1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing funding and policy for early childhood and  
1.3 	family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general  
1.4 	education, education excellence, special education, facilities, technology,  
1.5 	nutrition, libraries, accounting, early childhood, education, self-sufficiency,  
1.6 	lifelong learning, and state agencies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.7 	Statutes 2014, sections 5A.03; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 120B.13, 
1.8 	subdivision 4; 120B.30, by adding subdivisions; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 
1.9 	121A.17, subdivisions 3, 5; 122A.09, by adding a subdivision; 122A.18, 
1.10 	subdivision 8; 122A.413, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.414, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 
1.11 	2a, 2b, 3; 122A.415; 122A.74; 123B.045, by adding a subdivision; 123B.53, 
1.12 	subdivisions 1, 4; 123B.57; 124D.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.09, subdivisions 
1.13 	5, 8; 124D.10, subdivisions 8, 12; 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 5, by adding 
1.14 	subdivisions; 124D.1158, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.15, subdivisions 3, 5, 12, 
1.15 	15, by adding a subdivision; 124D.16, subdivision 2; 124D.165, subdivision 
1.16 	2; 124D.20, subdivision 4a; 124D.4531, subdivision 1; 124D.81; 124D.83, 
1.17 	subdivision 2; 125A.03; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 
1.18 	126C.01, subdivision 2; 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 13a, 18; 126C.15, 
1.19 	subdivision 2; 127A.33; 127A.45, subdivision 3; 127A.47, subdivision 7; 
1.20 	129C.30, subdivision 3; 134.355, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; Laws 2013, chapter 
1.21 	116, article 1, section 58, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as 
1.22 	amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended, 11, as amended; article 
1.23 	3, sections 35, subdivision 2; 37, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, 
1.24 	as amended, 20, as amended; article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended; 
1.25 	article 5, section 31, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; 
1.26 	article 6, section 12, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended; article 7, section 
1.27 	21, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 8, section 
1.28 	5, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 14, as amended; Laws 2014, 
1.29 	chapter 312, article 16, sections 15; 16, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new 
1.30 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A; 123B; 124D; 136D; repealing 
1.31 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.59; 123B.591.
1.32 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.1 	ARTICLE 1
2.2 	GENERAL EDUCATION

2.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 1, is amended to 
2.4 	read:
2.5 		Subdivision 1.Agreements. (a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement 
2.6 	with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options 
2.7 	program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant 
2.8 	to this section must specify the following:
2.9 	(1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program 
2.10 	applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota;
2.11 	(2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated 
2.12 	authority from the adjoining state;
2.13 	(3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to 
2.14 	the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate agreed 
2.15 	upon 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 
2.17 	sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed 
2.18 	upon 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 
2.20 	Minnesota and the adjoining state;
2.21 	(6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between 
2.22 	Minnesota and the adjoining state may be denied; and
2.23 	(7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any 
2.24 	resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this section. 
2.25 	A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services for 
2.26 	such a student.
2.27 	(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional 
2.28 	terms relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant 
2.29 	to chapter 125A, including early childhood special education services. Any additional 
2.30 	terms must apply equally to both states.

2.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

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 
2.34 	Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's average 
3.1 	daily membership and pupil units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were 
3.2 	a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district 
3.3 	under section 124D.03.
3.4 	(b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this 
3.5 	section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and pupil 
3.6 	units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were a resident of the district attending 
3.7 	another Minnesota school district under section 124D.03.
3.8 	(c) A prekindergarten child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a 
3.9 	Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service and is receiving early 
3.10 	childhood special education services from a Minnesota school district is considered 
3.11 	enrolled in a Minnesota school district.

3.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

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 
3.15 	technical program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is 
3.16 	certified is eligible for career and technical revenue equal to 35 37.5  percent of approved 
3.17 	expenditures in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following:
3.18 	(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel and qualifying nonlicensed 
3.19 	community experts under paragraph (c) providing direct instructional services to students 
3.20 	in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered in the district's 
3.21 	approved career and technical education programs, excluding salaries reimbursed by 
3.22 	another school district under clause (2);
3.23 	(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential, 
3.24 	licensed personnel and qualifying nonlicensed community experts under paragraph (c) 
3.25 	providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for services rendered 
3.26 	in 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 
3.28 	school district or cooperative center under chapter 123A or 136D;
3.29 	(4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical 
3.30 	education personnel;
3.31 	(5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for 
3.32 	vocational 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 
3.34 	improvement based on program assessment;
4.1 	(7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for 
4.2 	noncollegiate 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 
4.5 	year 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 
4.10 	must reduce the percentage in paragraph (a) until the estimated revenue no longer exceeds 
4.11 	the limit in paragraph (c).
4.12 	(c) Salaries for nonlicensed community experts qualify under paragraph (a), clauses 
4.13 	(1) and (2), only if the district made efforts to obtain acceptable licensed teachers for the 
4.14 	particular course or subject area.

4.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
4.16 	later.

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 
4.19 	general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, 
4.20 	extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills 
4.21 	revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity 
4.22 	revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation 
4.23 	revenue, and transition revenue.
4.24 	(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the general education revenue for each district 
4.25 	equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time support revenue, gifted and 
4.26 	talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools 
4.27 	revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, 
4.28 	transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension 
4.29 	adjustment 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 
4.32 	equals the formula allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school 
4.33 	year. For fiscal year 2015 and later, the basic revenue for each district equals the formula 
4.34 	allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for 
5.1 	fiscal year 2013 is $5,224. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2014 is $5,302. The 
5.2 	formula allowance for fiscal year 2015 and later is $5,831. The formula allowance for 
5.3 	fiscal year 2016 is $5,889. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2017 and later is $5,948.

5.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
5.5 		Subd. 2a.Extended time support revenue. (a) A school district's extended time 
5.6 	revenue for fiscal year 2014 is equal to the product of $4,601 and the sum of the adjusted 
5.7 	marginal cost pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily membership in excess 
5.8 	of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 8. A school district's 
5.9 	extended time support 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 
5.11 	membership 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 support revenue may be used for extended day 
5.13 	programs, extended week programs, summer school, and other programming authorized 
5.14 	under the learning year program. Extended support revenue may also be used by alternative 
5.15 	learning centers serving high school students for academic purposes during the school day.

5.16 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
5.17 		Subd. 13a.Operating capital levy. To obtain operating capital revenue for fiscal 
5.18 	year 2015 and later, a district may levy an amount not more than the product of its operating 
5.19 	capital revenue for the fiscal year times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax 
5.20 	capacity per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit to the operating capital equalizing factor. The 
5.21 	operating capital equalizing factor equals $14,500 for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, $16,332 
5.22 	for fiscal year 2017, $23,905 for fiscal year 2018, and $38,100 for fiscal year 2019 and later.

5.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and 
5.24 	later.

5.25 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
5.26 		Subd. 18.Transportation sparsity revenue allowance. (a) A district's 
5.27 	transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the result of the following 
5.28 	computation:
5.29 	(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.
5.30 	(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the 
5.31 	26/100 power.
5.32 	(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the 
5.33 	13/100 power.
6.1 	(iv) Multiply the result in clause (iii) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the  
6.2 	square mile area of the district to 3,000 raised to the 34/100 power.
6.3 	(v) For a district that does not qualify for secondary sparsity revenue under  
6.4 	subdivision 7 or elementary sparsity revenue under subdivision 8, multiply the result in 
6.5 	clause (iv) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the square mile area of the district to  
6.6 	525 raised to the 34/100 power.
6.7 	(iv) (vi) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.
6.8 	(v) (vii) Subtract the result in clause (iv) (vi) from the result in clause (iii) (v).
6.9 	(b) Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity allowance 
6.10 	times the adjusted pupil units.

6.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and 
6.12 	later.

6.13 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.14 		Subd. 2.Building allocation. (a) A district or cooperative must allocate its 
6.15 	compensatory revenue to each school building in the district or cooperative where 
6.16 	the children who have generated the revenue are served unless the school district or 
6.17 	cooperative has received permission under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, 
6.18 	article 1, section 50, to allocate compensatory revenue according to student performance 
6.19 	measures developed by the school board.
6.20 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district or cooperative may allocate up to five 
6.21 	50 percent of the amount of compensatory revenue that the district receives to school 
6.22 	sites according to a plan adopted by the school board, and a district or cooperative may 
6.23 	allocate up to an additional five percent of its compensatory revenue for activities under 
6.24 	subdivision 1, clause (10), according to a plan adopted by the school board. The money 
6.25 	reallocated under this paragraph must be spent for the purposes listed in subdivision 1, but 
6.26 	may be spent on students in any grade, including students attending school readiness or 
6.27 	other prekindergarten programs.
6.28 	(c) For the purposes of this section and section 126C.05, subdivision 3, "building" 
6.29 	means education site as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 1.
6.30 	(d) Notwithstanding section 123A.26, subdivision 1, compensatory revenue 
6.31 	generated by students served at a cooperative unit shall be paid to the cooperative unit.
6.32 	(e) A district or cooperative with school building openings, school building 
6.33 	closings, changes in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student 
6.34 	demographics between the prior year and the current year may reallocate compensatory 
6.35 	revenue among sites to reflect these changes. A district or cooperative must report to the 
7.1 	department any adjustments it makes according to this paragraph and the department must 
7.2 	use the adjusted compensatory revenue allocations in preparing the report required under 
7.3 	section 123B.76, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

7.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

7.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 129C.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7.6 		Subd. 3.General education funding. General education revenue must be paid to 
7.7 	the Crosswinds school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each 
7.8 	adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus 
7.9 	the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus an 
7.10 	amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, 
7.11 	subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment, basic skills revenue, 
7.12 	extended time support  revenue, pension adjustment revenue, transition revenue, and 
7.13 	transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment, basic skills revenue, extended 
7.14 	time support  revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though the 
7.15 	school were a school district. The general education revenue for each extended time 
7.16 	support pupil unit equals $4,794.

7.17 	Sec. 11. [136D.41] LISTED DISTRICTS MAY FORM INTERMEDIATE 
7.18 	DISTRICT.
7.19 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, two or more of the Independent School 
7.20 	Districts Nos. 108, 110, 111, and 112 of Carver County, Independent School Districts Nos. 
7.21 	716, 717, 719, 720, and 721 of Scott County, and Independent School District No. 2905 of 
7.22 	Le Sueur County, whether or not contiguous, may enter into agreements to accomplish 
7.23 	jointly and cooperatively the acquisition, betterment, construction, maintenance, and 
7.24 	operation of facilities for, and instruction in, special education, career and technical 
7.25 	education, adult basic education, and alternative education. Each school district that 
7.26 	becomes a party to such an agreement is a "participating school district" for purposes 
7.27 	of sections 136D.41 to 136D.49. The agreement may provide for the exercise of these 
7.28 	powers by a joint school board created as set forth in sections 136D.41 to 136D.49.

7.29 	Sec. 12. [136D.42] JOINT SCHOOL BOARD; MEMBERS; BYLAWS.
7.30 		Subdivision 1.Board. The agreement shall provide for a joint school board 
7.31 	representing the parties to the agreement. The agreement shall specify the name of the 
7.32 	board, the number and manner of election or appointment of its members, their terms and 
7.33 	qualifications, and other necessary and desirable provisions.
8.1 		Subd. 2.Bylaws. The board may adopt bylaws specifying the duties and powers of 
8.2 	its officers and the meeting dates of the board, and containing such other provisions as 
8.3 	may be usual and necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the board.

8.4 	Sec. 13. [136D.43] STATUS OF JOINT SCHOOL BOARD.
8.5 		Subdivision 1.Public agency. The joint school board shall be a public agency of the 
8.6 	participating school districts and may receive and disburse federal and state funds made 
8.7 	available to it or to the participating school districts.
8.8 		Subd. 2.Liability. No participating school district shall have individual liability 
8.9 	for the debts and obligations of the board, nor shall any individual serving as a member 
8.10 	of the board have such liability.
8.11 		Subd. 3.Tax exempt. Any properties, real or personal, acquired, owned, leased, 
8.12 	controlled, used, or occupied by the board for its purposes shall be exempt from taxation 
8.13 	by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

8.14 	Sec. 14. [136D.44] JOINT BOARD HAS ALL POWERS OF MEMBER 
8.15 	DISTRICTS.
8.16 	To effectuate the agreement, the joint school board shall have all the powers granted 
8.17 	by law to any or all of the participating school districts.

8.18 	Sec. 15. [136D.45] AGREEMENT APPROVAL; NOTICE; PETITION; 
8.19 	REFERENDUM.
8.20 		Subdivision 1.Resolution. The agreement shall, before it becomes effective, be 
8.21 	approved by a resolution adopted by the school board of each school district named therein.
8.22 		Subd. 2.When effective. Each resolution shall be published once in a newspaper 
8.23 	published in the district, if there is one, or in a newspaper having general circulation in the 
8.24 	district, and shall become effective 30 days after publication, unless within the 30-day 
8.25 	period a petition for referendum on the resolution is filed with the school board, signed by 
8.26 	qualified voters of the school district equal in number to five percent of the number of 
8.27 	voters voting at the last annual school district election. In such case, the resolution shall 
8.28 	not become effective until approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at a regular 
8.29 	or special election. The agreement may provide conditions under which it shall become 
8.30 	effective even though it may not be approved in all districts.

8.31 	Sec. 16. [136D.46] DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS, DISBURSEMENTS, 
8.32 	CONTRACTS.
9.1 	The participating school districts may contribute funds to the board. Disbursements 
9.2 	shall be made by the board in accordance with sections 123B.14, 123B.143, and 123B.147. 
9.3 	The board shall be subject to section 123B.52, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 5.

9.4 	Sec. 17. [136D.47] TERM OF AGREEMENT.
9.5 	The agreement shall state the term of its duration and may provide for the method of 
9.6 	termination and distribution of assets after payment of all liabilities of the joint school 
9.7 	board.

9.8 	Sec. 18. [136D.48] NON-POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS; LICENSED 
9.9 	DIRECTION.
9.10 	The board may also provide any other educational programs or other services 
9.11 	requested by a participating district. However, these programs and services may not be 
9.12 	postsecondary programs or services. Academic offerings shall be provided only under the 
9.13 	direction of properly licensed academic supervisory personnel.

9.14 	Sec. 19. [136D.49] OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS.
9.15 	In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.41, 136D.71, and 
9.16 	136D.81, the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter 
9.17 	may provide for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and other 
9.18 	governmental units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed in 
9.19 	sections 136D.25, 136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the 
9.20 	services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8.

9.21 	Sec. 20. COMPENSATORY REVENUE; INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT.
 9.22 	For the 2015-2016 school year only, for an intermediate district formed under 
9.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 136D.41, the department must calculate compensatory 
9.24 	revenue based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts for the South Metro Educational 
9.25 	Cooperative.

9.26 	Sec. 21. RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT EXEMPTION; HENDRICKS.
 9.27 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.04, subdivision 6, paragraph 
9.28 	(b); 124D.041, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and 124D.05, subdivision 2a, the provisions 
9.29 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.041 and the agreement shall not apply to Independent 
9.30 	School District No. 402, Hendricks.

10.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and 
10.2 	later.

10.3 	Sec. 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY ADJUSTMENTS.
 10.4 		Subdivision 1.Tax rate adjustment. The commissioner of education must adjust 
10.5 	each school district tax rate established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B to 127A, 
10.6 	by multiplying the rate by the ratio of the statewide total tax capacity for assessment year 
10.7 	2014, as it existed prior to the passage of Regular Session 2015, House File No. 848, or 
10.8 	a similarly styled bill passed in a special session to the statewide total tax capacity for 
10.9 	assessment year 2014.
10.10 		Subd. 2.Equalizing factors. The commissioner of education must adjust each 
10.11 	school district equalizing factor established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B to 
10.12 	127A, by dividing the equalizing factor by the ratio of the statewide total tax capacity for 
10.13 	assessment year 2014, as it existed prior to the passage of Regular Session 2015, House 
10.14 	File No. 848, or a similarly styled bill passed in a special session, to the statewide total tax 
10.15 	capacity for assessment year 2014.

10.16 	Sec. 23. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 761, OWATONNA PUBLIC 
10.17 	SCHOOLS; REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION.
 10.18 	The referendum revenue authorization for Independent School District No. 761, 
10.19 	Owatonna public schools, shall be set at $1,082.70 per adjusted pupil unit for taxes 
10.20 	payable in 2014 and adjusted thereafter for the annual inflationary increases calculated 
10.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), to reflect the 
10.22 	intention of the school board and the understanding of the voters relating to the new 
10.23 	authorization approved by the voters of that school district on November 5, 2013.  This 
10.24 	referendum will be applicable for seven years beginning with taxes payable in 2014 unless 
10.25 	otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law.

10.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

10.27 	Sec. 24. APPROPRIATIONS.
 10.28 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
10.29 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
10.30 	designated.
10.31 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota 
10.32 	Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

11.1		$
	6,567,318,000
	.....
	2016
	
11.2		$ 
	6,645,270,000
	.....
	2017
	
11.3 	The 2016 appropriation includes $622,908,000 for 2015 and $5,944,411,000 for 2016.
11.4 	The 2017 appropriation includes $632,481,000 for 2016 and $6,012,789,000 for 
11.5 	2017.
11.6 		Subd. 3.Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
11.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

11.8		$
	17,488,000
	.....
	2016
	
11.9		$
	17,464,000
	.....
	2017
	
11.10 	The 2016 appropriation includes $1,816,000 for 2015 and $15,672,000 for 2016.
11.11 	The 2017 appropriation includes $1,741,000 for 2016 and $15,723,000 for 2017.
11.12 		Subd. 4.Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
11.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

11.14		$
	16,819,000
	.....
	2016
	
11.15		$
	17,338,000
	.....
	2017
	
11.16 	The 2016 appropriation includes $1,575,000 for 2015 and $15,244,000 for 2016.
11.17 	The 2017 appropriation includes $1,693,000 for 2016 and $15,645,000 for 2017.
11.18 		Subd. 5.Career and technical aid. For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
11.19 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

11.20		$
	5,420,000
	.....
	2016
	
11.21		$
	4,669,000
	.....
	2017
	
11.22 	The 2016 appropriation includes $574,000 for 2015 and $4,846,000 for 2016.
11.23 	The 2017 appropriation includes $538,000 for 2016 and $4,131,000 for 2017.
11.24 		Subd. 6.Abatement revenue. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.25 	127A.49:

11.26		$
	2,740,000
	.....
	2016
	
11.27		$
	2,932,000
	.....
	2017
	
11.28 	The 2016 appropriation includes $278,000 for 2015 and $2,462,000 for 2016.
11.29 	The 2017 appropriation includes $273,000 for 2016 and $2,659,000 for 2017.
11.30 		Subd. 7.Consolidation transition. For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
11.31 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

11.32		$
	292,000
	.....
	2016
	
11.33		$
	165,000
	.....
	2017
	
12.1 	The 2016 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2015 and $270,000 for 2016.
12.2 	The 2017 appropriation includes $30,000 for 2016 and $135,000 for 2017.
12.3 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. For a grant to Independent School District No. 
12.4 	690, Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

12.5		$
	65,000
	.....
	2016
	
12.6		$
	65,000
	.....
	2017
	
12.7 		Subd. 9.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
12.8 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
12.9 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

12.10		$
	39,000
	.....
	2016
	
12.11		$
	42,000
	.....
	2017

12.12 	ARTICLE 2
12.13 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

12.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
12.15 		Subd. 4.Rigorous course taking information; AP, IB, and PSEO. The 
12.16 	commissioner shall submit the following information on rigorous course taking, 
12.17 	disaggregated by student subgroup, school district, and postsecondary institution,  to the 
12.18 	education committees of the legislature each year by February 1:
12.19 	(1) the number of pupils enrolled in postsecondary enrollment options under section 
12.20 	124D.09, including concurrent enrollment, career and technical education courses offered 
12.21 	as a concurrent enrollment course, advanced placement, and international baccalaureate 
12.22 	courses in each school district;
12.23 	(2) the number of teachers in each district attending training programs offered by the 
12.24 	college board, International Baccalaureate North America, Inc., or Minnesota concurrent 
12.25 	enrollment programs;
12.26 	(3) the number of teachers in each district participating in support programs;
12.27 	(4) recent trends in the field of postsecondary enrollment options under section 
12.28 	124D.09, including concurrent enrollment, advanced placement, and international 
12.29 	baccalaureate programs;
12.30 	(5) expenditures for each category in this section and under sections 124D.09 and 
12.31 	124D.091, including career and technical education courses offered as a concurrent 
12.32 	enrollment course; and
13.1 	(6) other recommendations for the state program or the postsecondary enrollment 
13.2 	options under section 124D.09, including concurrent enrollment.

13.3 	Sec. 2. [121A.395] TITLE.
13.4 	Sections 121A.395 to 121A.3951 may be cited as the "Student Support Services 
13.5 	Personnel Act."

13.6 	Sec. 3. [121A.3951] STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PERSONNEL GRANT 
13.7 	PROGRAM.
13.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of sections 121A.395 to 121A.3951, 
13.9 	the following terms have the meanings given them:
13.10 	(1) "student support services personnel" includes individuals licensed to serve as a 
13.11 	school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical 
13.12 	dependency counselor in Minnesota; and
13.13 	(2) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time 
13.14 	position not under contract by a school at the start of the 2014-2015 school year.
13.15 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of the student support services personnel grant 
13.16 	program is to:
13.17 	(1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools;
13.18 	(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure 
13.19 	effective services;
13.20 	(3) ensure that students receive effective academic guidance and integrated and 
13.21 	comprehensive services to improve kindergarten through grade 12 school outcomes and 
13.22 	career and college readiness;
13.23 	(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice 
13.24 	of their training and licensure;
13.25 	(5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, and school management within a 
13.26 	comprehensive approach that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; and
13.27 	(6) improve school safety and school climate to support academic success and 
13.28 	career and college readiness.
13.29 		Subd. 3.Grant eligibility and application. (a) A school district, charter school, 
13.30 	intermediate school district, or other cooperative unit is eligible to apply for a six-year 
13.31 	grant under this section.
13.32 	(b) The commissioner of education shall specify the form and manner of the grant 
13.33 	application. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority to schools in which 
14.1 	student support services personnel positions do not currently exist. Additional criteria 
14.2 	must include at least the following:
14.3 	(1) existing student support services personnel caseloads;
14.4 	(2) school demographics;
14.5 	(3) Title 1 revenue;
14.6 	(4) Minnesota student survey data;
14.7 	(5) graduation rates; and
14.8 	(6) postsecondary completion rates.
14.9 		Subd. 4.Allowed uses; match requirements. A grant under this section must be 
14.10 	used to hire a new position. A school that receives a grant must match the grant with local 
14.11 	funds in each year of the grant. In each of the first four years of the grant, the local match 
14.12 	equals $1 for every $1 awarded in the same year. In years five and six of the grant, the 
14.13 	local match equals $3 for every $1 awarded in the same year. The local match may not 
14.14 	include federal reimbursements attributable to the new position.
14.15 		Subd. 5.Report required.  By February 1 following any fiscal year in which a grant 
14.16 	was received, a school must submit a written report to the commissioner indicating how 
14.17 	the new positions affected two or more of the following measures:
14.18 	(1) school climate;
14.19 	(2) attendance rates;
14.20 	(3) academic achievement;
14.21 	(4) career and college readiness; and
14.22 	(5) postsecondary completion rates.

14.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision 
14.24 	to read:
14.25 		Subd. 4a.Teacher preparation program data; report. Each teacher preparation 
14.26 	program must collect valid, reliable, and timely data about outcomes for its teacher 
14.27 	candidates. On an annual basis, each teacher preparation program must publish summary 
14.28 	data on programs' efficacy in an understandable, useful, and readily accessible electronic 
14.29 	format that is available on a Web site hosted by the teacher preparation program. The 
14.30 	summary report at least must include: four-year graduation rates, licensure attainment, 
14.31 	employment rates, and satisfaction rates from teacher candidates collected via a survey. 
14.32 	Additionally, some of the outcomes may be disaggregated by race, including:
14.33 	(1) graduation rates;
14.34 	(2) licensure rates;
14.35 	(3) employment rates; and
15.1 	(4) teacher candidate satisfaction.
15.2 	Teacher preparation programs must follow the standard practice determined by 
15.3 	the National Center for Education Statistics by exempting sample cells smaller than ten 
15.4 	people in order to maintain privacy of individual teachers.

15.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
15.6 	and applies to reports published beginning June 1, 2016.

15.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.413, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.8 		Subdivision 1.Qualifying plan. A district or, intermediate school district, or a 
15.9 	cooperative unit, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may develop an educational 
15.10 	improvement plan for the purpose of qualifying for the alternative teacher professional pay 
15.11 	system under section 122A.414. The plan must include measures for improving school 
15.12 	district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, teacher, and individual 
15.13 	student performance.

15.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
15.15 	later.

15.16 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.413, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.17 		Subd. 2.Plan components. The educational improvement plan must be approved 
15.18 	by the school board or governing board and have at least these elements:
15.19 	(1) assessment and evaluation tools to measure student performance and progress, 
15.20 	including the academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of English 
15.21 	learners, among other measures;
15.22 	(2) performance goals and benchmarks for improvement;
15.23 	(3) measures of student attendance and completion rates;
15.24 	(4) a rigorous research and practice-based professional development system, based 
15.25 	on national and state standards of effective teaching practice applicable to all students 
15.26 	including English learners with varied needs under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 
15.27 	2a, and consistent with section 122A.60, that is aligned with educational improvement and 
15.28 	designed to achieve ongoing and schoolwide progress and growth in teaching practice;
15.29 	(5) measures of student, family, and community involvement and satisfaction;
15.30 	(6) a data system about students and their academic progress that provides parents 
15.31 	and the public with understandable information;
15.32 	(7) a teacher induction and mentoring program for probationary teachers that 
15.33 	provides continuous learning and sustained teacher support; and
16.1 	(8) substantial participation by the exclusive representative of the teachers in 
16.2 	developing the plan.

