1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; modifying provisions for prekindergarten through 
1.3 	grade 12 education; providing funding for general education, education excellence, 
1.4 	teachers, American Indian education, special education, facilities, school nutrition, 
1.5 	libraries, early childhood education, community education and lifelong learning, 
1.6 	state agencies, and the Read Act; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports; 
1.7 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.118; 
1.8 	120B.119, subdivisions 2a, 4, 10, 15, by adding a subdivision; 120B.12, 
1.9 	subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 4a, by adding a subdivision; 120B.123, subdivisions 1, 5, 7, 
1.10 	by adding a subdivision; 120B.124, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 
1.11 	122A.091, subdivision 1; 122A.092, subdivision 5; 122A.185, subdivision 1; 
1.12 	122A.63, subdivision 9; 123A.485, subdivision 2; 123B.595, subdivisions 1, 4, 8, 
1.13 	10; 123B.71, subdivision 8; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.111, subdivision 3; 
1.14 	124D.119, subdivision 1; 124D.42, subdivisions 8, 9; 124D.901; 124E.20, 
1.15 	subdivision 1; 125A.76, subdivision 2a; 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2e; 126C.13, 
1.16 	subdivision 4; 126C.15, subdivision 2; 126C.17, subdivisions 7a, 7b; 126C.40, 
1.17 	subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 126C.43, subdivision 2; 126C.45; 127A.47, 
1.18 	subdivision 7; 268.085, subdivision 7, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2023, chapter 
1.19 	18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, 
1.20 	section 20, subdivisions 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 17, as amended; Laws 
1.21 	2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 
1.22 	4, as amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 12; 
1.23 	article 2, section 64, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended, 16, as amended, 
1.24 	21, as amended, 23, as amended, 34; article 3, section 11, subdivision 2; article 4, 
1.25 	section 21, subdivisions 2, as amended, 5, as amended; article 5, section 64, 
1.26 	subdivisions 3, as amended, 14, as amended; article 7, section 18, subdivisions 2, 
1.27 	as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended; article 
1.28 	8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended; article 9, section 18, subdivisions 4, as 
1.29 	amended, 8, as amended; article 11, section 11, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as 
1.30 	amended, 10, as amended; Laws 2024, chapter 109, article 4, section 19; Laws 
1.31 	2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 8, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new 
1.32 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, 
1.33 	section 124D.992.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	GENERAL EDUCATION

2.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.485, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.5 		Subd. 2.Aid. (a) Consolidation transition aid is equal to $200 $424 times the number 
2.6 	of resident pupil units in the newly created district in the year of consolidation and $100
2.7 	$212 times the number of resident pupil units in the first year following the year of 
2.8 	consolidation. The number of pupil units used to calculate aid in either year shall not exceed 
2.9 	1,000 for districts consolidating July 1, 1994, and 1,500 for districts consolidating July 1, 
2.10 	1995, and thereafter.
2.11 	(b) If the total appropriation for consolidation transition aid for any fiscal year, plus any 
2.12 	amount transferred under section 127A.41, subdivision 8, is insufficient to pay all districts 
2.13 	the full amount of aid earned, the department must first pay the districts in the first year 
2.14 	following the year of consolidation the full amount of aid earned and distribute any remaining 
2.15 	funds to the newly created districts in the first year of consolidation.

2.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subdivision 1.Revenue calculation. (a) General education revenue must be paid to a 
2.18 	charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each adjusted 
2.19 	pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus the referendum 
2.20 	equalization aid allowance and the first and second tier local optional basic supplemental
2.21 	aid allowance allowances in the pupil's district of residence, minus an amount equal to the 
2.22 	product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, 
2.23 	calculated without declining enrollment revenue, local optional basic supplemental revenue, 
2.24 	basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, pension adjustment revenue, transition revenue, 
2.25 	and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment revenue, basic skills revenue, 
2.26 	pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though the school were a school 
2.27 	district.
2.28 	(b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer program, 
2.29 	the general education revenue in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal to 25 percent 
2.30 	of the statewide average extended time revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
2.31 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible special 
2.32 	education charter school as defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, equals the sum of 
3.1 	the amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined 
3.2 	in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, for educating students not eligible for special education 
3.3 	services.

3.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

3.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.6 		Subdivision 1.General education revenue. The general education revenue for each 
3.7 	district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and 
3.8 	talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional basic supplemental revenue, 
3.9 	small schools revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity 
3.10 	revenue, transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, 
3.11 	pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.

3.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

3.13 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
3.14 		Subd. 2e.Local optional Basic supplemental revenue. (a) Local optional Basic 
3.15 	supplemental revenue for a school district equals the sum of the district's first tier local 
3.16 	optional basic supplemental revenue and, second tier local optional basic supplemental
3.17 	revenue, and third tier basic supplemental revenue.
3.18 	(b) A district's first tier local optional basic supplemental revenue equals the first tier 
3.19 	basic supplemental allowance times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school 
3.20 	year. The first tier basic supplemental allowance equals $40.34 for fiscal year 2026, $40.45 
3.21 	for fiscal year 2027, $43.72 for fiscal year 2028, and $43.82 for fiscal year 2029 and later.
3.22 	(c) A district's second tier basic supplemental revenue equals $300 times the adjusted 
3.23 	pupil units of the district for that school year.
3.24 	(d) A district's second third tier local optional basic supplemental revenue equals $424 
3.25 	times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.
3.26 	(b) (e) A district's local optional basic supplemental levy equals the sum of the first
3.27 	second tier local optional basic supplemental levy and the second third tier local optional
3.28 	basic supplemental levy.
3.29 	(c) (f) A district's first second tier local optional basic supplemental levy equals the 
3.30 	district's first second tier local optional basic supplemental revenue times the lesser of one 
3.31 	or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000.
4.1 	(d) (g)For fiscal year 2023, a district's second tier local optional levy equals the district's 
4.2 	second tier local optional revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
4.3 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $548,842. For fiscal year 2024, a district's 
4.4 	second tier local optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional revenue times 
4.5 	the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit 
4.6 	to $510,000. For fiscal year 2025, a district's second third tier local optional basic 
4.7 	supplemental levy equals the district's second third tier local optional basic supplemental
4.8 	revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per 
4.9 	resident pupil unit to $626,450. For fiscal year 2026, a district's second third tier local 
4.10 	optional basic supplemental levy equals the district's second third tier local optional basic 
4.11 	supplemental revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market 
4.12 	value per resident pupil unit to $642,038. For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's second
4.13 	third tier local optional basic supplemental levy equals the district's second third tier local 
4.14 	optional basic supplemental revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
4.15 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $671,345.
4.16 	(e) (h) The local optional basic supplemental levy must be spread on referendum market 
4.17 	value. A district may levy less than the permitted amount.
4.18 	(f) (i) A district's local optional basic supplemental aid equals its local optional basic 
4.19 	supplemental revenue minus its local optional basic supplemental levy. If a district's actual 
4.20 	levy for first or second tier local optional or third tier basic supplemental revenue is less 
4.21 	than its maximum levy limit for that tier, its aid must be proportionately reduced.

