1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing funding for prekindergarten through grade 
1.3 	12 education including general education, education excellence, special education, 
1.4 	facilities and technology, nutrition, libraries, early childhood and family support, 
1.5 	community education, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning, and state agencies; 
1.6 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 119A.03, by 
1.7 	adding a subdivision; 120B.30, subdivision 1; 120B.35, subdivision 3; 120B.36, 
1.8 	subdivision 1; 122A.14, subdivision 9; 122A.18, subdivision 8; 122A.21, 
1.9 	subdivision 1; 122A.63, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 122A.70, 
1.10 	subdivision 1; 123B.61; 124D.151, subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 124D.165, by adding a 
1.11 	subdivision; 124D.231; 124D.531, subdivision 1; 124D.83, subdivision 2; 
1.12 	124D.862, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 124D.98, by adding a 
1.13 	subdivision; 124E.20, subdivision 1; 124E.21, subdivision 1; 125A.76, subdivisions 
1.14 	1, 2c, by adding a subdivision; 126C.05, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, 
1.15 	2d, 2e, 13a, 24; 126C.17, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 9, by adding subdivisions; 
1.16 	126C.44; 127A.47, subdivision 7; 134.355, subdivisions 8, 10; 245C.12; Laws 
1.17 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, sections 8, as amended; 9, 
1.18 	subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 119A; 
1.19 	245C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 120B.299; 120B.30, subdivision 
1.20 	1a; 122A.175; 126C.17, subdivision 9a; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 
1.21 	5, article 11, section 4.
1.22 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.23 	ARTICLE 1
1.24 	GENERAL EDUCATION

1.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.26 		Subdivision 1.Revenue calculation. (a) General education revenue must be paid to a 
1.27 	charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each adjusted 
1.28 	pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus the referendum 
1.29 	equalization aid allowance and first tier local optional aid allowance in the pupil's district 
1.30 	of residence, minus an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to 
2.1 	section 126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, 
2.2 	local optional revenue, basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, pension adjustment 
2.3 	revenue, transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment 
2.4 	revenue, basic skills revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though 
2.5 	the school were a school district.
2.6 	(b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer program, 
2.7 	the general education revenue in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal to 25 percent 
2.8 	of the statewide average extended time revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
2.9 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible special 
2.10 	education charter school as defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, equals the sum of 
2.11 	the amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined 
2.12 	in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, for educating students not eligible for special education 
2.13 	services.

2.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

2.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.16 		Subdivision 1.Pupil unit. Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the age 
2.17 	of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in 
2.18 	average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district under 
2.19 	sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, or 124D.68; in a charter school under 
2.20 	chapter 124E; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 123A.22, 
2.21 	123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03 
2.22 	to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.
2.23 	(a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by 
2.24 	the commissioner and has an individualized education program is counted as the ratio of 
2.25 	the number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.0 with a minimum 
2.26 	average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.0 pupil unit.
2.27 	(b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is counted 
2.28 	as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.0.
2.29 	(c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by the 
2.30 	commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education 
2.31 	services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individualized education program to 875, 
2.32 	but not more than one.
3.1 	(d) (c) A prekindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (a) or (b) and is enrolled 
3.2 	in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151 is counted as 
3.3 	the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more than 0.6 pupil 
3.4 	units.
3.5 	(e) (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as 1.0 pupil 
3.6 	unit if the pupil is enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available to 
3.7 	all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school that meets the minimum hours requirement in 
3.8 	section 120A.41, or is counted as .55 pupil unit, if the pupil is not enrolled in a free all-day, 
3.9 	every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school.
3.10 	(f) (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 1.0 pupil unit.
3.11 	(g) (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.2 pupil units.
3.12 	(h) (g) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted as 
3.13 	1.2 pupil units.
3.14 	(i) For fiscal years 2018 and 2019 only,(h) A prekindergarten pupil who:
3.15 	(1) is not included in paragraph (a), (b), or (d) (c);
3.16 	(2) is enrolled in a school readiness plus program; and
3.17 	(3) has one or more of the risk factors specified by the eligibility requirements for a 
3.18 	school readiness plus program,
3.19 	is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more 
3.20 	than 0.6 pupil units. A pupil qualifying under this paragraph must be counted in the same 
3.21 	manner as a voluntary prekindergarten student for all general education and other school 
3.22 	funding formulas.

3.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

3.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.25 		Subd. 2.Basic revenue.  The basic revenue for each district equals the formula allowance 
3.26 	times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for fiscal year 
3.27 	2017 is $6,067. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2018 is $6,188. The formula allowance 
3.28 	for fiscal year 2019 and later is $6,312. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2020 is $6,501. 
3.29 	The formula allowance for fiscal year 2021 and later is $6,631.

3.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

4.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
4.2 		Subd. 2d.Declining enrollment revenue. (a) A school district's declining enrollment 
4.3 	revenue equals the greater of zero or the product of: (1) 28 percent of the formula allowance 
4.4 	for that year and (2) the difference between the adjusted pupil units for the preceding year 
4.5 	and the adjusted pupil units for the current year.
4.6 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 only, a pupil 
4.7 	enrolled at the Crosswinds school shall not generate declining enrollment revenue for the 
4.8 	district or charter school in which the pupil was last counted in average daily membership.
4.9 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 only, 
4.10 	prekindergarten pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (d) (c), must 
4.11 	be excluded from the calculation of declining enrollment revenue.

4.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

4.13 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
4.14 		Subd. 2e.Local optional revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2020, local optional revenue for 
4.15 	a school district equals $424 times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school 
4.16 	year. For fiscal year 2021 and later, local optional revenue for a school district equals the 
4.17 	sum of the district's first tier local optional revenue and second tier local optional revenue. 
4.18 	A district's first tier local optional revenue equals $300 times the adjusted pupil units of the 
4.19 	district for that school year. A district's second tier local optional revenue equals $424 times 
4.20 	the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.
4.21 	(b) For fiscal year 2020, a district's local optional levy equals its local optional revenue 
4.22 	times the lesser of one or the ratio of its referendum market value per resident pupil unit to 
4.23 	$510,000. For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's local optional levy equals the sum of 
4.24 	the first tier local optional levy and the second tier local optional levy. A district's first tier 
4.25 	local optional levy equals the district's first tier local optional revenue times the lesser of 
4.26 	one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000. 
4.27 	A district's second tier local optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional 
4.28 	revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per 
4.29 	resident pupil unit to $510,000. The local optional revenue levy must be spread on referendum 
4.30 	market value. A district may levy less than the permitted amount.
4.31 	(c) A district's local optional aid equals its local optional revenue less minus its local 
4.32 	optional levy, times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy. If a district's 
5.1 	actual levy for first or second tier local optional revenue is less than its maximum levy limit 
5.2 	for that tier, its aid must be proportionately reduced.

5.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

5.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
5.5 		Subd. 13a.Operating capital levy. To obtain operating capital revenue, a district may 
5.6 	levy an amount not more than the product of its operating capital revenue for the fiscal year 
5.7 	times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to 
5.8 	the operating capital equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals $15,740 
5.9 	for fiscal year 2017, $20,548 for fiscal year 2018, $24,241 for fiscal year 2019, and $22,912
5.10 	$23,902 for fiscal year 2020, $23,885 for fiscal year 2021, $23,895 for fiscal year 2022, 
5.11 	and $23,974 for fiscal year 2023 and later.

5.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

5.13 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 24, is amended to read:
5.14 		Subd. 24.Equity revenue. (a) A school district qualifies for equity revenue if:
5.15 	(1) the school district's adjusted pupil unit amount of basic revenue, transition revenue, 
5.16 	first tier local optional revenue, and referendum revenue is less than the value of the school 
5.17 	district at or immediately above the 95th percentile of school districts in its equity region 
5.18 	for those revenue categories; and
5.19 	(2) the school district's administrative offices are not located in a city of the first class 
5.20 	on July 1, 1999.
5.21 	(b) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that receives referendum revenue under 
5.22 	section 126C.17, subdivision 4, equals the product of (1) the district's adjusted pupil units 
5.23 	for that year; times (2) the sum of (i) $14, plus (ii) $80, times the school district's equity 
5.24 	index computed under subdivision 27.
5.25 	(c) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that does not receive referendum revenue 
5.26 	under section 126C.17, subdivision 4, equals the product of the district's adjusted pupil units 
5.27 	for that year times $14.
5.28 	(d) (c) A school district's equity revenue is increased by the greater of zero or an amount 
5.29 	equal to the district's adjusted pupil units times the difference between ten percent of the 
5.30 	statewide average amount of referendum revenue and first tier local optional revenue per 
5.31 	adjusted pupil unit for that year and the sum of the district's referendum revenue and first 
6.1 	tier local optional revenue per adjusted pupil unit. A school district's revenue under this 
6.2 	paragraph must not exceed $100,000 for that year.
6.3 	(e) (d) A school district's equity revenue for a school district located in the metro equity 
6.4 	region equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b), and (c), and (d) multiplied by 1.25.
6.5 	(f) For fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 for a school district not included in paragraph 
6.6 	(e), a district's equity revenue equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) 
6.7 	multiplied by 1.16. (e) For fiscal year 2020 and later for a school district not included in 
6.8 	paragraph (e) (d), a district's equity revenue equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b),
6.9 	and (c), and (d) multiplied by 1.25.
6.10 	(g) (f) A school district's additional equity revenue equals $50 times its adjusted pupil 
6.11 	units.

6.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

6.13 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.14 		Subdivision 1.Referendum allowance. (a) A district's initial referendum allowance for 
6.15 	fiscal year 2021 and later equals the result of the following calculations:
6.16 	(1) multiply the referendum allowance the district would have received for fiscal year 
6.17 	2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, based on elections 
6.18 	held before July 1, 2013, by the resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have 
6.19 	counted for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05;
6.20 	(2) add to the result of clause (1) the adjustment the district would have received under 
6.21 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based 
6.22 	on elections held before July 1, 2013;
6.23 	(3) divide the result of clause (2) by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 
6.24 	2015;
6.25 	(4) add to the result of clause (3) any additional referendum allowance per adjusted pupil 
6.26 	unit authorized by elections held between July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013;
6.27 	(5) add to the result in clause (4) any additional referendum allowance resulting from 
6.28 	inflation adjustments approved by the voters prior to January 1, 2014;
6.29 	(6) subtract from the result of clause (5), the sum of a district's actual local optional levy 
6.30 	and local optional aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, divided by the adjusted pupil 
6.31 	units of the district for that school year; and
7.1 	(1) subtract $424 from the district's allowance under Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
7.2 	126C.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5);
7.3 	(2) if the result of clause (1) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero;
7.4 	(3) add to the result in clause (2) any new referendum allowance authorized between 
7.5 	July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, under Minnesota Statutes 2013, section 126C.17, 
7.6 	subdivision 9a;
7.7 	(4) add to the result in clause (3) any additional referendum allowance per adjusted pupil 
7.8 	unit authorized between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2019;
7.9 	(5) subtract from the result in clause (4) any allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016, 
7.10 	2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020;
7.11 	(6) subtract $300 from the result in clause (5); and
7.12 	(7) if the result of clause (6) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero.
7.13 	(b) A district's referendum allowance equals the sum of the district's initial referendum 
7.14 	allowance, plus any new referendum allowance authorized between July 1, 2013, and 
7.15 	December 31, 2013, under subdivision 9a, plus any additional referendum allowance per 
7.16 	adjusted pupil unit authorized after December 31, 2013 after July 1, 2019, minus any 
7.17 	allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016 2021 or later, plus any inflation adjustments for 
7.18 	fiscal year 2021 and later approved by the voters prior to July 1, 2019, provided that the 
7.19 	allowance may not be less than zero. For a district with more than one referendum allowance 
7.20 	for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, the allowance calculated 
7.21 	under paragraph (a), clause (3), must be divided into components such that the same 
7.22 	percentage of the district's allowance expires at the same time as the old allowances would 
7.23 	have expired under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17. For a district with more than 
7.24 	one allowance for fiscal year 2015 that expires in the same year, the reduction under 
7.25 	paragraph (a), clause clauses (1) and (6), to offset local optional revenue shall be made first 
7.26 	from any allowances that do not have an inflation adjustment approved by the voters.

7.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

7.28 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.29 		Subd. 2.Referendum allowance limit. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, for fiscal 
7.30 	year 2015 2021 and later, a district's referendum allowance must not exceed the annual 
7.31 	inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b) times the greatest greater of:
8.1 	(1) $1,845 the product of the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph 
8.2 	(b), and $2,079.50, minus $300;
8.3 	(2) the product of the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b), 
8.4 	and the sum of the referendum revenue the district would have received for fiscal year 2015 
8.5 	under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 4, based on elections held 
8.6 	before July 1, 2013, and the adjustment the district would have received under Minnesota 
8.7 	Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections 
8.8 	held before July 1, 2013, divided by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015, 
8.9 	minus $300;
8.10 	(3) the product of the referendum allowance limit the district would have received for 
8.11 	fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, and the 
8.12 	resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have received for fiscal year 2015 under 
8.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05, subdivision 6, plus the adjustment the district 
8.14 	would have received under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, 
8.15 	paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections held before July 1, 2013, divided by the 
8.16 	district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015; minus $424 for a newly reorganized 
8.17 	district created on July 1, 2020, the referendum revenue authority for each reorganizing 
8.18 	district in the year preceding reorganization divided by its adjusted pupil units for the year 
8.19 	preceding reorganization, minus $300; or
8.20 	(4) for a newly reorganized district created after July 1, 2013 2021, the referendum 
8.21 	revenue authority for each reorganizing district in the year preceding reorganization divided 
8.22 	by its adjusted pupil units for the year preceding reorganization.
8.23 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, for fiscal year 2016 2022 and later, "inflationary 
8.24 	increase" means one plus the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for urban 
8.25 	consumers, as prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor Standards Statistics, for the 
8.26 	current fiscal year to fiscal year 2015. For fiscal year 2016 and later, for purposes of 
8.27 	paragraph (a), clause (3), the inflationary increase equals one-fourth of the percentage 
8.28 	increase in the formula allowance for that year compared with the formula allowance for 
8.29 	fiscal year 2015 2021.

8.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

9.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
9.2 		Subd. 5.Referendum equalization revenue. (a) A district's referendum equalization 
9.3 	revenue equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization revenue and the second tier 
9.4 	referendum equalization revenue, and the third tier referendum equalization revenue.
9.5 	(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's first tier 
9.6 	referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
9.7 	(c) A district's first tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the 
9.8 	district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $300 $460.
9.9 	(d) A district's second tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's second 
9.10 	tier referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
9.11 	(e) A district's second tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the 
9.12 	district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $760, minus the district's first tier 
9.13 	referendum equalization allowance.
9.14 	(f) A district's third tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's third tier 
9.15 	referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
9.16 	(g) A district's third tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the 
9.17 	district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or 25 percent of the formula allowance, 
9.18 	minus the sum of $300 and the district's first tier referendum equalization allowance and 
9.19 	second tier referendum equalization allowance.
9.20 	(h) (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (g) (e), the third second tier referendum allowance 
9.21 	for a district qualifying for secondary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 
9.22 	7, or elementary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 8, equals the district's 
9.23 	referendum allowance under subdivision 1 minus the sum of the district's first tier referendum 
9.24 	equalization allowance and second tier referendum equalization allowance.

9.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

9.26 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
9.27 		Subd. 6.Referendum equalization levy. (a) A district's referendum equalization levy 
9.28 	equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization levy, and the second tier referendum 
9.29 	equalization levy, and the third tier referendum equalization levy.
9.30 	(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's first tier 
9.31 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
9.32 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000 $510,000.
10.1 	(c) A district's second tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's second tier 
10.2 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
10.3 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $510,000 $290,000.
10.4 	(d) A district's third tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's third tier 
10.5 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
10.6 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $290,000.

10.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

10.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
10.9 		Subd. 7.Referendum equalization aid. (a) A district's referendum equalization aid 
10.10 	equals the difference between its referendum equalization revenue and levy.
10.11 	(b) If a district's actual levy for first, second, or third tier referendum equalization revenue 
10.12 	is less than its maximum levy limit for that tier, aid shall be proportionately reduced.
10.13 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the referendum equalization aid for a district, where 
10.14 	the referendum equalization aid under paragraph (a) exceeds 90 percent of the referendum 
10.15 	revenue, must not exceed: (1) 25 percent of the formula allowance minus $300; times (2) 
10.16 	the district's adjusted pupil units. A district's referendum levy is increased by the amount 
10.17 	of any reduction in referendum aid under this paragraph.

10.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

10.19 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
10.20 		Subd. 7a.Referendum tax base replacement aid. For each school district that had a 
10.21 	referendum allowance for fiscal year 2002 exceeding $415, for each separately authorized 
10.22 	referendum levy, the commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the commissioner of 
10.23 	education, shall certify the amount of the referendum levy in taxes payable year 2001 
10.24 	attributable to the portion of the referendum allowance exceeding $415 levied against 
10.25 	property classified as class 2, noncommercial 4c(1), or 4c(4), under section 273.13, excluding 
10.26 	the portion of the tax paid by the portion of class 2a property consisting of the house, garage, 
10.27 	and surrounding one acre of land. The resulting amount must be used to reduce the district's 
10.28 	referendum levy or first tier local optional levy amount otherwise determined, and must be 
10.29 	paid to the district each year that the referendum or first tier local optional authority remains 
10.30 	in effect, is renewed, or new referendum authority is approved. The aid payable under this 
10.31 	subdivision must be subtracted from the district's referendum equalization aid under 
11.1 	subdivision 7. The referendum equalization aid and the first tier local optional aid after the 
11.2 	subtraction must not be less than zero.