16.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
16.4 	later.

16.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.6 		Subdivision 1.Restructured pay system. A restructured alternative teacher 
16.7 	professional pay system is established under subdivision 2 to provide incentives to 
16.8 	encourage teachers to improve their knowledge and instructional skills in order to improve 
16.9 	student learning and for school districts, intermediate school districts,  cooperative units, 
16.10 	as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, and charter schools to recruit and retain 
16.11 	highly qualified teachers, encourage highly qualified teachers to undertake challenging 
16.12 	assignments, and support teachers' roles in improving students' educational achievement.

16.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
16.14 	later.

16.15 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
16.16 		Subd. 1a.Transitional planning year. (a) To be eligible to participate in an 
16.17 	alternative teacher professional pay system, a school district, intermediate school district, 
16.18 	or site, at least one school year before it expects to fully implement an alternative pay 
16.19 	system, must:
16.20 	(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the school district or, 
16.21 	intermediate school district and the exclusive representative of the teachers to complete a 
16.22 	plan preparing for full implementation, consistent with subdivision 2, that may include, 
16.23 	among other activities, training to evaluate teacher performance, a restructured school 
16.24 	day to develop integrated ongoing site-based professional development activities, release 
16.25 	time to develop an alternative pay system agreement, and teacher and staff training on 
16.26 	using multiple data sources; and
16.27 	(2) agree to use up to two percent of basic revenue for staff development purposes, 
16.28 	consistent with sections 122A.60 and 122A.61, to develop the alternative teacher 
16.29 	professional pay system agreement under this section.
16.30 	(b) To be eligible to participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system, a 
16.31 	charter school, at least one school year before it expects to fully implement an alternative 
16.32 	pay system, must:
17.1 	(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the charter school and the 
17.2 	charter school board of directors;
17.3 	(2) submit the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the charter 
17.4 	school indicating at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative 
17.5 	pay system; and
17.6 	(3) agree to use up to two percent of basic revenue for staff development purposes, 
17.7 	consistent with sections 122A.60 and 122A.61, to develop the alternative teacher 
17.8 	professional pay system.
17.9 	(c) To be eligible to participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system, 
17.10 	a cooperative, excluding intermediate school districts at least one school year before it 
17.11 	expects to fully implement an alternative pay system, must:
17.12 	(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the governing board 
17.13 	of the cooperative; and
17.14 	(2) submit the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed by the cooperative 
17.15 	indicating at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative pay system.
17.16 	(c) (d) The commissioner may waive the planning year if the commissioner 
17.17 	determines, based on the criteria under subdivision 2, that the school district, intermediate 
17.18 	school district, cooperative, site or charter school is ready to fully implement an alternative 
17.19 	pay system.

17.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
17.21 	later.

17.22 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.23 		Subd. 2.Alternative teacher professional pay system. (a) To participate in 
17.24 	this program, a school district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or 
17.25 	charter school must have an educational improvement plan under section 122A.413 and 
17.26 	an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under paragraph (b). A charter 
17.27 	school participant also must comply with subdivision 2a.
17.28 	(b) The alternative teacher professional pay system agreement must:
17.29 	(1) describe how teachers can achieve career advancement and additional 
17.30 	compensation;
17.31 	(2) describe how the school district, intermediate school district, cooperative, 
17.32 	school site, or charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options that 
17.33 	allow teachers to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused 
17.34 	professional development that helps other teachers improve their skills;
18.1 	(3) reform the "steps and lanes" salary schedule, which may include a hiring 
18.2 	bonus or other added compensation for teachers who work in a hard-to-fill position or 
18.3 	hard-to-staff school setting, such as a school with a majority of students whose families 
18.4 	meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically isolated school, or a school identified by 
18.5 	the state as eligible for targeted programs or services for its students. The salary schedule 
18.6 	must prevent any teacher's compensation paid before implementing the pay system from 
18.7 	being reduced as a result of participating in this system, base at least 60 percent of any 
18.8 	compensation increase on teacher performance using:
18.9 	(i) schoolwide student achievement gains under section 120B.35 or locally selected 
18.10 	standardized assessment outcomes, or both;
18.11 	(ii) measures of student growth and literacy that may include value-added models 
18.12 	or student learning goals, consistent with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, clause (9), or 
18.13 	122A.41, subdivision 5, clause (9), and other measures that include the academic literacy, 
18.14 	oral academic language, and achievement of English learners under section 122A.40, 
18.15 	subdivision 8, clause (10), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, clause (10); and
18.16 	(iii) an objective evaluation program under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, 
18.17 	paragraph (b), clause (2), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (2);
18.18 	(4) provide for participation in job-embedded learning opportunities such as 
18.19 	professional learning communities to improve instructional skills and learning that are 
18.20 	aligned with student needs under section 122A.413, consistent with the staff development 
18.21 	plan under section 122A.60 and led during the school day by trained teacher leaders 
18.22 	such as master or mentor teachers;
18.23 	(5) allow any teacher in a participating school district, intermediate school district, 
18.24 	cooperative, school site, or charter school that implements an alternative pay system to 
18.25 	participate in that system without any quota or other limit; and
18.26 	(6) encourage collaboration rather than competition among teachers.

18.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
18.28 	later.

18.29 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
18.30 		Subd. 2a.Charter school applications; cooperative applications. (a) For charter 
18.31 	school applications, the board of directors of a charter school that satisfies the conditions 
18.32 	under subdivisions 2 and 2b must submit to the commissioner an application that contains:
18.33 	(1) an agreement to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system 
18.34 	under this section;
18.35 	(2) a resolution by the charter school board of directors adopting the agreement; and
19.1 	(3) the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the charter school 
19.2 	indicating that at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative 
19.3 	teacher professional pay system, unless the charter school submits an alternative teacher 
19.4 	professional pay system agreement under this section before the first year of operation.
19.5 	Alternative compensation revenue for a qualifying charter school must be calculated 
19.6 	under section 126C.10, subdivision 34, paragraphs (a) and (b).
19.7 	(b) For cooperative unit applications, excluding intermediate school districts, the 
19.8 	governing board of a cooperative unit that satisfies the conditions under subdivisions 2 
19.9 	and 2b must submit to the commissioner an application that contains:
19.10 	(1) an agreement to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system 
19.11 	under this section;
19.12 	(2) a resolution by the governing board adopting the agreement; and
19.13 	(3) the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the cooperative unit 
19.14 	indicating that at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative teacher 
19.15 	professional pay system.

19.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
19.17 	later.

19.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
19.19 		Subd. 2b.Approval process. (a) Consistent with the requirements of this section and 
19.20 	sections 122A.413 and 122A.415, the department must prepare and transmit to interested 
19.21 	school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter 
19.22 	schools a standard form for applying to participate in the alternative teacher professional 
19.23 	pay system. The commissioner annually must establish three dates as deadlines by which 
19.24 	interested applicants must submit an application to the commissioner under this section. 
19.25 	An interested school district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or 
19.26 	charter school must submit to the commissioner a completed application executed by the 
19.27 	district superintendent and the exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers if the 
19.28 	applicant is a school district, intermediate school district, or school site, or executed by 
19.29 	the charter school board of directors if the applicant is a charter school or executed by 
19.30 	the governing board if the applicant is a cooperative unit. The application must include 
19.31 	the proposed alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under subdivision 
19.32 	2. The department must review a completed application within 30 days of the most 
19.33 	recent application deadline and recommend to the commissioner whether to approve or 
19.34 	disapprove the application. The commissioner must approve applications on a first-come, 
19.35 	first-served basis. The applicant's alternative teacher professional pay system agreement 
20.1 	must be legally binding on the applicant and the collective bargaining representative before 
20.2 	the applicant receives alternative compensation revenue. The commissioner must approve 
20.3 	or disapprove an application based on the requirements under subdivisions 2 and 2a.
20.4 	(b) If the commissioner disapproves an application, the commissioner must give the 
20.5 	applicant timely notice of the specific reasons in detail for disapproving the application. 
20.6 	The applicant may revise and resubmit its application and related documents to the 
20.7 	commissioner within 30 days of receiving notice of the commissioner's disapproval and 
20.8 	the commissioner must approve or disapprove the revised application, consistent with this 
20.9 	subdivision. Applications that are revised and then approved are considered submitted on 
20.10 	the date the applicant initially submitted the application.

20.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
20.12 	later.

20.13 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.14 		Subd. 3.Report; continued funding. (a) Participating districts, intermediate school 
20.15 	districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools must report on the implementation 
20.16 	and effectiveness of the alternative teacher professional pay system, particularly 
20.17 	addressing each requirement under subdivision 2 and make annual recommendations by 
20.18 	June 15 to their school boards. The school board or , board of directors, or governing board 
20.19 	shall transmit a copy of the report with a summary of the findings and recommendations 
20.20 	of the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter school to 
20.21 	the commissioner.
20.22 	(b) If the commissioner determines that a school district, intermediate school district, 
20.23 	cooperative, school site, or charter school that receives alternative teacher compensation 
20.24 	revenue is not complying with the requirements of this section, the commissioner 
20.25 	may withhold funding from that participant. Before making the determination, the 
20.26 	commissioner must notify the participant of any deficiencies and provide the participant 
20.27 	an opportunity to comply.

20.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
20.29 	later.

20.30 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.415, is amended to read:
20.31 	122A.415 ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION REVENUE.
20.32 		Subdivision 1.Revenue amount. (a) A school district, intermediate school district, 
20.33 	cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, school site, or charter 
21.1 	school that meets the conditions of section 122A.414 and submits an application approved 
21.2 	by the commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation revenue.
21.3 	(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner 
21.4 	must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by a 
21.5 	district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain an 
21.6 	alternative teacher professional pay system agreement that:
21.7 	(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with 
21.8 	section 122A.414; and
21.9 	(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations 
21.10 	Act under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 179A.20, subdivision 3, a 
21.11 	district may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years.
21.12 	Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site in 
21.13 	which the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place 
21.14 	teachers in the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay system equals 
21.15 	$260 times the number of pupils enrolled at the district or site on October 1 of the previous 
21.16 	fiscal year. Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying intermediate school 
21.17 	district or cooperative must be calculated under subdivision 4, paragraph (a) (b).
21.18 	(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed 
21.19 	using the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts entering 
21.20 	into the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue computed 
21.21 	for a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings, school 
21.22 	openings, or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current year.
21.23 	(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts, 
21.24 	cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher 
21.25 	professional pay system by October 1 of the current school year.
21.26 		Subd. 3.Revenue timing. (a) Districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, 
21.27 	school sites, or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative 
21.28 	compensation revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district, 
21.29 	cooperative, school site, or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional 
21.30 	pay system under this subdivision and section 122A.414. For fiscal year 2007 and later, 
21.31 	A qualifying district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter 
21.32 	school that received alternative teacher compensation aid for the previous fiscal year 
21.33 	must receive at least an amount of alternative teacher compensation revenue equal to the 
21.34 	lesser of the amount it received for the previous fiscal year or the amount it qualifies 
21.35 	for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if the district, intermediate school 
21.36 	district, cooperative, school site, or charter school submits a timely application and the 
22.1 	commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school 
22.2 	site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional pay 
22.3 	system, consistent with its application under this section.
22.4 	(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1, 
22.5 	and section 122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b), and 2a, if the applicant is a charter 
22.6 	school or cooperative, in the order in which they are received, select applicants that 
22.7 	qualify for this program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, 
22.8 	school sites, and charter schools about the program, develop and disseminate application 
22.9 	materials, and carry out other activities needed to implement this section.
22.10 	(c) For fiscal year 2008 and later, the portion of the state total basic alternative 
22.11 	teacher compensation aid entitlement allocated to charter schools must not exceed the 
22.12 	product of $3,374,000 times the ratio of the state total charter school enrollment for the 
22.13 	previous fiscal year to the state total charter school enrollment for fiscal year 2007. 
22.14 	Additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid may be approved for charter schools 
22.15 	after August 1, not to exceed the charter school limit for the following fiscal year, if 
22.16 	the basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement for school districts based on 
22.17 	applications approved by August 1 does not expend the remaining amount under the limit.
22.18 		Subd. 4.Basic alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For fiscal year 2015 and 
22.19 	later, The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school with a plan approved 
22.20 	under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher 
22.21 	compensation revenue under subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation 
22.22 	aid for an intermediate school district or a charter school with a plan approved under 
22.23 	section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 
22.24 	times the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or 
22.25 	on October 1 of the current year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times 
22.26 	the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher 
22.27 	compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher 
22.28 	compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1.
22.29 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative 
22.30 	teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2015 
22.31 	and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation 
22.32 	aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these limits  Basic alternative teacher 
22.33 	compensation aid for an intermediate district or other cooperative unit equals $3,000 times 
22.34 	the number of licensed teachers employed by the intermediate district or cooperative unit 
22.35 	on October 1 of the previous school year.
23.1 		Subd. 5.Alternative teacher compensation levy. For fiscal year 2015 and later, 
23.2 	The alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic alternative teacher 
23.3 	compensation aid equals the product of (1) the difference between the district's alternative 
23.4 	teacher compensation revenue and the district's basic alternative teacher compensation 
23.5 	aid, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted net tax capacity per 
23.6 	adjusted pupil unit to $6,100.
23.7 		Subd. 6.Alternative teacher compensation equalization aid. (a) For fiscal year 
23.8 	2015 and later, A district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the 
23.9 	district's alternative teacher compensation revenue minus the district's basic alternative 
23.10 	teacher compensation aid minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy. If a 
23.11 	district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the alternative teacher compensation 
23.12 	equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
23.13 	(b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the 
23.14 	district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative teacher 
23.15 	compensation equalization aid.

23.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
23.17 	later.

23.18 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.74, is amended to read:
23.19 	122A.74 PRINCIPALS' LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE DEVELOPMENT.
23.20 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The commissioner of education may contract 
23.21 	with the Minnesota State University Mankato orand the regents of the University of 
23.22 	Minnesota to establish a Principals' Leadership Institute to provide licensed principals 
23.23 	and other school leaders in Minnesota with a research-based and professionally evaluated 
23.24 	professional development to school principals program focused on instructional and 
23.25 	organizational leadership by:
23.26 	(1) creating a network of educational leaders in the educational and business 
23.27 	communities to communicate current and future trends in leadership techniques to help 
23.28 	all Minnesota students learn; and
23.29 	(2) helping to create a vision for the school that is aligned with the community 
23.30 	and district priorities;
23.31 	(3) developing strategies to retain highly qualified teachers and ensure that diverse 
23.32 	student populations, including at-risk students, children with disabilities, English learners, 
23.33 	and gifted students, among others, have equal access to these highly qualified teachers; and
23.34 	(4) providing training to analyze data using culturally competent tools.
24.1 	(b) The Minnesota Principals' Academy at the University of Minnesota mustand 
24.2 	the Institute for Courageous Leadership at Minnesota State University Mankato may 
24.3 	cooperate with participating members of the business community and educational leaders 
24.4 	to provide funding and content for the institute programs.
24.5 	(c) Participants must agree to attend all sessions of  the Principals' Leadership 
24.6 	Institute for four weeks during the academic summer Minnesota Principals' Academy or 
24.7 	the Institute for Courageous Leadership.
24.8 	(d)(c) The Principals' Leadership InstituteMinnesota Principals' Academy must 
24.9 	incorporate program elements offered by leadership programs at the University of 
24.10 	Minnesota and, program elements used by the participating members of the business 
24.11 	community to enhance leadership within their businesses, and current research-based 
24.12 	practices in educational leadership.
24.13 		Subd. 2.Method of Selection methods and requirements admission processes.
 24.14 	(a) The board of each school district and charter school in the state may select a licensed 
24.15 	principal or school leader, upon the recommendation of the district's superintendent and or 
24.16 	charter school's board of directors, based on the principal's or school leader's leadership 
24.17 	potential, to attend the institute apply to a program under subdivision (1), paragraph (b).
24.18 	(b) The school board and the charter school board of directors annually shall 
24.19 	forward its listtheir lists of recommended participants to the commissioner by February 
24.20 	1. In addition
24.21 	(b) As an alternative to paragraph (a), a principal or school leader may submit an 
24.22 	application by February 1 directly to the commissioner by February 1 administrator of a 
24.23 	program under subdivision (1), paragraph (b). 
24.24 	(c) A committee comprised of the commissioner of education or the commissioner's 
24.25 	designee, the executive directors of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, 
24.26 	the Minnesota Elementary Principals Association, the Minnesota Association of 
24.27 	Secondary School Principals, the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and Charter 
24.28 	School Partners shall recommend applicants to the program administrators under 
24.29 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b). The recommended applicants shall be regionally diverse 
24.30 	and include charter school leaders. The program administrators shall annually select and 
24.31 	notify the applicants under paragraphs (a) and (b) and their recommending organizations 
24.32 	or employers of the applicants admitted to the program. The commissioner shall notify the 
24.33 	school board, the principal candidates, and the University of Minnesota of the principals 
24.34 	selected to participate in the Principals' Leadership Institute each year.
24.35 		Subd. 3.Program delivery. A Minnesota Principals' Academy shall be offered 
24.36 	annually in the seven-county metropolitan area and in greater Minnesota. The Minnesota 
25.1 	Principals' Academy in greater Minnesota shall be at one of the designated Centers of 
25.2 	Excellence in cooperation with the department.

25.3 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.045, is amended by adding a 
25.4 	subdivision to read:
25.5 		Subd. 7.Teacher-powered schools; grants. (a) For the purposes of this 
25.6 	subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given to them:
25.7 	(1) "launch school" means a school newly created under this section;
25.8 	(2) "conversion school" means a school that is becoming a teacher-powered school 
25.9 	by a teacher vote under this section; and
25.10 	(3) "teacher-powered school" means a school site in which the teachers comprise the 
25.11 	governance structure of the school, hold autonomies as specified in subdivision 2, and 
25.12 	assume responsibility for the school's success.
25.13 	(b) The commissioner shall, upon documented approval by the school board and 
25.14 	the exclusive representative of the teachers in that school of a launch or conversion 
25.15 	teacher-powered school, award a grant according to this paragraph:
25.16 	(1) a planning grant, awarded for one year in advance of the opening of a launch or 
25.17 	conversion school and not to exceed $150,000; and  
25.18 	(2) a start-up grant, awarded for the initial two years of operation and not to exceed 
25.19 	$100,000 per year for a conversion school or $225,000 per year for a launch school.
25.20 	(c) After 50 percent of the grant funds have been awarded, the commissioner shall 
25.21 	give preference in awarding grants to applicant school districts located in congressional 
25.22 	districts in which no grants have been made.
25.23 	(d) A school district receiving a grant award under this subdivision must submit an 
25.24 	annual budget to the commissioner along with the documentation of the approval of the 
25.25 	school by the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers.
25.26 	(e) A school district receiving a grant award must, annually by September 1 of each 
25.27 	year beginning September 1, 2016, submit a report to the commissioner to be shared with 
25.28 	the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 finance 
25.29 	and policy regarding the success of teacher-powered schools. Success measures include, 
25.30 	but are not limited to, the state multiple measure, surveys of parental satisfaction, and 
25.31 	other measures as might be relevant to the school's special mission.

25.32 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.33 		Subd. 5.Authorization; notification. Notwithstanding any other law to the 
25.34 	contrary, an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled 
26.1 	tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign 
26.2 	exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an 
26.3 	eligible institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by 
26.4 	that postsecondary institution. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th or 10th 
26.5 	grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant 
26.6 	school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in 
26.7 	a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian courses 
26.8 	offered under subdivision 10, if after all 11th and 12th grade students have applied for a 
26.9 	course, additional students are necessary to offer the course. A 9th or 10th grade pupil's 
26.10 	eligibility to participate in the course is at the discretion of the school district and the 
26.11 	eligible postsecondary institution providing the course offered under subdivision 10. If an 
26.12 	institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the institution shall 
26.13 	send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and the commissioner 
26.14 	within ten days of acceptance. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment 
26.15 	of that pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must 
26.16 	notify the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.

26.17 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
26.18 		Subd. 8.Limit on participation. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 9 may not 
26.19 	enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than 
26.20 	the equivalent of four academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 10 may not 
26.21 	enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than 
26.22 	the equivalent of three academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 11 may not 
26.23 	enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the 
26.24 	equivalent of two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 12 may not enroll in 
26.25 	postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent 
26.26 	of one academic year. If a pupil in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 first enrolls in a postsecondary 
26.27 	course for secondary credit during the school year, the time of participation shall be 
26.28 	reduced proportionately. If a pupil is in a learning year or other year-round program and 
26.29 	begins each grade in the summer session, summer sessions shall not be counted against 
26.30 	the time of participation. If a school district determines a pupil is not on track to graduate, 
26.31 	the limit on participation does not apply to that pupil. A pupil who has graduated from 
26.32 	high school cannot participate in a program under this section. A pupil who has completed 
26.33 	course requirements for graduation but who has not received a diploma may participate in 
26.34 	the program under this section.

27.1 	Sec. 18. [124D.231] FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
27.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
27.3 	have the meanings given them.
27.4 	(a) "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization that has been in 
27.5 	existence for three years or more and serves persons within the community surrounding 
27.6 	the covered school site on education and other issues.
27.7 	(b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community 
27.8 	organizations that propose to work together to plan and implement community school 
27.9 	programming.
27.10 	(c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities 
27.11 	described under subdivision 2, paragraph (g).
27.12 	(d) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means 
27.13 	educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, 
27.14 	consistent with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.
27.15 	(e) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been 
27.16 	funded to provide community school programming.
27.17 	(f) "Site coordinator" is an individual who is responsible for aligning programming 
27.18 	with the needs of the school community identified in the baseline analysis.
27.19 		Subd. 2.Full-service community school program. (a) The commissioner shall 
27.20 	provide funding to eligible school sites to plan, implement, and improve full-service 
27.21 	community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following criteria:
27.22 	(1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section 
27.23 	120B.35, subdivision 2; or
27.24 	(2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved 
27.25 	by the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.
27.26 	(b) An eligible school site may receive up to $100,000 annually. School sites 
27.27 	receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency to hire a 
27.28 	site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site.
27.29 	(c) Implementation funding of up to $20,000 must be available for up to one year for 
27.30 	planning for school sites. At the end of this period, the school must submit a full-service 
27.31 	community school plan, pursuant to paragraph (g).
27.32 	(d) The commissioner shall dispense the funds to schools with significant populations 
27.33 	of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches. Schools with significant homeless and 
27.34 	highly mobile students shall also be a priority. The commissioner must also dispense the 
27.35 	funds in a manner to ensure equity among urban, suburban, and greater Minnesota schools.
28.1 	(e) A school site must establish a school leadership team responsible for developing 
28.2 	school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs, and overseeing the process 
28.3 	of implementing expanded programming at each covered site. The school leadership team 
28.4 	shall have between 12 to 15 members and shall meet the following requirements:
28.5 	(1) at least 30 percent of the members are parents and 30 percent of the members 
28.6 	are teachers at the school site and must include the school principal and representatives 
28.7 	from partner agencies; and
28.8 	(2) the school leadership team must be responsible for overseeing the baseline 
28.9 	analyses under paragraph (f). A school leadership team must have ongoing responsibility 
28.10 	for monitoring the development and implementation of full service community school 
28.11 	operations and programming at the school site and shall issue recommendations to schools 
28.12 	on a regular basis and summarized in an annual report. These reports shall also be made 
28.13 	available to the public at the school site and on school and district Web sites.
28.14 	(f) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to beginning programming 
28.15 	as a full-service community school. The analysis shall include:
28.16 	(1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team, 
28.17 	which shall include the following elements:
28.18 	(i) identification of challenges facing the school;
28.19 	(ii) analysis of the student body, including:
28.20 	(A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;
28.21 	(B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of 
28.22 	these students;
28.23 	(C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; and  
28.24 	(D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and 
28.25 	the needs of these students; and
28.26 	(iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, 
28.27 	English learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or 
28.28 	reduced-price lunch;
28.29 	(iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such 
28.30 	disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including, but not 
28.31 	limited to, students of color, students with disabilities, students who are English learners, 
28.32 	and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are represented among students subject 
28.33 	to such actions;
28.34 	(v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic 
28.35 	categories, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability 
28.36 	status, and free or reduced-price lunch status;
29.1 	(vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and
29.2 	(vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of wraparound services, including, 
29.3 	but not limited to:
29.4 	(A) mechanisms for meeting students' social, emotional, and physical health needs, 
29.5 	which may include coordination of existing services as well as the development of new 
29.6 	services based on student needs; and
29.7 	(B) strategies to create a safe and secure school environment and improve school 
29.8 	climate and discipline, such as implementing a system of positive behavioral supports, and 
29.9 	taking additional steps to eliminate bullying;
29.10 	(2) a baseline analysis of community assets and a strategic plan for utilizing 
29.11 	and aligning identified assets. This analysis should include, but is not limited to, a 
29.12 	documentation of individuals in the community, faith-based organizations, community and 
29.13 	neighborhood associations, colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service 
29.14 	agencies who may be able to provide support and resources; and
29.15 	(3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by 
29.16 	the school leadership team, including, but not limited to:
29.17 	(i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education 
29.18 	programs;
29.19 	(ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and
29.20 	(iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.
29.21 	(g) Each school site receiving funding under this section must establish at least two 
29.22 	of the following types of programming:
29.23 	(1) early childhood:
29.24 	(i) early childhood education; and
29.25 	(ii) child care services;
29.26 	(2) academic:
29.27 	(i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;
29.28 	(ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;
29.29 	(iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;
29.30 	(iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, 
29.31 	or expelled; and
29.32 	(v) specialized instructional support services;
29.33 	(3) parental involvement:
29.34 	(i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy, including the 
29.35 	Reading First and Early Reading First programs authorized under part B of title I of the 
30.1 	Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, United States Code, title 20, section 
30.2 	6361, et seq.;
30.3 	(ii) parent leadership development activities; and
30.4 	(iii) parenting education activities;
30.5 	(4) mental and physical health:
30.6 	(i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and 
30.7 	conflict mediation;
30.8 	(ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;
30.9 	(iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;
30.10 	(iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;
30.11 	(v) nutrition services;
30.12 	(vi) primary health and dental care; and
30.13 	(vii) mental health counseling services;
30.14 	(5) community involvement:
30.15 	(i) service and service-learning opportunities;
30.16 	(ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and
30.17 	(iii) homeless prevention services;
30.18 	(6) positive discipline practices; and
30.19 	(7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in 
30.20 	the baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.
30.21 	(h) The school leadership team at each school site must develop a full-service 
30.22 	community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team will take, including:
30.23 	(1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;
30.24 	(2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;
30.25 	(3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact 
30.26 	of programming on the participating children and adults;
30.27 	(4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school 
30.28 	and community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement 
30.29 	organizations, businesses, and social service providers;
30.30 	(5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as 
30.31 	universities, hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the 
30.32 	development and implementation of community school programming;
30.33 	(6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and
30.34 	(7) plan for school leadership team development.
30.35 		Subd. 3.Full-service community school review. (a) Every three years, a 
30.36 	full-service community school site must submit to the commissioner, and make available 
31.1 	at the school site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community school 
31.2 	programming at each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service 
31.3 	community school on participating children and adults. This report shall include, but 
31.4 	is not limited to, the following:
31.5 	(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or 
31.6 	implementing the community school plan;
31.7 	(2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school 
31.8 	plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding 
31.9 	program implementation;
31.10 	(3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful 
31.11 	execution of the community school plan;
31.12 	(4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming 
31.13 	to students and families;
31.14 	(5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming 
31.15 	who had not previously been served;
31.16 	(6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving 
31.17 	community school programming who had not previously been served;
31.18 	(7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school 
31.19 	programming;
31.20 	(8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community 
31.21 	school programming;
31.22 	(9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and 
31.23 	in their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with 
31.24 	the school and community environment;
31.25 	(10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the 
31.26 	implementation of the program;
31.27 	(11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their 
31.28 	children's education;
31.29 	(12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;
31.30 	(13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;
31.31 	(14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to 
31.32 	provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;
31.33 	(15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
31.34 	(16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
31.35 	partners.
32.1 	(b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with 
32.2 	respect to the following criteria:
32.3 	(1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in 
32.4 	implementing the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which 
32.5 	the school site navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the 
32.6 	full-service community school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local 
32.7 	statute or regulation impeding program implementation;
32.8 	(2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve 
32.9 	delivery of community school programming to students;
32.10 	(3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of 
32.11 	students and nonstudents receiving community school programming;
32.12 	(4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and 
32.13 	improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school 
32.14 	programming;
32.15 	(5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;
32.16 	(6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;
32.17 	(7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to 
32.18 	provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;
32.19 	(8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
32.20 	(9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
32.21 	partners.