4.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

4.23 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.24 		Subd. 4.General education aid. For fiscal year 2015 and later, A district's general 
4.25 	education aid equals:
4.26 	(1) general education revenue, excluding operating capital revenue, equity revenue, local 
4.27 	optional basic supplemental revenue, and transition revenue; plus
4.28 	(2) operating capital aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 13b;
4.29 	(3) equity aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 30; plus
4.30 	(4) transition aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 33; plus
4.31 	(5) shared time aid under section 126C.01, subdivision 7; plus
4.32 	(6) referendum aid under section 126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a; plus
5.1 	(7) online learning aid under section 124D.096; plus
5.2 	(8) local optional basic supplemental aid according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, 
5.3 	paragraph (f).

5.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

5.5 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.6 		Subd. 2.Building allocation. (a) A district or cooperative must allocate at least 80 
5.7 	percent of its compensatory revenue to each school building in the district or cooperative 
5.8 	where the children who have generated the revenue are served unless the school district or 
5.9 	cooperative has received permission under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, 
5.10 	article 1, section 50, to allocate compensatory revenue according to student performance 
5.11 	measures developed by the school board.
5.12 	(b) A district or cooperative may allocate no more than 20 percent of the amount of 
5.13 	compensatory revenue that the district receives to school sites according to a plan adopted 
5.14 	by the school board. The money reallocated under this paragraph must be spent for the 
5.15 	purposes listed in subdivision 1, but may be spent on students in any grade, including 
5.16 	students attending school readiness or other prekindergarten programs.
5.17 	(c) For the purposes of this section and section 126C.05, subdivision 3, "building" means 
5.18 	education site as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 1.
5.19 	(d) Notwithstanding section 123A.26, subdivision 1, compensatory revenue generated 
5.20 	by students served at a cooperative unit shall be paid to the cooperative unit.
5.21 	(e) A district or cooperative with school building openings, school building closings, 
5.22 	changes in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student demographics 
5.23 	between the prior year and the current year may reallocate compensatory revenue among 
5.24 	sites to reflect these changes. A district or cooperative must report to the department any 
5.25 	adjustments it makes according to this paragraph and the department must use the adjusted 
5.26 	compensatory revenue allocations in preparing the report required under section 123B.76, 
5.27 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
5.28 	(f) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027 only, notwithstanding the percentages specified in 
5.29 	paragraphs (a) and (b), a district may allocate up to 40 percent of the amount of compensatory 
5.30 	revenue that the district receives to school sites according to a plan adopted by the school 
5.31 	board, consistent with the purposes listed in subdivision 1.

6.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
6.2 		Subd. 7a.Referendum tax base replacement aid. For each school district that had a 
6.3 	referendum allowance for fiscal year 2002 exceeding $415, for each separately authorized 
6.4 	referendum levy, the commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the commissioner of 
6.5 	education, shall certify the amount of the referendum levy in taxes payable year 2001 
6.6 	attributable to the portion of the referendum allowance exceeding $415 levied against 
6.7 	property classified as class 2, noncommercial 4c(1), or 4c(4), under section 273.13, excluding 
6.8 	the portion of the tax paid by the portion of class 2a property consisting of the house, garage, 
6.9 	and surrounding one acre of land. The resulting amount must be used to reduce the district's 
6.10 	referendum levy or first second tier local optional basic supplemental levy amount otherwise 
6.11 	determined, and must be paid to the district each year that the referendum or first second
6.12 	tier local optional basic supplemental authority remains in effect, is renewed, or new 
6.13 	referendum authority is approved. The aid payable under this subdivision must be subtracted 
6.14 	from the district's referendum equalization aid under subdivision 7. The referendum 
6.15 	equalization aid and the first second tier local optional basic supplemental aid after the 
6.16 	subtraction must not be less than zero.

6.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

6.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 7b, is amended to read:
6.19 		Subd. 7b.Referendum aid guarantee. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, the sum of 
6.20 	a district's referendum equalization aid and local optional aid under section 126C.10, 
6.21 	subdivision 2e, for fiscal year 2015 must not be less than the sum of the referendum 
6.22 	equalization aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota 
6.23 	Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 7, and the adjustment the district would have 
6.24 	received under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), 
6.25 	(b), and (c).
6.26 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, the sum of referendum equalization aid and local 
6.27 	optional basic supplemental aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, for fiscal year 2016 
6.28 	and later, for a district qualifying for additional aid under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
6.29 	126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2015, must not be less than the product 
6.30 	of (1) the sum of the district's referendum equalization aid and local optional aid under 
6.31 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, for fiscal year 2015, times (2) 
6.32 	the lesser of one or the ratio of the sum of the district's referendum revenue and local optional
6.33 	basic supplemental revenue for that school year to the sum of the district's referendum 
6.34 	revenue and local optional revenue for fiscal year 2015, times (3) the lesser of one or the 
7.1 	ratio of the district's referendum market value used for fiscal year 2015 referendum 
7.2 	equalization calculations to the district's referendum market value used for that year's 
7.3 	referendum equalization calculations.

7.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

7.5 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.6 		Subd. 2.Payment to unemployment insurance program trust fund by state and 
7.7 	political subdivisions. (a) A district may levy the amount necessary (1) to pay the district's 
7.8 	obligations under section 268.052, subdivision 1, and (2) to pay for job placement services 
7.9 	offered to employees who may become eligible for benefits pursuant to section 268.085 for 
7.10 	the fiscal year the levy is certified.
7.11 	(b) Districts with a balance remaining in their reserve for reemployment as of June 30, 
7.12 	2003, may not expend the reserved funds for future reemployment expenditures. Each year 
7.13 	a levy reduction must be made to return these funds to taxpayers. The amount of the levy 
7.14 	reduction must be equal to the lesser of: (1) the remaining reserved balance for reemployment; 
7.15 	or (2) the amount of the district's current levy under paragraph (a).
7.16 	(c) The amount in paragraph (a) must not include the amounts for hourly school 
7.17 	employees during the period of the summer term prior to September 10, 2028.
7.18 	(d) Beginning September 10, 2028, the amount in paragraph (a) must not include any 
7.19 	amounts for hourly school employees whose unemployment costs are included in special 
7.20 	education costs eligible for aid under section 125A.76.

