1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; fully funding Head Start waiting lists; requiring a 
1.3 	report; appropriating money;amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 
1.4 	3, article 9, section 8, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 8, subdivision 
1.7 	4, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.Head Start program; report required. (a) For Head Start programs 
1.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.52:

1.10		$ 
	25,100,000
	.....
	2016
	
1.11
1.12		$ 
	25,100,000
78,267,000
	.....
	2017 
	
1.13 	The base appropriation for fiscal year 2018 equals $25,100,000 plus the product of 
1.14 	$53,167,000 times 1.05. The base appropriation for fiscal year 2019 and later equals 
1.15 	$25,100,000 plus the product of $53,167,000 times the ratio of the number of students 
1.16 	on Head Start and Early Head Start waiting lists served in the prior school year to 
1.17 	the number of students on Head Start and Early Head Start waiting lists served in the 
1.18 	2016-2017 school year.
1.19 	(b) By February 1 of each year through 2020, the commissioner of education must 
1.20 	submit to the education policy and finance committees of the legislature a report on the 
1.21 	use of the funds appropriated under this section, including a breakdown by agency of the 
1.22 	number of students on Head Start and Early Head Start waiting lists that were served and 
1.23 	projections for future funding needs related to Head Start and Early Head Start waiting lists.

1.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.