32.22 	Sec. 19. [124D.501] INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR SERVICE-LEARNING 
32.23 	GRANTS.
32.24 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; eligibility criteria; application requirements. (a) 
32.25 	A five-year grant program is established to initiate or expand and strengthen innovative 
32.26 	service-learning opportunities for students in early childhood programs through grade 
32.27 	12 and thereby increase student academic achievement, and help close the academic 
32.28 	achievement gap and the community, college, and career opportunity gaps.
32.29 	(b) To be eligible to apply for and receive an innovative, incubator service-learning 
32.30 	grant under this section, at least one public school teacher, administrator, or program 
32.31 	staff member and at least one service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator, 
32.32 	or curriculum specialist employed at a public school, public school program, or school 
32.33 	district must form an authentic student-adult partnership that includes one or more 
32.34 	community-based organizations or government units. The partnership may invite one or 
32.35 	more other individuals or entities, such as postsecondary faculty members or institutions, 
33.1 	parents, other community members, local businesses or business organizations, or 
33.2 	local media representatives to become partners or participate with the partnership, 
33.3 	consistent with this paragraph. Before developing and submitting a grant application to 
33.4 	the department, participating students must work with one or more adults who are part 
33.5 	of the initial partnership to identify an issue, need, or opportunity to pursue through a 
33.6 	service-learning partnership and identify and invite one or more possible partners to 
33.7 	collaborate in developing and submitting a grant application. The employing school 
33.8 	district that is a member of the partnership or the school district of the school or school 
33.9 	program that is a member of the partnership is the fiscal agent for the grant. An eligible 
33.10 	service-learning partnership receiving an innovation service-learning grant must:
33.11 	(1) include at least a group of enrolled students, two or more school district 
33.12 	employees, and an eligible community-based organization or unit of government; and
33.13 	(2) assist students to:
33.14 	(i) actively participate in service-learning experiences that meet identified student 
33.15 	and community needs or opportunities;
33.16 	(ii) operate collaboratively with service-learning partnership members;
33.17 	(iii) align service-learning experiences with students' individualized educational 
33.18 	plans and programs;
33.19 	(iv) apply students' knowledge and skills in their community and help solve 
33.20 	community problems;
33.21 	(v) foster students' civic engagement; and 
33.22 	(vi) explore and pursue career pathways and achieve college readiness.
33.23 	An eligible partnership interested in receiving a grant must apply to the commissioner of 
33.24 	education in the form and manner determined by the commissioner. Consistent with this 
33.25 	subdivision, the application must describe how the applicant will: with guidance from 
33.26 	the service-learning partnership, incorporate student-designed and student-led service 
33.27 	learning into the school curriculum or in specific courses or across subject areas; provide 
33.28 	students with instruction and experiences during the school day using service-learning 
33.29 	best practices and an option to supplement their service-learning experiences outside the 
33.30 	school day; align service-learning opportunities with state and local academic standards; 
33.31 	and make implementing service-learning best practices an educational priority. The 
33.32 	application also must indicate how the partnership intends to provide student-designed, 
33.33 	student-led service-learning experiences that meet genuine community needs or develop 
33.34 	genuine community opportunities based on service-learning best practices aligned to 
33.35 	state academic standards. The partnership must work with a district service-learning 
34.1 	specialist or service-learning coordinator or a district curriculum specialist to design a 
34.2 	grant application and implement an approved grant application.
34.3 		Subd. 2.Innovation grants. The commissioner of education must award up to 
34.4 	four grants of up to $30,000 each to allow eligible partnerships, equitably distributed 
34.5 	to two recipients within the seven-county metropolitan area and two recipients outside 
34.6 	the seven-county metropolitan area, to provide innovative, incubator service-learning 
34.7 	opportunities to students, consistent with this section. The commissioner may renew 
34.8 	a grant annually as appropriations are available and consistent with the grant criteria 
34.9 	established in this section and other criteria the commissioner may establish for grant 
34.10 	eligibility or for renewing a grant. In order to receive a grant, a partnership must provide a 
34.11 	one-to-one match in funds or in-kind contributions unless the commissioner decides to 
34.12 	waive the match requirement for an applicant serving a high number of students whose 
34.13 	families meet federal poverty guidelines. A partnership grantee must allocate the grant 
34.14 	amount according to its grant application, which must include conveying 50 percent of the 
34.15 	actual grant amount to its community-based organization or unit of government partner or 
34.16 	partners to implement or help defray the direct costs of carrying out the service-learning 
34.17 	strategies and activities described in the partnership's grant application.
34.18 		Subd. 3.Evaluation. The commissioner of education must evaluate these 
34.19 	innovative, incubator service-learning initiatives based on the educational and 
34.20 	developmental outcomes of students participating in the service learning and include 
34.21 	summary data on the characteristics and extent of students' participation in service learning, 
34.22 	their development of academic skills or achievements, and their engagement in school, 
34.23 	school attendance, course completion rates, opportunity to develop community, college, or 
34.24 	career connections, and the graduation rates for participating high school-age students. 
34.25 	The commissioner also must evaluate the success of the service-learning grants based on 
34.26 	the community outcomes and community results achieved through student service-learning 
34.27 	experiences and the corresponding student service activities. The commissioner must 
34.28 	transmit an interim progress report on student and community outcomes and results under 
34.29 	this section to the legislative committees with oversight over education by February 15, 
34.30 	2019, and a final report to the same legislative committees by February 15, 2021.

34.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

34.32 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.81, is amended to read:
34.33 	124D.81 CONTINUATION OF AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION GRANTS 
34.34 	AID.
35.1 		Subdivision 1.Grants; Procedures. Each fiscal year the commissioner of education 
35.2 	must make grants to no fewer than six American Indian education programs. At least 
35.3 	three programs must be in urban areas and at least three must be on or near reservations. 
35.4 	The board of a local district, a participating school or a group of boards may develop a 
35.5 	proposal for grants in support of American Indian education programs. Proposals A 
35.6 	school district, charter school, or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant 
35.7 	school enrolling at least 20 American Indian students on October 1 of the previous school 
35.8 	year, receiving federal Title 7 funding, and operating an American Indian education 
35.9 	program according to section 124D.74 is eligible for Indian education aid if it meets the 
35.10 	requirements of this section. Programs may provide for contracts for the provision of 
35.11 	program components by nonsectarian nonpublic, community, tribal, charter, or alternative 
35.12 	schools. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner of application for grants 
35.13 	aids, and no grant aid shall be made for a proposal program not complying with the 
35.14 	requirements of sections 124D.71 to 124D.82.
35.15 		Subd. 2.Plans. Each To qualify for aid, an eligible district, charter school, or 
35.16 	participating tribal contract school submitting a proposal under subdivision 1 must 
35.17 	develop and submit with the proposal a plan for approval by the Indian education director 
35.18 	which that shall:
35.19 	(a) Identify the measures to be used to meet the requirements of sections 124D.71 to 
35.20 	124D.82;
35.21 	(b) Identify the activities, methods and programs to meet the identified educational 
35.22 	needs of the children to be enrolled in the program;
35.23 	(c) Describe how district goals and objectives as well as the objectives of sections 
35.24 	124D.71 to 124D.82 are to be achieved;
35.25 	(d) Demonstrate that required and elective courses as structured do not have a 
35.26 	discriminatory effect within the meaning of section 124D.74, subdivision 5;
35.27 	(e) Describe how each school program will be organized, staffed, coordinated, 
35.28 	and monitored; and
35.29 	(f) Project expenditures for programs under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82.
35.30 		Subd. 2a.American Indian education aid. (a) The American Indian education 
35.31 	aid for an eligible district or tribal contract school equals the greater of (1) the sum of 
35.32 	$20,000 plus the product of $63 times the difference between the number of American 
35.33 	Indian students enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year and 20; or (2) if the 
35.34 	district or school received a grant under this section for fiscal year 2015, the amount 
35.35 	of the grant for fiscal year 2015.
36.1 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the American Indian education aid must not 
36.2 	exceed the district or tribal contract school's actual expenditure according to the approved 
36.3 	plan under subdivision 2.
36.4 		Subd. 3.Additional requirements. Each district receiving a grant aid under this 
36.5 	section must each year conduct a count of American Indian children in the schools 
36.6 	of the district; test for achievement; identify the extent of other educational needs of 
36.7 	the children to be enrolled in the American Indian education program; and classify the 
36.8 	American Indian children by grade, level of educational attainment, age and achievement. 
36.9 	Participating schools must maintain records concerning the needs and achievements of 
36.10 	American Indian children served.
36.11 		Subd. 4.Nondiscrimination; testing. In accordance with recognized professional 
36.12 	standards, all testing and evaluation materials and procedures utilized for the identification, 
36.13 	testing, assessment, and classification of American Indian children must be selected and 
36.14 	administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory and must be valid for the 
36.15 	purpose of identifying, testing, assessing, and classifying American Indian children.
36.16 		Subd. 5.Records. Participating schools and districts must keep records and afford 
36.17 	access to them as the commissioner finds necessary to ensure that American Indian 
36.18 	education programs are implemented in conformity with sections 124D.71 to 124D.82. 
36.19 	Each school district or participating school must keep accurate, detailed, and separate 
36.20 	revenue and expenditure accounts for pilot American Indian education programs funded 
36.21 	under this section.
36.22 		Subd. 6.Money from other sources. A district or participating school providing 
36.23 	American Indian education programs shall be eligible to receive moneys for these programs 
36.24 	from other government agencies and from private sources when the moneys are available.
36.25 		Subd. 7.Exceptions. Nothing in sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 shall be construed as 
36.26 	prohibiting a district or school from implementing an American Indian education program 
36.27 	which is not in compliance with sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 if the proposal and plan for 
36.28 	that program is not funded pursuant to this section.

36.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 
36.30 	and later.

36.31 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.32 		Subd. 2.Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or 
36.33 	grant school that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the 
36.34 	requirements in subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. 
36.35 	The amount of aid is derived by:
37.1 	(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less 
37.2 	$170, times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 
37.3 	126C.05, subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, 
37.4 	subdivision 13, and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted 
37.5 	according to section 126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 
37.6 	123B.44 or for which the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
37.7 	(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 
37.8 	allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 
37.9 	compensation revenue pupil units;
37.10 	(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the 
37.11 	school by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the 
37.12 	Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, 
37.13 	subparts A to E, for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for 
37.14 	the base rate as applied to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school 
37.15 	adjustments and additional weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for 
37.16 	contingency funds, school board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor 
37.17 	repair, interim administration cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and 
37.18 	the amount of money that is received according to section 124D.69;
37.19 	(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average 
37.20 	daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract 
37.21 	compensation revenue pupil units; and
37.22 	(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, 
37.23 	subdivision 13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue 
37.24 	pupil units by the lesser of $1,500 $2,376 or the result in clause (4).

37.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and 
37.26 	later.

37.27 	Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 35, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.28 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration levy. For fiscal year 2014 only, a district's 
37.29 	achievement and integration levy equals the lesser of the district's achievement and 
37.30 	integration revenue for that year or the amount the district was authorized to levy under 
37.31 	Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2, section 49, paragraph (f).

37.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

37.33 	Sec. 23. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 15, is amended to read:
38.1 	Sec. 15. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION REVENUE.
 38.2 	(a) For fiscal year 2015 only, teacher development and evaluation revenue for a 
38.3 	school district, intermediate school district, educational cooperative, education district, 
38.4 	or charter school with any school site that does not have an alternative professional pay 
38.5 	system agreement under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, equals $302 
38.6 	times the number of full-time equivalent teachers employed on October 1 of the previous 
38.7 	school year in each school site without an alternative professional pay system under 
38.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.414, subdivision 2. Except for charter schools, revenue 
38.9 	under this section must be reserved for teacher development and evaluation activities 
38.10 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or Minnesota Statutes, 
38.11 	section 122A.41, subdivision 5. For the purposes of this section, "teacher" has the 
38.12 	meaning given it in Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or Minnesota 
38.13 	Statutes, section 122A.41, subdivision 1.
38.14 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the state total teacher development and 
38.15 	evaluation revenue entitlement must not exceed $10,000,000 $10,022,000  for fiscal year 
38.16 	2015. The commissioner must limit the amount of revenue under this section so as not 
38.17 	to exceed this limit.

38.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2014.

38.19 	Sec. 24. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 16, subdivision 7, is amended to 
38.20 	read:
38.21 		Subd. 7.Teacher development and evaluation. For teacher development and 
38.22 	evaluation revenue.

38.23
38.24		$
	9,000,000  
9,020,000
	.....
	2015
	
38.25 	The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $9,000,000 $9,020,000 for 2015. 
38.26 	This is a onetime appropriation and is available until expended the end of fiscal year 2017.

38.27 	Sec. 25. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS.
 38.28 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. A grant program is established to 
38.29 	support school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the 
38.30 	summer with high school students in extension programs. Grants must be used to create or 
38.31 	increase the availability of agricultural education teachers for students over the summer.
38.32 		Subd. 2.Application. The commissioner of education shall develop the form and 
38.33 	method for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining 
38.34 	the allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants.
39.1 		Subd. 3.Grant awards. Grant funding under this section must be matched 
39.2 	by funding from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer 
39.3 	employment. Grant funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 30 working 
39.4 	days.
39.5 		Subd. 4.Reports. School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the 
39.6 	commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number 
39.7 	of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals 
39.8 	established in the grant application. The Department of Education shall develop the 
39.9 	criteria necessary for the reports.

39.10 	Sec. 26. CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT WORKING GROUP.
 39.11 		Subdivision 1.Membership. The commissioner of education shall convene a 
39.12 	working group on concurrent enrollment. Members shall be named by the commissioner 
39.13 	of education and include:
39.14 	(1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
39.15 	(2) the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education or the commissioner's 
39.16 	designee;
39.17 	(3) representatives of postsecondary institutions with concurrent enrollment 
39.18 	programs including at least:
39.19 	(i) one postsecondary faculty member from the University of Minnesota who has 
39.20 	supervised a concurrent enrollment course;
39.21 	(ii) one postsecondary faculty member from the Minnesota State Colleges and 
39.22 	University system who has supervised a concurrent enrollment course;
39.23 	(iii) one representative from the University of Minnesota;
39.24 	(iv) one representative from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system;
39.25 	(v) one representative from a private college with a concurrent enrollment program; 
39.26 	and
39.27 	(vi) one postsecondary faculty member from a career and technical college who has 
39.28 	supervised a concurrent enrollment program;
39.29 	(4) representatives of school districts with concurrent enrollment programs, 
39.30 	including at least one high school administrator, one high school teacher, and one high 
39.31 	school counselor;
39.32 	(5) one representative of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment 
39.33 	Partnerships;
39.34 	(6) at least one parent who has or had children participate in a concurrent enrollment 
39.35 	course;
40.1 	(7) at least one student enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course for the 2015-2016 
40.2 	school year; and
40.3 	(8) other stakeholders as determined by the commissioner.
40.4 	The chair must be selected by the members at the first meeting.
40.5 		Subd. 2.Responsibilities. (a) The working group shall review:
40.6 	(1) differences between concurrent enrollment courses and the sponsoring public 
40.7 	postsecondary institution's equivalent course in regard to:
40.8 	(i) course outline including scope, sequence of content, and methods to be employed;
40.9 	(ii) final exam;
40.10 	(iii) grading scale; and
40.11 	(iv) nature and frequency of exams;
40.12 	(2) each program's student eligibility requirements, including exceptions to the 
40.13 	requirements and the number of waivers to the requirements given in the past year;
40.14 	(3) course prerequisites;
40.15 	(4) all postsecondary institutions, both in-state and out-of-state, that have accepted 
40.16 	or denied transferring courses for college credit;
40.17 	(5) the frequency with which courses are offered;
40.18 	(6) the method of charging for delivery of concurrent instruction; and
40.19 	(7) the compensation and workload of faculty supervisors of concurrent enrollment.
40.20 	(b) The working group shall make recommendations, including legislative proposals 
40.21 	for improving the consistency of concurrent enrollment programs in regards to the items 
40.22 	in paragraph (a).
40.23 	(c) Any costs of the working group and preparing the report under subdivision 3 must 
40.24 	be paid for out of the Department of Education and participating public postsecondary 
40.25 	institutions' current operating budgets. Postsecondary institutions must make materials 
40.26 	available for the study as requested by the commissioners of education and the Office of 
40.27 	Higher Education. All intellectual property associated with materials made available for 
40.28 	the study are retained by the institution or professor.
40.29 		Subd. 3.Report. The working group must submit a report to the commissioner 
40.30 	of education by January 15, 2016, with their findings and recommendations. The 
40.31 	commissioner must prepare and submit to the education policy and finance committees of 
40.32 	the legislature by February 15, 2016, a written report including the working group report 
40.33 	and summary data on concurrent enrollment courses under Minnesota Statutes, section 
40.34 	124D.09, subdivision 10, consistent with this section.

41.1 	Sec. 27. EXAMINING AND DEVELOPING STATEWIDE SWIMMING 
41.2 	RESOURCES.
 41.3 	(a) The commissioner of education must use existing budgetary resources to 
41.4 	inventory and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 2016, 
41.5 	on the extent of existing resources and best practices available for swimming instruction 
41.6 	in Minnesota public schools.
41.7 	(b) The commissioner of education must establish a work group of interested 
41.8 	stakeholders, including the commissioner or commissioner's designee, the commissioner 
41.9 	of health or the commissioner's designee, and representatives of K-12 physical education 
41.10 	teachers, K-12 school administrators, the Minnesota school boards association, nonprofit 
41.11 	fitness and recreational organizations, public parks and recreation departments, and 
41.12 	other stakeholders, including community members underserved and disproportionately 
41.13 	impacted by the current distribution of swimming resources, interested in swimming 
41.14 	instruction and activities identified by the commissioner of education, to determine 
41.15 	and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 2016, on the 
41.16 	curriculum, resources, personnel, and other costs needed to make swimming instruction 
41.17 	available in all Minnesota public schools for children beginning at an early age. The work 
41.18 	group must consider the substance of the report under paragraph (a) in preparing its report.

