new text begin (d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget new text end 108.20 new text begin document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as new text end 108.21 new text begin indicated. new text end 108.22 new text begin (e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and new text end 108.23 new text begin support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing new text end 108.24 new text begin information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and new text end 108.25 new text begin will be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the new text end 108.26 new text begin rates and mechanism specified in that agreement. new text end 108.27     new text begin (f) The agency's base budget in fiscal year 2018 is $21,427,000. The agency's base new text end 108.28 new text begin budget in fiscal year 2019 is $21,405,000. new text end 108.29    Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES. new text end 108.30 new text begin (a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the new text end 108.31 new text begin Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated: new text end 108.32 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 12,853,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 108.33 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 12,819,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 108.34 new text begin (b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $708,000 in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 108.35 new text begin $490,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for technology enhancements and may be used for: new text end 109.1 new text begin (1) computer hardware; (2) computer software; (3) connectivity, communications, and new text end 109.2 new text begin infrastructure; (4) assistive technology; (5) access to electronic books and other online new text end 109.3 new text begin materials, licenses, and subscriptions; and (6) technology staff and training costs. new text end 109.4 new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 109.5 new text begin (d) The agency's budget base in fiscal year 2018 is $12,804,000. new text end 109.6 new text begin (e) The agency's budget base in fiscal year 2019 is $12,786,000. new text end 109.7    Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION. new text end 109.8 new text begin (a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich new text end 109.9 new text begin Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated: new text end 109.10 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,572,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2016 new text end 109.11 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,673,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2017 new text end 109.12 new text begin (b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $700,000 in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 109.13 new text begin $700,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for continuing and expanding the arts integration networks new text end 109.14 new text begin and piloting arts-integrated courses and additional rural regions with an online focus. new text end 109.15 new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 109.16ARTICLE 13 109.17FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS 109.18A. GENERAL EDUCATION 109.19    Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 2, as amended 109.20by Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 7, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 109.2126, is amended to read: 109.22    Subd. 2. General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota 109.23Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4: 109.24 $ 6,851,419,000 ..... 2014 109.25 109.26 $ 6,464,199,000 new text begin 6,443,330,000 new text end ..... 2015 109.27The 2014 appropriation includes $780,156,000 for 2013 and $6,071,263,000 for 109.282014. 109.29The 2015 appropriation includes $589,095,000 new text begin $586,824,000 new text end for 2014 and 109.30$5,875,104,000 new text begin $5,856,506,000 new text end for 2015. 109.31    Sec. 2. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3, as amended by 109.32Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 1, is amended to read: 110.1    Subd. 3. Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 110.2postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 110.3of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03: 110.4 $ 37,000 ..... 2014 110.5 110.6 $ 40,000 new text begin 36,000 new text end ..... 2015 110.7    Sec. 3. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 4, as amended by 110.8Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 2, is amended to read: 110.9    Subd. 4. Abatement revenue. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 110.10127A.49 : 110.11 $ 2,876,000 ..... 2014 110.12 110.13 $ 3,103,000 new text begin 2,796,000 new text end ..... 2015 110.14The 2014 appropriation includes $301,000 for 2013 and $2,575,000 for 2014. 110.15The 2015 appropriation includes $286,000 for 2014 and $2,817,000 new text begin $2,510,000 new text end 110.16for 2015. 110.17    Sec. 4. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 5, as amended by 110.18Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 3, is amended to read: 110.19    Subd. 5. Consolidation transition. For districts consolidating under Minnesota 110.20Statutes, section 123A.485: 110.21 $ 585,000 ..... 2014 110.22 110.23 $ 254,000 new text begin 263,000 new text end ..... 2015 110.24The 2014 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2013 and $545,000 for 2014. 110.25The 2015 appropriation includes $60,000 for 2014 and $194,000 new text begin $203,000 new text end for 2015. 