7.21 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
7.22 		Subd. 7.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and special 
7.23 	education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district 
7.24 	under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The adjustments 
7.25 	must be made according to this subdivision.
7.26 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 
7.27 	education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 
7.28 	special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 
7.29 	lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 
7.30 	with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 
7.31 	who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special 
7.32 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
8.1 	day, the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local 
8.2 	optional aid and referendum equalization aid as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
8.3 	paragraph (d), attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special 
8.4 	instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to 
8.5 	district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, 
8.6 	capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 
8.7 	125A.76, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, 
8.8 	attributable to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and 
8.9 	services. For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum 
8.10 	equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average 
8.11 	general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.
8.12 	(c) For fiscal year 2020, special education aid paid to a resident district must be reduced 
8.13 	by an amount equal to 85 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing special education 
8.14 	and services. For fiscal year 2021 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district 
8.15 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 80 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 
8.16 	special education and services.
8.17 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
8.18 	be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special education 
8.19 	and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or charter school 
8.20 	where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at least 70 percent 
8.21 	of the charter school's total enrollment.
8.22 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
8.23 	be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special education 
8.24 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, calculated as if the charter school received special 
8.25 	education aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1.
8.26 	(f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction 
8.27 	and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased 
8.28 	by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under paragraphs (c) 
8.29 	and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
8.30 	adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be made to 
8.31 	other state aids due to the district.
8.32 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district of 
8.33 	a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school receives 
8.34 	general education aid under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be reduced 
9.1 	by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid attributable to the 
9.2 	student under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and the general education aid 
9.3 	that the student would have generated for the charter school under section 124E.20, 
9.4 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial education student" 
9.5 	means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a disability as defined in 
9.6 	section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.
9.7 	(h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, 
9.8 	education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the 
9.9 	constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the 
9.10 	general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 
9.11 	paragraph (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more than
9.12 	100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount 
9.13 	equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, 
9.14 	times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional revenue, and 
9.15 	transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area 
9.16 	learning center.

9.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

9.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
9.19 		Subd. 7.School employees; between terms denial. (a) Wage credits from employment 
9.20 	with an educational institution or institutions may not be used for unemployment benefit 
9.21 	purposes for any week during the period between two successive academic years or terms 
9.22 	if:
9.23 	(1) the applicant had employment for an educational institution or institutions in the 
9.24 	prior academic year or term; and
9.25 	(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant will have employment for an 
9.26 	educational institution or institutions in the following academic year or term.
9.27 	This paragraph applies to the period between two regular but not successive terms if 
9.28 	there is an agreement for that schedule between the applicant and the educational institution.
9.29 	This paragraph does not apply if the subsequent employment is substantially less 
9.30 	favorable than the employment of the prior academic year or term, or the employment prior 
9.31 	to the vacation period or holiday recess.
10.1 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any week during the period between two successive 
10.2 	academic years or terms if an applicant worked in a capacity other than instructional, research, 
10.3 	or principal administrative capacity.
10.4 	(c) Paragraph (a) applies to a vacation period or holiday recess if the applicant was 
10.5 	employed immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable 
10.6 	assurance that the applicant will be employed immediately following the vacation period 
10.7 	or holiday recess, including applicants who worked in a capacity other than instructional, 
10.8 	research, or principal administrative capacity.
10.9 	(d) This subdivision applies to employment with an educational service agency if the 
10.10 	applicant performed the services at an educational institution or institutions. "Educational 
10.11 	service agency" means a governmental entity established and operated for the purpose of 
10.12 	providing services to one or more educational institutions.
10.13 	(e) This subdivision applies to employment with Minnesota, a political subdivision, or 
10.14 	a nonprofit organization, if the services are provided to or on behalf of an educational 
10.15 	institution or institutions.
10.16 	(f) Paragraph (a) applies beginning the Sunday of the week that there is a reasonable 
10.17 	assurance of employment.
10.18 	(g) Employment and a reasonable assurance with multiple education institutions must 
10.19 	be aggregated for purposes of application of this subdivision.
10.20 	(h) If all of the applicant's employment with any educational institution or institutions 
10.21 	during the prior academic year or term consisted of on-call employment, and the applicant 
10.22 	has a reasonable assurance of any on-call employment with any educational institution or 
10.23 	institutions for the following academic year or term, it is not considered substantially less 
10.24 	favorable employment.
10.25 	(i) A "reasonable assurance" may be written, oral, implied, or established by custom or 
10.26 	practice.
10.27 	(j) An "educational institution" is a school, college, university, or other educational entity 
10.28 	operated by Minnesota, a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or a nonprofit 
10.29 	organization.
10.30 	(k) An "instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity" does not include 
10.31 	an educational assistant.
10.32 	(l) This subdivision expires September 9, 2028.

11.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, is amended by adding a subdivision 
11.2 	to read:
11.3 		Subd. 7a.Higher education employees; between terms. (a) Starting September 10, 
11.4 	2028, this subdivision governs unemployment benefits of employees of higher education 
11.5 	institutions between academic years or terms.
11.6 	(b) Wage credits from employment with an educational institution or institutions may 
11.7 	not be used for unemployment benefit purposes for any week during the period between 
11.8 	two successive academic years or terms if:
11.9 	(1) the applicant had employment for an educational institution or institutions in the 
11.10 	prior academic year or term; and
11.11 	(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant will have employment for an 
11.12 	educational institution or institutions in the following academic year or term.
11.13 	This paragraph applies to the period between two regular but not successive terms if there 
11.14 	is an agreement for that schedule between the applicant and the educational institution.
11.15 	This paragraph does not apply if the subsequent employment is substantially less favorable 
11.16 	than the employment of the prior academic year or term, or the employment prior to the 
11.17 	vacation period or holiday recess.
11.18 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to any week during the period between two successive 
11.19 	academic years or terms if an applicant worked in a capacity other than instructional, research, 
11.20 	or principal administrative capacity.
11.21 	(d) Paragraph (b) applies to a vacation period or holiday recess if the applicant was 
11.22 	employed immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable 
11.23 	assurance that the applicant will be employed immediately following the vacation period 
11.24 	or holiday recess, including applicants who worked in a capacity other than instructional, 
11.25 	research, or principal administrative capacity.
11.26 	(e) This subdivision applies to employment with an educational service agency if the 
11.27 	applicant performed the services at an educational institution or institutions. "Educational 
11.28 	service agency" means a governmental entity established and operated for the purpose of 
11.29 	providing services to one or more educational institutions.
11.30 	(f) This subdivision applies to employment with Minnesota, a political subdivision, or 
11.31 	a nonprofit organization, if the services are provided to or on behalf of an educational 
11.32 	institution or institutions.
12.1 	(g) Paragraph (b) applies beginning the Sunday of the week that there is a reasonable 
12.2 	assurance of employment.
12.3 	(h) Employment and a reasonable assurance with multiple education institutions must 
12.4 	be aggregated for purposes of application of this subdivision.
12.5 	(i) If all of the applicant's employment with any educational institution or institutions 
12.6 	during the prior academic year or term consisted of on-call employment, and the applicant 
12.7 	has a reasonable assurance of any on-call employment with any educational institution or 
12.8 	institutions for the following academic year or term, it is not considered substantially less 
12.9 	favorable employment.
12.10 	(j) A "reasonable assurance" may be written, oral, implied, or established by custom or 
12.11 	practice.
12.12 	(k) For purposes of this subdivision, an "educational institution" is a college or university 
12.13 	operated by Minnesota, a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or a nonprofit 
12.14 	organization.
12.15 	(l) An "instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity" does not include an 
12.16 	educational assistant.