41.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

41.20 	Sec. 28. APPROPRIATIONS.
 41.21 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
41.22 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
41.23 	designated.
41.24 		Subd. 2.Alternative compensation. For alternative teacher compensation aid 
41.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

41.26		$
	78,331,000
	.....
	2016
	
41.27		$
	96,864,000
	.....
	2017
	
41.28 	The 2016 appropriation includes $7,766,000 for 2015 and $70,565,000 for 2016.
41.29 	The 2017 appropriation includes $7,840,000 for 2016 and $89,024,000 for 2017.
41.30 		Subd. 3.Achievement and integration aid. For achievement and integration aid 
41.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

41.32		$
	65,539,000
	.....
	2016
	
41.33		$
	68,745,000
	.....
	2017
	
41.34 	The 2016 appropriation includes $6,382,000 for 2015 and $59,157,000 for 2016.
42.1 	The 2017 appropriation includes $6,573,000 for 2016 and $62,172,000 for 2017.
42.2 		Subd. 4.Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota 
42.3 	Statutes, section 124D.98:

42.4		$
	44,552,000
	.....
	2016
	
42.5		$
	45,508,000
	.....
	2017
	
42.6 	The 2016 appropriation includes $4,683,000 for 2015 and $39,869,000 for 2016.
42.7 	The 2017 appropriation includes $4,429,000 for 2016 and $41,079,000 for 2017.
42.8 		Subd. 5.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
42.9 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
42.10 	section 124D.87:

42.11		$
	15,023,000
	.....
	2016
	
42.12		$
	15,825,000
	.....
	2017
	
42.13 		Subd. 6.Early childhood literacy programs. For early childhood literacy 
42.14 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:

42.15		$
	6,675,000
	.....
	2016
	
42.16		$
	6,675,000
	.....
	2017
	
42.17 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
42.18 	base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $6,375,000.
42.19 		Subd. 7.Tribal contract schools. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
42.20 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

42.21		$
	3,424,000
	.....
	2016
	
42.22		$
	3,608,000
	.....
	2017
	
42.23 	The 2016 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2015 and $3,220,000 for 2016.
42.24 	The 2017 appropriation includes $357,000 for 2016 and $3,251,000 for 2017.
42.25 		Subd. 8.Compensatory revenue pilot program. For grants for participation in the 
42.26 	compensatory revenue pilot program under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, 
42.27 	article 1, section 50, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 21:

42.28		$
	7,325,000
	.....
	2016
	
42.29		$
	7,325,000
	.....
	2017
	
42.30 	(a) In fiscal years 2016 and 2017, grants shall be awarded in the following amounts: 
42.31 	$4,730,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin; 
42.32 	$240,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 286, Brooklyn Center; $660,000 
42.33 	is for a grant to Independent School District No. 279, Osseo; $500,000 is for a grant to 
42.34 	Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $520,000 is for a grant to Independent 
42.35 	School District No. 535, Rochester; $205,000 is for a grant to Independent School District 
43.1 	No. 833, South Washington; and $470,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 
43.2 	241, Albert Lea. If a grant to a specific school district is not awarded, the commissioner 
43.3 	may increase the aid amounts to any of the remaining participating school districts. 
43.4 	(b) The base for this program in fiscal year 2018 and later is $2,325,000. Grants 
43.5 	shall be awarded in the same amount as under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 
43.6 	11, article 1, section 36: $1,500,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 
43.7 	11, Anoka-Hennepin; $75,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 286, 
43.8 	Brooklyn Center; $210,000 is for a grant to Independent School  District No. 279, Osseo; 
43.9 	$160,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $165,000 is 
43.10 	for a grant to Independent School District No. 535, Rochester; $65,000 is for a grant to 
43.11 	Independent School District No. 833, South Washington; and $150,000 is for a grant to 
43.12 	Independent School District No. 241, Albert Lea.
43.13 	(c) The commissioner of education must submit a report by February 15, 2016, to the 
43.14 	education committees of the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program.
43.15 		Subd. 9.Concurrent enrollment program. For concurrent enrollment programs 
43.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:

43.17		$
	$4,000,000
	.....
	2016
	
43.18		$
	$4,000,000
	.....
	2017
	
43.19 	If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce 
43.20 	the aid payment to each district.
43.21 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
43.22 		Subd. 10.Student support services personnel grants. For student support services 
43.23 	personnel grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.3951:

43.24		$ 
	8,000,000
	.....
	2016
	
43.25 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available 
43.26 	until June 30, 2021. The commissioner may not allot more than $1,580,000 of this 
43.27 	appropriation before July 1, 2016. Any balance remaining after June 30, 2021, shall 
43.28 	cancel to the general fund. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for administration of the 
43.29 	Student Support Services Personnel Act under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.395 
43.30 	to 121A.3951.
43.31 		Subd. 11.Success for the future. For American Indian success for the future grants 
43.32 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81:

43.33		$
	237,000
	.....
	2016
	
43.34		$
	0
	.....
	2017
	
43.35 	The 2016 appropriation includes $237,000 for 2015 and $0 for 2016.
44.1 		Subd. 12.American Indian education aid. For American Indian education aid 
44.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

44.3		$
	3,371,000
	.....
	2016
	
44.4		$
	3,393,000
	.....
	2017
	
44.5 		Subd. 13.Collaborative urban educator. For the collaborative urban educator 
44.6 	grant program:

44.7		$
	1,090,000
	.....
	2016
	
44.8		$
	1,090,000
	.....
	2017
	
44.9 	Grants shall be awarded in equal amounts: $272,500 each year is for the Southeast 
44.10 	Asian teacher program at Concordia University, St. Paul; $272,500 each year is for the 
44.11 	collaborative urban educator program at the University of St. Thomas; $272,500 each year 
44.12 	is for the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching at Hamline University; and $272,500 
44.13 	each year is for the East Africa Student to Teacher program at Augsburg College.
44.14 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
44.15 	Each institution shall prepare for the legislature, by January 15 of each year, a 
44.16 	detailed report regarding the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers 
44.17 	prepared as well as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced.
44.18 		Subd. 14.ServeMinnesota program. For funding ServeMinnesota programs under 
44.19 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:

44.20		$
	900,000
	.....
	2016
	
44.21		$
	900,000
	.....
	2017
	
44.22 	A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents 
44.23 	of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such 
44.24 	coverage is not otherwise available.
44.25 		Subd. 15.Student organizations. For student organizations:

44.26		$
	725,000
	.....
	2016
	
44.27		$
	725,000
	.....
	2017
	
44.28 	$46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
44.29 	$100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry 
44.30 	occupations (Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
44.31 	$95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA, 
44.32 	secondary and postsecondary).
44.33 	$193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations 
44.34 	(FFA, PAS).
44.35 	$142,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science 
44.36 	occupations (FCCLA).
45.1 	$109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations 
45.2 	(DECA and DECA collegiate).
45.3 	$40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.
45.4 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
45.5 		Subd. 16.Museums and Education Centers. For grants to museums and education 
45.6 	centers:

45.7		$
	626,000
	.....
	2016
	
45.8		$
	626,000
	.....
	2017
	
45.9 	(a) $360,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of this amount, 
45.10 	$100,000 each year is a onetime appropriation.
45.11 	(b) $125,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum. Of this amount, 
45.12 	$75,000 each year is a onetime appropriation.
45.13 	(c) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
45.14 	(d) $75,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center. This is a onetime 
45.15 	appropriation.
45.16 	(e) $75,000 each year is for the Works Museum. This is a onetime appropriation.
45.17 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
45.18 	base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2018 is $351,000.
45.19 		Subd. 17.Teacher development and evaluation. For teacher development and 
45.20 	evaluation revenue:

45.21		$
	1,002,000
	.....
	2016
	
45.22 	The 2016 appropriation includes $1,002,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017. This is a 
45.23 	onetime appropriation and is available in the second year.
45.24 		Subd. 18.Starbase MN. For a grant to Starbase MN for rigorous science, 
45.25 	technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 to 
45.26 	6 with a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace 
45.27 	environment using state-of-the-art technology:

45.28		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
45.29		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
45.30 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.
45.31 		Subd. 19.Recovery program grants. For recovery program grants under 
45.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.695:

45.33		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
45.34		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
45.35 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.
46.1 		Subd. 20.STEM grants. For school districts to provide STEM-based courses:

46.2		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
46.3		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
46.4 	The commissioner must determine the form and manner of application and award 
46.5 	criteria. Grant awards are limited to $50,000 per course. Any balance in the first year does 
46.6 	not cancel but is available in the second year of the biennium.
46.7 	This is a onetime appropriation.
46.8 		Subd. 21.Teacher-powered school grants. For grants to teacher-powered schools 
46.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.045, subdivision 7:

46.10		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
46.11		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
46.12 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 is $0. Any balance in the first year does 
46.13 	not cancel but is available in the second year.
46.14 		Subd. 22.Full-service community schools. For full-service community schools 
46.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

46.16		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
46.17		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
46.18 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
46.19 	is available in the second year.
46.20 		Subd. 23.Minnesota math corps program. For the Minnesota math corps program 
46.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:

46.22		$
	250,000
	.....
	2016
	
46.23		$
	250,000
	.....
	2017
	
46.24 	Any unexpended balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the 
46.25 	second year.
46.26 		Subd. 24.Agricultural educator grants. For agricultural educator grants under 
46.27 	section 24:

46.28		$
	250,000
	.....
	2016
	
46.29		$
	250,000
	.....
	2017
	
46.30 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but 
46.31 	is available in the second year.
46.32 		Subd. 25.American Indian teacher preparation grants. For joint grants to assist 
46.33 	American Indian people to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63:

46.34		$
	230,000
	.....
	2016
	
46.35		$
	230,000
	.....
	2017
	
47.1 	Of this amount, $80,000 in each year must be reserved for Bemidji State University 
47.2 	and Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake.
47.3 		Subd. 26.Excellence in teaching program. For the Board of Teaching to award 
47.4 	excellence in teaching program incentive grants:

47.5		$
	200,000
	.....
	2016
	
47.6		$
	200,000
	.....
	2017
	
47.7 	The Board of Teaching shall award a onetime incentive grant of up to $2,000 to any 
47.8 	Minnesota teacher who achieves National Board Certification after June 30, 2015, as long 
47.9 	as funds are available. The grants must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
47.10 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
47.11 	is available in the second year.
47.12 		Subd. 27.Innovative service-learning grants. For innovative service-learning 
47.13 	program grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501:

47.14		$
	65,000
	.....
	2016
	
47.15		$
	65,000
	.....
	2017
	
47.16 	Any funds not expended in the first fiscal year do not cancel but carry forward to 
47.17 	the second fiscal year. The Department of Education may retain up to $10,000 of this 
47.18 	appropriation to conduct the evaluation under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501, 
47.19 	subdivision 3.
47.20 		Subd. 28.Regional office of career and technical education. For a grant to 
47.21 	the SW/WC Service Cooperative to establish a regional office of career and technical 
47.22 	education:

47.23		$ 
	50,000
	.....
	2016
	
47.24		$ 
	50,000
	.....
	2017
	
47.25 	The regional office of career and technical education must:
47.26 	(1) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who 
47.27 	are equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers, in 
47.28 	collaborative participation with three or more school districts;
47.29 	(2) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who 
47.30 	attend sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public/private partnerships 
47.31 	with business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and 
47.32 	postsecondary program options; and
47.33 	(3) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career 
47.34 	and technical education courses and training opportunities.
47.35 	This is a onetime appropriation.
48.1 		Subd. 29.Civic education grants. For grants to the Minnesota Civic Education 
48.2 	Coalition, Kids Voting St. Paul, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA 
48.3 	Youth in Government to provide civic education programs for Minnesota youth age 18 
48.4 	and younger. Civic education is the study of constitutional principles and the democratic 
48.5 	foundation of our national, state, and local institutions, and the study of political processes 
48.6 	and structures of government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government 
48.7 	under the rule of law.

48.8		$
	175,000
	.....
	2016
	
48.9		$
	175,000
	.....
	2017
	
48.10 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
48.11 		Subd. 30.Rural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics experiential 
48.12 	learning pilot project. For a grant to the Lakes Country Service Cooperative:

48.13		$
	285,000
	.....
	2016 
	
48.14 	The grant must be used to expand career and technical education and science, 
48.15 	technology, engineering, and mathematics coursework to students in multiple districts on 
48.16 	a rotating basis. Eligible uses of the grant include training and curriculum development, 
48.17 	the purchase and maintenance of equipment, and evaluation of the program.
48.18 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
48.19 		Subd. 31.Video resource grants. For a grant to the Minnesota Public Television 
48.20 	Association for professional development initiatives to provide prekindergarten through 
48.21 	grade 12 teachers with the necessary skills to effectively incorporate public television 
48.22 	video resources into classroom curriculum and instruction and to integrate regional arts, 
48.23 	culture, and history videos across the curriculum in order to increase student achievement:

48.24		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016
	
48.25		$
	100,000
	.....
	2017
	
48.26 	Public television stations eligible to receive grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
48.27 	129D.13, shall select teachers throughout the state to participate in training sessions and to 
48.28 	develop model lessons for identifying and integrating videos on regional arts, culture, and 
48.29 	history into prekindergarten through grade 12 curriculum and lesson plans.
48.30 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
48.31 	is available in the second year.
48.32 		Subd. 32.Minnesota Council on Economic Education. For a grant to the 
48.33 	Minnesota Council on Economic Education to provide staff development to teachers 
48.34 	for the implementation of the state graduation standards in learning areas relating to 
48.35 	economic education:

49.1		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016
	
49.2		$
	100,000
	.....
	2017
	
49.3 	The commissioner, in consultation with the council, shall develop expected results 
49.4 	of staff development, eligibility criteria for participants, an evaluation procedure, and 
49.5 	guidelines for direct and in-kind contributions by the council.
49.6 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
49.7 	is available in the second year.
49.8 		Subd. 33.Minnesota Principals' Program. For grants to the Minnesota Principals' 
49.9 	Program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.74, to reduce the costs to participants, 
49.10 	broaden programming and accessibility, or expand the curriculum and instructional 
49.11 	elements:

49.12		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016
	
49.13		$
	100,000
	.....
	2017
	
49.14 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
49.15 	is available in the second year. 
49.16 		Subd. 34.Wilderness inquiry. For a grant to wilderness inquiry:

49.17		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016
	
49.18		$
	100,000
	.....
	2017
	
49.19 	Of this amount, $70,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for a continuation of research 
49.20 	establishing the socioemotional benefits of outdoor engagement leading to improved 
49.21 	academic outcomes.
49.22 	Of this amount, $30,000 each year is to facilitate Minnesota teachers' participation 
49.23 	in professional development focused on place-based education that furthers the research.
49.24 	This is a onetime appropriation.
49.25 		Subd. 35.Race 2 Reduce. For grants to support expanded Race 2 Reduce water 
49.26 	conservation programming in Minnesota schools:

49.27		$
	81,000
	.....
	2016
	
49.28		$
	69,000
	.....
	2017
	
49.29 	In the first year, $28,000 is for H2O for Life; $38,000 is for Independent School 
49.30 	District No. 624, White Bear Lake; and $15,000 is for Independent School District 
49.31 	No. 832, Mahtomedi. In the second year, $32,000 is for H2O for Life; $22,000 is for 
49.32 	Independent School District No. 624, White Bear Lake; and $15,000 is for Independent 
49.33 	School District No. 832, Mahtomedi.
49.34 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
49.35 	base appropriation for fiscal year 2018 and later is $0.
50.1 		Subd. 36.Network for the Development of Children of African Descent. For a 
50.2 	grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent:

50.3		$
	70,000
	.....
	2016
	
50.4		$
	70,000
	.....
	2017
	
50.5 	This amount must be used for family literacy services and the high school 
50.6 	community action research program that helps students earn high school and college credit 
50.7 	while learning community action research skills. A progress report on the activities and 
50.8 	outcomes associated with this grant must be submitted to the commissioner of education 
50.9 	by September 15, 2016, and a final report must be submitted on September 15, 2017.
50.10 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
50.11 	is available in the second year.
50.12 		Subd. 37.Minnesota Learning Resource Center. For a grant to A Chance to 
50.13 	Grow for the Minnesota Learning Resource Center's comprehensive training program 
50.14 	for education professionals charged with helping children in prekindergarten programs 
50.15 	through grade 3 acquire basic reading and math skills:

50.16		$
	50,000
	.....
	2016
	
50.17		$
	50,000
	.....
	2017
	
50.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.
50.19 		Subd. 38.We Win Institute planning grant. For a planning grant to the We Win 
50.20 	Institute:

50.21		$
	50,000
	.....
	2016
	
50.22		$
	50,000
	.....
	2017
	
50.23 	The W. Matthew Little Cultural and Educational Excellence Center must be 
50.24 	established to:
50.25 	(1) develop the academic and social development of marginalized youth;
50.26 	(2) develop intergenerational leadership skills;
50.27 	(3) develop pathways for marginalized youth to attend and be successful in 
50.28 	postsecondary education programs; and
50.29 	(4) develop public-private partnerships that create success for marginalized youth. 
50.30 	The We Win Institute must submit a detailed report to the chairs and ranking minority 
50.31 	members of the legislative committees having primary jurisdiction over early childhood 
50.32 	through grade 12 education by January 18, 2017, on how the funds were used.
50.33 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but 
50.34 	is available in the second year.
51.1 		Subd. 39.Regional career and technical education advisory committee. For a 
51.2 	grant to the SW/WC Service Cooperative for a regional career and technical education 
51.3 	advisory committee:

51.4		$ 
	200,000
	.....
	2016
	
51.5		$ 
	200,000
	.....
	2017
	
51.6 	Eligible uses of this grant are:
51.7 	(1) capital start-up costs for such items as determined by the committee including, 
51.8 	but not limited to, a mobile welding lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial 
51.9 	kitchen equipment;
51.10 	(2) informational materials for students, families, and residents of the region that 
51.11 	communicate the relationship between career and technical education programs, labor 
51.12 	market needs, and well-paying employment;
51.13 	(3) incentive and training grants to develop career and technical education 
51.14 	instructors; and
51.15 	(4) transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities 
51.16 	throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education.
51.17 	This is a onetime appropriation.
51.18 		Subd. 40.Northwestern Online College in the High School program. For the 
51.19 	Northwestern Online College in the High School program:

51.20		$
	50,000
	.....
	2016
	
51.21		$
	50,000
	.....
	2017
	
51.22 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance from the first year may carry forward 
51.23 	into the second year.
51.24 		Subd. 41.Education Partnership Pilots. For education partnership pilot grants:

51.25		$
	300,000
	.....
	2016
	
51.26		$
	300,000
	.....
	2017
	
51.27 	Of this amount, $100,000 in each year is for the Northfield Healthy Community 
51.28 	Initiative for a pilot site in Northfield; $100,000 in each year is for the Jones Family 
51.29 	Foundation for a pilot site in Red Wing; and $100,000 in each year is for Independent 
51.30 	School District No. 742, St. Cloud, for a pilot site in St. Cloud. Each partnership pilot 
51.31 	program shall support community collaborations focused on academic achievement and 
51.32 	youth development, use a comprehensive and data-driven approach to increase student 
51.33 	success, and measure outcomes, such as kindergarten readiness, reading proficiency at 
51.34 	third grade, high school graduation, and college and career readiness. By February 15, 
51.35 	2016, each partnership pilot grant recipient shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority 
51.36 	members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through 
52.1 	grade 12 education a report describing the activities funded by the grant, changes in 
52.2 	outcome measures attributable to the grant-funded activities, and the recipient's program 
52.3 	plan for the following year.
52.4 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance from the first year may carry forward 
52.5 	into the second year.
52.6 		Subd. 42.Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education Teacher 
52.7 	Education Program. For the Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education 
52.8 	Teacher Education Program to support special education paraprofessionals working 
52.9 	toward licensure in an online program.

52.10		$
	195,000
	.....
	2016
	
52.11		$
	0
	.....
	2017
	
52.12 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. 
52.13 	This is a onetime appropriation.

52.14 	ARTICLE 3
52.15 	STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS

52.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to 
52.17 	read:
52.18 		Subdivision 1.Required academic standards. (a) The following subject areas 
52.19 	are required for statewide accountability:
52.20 	(1) language arts;
52.21 	(2) mathematics;
52.22 	(3) science;
52.23 	(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and 
52.24 	citizenship;
52.25 	(5) physical education;
52.26 	(6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and
52.27 	(7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as 
52.28 	determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least 
52.29 	three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and 
52.30 	visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the 
52.31 	following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.
52.32 	(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, 
52.33 	mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students 
52.34 	with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education 
53.1 	program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An 
53.2 	individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish 
53.3 	alternative standards.
53.4 	(c) The department must adopt the most recent National Association of Sport and 
53.5 	Physical Education kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks for physical 
53.6 	education as the required physical education academic standards. The department may 
53.7 	modify and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The modification 
53.8 	and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national standards. The 
53.9 	department must make available sample assessments for school districts to assess students' 
53.10 	mastery of the physical education standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.
53.11 	(c)(d) District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum 
53.12 	as a result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 
53.13 	120B.11, and 120B.20.

53.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
53.15 		Subd. 3.Rulemaking. The commissioner, consistent with the requirements of 
53.16 	this section and section 120B.022, must adopt statewide rules under section 14.389 for 
53.17 	implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics, 
53.18 	science, social studies, physical education, and the arts. After the rules authorized under 
53.19 	this subdivision are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these 
53.20 	rules nor adopt new rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization. The 
53.21 	academic standards for language arts, mathematics, and the arts must be implemented for 
53.22 	all students beginning in the 2003-2004 school year. The academic standards for science 
53.23 	and social studies must be implemented for all students beginning in the 2005-2006 school 
53.24 	year.

53.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
53.26 		Subd. 4.Revisions and reviews required. (a) The commissioner of education must 
53.27 	revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent 
53.28 	with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards 
53.29 	and graduation requirements and implement a ten-year cycle to review and, consistent 
53.30 	with the review, revise state academic standards and related benchmarks, consistent with 
53.31 	this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision cycle, the commissioner also 
53.32 	must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and related benchmark 
53.33 	with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college readiness and advanced 
53.34 	work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must include the contributions of 
54.1 	Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities as related to the academic standards 
54.2 	during the review and revision of the required academic standards.
54.3 	(b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments 
54.4 	administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic 
54.5 	standards in mathematics, consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph 
54.6 	(b). The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
54.7 	benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016 school year and every ten years 
54.8 	thereafter.
54.9 	(c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
54.10 	benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and every ten years thereafter.
54.11 	(d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 
54.12 	related benchmarks in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten 
54.13 	years thereafter.
54.14 	(e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 
54.15 	related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every 
54.16 	ten years thereafter.
54.17 	(f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 
54.18 	related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every 
54.19 	ten years thereafter.
54.20 	(g) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and 
54.21 	related benchmarks in physical education beginning in the 2024-2025 school year and 
54.22 	every ten years thereafter.
54.23 	(g)(h) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic 
54.24 	standards and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and career 
54.25 	and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning 
54.26 	in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and 
54.27 	charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards 
54.28 	and related benchmarks in health, world languages, and career and technical education.

54.29 	Sec. 4. [120B.026] PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
54.30 		Subdivision 1.Exclusion from class; recess. A student may be excused from a 
54.31 	physical education class if the student submits written information signed by a physician 
54.32 	stating that physical activity will jeopardize the student's health. A student may be 
54.33 	excused from a physical education class if being excused meets the student's unique and 
54.34 	individualized needs according to the student's individualized education program, federal 
54.35 	504 plan, or individualized health plan. A student may be excused if a parent or guardian 
55.1 	requests an exemption on religious grounds. A student with a disability must be provided 
55.2 	with modifications or adaptations that allow physical education class to meet their needs. 
55.3 	Schools are strongly encouraged not to exclude students in kindergarten through grade 
55.4 	5 from recess due to punishment or disciplinary action.
55.5 		Subd. 2.Teachers. Physical education must be taught by teachers who are licensed 
55.6 	to teach physical education. A physical education teacher shall be adequately prepared 
55.7 	and regularly participate in professional development activities under section 122A.60.

55.8 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 
55.9 	to read:
55.10 		Subd. 5.ACT administration to nonpublic pupils. By January 1, 2016, the 
55.11 	Department of Education shall allow up to 100 nonpublic pupils in grades 11 and 12 to 
55.12 	take the ACT exam on state testing dates, choose a testing site, and register 45 days before 
55.13 	the exam's administration. The department shall notify a school district of the number of 
55.14 	nonpublic pupils registered to take the ACT exam at the district's testing sites.

55.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 
55.16 	to read:
55.17 		Subd. 6.Commissioner-ordered suspension of assessments. In the event that it 
55.18 	becomes necessary for the commissioner to order the suspension of assessments under 
55.19 	this section because of service disruptions, technical interruptions, or any other reason 
55.20 	beyond the control of school districts, the commissioner must immediately notify the chair 
55.21 	and ranking member of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten 
55.22 	through grade 12 education.

55.23 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.24 		Subdivision 1.School performance reports. (a) The commissioner shall report 
55.25 	student academic performance under section 120B.35, subdivision 2; the percentages of 
55.26 	students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35, subdivision 
55.27 	3, paragraph (b); school safety and student engagement and connection under section 
55.28 	120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, 
55.29 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c); the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 
55.30 	3, paragraph (b), clause (2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career 
55.31 	and college readiness benchmarks under sections 120B.30, subdivision 1, and 120B.35, 
55.32 	subdivision 3, paragraph (e); longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in 
55.33 	reducing disparities in students' academic achievement and realizing racial and economic 
56.1 	integration under section 124D.861; the acquisition of English, and where practicable, 
56.2 	native language academic literacy, including oral academic language, and the academic 
56.3 	progress of English learners under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a; the weekly 
56.4 	amount of time students in kindergarten through grade 8 are scheduled to spend in physical 
56.5 	education class, the percent of students in kindergarten through grade 12 who receive a 
56.6 	passing grade in physical education, and the number of required physical education credits 
56.7 	high school students must complete to graduate; two separate student-to-teacher ratios that 
56.8 	clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 
56.9 	for purposes of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding salaries; student 
56.10 	enrollment demographics; district mobility; and extracurricular activities. The report also 
56.11 	must indicate a school's adequate yearly progress status under applicable federal law, 
56.12 	and must not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools due 
56.13 	solely to adequate yearly progress status.
56.14 	(b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department 
56.15 	Web site school performance reports.
56.16 	(c) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning 
56.17 	of each school year.
56.18 	(d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing to 
56.19 	the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's 
56.20 	decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final.
56.21 	(e) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, 
56.22 	until the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post 
56.23 	school performance reports to the department's public Web site no later than September 1, 
56.24 	except that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner 
56.25 	shall post the school performance reports no later than October 1.

56.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
56.27 	and applies to reports for the 2017-2018 school year and later.

56.28 	Sec. 8. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; ASSESSMENT 
56.29 	RECOMMENDATIONS.
 56.30 	The commissioner of education must research whether the Minnesota Comprehensive 
56.31 	Assessments can be replaced by the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments. 
56.32 	This study shall include assessing the alignment of the MAP to current Minnesota 
56.33 	state standards and whether it would meet federal accountability requirements. The 
56.34 	commissioner must report the recommendations to the committees of the legislature 
56.35 	having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by January 15, 2016.

57.1 	Sec. 9. MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM DISRUPTIONS; ASSESSMENT 
57.2 	RESULTS.
 57.3 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the assessment results for any student 
57.4 	whose scheduled assessment was delayed or canceled as a result of assessment system 
57.5 	interruptions beyond the control of the school district during the 2014-2015 school year 
57.6 	may, at the discretion of the school district, be excluded for the purposes of school and 
57.7 	student indicators of growth and achievement under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, 
57.8 	or school performance reports under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.36.

57.9 	Sec. 10. REALLOCATION OF MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM 
57.10 	PAYMENT REDUCTIONS.
 57.11 	Following each contract year of the contract for the Minnesota Assessment System, 
57.12 	the commissioner of education shall distribute the amount of the agreed-upon cumulative 
57.13 	payment reduction for the prior contract year to school districts and charter schools 
57.14 	equally on a per pupil basis.

57.15 	Sec. 11. MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CONTRACTOR 
57.16 	PERFORMANCE REPORT.
 57.17 	By February 15, 2016, the commissioner of education shall make a report to the 
57.18 	committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 
57.19 	education describing the performance of the contractor for the Minnesota Assessment 
57.20 	System, including documentation related to any payment reductions agreed to under the 
57.21 	terms of the contract, summary measures of stakeholder satisfaction with the assessment 
57.22 	system, and any other information the commissioner wishes to provide.

