1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; extending the application deadline for free or 
1.3 	reduced-price lunch for the fall 2020 count of eligible students; requiring federal 
1.4 	funds replacement; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE LUNCH APPLICATION DEADLINE; 
1.7 	FALL 2020 COUNT.
 1.8 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for purposes of determining the count of the 
1.9 	number of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price lunch on October 1, 2020, under Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 126C.05, subdivision 16, pupils must be determined eligible by January 
1.11 	4, 2021.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from October 1, 2020.

1.13 	Sec. 2. FEDERAL FUNDS REPLACEMENT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.14 		Subdivision 1.Suspension of statutory appropriation.  The appropriation in Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, section 4.07, subdivision 3, does not apply to any federal funds for COVID-19 
1.16 	received by the state of Minnesota between the effective date of this act and June 30, 2023, 
1.17 	for which a general fund appropriation or transfer in this act is an eligible expenditure. 
1.18 	Federal funding for which this section applies shall not be used for any other purpose.
1.19 		Subd. 2.Cancellation. If the state of Minnesota receives federal funds for COVID-19 
1.20 	between the effective date of this act and June 30, 2023, for which any general fund 
1.21 	appropriation or transfer enacted in this act is an eligible expenditure, the commissioner 
1.22 	must cancel the general fund appropriation or transfer in this act in an amount up to, but 
2.1 	not greater than, the amount appropriated or transferred in this act. The commissioner may 
2.2 	designate a portion of an appropriation or transfer for cancellation if the federal funds are 
2.3 	not sufficient to replace the entire general fund appropriation or transfer.
2.4 		Subd. 3.Appropriation and transfer. Each amount canceled under subdivision 2 is 
2.5 	appropriated from the federal fund for the original purposes of the general fund appropriation 
2.6 	or transfer in this act. Any appropriation and transfer under this subdivision is a onetime 
2.7 	appropriation or transfer.
2.8 		Subd. 4.Expiration. This section does not apply to federal funds after the general fund 
2.9 	appropriations in this act have been canceled and federal funds have been appropriated for 
2.10 	the same purpose.

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