1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing access to extended time program 
1.3 	funding for charter schools; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2015 Supplement, section 124E.20, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 124E.20, subdivision 1, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Revenue calculation. (a) General education revenue must be paid 
1.9 	to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each 
1.10 	adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus the 
1.11 	referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus an amount 
1.12 	equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 
1.13 	2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, 
1.14 	basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, pension adjustment revenue, transition 
1.15 	revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment revenue, basic 
1.16 	skills revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though the school 
1.17 	were a school district.
1.18 	(b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer 
1.19 	program, the general education revenue in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal 
1.20 	to 25 percent of the statewide average extended time revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
1.21 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible 
1.22 	special education charter school as defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, equals the 
1.23 	sum of the amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as 
2.1 	defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, for educating students not eligible for special 
2.2 	education services.

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

2.4 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; ADDITIONAL EXTENDED TIME REVENUE.
 2.5 	$....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.6 	of education for the additional extended time revenue amounts incurred under section 1.