57.23 	Sec. 12. APPROPRIATIONS.
 57.24 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
57.25 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
57.26 	designated.
57.27 		Subd. 2.Statewide testing and reporting system. For the statewide testing and 
57.28 	reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30:

57.29		$
	18,865,000
	.....
	2016
	
57.30		$
	18,553,000
	.....
	2017
	
57.31 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
58.1 		Subd. 3.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For 
58.2 	students' advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under 
58.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs 
58.4 	for teachers and other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, 
58.5 	subdivision 1:

58.6		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2016
	
58.7		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2017
	
58.8 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation 
58.9 	each year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the 
58.10 	appropriation each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the 
58.11 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced 
58.12 	Placement Advisory Council and IBMN, respectively, shall determine the amounts of 
58.13 	the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for 
58.14 	each program.
58.15 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least 
58.16 	$500,000 each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs 
58.17 	and follow-up support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international 
58.18 	baccalaureate programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an 
58.19 	advanced placement or international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop 
58.20 	shall be the same. The commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount 
58.21 	of the subsidy.
58.22 	(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income 
58.23 	families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent 
58.24 	of available appropriations shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an 
58.25 	advanced placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
58.26 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
58.27 		Subd. 4.ACT administration to nonpublic pupils. For ACT administration to 
58.28 	nonpublic pupils under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 5:

58.29		$
	5,000
	.....
	2016
	
58.30		$
	0
	.....
	2017
	
58.31 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

58.32 	ARTICLE 4
58.33 	CHARTER SCHOOLS

58.34 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
59.1 		Subd. 8.Federal, state, and local requirements. (a) A charter school shall meet all 
59.2 	federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts.
59.3 	(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing 
59.4 	standards and assessments in chapter 120B.
59.5 	(c) A school authorized by a school board may be located in any district, unless the 
59.6 	school board of the district of the proposed location disapproves by written resolution.
59.7 	(d) A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, 
59.8 	employment practices, and all other operations. An authorizer may not authorize a charter 
59.9 	school or program that is affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious 
59.10 	institution. A charter school student must be released for religious instruction, consistent 
59.11 	with section 120A.22, subdivision 12, clause (3).
59.12 	(e) Charter schools must not be used as a method of providing education or 
59.13 	generating revenue for students who are being home-schooled. This paragraph does not 
59.14 	apply to shared time aid under section 126C.19.
59.15 	(f) The primary focus of a charter school must be to provide a comprehensive 
59.16 	program of instruction for at least one grade or age group from five through 18 years 
59.17 	of age. Instruction may be provided to people older than 18 years of age. A charter 
59.18 	school may offer a free preschool or prekindergarten that meets high-quality early 
59.19 	learning instructional program standards that are aligned with Minnesota's early learning 
59.20 	standards for children. A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled students 
59.21 	that are eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of deafness 
59.22 	or are hard-of-hearing may enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section 
59.23 	126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
59.24 	(g) A charter school may not charge tuition.
59.25 	(h) A charter school is subject to and must comply with chapter 363A and section 
59.26 	121A.04.
59.27 	(i) Once a student is enrolled in the school, the student is considered enrolled in the 
59.28 	school until the student formally withdraws or is expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal 
59.29 	Act in sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. A charter school is subject to and must comply with 
59.30 	the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, sections 121A.40 to 121A.56, and the Minnesota Public 
59.31 	School Fee Law, sections 123B.34 to 123B.39.
59.32 	(j) A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and 
59.33 	audit requirements as a district, except as required under subdivision 6a. Audits must be 
59.34 	conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the 
59.35 	federal Single Audit Act, if applicable, and section 6.65. A charter school is subject 
59.36 	to and must comply with sections 15.054; 118A.01; 118A.02; 118A.03; 118A.04; 
60.1 	118A.05; 118A.06; 471.38; 471.391; 471.392; and 471.425. The audit must comply with 
60.2 	the requirements of sections 123B.75 to 123B.83, except to the extent deviations are 
60.3 	necessary because of the program at the school. Deviations must be approved by the 
60.4 	commissioner and authorizer. The Department of Education, state auditor, legislative 
60.5 	auditor, or authorizer may conduct financial, program, or compliance audits. A charter 
60.6 	school determined to be in statutory operating debt under sections 123B.81 to 123B.83 
60.7 	must submit a plan under section 123B.81, subdivision 4.
60.8 	(k) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.
60.9 	(l) A charter school must comply with chapters 13 and 13D; and sections 120A.22, 
60.10 	subdivision 7; 121A.75; and 260B.171, subdivisions 3 and 5.
60.11 	(m) A charter school is subject to the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under 
60.12 	section 121A.11, subdivision 3.
60.13 	(n) A charter school offering online courses or programs must comply with section 
60.14 	124D.095.
60.15 	(o) A charter school and charter school board of directors are subject to chapter 181.
60.16 	(p) A charter school must comply with section 120A.22, subdivision 7, governing 
60.17 	the transfer of students' educational records and sections 138.163 and 138.17 governing 
60.18 	the management of local records.
60.19 	(q) A charter school that provides early childhood health and developmental 
60.20 	screening must comply with sections 121A.16 to 121A.19.
60.21 	(r) A charter school that provides school-sponsored youth athletic activities must 
60.22 	comply with section 121A.38.
60.23 	(s) A charter school is subject to and must comply with continuing truant notification 
60.24 	under section 260A.03.
60.25 	(t) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer 
60.26 	review process under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to 
60.27 	(13). The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional 
60.28 	employment rights for teachers.
60.29 	(u) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with 
60.30 	section 120B.11, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive 
60.31 	for the world's best workforce.
60.32 	(v) A charter school must comply with section 121A.031 governing policies on 
60.33 	prohibited conduct.
60.34 	(w) A charter school must comply with all pupil transportation requirements in 
60.35 	section 123B.88, subdivision 1. A charter school must not require parents to surrender 
60.36 	their rights to pupil transportation under section 123B.88, subdivision 2.

61.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
61.2 		Subd. 12.Pupils with a disability. A charter school must comply with sections 
61.3 	125A.02, 125A.03 to 125A.24, and 125A.65 and rules relating to the education of pupils 
61.4 	with a disability as though it were a district. A charter school enrolling prekindergarten 
61.5 	pupils with a disability under subdivision 8, paragraph (f), must comply with sections 
61.6 	125A.259 to 125A.48 and rules relating to the interagency early childhood intervention 
61.7 	system as though it were a district.

61.8 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 61.9 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
61.10 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
61.11 	designated.
61.12 		Subd. 2.Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota 
61.13 	Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4: 

61.14		$
	66,787,000
	.....
	2016
	
61.15		$
	73,603,000
	.....
	2017
	
61.16 	The 2016 appropriation includes $6,032,000 for 2015 and $60,755,000 for 2016.
61.17 	The 2017 appropriation includes $6,750,000 for 2016 and $66,853,000 for 2017.

61.18 	ARTICLE 5
61.19 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

61.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
61.21 		Subdivision 1.General education revenue. (a) General education revenue must 
61.22 	be paid to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue 
61.23 	for each adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, 
61.24 	plus the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus 
61.25 	an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, 
61.26 	subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, local optional 
61.27 	revenue, basic skills revenue, extended time support revenue, pension adjustment revenue, 
61.28 	transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment revenue, 
61.29 	basic skills revenue, extended time support revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and 
61.30 	transition revenue as though the school were a school district. The general education 
61.31 	revenue for each extended time support pupil unit equals $4,794.
61.32 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible 
61.33 	special education charter school as defined in subdivision 5a equals the sum of the 
62.1 	amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined in 
62.2 	subdivision 5a for educating students not eligible for special education services.

62.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
62.4 		Subd. 5.Special education aid. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, special 
62.5 	education aid must be paid to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as though 
62.6 	it were a school district.
62.7 	(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the special education aid paid to the charter school 
62.8 	shall be adjusted as follows:
62.9 	(1) if the charter school does not receive general education revenue on behalf of 
62.10 	the student according to subdivision 1, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 
62.11 	125A.11; or
62.12 	(2) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student 
62.13 	according to subdivision 1, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 127A.47, 
62.14 	subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (d) (e).

62.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

62.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.17 	to read:
62.18 		Subd. 5a.Definitions. (a) For purposes of subdivision 5b, the terms in this 
62.19 	subdivision have the meanings given.
62.20 	(b) "Unreimbursed costs" means the difference between the total cost of educating 
62.21 	students at the school and the total of state and federal aids and grants, excluding aid under 
62.22 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and subdivision 5b.
62.23 	(c) "Eligible special education charter school" means a charter school:
62.24 	(1) where the percent of students eligible for special education services equals at 
62.25 	least 90 percent of the charter school's total enrollment; and
62.26 	(2) that submits to the commissioner a preliminary annual budget by June 15 prior 
62.27 	to the start of the fiscal year and a revised budget by January 15 of the current fiscal 
62.28 	year detailing its unreimbursed costs for educating students eligible and not eligible for 
62.29 	special education services.

62.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

62.31 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.32 	to read:
63.1 		Subd. 5b.Special education aid for eligible special education charter schools.
 63.2 	(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 5, the special education aid for an eligible special 
63.3 	education charter school equals the sum of the school's special education aid under 
63.4 	subdivision 5, paragraph (a), and the school's approved unreimbursed cost for educating 
63.5 	students eligible for special education services.
63.6 	(b) The commissioner must review the budget data submitted by an eligible special 
63.7 	education charter school under subdivision 5a and notify the school of the approved 
63.8 	unreimbursed cost to be used for current aid payments within 30 days of receiving the 
63.9 	budget from the school.
63.10 	(c) For purposes of section 127A.45, subdivision 13, the aid under this subdivision 
63.11 	is not subject to the 97.4 percent current fiscal year special education aid entitlement 
63.12 	provision.
63.13 	(d) Final aid payments must be calculated using the actual unreimbursed costs as 
63.14 	determined by the department based on year-end financial and student data submitted by 
63.15 	the charter school.

63.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

63.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.03, is amended to read:
63.18 	125A.03 SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY.
63.19 	(a) As defined in paragraph (b), every district must provide special instruction and 
63.20 	services, either within the district or in another district, for all children with a disability, 
63.21 	including providing required services under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 
63.22 	300.121, paragraph (d), to those children suspended or expelled from school for more than 
63.23 	ten school days in that school year, who are residents of the district and who are disabled 
63.24 	as set forth in section 125A.02. For purposes of state and federal special education laws, 
63.25 	the phrase "special instruction and services" in the state Education Code means a free 
63.26 	and appropriate public education provided to an eligible child with disabilities. "Free 
63.27 	appropriate public education" means special education and related services that:
63.28 	(1) are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and 
63.29 	without charge;
63.30 	(2) meet the standards of the state, including the requirements of the Individuals 
63.31 	with Disabilities Education Act, Part B or C;
63.32 	(3) include an appropriate preschool, elementary school, or secondary school 
63.33 	education; and
64.1 	(4) are provided to children ages three through 21 in conformity with an 
64.2 	individualized education program that meets the requirements of the Individuals with 
64.3 	Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 300.320 to 300.324, and provided to 
64.4 	infants and toddlers in conformity with an individualized family service plan that meets 
64.5 	the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 
64.6 	303.300 to 303.346.
64.7 	(b) Notwithstanding any age limits in laws to the contrary, special instruction and 
64.8 	services must be provided from birth until July 1 after the child with a disability becomes 
64.9 	21 years old but shall not extend beyond secondary school or its equivalent, except as 
64.10 	provided in section 124D.68, subdivision 2. Local health, education, and social service 
64.11 	agencies must refer children under age five who are known to need or suspected of 
64.12 	needing special instruction and services to the school district. Districts with less than the 
64.13 	minimum number of eligible children with a disability as determined by the commissioner 
64.14 	must cooperate with other districts to maintain a full range of programs for education 
64.15 	and services for children with a disability. This section does not alter the compulsory 
64.16 	attendance requirements of section 120A.22.
64.17 	(c) At the board's discretion, a school district that participates in a reciprocity 
64.18 	agreement with a neighboring state under section 124D.041 may enroll and provide 
64.19 	special instruction and services to a child from an adjoining state whose family resides 
64.20 	at a Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service if the district has 
64.21 	completed child identification procedures for that child to determine the child's eligibility 
64.22 	for special education services, and the child has received developmental screening under 
64.23 	sections 121A.16 to 121A.19.

64.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

64.25 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.26 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident tuition rate; other costs. (a) For fiscal year 2015 and 
64.27 	later, when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil with 
64.28 	a disability as defined in section 125A.02 outside the district of residence, excluding 
64.29 	a pupil for whom an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to 
64.30 	section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the 
64.31 	resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing 
64.32 	special instruction and services to the pupil, including a proportionate amount for special 
64.33 	transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt service costs for facilities used 
64.34 	primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount of general education revenue and 
64.35 	referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident district's 
65.1 	average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil 
65.2 	unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity 
65.3 	revenue, minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability 
65.4 	under section 125A.76 received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives 
65.5 	special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent 
65.6 	of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization 
65.7 	aid, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, district support 
65.8 	services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, 
65.9 	attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction 
65.10 	and services outside of the regular classroom, calculated using the resident district's 
65.11 	average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit 
65.12 	excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue 
65.13 	and the serving district's basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary 
65.14 	sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit. Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils 
65.15 	served by a cooperative unit without a fiscal agent school district, the general education 
65.16 	revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using 
65.17 	the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 
65.18 	excluding compensatory revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity 
65.19 	revenue. Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special 
65.20 	instruction and services for the pupil must be increased by the amount of the reduction in 
65.21 	the aid paid to the resident district. Amounts paid to cooperatives under this subdivision 
65.22 	and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, shall be recognized and reported as revenues and 
65.23 	expenditures on the resident school district's books of account under sections 123B.75 
65.24 	and 123B.76. If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
65.25 	adjustment, the remaining adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district.
65.26 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education 
65.27 	aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5b, provides special instruction and services for 
65.28 	a pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02, excluding a pupil for whom an 
65.29 	adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.46, subdivision 
65.30 	7, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must be reduced 
65.31 	by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter school received 
65.32 	aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), special education 
65.33 	aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services for the pupil must 
65.34 	not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district.
65.35 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 
65.36 	(b) to (d), a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive special 
66.1 	education and related services, a site approved under section 125A.515, an intermediate 
66.2 	district, a special education cooperative, or a school district that served as the applicant 
66.3 	agency for a group of school districts for federal special education aids for fiscal year 
66.4 	2006 may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an 
66.5 	additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with 
66.6 	a disability. The application must include a description of the costs and the calculations 
66.7 	used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the resident district. Amounts 
66.8 	approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be included in the tuition billings 
66.9 	or aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 
66.10 	(b) to (d), as applicable.
66.11 	(c) (d)  For purposes of this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, 
66.12 	paragraph (b), "general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means 
66.13 	the sum of the general education revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, 
66.14 	excluding the local optional levy according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph 
66.15 	(c), plus the referendum equalization aid according to section 126C.17, subdivision 7.

66.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

66.17 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.79, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.18 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this 
66.19 	subdivision apply.
66.20 	(a) "Unreimbursed old formula special education expenditures" means:
66.21 	(1) old formula special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus
66.22 	(2) for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the sum of the special education aid under section 
66.23 	125A.76, subdivision 5, for the prior fiscal year and the cross subsidy reduction aid under 
66.24 	section 125A.76, subdivision 2b, and for fiscal year 2016 and later, the special education 
66.25 	initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus
66.26 	(3) for fiscal year 2016 and later, the amount of general education revenue, excluding 
66.27 	local optional revenue, plus local optional aid and referendum equalization aid for the 
66.28 	prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services outside the 
66.29 	regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time the 
66.30 	pupils receive special instruction and services outside the regular classroom, excluding 
66.31 	portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services, 
66.32 	operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation.
66.33 	(b) "Unreimbursed nonfederal special education expenditures" means:
66.34 	(1) nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus
66.35 	(2) special education initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus
67.1 	(3) the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid for the 
67.2 	prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services outside the 
67.3 	regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time the 
67.4 	pupils receive special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding 
67.5 	portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services, 
67.6 	operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation.
67.7 	(c) "General revenue" for a school district means the sum of the general education 
67.8 	revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, excluding transportation sparsity 
67.9 	revenue, local optional revenue, and total operating capital revenue. "General revenue" 
67.10 	for a charter school means the sum of the general education revenue according to section 
67.11 	124D.11, subdivision 1, and transportation revenue according to section 124D.11, 
67.12 	subdivision 2, excluding referendum equalization aid, transportation sparsity revenue, and 
67.13 	operating capital revenue.

67.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.45, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
67.15 		Subd. 3.Payment dates and percentages. (a) The commissioner shall pay to a 
67.16 	district on the dates indicated an amount computed as follows: the cumulative amount 
67.17 	guaranteed minus the sum of (1) the district's other district receipts through the current 
67.18 	payment, and (2) the aid and credit payments through the immediately preceding payment. 
67.19 	For purposes of this computation, the payment dates and the cumulative disbursement 
67.20 	percentages are as follows:

67.21		Payment date
	Percentage
		
67.22	Payment 1
	July 15:
	5.5
		
67.23	Payment 2
	July 30:
	8.0
		
67.24	Payment 3
	August 15:
	17.5
		
67.25	Payment 4
	August 30:
	20.0
		
67.26	Payment 5
	September 15:
	22.5
		
67.27	Payment 6
	September 30:
	25.0
		
67.28	Payment 7
	October 15:
	27.0
		
67.29	Payment 8
	October 30:
	30.0
		
67.30	Payment 9
	November 15:
	32.5
		
67.31	Payment 10
	November 30:
	36.5
		
67.32	Payment 11
	December 15:
	42.0
		
67.33	Payment 12
	December 30:
	45.0
		
67.34	Payment 13
	January 15:
	50.0
		
67.35	Payment 14
	January 30:
	54.0
		
67.36	Payment 15
	February 15:
	58.0
		
67.37	Payment 16
	February 28:
	63.0
		
67.38	Payment 17
	March 15:
	68.0
		
68.1	Payment 18
	March 30:
	74.0
		
68.2	Payment 19
	April 15:
	78.0
		
68.3	Payment 20
	April 30:
	85.0
		
68.4	Payment 21
	May 15:
	90.0
		
68.5	Payment 22
	May 30:
	95.0
		
68.6	Payment 23
	June 20:
	100.0
		
68.7 	(b) In addition to the amounts paid under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay 
68.8 	to a school district or charter school on the dates indicated an amount computed as follows:

68.968.10
	Payment 3
	August 15: the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for the state paid 
property tax credits established in section 273.1392
	
68.11
68.12	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
	
68.13
68.14	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
	
68.15
68.16	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
	
68.17 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if the current year aid payment percentage 
68.18 	under subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is less than 90, in addition to the amounts paid under 
68.19 	paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay to a charter school on the dates indicated an 
68.20 	amount computed as follows:

68.21
68.22	Payment 1
	July 15: 75 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for 
all aid entitlements
	
68.23
68.24	Payment 8
	October 30: 25 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year 
for all aid entitlements
	
68.25 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if a charter school is an eligible special education 
68.26 	charter school under section 124D.11, subdivision 5a, in addition to the amounts paid 
68.27 	under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay to a charter school on the dates indicated 
68.28 	an amount computed as follows:

68.29
68.30	Payment 1
	July 15: 75 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for 
all aid entitlements
	
68.31
68.32	Payment 8
	October 30: 25 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year 
for all aid entitlements

68.33 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
68.34 		Subd. 7.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and 
68.35 	special education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident 
68.36 	district under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The 
68.37 	adjustments must be made according to this subdivision.
68.38 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 
68.39 	education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 
69.1 	special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 
69.2 	lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 
69.3 	with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 
69.4 	who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives 
69.5 	special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of 
69.6 	the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 
69.7 	as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (c) (d), attributable to that pupil 
69.8 	for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of the 
69.9 	regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, 
69.10 	district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil 
69.11 	transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 125A.76 attributable to 
69.12 	that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and services. For 
69.13 	purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 
69.14 	attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average general 
69.15 	education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.
69.16 	(c) For fiscal year 2015 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district 
69.17 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 90 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 
69.18 	special education and services.
69.19 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district 
69.20 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special 
69.21 	education and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or 
69.22 	charter school where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at 
69.23 	least 70 percent of the charter school's total enrollment.
69.24 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district 
69.25 	must be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special 
69.26 	education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5b, calculated as if the charter school 
69.27 	received special education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5.
69.28 	(e) (f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special 
69.29 	instruction and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must 
69.30 	be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under 
69.31 	paragraphs (c) and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make 
69.32 	the full adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be 
69.33 	made to other state aids due to the district.
69.34 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district 
69.35 	of a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school 
69.36 	receives general education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), must 
70.1 	be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid 
70.2 	attributable to the student under section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and the 
70.3 	general education aid that the student would have generated for the charter school under 
70.4 	section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial 
70.5 	education student" means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a 
70.6 	disability, as defined in section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.
70.7 	(f) (h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate 
70.8 	district, education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of 
70.9 	the constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have 
70.10 	the general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 
70.11 	paragraph (e) (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more 
70.12 	than 100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus 
70.13 	an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, 
70.14 	subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional 
70.15 	revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils 
70.16 	attending the area learning center.

70.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

70.18 	Sec. 10. APPROPRIATIONS.
 70.19 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
70.20 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
70.21 	designated.
70.22 		Subd. 2.Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota 
70.23 	Statutes, section 125A.75:

70.24		$
	1,171,029,000
	.....
	2016
	
70.25		$
	1,228,842,000
	.....
	2017
	
70.26 	The 2016 appropriation includes $137,932,000 for 2015 and $1,033,097,000 for 
70.27 	2016.
70.28 	The 2017 appropriation includes $145,429,000 for 2016 and $1,083,413,000 for 
70.29 	2017.
70.30 		Subd. 3.Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
70.31 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

70.32		$
	361,000
	.....
	2016
	
70.33		$
	371,000
	.....
	2017
	
71.1 	The 2016 appropriation includes $35,000 for 2015 and $326,000 for 2016.
71.2 	The 2017 appropriation includes $36,000 for 2016 and $335,000 for 2017.
71.3 		Subd. 4.Special education out-of-state tuition. For special education out-of-state 
71.4 	tuition according to Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:

71.5		$
	250,000
	.....
	2016
	
71.6		$
	250,000
	.....
	2017
	
71.7 		Subd. 5.Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
71.8 	section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities 
71.9 	within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

71.10		$
	1,406,000
	.....
	2016
	
71.11		$
	1,629,000
	.....
	2017
	
71.12 	If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
71.13 	year is available.
71.14 		Subd. 6.Court-placed special education revenue. For reimbursing serving school 
71.15 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
71.16 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

71.17		$
	56,000
	.....
	2016
	
71.18		$
	57,000
	.....
	2017
	
71.19 		Subd. 7.Training and technical assistance to reduce district use of seclusion and 
71.20 	restraint. For providing school districts with training and technical assistance to reduce 
71.21 	district use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs:

71.22		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016
	
71.23 	Of this appropriation, $75,000 is available to the commissioner to reimburse school 
71.24 	districts for the cost of hiring experts to provide staff training in reducing district use of 
71.25 	seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs. Of this appropriation, $25,000 is 
71.26 	available to the commissioner for the costs of providing specialized training and assistance 
71.27 	to school districts with a high use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs. 
71.28 	The commissioner may contract with experts from intermediate school districts teams or 
71.29 	level four programs to provide the specialized training and technical assistance. Any funds 
71.30 	unexpended in fiscal year 2016 do not cancel but carry forward into the next fiscal year.

72.1 	ARTICLE 6
72.2 	FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

72.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
72.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the eligible debt service 
72.5 	revenue of a district is defined as follows:
72.6 	(1) the amount needed to produce between five and six percent in excess of the 
72.7 	amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the obligations of 
72.8 	the district for eligible projects according to subdivision 2, including the amounts necessary 
72.9 	for repayment of energy loans according to section 216C.37 or sections 298.292 to 298.298, 
72.10 	debt service loans and, capital loans, and lease purchase payments under section 126C.40, 
72.11 	subdivision 2, alternative facilities levies under section 123B.59, subdivision 5, paragraph 
72.12 	(a), excluding long-term facilities maintenance levies under section 123B.595, minus
72.13 	(2) the amount of debt service excess levy reduction for that school year calculated 
72.14 	according to the procedure established by the commissioner.
72.15 	(b) The obligations in this paragraph are excluded from eligible debt service revenue:
72.16 	(1) obligations under section 123B.61;
72.17 	(2) the part of debt service principal and interest paid from the taconite environmental 
72.18 	protection fund or Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust, excluding the portion of 
72.19 	taconite payments from the Iron Range school consolidation and cooperatively operated 
72.20 	school account under section 298.28, subdivision 7a;
72.21 	(3) obligations issued under Laws 1991, chapter 265, article 5, section 18, as 
72.22 	amended by Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 5, section 24;
72.23 	(4) obligations under section 123B.62; and
72.24 	(5) obligations equalized under section 123B.535.
72.25 	(c) For purposes of this section, if a preexisting school district reorganized under 
72.26 	sections 123A.35 to 123A.43, 123A.46, and 123A.48 is solely responsible for retirement 
72.27 	of the preexisting district's bonded indebtedness, capital loans or debt service loans, debt 
72.28 	service equalization aid must be computed separately for each of the preexisting districts.
72.29 	(d) For purposes of this section, the adjusted net tax capacity determined according 
72.30 	to sections 127A.48 and 273.1325 shall be adjusted to include the tax capacity of property 
72.31 	generally exempted from ad valorem taxes under section 272.02, subdivision 64.

72.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
72.33 	later.

