1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing additional funding for students with 
1.3 	limited or interrupted formal education; appropriating money;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 124D.65, by adding a subdivision; 126C.10, 
1.5 	subdivision 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.65, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5a.Revenue for students with limited or interrupted formal education.
 1.10 	A school district's revenue for students with limited or interrupted formal education 
1.11 	equals the sum of:
1.12 	(1) $704 times the greater of 20 or the number of students enrolled in the previous 
1.13 	fiscal year qualifying as students with limited or interrupted formal education under 
1.14 	section 124D.59, subdivision 2a; and
1.15 	(2) $250 times the lesser of (i) one, or (ii) the quotient derived by dividing the ratio 
1.16 	of the number of students enrolled in the previous fiscal year qualifying as a student with 
1.17 	limited or interrupted formal education under section 124D.59, subdivision 2a to the total 
1.18 	number of students enrolled in the previous fiscal year by 0.115.

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

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.21 		Subd. 4.Basic skills revenue. A school district's basic skills revenue equals the 
1.22 	sum of:
1.23 	(1) compensatory revenue under subdivision 3; plus
2.1 	(2) English learner revenue under section 124D.65, subdivision 5; plus
2.2 	(3) $250 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 
2.3 	17; and
2.4 	(4) revenue for students with limited or interrupted formal education under section 
2.5 	124D.65, subdivision 5a.

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

2.7 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; STUDENTS WITH LIMITED OR INTERRUPTED 
2.8 	FORMAL EDUCATION.
 2.9 	$....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.10 	of education for additional general education payments for revenue for students with 
2.11 	limited or interrupted formal education under sections 1 and 2.