110.26    Sec. 5. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 6, as amended by 110.27Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 27, is amended to read: 110.28    Subd. 6. Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under 110.29Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87: 110.30 $ 15,867,000 ..... 2014 110.31 110.32 $ 16,132,000 new text begin 15,569,000 new text end ..... 2015 110.33The 2014 appropriation includes $1,898,000 for 2013 and $13,969,000 for 2014. 111.1The 2015 appropriation includes $1,552,000 new text begin $1,394,000 new text end for 2014 and $14,580,000 111.2 new text begin $14,175,000 new text end for 2015. 111.3    Sec. 6. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 7, as amended by 111.4Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 28, is amended to read: 111.5    Subd. 7. Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 111.6under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9: 111.7 $ 18,500,000 ..... 2014 111.8 111.9 $ 17,710,000 new text begin 18,118,000 new text end ..... 2015 111.10The 2014 appropriation includes $2,602,000 for 2013 and $15,898,000 for 2014. 111.11The 2015 appropriation includes $1,766,000 for 2014 and $15,944,000 new text begin $16,352,000 new text end 111.12for 2015. 111.13    Sec. 7. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 11, as amended by 111.14Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 4, is amended to read: 111.15    Subd. 11. Career and technical aid. For career and technical aid under Minnesota 111.16Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b: 111.17 $ 3,959,000 ..... 2014 111.18 111.19 $ 5,172,000 new text begin 5,617,000 new text end ..... 2015 111.20The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $3,959,000 for 2014. 111.21The 2015 appropriation includes $439,000 new text begin $445,000 new text end for 2014 and $4,733,000 111.22 new text begin $5,172,000 new text end for 2015. 111.23B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 111.24    Sec. 8. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 3, as amended by 111.25Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 5, is amended to read: 111.26    Subd. 3. Achievement and integration aid. For achievement and integration aid 111.27under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862: 111.28 $ 55,609,000 ..... 2014 111.29 111.30 $ 62,692,000 new text begin 63,831,000 new text end ..... 2015 111.31The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $55,609,000 for 2014. 111.32The 2015 appropriation includes $6,178,000 new text begin $6,386,000 new text end for 2014 and $56,514,000 111.33 new text begin $57,445,000 new text end for 2015. 112.1    Sec. 9. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 4, as amended by 112.2Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 6, is amended to read: 112.3    Subd. 4. Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota 112.4Statutes, section 124D.98: 112.5 $ 50,998,000 ..... 2014 112.6 112.7 $ 47,458,000 new text begin 44,839,000 new text end ..... 2015 112.8The 2014 appropriation includes $6,607,000 for 2013 and $44,391,000 for 2014. 112.9The 2015 appropriation includes $4,932,000 for 2014 and $42,526,000 new text begin $39,907,000 new text end 112.10for 2015. 112.11    Sec. 10. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 5, as amended by 112.12Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 7, is amended to read: 112.13    Subd. 5. Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 112.14interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 112.15section 124D.87: 112.16 $ 13,521,000 ..... 2014 112.17 112.18 $ 14,248,000 new text begin 14,261,000 new text end ..... 2015 112.19    Sec. 11. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 20, as amended by 112.20Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 10, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 9, 112.21is amended to read: 112.22    Subd. 20. Alternative compensation. For alternative teacher compensation aid 112.23under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4: 112.24 112.25 $ 71,599,000 new text begin 69,899,000 new text end ..... 2015 112.26The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $71,599,000 new text begin $69,899,000 new text end for 2015. 112.27C. CHARTER SCHOOLS 112.28    Sec. 12. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended by 112.29Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 10, is amended to read: 112.30    Subd. 2. Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota 112.31Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4: 113.1 $ 54,625,000 ..... 2014 113.2 113.3 $ 58,294,000 new text begin 59,565,000 new text end ..... 2015 113.4The 2014 appropriation includes $6,681,000 for 2013 and $47,944,000 for 2014. 113.5The 2015 appropriation includes $5,327,000 new text begin $5,270,000 new text end for 2014 and $52,967,000 113.6 new text begin $54,295,000 new text end for 2015. 113.7D. SPECIAL PROGRAMS 113.8    Sec. 13. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 2, as amended by 113.9Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 14, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 113.1011, is amended to read: 113.11    Subd. 2. Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota 113.12Statutes, section 125A.75: 113.13 $ 1,038,465,000 ..... 2014 113.14 113.15 $ 1,111,641,000 new text begin 1,109,144,000 new text end ..... 2015 113.16The 2014 appropriation includes $118,183,000 for 2013 and $920,282,000 for 2014. 113.17The 2015 appropriation includes $129,549,000 new text begin $129,317,000 new text end for 2014 and 113.18$982,092,000 new text begin $979,827,000 new text end for 2015. 113.19    Sec. 14. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 3, as amended by 113.20Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 12, is amended to read: 113.21    Subd. 3. Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 113.22section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities 113.23within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined: 113.24 $ 1,548,000 ..... 2014 113.25 113.26 $ 1,674,000 new text begin 1,367,000 new text end ..... 2015 113.27If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 113.28year is available. 113.29    Sec. 15. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 4, as amended by 113.30Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 13, is amended to read: 113.31    Subd. 4. Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based 113.32services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1: 114.1 $ 351,000 ..... 2014 114.2 114.3 $ 346,000 new text begin 351,000 new text end ..... 2015 114.4The 2014 appropriation includes $45,000 for 2013 and $306,000 for 2014. 114.5The 2015 appropriation includes $33,000 for 2014 and $313,000 new text begin $318,000 new text end for 2015. 114.6E. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 114.7    Sec. 16. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 2, as amended by 114.8Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 15, is amended to read: 114.9    Subd. 2. Health and safety revenue. For health and safety aid according to 114.10Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5: 114.11 $ 471,000 ..... 2014 114.12 114.13 $ 651,000 new text begin 649,000 new text end ..... 2015 114.14The 2014 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2013 and $447,000 for 2014. 114.15The 2015 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2014 and $602,000 new text begin $600,000 new text end for 2015. 114.16    Sec. 17. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 6, as amended by 114.17Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 18, is amended to read: 114.18    Subd. 6. Deferred maintenance aid. For deferred maintenance aid, according to 114.19Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4: 114.20 $ 3,877,000 ..... 2014 114.21 114.22 $ 4,024,000 new text begin 4,067,000 new text end ..... 2015 114.23The 2014 appropriation includes $475,000 for 2013 and $3,402,000 for 2014. 114.24The 2015 appropriation includes $378,000 for 2014 and $3,646,000 new text begin $3,689,000 new text end 114.25for 2015. 114.26F. NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES 114.27    Sec. 18. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by 114.28Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 5, is amended to read: 114.29    Subd. 2. School lunch. For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, 114.30section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17: 114.31 $ 12,417,000 ..... 2014 114.32 114.33 $ 16,185,000 new text begin 15,506,000 new text end ..... 2015 115.1    Sec. 19. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 3, as amended by 115.2Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 6, is amended to read: 115.3    Subd. 3. School breakfast. For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota 115.4Statutes, section 124D.1158: 115.5 $ 5,308,000 ..... 2014 115.6 115.7 $ 6,176,000 new text begin 9,168,000 new text end ..... 2015 115.8    Sec. 20. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 4, as amended by 115.9Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 19, is amended to read: 115.10    Subd. 4. Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 115.11section 124D.118: 115.12 $ 992,000 ..... 2014 115.13 115.14 $ 1,002,000 new text begin 942,000 new text end ..... 2015 115.15G. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, 115.16AND LIFELONG LEARNING 115.17    Sec. 21. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 3, as amended by 115.18Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 17, is amended to read: 115.19    Subd. 3. Early childhood family education aid. For early childhood family 115.20education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135: 115.21 $ 22,797,000 ..... 2014 115.22 115.23 $ 26,651,000 new text begin 26,623,000 new text end ..... 2015 115.24    The 2014 appropriation includes $3,008,000 for 2013 and $19,789,000 for 2014. 115.25    The 2015 appropriation includes $2,198,000 for 2014 and $24,453,000 new text begin $24,425,000 new text end 115.26for 2015. 115.27    Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 4, as amended by 115.28Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 23, is amended to read: 115.29    Subd. 4. Health and developmental screening aid. For health and developmental 115.30screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19: 115.31 $ 3,524,000 ..... 2014 115.32 115.33 $ 3,330,000 new text begin 3,390,000 new text end ..... 2015 115.34The 2014 appropriation includes $471,000 for 2013 and $3,053,000 for 2014. 116.1The 2015 appropriation includes $339,000 for 2014 and $2,991,000 new text begin $3,051,000 new text end 116.2for 2015. 116.3    Sec. 23. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 14, as amended by 116.4Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 20, is amended to read: 116.5    Subd. 14. Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under 116.6Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531: 116.7 $ 48,776,000 ..... 2014 116.8 116.9 $ 48,415,000 new text begin 47,750,000 new text end ..... 2015 116.10The 2014 appropriation includes $6,278,000 for 2013 and $42,498,000 for 2014. 116.11The 2015 appropriation includes $4,722,000 new text begin $4,712,000 new text end for 2014 and $43,693,000 116.12 new text begin $43,038,000 new text end for 2015.