72.34 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
73.1 		Subd. 4.Debt service equalization revenue. (a) The debt service equalization 
73.2 	revenue of a district equals the sum of the first tier debt service equalization revenue and 
73.3 	the second tier debt service equalization revenue.
73.4 	(b) The first tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater 
73.5 	of zero or the eligible debt service revenue minus the amount raised by a levy of 15.74 
73.6 	percent times the adjusted net tax capacity of the district minus the second tier debt service 
73.7 	equalization revenue of the district.
73.8 	(c) The second tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater 
73.9 	of zero or the eligible debt service revenue, excluding alternative facilities levies under 
73.10 	section 123B.59, subdivision 5, minus the amount raised by a levy of 26.24 percent times 
73.11 	the adjusted net tax capacity of the district.

73.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
73.13 	later.

73.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, is amended to read:
73.15 	123B.57 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE; HEALTH AND SAFETY.
73.16 		Subdivision 1.Health and safety revenue application. (a) To receive health 
73.17 	and safety revenue for any fiscal year a district must submit to the commissioner a 
73.18 	capital expenditure health and safety revenue application by the date determined by the 
73.19 	commissioner. The application must include a health and safety budget adopted and 
73.20 	confirmed by the school district board as being consistent with the district's health and 
73.21 	safety policy under subdivision 2. The budget must include the estimated cost of the 
73.22 	program per Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) finance 
73.23 	code, by fiscal year. Upon approval through the adoption of a resolution by each of an 
73.24 	intermediate district's member school district boards and the approval of the Department 
73.25 	of Education, a school district may include its proportionate share of the costs of health 
73.26 	and safety projects for an intermediate district in its application.
73.27 	(b) Health and safety projects with an estimated cost of $500,000 or more per 
73.28 	site are not eligible for health and safety revenue. Health and safety projects with an 
73.29 	estimated cost of $500,000 or more per site that meet all other requirements for health and 
73.30 	safety funding, are eligible for alternative facilities bonding and levy revenue according 
73.31 	to section 123B.59. A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into 
73.32 	components to qualify for health and safety revenue, and shall not combine unrelated 
73.33 	projects into a single project to qualify for alternative facilities bonding and levy revenue.
74.1 	(c) The commissioner of education shall not make eligibility for health and safety 
74.2 	revenue contingent on a district's compliance status, level of program development, or 
74.3 	training. The commissioner shall not mandate additional performance criteria such as 
74.4 	training, certifications, or compliance evaluations as a prerequisite for levy approval.
74.5 		Subd. 2.Health and safety policy. To qualify for health and safety revenue, a 
74.6 	school board must adopt a health and safety policy. The policy must include provisions 
74.7 	for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, and 
74.8 	environmental regulations and best practices including indoor air quality management.
74.9 		Subd. 3.Health and safety revenue. A district's health and safety revenue 
74.10 	for a fiscal year equals the district's alternative facilities levy under section 123B.59, 
74.11 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b), plus the greater of zero or:
74.12 	(1) the sum of (a) the total approved cost of the district's hazardous substance 
74.13 	plan for fiscal years 1985 through 1989, plus (b) the total approved cost of the district's 
74.14 	health and safety program for fiscal year 1990 through the fiscal year to which the levy 
74.15 	is attributable, excluding expenditures funded with bonds issued under section 123B.59 
74.16 	or 123B.62, or chapter 475; certificates of indebtedness or capital notes under section 
74.17 	123B.61; levies under section 123B.58, 123B.59, 123B.63, or 126C.40, subdivision 1 or 
74.18 	6; and other federal, state, or local revenues, minus
74.19 	(2) the sum of (a) the district's total hazardous substance aid and levy for fiscal years 
74.20 	1985 through 1989 under sections 124.245 and 275.125, subdivision 11c, plus (b) the 
74.21 	district's health and safety revenue under this subdivision, for years before the fiscal year 
74.22 	to which the levy is attributable.
74.23 		Subd. 4.Health and safety levy. To receive health and safety revenue, a district 
74.24 	may levy an amount equal to the district's health and safety revenue as defined in 
74.25 	subdivision 3 multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by 
74.26 	dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year preceding the year the 
74.27 	levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for the school year to which 
74.28 	the levy is attributable, to $3,165.
74.29 		Subd. 5.Health and safety aid. A district's health and safety aid is the difference 
74.30 	between its health and safety revenue and its health and safety levy. If a district does not 
74.31 	levy the entire amount permitted, health and safety aid must be reduced in proportion to 
74.32 	the actual amount levied. Health and safety aid may not be reduced as a result of reducing 
74.33 	a district's health and safety levy according to section 123B.79.
74.34 		Subd. 6.Uses of Health and safety revenue capital projects. (a) Health and 
74.35 	safety revenue may be used only for approved capital projects may include expenditures 
74.36 	necessary for the correction of fire and life safety hazards; design, purchase, installation, 
75.1 	maintenance, and inspection of fire protection and alarm equipment; purchase or 
75.2 	construction of appropriate facilities for the storage of combustible and flammable 
75.3 	materials; inventories and facility modifications not related to a remodeling project 
75.4 	to comply with lab safety requirements under section 121A.31; inspection, testing, 
75.5 	repair, removal or encapsulation, and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials; 
75.6 	cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls; cleanup and disposal of hazardous and 
75.7 	infectious wastes; cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating fuel or 
75.8 	transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section 
75.9 	296A.01; correction of occupational safety and health administration regulated hazards; 
75.10 	indoor air quality inspections, investigations, and testing; mold abatement; upgrades or 
75.11 	replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating, 
75.12 	Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code; 
75.13 	design, materials, and installation of local exhaust ventilation systems, including required 
75.14 	make-up air for controlling regulated hazardous substances; correction of Department of 
75.15 	Health Food Code violations; correction of swimming pool hazards excluding depth 
75.16 	correction; playground safety inspections, repair of unsafe outdoor playground equipment, 
75.17 	and the installation of impact surfacing materials; bleacher repair or rebuilding to comply 
75.18 	with the order of a building code inspector under section 326B.112; testing and mitigation 
75.19 	of elevated radon hazards; lead testing; copper in water testing; cleanup after major 
75.20 	weather-related disasters or flooding; reduction of excessive organic and inorganic levels 
75.21 	in wells and capping of abandoned wells; installation and testing of boiler backflow valves 
75.22 	to prevent contamination of potable water; vaccinations, titers, and preventative supplies 
75.23 	for bloodborne pathogen compliance; costs to comply with the Janet B. Johnson Parents' 
75.24 	Right to Know Act; automated external defibrillators and other emergency plan equipment 
75.25 	and supplies specific to the district's emergency action plan; compliance with the National 
75.26 	Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for school generators established by the 
75.27 	United States Environmental Protection Agency; and health, safety, and environmental 
75.28 	management costs associated with implementing the district's health and safety program 
75.29 	including costs to establish and operate safety committees, in school buildings or property 
75.30 	owned or being acquired by the district. Testing and calibration activities are permitted for 
75.31 	existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five years.
75.32 	(b) For fiscal years 2014 through 2017, a school district must not include expenses 
75.33 	related to emission compliance projects for school generators in its health and safety 
75.34 	revenue capital projects unless it reduces its approved spending on other qualified health 
75.35 	and safety projects by the same amount.
76.1 		Subd. 6a.Restrictions on health and safety revenue.  Notwithstanding subdivision 
76.2 	6, health and safety revenue must not be used:
76.3 	(1) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other 
76.4 	deferred payments agreement;
76.5 	(2) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the 
76.6 	purchase of portable classrooms;
76.7 	(3) for interest or other financing expenses;
76.8 	(4) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property 
76.9 	or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for 
76.10 	a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education;
76.11 	(5) for replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows, 
76.12 	internal fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition of 
76.13 	facilities, structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions, violence 
76.14 	prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or public announcement systems and 
76.15 	emergency communication devices; or
76.16 	(6) for building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning supplies, maintenance, 
76.17 	and cleaning activities. All assessments, investigations, inventories, and support 
76.18 	equipment not leading to the engineering or construction of a project shall be included in 
76.19 	the health, safety, and environmental management costs in subdivision 8, paragraph (a).
76.20 		Subd. 6b.Health and safety projects. (a) Health and safety revenue applications 
76.21 	defined in subdivision 1 must be accompanied by a description of each project for which 
76.22 	funding is being requested. Project descriptions must provide enough detail for an auditor 
76.23 	to determine if the work qualifies for revenue. For projects other than fire and life 
76.24 	safety projects, playground projects, and health, safety, and environmental management 
76.25 	activities, a project description does not need to include itemized details such as material 
76.26 	types, room locations, square feet, names, or license numbers. The commissioner 
76.27 	may request supporting information and shall approve only projects that comply with 
76.28 	subdivisions 6 and 8, as defined by the Department of Education.
76.29 	(b) Districts may request funding for allowable projects based on self-assessments, 
76.30 	safety committee recommendations, insurance inspections, management assistance 
76.31 	reports, fire marshal orders, or other mandates. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph 
76.32 	(b), and subdivision 8, paragraph (b), for projects under $500,000, individual project 
76.33 	size for projects authorized by this subdivision is not limited and may include related 
76.34 	work in multiple facilities. Health and safety management costs from subdivision 8 may 
76.35 	be reported as a single project.
77.1 	(c) All costs directly related to a project shall be reported in the appropriate Uniform 
77.2 	Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) finance code.
77.3 	(d) For fire and life safety egress and all other projects exceeding $20,000, cited 
77.4 	under the Minnesota Fire Code, a fire marshal plan review is required.
77.5 	(e) Districts shall update project estimates with actual expenditures for each 
77.6 	fiscal year. If a project's final cost is significantly higher than originally approved, the 
77.7 	commissioner may request additional supporting information.
77.8 		Subd. 6c.Appeals process. In the event a district is denied funding approval for 
77.9 	a project the district believes complies with subdivisions 6 and 8, and is not otherwise 
77.10 	excluded, a district may appeal the decision. All such requests must be in writing. The 
77.11 	commissioner shall respond in writing. A written request must contain the following: 
77.12 	project number; description and amount; reason for denial; unresolved questions for 
77.13 	consideration; reasons for reconsideration; and a specific statement of what action the 
77.14 	district is requesting.
77.15 		Subd. 7.Proration. In the event that the health and safety aid available for any year 
77.16 	is prorated, a district having its aid prorated may levy an additional amount equal to the 
77.17 	amount not paid by the state due to proration.
77.18 		Subd. 8.Health, safety, and environmental management cost. (a) "Health, safety, 
77.19 	and environmental management" is defined in section 123B.56.
77.20 	(b) A district's cost for health, safety, and environmental management is limited to 
77.21 	the lesser of:
77.22 	(1) actual cost to implement their plan; or
77.23 	(2) an amount determined by the commissioner, based on enrollment, building 
77.24 	age, and size.
77.25 	(c) The department may contract with regional service organizations, private 
77.26 	contractors, Minnesota Safety Council, or state agencies to provide management 
77.27 	assistance to school districts for health and safety capital projects. Management assistance 
77.28 	is the development of written programs for the identification, recognition and control of 
77.29 	hazards, and prioritization and scheduling of district health and safety capital projects. The 
77.30 	commissioner shall not mandate management assistance or exclude private contractors 
77.31 	from the opportunity to provide any health and safety services to school districts.

77.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
77.33 	later.

77.34 	Sec. 4. [123B.595] LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE REVENUE.
78.1 		Subdivision 1.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) For fiscal year 
78.2 	2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) $193 times 
78.3 	the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
78.4 	average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor 
78.5 	air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section 
78.6 	123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site or (2) the 
78.7 	sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
78.8 	section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 
78.9 	2014, section 123B.591.
78.10 	(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the 
78.11 	greater of (1) $292 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the 
78.12 	ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the 
78.13 	commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement 
78.14 	projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more 
78.15 	per site or (2) the sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota 
78.16 	Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota 
78.17 	Statutes 2014, section 123B.591.
78.18 	(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals 
78.19 	the greater of (1) $380 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or 
78.20 	the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the 
78.21 	commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement 
78.22 	projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more 
78.23 	per site or (2) the sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota 
78.24 	Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota 
78.25 	Statutes 2014, section 123B.591.
78.26 		Subd. 2.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school. (a) 
78.27 	For fiscal year 2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school 
78.28 	equals $34 times the adjusted pupil units.
78.29 	(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter 
78.30 	school equals $85 times the adjusted pupil units.
78.31 	(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a 
78.32 	charter school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units.
78.33 		Subd. 3.Intermediate districts and other cooperative units. Upon approval 
78.34 	through the adoption of a resolution by each member district school board of an 
78.35 	intermediate district or other cooperative units under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, 
78.36 	and the approval of the commissioner of education, a school district may include in its 
79.1 	authority under this section a proportionate share of the long-term maintenance costs 
79.2 	of the intermediate district or cooperative unit. The cooperative unit may issue bonds 
79.3 	to finance the project costs or levy for the costs, using long-term maintenance revenue 
79.4 	transferred from member districts to make debt service payments or pay project costs. 
79.5 	Authority under this subdivision is in addition to the authority for individual district 
79.6 	projects under subdivision 1.
79.7 		Subd. 4.Facilities plans. (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school 
79.8 	district or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility 
79.9 	plan adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include 
79.10 	provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, 
79.11 	and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management.
79.12 	(b) The district must annually update the plan, biennially submit a facility 
79.13 	maintenance plan to the commissioner, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds 
79.14 	to finance the plan or levy for the costs.
79.15 	(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a 
79.16 	debt service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the 
79.17 	principal and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term 
79.18 	facilities revenue for that year.
79.19 		Subd. 5.Bond authorization. (a) A school district may issue general obligation 
79.20 	bonds under this section to finance facilities plans approved by its board and the 
79.21 	commissioner. Chapter 475, except sections 475.58 and 475.59, must be complied with. 
79.22 	The authority to issue bonds under this section is in addition to any bonding authority 
79.23 	authorized by this chapter or other law. The amount of bonding authority authorized 
79.24 	under this section must be disregarded in calculating the bonding or net debt limits of this 
79.25 	chapter, or any other law other than section 475.53, subdivision 4.
79.26 	(b) At least 20 days before the earliest of solicitation of bids, the issuance of bonds, 
79.27 	or the final certification of levies under subdivision 6, the district must publish notice 
79.28 	of the intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district 
79.29 	indebtedness.
79.30 	(c) The portion of revenue under this section for bonded debt must be recognized 
79.31 	in the debt service fund.
79.32 		Subd. 6.Levy authorization. A district may levy for costs related to an approved 
79.33 	plan under subdivision 4 as follows:
79.34 	(1) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that bonds will be issued, the 
79.35 	district may levy for the principal and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued 
79.36 	under subdivision 5 after reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; 
80.1 	(2) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that the plan will be funded 
80.2 	through levy, the district may levy according to the schedule approved in the plan after 
80.3 	reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; or
80.4 	(3) if the debt service revenue for a district required to pay the principal and interest 
80.5 	on bonds issued under subdivision 5 exceeds the district's long-term facilities maintenance 
80.6 	revenue for the same fiscal year, the district's general fund levy must be reduced by the 
80.7 	amount of the excess.
80.8 		Subd. 7.Long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue. (a) For fiscal 
80.9 	year 2017 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue equals 
80.10 	the lesser of (1) $193 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's revenue under 
80.11 	subdivision 1.
80.12 	(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance 
80.13 	equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $292 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) 
80.14 	the district's revenue under subdivision 1.
80.15 	(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance 
80.16 	equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $380 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) 
80.17 	the district's revenue under subdivision 1.
80.18 		Subd. 8.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy. For fiscal year 2017 
80.19 	and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's 
80.20 	long-term facilities maintenance revenue minus the greater of:
80.21 	(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance revenue or the amount 
80.22 	of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
80.23 	123B.59, subdivision 6; or
80.24 	(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the 
80.25 	greater of (i) zero or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted 
80.26 	pupil unit in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 percent of the state 
80.27 	average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the year preceding the year 
80.28 	the levy is certified.
80.29 		Subd. 9.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. For fiscal year 2017 
80.30 	and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid equals its long-term 
80.31 	facilities maintenance revenue minus its long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy 
80.32 	times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.
80.33 		Subd. 10.Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) A 
80.34 	district may use revenue under this section for any of the following:
80.35 	(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent 
80.36 	further erosion of facilities;
81.1 	(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities; or
81.2 	(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57.
81.3 	(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related 
81.4 	to the school.
81.5 		Subd. 11.Restrictions on long-term facilities maintenance revenue.
 81.6 	Notwithstanding subdivision 11, long-term facilities maintenance revenue may not be used:
81.7 	(1) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the 
81.8 	purchase of portable classrooms;
81.9 	(2) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other 
81.10 	deferred payments agreement;
81.11 	(3) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property 
81.12 	or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for 
81.13 	a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; or
81.14 	(4) for violence prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or emergency 
81.15 	communication devices.
81.16 		Subd. 12.Reserve account. The portion of long-term facilities maintenance 
81.17 	revenue not recognized under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), must be maintained in a 
81.18 	reserve account within the general fund.

81.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
81.20 	later.

81.21 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
81.22 		Subd. 2.Adjusted net tax capacity. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), 
81.23 	"adjusted net tax capacity" means the net tax capacity of the taxable property of the 
81.24 	district as adjusted by the commissioner of revenue under sections 127A.48 and 273.1325. 
81.25 	The adjusted net tax capacity for any given calendar year must be used to compute levy 
81.26 	limitations for levies certified in the succeeding calendar year and aid for the school year 
81.27 	beginning in the second succeeding calendar year.
81.28 	(b) For purposes of the long-term maintenance facilities equalization levy under 
81.29 	section 123B.595, subdivision 8, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described in 
81.30 	paragraph (a) reduced by 50 percent of the value of class 2a agricultural land determined 
81.31 	under that paragraph before the application of the growth limit under section 127A.48, 
81.32 	subdivision 7.

81.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2016 and later.

82.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.33, is amended to read:
82.2 	127A.33 SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND; APPORTIONMENT.
82.3 	(a) The commissioner shall apportion the school endowment fund semiannually on 
82.4 	the first Monday in March and September in each year, to districts whose schools have 
82.5 	been in session at least nine months. The apportionment shall be in proportion to each 
82.6 	district's adjusted average daily membership during the preceding year. The apportionment 
82.7 	shall not be paid to a district for pupils for whom tuition is received by the district.
82.8 	(b) For fiscal year 2016 and later, a district must reserve for school technology 
82.9 	and telecommunications infrastructure, programs, and training an amount equal to the 
82.10 	greater of (1) zero or (2) the total fiscal year apportionment per prior year pupil in adjusted 
82.11 	average daily membership minus $31.62.

82.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

82.13 	Sec. 7. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; 1:1 DEVICE PROGRAM 
82.14 	GUIDELINES.
 82.15 	The commissioner of education must research existing 1:1 device programs in 
82.16 	Minnesota and across the country to determine best practices for Minnesota schools 
82.17 	implementing 1:1 device programs. By February 15, 2016, the commissioner must 
82.18 	develop and publish guidelines to ensure maximum effectiveness of 1:1 device programs 
82.19 	and make a report on the research findings to the committees of the legislature with 
82.20 	jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education.

82.21 	Sec. 8. FAIR SCHOOL CRYSTAL TRANSITION.
 82.22 		Subdivision 1.Student enrollment. A student enrolled in the FAIR School 
82.23 	Crystal during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during 
82.24 	the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School Crystal in any 
82.25 	year through the 2019-2020 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other 
82.26 	students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03.
82.27 		Subd. 2.Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation 
82.28 	revenue. For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate 
82.29 	compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR 
82.30 	School Crystal based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts.
82.31 		Subd. 3.Pupil transportation. The district may transport a pupil enrolled in 
82.32 	the 2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016 
82.33 	school year to and from the FAIR School Crystal in succeeding school years regardless 
83.1 	of the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section are 
83.2 	reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87.

83.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following the date on which 
83.4 	the real and personal property of the FAIR School Crystal in Crystal is conveyed to 
83.5 	Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale.

83.6 	Sec. 9. FAIR SCHOOL DOWNTOWN TRANSITION.
 83.7 		Subdivision 1.Student enrollment. A student enrolled in the FAIR School 
83.8 	downtown during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during 
83.9 	the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School downtown in any 
83.10 	year through the 2018-2019 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other 
83.11 	students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03.
83.12 		Subd. 2.Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation 
83.13 	revenue. For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate 
83.14 	compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR 
83.15 	School downtown based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts.
83.16 		Subd. 3.Pupil transportation. The district may transport a pupil enrolled in the 
83.17 	2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016 school 
83.18 	year to and from the FAIR School downtown in succeeding school years regardless of 
83.19 	the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section are 
83.20 	reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87.

83.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following the date on which 
83.22 	the real and personal property of the FAIR School downtown in Minneapolis is conveyed 
83.23 	to Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis.

83.24 	Sec. 10. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PARTNERSHIP.
 83.25 		Subdivision 1.Request for proposals. The commissioner of education shall issue 
83.26 	a request for proposals no later than July 1, 2015, and award a contract no later than 
83.27 	September 1, 2015, to a provider for the program under subdivision 3.
83.28 		Subd. 2.Eligible schools. A school district, intermediate district, or charter school 
83.29 	is eligible to participate in the program under this section, as long as funds are available. 
83.30 		Subd. 3.Program description; provider duties. (a) The provider must partner 
83.31 	with eligible schools to make available a program to teach information technology skills 
83.32 	and competencies that are essential for career and college readiness. By December 1, 
84.1 	2015, the provider must contact each eligible school and indicate how the school can 
84.2 	access program services under this section. 
84.3 	(b) The provider shall recruit up to 200 schools to participate in the program as long 
84.4 	as funds are available. The provider must engage schools on a first-come, first-served 
84.5 	basis, except that no more than half of the total funds available may be used to deliver the 
84.6 	program to schools located in the seven-county metropolitan area.
84.7 	(c) The provider shall deliver to each participating school:
84.8 	(1) a research-based information technology curriculum;
84.9 	(2) online access to the curriculum;
84.10 	(3) instructional software for classroom and student use;
84.11 	(4) training for teachers who will be using the curriculum or instructional software;
84.12 	(5) industry-recognized certification of skills and competencies in a broad array of 
84.13 	information technology-related skill areas; and
84.14 	(6) project management, deployment, and program support, including, but not 
84.15 	limited to, integration with academic standards under Minnesota Statutes, section 
84.16 	120B.021 or 120B.022.
84.17 		Subd. 4.Department support. The Department of Education must make support 
84.18 	available to the provider, including acting as the primary liaison between schools and the 
84.19 	provider and providing direction and oversight, consistent with the purposes of this section.
84.20 		Subd. 5.Report required. By February 1, 2018, the provider and commissioner 
84.21 	must jointly develop and deliver to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over 
84.22 	kindergarten through grade 12 education, a summary report on program activities and 
84.23 	outcomes, including a description of the number and location of participating schools and 
84.24 	students, and the number and type of certifications earned by students.

84.25 	Sec. 11. CANCELLATION OF PREVIOUS BIENNIUM APPROPRIATION.
 84.26 	The appropriation made by Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 16, 
84.27 	subdivision 5, is canceled.

84.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

84.29 	Sec. 12. APPROPRIATIONS.
 84.30 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
84.31 	appropriated  from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
84.32 	designated.
85.1 		Subd. 2.Long-term maintenance equalization aid. For long-term maintenance 
85.2 	equalization aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595:

85.3		$
	0
	.....
	2016
	
85.4		$ 
	51,848,000
	.....
	2017
	
85.5 	The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $51,848,000 for 2017.
85.6 		Subd. 3.Debt service equalization. For debt service aid according to Minnesota 
85.7 	Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

85.8		$
	20,349,000
	.....
	2016
	
85.9		$
	22,171,000
	.....
	2017
	
85.10 	The 2016 appropriation includes $2,295,000 for 2015 and $18,054,000 for 2016.
85.11 	The 2017 appropriation includes $2,005,000 for 2016 and $20,166,000 for 2017.
85.12 		Subd. 4.Alternative facilities bonding aid. For alternative facilities bonding aid, 
85.13 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.59, subdivision 1:

85.14		$
	19,287,000
	.....
	2016
	
85.15		$
	1,928,000
	.....
	2017
	
85.16 	The 2016 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2015 and $17,359,000 for 2016.
85.17 	The 2017 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017.
85.18 		Subd. 5.Equity in telecommunications access. For equity in telecommunications 
85.19 	access:

85.20		$
	5,250,000
	.....
	2016
	
85.21		$
	5,250,000
	.....
	2017
	
85.22 	If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the 
85.23 	reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the 
85.24 	revenue for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 shall be prorated.
85.25 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
85.26 	base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $3,750,000.
85.27 		Subd. 6.Deferred maintenance aid. For deferred maintenance aid, according to 
85.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4:

85.29		$
	3,520,000
	.....
	2016
	
85.30		$
	345,000
	.....
	2017
	
85.31 	The 2016 appropriation includes $409,000 for 2015 and $3,111,000 for 2016.
85.32 	The 2017 appropriation includes $345,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017.
86.1 		Subd. 7.Health and safety revenue. For health and safety aid according to 
86.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:

86.3		$
	501,000
	.....
	2016
	
86.4		$
	48,000
	.....
	2017
	
86.5 	The 2016 appropriation includes $66,000 for 2015 and $435,000 for 2016.
86.6 	The 2017 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017.
86.7 		Subd. 8.Information technology certification partnership. For an information 
86.8 	technology certification partnership:

86.9		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
86.10		$
	0
	.....
	2017
	
86.11 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
86.12 	available in the second year. Of this appropriation, five percent is for departmental costs 
86.13 	related to providing support for the information technology certification partnership.
86.14 		Subd. 9.Innovative Technology Cooperative. For a grant to the Innovative 
86.15 	Technology Cooperative under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.215, to provide 
86.16 	professional development related to technology:

86.17		$
	150,000
	.....
	2016
	
86.18		$
	150,000
	.....
	2017
	
86.19 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The base 
86.20 	for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0.
86.21 		Subd. 10.Northwest mobile manufacturing lab. For a grant to the Pine to Prairie 
86.22 	Cooperative Center:

86.23		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016
	
86.24		$
	100,000
	.....
	2017
	
86.25 	The grant must be used to establish a northwest mobile manufacturing lab program, 
86.26 	containing two manufacturing labs and two welding labs, operated by Pine to Prairie 
86.27 	Cooperative Center in collaboration with Northland Community and Technical College.
86.28 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
86.29 	base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0.
86.30 		Subd. 11.Anoka-Hennepin School District fabrication lab. For a grant 
86.31 	to Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, to purchase equipment 
86.32 	and software for a fabrication lab at its Secondary Technical Education Program in 
86.33 	collaboration with Anoka Technical College and private program partners.