12.17 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, is amended by adding a subdivision 
12.18 	to read:
12.19 		Subd. 7b.School employees; between terms. (a) Starting September 10, 2028, this 
12.20 	subdivision governs unemployment benefits of school employees between academic years 
12.21 	or terms.
12.22 	(b) Wage credits from employment with an educational institution or institutions may 
12.23 	not be used for unemployment benefit purposes for any week during the period between 
12.24 	two successive academic years or terms if:
12.25 	(1) the applicant had employment for an educational institution or institutions in the 
12.26 	prior academic year or term; and
12.27 	(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant will have employment for an 
12.28 	educational institution or institutions in the following academic year or term.
12.29 	This paragraph applies to a vacation period or holiday recess if the applicant was employed 
12.30 	immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance 
12.31 	that the applicant will be employed immediately following the vacation period or holiday 
12.32 	recess. This paragraph also applies to the period between two regular but not successive 
13.1 	terms if there is an agreement for that schedule between the applicant and the educational 
13.2 	institution.
13.3 	This paragraph does not apply if the subsequent employment is substantially less favorable 
13.4 	than the employment of the prior academic year or term, or the employment prior to the 
13.5 	vacation period or holiday recess.
13.6 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to an applicant who, at the end of the prior academic 
13.7 	year or term, had an agreement for a definite period of employment between academic years 
13.8 	or terms in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity and 
13.9 	the educational institution or institutions failed to provide that employment.
13.10 	(d) If unemployment benefits are denied to any applicant under paragraph (b) who was 
13.11 	employed in the prior academic year or term in other than an instructional, research, or 
13.12 	principal administrative capacity and who was not offered an opportunity to perform the 
13.13 	employment in the following academic year or term, the applicant is entitled to retroactive 
13.14 	unemployment benefits for each week during the period between academic years or terms 
13.15 	that the applicant filed a timely continued request for unemployment benefits, but 
13.16 	unemployment benefits were denied solely because of paragraph (b).
13.17 	(e) This subdivision applies to employment with an educational service agency if the 
13.18 	applicant performed the services at an educational institution or institutions. "Educational 
13.19 	service agency" means a governmental entity established and operated for the purpose of 
13.20 	providing services to one or more educational institutions.
13.21 	(f) This subdivision applies to employment with Minnesota, a political subdivision, or 
13.22 	a nonprofit organization, if the services are provided to or on behalf of an educational 
13.23 	institution or institutions.
13.24 	(g) Paragraph (b) applies beginning the Sunday of the week that there is a reasonable 
13.25 	assurance of employment.
13.26 	(h) Employment and a reasonable assurance with multiple education institutions must 
13.27 	be aggregated for purposes of application of this subdivision.
13.28 	(i) If all of the applicant's employment with any educational institution or institutions 
13.29 	during the prior academic year or term consisted of on-call employment, and the applicant 
13.30 	has a reasonable assurance of any on-call employment with any educational institution or 
13.31 	institutions for the following academic year or term, it is not considered substantially less 
13.32 	favorable employment.
14.1 	(j) A "reasonable assurance" may be written, oral, implied, or established by custom or 
14.2 	practice.
14.3 	(k) For purposes of this subdivision, an "educational institution" is a school or other 
14.4 	educational entity operated by Minnesota, a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, 
14.5 	or a nonprofit organization.
14.6 	(l) An "instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity" does not include an 
14.7 	educational assistant.

14.8 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, is amended by adding a subdivision 
14.9 	to read:
14.10 		Subd. 8a.Services for school contractors. (a) Starting September 10, 2028, wage credits 
14.11 	from an employer are subject to subdivision 7b, if:
14.12 	(1) the employment was provided under a contract between the employer and an 
14.13 	elementary or secondary school; and
14.14 	(2) the contract was for services that the elementary or secondary school could have had 
14.15 	performed by its employees.
14.16 	(b) Wage credits from an employer are not subject to subdivision 7b if:
14.17 	(1) those wage credits were earned by an employee of a private employer performing 
14.18 	work under a contract between the employer and an elementary or secondary school; and
14.19 	(2) the employment was related to food services provided to the school by the employer.

14.20 	Sec. 15. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
14.21 		Subd. 12.Career and technical program expansion; aeronautics pilot program. (a) 
14.22 	For Independent School District No. 482, Little Falls, for an aeronautics and commercial 
14.23 	over-the-road technical program:

14.24		$
	450,000
	.....
	2024
	
14.25 	(b) The funds must be used to help support the district's aeronautics and commercial 
14.26 	over-the-road technical pilot program. The funds may be used for equipment, staffing costs, 
14.27 	travel costs, and contracted services.
14.28 	(c) By February 1, 2027, the district must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
14.29 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
14.30 	12 education on the activities funded by this appropriation. The report must include but is 
15.1 	not limited to information about program participation and demographic information about 
15.2 	the students served in the program, a description of the type of activities offered by each 
15.3 	program during the year, partnerships with higher education and private providers of 
15.4 	aeronautic and commercial over-the-road services, and recommendations for state actions 
15.5 	that could improve aeronautics and commercial over-the-road programming for all school 
15.6 	districts. The report must also describe how the district's early expenditures for the program 
15.7 	were successful in providing the aeronautics and commercial over-the-road technical program 
15.8 	in a more timely manner to the district's participating students.
15.9 	(d) The school district's program expenditures for this program occurring after May 24, 
15.10 	2023, and prior to the Department of Education officially awarding this grant to the school 
15.11 	district, qualify as eligible program expenditures and are reimbursable from the grant amount 
15.12 	in paragraph (a).
15.13 	(d) (e) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2026. This is a onetime appropriation.

15.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from May 24, 2023.