11.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

11.4 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
11.5 		Subd. 9.Referendum revenue. (a) The revenue authorized by section 126C.10, 
11.6 	subdivision 1, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district at a 
11.7 	referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board. The 
11.8 	referendum must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy authority, 
11.9 	if approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase may be held 
11.10 	in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under subdivision 11, 
11.11 	paragraph (a), the referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in 
11.12 	November. The ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased revenue per adjusted 
11.13 	pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule, determined by the board, of increased revenue 
11.14 	per adjusted pupil unit that differs from year to year over the number of years for which the 
11.15 	increased revenue is authorized or may state that the amount shall increase annually by the 
11.16 	rate of inflation. For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be the annual inflationary increase 
11.17 	calculated under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot may state that existing referendum 
11.18 	levy authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may also compare the proposed levy 
11.19 	authority to the existing expiring levy authority, and express the proposed increase as the 
11.20 	amount, if any, over the expiring referendum levy authority. The ballot must designate the 
11.21 	specific number of years, not to exceed ten, for which the referendum authorization applies, 
11.22 	and may state that the referendum may be renewed by school board resolution subject to a 
11.23 	reverse referendum. The ballot, including a ballot on the question to revoke or reduce the 
11.24 	increased revenue amount under paragraph (c), must abbreviate the term "per adjusted pupil 
11.25 	unit" as "per pupil." The notice required under section 275.60 may be modified to read, in 
11.26 	cases of renewing existing levies at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year:
11.27 	"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO 
11.28 	EXTEND AN EXISTING PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED 
11.29 	TO EXPIRE."
11.30 	The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this subdivision 
11.31 	and a question stating substantially the following:
11.32 	"Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of ......., School 
11.33 	District No. .., be approved?"
12.1 	If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per adjusted pupil unit times the 
12.2 	adjusted pupil units for the school year beginning in the year after the levy is certified shall 
12.3 	be authorized for certification for the number of years approved, if applicable, or until 
12.4 	revoked or reduced by the voters of the district at a subsequent referendum.
12.5 	(b) The board must deliver by mail at least 15 days but no more than 30 days before the 
12.6 	day of the referendum to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum and the proposed revenue 
12.7 	increase. The board need not mail more than one notice to any taxpayer. For the purpose 
12.8 	of giving mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must be those shown to be owners 
12.9 	on the records of the county auditor or, in any county where tax statements are mailed by 
12.10 	the county treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer. Every property owner whose 
12.11 	name does not appear on the records of the county auditor or the county treasurer is deemed 
12.12 	to have waived this mailed notice unless the owner has requested in writing that the county 
12.13 	auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be, include the name on the records for this 
12.14 	purpose. The notice must project the anticipated amount of tax increase in annual dollars 
12.15 	for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads, apartments, and 
12.16 	commercial-industrial property within the school district.
12.17 	The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring and 
12.18 	project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in the first 
12.19 	year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads, 
12.20 	apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.
12.21 	The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will result 
12.22 	in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing levies, the 
12.23 	notice may include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum extends an existing 
12.24 	operating referendum at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year."
12.25 	(c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue amount 
12.26 	authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board. A referendum to revoke 
12.27 	or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per adjusted pupil unit by which the 
12.28 	authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the voters of the district pursuant 
12.29 	to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at least once before it is subject to 
12.30 	a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent years. Only one revocation or 
12.31 	reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce referendum revenue for any specific 
12.32 	year and for years thereafter.
12.33 	(d) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required to 
12.34 	pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.
13.1 	(e) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a copy of 
13.2 	the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county auditor of 
13.3 	each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results of the referendum 
13.4 	have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the certification of the results 
13.5 	of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify the commissioner of the 
13.6 	results of the referendum.

13.7 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
13.8 	to read:
13.9 		Subd. 9b.Renewal by school board. (a) Notwithstanding the election requirements of 
13.10 	subdivision 9, a school board may renew an expiring referendum approved by the voters 
13.11 	after July 1, 2019, by board action if:
13.12 	(1) the ballot for the expiring referendum included a statement that the referendum may 
13.13 	be renewed by school board resolution subject to a reverse referendum;
13.14 	(2) the per-pupil amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring or, for 
13.15 	an expiring referendum that was adjusted annually by the rate of inflation, the same as the 
13.16 	per-pupil amount of the expiring referendum, adjusted annually for inflation in the same 
13.17 	manner as if the expiring referendum had continued;
13.18 	(3) the term of the renewed referendum is no longer than the initial term approved by 
13.19 	the voters; and
13.20 	(4) the school board has adopted a written resolution authorizing the renewal after holding 
13.21 	a meeting and allowing public testimony on the proposed renewal.
13.22 	(b) The resolution must be adopted by the school board by June 15 and becomes effective 
13.23 	60 days after its adoption.
13.24 	(c) A referendum expires at the end of the last fiscal year in which the referendum 
13.25 	generates revenue for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring referendum 
13.26 	under this subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the referendum expires.
13.27 	(d) A district renewing an expiring referendum under this subdivision must submit a 
13.28 	copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the county auditor no later than 
13.29 	September 1 of the calendar year in which the levy is certified.

14.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
14.2 	to read:
14.3 		Subd. 14.Reverse referendum. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "board-renewed 
14.4 	referendum authority" means referendum authority renewed by the school board.
14.5 	(b) A referendum on the question of revoking board-renewed referendum authority under 
14.6 	subdivision 9b shall be called by the board upon written petition of qualified voters of the 
14.7 	district. A referendum to revoke a district's board-renewed referendum authority must state 
14.8 	the authority to be revoked in total and per pupil unit. A revocation referendum may be held 
14.9 	to revoke board-renewed referendum authority for the subsequent fiscal year and for years 
14.10 	thereafter.
14.11 	(c) A petition authorized by this subdivision is effective if:
14.12 	(1) signed by more than 25 percent of the registered voters of the district on the day the 
14.13 	petition is filed with the board; and
14.14 	(2) filed with the board by June 1 of that year.
14.15 	A referendum invoked by petition must be held on the date required in subdivision 9.
14.16 	(d) The approval of more than 50 percent of those voting on the question is required to 
14.17 	revoke board-renewed referendum authority.

14.18 	Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS.
 14.19 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
14.20 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
14.21 	designated.
14.22 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.23 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

14.24		$
	7,482,939,000
	.....
	2020
	
14.25		$
	7,670,132,000
	.....
	2021
	
14.26 	The 2020 appropriation includes $701,293,000 for 2019 and $6,781,646,000 for 2020.
14.27 	The 2021 appropriation includes $726,322,000 for 2020 and $6,943,810,000 for 2021.
14.28 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
14.29 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
14.30 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

15.1		$
	24,000
	.....
	2020
	
15.2		$
	26,000
	.....
	2021
	
15.3 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.49:

15.4		$
	2,897,000
	.....
	2020
	
15.5		$
	2,971,000
	.....
	2021
	
15.6 	The 2020 appropriation includes $274,000 for 2019 and $2,623,000 for 2020.
15.7 	The 2021 appropriation includes $291,000 for 2020 and $2,680,000 for 2021.
15.8 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
15.9 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

15.10		$
	270,000
	.....
	2020
	
15.11		$
	165,000
	.....
	2021
	
15.12 	The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $270,000 for 2020.
15.13 	The 2021 appropriation includes $30,000 for 2020 and $135,000 for 2021.
15.14 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
15.15 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

15.16		$
	18,743,000
	.....
	2020
	
15.17		$
	19,609,000
	.....
	2021
	
15.18 	The 2020 appropriation includes $1,791,000 for 2019 and $16,952,000 for 2020.
15.19 	The 2021 appropriation includes $1,884,000 for 2020 and $17,725,000 for 2021.
15.20 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under 
15.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

15.22		$
	18,801,000
	.....
	2020
	
15.23		$
	19,052,000
	.....
	2021
	
15.24 	The 2020 appropriation includes $1,844,000 for 2019 and $16,957,000 for 2020.
15.25 	The 2021 appropriation includes $1,844,000 for 2020 and $17,168,000 for 2021.
15.26 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. For a grant to Independent School District No. 690, 
15.27 	Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

15.28		$
	65,000
	.....
	2020
	
15.29		$
	65,000
	.....
	2021
	
16.1 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
16.2 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

16.3		$
	4,337,000
	.....
	2020
	
16.4		$
	4,310,000
	.....
	2021
	
16.5 	The 2020 appropriation includes $420,000 for 2019 and $3,917,000 for 2020.
16.6 	The 2021 appropriation includes $435,000 for 2020 and $3,875,000 for 2021.

16.7 	Sec. 18. REPEALER.
 16.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 9a, is repealed.

16.9 	ARTICLE 2
16.10 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

16.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.12 		Subdivision 1.Statewide testing.  (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts with 
16.13 	appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with 
16.14 	subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade level 
16.15 	to be tested, state-constructed tests developed as computer-adaptive reading and mathematics 
16.16 	assessments for students that are aligned with the state's required academic standards under 
16.17 	section 120B.021, include multiple choice questions, and are administered annually to all 
16.18 	students in grades 3 through 8. State-developed high school tests aligned with the state's 
16.19 	required academic standards under section 120B.021 and administered to all high school 
16.20 	students in a subject other than writing must include multiple choice questions. The 
16.21 	commissioner shall establish one or more months during which schools shall administer 
16.22 	the tests to students each school year.
16.23 	(1) Students enrolled in grade 8 through the 2009-2010 school year are eligible to be 
16.24 	assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, mathematics, 
16.25 	or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), 
16.26 	clauses (1) and (2), and (d), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass 
16.27 	college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally 
16.28 	recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.
16.29 	(2) Students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 school year are eligible 
16.30 	to be assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, 
16.31 	mathematics, or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, 
16.32 	paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass 
17.1 	college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally 
17.2 	recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.
17.3 	(3) For students under clause (1) or (2), a school district may substitute a score from an 
17.4 	alternative, equivalent assessment to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.
17.5 	(b) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of academic 
17.6 	standards as described in section 120B.023 in the following manner:
17.7 	(1) mathematics;
17.8 	(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and
17.9 	(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;
17.10 	(2) science; grades 5 and 8 and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012 
17.11 	school year; and
17.12 	(3) language arts and reading; grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning in the 
17.13 	2012-2013 school year.
17.14 	(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, students' 
17.15 	state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student 
17.16 	education and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation, include 
17.17 	the following:
17.18 	(1) achievement and career and college readiness in mathematics, reading, and writing, 
17.19 	consistent with paragraph (k) and to the extent available, to monitor students' continuous 
17.20 	development of and growth in requisite knowledge and skills; analyze students' progress 
17.21 	and performance levels, identifying students' academic strengths and diagnosing areas where 
17.22 	students require curriculum or instructional adjustments, targeted interventions, or 
17.23 	remediation; and, based on analysis of students' progress and performance data, determine 
17.24 	students' learning and instructional needs and the instructional tools and best practices that 
17.25 	support academic rigor for the student; and
17.26 	(2) consistent with this paragraph and section 120B.125, age-appropriate exploration 
17.27 	and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally 
17.28 	relevant career interests and aptitudes and help students and their families develop a regularly 
17.29 	reexamined transition plan for postsecondary education or employment without need for 
17.30 	postsecondary remediation.
18.1 	Based on appropriate state guidelines, students with an individualized education program 
18.2 	may satisfy state graduation requirements by achieving an individual score on the 
18.3 	state-identified alternative assessments.
18.4 	(d) Expectations of schools, districts, and the state for career or college readiness under 
18.5 	this subdivision must be comparable in rigor, clarity of purpose, and rates of student 
18.6 	completion.
18.7 	A student under paragraph (c), clause (1), must receive targeted, relevant, academically 
18.8 	rigorous, and resourced instruction, which may include a targeted instruction and intervention 
18.9 	plan focused on improving the student's knowledge and skills in core subjects so that the 
18.10 	student has a reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for 
18.11 	postsecondary remediation. Consistent with sections 120B.13, 124D.09, 124D.091, 124D.49, 
18.12 	and related sections, an enrolling school or district must actively encourage a student in 
18.13 	grade 11 or 12 who is identified as academically ready for a career or college to participate 
18.14 	in courses and programs awarding college credit to high school students. Students are not 
18.15 	required to achieve a specified score or level of proficiency on an assessment under this 
18.16 	subdivision to graduate from high school.
18.17 	(e) Though not a high school graduation requirement, students are encouraged to 
18.18 	participate in a nationally recognized college entrance exam. To the extent state funding 
18.19 	for college entrance exam fees is available, a district must pay the cost, one time, for an 
18.20 	interested student in grade 11 or 12 who is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, to take 
18.21 	a nationally recognized college entrance exam before graduating. A student must be able 
18.22 	to take the exam under this paragraph at the student's high school during the school day and 
18.23 	at any one of the multiple exam administrations available to students in the district. A district 
18.24 	may administer the ACT or SAT or both the ACT and SAT to comply with this paragraph. 
18.25 	If the district administers only one of these two tests and a free or reduced-price meal eligible 
18.26 	student opts not to take that test and chooses instead to take the other of the two tests, the 
18.27 	student may take the other test at a different time or location and remains eligible for the 
18.28 	examination fee reimbursement. Notwithstanding sections 123B.34 to 123B.39, a school 
18.29 	district may require a student that is not eligible for a free or reduced-price meal to pay the 
18.30 	cost of taking a nationally recognized college entrance exam. The district must waive the 
18.31 	cost for a student unable to pay.
18.32 	(f) The commissioner and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
18.33 	must collaborate in aligning instruction and assessments for adult basic education students 
18.34 	and English learners to provide the students with diagnostic information about any targeted 
18.35 	interventions, accommodations, modifications, and supports they need so that assessments 
19.1 	and other performance measures are accessible to them and they may seek postsecondary 
19.2 	education or employment without need for postsecondary remediation. When administering 
19.3 	formative or summative assessments used to measure the academic progress, including the 
19.4 	oral academic development, of English learners and inform their instruction, schools must 
19.5 	ensure that the assessments are accessible to the students and students have the modifications 
19.6 	and supports they need to sufficiently understand the assessments.
19.7 	(g) Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use career exploration elements to 
19.8 	help students, beginning no later than grade 9, and their families explore and plan for 
19.9 	postsecondary education or careers based on the students' interests, aptitudes, and aspirations. 
19.10 	Districts and schools must use timely regional labor market information and partnerships, 
19.11 	among other resources, to help students and their families successfully develop, pursue, 
19.12 	review, and revise an individualized plan for postsecondary education or a career. This 
19.13 	process must help increase students' engagement in and connection to school, improve 
19.14 	students' knowledge and skills, and deepen students' understanding of career pathways as 
19.15 	a sequence of academic and career courses that lead to an industry-recognized credential, 
19.16 	an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree and are available to all students, whatever their 
19.17 	interests and career goals.
19.18 	(h) A student who demonstrates attainment of required state academic standards, which 
19.19 	include career and college readiness benchmarks, on high school assessments under 
19.20 	subdivision 1a is academically ready for a career or college and is encouraged to participate 
19.21 	in courses awarding college credit to high school students. Such courses and programs may 
19.22 	include sequential courses of study within broad career areas and technical skill assessments 
19.23 	that extend beyond course grades.
19.24 	(i) As appropriate, students through grade 12 must continue to participate in targeted 
19.25 	instruction, intervention, or remediation and be encouraged to participate in courses awarding 
19.26 	college credit to high school students.
19.27 	(j) In developing, supporting, and improving students' academic readiness for a career 
19.28 	or college, schools, districts, and the state must have a continuum of empirically derived, 
19.29 	clearly defined benchmarks focused on students' attainment of knowledge and skills so that 
19.30 	students, their parents, and teachers know how well students must perform to have a 
19.31 	reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for postsecondary 
19.32 	remediation. The commissioner, in consultation with local school officials and educators, 
19.33 	and Minnesota's public postsecondary institutions must ensure that the foundational 
19.34 	knowledge and skills for students' successful performance in postsecondary employment 
20.1 	or education and an articulated series of possible targeted interventions are clearly identified 
20.2 	and satisfy Minnesota's postsecondary admissions requirements.
20.3 	(k) For students in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, a school, district, or 
20.4 	charter school must record on the high school transcript a student's progress toward career 
20.5 	and college readiness, and for other students as soon as practicable.
20.6 	(l) The school board granting students their diplomas may formally decide to include a 
20.7 	notation of high achievement on the high school diplomas of those graduating seniors who, 
20.8 	according to established school board criteria, demonstrate exemplary academic achievement 
20.9 	during high school.
20.10 	(m) The 3rd through 8th grade computer-adaptive assessment results and high school 
20.11 	test results shall be available to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning 
20.12 	and district instruction and curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The 
20.13 	commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on adaptive assessments in 
20.14 	grades 3 through 8. The commissioner, in consultation with the chancellor of the Minnesota 
20.15 	State Colleges and Universities, must establish empirically derived benchmarks on the high 
20.16 	school tests that reveal a trajectory toward career and college readiness consistent with 
20.17 	section 136F.302, subdivision 1a. The commissioner must disseminate to the public the 
20.18 	computer-adaptive assessments and high school test results upon receiving those results.
20.19 	(n) The grades 3 through 8 computer-adaptive assessments and high school tests must 
20.20 	be aligned with state academic standards. The commissioner shall determine the testing 
20.21 	process and the order of administration. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site 
20.22 	and district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.
20.23 	(o) The commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public 
20.24 	reporting system:
20.25 	(1) uniform statewide computer-adaptive assessments of all students in grades 3 through 
20.26 	8 and testing at the high school levels that provides appropriate, technically sound 
20.27 	accommodations or alternate assessments;
20.28 	(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school districts 
20.29 	and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high school 
20.30 	graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;
20.31 	(3) state results on the American College Test; and
20.32 	(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
20.33 	so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other states, and, 
21.1 	where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort to monitor 
21.2 	achievement.
21.3 	(p) For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high 
21.4 	school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue a career 
21.5 	pathway, including postsecondary credit leading to a degree, diploma, certificate, or 
21.6 	industry-recognized credential and employment. Students who are career and college ready 
21.7 	are able to successfully complete credit-bearing coursework at a two- or four-year college 
21.8 	or university or other credit-bearing postsecondary program without need for remediation.
21.9 	(q) For purposes of statewide accountability, "cultural competence," "cultural 
21.10 	competency," or "culturally competent" means the ability of families and educators to 
21.11 	interact effectively with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic 
21.12 	backgrounds.