87.1		$
	100,000
	.....
	2016

87.2 	Sec. 13.  REPEALER.
 87.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.59; and 123B.591, are repealed.

87.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and 
87.5 	later.

87.6 	ARTICLE 7
87.7 	NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING

87.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.1158, subdivision 3, is amended to 
87.9 	read:
87.10 		Subd. 3.Program reimbursement. Each school year, the state must reimburse 
87.11 	each participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 55 cents for each 
87.12 	fully paid breakfast served to students in grades 1 2  to 12, and $1.30 for each fully paid 
87.13 	breakfast served to a students in kindergarten student to grade 1.

87.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017.

87.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.1158, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
87.16 		Subd. 4.No fees. A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section 
87.17 	must make breakfast available without charge to all participating students in grades 1 2  
87.18 	to 12 who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all students in kindergarten 
87.19 	students to grade 1.

87.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017.

87.21 	Sec. 3. COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND ACCOUNT TRANSFERS; BARNUM.
 87.22 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, on June 30 of each year from 2015 through 
87.23 	2018, Independent School District No. 91, Barnum, may transfer any positive account 
87.24 	balances between the reserve accounts for early childhood family education and school 
87.25 	readiness. The annual transfer may only occur after the school board has taken public 
87.26 	testimony on the proposed transfer and has adopted a written resolution authorizing the 
87.27 	transfer.

87.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

88.1 	Sec. 4. FUND TRANSFER; FISCAL YEARS 2016 AND 2017.
 88.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.80, subdivision 3, for 
88.3 	fiscal years 2016 and 2017 only, the commissioner must approve a request for a fund 
88.4 	transfer if the transfer does not increase state aid obligations to the district or result in 
88.5 	additional property tax authority for the district. This section does not permit transfers 
88.6 	from the community service fund, the food service fund, or the reserved account for staff 
88.7 	development under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.61.
88.8 	(b) A school board may approve a fund transfer under paragraph (a) only after 
88.9 	adopting a resolution stating the fund transfer will not diminish instructional opportunities 
88.10 	for students.

88.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

88.12 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATIONS.
 88.13 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
88.14 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
88.15 	designated.
88.16 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, 
88.17 	section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

88.18		$
	15,661,000
	.....
	2016
	
88.19		$
	15,818,000
	.....
	2017
	
88.20 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota 
88.21 	Statutes, section 124D.1158:

88.22		$
	9,731,000
	.....
	2016
	
88.23		$
	14,552,000
	.....
	2017
	
88.24 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
88.25 	section 124D.118:

88.26		$
	942,000
	.....
	2016
	
88.27		$
	942,000
	.....
	2017
	
88.28 		Subd. 5.Summer school service replacement aid. For summer food service 
88.29 	replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119:

88.30		$
	150,000
	.....
	2016
	
88.31		$
	150,000
	.....
	2017

89.1 	ARTICLE 8
89.2 	LIBRARIES

89.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
89.4 		Subd. 5.Base aid distribution. Five Thirteen percent of the available aid funds 
89.5 	shall be paid to each system as base aid for basic system services.

89.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

89.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
89.8 		Subd. 6.Adjusted net tax capacity per capita distribution. Twenty-five 
89.9 	Seventeen percent of the available aid funds shall be distributed to regional public library 
89.10 	systems based upon the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each member county or 
89.11 	participating portion of a county as calculated for the second year preceding the fiscal year 
89.12 	for which aid is provided. Each system's entitlement shall be calculated as follows:
89.13 	(a) Multiply the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each county or participating 
89.14 	portion of a county by .0082.
89.15 	(b) Add sufficient aid funds that are available under this subdivision to raise the 
89.16 	amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the lowest value calculated 
89.17 	according to paragraph (a) to the amount of the county or participating portion of a county 
89.18 	with the next highest value calculated according to paragraph (a). Multiply the amount of 
89.19 	the additional aid funds by the population of the county or participating portion of a county.
89.20 	(c) Continue the process described in paragraph (b) by adding sufficient aid funds 
89.21 	that are available under this subdivision to the amount of a county or participating portion 
89.22 	of a county with the next highest value calculated in paragraph (a) to raise it and the 
89.23 	amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values calculated in 
89.24 	paragraph (a) up to the amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the 
89.25 	next highest value, until reaching an amount where funds available under this subdivision 
89.26 	are no longer sufficient to raise the amount of a county or participating portion of a county 
89.27 	and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values up to 
89.28 	the amount of the next highest county or participating portion of a county.
89.29 	(d) If the point is reached using the process in paragraphs (b) and (c) at which the 
89.30 	remaining aid funds under this subdivision are not adequate for raising the amount of a 
89.31 	county or participating portion of a county and all counties and participating portions of 
89.32 	counties with amounts of lower value to the amount of the county or participating portion 
89.33 	of a county with the next highest value, those funds are to be divided on a per capita 
90.1 	basis for all counties or participating portions of counties that received aid funds under 
90.2 	the calculation in paragraphs (b) and (c).

90.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

90.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
90.5 		Subd. 8.Eligibility. A regional public library system may apply for regional library 
90.6 	telecommunications aid. The aid must be used for data and video access maintenance, 
90.7 	equipment, or installation of telecommunication lines on behalf of itself and member 
90.8 	public libraries. The aid must be used for connections and other eligible nonvoice related 
90.9 	E-rate Program category 1 services. Aid must be used for E-rate Program category 2 
90.10 	services as identified in the Federal Communications Commission's eligible services list 
90.11 	for the current and preceding four funding years, if sufficient funds remain once category 
90.12 	1 needs are met in each funding year. To be eligible, a regional public library system must 
90.13 	be officially designated by the commissioner of education as a regional public library 
90.14 	system as defined in section 134.34, subdivision 3, and each of its participating cities and 
90.15 	counties must meet local support levels defined in section 134.34, subdivision 1. A public 
90.16 	library building that receives aid under this section must be open a minimum of 20 hours 
90.17 	per week. Exceptions to the minimum open hours requirement may be granted by the 
90.18 	Department of Education on request of the regional public library system for the following 
90.19 	circumstances: short-term closing for emergency maintenance and repairs following a 
90.20 	natural disaster; in response to exceptional economic circumstances; building repair or 
90.21 	maintenance that requires public services areas to be closed; or to adjust hours of public 
90.22 	service to respond to documented seasonal use patterns.

90.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
90.24 		Subd. 9.Telecommunications aid. An application for regional library 
90.25 	telecommunications aid must, at a minimum, contain information to document the 
90.26 	following:
90.27 	(1) the connections are adequate and employ an open network architecture that 
90.28 	will ensure interconnectivity and interoperability with school districts, postsecondary 
90.29 	education, or other governmental agencies;
90.30 	(2) that the connection is established through the most cost-effective means and that 
90.31 	the regional library has explored and coordinated connections through school districts, 
90.32 	postsecondary education, or other governmental agencies;
90.33 	(3) that the regional library system has and all member libraries included in the 
90.34 	application have filed  or are included in an e-rate application; and
91.1 	(4) other information, as determined by the commissioner of education, to ensure 
91.2 	that connections are coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective, take advantage of discounts, 
91.3 	and meet applicable state standards.
91.4 	The library system may include costs associated with cooperative arrangements with 
91.5 	postsecondary institutions, school districts, and other governmental agencies.

91.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
91.7 		Subd. 10.Award of funds. The commissioner of education shall develop an 
91.8 	application and a reporting form and procedures for regional library telecommunications 
91.9 	aid. Aid shall be based on actual costs of, including, but not limited to,  connections, as 
91.10 	documented in e-rate funding commitment decision letters for category 1 services and 
91.11 	acceptable documentation for category 2 services  and funds available for this purpose. 
91.12 	The commissioner shall make payments directly to the regional public library system.

91.13 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATIONS.
 91.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
91.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
91.16 	designated.
91.17 		Subd. 2.Regional library basic system support. For regional library basic system 
91.18 	support aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

91.19		$
	14,920,000
	.....
	2016
	
91.20		$
	15,070,000
	.....
	2017
	
91.21 	The 2016 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2015 and $13,563,000 for 2016.
91.22 	The 2017 appropriation includes $1,507,000 for 2016 and $13,563,000 for 2017.
91.23 		Subd. 3.Regional library telecommunications aid. For regional library 
91.24 	telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

91.25		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2016
	
91.26		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2017
	
91.27 	The 2016 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2015 and $2,070,000 for 2016.
91.28 	The 2017 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2016 and $2,070,000 for 2017.
91.29 		Subd. 4.Multicounty, multitype library systems. For aid under Minnesota 
91.30 	Statutes, sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

91.31		$
	1,300,000
	.....
	2016
	
91.32		$
	1,300,000
	.....
	2017
	
92.1 	The 2016 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2015 and $1,170,000 for 2016.
92.2 	The 2017 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2016 and $1,170,000 for 2017.
92.3 		Subd. 5.Electronic library for Minnesota. For statewide licenses to online 
92.4 	databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for 
92.5 	school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public 
92.6 	or private college or university libraries:

92.7		$
	900,000
	.....
	2016
	
92.8		$
	900,000
	.....
	2017
	
92.9 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

92.10 	ARTICLE 9
92.11 	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

92.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
92.13 		Subd. 3.Program requirements. (a) A school readiness program provider must:
92.14 	(1) assess each child's cognitive and language skills with a comprehensive child 
92.15 	assessment instrument when the child enters and again before the child leaves the program 
92.16 	to improve program planning and implementation, communicate with parents, and 
92.17 	promote kindergarten readiness;
92.18 	(2) provide comprehensive program content and intentional instructional practice 
92.19 	aligned with the state early childhood learning guidelines and kindergarten standards and 
92.20 	based on early childhood research and professional practice that is focused on children's 
92.21 	cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills and development and prepares children 
92.22 	for the transition to kindergarten, including early literacy and language skills;
92.23 	(3) at the option of the school board, offer at least 500 hours per year of program 
92.24 	content and instruction, including 50 summer hours, to each child who is eligible under 
92.25 	subdivision 15, clause (1), except that a program provider may establish a waiting list 
92.26 	consistent with subdivision 16 when funds are not available to serve every child eligible 
92.27 	under subdivision 15, clause (1);
92.28 	(4) coordinate appropriate kindergarten transition with parents and kindergarten 
92.29 	teachers;
92.30 	(4) (5)  involve parents in program planning and decision making;
92.31 	(5) (6)  coordinate with relevant community-based services;
92.32 	(6) (7)  cooperate with adult basic education programs and other adult literacy 
92.33 	programs;
93.1 	(7) (8)  ensure staff-child ratios of one-to-ten and maximum group size of 20 children 
93.2 	with the first staff required to be a teacher; and
93.3 	(8) (9) provide high-quality staff development in order to  have teachers 
93.4 	knowledgeable in early childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English 
93.5 	language development programs, and instruction.
93.6 	(b) In order to receive aid under section 124D.16, a school readiness or preschool 
93.7 	program must ensure that all classroom teachers have a license issued by the Board of 
93.8 	Teaching or special permission by the 2019-2020 school year and later. Employees under 
93.9 	this section who have served as a school readiness or preschool teacher in a school district 
93.10 	for at least two years prior to the 2019-2020 school year are deemed to have completed 
93.11 	their student teaching requirement.

93.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.

93.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
93.14 		Subd. 5.Services with new or existing providers. A district may contract 
93.15 	with a charter school or community-based organization to provide eligible children 
93.16 	developmentally appropriate services that meet the program requirements in subdivision 
93.17 	3. In the alternative, a district may pay tuition or fees to place an eligible child in an 
93.18 	existing program. A district may establish a new program where no existing, reasonably 
93.19 	accessible program meets the program requirements in subdivision 3. Districts must 
93.20 	submit a copy of each contract to the commissioner with the biennial plan. Services may 
93.21 	be provided in a site-based program or in the home of the child or a combination of both. 
93.22 	The district may not restrict participation to district residents.

93.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.

93.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
93.25 		Subd. 12.Program fees. A district must adopt a sliding fee schedule based on a 
93.26 	family's income but must waive a fee for a participant unable to pay. School districts must 
93.27 	use school readiness aid for eligible children. Children who do not meet the eligibility 
93.28 	requirements in subdivision 15 may participate on a fee-for-service basis. A fee may 
93.29 	not be charged for a four-year-old child eligible under subdivision 15, clause (1), who 
93.30 	is enrolled fewer than 500 hours per year.

93.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.

93.32 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
94.1 		Subd. 15.Eligibility. A child is eligible to participate in a school readiness program 
94.2 	if the child has completed health and developmental screening within 90 days of program 
94.3 	enrollment under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, and:
94.4 	(1) is at least three years old on September 1  is at least four years old on September 
94.5 	1; or
94.6 	(2) has completed health and developmental screening within 90 days of program 
94.7 	enrollment under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19; and is at least three years old on 
94.8 	September 1, and has one or more of the following risk factors:
94.9 	(3) has one or more of the following risk factors:
94.10 	(i) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch;
94.11 	(ii) is an English learner;
94.12 	(iii) is homeless;
94.13 	(iv) has an individualized education program (IEP) or an individual interagency 
94.14 	intervention plan (IIIP);
94.15 	(v) is identified, through health and developmental screenings under sections 
94.16 	121A.16 to 121A.19, with a potential risk factor that may influence learning; or
94.17 	(vi) is defined as at-risk by the school district.

94.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.

94.19 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
94.20 	to read:
94.21 		Subd. 16.Waiting list. A program that has eligible children on a waiting list must 
94.22 	give enrollment priority to children eligible under subdivision 15, clause (2).

94.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017 
94.24 	and later.

94.25 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
94.26 		Subd. 2.Amount of aid. (a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid 
94.27 	for eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section 
94.28 	124D.15 if the biennial plan required by section 124D.15, subdivision 3a, has been 
94.29 	approved by the commissioner.
94.30 	(b) A district must receive school readiness aid equal to:
94.31 	(1) the number of four-year-old children in the district on October 1 for the previous 
94.32 	school year times the ratio of 50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to 
95.1 	the total number of four-year-old children reported to the commissioner for the previous 
95.2 	school year; plus
95.3 	(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for the 
95.4 	free or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year times the ratio of 
95.5 	50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to the total number of pupils 
95.6 	in the state from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program for the 
95.7 	previous school year.
95.8 	(c) For fiscal year 2016, the total school readiness aid entitlement equals 
95.9 	$21,058,000. For fiscal year 2017, the total school readiness aid entitlement equals 
95.10 	$74,516,000. For fiscal year 20152018 and later, the total school readiness aid entitlement 
95.11 	equals $12,170,000 $74,152,000.
95.12 	(d) Aid for a district that does not offer the program described under section 
95.13 	124D.15, subdivision 3, must be reduced by 80 percent and the reduction reallocated 
95.14 	among all other districts.

95.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 
95.16 	and later.

95.17 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
95.18 		Subd. 2.Family eligibility. (a) For a family to receive an early learning scholarship, 
95.19 	parents or guardians must meet the following eligibility requirements:
95.20 	(1) have a child three or four years of age on September 1 of the current school year, 
95.21 	who has not yet started kindergarten; and
95.22 	(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income 
95.23 	in the current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation in 
95.24 	the free and reduced-price lunch program or child and adult care food program, National 
95.25 	School Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; the Food 
95.26 	Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Food and Nutrition Act, United States 
95.27 	Code, title 7, sections 2011-2036; Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for 
95.28 	School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J; 
95.29 	child care assistance programs under chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance 
95.30 	program; or placement in foster care under section 260C.212.
95.31 	(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a parent under age 21 who 
95.32 	is pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diploma is eligible for an early 
95.33 	learning scholarship if the parent has a child age zero to five years old and meets the 
95.34 	income eligibility guidelines in this subdivision.
96.1 	(c) Any siblings between the ages zero to five years old of a child who has been 
96.2 	awarded a scholarship under this section must be awarded a scholarship upon request, 
96.3 	provided the sibling attends the same program as long as funds are available.
96.4 	(d) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to 
96.5 	receive a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under section 
96.6 	120A.20 and as long as funds are available.
96.7 	(e) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the 
96.8 	purposes of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L, 
96.9 	Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs 
96.10 	under chapter 119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School 
96.11 	Readiness Act of 2007.
96.12 	(f) A child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address as 
96.13 	assigned by the United States Postal Service, who has received developmental screening 
96.14 	under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, who intends to enroll in a Minnesota school district, 
96.15 	and whose family meets the criteria of paragraph (a) is eligible for an early learning 
96.16 	scholarship under this section.

96.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

96.18 	Sec. 8. STUDY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EFFECTIVENESS ON THIRD 
96.19 	GRADE LITERACY.
 96.20 	The Department of Education must study and, using valid student assessment data, 
96.21 	report annually on the effect of public school-provided preschool, public school-provided 
96.22 	all-day kindergarten, Head Start, and any federally- or state-funded early learning 
96.23 	scholarships on the literacy rates of public school third grade students.  An initial report shall 
96.24 	be provided on February 1, 2017, and annually thereafter to the chairs and ranking minority 
96.25 	members of committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over early childhood through 
96.26 	grade 12 education.  The department must use existing staff and resources for the report.

96.27 	Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS.
 96.28 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
96.29 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
96.30 	designated.
96.31 		Subd. 2.School readiness. For revenue for school readiness programs under 
96.32 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:

97.1		$
	20,170,000
	.....
	2016
	
97.2		$
	69,170,000
	.....
	2017
	
97.3 	The 2016 appropriation includes $1,217,000 for 2015 and $18,953,000 for 2016.
97.4 	The 2017 appropriation includes $2,105,000 for 2016 and $67,065,000 for 2017.
97.5 		Subd. 3.Early learning scholarships. For the early learning scholarship program 
97.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:

97.7		$
	30,384,000
	.....
	2016
	
97.8		$
	30,384,000
	.....
	2017
	
97.9 	Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.
97.10 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
97.11 		Subd. 4.Head Start program. For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
97.12 	section 119A.52:

97.13		$
	22,100,000
	.....
	2016
	
97.14		$
	22,100,000
	.....
	2017
	
97.15 		Subd. 5.Early childhood family education aid. For early childhood family 
97.16 	education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

97.17		$
	27,997,000
	.....
	2016
	
97.18		$
	28,984,000
	.....
	2017
	
97.19 	The 2016 appropriation includes $2,713,000 for 2015 and $25,284,000 for 2016.
97.20 	The 2017 appropriation includes $2,809,000 for 2016 and $26,175,000 for 2017.
97.21 		Subd. 6.Developmental screening aid. For developmental screening aid under 
97.22 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

97.23		$
	3,363,000
	.....
	2016
	
97.24		$
	3,369,000
	.....
	2017
	
97.25 	The 2016 appropriation includes $338,000 for 2015 and $3,025,000 for 2016.
97.26 	The 2017 appropriation includes $336,000 for 2016 and $3,033,000 for 2017.
97.27 		Subd. 7.Parent-child home program. For a grant to the parent-child home 
97.28 	program:

97.29		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
97.30		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
97.31 	The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood 
97.32 	literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at its 
97.33 	existing program locations. The base for fiscal year 2018 and later is $350,000
98.1 		Subd. 8.Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention 
98.2 	program. For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program 
98.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:

98.4		$
	281,000
	.....
	2016
	
98.5		$
	281,000
	.....
	2017
	
98.6 		Subd. 9.Early childhood programs at tribal schools. For early childhood family 
98.7 	education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.83, 
98.8 	subdivision 4:

98.9		$
	68,000
	.....
	2016
	
98.10		$
	68,000
	.....
	2017
	
98.11 		Subd. 10.Educate parents partnership. For the educate parents partnership 
98.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:

98.13		$
	49,000
	.....
	2016
	
98.14		$
	49,000
	.....
	2017

98.15 	ARTICLE 10
98.16 	PREVENTION

98.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
98.18 		Subd. 3.Screening program. (a) A screening program must include at least the 
98.19 	following components: developmental assessments, hearing and vision screening or 
98.20 	referral, immunization review and referral, the child's height and weight, the date of the 
98.21 	child's most recent comprehensive vision examination, if any, identification of risk factors 
98.22 	that may influence learning, an interview with the parent about the child, and referral for 
98.23 	assessment, diagnosis, and treatment when potential needs are identified. The district and 
98.24 	the person performing or supervising the screening must provide a parent or guardian 
98.25 	with clear written notice that the parent or guardian may decline to answer questions 
98.26 	or provide information about family circumstances that might affect development and 
98.27 	identification of risk factors that may influence learning. The notice must state "Early 
98.28 	childhood developmental screening helps a school district identify children who may 
98.29 	benefit from district and community resources available to help in their development. 
98.30 	Early childhood developmental screening includes a vision screening that helps detect 
98.31 	potential eye problems but is not a substitute for a comprehensive eye exam." The notice 
98.32 	must clearly state that declining to answer questions or provide information does not 
98.33 	prevent the child from being enrolled in kindergarten or first grade if all other screening 
99.1 	components are met. If a parent or guardian is not able to read and comprehend the written 
99.2 	notice, the district and the person performing or supervising the screening must convey 
99.3 	the information in another manner. The notice must also inform the parent or guardian 
99.4 	that a child need not submit to the district screening program if the child's health records 
99.5 	indicate to the school that the child has received comparable developmental screening 
99.6 	performed within the preceding 365 days by a public or private health care organization or 
99.7 	individual health care provider. The notice must be given to a parent or guardian at the 
99.8 	time the district initially provides information to the parent or guardian about screening 
99.9 	and must be given again at the screening location.
99.10 	(b) All screening components shall be consistent with the standards of the state 
99.11 	commissioner of health for early developmental screening programs. A developmental 
99.12 	screening program must not provide laboratory tests or a physical examination to any 
99.13 	child. The district must request from the public or private health care organization or the 
99.14 	individual health care provider the results of any laboratory test or physical examination 
99.15 	within the 12 months preceding a child's scheduled screening. For the purposes of this 
99.16 	section, "comprehensive vision examination" means a vision examination performed by 
99.17 	an optometrist or ophthalmologist.
99.18 	(c) If a child is without health coverage, the school district must refer the child to an 
99.19 	appropriate health care provider.
99.20 	(d) A board may offer additional components such as nutritional, physical and 
99.21 	dental assessments, review of family circumstances that might affect development, blood 
99.22 	pressure, laboratory tests, and health history.
99.23 	(e) If a statement signed by the child's parent or guardian is submitted to the 
99.24 	administrator or other person having general control and supervision of the school that 
99.25 	the child has not been screened because of conscientiously held beliefs of the parent 
99.26 	or guardian, the screening is not required.

99.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
99.28 		Subd. 5.Developmental screening program information. (a) The board must 
99.29 	inform each resident family with a child eligible to participate in the developmental 
99.30 	screening program, and a charter school that provides screening must inform families 
99.31 	that apply for admission to the charter school, about the availability of the program and 
99.32 	the state's requirement that a child receive a developmental screening or provide health 
99.33 	records indicating that the child received a comparable developmental screening from a 
99.34 	public or private health care organization or individual health care provider not later than 
99.35 	30 days after the first day of attending kindergarten in a public school. A school district 
100.1 	must inform all resident families with eligible children under age seven, and a charter 
100.2 	school that provides screening must inform families that apply for admission to the charter 
100.3 	school, that their children may receive a developmental screening conducted either by the 
100.4 	school district or by a public or private health care organization or individual health care 
100.5 	provider and that the screening is not required if a statement signed by the child's parent 
100.6 	or guardian is submitted to the administrator or other person having general control and 
100.7 	supervision of the school that the child has not been screened.
100.8 	(b) A school district that enrolls students from an adjoining state under section 
100.9 	124D.041 may inform a nonresident child whose family resides at a Minnesota address as 
100.10 	assigned by the United States Postal Service about the availability of the developmental 
100.11 	screening program and may provide screening under this section to that child.

100.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 
100.13 	and later.

100.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.20, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
100.15 		Subd. 4a.Youth after-school enrichment revenue. In fiscal year 2003 and 
100.16 	thereafter, Youth after-school enrichment revenue for a district operating a youth 
100.17 	after-school enrichment program under section 124D.19, subdivision 12, equals:
100.18 	(1) $1.85 $2.37  times the greater of 1,335 or the population of the district, as defined 
100.19 	in section 275.14, not to exceed 10,000; and
100.20 	(2) $0.43 $0.55  times the population of the district, as defined in section 275.14, 
100.21 	in excess of 10,000. Youth after-school enrichment revenue must be reserved for youth 
100.22 	after-school enrichment programs.

100.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017 
100.24 	and later.

