1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; allowing parents of prekindergarten children who are 
1.3 	eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of being 
1.4 	deaf or hard-of-hearing to enroll in a charter school serving a special education 
1.5 	population of primarily deaf and hard-of-hearing students; establishing an 
1.6 	enrollment process; appropriating money;amending Laws 2015, First Special 
1.7 	Session chapter 3, article 4, section 4.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 4, the effective 
1.10 	date, is amended to read:

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.12 	except the provision under paragraph (g) allowing prekindergarten deaf or hard-of-hearing 
1.13 	pupils to enroll in a charter school is effective only if the commissioner of education 
1.14 	determines there is no added cost attributable to the pupil for the 2016-2017 school year 
1.15 	and later.

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

1.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.18 	$69,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.19 	commissioner of education for enrolling eligible prekindergarten children in a charter 
1.20 	school under Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 4, subdivision 
1.21 	8, paragraph (g). This appropriation is in addition to the appropriation under Laws 2015, 
1.22 	First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, subdivision 2.