21.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.14 		Subd. 3.State growth target; other state measures. (a)(1) The state's educational 
21.15 	assessment system measuring individual students' educational growth is based on indicators 
21.16 	of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. Indicators of 
21.17 	achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable statewide or districtwide 
21.18 	assessments.
21.19 	(2) For purposes of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner must analyze and 
21.20 	report separate categories of information using the student categories identified under the 
21.21 	federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and, in 
21.22 	addition to "other" for each race and ethnicity, and the Karen community, seven of the most 
21.23 	populous Asian and Pacific Islander groups, three of the most populous Native groups, 
21.24 	seven of the most populous Hispanic/Latino groups, and five of the most populous Black 
21.25 	and African Heritage groups as determined by the total Minnesota population based on the 
21.26 	most recent American Community Survey; English learners under section 124D.59; home 
21.27 	language; free or reduced-price lunch; and all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school 
21.28 	who are currently or were previously in foster care, except that such disaggregation and 
21.29 	cross tabulation is not required if the number of students in a category is insufficient to yield 
21.30 	statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information 
21.31 	about an individual student.
21.32 	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with a stakeholder group that includes assessment 
21.33 	and evaluation directors, district staff, experts in culturally responsive teaching, and 
21.34 	researchers, must implement a growth model that uses a value-added growth indicator and
22.1 	that compares the difference in students' achievement scores over time, and includes criteria 
22.2 	for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate medium and high growth under 
22.3 	section 120B.299, subdivisions 8 and 9, and may recommend other value-added measures 
22.4 	under section 120B.299, subdivision 3 academic progress. The model may be used to advance 
22.5 	educators' professional development and replicate programs that succeed in meeting students' 
22.6 	diverse learning needs. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are personnel 
22.7 	data under section 13.43. The model must allow users to:
22.8 	(1) report student growth consistent with this paragraph; and
22.9 	(2) for all student categories, report and compare aggregated and disaggregated state 
22.10 	student growth and, under section 120B.11, subdivision 2, clause (2), student learning and 
22.11 	outcome data using the student categories identified under the federal Elementary and 
22.12 	Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and other student categories under 
22.13 	paragraph (a), clause (2).
22.14 	The commissioner must report measures of student growth and, under section 120B.11, 
22.15 	subdivision 2, clause (2), student learning and outcome data, consistent with this paragraph, 
22.16 	including the English language development, academic progress, and oral academic 
22.17 	development of English learners and their native language development if the native language 
22.18 	is used as a language of instruction, and include data on all pupils enrolled in a Minnesota 
22.19 	public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted as an English 
22.20 	learner under section 124D.59.
22.21 	(c) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the 
22.22 	commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating 
22.23 	the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary 
22.24 	academic and career opportunities:
22.25 	(1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school graduates 
22.26 	in the most recent school year who completed course work important to preparing them for 
22.27 	postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the core academic subjects 
22.28 	required for admission to Minnesota's public colleges and universities as determined by the 
22.29 	Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; and
22.30 	(2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high school 
22.31 	graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more 
22.32 	college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment 
22.33 	options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section 
22.34 	120B.021, subdivision 1a, or industry certification courses or programs.
23.1 	When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must also 
23.2 	analyze and report separate categories of information using the student categories identified 
23.3 	under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, 
23.4 	and other student categories under paragraph (a), clause (2).
23.5 	(d) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the 
23.6 	commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2014, must report summary data on school safety 
23.7 	and students' engagement and connection at school, consistent with the student categories 
23.8 	identified under paragraph (a), clause (2). The summary data under this paragraph are 
23.9 	separate from and must not be used for any purpose related to measuring or evaluating the 
23.10 	performance of classroom teachers. The commissioner, in consultation with qualified experts 
23.11 	on student engagement and connection and classroom teachers, must identify highly reliable 
23.12 	variables that generate summary data under this paragraph. The summary data may be used 
23.13 	at school, district, and state levels only. Any data on individuals received, collected, or 
23.14 	created that are used to generate the summary data under this paragraph are nonpublic data 
23.15 	under section 13.02, subdivision 9.
23.16 	(e) For purposes of statewide educational accountability, the commissioner must identify 
23.17 	and report measures that demonstrate the success of learning year program providers under 
23.18 	sections 123A.05 and 124D.68, among other such providers, in improving students' 
23.19 	graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report 
23.20 	summary data on:
23.21 	(1) the four- and six-year graduation rates of students under this paragraph;
23.22 	(2) the percent of students under this paragraph whose progress and performance levels 
23.23 	are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks under section 120B.30, subdivision 
23.24 	1; and
23.25 	(3) the success that learning year program providers experience in:
23.26 	(i) identifying at-risk and off-track student populations by grade;
23.27 	(ii) providing successful prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk students;
23.28 	(iii) providing successful recuperative and recovery or reenrollment strategies for off-track 
23.29 	students; and
23.30 	(iv) improving the graduation outcomes of at-risk and off-track students.
23.31 	The commissioner may include in the annual report summary data on other education 
23.32 	providers serving a majority of students eligible to participate in a learning year program.
24.1 	(f) The commissioner, in consultation with recognized experts with knowledge and 
24.2 	experience in assessing the language proficiency and academic performance of all English 
24.3 	learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were 
24.4 	previously counted as an English learner under section 124D.59, must identify and report 
24.5 	appropriate and effective measures to improve current categories of language difficulty and 
24.6 	assessments, and monitor and report data on students' English proficiency levels, program 
24.7 	placement, and academic language development, including oral academic language.
24.8 	(g) When reporting four- and six-year graduation rates, the commissioner or school 
24.9 	district must disaggregate the data by student categories according to paragraph (a), clause 
24.10 	(2).
24.11 	(h) A school district must inform parents and guardians that volunteering information 
24.12 	on student categories not required by the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and 
24.13 	Secondary Education Act is optional and will not violate the privacy of students or their 
24.14 	families, parents, or guardians. The notice must state the purpose for collecting the student 
24.15 	data.

24.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.17 		Subdivision 1.School performance reports and public reporting. (a) The commissioner 
24.18 	shall report student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and 
24.19 	3; the percentages of students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35, 
24.20 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b) academic progress consistent with federal expectations; school 
24.21 	safety and student engagement and connection under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, 
24.22 	paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c); 
24.23 	the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), 
24.24 	whose progress and performance levels are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks 
24.25 	under sections 120B.30, subdivision 1, and 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (e); 
24.26 	longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing disparities in students' 
24.27 	academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration under section 124D.861; 
24.28 	the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language academic literacy, 
24.29 	including oral academic language, and the academic progress of all English learners enrolled 
24.30 	in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted 
24.31 	as English learners under section 124D.59; two separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly 
24.32 	indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes 
24.33 	of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding salaries; student enrollment 
24.34 	demographics; foster care status, including all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school 
25.1 	course or program who are currently or were previously in foster care, student homelessness, 
25.2 	and district mobility; and extracurricular activities.
25.3 	(b) The school performance report for a school site and a school district must include 
25.4 	school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required by the 
25.5 	most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
25.6 	(c) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department website 
25.7 	school performance reports consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11.
25.8 	(d) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of 
25.9 	each school year.
25.10 	(e) A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by the 
25.11 	commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold or 
25.12 	deny an appeal is final.
25.13 	(f) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, until 
25.14 	the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post school 
25.15 	performance reports to the department's public website no later than September 1, except 
25.16 	that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner shall 
25.17 	post the school performance reports no later than October 1.

25.18 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.19 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) A grant program is established to assist American 
25.20 	Indian people to become teachers and to provide additional education for American Indian 
25.21 	teachers. The commissioner may award a joint grant to each of the following:
25.22 	(1) the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota and Independent School District 
25.23 	No. 709, Duluth;
25.24 	(2) Bemidji State University and Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake;
25.25 	(3) Moorhead State University and one of the school districts located within the White 
25.26 	Earth Reservation; and
25.27 	(4) Augsburg College, Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, and Special School 
25.28 	District No. 1, Minneapolis.
25.29 	(b) If additional funds are available, the commissioner may award additional joint grants 
25.30 	to other postsecondary institutions and school districts.
26.1 	(c) Grantees may enter into contracts with tribal, technical, and community colleges and 
26.2 	four-year postsecondary institutions to identify and provide grants to students at those 
26.3 	institutions interested in the field of education. Each grantee is eligible to and may contract 
26.4 	with partner institutions to provide professional development and supplemental services to 
26.5 	a tribal, technical, or community college or four-year postsecondary institution, including 
26.6 	identification of prospective students, provision of instructional supplies and materials, and 
26.7 	provision of grant money to students. A contract with a tribal, technical, or community 
26.8 	college or four-year postsecondary institution includes coordination of student identification, 
26.9 	professional development, and mentorship services.

26.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.11 		Subd. 4.Grant amount. The commissioner may award a joint grant in the amount it 
26.12 	determines to be appropriate. The grant shall include money for the postsecondary institution, 
26.13 	school district, and student scholarships, and student loans grants.

26.14 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.15 		Subd. 5.Information to student applicants. At the time a student applies for a 
26.16 	scholarship and loan grant, the student shall be provided information about the fields of 
26.17 	licensure needed by school districts in the part of the state within which the district receiving 
26.18 	the joint grant is located. The information shall be acquired and periodically updated by the 
26.19 	recipients of the joint grant and their contracted partner institutions. Information provided 
26.20 	to students shall clearly state that scholarship and loan decisions are not based upon the 
26.21 	field of licensure selected by the student.

26.22 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
26.23 		Subd. 6.Eligibility for scholarships and loans student grants. The following Indian 
26.24 	people are eligible for scholarships student grants:
26.25 	(1) a student having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and 
26.26 	maintaining cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition;
26.27 	(1) (2) a student, including a teacher aide employed by a district receiving a joint grant
26.28 	or their contracted partner school, who intends to become a teacher or who is interested in 
26.29 	the field of education and who is enrolled in a postsecondary institution or their contracted 
26.30 	partner institutions receiving a joint grant;
26.31 	(2) (3) a licensed employee of a district receiving a joint grant or a contracted partner 
26.32 	school, who is enrolled in a master of education program; and
27.1 	(3) (4) a student who, after applying for federal and state financial aid and an Indian 
27.2 	scholarship according to section 136A.126, has financial needs that remain unmet. Financial 
27.3 	need shall be determined according to the congressional methodology for needs determination 
27.4 	or as otherwise set in federal law.
27.5 	A person who has actual living expenses in addition to those addressed by the 
27.6 	congressional methodology for needs determination, or as otherwise set in federal law, may 
27.7 	receive a loan according to criteria established by the commissioner. A contract shall be 
27.8 	executed between the state and the student for the amount and terms of the loan. Priority 
27.9 	shall be given to a student who is tribally enrolled and then to first- and second-generation 
27.10 	descendants.

27.11 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
27.12 	read:
27.13 		Subd. 9.Eligible programming. (a) The grantee institutions and the contracted partner 
27.14 	institutions may provide grants to students progressing toward educational goals in any area 
27.15 	of teacher licensure, including an associate of arts, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree 
27.16 	in the following: (1) any educational certification necessary for employment; (2) early 
27.17 	childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure; (3) elementary and secondary 
27.18 	education; (4) school administration; or (5) any educational program that provides services 
27.19 	to American Indian students in prekindergarten through grade 12.
27.20 	(b) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their partner contracted institutions shall 
27.21 	agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study 
27.22 	student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact 
27.23 	persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to a 
27.24 	high school student who may be interested in education as a profession.
27.25 	(c) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student 
27.26 	grants. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used for 
27.27 	recruitment or administration of the student grants.

27.28 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.70, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.29 		Subdivision 1.Teacher mentoring, induction, and retention programs. (a) School 
27.30 	districts are encouraged to develop teacher mentoring programs for teachers new to the 
27.31 	profession or district, including teaching residents, teachers of color, teachers who are 
27.32 	American Indian, teachers in license shortage areas, teachers with special needs, or 
27.33 	experienced teachers in need of peer coaching.
28.1 	(b) Teacher mentoring programs must be included in or aligned with districts' teacher 
28.2 	evaluation and peer review processes under sections 122A.40, subdivision 8, and 122A.41, 
28.3 	subdivision 5. A district may use staff development revenue under section 122A.61, special 
28.4 	grant programs established by the legislature, or another funding source to pay a stipend to 
28.5 	a mentor who may be a current or former teacher who has taught at least three years and is 
28.6 	not on an improvement plan. Other initiatives using these funds or funds available under 
28.7 	sections 124D.861 and 124D.862 may include:
28.8 	(1) additional stipends as incentives to mentors who are of color or who are American 
28.9 	Indian;
28.10 	(2) financial supports for professional learning community affinity groups across schools 
28.11 	within and between districts for teachers from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to 
28.12 	meet throughout the school year;
28.13 	(3) programs for induction aligned with the district or school mentorship program during 
28.14 	the first three years of teaching, including those for teachers from underrepresented racial 
28.15 	and ethnic groups; or
28.16 	(4) grants supporting licensed and nonlicensed educator participation in professional 
28.17 	development, such as through workshops and graduate courses related to increasing student 
28.18 	achievement for students who are of color or American Indian in order to close opportunity 
28.19 	and achievement gaps.

28.20 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.231, is amended to read:
28.21 	124D.231 FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
28.22 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
28.23 	the meanings given them.
28.24 	(a) "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization that has been in existence 
28.25 	for three years or more and serves persons within the community surrounding the covered 
28.26 	school site on education and other issues.
28.27 	(b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community 
28.28 	organizations that propose to work together to plan and implement community school 
28.29 	programming.
28.30 	(c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities 
28.31 	described under subdivision 2, paragraph (g) (f).
29.1 	(d) "Community-wide full-service community school leadership team" means a 
29.2 	district-level team that is responsible for guiding the vision, policy, resource alignment, 
29.3 	implementation, oversight, and goal setting for community school programs within the 
29.4 	district. This team shall include representatives from the district; teachers, school leaders, 
29.5 	students, and family members from the eligible schools; community members; system-level 
29.6 	partners that include representatives from government agencies, relevant unions, and 
29.7 	nonprofit and other community-based partners; and, if applicable, the full-service community 
29.8 	school initiative director.
29.9 	(e) "Full-service community school initiative director" means a director responsible for 
29.10 	coordinating districtwide administrative and leadership assistance to community school 
29.11 	sites and site coordinators including chairing the district's community-wide full-service 
29.12 	community school leadership team, site coordinator support, data gathering and evaluation, 
29.13 	administration of partnership and data agreements, contracts and procurement, and grants.
29.14 	(d) (f) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means 
29.15 	educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, consistent 
29.16 	with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.
29.17 	(e) (g) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been 
29.18 	funded to provide community school programming.
29.19 	(f) (h) "Site coordinator" is an individualmeans a full-time staff member serving one 
29.20 	eligible school who is responsible for aligningthe identification, implementation, and 
29.21 	coordination of programming withto address the needs of the school community identified 
29.22 	in the baseline analysis.
29.23 		Subd. 2.Full-service community school program. (a) The commissioner shall provide 
29.24 	funding to districts and charter schools with eligible school sites to plan, implement, and 
29.25 	improve full-service community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following 
29.26 	criteria:
29.27 	(1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section 
29.28 	120B.35, subdivision 2; or
29.29 	(2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved by 
29.30 	the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.
29.31 	(b) An eligible school site may receive up to $150,000 annually.Districts and charter 
29.32 	schools may receive up to:
30.1 	(1) $100,000 for each eligible school available for up to one year to fund planning 
30.2 	activities including convening a full-service community school leadership team, facilitating 
30.3 	family and community stakeholder engagement, conducting a baseline analysis, and creating 
30.4 	a full-service community school plan. At the end of this period, the school must submit a 
30.5 	full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e); and
30.6 	(2) $150,000 annually for each eligible school for up to three years of implementation 
30.7 	of a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g). School sites 
30.8 	receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency to hire a 
30.9 	site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site. Districts or charter schools 
30.10 	receiving funding under this section for three or more schools shall provide or contract with 
30.11 	a partner agency to provide a full-service community school initiative director.
30.12 	(c) Of grants awarded, implementation funding of up to $20,000 must be available for 
30.13 	up to one year for planning for school sites. At the end of this period, the school must submit 
30.14 	a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraph (g). If the site decides not to 
30.15 	use planning funds, the plan must be submitted with the application.
30.16 	(d)(c) The commissioner shall consider additional school factors when dispensing funds 
30.17 	including: schools with significant populations of students receiving free or reduced-price 
30.18 	lunches; significant homeless and highly mobile rates; and equity among urban, suburban, 
30.19 	and greater Minnesota schools; and demonstrated success implementing full-service 
30.20 	community school programming.
30.21 	(e)(d) A school site must establish a full-service community school leadership team 
30.22 	responsible for developing school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs, 
30.23 	and overseeing the process of implementing expanded programming at each covered site. 
30.24 	The school leadership team shall have betweenat least 12 to 15 members and shall meet 
30.25 	the following requirements:
30.26 	(1) at least 30 percent of the members are parents, guardians, or students and 30 percent 
30.27 	of the members are teachers at the school site and must include the school principal and 
30.28 	representatives from partner agencies; and
30.29 	(2) the full-service community school leadership team must be responsible for overseeing 
30.30 	the baseline analyses under paragraph (f) (e) and the creation of a full-service community 
30.31 	school plan under paragraphs (f) and (g). A full-service community school leadership team 
30.32 	must meet at least quarterly have ongoing responsibility for monitoring the development 
30.33 	and implementation of full-service community school operations and programming at the 
30.34 	school site and shall issue recommendations to schools on a regular basis and summarized 
31.1 	in an annual report. These reports shall also be made available to the public at the school 
31.2 	site and on school and district websites.
31.3 	(f)(e) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to beginning programming 
31.4 	as a full-service community school the creation of a full-service community school plan. 
31.5 	The analysis shall include:
31.6 	(1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team, 
31.7 	which shall include including the following elements:
31.8 	(i) identification of challenges facing the school;
31.9 	(ii) analysis of the student body, including:
31.10 	(A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;
31.11 	(B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of these 
31.12 	students;
31.13 	(C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; and
31.14 	(D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and the 
31.15 	needs of these students; and
31.16 	(E) number and percentage of students by race and ethnicity;
31.17 	(iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, English 
31.18 	learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or reduced-price 
31.19 	lunch;
31.20 	(iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such 
31.21 	disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including, but not limited 
31.22 	to, American Indian students and students of color, students with disabilities, students who 
31.23 	are English learners, and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are represented 
31.24 	among students subject to such actions;
31.25 	(v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic categories, 
31.26 	including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability status, and 
31.27 	free or reduced-price lunch status;
31.28 	(vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and
31.29 	(vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of wraparound services full-service 
31.30 	community school activities, including, but not limited to:
32.1 	(A) mechanisms for meeting students' social, emotional, and physical health needs, 
32.2 	which may include coordination of existing services as well as the development of new 
32.3 	services based on student needs; and integrated student supports that address out-of-school 
32.4 	barriers to learning through partnerships with social and health service agencies and 
32.5 	providers, and may include medical, dental, vision care, and mental health services, or 
32.6 	counselors to assist with housing, transportation, nutrition, immigration, or criminal justice 
32.7 	issues;
32.8 	(B) strategies to create a safe and secure school environment and improve school climate 
32.9 	and discipline, such as implementing a system of positive behavioral supports, and taking 
32.10 	additional steps to eliminate bullying; expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, 
32.11 	including before-school, after-school, weekend, and summer programs that provide additional 
32.12 	academic instruction, individualized academic support, enrichment activities, and learning 
32.13 	opportunities that emphasize real-world learning and community problem solving and may 
32.14 	include art, music, drama, creative writing, hands-on experience with engineering or science, 
32.15 	tutoring and homework help, or recreational programs that enhance and are consistent with 
32.16 	the school's curriculum;
32.17 	(C) active family and community engagement that brings students' families and the 
32.18 	community into the school as partners in children's education and makes the school a 
32.19 	neighborhood hub, providing adults with educational opportunities that may include adult 
32.20 	English as a second language classes, computer skills, art, or other programs that bring 
32.21 	community members into the school for meetings or events; and
32.22 	(D) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning, 
32.23 	collective trust, and shared responsibility and include a school-based full-service community 
32.24 	school leadership team, a full-service community school site coordinator, a full-service 
32.25 	community school initiative director, a community-wide leadership team, other leadership 
32.26 	or governance teams, teacher learning communities, or other staff to manage the joint work 
32.27 	of school and community organizations;
32.28 	(2) a baseline analysis of community assets and a strategic plan for utilizing and aligning 
32.29 	identified assets. This analysis should include, but is not limited to, including a documentation 
32.30 	of individuals in the community, faith-based organizations, community and neighborhood 
32.31 	associations, colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service agencies who that
32.32 	may be able to provide support and resources; and
32.33 	(3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by the 
32.34 	school leadership team, including, but not limited to:
33.1 	(i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education programs;
33.2 	(ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and
33.3 	(iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.
33.4 	(g)(f) Each school site receiving funding under this section must establishdevelop a 
33.5 	full-service community school plan that utilizes and aligns district and community assets 
33.6 	and establishes services in at least two of the following types of programming:
33.7 	(1) early childhood:
33.8 	(i) early childhood education; and
33.9 	(ii) child care services;
33.10 	(2) academic:
33.11 	(i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;
33.12 	(ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;
33.13 	(iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;
33.14 	(iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or 
33.15 	expelled; and
33.16 	(v) specialized instructional support services;
33.17 	(3) parental involvement:
33.18 	(i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;
33.19 	(ii) parent leadership development activities that empower and strengthen families and 
33.20 	communities, provide volunteer opportunities, or promote inclusion in school-based 
33.21 	leadership teams; and
33.22 	(iii) parenting education activities;
33.23 	(4) mental and physical health:
33.24 	(i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and 
33.25 	conflict mediation;
33.26 	(ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;
33.27 	(iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;
33.28 	(iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;
33.29 	(v) nutrition services;
34.1 	(vi) primary health and dental care; and
34.2 	(vii) mental health counseling services;
34.3 	(5) community involvement:
34.4 	(i) service and service-learning opportunities;
34.5 	(ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and
34.6 	(iii) homeless prevention services;
34.7 	(6) positive discipline practices; and
34.8 	(7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in the 
34.9 	baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.
34.10 	(h)(g) The full-service community school leadership team at each school site must 
34.11 	develop a full-service community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team 
34.12 	will take, including:
34.13 	(1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;
34.14 	(2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;
34.15 	(3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact of 
34.16 	programming on the participating children and adults;
34.17 	(4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school and 
34.18 	community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement organizations, 
34.19 	businesses, and social service providers;
34.20 	(5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as universities, 
34.21 	hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the development 
34.22 	and implementation of community school programming;
34.23 	(6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and
34.24 	(7) plan for school leadership team development.
34.25 		Subd. 3.Full-service community school review. (a) Every three years, A full-service 
34.26 	community school site must submit to the commissioner, and make available at the school 
34.27 	site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community school programming at 
34.28 	each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service community school 
34.29 	on participating children and adults. This report shall include, but is not limited to, the 
34.30 	following:
35.1 	(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or implementing 
35.2 	the community school plan;
35.3 	(2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school plan, 
35.4 	including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding program 
35.5 	implementation;
35.6 	(3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful execution 
35.7 	of the community school plan;
35.8 	(4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming to 
35.9 	students and families;
35.10 	(5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming 
35.11 	who had not previously been served;
35.12 	(6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving community 
35.13 	school programming who had not previously been served;
35.14 	(7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school 
35.15 	programming;
35.16 	(8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community 
35.17 	school programming;
35.18 	(9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and in 
35.19 	their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with the 
35.20 	school and community environment;
35.21 	(10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the 
35.22 	implementation of the program;
35.23 	(11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their children's 
35.24 	education;
35.25 	(12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;
35.26 	(13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;
35.27 	(14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to 
35.28 	provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;
35.29 	(15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
35.30 	(16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
35.31 	partners.
36.1 	(b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with 
36.2 	respect to the following criteria:
36.3 	(1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in implementing 
36.4 	the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which the school site 
36.5 	navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the full-service community 
36.6 	school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation 
36.7 	impeding program implementation;
36.8 	(2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve delivery 
36.9 	of community school programming to students;
36.10 	(3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of students 
36.11 	and nonstudents receiving community school programming;
36.12 	(4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and 
36.13 	improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school 
36.14 	programming;
36.15 	(5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;
36.16 	(6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;
36.17 	(7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to provide 
36.18 	services in the absence of future funding under this section;
36.19 	(8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
36.20 	(9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
36.21 	partners.