100.25 	Sec. 4. AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING GRANTS.
 100.26 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. A competitive grant program is 
100.27 	established to support community-based organizations, schools, political subdivisions, or 
100.28 	child care centers that service young people in kindergarten through grade 12 after school 
100.29 	or during nonschool hours. Grants must be used to offer a broad array of enrichment 
100.30 	activities that promote positive youth development, including art, music, community 
100.31 	engagement, literacy, technology education, health, agriculture, and recreation programs.
100.32 		Subd. 2.Application. The commissioner of education shall develop the form 
100.33 	and method for applying for the grants. The application must include information on 
101.1 	the applicant's outreach to children and youth that qualify for free or reduced-price 
101.2 	lunch and two-year measurable goals and activities linked to research or best practices. 
101.3 	The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining the allocation of the grants and 
101.4 	appropriate goals for the use of the grants including:
101.5 	(1) increasing access to protective factors that build young people's capacity to 
101.6 	become productive adults, such as connections to a caring adult;
101.7 	(2) developing children's skills and behaviors necessary to succeed in postsecondary 
101.8 	education and career opportunities; and
101.9 	(3) encouraging attendance and improving performance in school.
101.10 		Subd. 3.Grant awards. To the extent practicable, the selection of applicants 
101.11 	shall result in an equitable distribution of grant awards among geographic areas within 
101.12 	Minnesota, including rural, suburban, and urban communities. The commissioner shall 
101.13 	also give priority to programs that collaborate with and leverage existing community 
101.14 	resources that have demonstrated effectiveness. Applicants selected as grantees are 
101.15 	eligible to receive a two-year grant, contingent upon satisfactory progress toward goals 
101.16 	and objectives and the availability of funds.

101.17 	Sec. 5. COMPREHENSIVE VISION EXAMINATION REPORT.
 101.18 	By January 15, 2017, the commissioner must submit to the committees of the 
101.19 	legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education a report 
101.20 	describing the number and proportion of children in each school district who report having 
101.21 	had a comprehensive vision examination, disaggregated by age at the time of early 
101.22 	childhood developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.17.

101.23 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION.
 101.24 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
101.25 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
101.26 	designated.
101.27 		Subd. 2.Community education aid. For community education aid under 
101.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20:

101.29		$
	788,000
	.....
	2016
	
101.30		$
	777,000
	.....
	2017
	
101.31 	The 2016 appropriation includes $107,000 for 2015 and $681,000 for 2016.
101.32 	The 2017 appropriation includes $75,000 for 2016 and $702,000 for 2017.
102.1 		Subd. 3.Northside Achievement Zone. For a grant to the Northside Achievement 
102.2 	Zone.

102.3		$
	650,000
	.....
	2016
	
102.4		$
	650,000
	.....
	2017
	
102.5 	Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the 
102.6 	educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, 
102.7 	and may be used for Northside Achievement Zone programming and services consistent 
102.8 	with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
102.9 		Subd. 4.St. Paul Promise Neighborhood. For a grant to the St. Paul Promise 
102.10 	Neighborhood. 

102.11		$
	650,000
	.....
	2016
	
102.12		$
	650,000
	.....
	2017
	
102.13 	Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the 
102.14 	educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, 
102.15 	and may be used for St. Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent 
102.16 	with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
102.17 		Subd. 5.After-school community learning grants. For after-school community 
102.18 	learning grants under section 1:

102.19		$
	500,000
	.....
	2016
	
102.20		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
102.21 	Up to seven percent of the appropriation in each fiscal year may be used for 
102.22 	administration, evaluation, and technical assistance, including partnering with the 
102.23 	Minnesota Afterschool Network, Ignite Afterschool, and other appropriate entities to 
102.24 	ensure implementation of strategies statewide to ensure the provision of high quality, 
102.25 	research-driven learning opportunities.
102.26 	This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but 
102.27 	is available in the second year.
102.28 		Subd. 6.Adults with disabilities program aid. For adults with disabilities 
102.29 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

102.30		$
	710,000
	.....
	2016
	
102.31		$
	710,000
	.....
	2017
	
102.32 	The 2016 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2015 and $639,000 for 2016.
102.33 	The 2017 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2016 and $639,000 for 2017.
103.1 		Subd. 7.Hearing-impaired adults. For programs for hearing-impaired adults 
103.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:

103.3		$
	70,000
	.....
	2016
	
103.4		$
	70,000
	.....
	2017
	
103.5 		Subd. 8.School-age care revenue. For extended day aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
103.6 	section 124D.22:

103.7		$
	1,000
	.....
	2016
	
103.8		$
	1,000
	.....
	2017
	
103.9 	The 2016 appropriation includes $0 for 2015 and $1,000 for 2016.
103.10 	The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $1,000 for 2017.

103.11 	ARTICLE 11
103.12 	SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

103.13 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 103.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
103.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
103.16 	designated.
103.17 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
103.18 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

103.19		$
	49,118,000
	.....
	2016
	
103.20		$
	50,592,000
	.....
	2017
	
103.21 	The 2016 appropriation includes $4,782,000 for 2015 and $44,336,000 for 2016.
103.22 	The 2017 appropriation includes $4,926,000 for 2016 and $45,666,000 for 2017.
103.23 		Subd. 3.GED tests. For payment of 60 percent of the costs of GED tests under 
103.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.55:

103.25		$
	125,000
	.....
	2016
	
103.26		$
	125,000
	.....
	2017

103.27 	ARTICLE 12
103.28 	STATE AGENCIES

103.29 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 5A.03, is amended to read:
103.30 	5A.03 ORGANIZATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
104.1 		Subdivision 1.Placing high school students in Minnesota. (a) An application for 
104.2 	registration as an international student exchange visitor placement organization must be 
104.3 	submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application must include:
104.4 	(1) evidence that the organization meets the standards established by the secretary of 
104.5 	state by rule;
104.6 	(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive 
104.7 	officer, and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for 
104.8 	supervising placements within the state;
104.9 	(3) the organization's unified business identification number, if any;
104.10 	(4) the organization's Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, United 
104.11 	States Department of State number, if any;
104.12 	(5) evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing, if 
104.13 	any;
104.14 	(6) whether the organization is exempt from federal income tax; and
104.15 	(7) a list of the organization's placements in Minnesota for the previous academic 
104.16 	year including the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts in 
104.17 	which they were placed, and the length of their placements.
104.18 	(b) The application must be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization 
104.19 	and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising 
104.20 	placements within Minnesota. If the secretary of state determines that the application is 
104.21 	complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and the applicant is registered.
104.22 	(c) Organizations that have registered shall inform the secretary of state of any 
104.23 	changes in the information required under paragraph (a), clause (1), within 30 days of the 
104.24 	change. There is no fee to amend a registration.
104.25 	(d) Registration under this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be 
104.26 	renewed annually. The fee to renew a registration is $50 per year.
104.27 	(e) Organizations registering for the first time in Minnesota must pay an initial 
104.28 	registration fee of $150.
104.29 	(f) Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section must be deposited in the 
104.30 	state treasury and credited to the general fund.
104.31 		Subd. 2.Placing Minnesota students in travel abroad programs. (a) A school 
104.32 	district or charter school with enrolled students who participate in a foreign exchange or 
104.33 	study or other travel abroad program under a written agreement between the district or 
104.34 	charter school and the program provider must use a form developed by the Department 
104.35 	of Education to annually report to the department by November 1 the following data 
104.36 	from the previous school year:
105.1 	(1) the number of Minnesota student deaths that occurred while Minnesota students 
105.2 	were participating in the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program and 
105.3 	that resulted from Minnesota students participating in the program;
105.4 	(2) the number of Minnesota students hospitalized due to accidents and the illnesses 
105.5 	that occurred while Minnesota students were participating in the foreign exchange or study 
105.6 	or other travel abroad program and that resulted from Minnesota students participating 
105.7 	in the program; and
105.8 	(3) the name and type of the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad 
105.9 	program and the city or region where the reported death, hospitalization due to accident, 
105.10 	or the illness occurred.
105.11 	(b) School districts and charter schools must ask but must not require enrolled 
105.12 	eligible students and the parents or guardians of other enrolled students who complete 
105.13 	a foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program to disclose the information 
105.14 	under paragraph (a).
105.15 	(c) When reporting the data under paragraph (a), a school district or charter school 
105.16 	may supplement the data with a brief explanatory statement. The Department of Education 
105.17 	annually must aggregate and publish the reported data on the department Web site in 
105.18 	a format that facilitates public access to the aggregated data and include links to both 
105.19 	the United States Department of State's Consular Information Program that informs the 
105.20 	public of conditions abroad that may affect students' safety and security and the publicly 
105.21 	available reports on sexual assaults and other criminal acts affecting students participating 
105.22 	in a foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program.
105.23 	(d) School districts and charter schools with enrolled students who participate in 
105.24 	foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad programs under a written agreement 
105.25 	between the district or charter school and the program provider are encouraged to adopt 
105.26 	policies supporting the programs and to include program standards in their policies to 
105.27 	ensure students' health and safety.
105.28 	(e) To be eligible under this subdivision to provide a foreign exchange or study or 
105.29 	other travel abroad program to Minnesota students enrolled in a school district or charter 
105.30 	school, a program provider annually must register with the secretary of state and provide 
105.31 	the following information on a form developed by the secretary of state: the name, 
105.32 	address, and telephone number of the program provider, its chief executive officer, and 
105.33 	the person within the provider's organization who is primarily responsible for supervising 
105.34 	programs within the state; the program provider's unified business identification number, 
105.35 	if any; whether the program provider is exempt from federal income tax; a list of the 
105.36 	program provider's placements in foreign countries for the previous school year including 
106.1 	the number of Minnesota students placed, where Minnesota students were placed, and 
106.2 	the length of their placement; the terms and limits of the medical and accident insurance 
106.3 	available to cover participating students and the process for filing a claim; and the 
106.4 	signatures of the program provider's chief executive officer and the person primarily 
106.5 	responsible for supervising Minnesota students' placements in foreign countries. If the 
106.6 	secretary of state determines the registration is complete, the secretary of state shall file the 
106.7 	registration and the program provider is registered. Registration with the secretary of state 
106.8 	must not be considered or represented as an endorsement of the program provider by the 
106.9 	secretary of state. The secretary of state annually must publish on its Web site aggregated 
106.10 	data under paragraph (c) received from the Department of Education.
106.11 	(f) Program providers, annually by August 1, must provide the data required under 
106.12 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), to the districts and charter schools with enrolled students 
106.13 	participating in the provider's program.
106.14 	(g) The Department of Education must publish the information it has under 
106.15 	paragraph (c), but it is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the information 
106.16 	provided to it by a school district or charter school. A school district or charter school is 
106.17 	not responsible for omissions in the information provided to it by students and programs.

106.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and 
106.19 	later.

106.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
106.21 		Subd. 8.Background checks. (a) The Board of Teaching and the commissioner 
106.22 	of education must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent 
106.23 	of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all applicants for initial licenses under their 
106.24 	jurisdiction. An application for a license under this section must be accompanied by:
106.25 	(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and
106.26 	(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
106.27 	for the fee for conducting the payment to conduct a criminal history background check. 
106.28 	Proceeds from this fee are annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs associated 
106.29 	with processing licensure applications.
106.30 	(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the 
106.31 	background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data as 
106.32 	defined in section 13.87 and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records 
106.33 	repository. The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal 
106.34 	Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent 
107.1 	shall recover the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to 
107.2 	the applicant under paragraph (a).
107.3 	(c) The Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education may issue a license 
107.4 	pending completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify 
107.5 	the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the 
107.6 	background check.

107.7 	Sec. 3. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
 107.8 	(a) The Board of Teaching shall adopt rules for a process for approving certificates 
107.9 	of advanced professional study. A certificate of advanced professional study is a credential 
107.10 	available only to a teacher with a full license in at least one discipline that allows for 
107.11 	teaching without further waiver or variance when a licensure program in the discipline 
107.12 	does not exist or when a teacher with a full license in the discipline cannot be found. The 
107.13 	certificate of advanced professional study must:
107.14 	(1) have fewer requirements than the full license in the discipline;
107.15 	(2) set the specific qualifications required to attain it; and
107.16 	(3) maintain professional standards for teaching in that discipline.
107.17 	(b) The rules adopted under paragraph (a) must limit certificates of advanced 
107.18 	professional study to:
107.19 	(1) disciplines in which at least one geographic area of the state has a demonstrated 
107.20 	shortage of fully licensed teachers; and
107.21 	(2) emerging disciplines where full licenses or licensure programs do not exist.

107.22 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 107.23 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. Unless otherwise indicated, the sums 
107.24 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 
107.25 	Education for the fiscal years designated.
107.26 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

107.27		$
	21,521,000
	.....
	2016
	
107.28		$
	21,650,000
	.....
	2017
	
107.29 	Of these amounts: 
107.30 	(1) $1,020,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $768,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for the 
107.31 	Board of Teaching;
107.32 	(2) $228,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $231,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for the Board 
107.33 	of School Administrators;
108.1 	(3) $1,000,000 each year is for Regional Centers of Excellence under Minnesota 
108.2 	Statutes, section 120B.115;
108.3 	(4) $500,000 each year is for the School Safety Technical Assistance Center under 
108.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.052;
108.5 	(5) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial 
108.6 	data analysis;
108.7 	(6) $20,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for the commissioner to provide assessment 
108.8 	recommendations; and
108.9 	(7) $5,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for costs related to the Concurrent Enrollment 
108.10 	Working Group.
108.11 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. 
108.12 	(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for 
108.13 	Minnesota's Washington, D.C. office.
108.14 	(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget 
108.15 	document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as 
108.16 	indicated.
108.17 	(e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
108.18 	support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing 
108.19 	information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and 
108.20 	will be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the 
108.21 	rates and mechanism specified in that agreement.
108.22 	(f) The agency's base budget in fiscal year 2018 is $21,470,000. The agency's base 
108.23 	budget in fiscal year 2019 is $21,425,000.

108.24 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
 108.25 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
108.26 	Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:

108.27		$
	12,853,000
	.....
	2016
	
108.28		$
	12,819,000
	.....
	2017
	
108.29 	(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $708,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
108.30 	$490,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for technology enhancements and may be used for: 
108.31 	(1) computer hardware; (2) computer software; (3) connectivity, communications, and 
108.32 	infrastructure; (4) assistive technology; (5) access to electronic books and other online 
108.33 	materials, licenses, and subscriptions; and (6) technology staff and training costs.
108.34 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
108.35 	(d) The agency's budget base in fiscal year 2018 is $12,804,000.
109.1 	(e) The agency's budget base in fiscal year 2019 is $12,786,000.

109.2 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 109.3 	(a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich 
109.4 	Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

109.5		$
	7,572,000
	.....
	2016
	
109.6		$
	7,673,000
	.....
	2017
	
109.7 	(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $700,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
109.8 	$700,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for continuing and expanding the arts integration networks 
109.9 	and piloting arts-integrated courses and additional rural regions with an online focus.
109.10 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

109.11 	ARTICLE 13
109.12 	FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS
109.13 	A. GENERAL EDUCATION

109.14 	Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 2, as amended 
109.15 	by Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 7, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 
109.16 	26, is amended to read:
109.17 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota 
109.18 	Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

109.19		$
	6,851,419,000
	.....
	2014
	
109.20
109.21		$
	6,464,199,000
6,443,330,000
	.....
	2015
	
109.22 	The 2014 appropriation includes $780,156,000 for 2013 and $6,071,263,000 for 
109.23 	2014.
109.24 	The 2015 appropriation includes $589,095,000 $586,824,000 for 2014 and 
109.25 	$5,875,104,000 $5,856,506,000 for 2015.

109.26 	Sec. 2. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3, as amended by 
109.27 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 1, is amended to read:
109.28 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
109.29 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
109.30 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

110.1		$
	37,000
	.....
	2014
	
110.2
110.3		$
	40,000
36,000
	.....
	2015

110.4 	Sec. 3. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 4, as amended by 
110.5 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 2, is amended to read:
110.6 		Subd. 4.Abatement revenue. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
110.7 	127A.49:

110.8		$
	2,876,000
	.....
	2014
	
110.9110.10
		$
	3,103,000
2,796,000
	.....
	2015
	
110.11 	The 2014 appropriation includes $301,000 for 2013 and $2,575,000 for 2014.
110.12 	The 2015 appropriation includes $286,000 for 2014 and $2,817,000 $2,510,000 
110.13 	for 2015.

110.14 	Sec. 4. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 5, as amended by 
110.15 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 3, is amended to read:
110.16 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition. For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
110.17 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

110.18		$
	585,000
	.....
	2014
	
110.19
110.20		$
	254,000
263,000
	.....
	2015
	
110.21 	The 2014 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2013 and $545,000 for 2014.
110.22 	The 2015 appropriation includes $60,000 for 2014 and $194,000 $203,000 for 2015.

110.23 	Sec. 5. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 6, as amended by 
110.24 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 27, is amended to read:
110.25 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
110.26 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

110.27		$
	15,867,000
	.....
	2014
	
110.28
110.29		$
	16,132,000
15,569,000
	.....
	2015
	
110.30 	The 2014 appropriation includes $1,898,000 for 2013 and $13,969,000 for 2014.
110.31 	The 2015 appropriation includes $1,552,000 $1,394,000 for 2014 and $14,580,000 
110.32 	$14,175,000 for 2015.

111.1 	Sec. 6. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 7, as amended by 
111.2 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 28, is amended to read:
111.3 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
111.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

111.5		$
	18,500,000
	.....
	2014
	
111.6
111.7		$
	17,710,000
18,118,000
	.....
	2015
	
111.8 	The 2014 appropriation includes $2,602,000 for 2013 and $15,898,000 for 2014.
111.9 	The 2015 appropriation includes $1,766,000 for 2014 and $15,944,000 $16,352,000 
111.10 	for 2015.

111.11 	Sec. 7. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 11, as amended by 
111.12 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 4, is amended to read:
111.13 		Subd. 11.Career and technical aid. For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
111.14 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

111.15		$
	3,959,000
	.....
	2014
	
111.16
111.17		$
	5,172,000
5,617,000
	.....
	2015
	
111.18 	The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $3,959,000 for 2014.
111.19 	The 2015 appropriation includes $439,000 $445,000 for 2014 and $4,733,000 
111.20 	$5,172,000 for 2015.
111.21 	B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

111.22 	Sec. 8. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 3, as amended by 
111.23 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 5, is amended to read:
111.24 		Subd. 3.Achievement and integration aid. For achievement and integration aid 
111.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

111.26		$
	55,609,000
	.....
	2014
	
111.27
111.28		$
	62,692,000
63,831,000
	.....
	2015
	
111.29 	The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $55,609,000 for 2014.
111.30 	The 2015 appropriation includes $6,178,000 $6,386,000 for 2014 and $56,514,000 
111.31 	$57,445,000 for 2015.

111.32 	Sec. 9. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 4, as amended by 
111.33 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 6, is amended to read:
112.1 		Subd. 4.Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota 
112.2 	Statutes, section 124D.98:

112.3		$
	50,998,000
	.....
	2014
	
112.4
112.5		$
	47,458,000
44,839,000
	.....
	2015
	
112.6 	The 2014 appropriation includes $6,607,000 for 2013 and $44,391,000 for 2014.
112.7 	The 2015 appropriation includes $4,932,000 for 2014 and $42,526,000 $39,907,000 
112.8 	for 2015.

112.9 	Sec. 10. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 5, as amended by 
112.10 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 7, is amended to read:
112.11 		Subd. 5.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
112.12 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
112.13 	section 124D.87:

112.14		$
	13,521,000
	.....
	2014
	
112.15
112.16		$
	14,248,000
14,261,000
	.....
	2015

112.17 	Sec. 11. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 20, as amended by 
112.18 	Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 10, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 9, 
112.19 	is amended to read:
112.20 		Subd. 20.Alternative compensation. For alternative teacher compensation aid 
112.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

112.22
112.23		$
	71,599,000
69,899,000
	.....
	2015
	
112.24 	The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $71,599,000 $69,899,000 for 2015.
112.25 	C. CHARTER SCHOOLS

112.26 	Sec. 12. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended by 
112.27 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 10, is amended to read:
112.28 		Subd. 2.Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota 
112.29 	Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4: 

112.30		$
	54,625,000
	.....
	2014
	
112.31
112.32		$
	58,294,000
59,565,000
	.....
	2015
	
112.33 	The 2014 appropriation includes $6,681,000 for 2013 and $47,944,000 for 2014.
113.1 	The 2015 appropriation includes $5,327,000 $5,270,000 for 2014 and $52,967,000 
113.2 	$54,295,000 for 2015.
113.3 	D. SPECIAL PROGRAMS

113.4 	Sec. 13. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 2, as amended by 
113.5 	Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 14, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 
113.6 	11, is amended to read:
113.7 		Subd. 2.Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota 
113.8 	Statutes, section 125A.75:

113.9		$
	1,038,465,000
	.....
	2014
	
113.10
113.11		$
	1,111,641,000
1,109,144,000
	.....
	2015
	
113.12 	The 2014 appropriation includes $118,183,000 for 2013 and $920,282,000 for 2014.
113.13 	The 2015 appropriation includes $129,549,000 $129,317,000 for 2014 and 
113.14 	$982,092,000 $979,827,000 for 2015.

113.15 	Sec. 14. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 3, as amended by 
113.16 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 12, is amended to read:
113.17 		Subd. 3.Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
113.18 	section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities 
113.19 	within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

113.20		$
	1,548,000
	.....
	2014
	
113.21
113.22		$
	1,674,000
1,367,000
	.....
	2015
	
113.23 	If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
113.24 	year is available.

113.25 	Sec. 15. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 4, as amended by 
113.26 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 13, is amended to read:
113.27 		Subd. 4.Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
113.28 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

113.29		$
	351,000
	.....
	2014
	
113.30
113.31		$
	346,000
351,000
	.....
	2015
	
113.32 	The 2014 appropriation includes $45,000 for 2013 and $306,000 for 2014.
113.33 	The 2015 appropriation includes $33,000 for 2014 and $313,000 $318,000 for 2015.
114.1 	E. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

114.2 	Sec. 16. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 2, as amended by 
114.3 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 15, is amended to read:
114.4 		Subd. 2.Health and safety revenue. For health and safety aid according to 
114.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:

114.6		$
	471,000
	.....
	2014
	
114.7
114.8		$
	651,000
649,000
	.....
	2015
	
114.9 	The 2014 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2013 and $447,000 for 2014.
114.10 	The 2015 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2014 and $602,000 $600,000 for 2015.

114.11 	Sec. 17. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 6, as amended by 
114.12 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 18, is amended to read:
114.13 		Subd. 6.Deferred maintenance aid. For deferred maintenance aid, according to 
114.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4:

114.15		$
	3,877,000
	.....
	2014
	
114.16
114.17		$
	4,024,000
4,067,000
	.....
	2015
	
114.18 	The 2014 appropriation includes $475,000 for 2013 and $3,402,000 for 2014.
114.19 	The 2015 appropriation includes $378,000 for 2014 and $3,646,000 $3,689,000 
114.20 	for 2015.
114.21 	F. NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

114.22 	Sec. 18. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by 
114.23 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 5, is amended to read:
114.24 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, 
114.25 	section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

114.26		$
	12,417,000
	.....
	2014
	
114.27
114.28		$
	16,185,000
15,506,000
	.....
	2015

114.29 	Sec. 19. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 3, as amended by 
114.30 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 6, is amended to read:
114.31 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota 
114.32 	Statutes, section 124D.1158:

115.1		$
	5,308,000
	.....
	2014
	
115.2
115.3		$
	6,176,000
9,168,000
	.....
	2015

115.4 	Sec. 20. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 4, as amended by 
115.5 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 19, is amended to read:
115.6 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
115.7 	section 124D.118:

115.8		$
	992,000
	.....
	2014
	
115.9115.10
		$
	1,002,000
942,000
	.....
	2015
	
115.11 	G. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, 
115.12 	AND LIFELONG LEARNING

115.13 	Sec. 21. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 3, as amended by 
115.14 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 17, is amended to read:
115.15 		Subd. 3.Early childhood family education aid. For early childhood family 
115.16 	education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

115.17		$
	22,797,000
	.....
	2014
	
115.18
115.19		$
	26,651,000
26,623,000
	.....
	2015
	
115.20 	The 2014 appropriation includes $3,008,000 for 2013 and $19,789,000 for 2014.
115.21 	The 2015 appropriation includes $2,198,000 for 2014 and $24,453,000 $24,425,000 
115.22 	for 2015.

115.23 	Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 4, as amended by 
115.24 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 23, is amended to read:
115.25 		Subd. 4.Health and developmental screening aid. For health and developmental 
115.26 	screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

115.27		$
	3,524,000
	.....
	2014
	
115.28
115.29		$
	3,330,000
3,390,000
	.....
	2015
	
115.30 	The 2014 appropriation includes $471,000 for 2013 and $3,053,000 for 2014.
115.31 	The 2015 appropriation includes $339,000 for 2014 and $2,991,000 $3,051,000 
115.32 	for 2015.

116.1 	Sec. 23. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 14, as amended by 
116.2 	Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 20, is amended to read:
116.3 		Subd. 14.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under 
116.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531:

116.5		$
	48,776,000
	.....
	2014
	
116.6
116.7		$
	48,415,000
47,750,000
	.....
	2015
	
116.8 	The 2014 appropriation includes $6,278,000 for 2013 and $42,498,000 for 2014.
116.9 	The 2015 appropriation includes $4,722,000 $4,712,000 for 2014 and $43,693,000 
116.10 	$43,038,000 for 2015.