36.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.23 		Subd. 2.Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school 
36.24 	that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in 
36.25 	subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is 
36.26 	derived by:
36.27 	(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170, 
36.28 	times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05, 
36.29 	subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, 
36.30 	and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section 
36.31 	126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which 
36.32 	the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
37.1 	(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 
37.2 	allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 
37.3 	compensation revenue pupil units;
37.4 	(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school 
37.5 	by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of 
37.6 	Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E, 
37.7 	for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied 
37.8 	to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school adjustments and additional 
37.9 	weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school 
37.10 	board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor repair, interim administration 
37.11 	cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is 
37.12 	received according to section 124D.69;
37.13 	(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily 
37.14 	membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation 
37.15 	revenue pupil units; and
37.16 	(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision 
37.17 	13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units 
37.18 	by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal years 2016 toyear 2019 and $1,50051.17 percent of the 
37.19 	formula allowance for fiscal year 2020 and later or the result in clause (4).

37.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

37.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.22 		Subdivision 1.Initial achievement and integration revenue. (a) An eligible district's 
37.23 	initial achievement and integration revenue equals the lesser of 100.3 percent of the district's 
37.24 	expenditures under the budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861, 
37.25 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), excluding expenditures used to generate incentive revenue 
37.26 	under subdivision 2, or the sum of (1) $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that 
37.27 	year times the ratio of the district's enrollment of protected students for the previous school 
37.28 	year to total enrollment for the previous school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent 
37.29 	of the difference between the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the 
37.30 	district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2014 under clause (1).
37.31 	(b) In each year, an amount equal to 0.3 percent of each district's initial achievement 
37.32 	and integration revenue for the second prior fiscal year is transferred to the department for 
37.33 	the oversight and accountability activities required under this section and section 124D.861.

38.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 4.Achievement and integration aid. For fiscal year 2015 and later, a district's 
38.3 	achievement and integration aid equals the sum of 70 percent of its achievement and 
38.4 	integration revenue and its achievement and integration equalization aid under subdivision 
38.5 	5a.

38.6 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
38.7 		Subd. 5.Achievement and integration levy. (a) A district's achievement and integration 
38.8 	levy revenue equals its achievement and integration revenue times 30 percent.
38.9 	(b) A district's achievement and integration levy equals the product of (1) the achievement 
38.10 	and integration levy revenue, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted 
38.11 	net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to 30 percent of the state average adjusted net tax 
38.12 	capacity per adjusted pupil unit.
38.13 	(c) For Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; Independent School District No. 
38.14 	625, St. Paul; and Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, 100 percent of the levy 
38.15 	certified under this subdivision is shifted into the prior calendar year for purposes of sections 
38.16 	123B.75, subdivision 5, and 127A.441.

38.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.18 	to read:
38.19 		Subd. 5a.Achievement and integration equalization aid. A district's achievement and 
38.20 	integration equalization aid equals the district's achievement and integration levy revenue 
38.21 	minus the district's achievement and integration levy. If a district does not levy the entire 
38.22 	amount permitted, the achievement and integration equalization aid must be reduced in 
38.23 	proportion to the actual amount levied.

38.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.25 	to read:
38.26 		Subd. 4.Medium and high growth. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
38.27 	section.
38.28 	(b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above 
38.29 	or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one 
38.30 	assessment scores.
39.1 	(c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the 
39.2 	average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.

39.3 	Sec. 17. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS.
 39.4 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. A grant program is established to support 
39.5 	school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the summer with 
39.6 	high school students in extended programs.
39.7 		Subd. 2.Application. The commissioner of education shall develop the form and method 
39.8 	for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining the 
39.9 	allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants.
39.10 		Subd. 3.Grant awards. Grant funding under this section must be matched by funding 
39.11 	from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer employment. Grant 
39.12 	funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 40 working days.
39.13 		Subd. 4.Reports. School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the 
39.14 	commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number 
39.15 	of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals established 
39.16 	in the grant application. The commissioner of education shall develop the criteria necessary 
39.17 	for the reports.

39.18 	Sec. 18. INNOVATION RESEARCH ZONES PILOT PROGRAM.
 39.19 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; requirements for participation; research zone plans. (a) 
39.20 	The innovation research zone pilot program is established to improve student and school 
39.21 	outcomes consistent with the world's best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.22 	section 120B.11. Innovation zone partnerships allow school districts and charter schools to 
39.23 	research and implement innovative education programming models designed to better 
39.24 	prepare students for the world.
39.25 	(b) One or more school districts or charter schools may join together to form an innovation 
39.26 	zone partnership. The partnership may include other nonschool partners, including 
39.27 	postsecondary institutions, other units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and 
39.28 	for-profit organizations. An innovation zone plan must be collaboratively developed with 
39.29 	a school's instructional staff.
39.30 	(c) An innovation research zone partnership must research and implement innovative 
39.31 	education programs and models that are based on proposed hypotheses. An innovation zone 
40.1 	plan may include an emerging practice not yet supported by peer-reviewed research. 
40.2 	Examples of innovation zone research include:
40.3 	(1) personalized learning allowing students to excel at their own pace and according to 
40.4 	their interests, aspirations, and unique needs;
40.5 	(2) the use of competency outcomes rather than seat time and course completion to fulfill 
40.6 	standards, credits, and other graduation requirements;
40.7 	(3) multidisciplinary, real-world, inquiry-based, and student-directed models designed 
40.8 	to make learning more engaging and relevant, including documenting and validating learning 
40.9 	that takes place beyond the school day and school walls;
40.10 	(4) models of instruction designed to close the achievement gap, including new models 
40.11 	for age three to grade 3 models, English as a second language models, early identification 
40.12 	and prevention of mental health issues, and others;
40.13 	(5) partnerships between secondary schools and postsecondary institutions, employers, 
40.14 	or career training institutions enabling students to complete industry certifications, 
40.15 	postsecondary education credits, and other credentials;
40.16 	(6) new methods of collaborative leadership including the expansion of schools where 
40.17 	teachers have larger professional roles;
40.18 	(7) new ways to enhance parental and community involvement in learning;
40.19 	(8) new models of professional development for educators, including embedded 
40.20 	professional development; or
40.21 	(9) new models in other areas such as whole child instruction, social-emotional skill 
40.22 	development, technology-based or blended learning, parent and community involvement, 
40.23 	professional development and mentoring, and models that increase return on investment.
40.24 	(d) The governing board for each innovation zone partner must approve an innovation 
40.25 	zone plan. An innovation zone plan submitted to the commissioner for approval must 
40.26 	describe:
40.27 	(1) how the plan will improve student and school outcomes consistent with the world's 
40.28 	best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11;
40.29 	(2) the role of each partner in the innovation zone;
40.30 	(3) the research methodology used for each proposed action in the plan;
41.1 	(4) the innovation zone partnership's proposed exemptions from statutes and rules under 
41.2 	subdivision 2;
41.3 	(5) how the proposed planning and implementation process includes teachers and other 
41.4 	educational staff from the affected school sites;
41.5 	(6) expected outcomes and graduation standards;
41.6 	(7) a timeline for implementing the plan and assessing outcomes; and
41.7 	(8) how results of the plan will be disseminated.
41.8 	(e) Upon unanimous approval by the initial innovation zone partners and approval by 
41.9 	the commissioner of education, the innovation zone partnership may extend membership 
41.10 	to other partners. A new partner's membership is effective 30 days after the innovation zone 
41.11 	partnership notifies the commissioner of the proposed change in membership, unless the 
41.12 	commissioner disapproves the new partner's membership.
41.13 	(f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a school district or charter school 
41.14 	participating in an innovation zone partnership under this section continues to receive all 
41.15 	revenue and maintains its taxation authority in the same manner as prior to participation in 
41.16 	the innovation zone partnership. The innovation zone school district and charter school 
41.17 	partners remain organized and governed by their respective school boards with general 
41.18 	powers under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B or 124E, and remain subject to any 
41.19 	employment agreements under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 122A and 179A. School district 
41.20 	and charter school employees participating in an innovation zone partnership remain 
41.21 	employees of their respective school district or charter school.
41.22 	(g) An innovation zone partnership may submit its plan at any time to the commissioner 
41.23 	in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner must approve 
41.24 	or reject the plan after reviewing the recommendation of the Innovation Research Zone 
41.25 	Advisory Panel. An innovation zone partnership may resubmit a previously rejected plan 
41.26 	after modifying the plan to meet each individually identified objection.
41.27 		Subd. 2.Exemptions from laws and rules. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the 
41.28 	contrary, an innovation zone partner with an approved plan is exempt from each of the 
41.29 	following state education laws and rules specifically identified in its plan:
41.30 	(1) a law or rule from which a district-created, site-governed school under Minnesota 
41.31 	Statutes, section 123B.045, is exempt;
42.1 	(2) a statute or rule from which the commissioner has exempted another district or charter 
42.2 	school, as identified in the list published on the Department of Education's website under 
42.3 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b);
42.4 	(3) online learning program approval under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.095, 
42.5 	subdivision 7, if the school district or charter school offers a course or program online 
42.6 	combined with direct access to a teacher for a portion of that course or program;
42.7 	(4) restrictions on extended time revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, 
42.8 	subdivision 2a, for a student who meets the criteria of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.68, 
42.9 	subdivision 2; and
42.10 	(5) required hours of instruction in a class or subject area for a student who is meeting 
42.11 	all competencies consistent with the graduation standards described in the innovation zone 
42.12 	plan.
42.13 	(b) The exemptions under this subdivision must not be construed as exempting an 
42.14 	innovation zone partner from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.
42.15 		Subd. 3.Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel. (a) The commissioner must 
42.16 	establish and convene an Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel to review all innovation 
42.17 	zone plans submitted for approval.
42.18 	(b) The panel must be composed of nine members. The commissioner must appoint one 
42.19 	member with expertise in evaluation and research. One member must be appointed by each 
42.20 	of the following organizations: Educators for Excellence, Education Minnesota, Minnesota 
42.21 	Association of Secondary School Principals, Minnesota Elementary School Principals' 
42.22 	Association, Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Minnesota School Boards 
42.23 	Association, Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and the Office of Higher Education.
42.24 		Subd. 4.Commissioner approval. (a) Upon recommendation of the Innovation Research 
42.25 	Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner may approve up to three innovation zone plans in 
42.26 	the seven-county metropolitan area and up to three in greater Minnesota. If an innovation 
42.27 	zone partnership fails to implement its innovation zone plan as described in its application 
42.28 	and according to the stated timeline, upon recommendation of the Innovation Research 
42.29 	Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner must alert the partnership members and provide 
42.30 	the opportunity to remediate. If implementation continues to fail, the commissioner must 
42.31 	suspend or terminate the innovation zone plan.
43.1 	(b) The commissioner must publish a list of the exemptions granted to a district or charter 
43.2 	school on the Department of Education's website by July 1, 2020. The list must be updated 
43.3 	annually.
43.4 		Subd. 5.Project evaluation; dissemination; report to legislature. Each innovation 
43.5 	zone partnership must submit project data to the commissioner in the form and manner 
43.6 	provided for in the approved application. At least once every two years, the commissioner 
43.7 	must analyze each innovation zone's progress in meeting the objectives of the innovation 
43.8 	zone plan. The commissioner must summarize and categorize innovation zone plans and 
43.9 	submit a report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education by February 
43.10 	1 of each odd-numbered year in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

43.11 	Sec. 19. RURAL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM 
43.12 	GRANTS.
 43.13 		Subdivision 1.Definition. "Rural career and technical education (CTE) consortium" 
43.14 	means a voluntary collaboration of a service cooperative and other regional public and 
43.15 	private partners, including school districts and higher education institutions, that work 
43.16 	together to provide career and technical education opportunities within the service 
43.17 	cooperative's multicounty service area.
43.18 		Subd. 2.Establishment. (a) A rural CTE consortium shall:
43.19 	(1) focus on the development of courses and programs that encourage collaboration 
43.20 	between two or more school districts;
43.21 	(2) develop new career and technical programs that focus on industry sectors that fuel 
43.22 	the rural regional economy;
43.23 	(3) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who are 
43.24 	equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers;
43.25 	(4) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who attend 
43.26 	sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public and private partnerships with 
43.27 	business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and 
43.28 	postsecondary program options;
43.29 	(5) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career and 
43.30 	technical education courses and training opportunities; and
43.31 	(6) provide capital start-up costs for items including but not limited to a mobile welding 
43.32 	lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial kitchen equipment.
44.1 	(b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), a rural CTE consortium may:
44.2 	(1) address the teacher shortage in career and technical education through incentive 
44.3 	funding and training programs; and
44.4 	(2) provide transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities 
44.5 	throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education.
44.6 		Subd. 3.Rural career and technical education advisory committee. In order to be 
44.7 	eligible for a grant under this section, a service cooperative must establish a rural career 
44.8 	and technical education advisory committee to advise the cooperative on administering the 
44.9 	rural CTE consortium.
44.10 		Subd. 4.Private funding. A rural CTE consortium may receive other sources of funds 
44.11 	to supplement state funding. All funds received shall be administered by a service cooperative 
44.12 	that is a member of the consortium.
44.13 		Subd. 5.Reporting requirements. A rural CTE consortium must submit an annual 
44.14 	report on the progress of its activities to the commissioner of education and the legislative 
44.15 	committees with jurisdiction over secondary and postsecondary education. The annual report 
44.16 	must contain a financial report for the preceding fiscal year. The first report is due no later 
44.17 	than January 15, 2021.
44.18 		Subd. 6.Grant recipients. For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award 
44.19 	a two-year grant to the consortium that is a collaboration of the Southwest/West Central 
44.20 	Service Cooperative (SWWC), Southwest Minnesota State University, Minnesota West 
44.21 	Community and Technical College, Ridgewater College, and other regional public and 
44.22 	private partners. For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award a two-year 
44.23 	grant to an applicant consortium that includes the South Central Service Cooperative or 
44.24 	Southeast Service Cooperative and a two-year grant to an applicant consortium that includes 
44.25 	the Northwest Service Cooperative or Northeast Service Cooperative.

44.26 	Sec. 20. APPROPRIATIONS.
 44.27 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
44.28 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
44.29 	designated.
44.30 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. For achievement and integration aid under 
44.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

45.1		$
	80,802,000
	.....
	2020
	
45.2		$
	83,545,000
	.....
	2021
	
45.3 	The 2020 appropriation includes $7,072,000 for 2019 and $73,730,000 for 2020.
45.4 	The 2021 appropriation includes $8,192,000 for 2020 and $75,353,000 for 2021.
45.5 		Subd. 3.Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
45.6 	section 124D.98:

45.7		$
	45,415,000
	.....
	2020
	
45.8		$
	45,271,000
	.....
	2021
	
45.9 	The 2020 appropriation includes $4,595,000 for 2019 and $40,820,000 for 2020.
45.10 	The 2021 appropriation includes $4,535,000 for 2020 and $40,736,000 for 2021.
45.11 		Subd. 4.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
45.12 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
45.13 	section 124D.87:

45.14		$
	15,840,000
	.....
	2020
	
45.15		$
	16,654,000
	.....
	2021
	
45.16 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract schools. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
45.17 	section 124D.83:

45.18		$
	3,504,000
	.....
	2020
	
45.19		$
	3,958,000
	.....
	2021
	
45.20 	The 2020 appropriation includes $304,000 for 2019 and $3,200,000 for 2020.
45.21 	The 2021 appropriation includes $356,000 for 2020 and $3,602,000 for 2021.
45.22 		Subd. 6.American Indian education aid. For American Indian education aid under 
45.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

45.24		$
	9,719,000
	.....
	2020
	
45.25		$
	9,901,000
	.....
	2021
	
45.26 	The 2020 appropriation includes $959,000 for 2019 and $8,760,000 for 2020.
45.27 	The 2021 appropriation includes $973,000 for 2020 and $8,828,000 for 2021.
45.28 		Subd. 7.Early childhood literacy programs. (a) For early childhood literacy programs 
45.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:

45.30		$
	7,950,000
	.....
	2020
	
45.31		$
	7,950,000
	.....
	2021
	
46.1 	(b) Up to $7,950,000 each year is for leveraging federal and private funding to support 
46.2 	AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota reading corps program established by 
46.3 	ServeMinnesota, including costs associated with training and teaching early literacy skills 
46.4 	to children ages three through grade 3 and evaluating the impact of the program under 
46.5 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.38, subdivision 2, and 124D.42, subdivision 6.
46.6 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
46.7 		Subd. 8.Concurrent enrollment program. For concurrent enrollment programs under 
46.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:

46.9		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
46.10		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
46.11 	If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce the 
46.12 	aid payment to each district.
46.13 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
46.14 		Subd. 9.Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. For grants to institutions offering 
46.15 	"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" college in the schools courses 
46.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):

46.17		$
	558,000
	.....
	2020
	
46.18		$
	558,000
	.....
	2021
	
46.19 	The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount to monitor 
46.20 	and administer the grant program.
46.21 		Subd. 10.ServeMinnesota program. For funding ServeMinnesota programs under 
46.22 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:

46.23		$
	900,000
	.....
	2020
	
46.24		$
	900,000
	.....
	2021
	
46.25 	A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents 
46.26 	of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such 
46.27 	coverage is not otherwise available.
46.28 		Subd. 11.Student organizations. (a) For student organizations:

46.29		$
	768,000
	.....
	2020
	
46.30		$
	768,000
	.....
	2021
	
46.31 	(b) $46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
47.1 	(c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations 
47.2 	(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
47.3 	(d) $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA, 
47.4 	secondary and postsecondary).
47.5 	(e) $193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations (FFA, 
47.6 	PAS).
47.7 	(f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science 
47.8 	occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and 
47.9 	31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than 
47.10 	grade 9.
47.11 	(g) $109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations (DECA 
47.12 	and DECA collegiate).
47.13 	(h) $40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.
47.14 	(i) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
47.15 		Subd. 12.Museums and education centers. (a) For grants to museums and education 
47.16 	centers:

47.17		$
	460,000
	.....
	2020
	
47.18		$
	460,000
	.....
	2021
	
47.19 	(b) $319,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of the amount in this 
47.20 	paragraph, $50,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum, Rochester.
47.21 	(c) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum.
47.22 	(d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
47.23 	(e) $50,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
47.24 	(f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
47.25 		Subd. 13.Starbase MN. For a grant to Starbase MN for a rigorous science, technology, 
47.26 	engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 through 6 with a 
47.27 	multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace environment 
47.28 	using state-of-the-art technology:

47.29		$
	500,000
	.....
	2020
	
47.30		$
	500,000
	.....
	2021
	
47.31 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
48.1 		Subd. 14.Recovery program grants. For recovery program grants under Minnesota 
48.2 	Statutes, section 124D.695:

48.3		$
	750,000
	.....
	2020
	
48.4		$
	750,000
	.....
	2021
	
48.5 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
48.6 		Subd. 15.Minnesota math corps program. For the Minnesota math corps program 
48.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:

48.8		$
	500,000
	.....
	2020
	
48.9		$
	500,000
	.....
	2021
	
48.10 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
48.11 		Subd. 16.Minnesota Principals Academy. (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota 
48.12 	College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals 
48.13 	Academy:

48.14		$
	200,000
	.....
	2020
	
48.15		$
	200,000
	.....
	2021
	
48.16 	(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals 
48.17 	and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability 
48.18 	system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the 
48.19 	extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000 
48.20 	of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by 
48.21 	principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's 
48.22 	accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds 
48.23 	Act.
48.24 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
48.25 		Subd. 17.Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota 
48.26 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

48.27		$
	84,538,000
	.....
	2020
	
48.28		$
	90,071,000
	.....
	2021
	
48.29 	The 2020 appropriation includes $7,886,000 for 2019 and $76,652,000 for 2020.
48.30 	The 2021 appropriation includes $8,517,000 for 2020 and $81,554,000 for 2021.
48.31 		Subd. 18.Paraprofessional pathway to teacher licensure. (a) For grants to school 
48.32 	districts for Grow Your Own new teacher programs:

49.1		$
	1,500,000
	.....
	2020
	
49.2		$
	1,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
49.3 	(b) Grants are for school districts and charter schools for a nonconventional teacher 
49.4 	residency pilot program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
49.5 	Board. The program must provide tuition scholarships or stipends to enable school district 
49.6 	employees or community members affiliated with a school district who seek an education 
49.7 	license to participate in a nonconventional teacher preparation program. School districts 
49.8 	that receive funds under this subdivision must ensure a majority of candidates are of color 
49.9 	or American Indian to participate in the Grow Your Own new teacher programs. School 
49.10 	districts or charter schools providing financial support may require a commitment as 
49.11 	determined by the district to teach in the district or school for a reasonable amount of time 
49.12 	that does not exceed five years.
49.13 	(c) School districts and charter schools may apply for grants to develop innovative, 
49.14 	expanded Grow Your Own programs that encourage secondary school students to pursue 
49.15 	teaching, including developing and offering dual-credit postsecondary course options in 
49.16 	schools for "Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses consistent 
49.17 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 10.
49.18 	(d) Programs must annually report to the commissioner by the date determined by the 
49.19 	commissioner on their activities under this section, including the number of participants, 
49.20 	the percentage of participants who are of color or American Indian, and an assessment of 
49.21 	program effectiveness including participant feedback, areas for improvement, the percentage 
49.22 	of participants continuing to pursue teacher licensure, and the number of participants hired 
49.23 	in the school or district as teachers after completing preparation programs.
49.24 	(e) The department may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor 
49.25 	and administer the grant program.
49.26 	(f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
49.27 		Subd. 19.Statewide testing and reporting system. For the statewide testing and 
49.28 	reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30:

49.29		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2020
	
49.30		$
	10,877,000
	.....
	2021
	
49.31 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
49.32 	base for this appropriation in 2021 and later is $10,892,000.
50.1 		Subd. 20.College entrance examination reimbursement. To reimburse districts for 
50.2 	students who qualify under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph 
50.3 	(e), for payment of their college entrance examination fee:

50.4		$
	1,511,000
	.....
	2020
	
50.5		$
	1,511,000
	.....
	2021
	
50.6 	The commissioner must reimburse school districts for the costs for free or reduced-price 
50.7 	meal eligible students who take the ACT or SAT test under Minnesota Statutes, section 
50.8 	120B.30, subdivision 1.
50.9 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
50.10 		Subd. 21.Alternative teacher compensation aid. For alternative teacher compensation 
50.11 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

50.12		$
	89,558,000
	.....
	2020
	
50.13		$
	89,319,000
	.....
	2021
	
50.14 	The 2020 appropriation includes $8,969,000 for 2019 and $80,589,000 for 2020.
50.15 	The 2021 appropriation includes $8,954,000 for 2020 and $80,365,000 for 2021.
50.16 		Subd. 22.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color program 
50.17 	grants. (a) For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color program grants:

50.18		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
50.19		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
50.20 	(b) By January 15 of each year, each institution shall prepare for the legislature a detailed 
50.21 	report regarding the funds used to recruit, retain, and induct teacher candidates who are of 
50.22 	color or who are American Indian. The report must include the total number of teacher 
50.23 	candidates of color disaggregated by race or ethnic group, who are recruited to the institution, 
50.24 	are newly admitted to the licensure program, are enrolled in the licensure program, have 
50.25 	completed student teaching, have graduated, and are licensed and newly employed as 
50.26 	Minnesota teachers in their licensure field. The total number of teacher candidates who are 
50.27 	of color or American Indian at each stage from recruitment to licensed teaching must be 
50.28 	reported as a percentage of total candidates seeking the same licensure at the institution. 
50.29 	The report must include the graduation rate for each cohort of teacher candidates, the 
50.30 	placement rate for each graduating cohort of teacher candidates, and the retention rate for 
50.31 	each graduating cohort of teacher candidates, among other program outcomes.
50.32 	(c) The commissioner must award all collaborative urban educator grants through a 
50.33 	competitive grant process. The competitive process must award grants based on program 
51.1 	benchmarks, including licensure rates, participation rates, and on-time graduation rates. 
51.2 	Grants must only be awarded to teacher preparation programs approved by the Professional 
51.3 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board, including alternative teacher preparation programs.
51.4 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
51.5 		Subd. 23.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For students' 
51.6 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota 
51.7 	Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs for teachers and 
51.8 	other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:

51.9		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2020
	
51.10		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
51.11 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each 
51.12 	year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation 
51.13 	each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement 
51.14 	and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory 
51.15 	Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts 
51.16 	of the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for 
51.17 	each program.
51.18 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000 
51.19 	each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
51.20 	support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
51.21 	programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
51.22 	international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The 
51.23 	commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
51.24 	(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income 
51.25 	families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent of 
51.26 	available appropriations, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced 
51.27 	placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
51.28 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
51.29 		Subd. 24.Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course 
51.30 	offerings. For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students 
51.31 	to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according 
51.32 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:

52.1		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
52.2		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
52.3 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
52.4 		Subd. 25.Agricultural educator grants. For agricultural educator grants under Laws 
52.5 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:

52.6		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
52.7		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
52.8 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
52.9 		Subd. 26.American Indian teacher preparation grants. For joint grants to assist 
52.10 	people who are American Indian to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
52.11 	122A.63:

52.12		$
	460,000
	.....
	2020
	
52.13		$
	460,000
	.....
	2021
	
52.14 		Subd. 27.Rural career and technical education consortium. (a) For rural career and 
52.15 	technical education consortium grants:

52.16		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
52.17		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
52.18 	If the appropriation in the first year is insufficient, the 2021 appropriation is available.
52.19 		Subd. 28.Statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program. For the 
52.20 	statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189, 
52.21 	article 25, section 58, as amended:

52.22		$
	375,000
	.....
	2020
	
52.23		$
	375,000
	.....
	2021
	
52.24 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
52.25 		Subd. 29.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
52.26 	of color. (a) For the development and expansion of mentoring, induction, and retention 
52.27 	programs for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, 
52.28 	section 122A.70:

52.29		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
52.30		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
53.1 	(b) The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation to monitor and 
53.2 	administer the grant program. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available 
53.3 	in the second year.
53.4 		Subd. 30.Tribal Nations Education Committee. For a grant to the Tribal Nations 
53.5 	Education Committee under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.79:

53.6		$
	150,000
	.....
	2020
	
53.7		$
	150,000
	.....
	2021
	
53.8 		Subd. 31.Grants to teacher candidates. (a) For transfer to the commissioner of the 
53.9 	Office of Higher Education for grants to teacher candidates under Minnesota Statutes, 
53.10 	section 136A.1275:

53.11		$
	1,817,500
	.....
	2020
	
53.12		$
	1,817,500
	.....
	2021
	
53.13 	(b) The commissioner of the Office of Higher Education may use no more than three 
53.14 	percent of the appropriation for administration of the program.
53.15 		Subd. 32.Full-service community schools. (a) For full-service community schools 
53.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

53.17		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
53.18		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
53.19 	(b) Up to five percent of this appropriation is for administration of this program. Any 
53.20 	balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
53.21 		Subd. 33.Grants to support students experiencing homelessness. (a) To provide 
53.22 	grants to eligible school districts in order to address the needs of students experiencing 
53.23 	homelessness:

53.24		$
	$1,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
53.25		$
	$1,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
53.26 	(b) The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation to monitor and 
53.27 	administer the grant program. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available 
53.28 	in the second year.

53.29 	Sec. 21. REPEALER.
 53.30 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 120B.299; and 120B.30, subdivision 1a, are repealed.

54.1 	ARTICLE 3
54.2 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

54.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
54.4 		Subdivision 1.Special education aid. (a) Except as provided in section 124E.23, special 
54.5 	education aid, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 
54.6 	2e,  must be paid to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as though it were a 
54.7 	school district.
54.8 	(b) For fiscal year 2015 2020 and later, the special education aid paid to the charter 
54.9 	school shall be adjusted as follows:
54.10 	(1) if the charter school does not receive general education revenue on behalf of the 
54.11 	student according to section 124E.20, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 
54.12 	125A.11; or
54.13 	(2) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student 
54.14 	according to section 124E.20, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 127A.47, 
54.15 	subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (e).; or
54.16 	(3) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student 
54.17 	according to section 124E.20, it shall also receive an adjustment equal to five percent for 
54.18 	fiscal year 2020 or ten percent for fiscal year 2021 and later of the unreimbursed cost of 
54.19 	providing special education and services for the student.

54.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

54.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
54.22 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section and section 125A.79, 
54.23 	the definitions in this subdivision apply.
54.24 	(b) "Basic revenue" has the meaning given it in section 126C.10, subdivision 2. For the 
54.25 	purposes of computing basic revenue pursuant to this section, each child with a disability 
54.26 	shall be counted as prescribed in section 126C.05, subdivision 1.
54.27 	(c) "Essential personnel" means teachers, cultural liaisons, related services, and support 
54.28 	services staff providing services to students. Essential personnel may also include special 
54.29 	education paraprofessionals or clericals providing support to teachers and students by 
54.30 	preparing paperwork and making arrangements related to special education compliance 
54.31 	requirements, including parent meetings and individualized education programs. Essential 
54.32 	personnel does not include administrators and supervisors.
55.1 	(d) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 126C.05.
55.2 	(e) "Program growth factor" means 1.046 for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, 1.0 for 
55.3 	fiscal year 2016, 1.046 for fiscal year 2017, and the product of 1.046 and the program growth 
55.4 	factor for the previous year for fiscal year 2018 and later.
55.5 	(f) "Nonfederal special education expenditure" means all direct expenditures that are 
55.6 	necessary and essential to meet the district's obligation to provide special instruction and 
55.7 	services to children with a disability according to sections 124D.454, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 
55.8 	125A.259 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 as submitted by the district and approved by the 
55.9 	department under section 125A.75, subdivision 4, excluding expenditures:
55.10 	(1) reimbursed with federal funds;
55.11 	(2) reimbursed with other state aids under this chapter;
55.12 	(3) for general education costs of serving students with a disability;
55.13 	(4) for facilities;
55.14 	(5) for pupil transportation; and
55.15 	(6) for postemployment benefits.
55.16 	(g) "Old formula special education expenditures" means expenditures eligible for revenue 
55.17 	under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 125A.76, subdivision 2.
55.18 	(h) For the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and the Minnesota State Academy 
55.19 	for the Blind, expenditures under paragraphs (f) and (g) are limited to the salary and fringe 
55.20 	benefits of one-to-one instructional and behavior management aides and one-to-one licensed, 
55.21 	certified professionals assigned to a child attending the academy, if the aides or professionals 
55.22 	are required by the child's individualized education program.
55.23 	(i) "Special education aid increase limit" means $80 for fiscal year 2016, $100 for fiscal 
55.24 	year 2017, and, for fiscal year 2018 and later, the sum of the special education aid increase 
55.25 	limit for the previous fiscal year and $40.
55.26 	(j) "District" means a school district, a charter school, or a cooperative unit as defined 
55.27 	in section 123A.24, subdivision 2. Notwithstanding section 123A.26, cooperative units as 
55.28 	defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, are eligible to receive special education aid under 
55.29 	this section and section 125A.79.
55.30 	(k) "Initial special education cross subsidy" means the greater of zero or:
55.31 	(1) the nonfederal special education expenditure under paragraph (f); plus
56.1 	(2) the cost of providing transportation services for pupils with disabilities under section 
56.2 	123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4); minus
56.3 	(3) the special education aid under subdivision 2c and sections 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
56.4 	and 127A.47, subdivision 7; minus
56.5 	(4) the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus 
56.6 	local optional aid and referendum equalization aid attributable to pupils receiving special 
56.7 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
56.8 	day for the portion of time the pupils receive special instruction and services outside the 
56.9 	regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, 
56.10 	district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil 
56.11 	transportation.
56.12 	(l) The "minimum aid adjustment multiplier" for fiscal year 2020 equals 1.046. For fiscal 
56.13 	year 2021 and later, the minimum aid adjustment multiplier equals the greater of 1.02 or 
56.14 	the minimum aid adjustment multiplier for the previous year minus 0.02.
56.15 	(m) The "minimum aid adjustment factor" for fiscal year 2020 equals the program growth 
56.16 	factor for fiscal year 2020. For fiscal year 2021 and later, the minimum aid adjustment factor 
56.17 	equals the product of the minimum aid adjustment factor for the previous fiscal year and 
56.18 	the minimum aid adjustment multiplier.

56.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

56.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
56.21 		Subd. 2c.Special education aid. (a) For fiscal year 2016 2020 and later, a district's 
56.22 	special education aid equals the sum of the district's special education initial aid under 
56.23 	subdivision 2a, the district's cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e, and the 
56.24 	district's excess cost aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 5.
56.25 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016, the special education aid for a 
56.26 	school district must not exceed the sum of the special education aid the district would have 
56.27 	received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, 
56.28 	as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 
56.29 	7, and the product of the district's average daily membership served and the special education 
56.30 	aid increase limit.
56.31 	(c) (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later, the special education 
56.32 	aid for a school district, excluding the cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e,
56.33 	must not exceed the greater of:
57.1 	(i) the sum of 54.3 percent for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 or 56.3 percent for fiscal years 
57.2 	2022 and later of the district's nonfederal special education expenditures plus 95 percent of 
57.3 	the district's cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under 
57.4 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4), plus the adjustment under sections 
57.5 	125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7; or
57.6 	(ii) the sum of: (i)(A) the product of the district's average daily membership served and 
57.7 	the special education aid increase limit and (ii) (B) the product of the sum of the special 
57.8 	education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 
57.9 	2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
57.10 	sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the district's average daily 
57.11 	membership served for the current fiscal year to the district's average daily membership 
57.12 	served for fiscal year 2016, and the program growth factor.
57.13 	(d) (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016 2020 and later the special 
57.14 	education aid, excluding the cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e, for a school 
57.15 	district, not including a charter school or cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, 
57.16 	must not be less than the lesser of (1) the sum of 80 percent for fiscal year 2020, 75 percent 
57.17 	for fiscal year 2021, and 70 percent for fiscal year 2022 and later of the district's nonfederal 
57.18 	special education expenditures plus 100 percent of the district's cost of providing 
57.19 	transportation services for children with disabilities under section 123B.92, subdivision 1, 
57.20 	paragraph (b), clause (4), plus the adjustment under sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, 
57.21 	subdivision 7, for that fiscal year or (2) the product of the sum of the special education aid 
57.22 	the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
57.23 	125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11
57.24 	and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the district's adjusted daily membership for the 
57.25 	current fiscal year to the district's average daily membership for fiscal year 2016, and the 
57.26 	program growth minimum aid adjustment factor.
57.27 	(e) Notwithstanding subdivision 2a and section 125A.79, a charter school in its first year 
57.28 	of operation shall generate special education aid based on current year data. A newly formed 
57.29 	cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24 may apply to the commissioner for approval 
57.30 	to generate special education aid for its first year of operation based on current year data, 
57.31 	with an offsetting adjustment to the prior year data used to calculate aid for programs at 
57.32 	participating school districts or previous cooperatives that were replaced by the new 
57.33 	cooperative. The department shall establish procedures to adjust the prior year data and 
57.34 	fiscal year 2016 old formula aid used in calculating special education aid to exclude costs 
58.1 	that have been eliminated for districts where programs have closed or where a substantial 
58.2 	portion of the program has been transferred to a cooperative unit.
58.3 	(f) The department shall establish procedures through the uniform financial accounting 
58.4 	and reporting system to identify and track all revenues generated from third-party billings 
58.5 	as special education revenue at the school district level; include revenue generated from 
58.6 	third-party billings as special education revenue in the annual cross-subsidy report; and 
58.7 	exclude third-party revenue from calculation of excess cost aid to the districts.

58.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

58.9 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
58.10 	read:
58.11 		Subd. 2e.Cross subsidy reduction aid. (a) A school district's annual cross subsidy 
58.12 	reduction aid equals the school district's initial special education cross subsidy for the 
58.13 	previous fiscal year times the cross subsidy aid factor for that fiscal year.
58.14 	(b) The cross subsidy aid factor equals 2.16 percent for fiscal year 2020, 5.42 percent 
58.15 	for fiscal year 2021, and 5.5 percent for fiscal year 2022 and later.

58.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

58.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
58.18 		Subd. 7.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and special 
58.19 	education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district 
58.20 	under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The adjustments 
58.21 	must be made according to this subdivision.
58.22 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 
58.23 	education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 
58.24 	special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 
58.25 	lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 
58.26 	with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 
58.27 	who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special 
58.28 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
58.29 	day, the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local 
58.30 	optional aid and referendum equalization aid as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
58.31 	paragraph (d), attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special 
58.32 	instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to 
59.1 	district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, 
59.2 	capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 
59.3 	125A.76 attributable to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction 
59.4 	and services. For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum 
59.5 	equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average 
59.6 	general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.
59.7 	(c) For fiscal year 2015 and later 2020, special education aid paid to a resident district 
59.8 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 90 85 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 
59.9 	special education and services. For fiscal year 2021 and later, special education aid paid to 
59.10 	a resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to 80 percent of the unreimbursed 
59.11 	cost of providing special education and services.
59.12 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
59.13 	be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special education 
59.14 	and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or charter school 
59.15 	where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at least 70 percent 
59.16 	of the charter school's total enrollment.
59.17 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
59.18 	be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special education 
59.19 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, calculated as if the charter school received special 
59.20 	education aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1.
59.21 	(f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction 
59.22 	and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased 
59.23 	by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under paragraphs (c) 
59.24 	and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
59.25 	adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be made to 
59.26 	other state aids due to the district.
59.27 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district of 
59.28 	a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school receives 
59.29 	general education aid under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be reduced 
59.30 	by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid attributable to the 
59.31 	student under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and the general education aid 
59.32 	that the student would have generated for the charter school under section 124E.20, 
59.33 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial education student" 
60.1 	means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a disability as defined in 
60.2 	section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.
60.3 	(h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, 
60.4 	education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the 
60.5 	constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the 
60.6 	general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 
60.7 	paragraph (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more than 
60.8 	100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount 
60.9 	equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, 
60.10 	times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional revenue, and 
60.11 	transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area 
60.12 	learning center.

60.13 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATIONS.
 60.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
60.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
60.16 	designated.
60.17 		Subd. 2.Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
60.18 	section 125A.75:

60.19		$
	1,607,672,000
	.....
	2020
	
60.20		$
	1,752,527,000
	.....
	2021
	
60.21 	The 2020 appropriation includes $183,528,000 for 2019 and $1,424,144,000 for 2020.
60.22 	The 2021 appropriation includes $200,479,000 for 2020 and $1,552,048,000 for 2021.
60.23 		Subd. 3.Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
60.24 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
60.25 	the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

60.26		$
	1,382,000
	.....
	2020
	
60.27		$
	1,564,000
	.....
	2021
	
60.28 	If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is 
60.29 	available.
60.30 		Subd. 4.Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
60.31 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

61.1		$
	440,000
	.....
	2020
	
61.2		$
	461,000
	.....
	2021
	
61.3 	The 2020 appropriation includes $42,000 for 2019 and $398,000 for 2020.
61.4 	The 2021 appropriation includes $44,000 for 2020 and $417,000 for 2021.
61.5 		Subd. 5.Court-placed special education revenue. For reimbursing serving school 
61.6 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
61.7 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

61.8		$
	31,000
	.....
	2020
	
61.9		$
	32,000
	.....
	2021
	
61.10 		Subd. 6.Special education out-of-state tuition. For special education out-of-state 
61.11 	tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:

61.12		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
61.13		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021

61.14 	ARTICLE 4
61.15 	FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

61.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.61, is amended to read:
61.17 	123B.61 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
61.18 	(a) The board of a district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or 
61.19 	capital notes subject to the district debt limits to:
61.20 	(a) (1) purchase vehicles, computers, telephone systems, cable equipment, photocopy 
61.21 	and office equipment, technological equipment for instruction, public announcement systems, 
61.22 	emergency communications devices, other equipment related to violence prevention and 
61.23 	facility security, and other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long 
61.24 	as the terms of the certificates or notes;
61.25 	(b) (2) purchase computer hardware and software, without regard to its expected useful 
61.26 	life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application 
61.27 	development services and training related to the use of the computer; and
61.28 	(c) (3) prepay special assessments.
61.29 	(b) The certificates or notes must be payable in not more than ten years and must be 
61.30 	issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board, except that certificates or 
61.31 	notes issued to prepay special assessments must be payable in not more than 20 years. The 
62.1 	certificates or notes may be issued by resolution and without the requirement for an election. 
62.2 	The certificates or notes are general obligation bonds for purposes of section 126C.55.
62.3 	(c) A tax levy must be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the 
62.4 	certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. The sum 
62.5 	of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.62 for each year must not exceed the 
62.6 	lesser of the sum of the amount of the district's total operating capital revenue and safe 
62.7 	schools revenue or the sum of the district's levy in the general and community service funds 
62.8 	excluding the adjustments under this section for the year preceding the year the initial debt 
62.9 	service levies are certified.
62.10 	(d) The district's general fund levy for each year must be reduced by the sum of:
62.11 	(1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of 
62.12 	the principal and interest on the certificates or notes issued under this section as required 
62.13 	by section 475.61,;
62.14 	(2) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of 
62.15 	the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 123B.62,; and
62.16 	(3) any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire bonds, certificates, or 
62.17 	notes issued under this section or section 123B.62 after April 1, 1997, other than amounts 
62.18 	used to pay capitalized interest.
62.19 	(e) If the district's general fund levy is less than the amount of the reduction, the balance 
62.20 	shall be deducted first from the district's community service fund levy, and next from the 
62.21 	district's general fund or community service fund levies for the following year.
62.22 	(f) A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates 
62.23 	or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by July 15 of the 
62.24 	following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under section 126C.69 
62.25 	or an outstanding debt service loan under section 126C.68 must not use an excess amount 
62.26 	in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.

62.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

62.28 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
62.29 	126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY REVENUE.
62.30 		Subdivision 1.Safe schools revenue. (a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable 
62.31 	property located within the district for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum 
62.32 	amount which may be levied for all costs under this section shall be equal to $36 multiplied 
63.1 	by the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 2020 only, the initial 
63.2 	safe schools revenue for a school district equals the greater of $45 times the district's adjusted 
63.3 	pupil units for the school year, or $18,750.
63.4 	(b) For fiscal year 2020 only, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school district 
63.5 	that is a member of an intermediate school district equals $18.75 times the district's adjusted 
63.6 	pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 2020 only, the cooperative safe schools 
63.7 	revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an intermediate 
63.8 	district that enrolls students equals $3.75 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the 
63.9 	school year.
63.10 	(c) For fiscal year 2021 and later, the initial safe schools revenue for a school district 
63.11 	equals the greater of $54 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year, or 
63.12 	$22,500.
63.13 	(d) For fiscal year 2021 and later, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school 
63.14 	district that is a member of an intermediate school district equals $22.50 times the district's 
63.15 	adjusted pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 2021 and later, the cooperative safe 
63.16 	schools revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an 
63.17 	intermediate district that enrolls students equals $7.50 times the district's adjusted pupil 
63.18 	units for the school year. Revenue raised under this paragraph and paragraph (b) must be 
63.19 	transferred to the intermediate school district or other cooperative unit of which the district 
63.20 	is a member and used only for costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under 
63.21 	subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (10). If the district is a member of more than 
63.22 	one cooperative unit that enrolls students, the revenue must be allocated among the 
63.23 	cooperative units.
63.24 	(e) For fiscal year 2020 and later, the safe schools revenue for a school district equals 
63.25 	the sum of the district's initial safe schools revenue and the district's cooperative safe schools 
63.26 	revenue.
63.27 		Subd. 2.Safe schools levy. (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, a district's safe schools levy 
63.28 	equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
63.29 	(b) For fiscal year 2020 only, the safe schools levy for a school district that is a member 
63.30 	of an intermediate school district is increased by an amount equal to $15 times the district's 
63.31 	adjusted pupil units for the school year.
63.32 	(c) To obtain safe schools revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later, a district may levy an 
63.33 	amount not more than the product of its safe schools revenue for the fiscal year times the 
63.34 	lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to the safe 
64.1 	schools equalizing factor. The safe schools equalizing factor equals 123 percent of the state 
64.2 	average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for all school districts in the year 
64.3 	preceding the year the levy is certified.
64.4 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described 
64.5 	in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
64.6 		Subd. 3.Safe schools aid. For fiscal year 2020, a district's safe schools aid equals its 
64.7 	safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy. For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's 
64.8 	safe schools aid equals its safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy, times the ratio 
64.9 	of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.
64.10 		Subd. 4.Safe schools revenue for a charter school. (a) For fiscal year 2020, safe 
64.11 	schools revenue for a charter school equals $9 times the adjusted pupil units for the school 
64.12 	year. For fiscal year 2021 and later, safe schools revenue for a charter schools equals $18 
64.13 	times the adjusted pupil units for the school year.
64.14 	(b) The revenue must be reserved and used only for costs associated with safe schools 
64.15 	activities authorized under subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (10), or for building 
64.16 	lease expenses not funded by charter school building lease aid that are attributable to facility 
64.17 	security enhancements made by the landlord after March 1, 2019.
64.18 		Subd. 5.Uses of safe schools revenue.  (a) The proceeds of the levyrevenue must be 
64.19 	reserved and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities 
64.20 	and counties who contract with the district for the following purposes:
64.21 	(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace 
64.22 	officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
64.23 	(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101, 
64.24 	subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
64.25 	(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's 
64.26 	schools;
64.27 	(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
64.28 	(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, 
64.29 	voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the 
64.30 	school district;
65.1 	(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school 
65.2 	social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical dependency 
65.3 	counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
65.4 	(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public 
65.5 	announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility 
65.6 	modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
65.7 	(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate including professional 
65.8 	development such as restorative practices, social-emotional learning, and other 
65.9 	evidence-based practices; or
65.10 	(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who 
65.11 	are not district employees or contractors.; or
65.12 	(10) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to pay the 
65.13 	amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on obligations issued 
65.14 	under sections 123B.61 and 123B.62 for purposes included in clause (7).
65.15 	(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt 
65.16 	to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department 
65.17 	of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school 
65.18 	receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does 
65.19 	not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with 
65.20 	any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's 
65.21 	boundaries.
65.22 	(c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in 
65.23 	its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized 
65.24 	under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed 
65.25 	$15 times the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to 
65.26 	any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this paragraph must 
65.27 	be transferred to the intermediate school district.

65.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

65.29 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 65.30 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
65.31 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
65.32 	designated.
66.1 		Subd. 2.Debt service equalization aid. For debt service equalization aid under 
66.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

66.3		$
	20,684,000
	.....
	2020
	
66.4		$
	21,104,000
	.....
	2021
	
66.5 	The 2020 appropriation includes $2,292,000 for 2019 and $18,392,000 for 2020.
66.6 	The 2021 appropriation includes $2,043,000 for 2020 and $19,061,000 for 2021.
66.7 		Subd. 3.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. For long-term facilities 
66.8 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

66.9		$
	105,352,000
	.....
	2020
	
66.10		$
	107,422,000
	.....
	2021
	
66.11 	The 2020 appropriation includes $10,441,000 for 2019 and $94,911,000 for 2020.
66.12 	The 2021 appropriation includes $10,546,000 for 2020 and $96,876,000 for 2021.
66.13 		Subd. 4.Equity in telecommunications access. (a) For equity in telecommunications 
66.14 	access:

66.15		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2020
	
66.16		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2021
	
66.17 	(b) If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the 
66.18 	reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the 
66.19 	revenue for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 shall be prorated.
66.20 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
66.21 		Subd. 5.Early repayment aid incentive. (a) For incentive grants for a district that 
66.22 	repays the full outstanding original principal on its capital loan by November 30, 2016, 
66.23 	under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 4, section 8, as amended by Laws 
66.24 	2016, chapter 189, article 30, section 22:

66.25		$
	2,350,000
	.....
	2020
	
66.26		$
	2,350,000
	.....
	2021
	
66.27 	(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 36, 
66.28 	Kelliher; $180,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 95, Cromwell; $495,000 
66.29 	is for a grant to Independent School District No. 299, Caledonia; $220,000 is for a grant to 
66.30 	Independent School District No. 306, Laporte; $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School 
66.31 	District No. 362, Littlefork; $650,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 682, 
66.32 	Roseau; and $505,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 2580, East Central.
67.1 	(c) The grant may be used for any school-related purpose.
67.2 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $0.
67.3 		Subd. 6.School safety aid. Aid to school districts for building security improvements 
67.4 	or to hire more counselors, school resource officers, or other student support staff under 
67.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.61.

67.6		$
	10,092,000
	.....
	2020
	
67.7		$
	16,168,000
	.....
	2021
	
67.8 	The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $10,092,000 for 2020.
67.9 	The 2021 appropriation includes $1,121,000 for 2020 and $15,047,000 for 2021.
67.10 		Subd. 7.Maximum effort loan aid. For aid payments to schools with outstanding capital 
67.11 	loans under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.09.

67.12		$
	3,309,000
	.....
	2020
	
67.13		$
	3,309,000
	.....
	2021
	
67.14 	The base for fiscal year 2022 is $3,309,000 and the base for fiscal year 2023 is $0.

67.15 	ARTICLE 5
67.16 	NUTRITION

67.17 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 67.18 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
67.19 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
67.20 	designated.
67.21 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
67.22 	and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

67.23		$
	16,359,000
	.....
	2020
	
67.24		$
	16,629,000
	.....
	2021
	
67.25 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
67.26 	section 124D.1158:

67.27		$
	11,273,000
	.....
	2020
	
67.28		$
	11,733,000
	.....
	2021
	
67.29 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
67.30 	section 124D.118:

68.1		$
	690,000
	.....
	2020
	
68.2		$
	690,000
	.....
	2021
	
68.3 		Subd. 5.Summer school food service replacement aid. For summer school food service 
68.4 	replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119:

68.5		$
	150,000
	.....
	2020
	
68.6		$
	150,000
	.....
	2021

68.7 	ARTICLE 6
68.8 	LIBRARIES

68.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
68.10 		Subd. 8.Eligibility. A regional public library system may apply for regional library 
68.11 	telecommunications aid on behalf of itself and member public libraries. The aid must be 
68.12 	used for connections and other eligible non-voice-related e-rate program category one 
68.13 	services. Aid may be used for e-rate program category two services as identified in the 
68.14 	Federal Communication Commission's eligible services list for the current and preceding 
68.15 	four funding years or to improve Internet access and access to technology with non-e-ratable 
68.16 	items, if sufficient funds remain once category one needs are met in each funding year. To 
68.17 	be eligible, a regional public library system must be officially designated by the commissioner 
68.18 	of education as a regional public library system as defined in section 134.34, subdivision 
68.19 	3, and each of its participating cities and counties must meet local support levels defined 
68.20 	in section 134.34, subdivision 1. A public library building that receives aid under this section 
68.21 	must be open a minimum of 20 hours per week. Exceptions to the minimum open hours 
68.22 	requirement may be granted by the Department of Education on request of the regional 
68.23 	public library system for the following circumstances: short-term closing for emergency 
68.24 	maintenance and repairs following a natural disaster; in response to exceptional economic 
68.25 	circumstances; building repair or maintenance that requires public services areas to be 
68.26 	closed; or to adjust hours of public service to respond to documented seasonal use patterns.

68.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
68.28 		Subd. 10.Award of funds. The commissioner of education shall develop an application 
68.29 	and a reporting form and procedures for regional library telecommunications aid. Aid shall 
68.30 	be based on actual costs including, but not limited to, connections, as documented in e-rate 
68.31 	funding commitment decision letters for category one services and acceptable documentation 
68.32 	for category two services or cost of improving Internet access or access to technology and 
69.1 	funds available for this purpose. The commissioner shall make payments directly to the 
69.2 	regional public library system.

69.3 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 69.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
69.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
69.6 	designated.
69.7 		Subd. 2.Basic system support. For basic system support aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
69.8 	section 134.355:

69.9		$
	13,570,000
	.....
	2020
	
69.10		$
	13,570,000
	.....
	2021
	
69.11 	The 2020 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2019 and $12,213,000 for 2020.
69.12 	The 2021 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2020 and $12,213,000 for 2021.
69.13 		Subd. 3.Multicounty, multitype library systems. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
69.14 	sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

69.15		$
	1,300,000
	.....
	2020
	
69.16		$
	1,300,000
	.....
	2021
	
69.17 	The 2020 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2019 and $1,170,000 for 2020.
69.18 	The 2021 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2020 and $1,170,000 for 2021.
69.19 		Subd. 4.Electronic library for Minnesota. For statewide licenses to online databases 
69.20 	selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media 
69.21 	centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or 
69.22 	university libraries:

69.23		$
	900,000
	.....
	2020
	
69.24		$
	900,000
	.....
	2021
	
69.25 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
69.26 		Subd. 5.Regional library telecommunications aid. For regional library 
69.27 	telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

69.28		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2020
	
69.29		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2021
	
69.30 	The 2020 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2019 and $2,070,000 for 2020.
70.1 	The 2021 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2020 and $2,070,000 for 2021.

70.2 	ARTICLE 7
70.3 	EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY SUPPORT

70.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
70.5 		Subd. 4.Eligibility. A child who is four years of age as of September 1 in the calendar 
70.6 	year in which the school year commences is eligible to participate in a voluntary 
70.7 	prekindergarten program free of charge. An eligible four-year-old child served in a 
70.8 	mixed-delivery system by a child care center, family child care program licensed under 
70.9 	section 245A.03, or community-based organization may be charged a fee as long as the 
70.10 	mixed-delivery partner was not awarded a seat for that child. Each eligible child must 
70.11 	complete a health and developmental screening within 90 days of program enrollment under 
70.12 	sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, and provide documentation of required immunizations under 
70.13 	section 121A.15.

70.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
70.15 		Subd. 5.Application process; priority for high poverty schools. (a) To qualify for 
70.16 	program approval for fiscal year 2017, a district or charter school must submit an application 
70.17 	to the commissioner by July 1, 2016. To qualify for program approval for fiscal year 2018 
70.18 	and later, a district or charter school must submit an application to the commissioner by 
70.19 	January 30 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the program will be 
70.20 	implemented. The application must include:
70.21 	(1) a description of the proposed program, including the number of hours per week the 
70.22 	program will be offered at each school site or mixed-delivery location;
70.23 	(2) an estimate of the number of eligible children to be served in the program at each 
70.24 	school site or mixed-delivery location; and
70.25 	(3) a statement of assurances signed by the superintendent or charter school director that 
70.26 	the proposed program meets the requirements of subdivision 2.
70.27 	(b) The commissioner must review all applications submitted for fiscal year 2017 by 
70.28 	August 1, 2016, and must review all applications submitted for fiscal year 2018 and later
70.29 	by March 1 of the fiscal year in which the applications are received and determine whether 
70.30 	each application meets the requirements of paragraph (a).
70.31 	(c) The commissioner must divide all applications for new or expanded voluntary 
70.32 	prekindergarten programs under this section meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) and 
71.1 	school readiness plus programs into four five groups as follows: the Minneapolis school 
71.2 	district; and the St. Paul school districts district; other school districts located in the 
71.3 	metropolitan equity region as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 28; school districts 
71.4 	located in the rural equity region as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 28; and charter 
71.5 	schools. Within each group, the applications must be ordered by rank using a sliding scale 
71.6 	based on the following criteria:
71.7 	(1) concentration of kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches by 
71.8 	school site on October 1 of the previous school year. A school site may contract to partner 
71.9 	with a community-based provider or Head Start under subdivision 3 or establish an early 
71.10 	childhood center and use the concentration of kindergarten students eligible for free or 
71.11 	reduced-price meals from a specific school site as long as those eligible children are 
71.12 	prioritized and guaranteed services at the mixed-delivery site or early education center. For 
71.13 	school district programs to be operated at locations that do not have free and reduced-price 
71.14 	lunch concentration data for kindergarten programs for October 1 of the previous school 
71.15 	year, including mixed-delivery programs, the school district average concentration of 
71.16 	kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches must be used for the rank 
71.17 	ordering;
71.18 	(2) presence or absence of a three- or four-star Parent Aware rated program within the 
71.19 	school district or close proximity of the district. School sites with the highest concentration 
71.20 	of kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches that do not have a three- 
71.21 	or four-star Parent Aware program within the district or close proximity of the district shall 
71.22 	receive the highest priority, and school sites with the lowest concentration of kindergarten 
71.23 	students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches that have a three- or four-star Parent 
71.24 	Aware rated program within the district or close proximity of the district shall receive the 
71.25 	lowest priority; and
71.26 	(3) whether the district has implemented a mixed delivery system.
71.27 	(d) If the participation limit under subdivision 6 is higher than the participation limit for 
71.28 	the previous year, the limit on participation for the programs as specified in subdivision 6 
71.29 	must initially be allocated among the four five groups based on each group's percentage 
71.30 	share of the statewide kindergarten enrollment on October 1 of the previous school year. If 
71.31 	the participation limit is the same as the participation limit for the previous year, the 
71.32 	participation limit must initially be allocated among the five groups based on each group's 
71.33 	participation limit for the previous school year. Within each group, the participation limit 
71.34 	for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 must first be allocated to school sites approved for aid in the 
71.35 	previous year to ensure that those sites are funded for the same number of participants as 
72.1 	approved for the previous year. The remainder of the participation limit for each group must 
72.2 	be allocated among school sites in priority order until that region's share of the participation 
72.3 	limit is reached. If the participation limit is not reached for all groups, the remaining amount 
72.4 	must be allocated to the highest priority school sites, as designated under this section, not 
72.5 	funded in the initial allocation on a statewide basis. For fiscal year 2020 and later, the 
72.6 	participation limit must first be allocated to school sites approved for aid in fiscal year 2017, 
72.7 	and then to school sites approved for aid in fiscal year 2018 based on the statewide rankings 
72.8 	under paragraph (c).
72.9 	(e) Once a school site or a mixed delivery site under subdivision 3 is approved for aid 
72.10 	under this subdivision, it shall remain eligible for aid if it continues to meet program 
72.11 	requirements, regardless of changes in the concentration of students eligible for free or 
72.12 	reduced-price lunches.
72.13 	(f) If the total number of participants approved based on applications submitted under 
72.14 	paragraph (a) is less than the participation limit under subdivision 6, the commissioner must 
72.15 	notify all school districts and charter schools of the amount that remains available within 
72.16 	30 days of the initial application deadline under paragraph (a), and complete a second round 
72.17 	of allocations based on applications received within 60 days of the initial application deadline.
72.18 	(g) Procedures for approving applications submitted under paragraph (f) shall be the 
72.19 	same as specified in paragraphs (a) to (d), except that the allocations shall be made to the 
72.20 	highest priority school sites not funded in the initial allocation on a statewide basis.

72.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for applications for fiscal year 2020 and 
72.22 	later.

72.23 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
72.24 		Subd. 6.Participation limits. (a) Notwithstanding section 126C.05, subdivision 1, 
72.25 	paragraph (d), the pupil units for a voluntary prekindergarten program for an eligible school 
72.26 	district or charter school must not exceed 60 percent of the kindergarten pupil units for that 
72.27 	school district or charter school under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
72.28 	(b) In reviewing applications under subdivision 5, the commissioner must limit the 
72.29 	estimated state aid entitlement approved under this section to $27,092,000 for fiscal year 
72.30 	2017. If the actual state aid entitlement based on final data exceeds the limit in any year, 
72.31 	the aid of the participating districts must be prorated so as not to exceed the limit.
72.32 	(c) The commissioner must limit the total number of funded participants in the voluntary 
72.33 	prekindergarten program under this section to not more than 3,160.
73.1 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), the commissioner must limit the total number of 
73.2 	participants in the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus programs to not 
73.3 	more than 6,160 participants for fiscal year 2018 and 7,160 participants for fiscal year 2019
73.4 	and later.

73.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

73.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, is amended by adding a subdivision 
73.7 	to read:
73.8 		Subd. 6.Early learning scholarship account. (a) An account is established in the 
73.9 	special revenue fund known as the "early learning scholarship account."
73.10 	(b) Funds appropriated for early learning scholarships under this section shall be 
73.11 	transferred to the early learning scholarship account in the special revenue fund.
73.12 	(c) Money in this account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for early learning 
73.13 	scholarships under this section. Money in the account is available until spent. Any returned 
73.14 	funds are available to be regranted.
73.15 	(d) Up to $950,000 annually is appropriated to the commissioner for costs associated 
73.16 	with administering and monitoring early learning scholarships.

73.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245C.12, is amended to read:
73.18 	245C.12 BACKGROUND STUDY; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.
73.19 		Subdivision 1.Access to data. (a) For the purposes of background studies completed 
73.20 	by tribal organizations performing licensing activities otherwise required of the commissioner 
73.21 	under this chapter, after obtaining consent from the background study subject, tribal licensing 
73.22 	agencies shall have access to criminal history data in the same manner as county licensing 
73.23 	agencies and private licensing agencies under this chapter.
73.24 		Subd. 2.Adoptions; child foster care. (b) Tribal organizations may contract with the 
73.25 	commissioner to obtain background study data on individuals under tribal jurisdiction related 
73.26 	to adoptions according to section 245C.34. Tribal organizations may also contract with the 
73.27 	commissioner to obtain background study data on individuals under tribal jurisdiction related 
73.28 	to child foster care according to section 245C.34.
73.29 		Subd. 3.Nursing facility. (c) For the purposes of background studies completed to 
73.30 	comply with a tribal organization's licensing requirements for individuals affiliated with a 
74.1 	tribally licensed nursing facility, the commissioner shall obtain criminal history data from 
74.2 	the National Criminal Records Repository in accordance with section 245C.32.
74.3 		Subd. 4.Child care. (a) Tribal organizations may contract with the commissioner to:
74.4 	(1) conduct background studies on individuals affiliated with a child care program 
74.5 	sponsored, managed, or licensed by a tribal organization; and
74.6 	(2) obtain background study data on individuals affiliated with a child care program 
74.7 	sponsored, managed, or licensed by a tribal organization.
74.8 	(b) The commissioner must include a national criminal history record check in a 
74.9 	background study conducted under paragraph (a).
74.10 	(c) A tribally affiliated child care program that does not contract with the commissioner 
74.11 	to conduct background studies is exempt from the relevant requirements in this chapter. For 
74.12 	a background study conducted under this subdivision to be transferable to other child care 
74.13 	entities, the study must include all components of studies for a certified license-exempt 
74.14 	child care center under this chapter.

74.15 	Sec. 6. [245C.125] BACKGROUND STUDY; HEAD START PROGRAMS.
74.16 	(a) Head Start programs that receive funds under section 119A.52 may contract with 
74.17 	the commissioner to:
74.18 	(1) conduct background studies on individuals affiliated with a Head Start program; and
74.19 	(2) obtain background study data on individuals affiliated with a Head Start program.
74.20 	(b) The commissioner must include a national criminal history record check in a 
74.21 	background study conducted under paragraph (a).
74.22 	(c) A Head Start program site that does not contract with the commissioner, is not 
74.23 	licensed, and is not registered to receive payments under chapter 119B is exempt from the 
74.24 	relevant requirements in this chapter. Nothing in this section supersedes requirements for 
74.25 	background studies in this chapter or chapter 119B or 245H that relate to licensed child care 
74.26 	programs or programs registered to receive payments under chapter 119B. For a background 
74.27 	study conducted under this section to be transferable to other child care entities, the study 
74.28 	must include all components of studies for a certified license-exempt child care center under 
74.29 	this chapter.

75.1 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS.
 75.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
75.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
75.4 	designated.
75.5 		Subd. 2.School readiness. (a) For revenue for school readiness programs under 
75.6 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:

75.7		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2020
	
75.8		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2021
	
75.9 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2019 and $30,315,000 for 2020.
75.10 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2020 and $30,315,000 for 2021.
75.11 		Subd. 3.Early learning scholarships. (a) For the early learning scholarship program 
75.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:

75.13		$
	70,709,000
	.....
	2020
	
75.14		$
	70,709,000
	.....
	2021
	
75.15 	(b) Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.
75.16 	(c) Money appropriated for the early learning scholarship program under Minnesota 
75.17 	Statutes, section 124D.165, is transferred to the early learning scholarship account in the 
75.18 	special revenue fund.
75.19 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
75.20 		Subd. 4.Head Start program. For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
75.21 	section 119A.52:

75.22		$
	25,100,000
	.....
	2020
	
75.23		$
	25,100,000
	.....
	2021
	
75.24 		Subd. 5.Early childhood family education aid. (a) For early childhood family education 
75.25 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

75.26		$
	29,795,000
	.....
	2020
	
75.27		$
	37,689,000
	.....
	2021
	
75.28 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $3,098,000 for 2019 and $26,697,000 for 2020.
75.29 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $2,966,000 for 2020 and $34,723,000 for 2021.
75.30 		Subd. 6.Developmental screening aid. (a) For developmental screening aid under 
75.31 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

76.1		$
	3,644,000
	.....
	2020
	
76.2		$
	3,631,000
	.....
	2021
	
76.3 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $363,000 for 2019 and $3,281,000 for 2020.
76.4 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $364,000 for 2020 and $3,267,000 for 2021.
76.5 		Subd. 7.Parent-child home program. For a grant to the parent-child home program:

76.6		$
	900,000
	.....
	2020
	
76.7		$
	900,000
	.....
	2021
	
76.8 	The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood 
76.9 	literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at its existing 
76.10 	suburban program location. The program must include urban and rural program locations 
76.11 	for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
76.12 		Subd. 8.Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program. For 
76.13 	the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program under Minnesota 
76.14 	Statutes, section 124D.162:

76.15		$
	281,000
	.....
	2020
	
76.16		$
	281,000
	.....
	2021
	
76.17 		Subd. 9.Quality rating and improvement system. (a) For transfer to the commissioner 
76.18 	of human services for the purposes of expanding the quality rating and improvement system 
76.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142, in greater Minnesota and increasing supports 
76.20 	for providers participating in the quality rating and improvement system:

76.21		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2020
	
76.22		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2021
	
76.23 	(b) The amounts in paragraph (a) must be in addition to any federal funding under the 
76.24 	child care and development block grant authorized under Public Law 101-508 in that year 
76.25 	for the system under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142.
76.26 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
76.27 		Subd. 10.Early childhood programs at tribal contract schools. For early childhood 
76.28 	family education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 
76.29 	124D.83, subdivision 4:

76.30		$
	68,000
	.....
	2020
	
76.31		$
	68,000
	.....
	2021
	
77.1 		Subd. 11.Educate parents partnership. For the educate parents partnership under 
77.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:

77.3		$
	49,000
	.....
	2020
	
77.4		$
	49,000
	.....
	2021
	
77.5 		Subd. 12.Home visiting aid. (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
77.6 	124D.135:

77.7		$
	530,000
	.....
	2020
	
77.8		$
	496,000
	.....
	2021
	
77.9 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $54,000 for 2019 and $476,000 for 2020.
77.10 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $52,000 for 2020 and $444,000 for 2021.

77.11 	ARTICLE 8
77.12 	COMMUNITY EDUCATION

77.13 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 77.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
77.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
77.16 	designated.
77.17 		Subd. 2.Community education aid. For community education aid under Minnesota 
77.18 	Statutes, section 124D.20:

77.19		$
	340,000
	.....
	2020
	
77.20		$
	260,000
	.....
	2021
	
77.21 	The 2020 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2019 and $300,000 for 2020.
77.22 	The 2021 appropriation includes $33,000 for 2020 and $227,000 for 2021.
77.23 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. For adults with disabilities programs 
77.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

77.25		$
	710,000
	.....
	2020
	
77.26		$
	710,000
	.....
	2021
	
77.27 	The 2020 appropriation includes $639,000 for 2019 and $71,000 for 2020.
77.28 	The 2021 appropriation includes $639,000 for 2020 and $71,000 for 2021.
77.29 		Subd. 4.Hearing-impaired adults. For programs for hearing-impaired adults under 
77.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:

78.1		$
	70,000
	.....
	2020
	
78.2		$
	70,000
	.....
	2021
	
78.3 		Subd. 5.School-age care aid. For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.4 	124D.22:

78.5		$
	1,000
	.....
	2020
	
78.6		$
	1,000
	.....
	2021
	
78.7 	The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $1,000 for 2020.
78.8 	The 2021 appropriation includes $0 for 2020 and $1,000 for 2021.
78.9 		Subd. 6.Tier 1 grants. (a) For education partnership program Tier 1 sustaining grants 
78.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

78.11		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2020
	
78.12		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2021
	
78.13 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,300,000 each year is for the Northside 
78.14 	Achievement Zone and $1,300,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
78.15 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
78.16 		Subd. 7.Tier 2 implementing grants. (a) For Tier 2 implementing grants under 
78.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

78.18		$
	480,000
	.....
	2020
	
78.19		$
	480,000
	.....
	2021
	
78.20 	(b) The commissioner must competitively award all grants under this subdivision.
78.21 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

78.22 	ARTICLE 9
78.23 	SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

78.24 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.25 		Subdivision 1.State total adult basic education aid. (a) The state total adult basic 
78.26 	education aid for fiscal year 2011 equals $44,419,000, plus any amount that is not paid 
78.27 	during the previous fiscal year as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph 
78.28 	(a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education aid for later 
78.29 	fiscal years equals:
79.1 	(1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any amount 
79.2 	that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 
79.3 	4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times
79.4 	(2) the greater of 1.00 or the lesser of:
79.5 	(i) 1.03; or
79.6 	(ii) the average growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years.
79.7 	Three percent of the state total adult basic education aid must be set aside for adult basic 
79.8 	education supplemental service grants under section 124D.522.
79.9 	(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals the 
79.10 	difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic population 
79.11 	aid under subdivision 2.

79.12 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 79.13 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
79.14 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
79.15 	designated.
79.16 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
79.17 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

79.18		$
	50,106,000
	.....
	2020
	
79.19		$
	51,620,000
	.....
	2021
	
79.20 	The 2020 appropriation includes $4,868,000 for 2019 and $45,238,000 for 2020.
79.21 	The 2021 appropriation includes $5,026,000 for 2020 and $46,594,000 for 2021.
79.22 		Subd. 3.High school equivalency tests. For payment of 60 percent of the costs of the 
79.23 	commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.24 	124D.55:

79.25		$
	125,000
	.....
	2020
	
79.26		$
	125,000
	.....
	2021

80.1 	ARTICLE 10
80.2 	STATE AGENCIES

80.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 119A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
80.4 	to read:
80.5 		Subd. 3.Grant administration. (a) The commissioner may retain up to five percent of 
80.6 	the amount appropriated to the department for a grant program or pass-through grant if the 
80.7 	appropriation does not specify an amount for administrative costs for grants appropriated 
80.8 	for the first time in fiscal year 2020 and after only.
80.9 	(b) The amounts retained under paragraph (a) are deposited into an account in the special 
80.10 	revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for costs incurred in administering 
80.11 	and monitoring grants.

80.12 	Sec. 2. [119A.06] GRANT ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT.
80.13 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. An account is established in the state special revenue 
80.14 	fund known as the "grant administration account."
80.15 		Subd. 2.Sources of fund. (a) Funds retained from appropriations under section 119A.03, 
80.16 	subdivision 3, must be transferred to the grant administration account.
80.17 	(b) Appropriated funds retained for grant administration costs must be transferred to the 
80.18 	grant administration account.
80.19 		Subd. 3.Use of funds. Funds in this account are annually appropriated to the 
80.20 	commissioner for costs associated with administering and monitoring grants and competitive 
80.21 	grant programs.

80.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.14, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
80.23 		Subd. 9.Fee. Each person licensed by the Board of School Administrators shall pay the 
80.24 	board a fee of $75 $100, collected each fiscal year. When transmitting notice of the license 
80.25 	fee, the board also must notify the licensee of the penalty for failing to pay the fee within 
80.26 	the time specified by the board. The board may provide a lower fee for persons on retired 
80.27 	or inactive status. After receiving notice from the board, any licensed school administrator 
80.28 	who does not pay the fee in the given fiscal year shall have all administrative licenses held 
80.29 	by the person automatically suspended, without the right to a hearing, until the fee has been 
80.30 	paid to the board. If the board suspends a licensed school administrator for failing to pay 
80.31 	the fee, it must immediately notify the district currently employing the school administrator 
81.1 	of the school administrator's suspension. The executive secretary shall deposit the fees in 
81.2 	the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund in the state treasury general fund.

81.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
81.4 		Subd. 8.Background checks. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
81.5 	Board and the Board of School Administrators must request a criminal history background 
81.6 	check from the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all first-time 
81.7 	teaching applicants for licenses under their jurisdiction. Applicants must include with their 
81.8 	licensure applications:
81.9 	(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and
81.10 	(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
81.11 	for the fee for conductingpayment to conduct the criminal history background check. The 
81.12 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must deposit payments received under 
81.13 	this subdivision in the general fund.
81.14 	(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the 
81.15 	background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data as defined 
81.16 	in section 13.87 and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records repository. 
81.17 	The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of 
81.18 	Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall recover 
81.19 	the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to the applicant under 
81.20 	paragraph (a).
81.21 	(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School 
81.22 	Administrators may issue a license pending completion of a background check under this 
81.23 	subdivision, but must notify the individual and the school district or charter school employing 
81.24 	the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the 
81.25 	background check.

81.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
81.27 		Subdivision 1.Licensure applications. Each applicant submitting an application to the 
81.28 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to issue, renew, or extend a teaching 
81.29 	license, including applications for licensure via portfolio under subdivision 2, must include 
81.30 	a processing fee of $57. The processing fee for a teacher's license and for the licenses of 
81.31 	supervisory personnel must be paid to the executive secretary of the appropriate board and 
81.32 	deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund state treasury. The 
82.1 	fees as set by the board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. 
82.2 	However, the commissioner of management and budget must refund a fee in any case in 
82.3 	which the applicant already holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or reduce 
82.4 	fees for applicants who apply at the same time for more than one license.

82.5 	Sec. 6. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 8, as amended by 
82.6 	Laws 2018, chapter 182, article 1, section 106, is amended to read:
82.7 	Sec. 8. TRANSFERS.
 82.8 		Subdivision 1.Portfolio account. On July 1, 2019, the commissioner of management 
82.9 	and budget shall transfer any balances in the education licensure portfolio account in the 
82.10 	special revenue fund to the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.
82.11 		Subd. 2.Background check. Any balance in an account that holds fees collected under 
82.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is transferred to the educator licensure 
82.13 	background check account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
82.14 	122A.175, subdivision 2. On July 2, 2019, $80,000 is transferred from the educator licensure 
82.15 	background check account in the special revenue fund to the educator licensure account in 
82.16 	the special revenue fund. any unspent balance in an account that holds fees under Minnesota 
82.17 	Statutes, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is transferred to the general fund.

82.18 	Sec. 7. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 9, subdivision 2, is 
82.19 	amended to read:
82.20 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

82.21		$
	27,158,000
	.....
	2018
	
82.22		$
	24,874,000
	.....
	2019
	
82.23 	Of these amounts:
82.24 	(1) $231,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators, and beginning in fiscal 
82.25 	year 2020, the amount indicated is from the educator licensure account in the special revenue 
82.26 	fund;
82.27 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
82.28 	section 120B.115;
82.29 	(3) $500,000 each year is for the school safety technical assistance center under Minnesota 
82.30 	Statutes, section 127A.052;
83.1 	(4) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial data 
83.2 	analysis;
83.3 	(5) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
83.4 	Proficiency and Success Act under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
83.5 	(6) $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for the Department 
83.6 	of Education's mainframe update;
83.7 	(7) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist; and
83.8 	(8) $2,000,000 each yearin fiscal year 2018 is for legal fees and costs associated with 
83.9 	litigation.
83.10 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
83.11 	(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
83.12 	Washington, D.C. office.
83.13 	(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
83.14 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.
83.15 	(e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
83.16 	support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing 
83.17 	information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and will 
83.18 	be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the rates 
83.19 	and mechanism specified in that agreement.
83.20 	(f) The agency's base is $22,054,000 for fiscal year 2020 and $21,965,000 for 2021.

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

83.22 	Sec. 8. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 83.23 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. Unless otherwise indicated, the sums indicated 
83.24 	in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for 
83.25 	the fiscal years designated.
83.26 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

83.27		$
	34,180,000
	.....
	2020
	
83.28		$
	31,729,000
	.....
	2021
	
83.29 	Of these amounts:
84.1 	(1) $403,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $347,000 in fiscal year 2021 are for the Board of 
84.2 	School Administrators;
84.3 	(2) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for 
84.4 	regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.115;
84.5 	(3) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial data 
84.6 	analysis;
84.7 	(4) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
84.8 	Proficiency and Success Act under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
84.9 	(5) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist;
84.10 	(6) $4,700,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for legal fees and costs associated with litigation;
84.11 	(7) $400,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $480,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for the 
84.12 	Department of Education's mainframe update;
84.13 	(8) $171,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $174,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are to fund 
84.14 	a Second Chance Agency director;
84.15 	(9) $406,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $288,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for a 
84.16 	maltreatment investigations program;
84.17 	(10) $822,000 each year is for the IT program and data integration;
84.18 	(11) $140,000 each year is for the turnaround arts program;
84.19 	(12) $222,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $226,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for data 
84.20 	analytics; and
84.21 	(13) $140,000 each year is to conduct stakeholder engagement and draft a plan to increase 
84.22 	the number of national board certified teachers in Minnesota.
84.23 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
84.24 	(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
84.25 	Washington, D.C. office.
84.26 	(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
84.27 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.
84.28 	(e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
84.29 	support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing 
84.30 	information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and will 
85.1 	be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the rates 
85.2 	and mechanism specified in that agreement.
85.3 	(f) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, 
85.4 	section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (a), the base for fiscal year 2022 is 
85.5 	$31,749,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $31,769,000. The base for fiscal year 2024 is 
85.6 	$31,787,000. The base for fiscal year 2025 is $31,805,000.

85.7 	Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
85.8 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 85.9 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. (a) The sums 
85.10 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
85.11 	Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated:

85.12		$
	2,744,000
	.....
	2020
	
85.13		$
	2,719,000
	.....
	2021
	
85.14 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
85.15 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $2,719,000.
85.16 		Subd. 2.Licensure by portfolio. For licensure by portfolio:

85.17		$
	34,000
	.....
	2020
	
85.18		$
	34,000
	.....
	2021

85.19 	Sec. 10. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
 85.20 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
85.21 	Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:

85.22		$
	14,966,000
	.....
	2020
	
85.23		$
	14,872,000
	.....
	2021
	
85.24 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
85.25 	(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $650,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $505,000 in fiscal 
85.26 	year 2021 are for information technology improvements.
85.27 	(d) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, 
85.28 	section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (b), the base for fiscal year 2022 is 
85.29 	$14,879,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $14,886,000. The base for fiscal year 2024 is 
85.30 	$14,892,000. The base for fiscal year 2025 is $14,898,000.

86.1 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 86.2 	(a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich Center 
86.3 	for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

86.4		$
	8,172,000
	.....
	2020
	
86.5		$
	7,663,000
	.....
	2021
	
86.6 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
86.7 	(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $960,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $380,000 in fiscal 
86.8 	year 2021 are for information technology improvements. $340,000 is included in the base 
86.9 	for fiscal year 2022, and $285,000 is included in the base for fiscal year 2023 for this purpose.
86.10 	(d) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, 
86.11 	section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (c), the base for fiscal year 2022 is 
86.12 	$7,628,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $7,579,000. The base for fiscal year 2024 is 
86.13 	$7,584,000. The base for fiscal year 2025 is $7,589,000.

86.14 	Sec. 12. REPEALER.
 86.15 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.175, is repealed.
86.16 	(b) Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 4, is repealed.

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

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-3562 

120B.299 DEFINITIONS.Subdivision 1.Definitions. 
The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. 

Subd. 2.Growth. 
"Growth" compares the difference in a student's achievement score at two or more distinct points in time. 

Subd. 3.Value added. 
"Value added" is the amount of achievement a student demonstrates above an established baseline. The difference between the student's score and the baseline defines value added. 

Subd. 4.Value-added growth. 
"Value-added growth" is based on a student's growth score. In a value-added growth system, the student's first test is the baseline, and the difference between the student's first and next test scores within a defined period is the measure of value added. Value-added growth models use student-level data to measure what portion of a student's growth can be explained by inputs related to the educational environment. 

Subd. 5.Adequate yearly progress. 
A school or district makes "adequate yearly progress" if, for every student subgroup under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act in the school or district, its proficiency index or other approved adjustments for performance, based on statewide assessment scores, meets or exceeds federal expectations. To make adequate yearly progress, the school or district also must satisfy applicable federal requirements related to student attendance, graduation, and test participation rates. 

Subd. 6.State growth target. 
(a) "State growth target" is the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores. 

(b) The state growth targets for each grade and subject are benchmarked as follows until the assessment scale changes: 

(1) beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth target for grades 3 through 8 is benchmarked to 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school year data; 

(2) beginning in the 2008-2009 school year the state growth target for grade 10 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school year data; 

(3) for the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth target for grade 11 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 school year data; and 

(4) beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, the state growth target for grade 11 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school year data. 

(c) Each time before the assessment scale changes, a stakeholder group that includes assessment and evaluation directors and staff and researchers must recommend a new state growth target that the commissioner must consider when revising standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 4. 

Subd. 7.Low growth. 
"Low growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation below the state growth target. 

Subd. 8.Medium growth. 
"Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above or below the state growth target. 

Subd. 9.High growth. 
"High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the state growth target. 

Subd. 10.Proficiency. 
"Proficiency" for purposes of reporting growth on school performance report cards under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, means those students who, in the previous school year, scored at or above "meets standards" on the statewide assessments under section 120B.30. Each year, school performance report cards must separately display: (1) the numbers and percentages of students who achieved low growth, medium growth, and high growth and achieved proficiency in the previous school year; and (2) the numbers and percentages of students who achieved low growth, medium growth, and high growth and did not achieve proficiency in the previous school year. 

Subd. 11.Growth and progress toward proficiency. 
The categories of low growth, medium growth, and high growth shall be used to indicate both (1) growth and (2) progress toward grade-level proficiency that is consistent with subdivision 10. 

120B.30 STATEWIDE TESTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.Subd. 1a.Statewide and local assessments; results. 
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have the meanings given them. 

(1) "Computer-adaptive assessments" means fully adaptive assessments. 

(2) "Fully adaptive assessments" include test items that are on-grade level and items that may be above or below a student's grade level. 

(3) "On-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is aligned to state academic standards for the grade level of the student taking the assessment. 

(4) "Above-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is above the grade level of the student taking the assessment and is considered aligned with state academic standards to the extent it is aligned with content represented in state academic standards above the grade level of the student taking the assessment. Notwithstanding the student's grade level, administering above-grade level test items to a student does not violate the requirement that state assessments must be aligned with state standards. 

(5) "Below-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is below the grade level of the student taking the test and is considered aligned with state academic standards to the extent it is aligned with content represented in state academic standards below the student's current grade level. Notwithstanding the student's grade level, administering below-grade level test items to a student does not violate the requirement that state assessments must be aligned with state standards. 

(b) The commissioner must use fully adaptive mathematics and reading assessments for grades 3 through 8. 

(c) For purposes of conforming with existing federal educational accountability requirements, the commissioner must develop and implement computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 8, state-developed high school reading and mathematics tests aligned with state academic standards, a high school writing test aligned with state standards when it becomes available, and science assessments under clause (2) that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving those standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic standards in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner must require: 

(1) annual computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8, and high school reading, writing, and mathematics tests; and 

(2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the grades 6 through 8 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 9 through 12 span, and the commissioner must not require students to achieve a passing score on high school science assessments as a condition of receiving a high school diploma. 

(d) The commissioner must ensure that for annual computer-adaptive assessments: 

(1) individual student performance data and achievement reports are available within three school days of when students take an assessment except in a year when an assessment reflects new performance standards; 

(2) growth information is available for each student from the student's first assessment to each proximate assessment using a constant measurement scale; 

(3) parents, teachers, and school administrators are able to use elementary and middle school student performance data to project students' secondary and postsecondary achievement; and 

(4) useful diagnostic information about areas of students' academic strengths and weaknesses is available to teachers and school administrators for improving student instruction and indicating the specific skills and concepts that should be introduced and developed for students at given performance levels, organized by strands within subject areas, and aligned to state academic standards. 

(e) The commissioner must ensure that all state tests administered to elementary and secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students' values, attitudes, and beliefs. 

(f) Reporting of state assessment results must: 

(1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of individual students, schools, school districts, and the state; 

(2) include a growth indicator of student achievement; and 

(3) determine whether students have met the state's academic standards. 

(g) Consistent with applicable federal law, the commissioner must include appropriate, technically sound accommodations or alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide assessments are inappropriate and for English learners. 

(h) A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide assessments under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student progress toward career and college readiness in the context of the state's academic standards. A school, school district, or charter school may use a student's performance on a statewide assessment as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. A school, school district, or charter school may use a high school student's performance on a statewide assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course, or place a student's assessment score on the student's transcript. 

122A.175 SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNTS; EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.Subdivision 1.Educator licensure account. 
An educator licensure account is created in the special revenue fund. Applicant licensure fees received by the Department of Education, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, or the Board of School Administrators must be deposited in the educator licensure account. Any funds appropriated from this account that remain unexpended at the end of the biennium cancel to the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund. 

Subd. 2.Background check account. 
An educator licensure background check account is created in the special revenue fund. The Department of Education, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, and the Board of School Administrators must deposit all payments submitted by license applicants for criminal background checks conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the educator licensure background check account. Amounts in the account are annually appropriated to the commissioner of education for payment to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for the costs of background checks on applicants for licensure. 

126C.17 REFERENDUM REVENUE.Subd. 9a.Board-approved referendum allowance. 
Notwithstanding subdivision 9, a school district may convert up to $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority from voter approved to board approved by a board vote. A district with less than $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority after the local optional revenue subtraction under subdivision 1 may authorize new referendum authority up to the difference between $300 per adjusted pupil unit and the district's referendum authority. The board may authorize this levy for up to five years and may subsequently reauthorize that authority in increments of up to five years. 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: 19-3562 

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 4
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:Subd. 8.Background checks. 
(a) The Board of Teaching and the commissioner of education must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all first-time teaching applicants for licenses under their jurisdiction. Applicants must include with their licensure applications: 

(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and 

(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for the fee for conducting payment to conduct the criminal history background check. The Board of Teaching and the commissioner of education must deposit payments received under this subdivision in the educator licensure background check account in the special revenue fund. 

(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data as defined in section 13.87 and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records repository. The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall recover the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to the applicant under paragraph (a). 

(c) The Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education may issue a license pending completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the background check. 

EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This section is effective July 1, 2019.