15.15 	Sec. 16. COMPENSATORY REVENUE TASK FORCE.
 15.16 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. A task force is established to analyze the general 
15.17 	education compensatory revenue formula, including the purpose of the program, the revenue 
15.18 	levels of the program, the distribution formula for the revenue, the uses of compensatory 
15.19 	revenue, and methods to evaluate the outcomes of compensatory revenue spending.
15.20 		Subd. 2.Membership. The Compensatory Revenue Task Force consists of the 
15.21 	commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee and 15 other members who must 
15.22 	be appointed by August 15, 2025, as follows:
15.23 	(1) two members appointed by the majority leader of the senate;
15.24 	(2) two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
15.25 	(3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house;
15.26 	(4) two members appointed by the speaker emerita of the house;
15.27 	(5) three school administrators appointed by the commissioner, one representing each 
15.28 	of the following: a rural school district or charter school, a metropolitan area school district 
15.29 	or charter school, and a racially and economically diverse school district or charter school;
15.30 	(6) two teachers appointed by the commissioner of education, including a teacher from 
15.31 	the metropolitan area and a teacher from greater Minnesota; and
16.1 	(7) two members appointed by the commissioner who represent community organizations.
16.2 		Subd. 3.Consultation and advice. The commissioner of education and the task force 
16.3 	must request expert advice as necessary, including advice and technical assistance from 
16.4 	representatives of the Department of Revenue regarding pupil identification methods 
16.5 	voluntarily linked to certain state income tax data and the state demographer's office regarding 
16.6 	census information that may inform the compensatory revenue formula, and general school 
16.7 	district accounting and business practices advice from representatives suggested by the 
16.8 	Minnesota Association of School Business Officials.
16.9 		Subd. 4.Duties. The task force must:
16.10 	(1) evaluate which students currently generate compensatory revenue, examine whether 
16.11 	this student count aligns with students who are under-prepared to learn or otherwise not 
16.12 	meeting academic standards, and determine the best student population to target with 
16.13 	compensatory revenue;
16.14 	(2) examine and determine the best proxy and demographic variables to identify students, 
16.15 	sites, and districts in need of assistance to help students better meet academic standards and 
16.16 	prepare to learn;
16.17 	(3) examine potential input data elements for determining compensatory revenue, 
16.18 	including income tax data, census information, and federal school meals eligibility, whether 
16.19 	identified through direct certification of income from public assistance program participation 
16.20 	or through the application for educational benefits;
16.21 	(4) determine whether compensatory revenue should be generated at the school district 
16.22 	or school site level;
16.23 	(5) evaluate whether the compensatory revenue formula should contain a concentration 
16.24 	formula;
16.25 	(6) examine the interrelationships between the compensatory revenue program and 
16.26 	extended time revenue program, including summer school, and propose methods to better 
16.27 	integrate compensatory revenue and extended time revenue;
16.28 	(7) evaluate the best uses of compensatory revenue; and
16.29 	(8) evaluate potential ways to examine the effectiveness of compensatory revenue, 
16.30 	including measures of absolute levels and growth in student attendance, graduation rates, 
16.31 	assessment results, student behavior, and disciplinary events.
17.1 		Subd. 5.Compensation. Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3, governs 
17.2 	compensation of the members of the task force.
17.3 		Subd. 6.Meetings and administrative support. (a) The commissioner of education or 
17.4 	the commissioner's designee must convene the first meeting of the task force no later than 
17.5 	September 15, 2025. The task force must establish a schedule for meetings and meet as 
17.6 	necessary to accomplish the duties under this section. Meetings are subject to Minnesota 
17.7 	Statutes, chapter 13D. The task force may meet by telephone or interactive technology 
17.8 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.015.
17.9 	(b) The Department of Education must provide administrative support to assist the task 
17.10 	force in its work, including providing information, data, and technical support, and the 
17.11 	department must assist in the creation of the task force reports.
17.12 		Subd. 7.Reporting. The task force must issue a preliminary report to the legislature by 
17.13 	February 15, 2026, and a final report to the legislature by September 15, 2026. The reports 
17.14 	must be prepared and filed consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.15 	3.195, and submitted to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
17.16 	committees with jurisdiction over education finance and policy.
17.17 		Subd. 8.Expiration. The task force expires September 15, 2026.

17.18 	Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS.
 17.19 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
17.20 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
17.21 	designated.
17.22 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
17.23 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

17.24		$
	8,483,842,000
	.....
	2026
	
17.25		$
	8,786,840,000
	.....
	2027
	
17.26 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $783,251,000 for 2025 and $7,700,591,000 for 
17.27 	2026.
17.28 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $804,270,000 for 2026 and $7,982,570,000 for 
17.29 	2027.
17.30 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
17.31 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
17.32 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

18.1		$
	25,000
	.....
	2026
	
18.2		$
	27,000
	.....
	2027
	
18.3 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. (a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.4 	127A.49:

18.5		$
	1,929,000
	.....
	2026
	
18.6		$
	2,340,000
	.....
	2027
	
18.7 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $140,000 for 2025 and $1,789,000 for 2026.
18.8 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $198,000 for 2026 and $2,142,000 for 2027.
18.9 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. (a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
18.10 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

18.11		$
	572,000
	.....
	2026
	
18.12		$
	350,000
	.....
	2027
	
18.13 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $572,000 for 2026.
18.14 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $64,000 for 2026 and $286,000 for 2027.
18.15 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. (a) For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
18.16 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

18.17		$
	25,349,000
	.....
	2026
	
18.18		$
	27,160,000
	.....
	2027
	
18.19 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,355,000 for 2025 and $22,994,000 for 2026.
18.20 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,554,000 for 2026 and $24,606,000 for 2027.
18.21 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. (a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
18.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

18.23		$
	28,123,000
	.....
	2026
	
18.24		$
	29,359,000
	.....
	2027
	
18.25 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,609,000 for 2025 and $25,514,000 for 2026.
18.26 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,834,000 for 2026 and $26,525,000 for 2027.
18.27 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. (a) For aid to Independent School District No. 690, 
18.28 	Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

18.29		$
	65,000
	.....
	2026
	
18.30		$
	65,000
	.....
	2027
	
19.1 	(b) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
19.2 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. (a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
19.3 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

19.4		$
	451,000
	.....
	2026
	
19.5		$
	350,000
	.....
	2027
	
19.6 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $85,000 for 2025 and $366,000 for 2026.
19.7 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2026 and $310,000 for 2027.
19.8 		Subd. 10.Pregnant and parenting pupil transportation reimbursement. (a) To 
19.9 	reimburse districts for transporting pregnant or parenting pupils under Minnesota Statutes, 
19.10 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi):

19.11		$
	55,000
	.....
	2026
	
19.12		$
	55,000
	.....
	2027
	
19.13 	(b) To receive reimbursement, districts must apply in the form and manner prescribed 
19.14 	by the commissioner. If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must prorate 
19.15 	the amount paid to districts seeking reimbursement.
19.16 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
19.17 		Subd. 11.Career and technical education consortium. (a) To the Minnesota Service 
19.18 	Cooperatives for career and technical education consortium grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
19.19 	section 124D.4536:

19.20		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
19.21		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
19.22 	(b) If the appropriation in fiscal year 2026 is insufficient, the appropriation in fiscal year 
19.23 	2027 is available.
19.24 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
19.25 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
19.26 		Subd. 12.Emergency medical training. (a) For grants to offer high school students 
19.27 	courses in emergency medical services:

19.28		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
19.29		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
19.30 	(b) A school district, charter school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit under 
19.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply for a grant under this section 
20.1 	to offer enrolled students emergency medical services courses approved by the Minnesota 
20.2 	Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board to prepare students to take the emergency 
20.3 	medical technician certification test, including an emergency medical services course that 
20.4 	is a prerequisite to an emergency medical technician course.
20.5 	(c) A grant recipient may use grant funds to partner with a district, charter school, 
20.6 	cooperative unit, postsecondary institution, political subdivision, or entity with expertise in 
20.7 	emergency medical services, including health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and 
20.8 	health care providers to offer an emergency medical services course.
20.9 	(d) Eligible uses of grant funds include teacher salaries, transportation, equipment costs, 
20.10 	emergency medical technician certification test fees, and student background checks.
20.11 	(e) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award at least half of the grant 
20.12 	funds to applicants outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least 30 percent 
20.13 	of the grant funds to applicants with high concentrations of students of color.
20.14 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
20.15 		Subd. 13.Area learning center transportation aid. (a) For area learning center 
20.16 	transportation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 11:

20.17		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
20.18		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
20.19 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
20.20 	(c) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
20.21 		Subd. 14.Unemployment aid for hourly workers over the summer term. (a) For 
20.22 	unemployment aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995:

20.23		$
	30,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
20.24 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.25 	124D.995.
20.26 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
20.27 		Subd. 15.Compensatory Revenue Task Force. For the Compensatory Revenue Task 
20.28 	Force under section 16:

20.29		$
	110,000
	.....
	2026
	
20.30 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
20.31 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.

21.1 	Sec. 18. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 21.2 	The revisor of statutes shall replace "local optional revenue," "local optional aid," and 
21.3 	"local optional levy" with "basic supplemental revenue," "basic supplemental aid," and 
21.4 	"basic supplemental levy" and correct all cross-references.

21.5 	ARTICLE 2
21.6 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

21.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.42, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
21.8 		Subd. 9.Minnesota math corps program. (a) A Minnesota math corps program is 
21.9 	established to give provide ServeMinnesota AmeriCorps members with a data-based 
21.10 	problem-solving model of mathematics instruction useful for to use in providing elementary 
21.11 	and middle school students and their teachers with instructional support. Minnesota math 
21.12 	corps must use evidence-based instructional support to evaluate and accelerate student 
21.13 	learning on foundational mathematics skills that enable students to meet state academic 
21.14 	standards in mathematics and long-term proficiency expectations for the workforce.
21.15 	(b) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the legislature 
21.16 	with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and evaluates 
21.17 	program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.
21.18 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "evidence-based" means the instruction or curriculum 
21.19 	is based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence and has demonstrated a record of 
21.20 	success in increasing student competency and proficiency in mathematics and numeracy.

21.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

21.22 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 16, as amended by Laws 
21.23 	2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 16, is amended to read:
21.24 		Subd. 16.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
21.25 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

21.26		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2024
	
21.27		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2025
	
21.28 	(b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
21.29 	(1) current grant recipients issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231;
21.30 	(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; 
21.31 	and
22.1 	(3) any other applicants.
22.2 	(c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
22.3 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $5,000,000.
22.4 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This 
22.5 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

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

22.7 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 22.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
22.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
22.10 	designated.
22.11 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
22.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

22.13		$
	85,619,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.14		$
	85,222,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,446,000 for 2025 and $77,173,000 for 2026.
22.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,575,000 for 2026 and $76,647,000 for 2027.
22.17 		Subd. 3.Alternative programs. (a) For a grant to the Minnesota Association of 
22.18 	Alternative Programs STARS (Success, Teamwork, Achievement, Recognition, and 
22.19 	Self-esteem) program to help students in alternative programs develop employment, 
22.20 	academic, and social skills and to support student participation in trainings and conferences:

22.21		$
	55,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.22		$
	55,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.23 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
22.24 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
22.25 		Subd. 4.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
22.26 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

22.27		$
	96,453,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.28		$
	99,135,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.29 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $9,391,000 for 2025 and $87,062,000 for 2026.
22.30 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $9,673,000 for 2026 and $89,462,000 for 2027.
23.1 		Subd. 5.College entrance examination reimbursement. (a) To reimburse districts for 
23.2 	the costs of college entrance examination fees for students who are eligible for free or 
23.3 	reduced-price meals who take the ACT or SAT test under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.4 	120B.30, subdivision 16:

23.5		$
	1,011,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.6		$
	1,011,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.7 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
23.8 		Subd. 6.COMPASS and MTSS. (a) To support the development and implementation 
23.9 	of the MTSS framework and the Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student 
23.10 	Success (COMPASS) school improvement model:

23.11		$
	13,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.12		$
	13,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.13 	(b) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is to support implementation of MTSS and 
23.14 	COMPASS. Funds must be used to support increased capacity at the Department of Education 
23.15 	and the Minnesota service cooperatives for implementation supports.
23.16 	(c) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is reserved for grants to school districts, charter 
23.17 	schools, Tribal contract schools, and cooperative units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
23.18 	section 123A.24, subdivision 2, for implementation of MTSS, including: hiring local MTSS 
23.19 	coordinators; deferring costs for personnel to participate in cohort activities and professional 
23.20 	learning; and piloting the Department of Education One Plan, the consolidation of multiple 
23.21 	reporting structures to streamline various applications, reports, and submissions by school 
23.22 	districts and charter schools. Up to five percent of this amount is available for program and 
23.23 	grant administration.
23.24 	(d) Of this amount, $3,000,000 each year must be used to develop a regional network 
23.25 	focusing on mathematics to provide dedicated mathematics trainers and coaches to train 
23.26 	regional support staff from the Minnesota service cooperatives and to support school leaders 
23.27 	and teachers to implement evidence-based instructional strategies in mathematics. Funds 
23.28 	may also be used to host an annual mathematics standards-based instructional institute.
23.29 	(e) Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the University of Minnesota Center for 
23.30 	Applied Research and Educational Improvement to support implementation and evaluation 
23.31 	of the MTSS framework.
23.32 	(f) Support for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units under this 
23.33 	subdivision may include but is not limited to:
24.1 	(1) partnering with the Minnesota Service Cooperatives to support districts in 
24.2 	implementing COMPASS to support schools in the areas of literacy, math, social-emotional 
24.3 	learning, and mental health using the MTSS framework;
24.4 	(2) providing support to districts and charter schools identified under Minnesota Statutes, 
24.5 	section 120B.11;
24.6 	(3) providing support to districts and charter schools to streamline various applications, 
24.7 	reports, and submissions to the Department of Education through One Plan;
24.8 	(4) providing training, guidance, and implementation resources for MTSS, including a 
24.9 	universal screening process approved by the Department of Education to identify students 
24.10 	who may be at risk of experiencing academic, behavioral, and social-emotional development 
24.11 	difficulties;
24.12 	(5) providing guidance to convene school-based teams to analyze data provided by 
24.13 	screenings and resources for related identification, instruction, and intervention methods;
24.14 	(6) dyslexia screening and interventions that are evidence-based;
24.15 	(7) requiring school districts and charter schools to provide parents of students identified 
24.16 	in screenings with notice of screening findings and related support information;
24.17 	(8) requiring districts and charter schools to provide at-risk students with interventions 
24.18 	and to monitor the effectiveness of these interventions and student progress; and
24.19 	(9) developing and annually reporting findings regarding the implementation of MTSS.
24.20 	(g) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
24.21 		Subd. 7.Computer science education advancement. (a) For computer science 
24.22 	advancement:

24.23		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
24.24		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
24.25 	(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for the computer science supervisor.
24.26 	(c) Eligible uses of the appropriation include expenses related to the implementation of 
24.27 	Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 61, and expenses related to the development, 
24.28 	advancement, and promotion of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science education.
24.29 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
24.30 		Subd. 8.Concurrent enrollment aid. (a) For concurrent enrollment aid under Minnesota 
24.31 	Statutes, section 124D.091:

25.1		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
25.2		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
25.3 	(b) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce 
25.4 	the aid payment to each school district.
25.5 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
25.6 		Subd. 9.Ethnic studies community consultation. (a) To consult with community 
25.7 	members throughout Minnesota on the development of ethnic studies curricula, resources, 
25.8 	and implementation support:

25.9		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
25.10		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
25.11 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
25.12 		Subd. 10.Ethnic studies school grants. (a) For competitive grants to school districts, 
25.13 	charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to develop, evaluate, and implement ethnic 
25.14 	studies courses:

25.15		$
	700,000
	.....
	2026
	
25.16		$
	700,000
	.....
	2027
	
25.17 	(b) The commissioner must consult with the Ethnic Studies Working Group to develop 
25.18 	criteria for the grants.
25.19 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
25.20 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
25.21 		Subd. 11.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For students' 
25.22 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota 
25.23 	Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and for training and related costs for teachers and 
25.24 	other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:

25.25		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
25.26		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
25.27 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each 
25.28 	year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation 
25.29 	each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement 
25.30 	and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory 
25.31 	Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts 
26.1 	of the expenditures each year for examination fees, training, and support programs for each 
26.2 	program.
26.3 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000 
26.4 	each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
26.5 	support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
26.6 	programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
26.7 	international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The 
26.8 	commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
26.9 	(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income 
26.10 	families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent funds 
26.11 	are available, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced placement 
26.12 	examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
26.13 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
26.14 		Subd. 12.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
26.15 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

26.16		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
26.17		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
26.18 	(b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
26.19 	(1) current grant recipients under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231;
26.20 	(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; 
26.21 	and
26.22 	(3) any other applicants.
26.23 	(c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
26.24 	(d) The fiscal year 2026 appropriation is available until June 30, 2029. The fiscal year 
26.25 	2027 appropriation is available June 30, 2030.
26.26 		Subd. 13.Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course 
26.27 	offerings. (a) For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students 
26.28 	to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according 
26.29 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:

26.30		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
26.31		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
27.1 	(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must distribute grant funds equitably 
27.2 	among geographic areas in the state, including to schools located in greater Minnesota and 
27.3 	in the seven-county metropolitan area.
27.4 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
27.5 		Subd. 14.Implementation of education on the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous 
27.6 	Peoples, and other genocides. (a) For implementation of requirements for education on 
27.7 	the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides under Minnesota 
27.8 	Statutes, section 120B.252:

27.9		$
	75,000
	.....
	2026
	
27.10		$
	75,000
	.....
	2027
	
27.11 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
27.12 		Subd. 15.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
27.13 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
27.14 	section 124D.87:

27.15		$
	16,396,000
	.....
	2026
	
27.16		$
	18,157,000
	.....
	2027
	
27.17 		Subd. 16.Literacy incentive aid. (a) For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
27.18 	section 124D.98:

27.19		$
	40,686,000
	.....
	2026
	
27.20		$
	40,897,000
	.....
	2027
	
27.21 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $4,057,000 for 2025 and $36,629,000 for 2026.
27.22 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $4,069,000 for 2026 and $36,828,000 for 2027.
27.23 		Subd. 17.Minnesota Center for the Book programming. (a) For grants to the entity 
27.24 	designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide 
27.25 	statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional 
27.26 	programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:

27.27		$
	200,000
	.....
	2026
	
27.28		$
	200,000
	.....
	2027
	
27.29 	(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
27.30 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
27.31 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
28.1 		Subd. 18.Minnesota Independence College and Community. (a) For transfer to the 
28.2 	Office of Higher Education for grants to Minnesota Independence College and Community 
28.3 	for tuition reduction and institutional support:

28.4		$
	625,000
	.....
	2026
	
28.5		$
	625,000
	.....
	2027
	
28.6 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
28.7 	(c) By January 15 of each year, Minnesota Independence College and Community must 
28.8 	submit a report detailing expenditures, activities, and outcomes to the commissioner and 
28.9 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
28.10 	over kindergarten through grade 12 education.
28.11 		Subd. 19.Minnesota math corps. (a) For the Minnesota math corps program under 
28.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:

28.13		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
28.14		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
28.15 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
28.16 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $1,000,000.
28.17 		Subd. 20.Minnesota Principals Academy. (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota 
28.18 	College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals 
28.19 	Academy:

28.20		$
	200,000
	.....
	2026
	
28.21		$
	200,000
	.....
	2027
	
28.22 	(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals 
28.23 	and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability 
28.24 	system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the 
28.25 	extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000 
28.26 	of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by 
28.27 	principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's 
28.28 	accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds 
28.29 	Act.
28.30 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
28.31 		Subd. 21.Minnesota Youth Council. (a) For grants to the Minnesota Alliance With 
28.32 	Youth for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council:

29.1		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
29.2		$
	375,000
	.....
	2027
	
29.3 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
29.4 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
29.5 		Subd. 22.Museums and education centers. (a) For grants to museums and education 
29.6 	centers:

29.7		$
	1,791,000
	.....
	2026
	
29.8		$
	1,791,000
	.....
	2027
	
29.9 	(b) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
29.10 	(c) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Rochester.
29.11 	(d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
29.12 	(e) $100,000 each year is for The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis.
29.13 	(f) $60,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
29.14 	(g) $100,000 each year is for The Works Museum, Bloomington.
29.15 	(h) $100,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.
29.16 	(i) $100,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.
29.17 	(j) $100,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.
29.18 	(k) $100,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.
29.19 	(l) $100,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.
29.20 	(m) $110,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.
29.21 	(n) $110,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.
29.22 	(o) $110,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.
29.23 	(p) $110,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.
29.24 	(q) A recipient of a grant under this subdivision must use the funds to encourage and 
29.25 	increase access for historically underserved communities.
29.26 	(r) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
29.27 	(s) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
29.28 		Subd. 23.Nonexclusionary discipline. (a) For grants to school districts and charter 
29.29 	schools to provide training for school staff on nonexclusionary disciplinary practices:

30.1		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2026
	
30.2		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
30.3 	(b) Grants must be used to develop training and to work with schools to train staff on 
30.4 	nonexclusionary disciplinary practices that maintain the respect, trust, and attention of 
30.5 	students and help keep students in classrooms. These funds may also be used for grant 
30.6 	administration.
30.7 	(c) Eligible grantees include school districts, charter schools, Tribal charter schools, 
30.8 	intermediate school districts, and cooperative units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.9 	123A.24, subdivision 2.
30.10 	(d) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
30.11 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
30.12 		Subd. 24.P-TECH schools. (a) For P-TECH implementation grants under Minnesota 
30.13 	Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5:

30.14		$
	791,000
	.....
	2026
	
30.15		$
	791,000
	.....
	2027
	
30.16 	(b) The amount in paragraph (a) is for a grant to a public-private partnership that includes 
30.17 	Independent School District No. 535, Rochester.
30.18 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, the department 
30.19 	may retain money from this appropriation for administrative costs under Minnesota Statutes, 
30.20 	section 124D.093, subdivision 5.
30.21 	(d) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
30.22 	(e) The department may award start-up and mentoring and technical assistance grants 
30.23 	beginning in fiscal year 2026. Of the amount in fiscal year 2026, at least $500,000 is for a 
30.24 	support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 
30.25 	535, Rochester. Of the amount in fiscal year 2027, at least $250,000 is for a support grant 
30.26 	to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 535, Rochester.
30.27 		Subd. 25.Paraprofessional training. (a) For compensation associated with paid 
30.28 	orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes, 
30.29 	section 121A.642:

30.30		$
	4,721,000
	.....
	2026
	
30.31		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
30.32 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $221,000 for 2025 and $4,500,000 for 2026.
31.1 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $500,000 for 2026 and $4,500,000 for 2027.
31.2 		Subd. 26.Recovery program grants. (a) For recovery program grants under Minnesota 
31.3 	Statutes, section 124D.695:

31.4		$
	750,000
	.....
	2026
	
31.5		$
	750,000
	.....
	2027
	
31.6 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
31.7 		Subd. 27.Sanneh Foundation. (a) For grants to the Sanneh Foundation:

31.8		$
	1,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
31.9		$
	750,000
	.....
	2027
	
31.10 	(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
31.11 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
31.12 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.
31.13 		Subd. 28.ServeMinnesota program. (a) For funding ServeMinnesota programs under 
31.14 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:

31.15		$
	900,000
	.....
	2026
	
31.16		$
	900,000
	.....
	2027
	
31.17 	(b) A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents 
31.18 	of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such 
31.19 	coverage is not otherwise available.
31.20 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
31.21 		Subd. 29.Starbase MN. (a) For a grant to Starbase MN for a rigorous science, 
31.22 	technology, engineering, and math program providing students in grades 4 through 6 with 
31.23 	a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace environment 
31.24 	using state-of-the-art technology:

31.25		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
31.26		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
31.27 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
31.28 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
31.29 		Subd. 30.Statewide testing and reporting system. (a) For the statewide testing and 
31.30 	reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, sections 120B.302 and 120B.305:

32.1		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2026
	
32.2		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2027
	
32.3 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
32.4 		Subd. 31.Student organizations. (a) For student organizations:

32.5		$
	1,084,000
	.....
	2026
	
32.6		$
	1,084,000
	.....
	2027
	
32.7 	(b) $68,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
32.8 	(c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations 
32.9 	(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
32.10 	(d) $122,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA, 
32.11 	secondary and postsecondary).
32.12 	(e) $322,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations (FFA, 
32.13 	PAS).
32.14 	(f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science 
32.15 	occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and 
32.16 	31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than 
32.17 	grade 9.
32.18 	(g) $202,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations (DECA 
32.19 	and DECA collegiate).
32.20 	(h) $85,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations. Of 
32.21 	this amount, $30,000 each year must be used for direct support of underserved and special 
32.22 	student populations.
32.23 	(i) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

32.24 	ARTICLE 3
32.25 	TEACHERS

32.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, is amended to read:
32.27 	124D.901 STUDENT SUPPORT PERSONNEL AID.
32.28 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
32.29 	the meanings given:
33.1 	(1) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time 
33.2 	position not under contract by a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit at the 
33.3 	start of the 2022-2023 school year;
33.4 	(2) "part-time position" means a student support services personnel position less than 
33.5 	1.0 full-time equivalent at the start of the 2022-2023 school year; and
33.6 	(3) "American Rescue Plan Act" means the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, 
33.7 	Public Law 117-2, that awarded funds; and
33.8 	(4) (3) "student support services personnel" means an individual licensed to serve as a 
33.9 	school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical 
33.10 	dependency counselor in Minnesota.
33.11 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of student support personnel aid is to:
33.12 	(1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools;
33.13 	(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure effective 
33.14 	services;
33.15 	(3) ensure that students receive effective student support services and integrated and 
33.16 	comprehensive services to improve prekindergarten through grade 12 academic, physical, 
33.17 	social, and emotional outcomes supporting career and college readiness and effective school 
33.18 	mental health services;
33.19 	(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice 
33.20 	of their training and licensure;
33.21 	(5) (4) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, assessment, data-based decision 
33.22 	making, and family and community engagement within a comprehensive approach that 
33.23 	facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; and
33.24 	(6) (5) improve student health, school safety, and school climate to support academic 
33.25 	success and career and college readiness.
33.26 		Subd. 3.Student support personnel aid. (a) The initial student support personnel aid 
33.27 	for a school district equals the greater of the student support personnel allowance times the 
33.28 	adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. The initial student 
33.29 	support personnel aid for a charter school equals the greater of the student support personnel 
33.30 	allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the charter school for the current fiscal year or 
33.31 	$20,000. Aid under this paragraph must be reserved in a fund balance that, beginning in 
34.1 	fiscal year 2025, may not exceed the greater of the aid entitlement in the prior fiscal year 
34.2 	or the fund balance in the prior fiscal year.
34.3 	(b) The cooperative student support personnel aid for a school district that is a member 
34.4 	of an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit that serves students equals the 
34.5 	greater of the cooperative student support allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the 
34.6 	district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. If a district is a member of more than one 
34.7 	cooperative unit that serves students, the revenue must be allocated among the cooperative 
34.8 	units. Aid under this paragraph must not exceed actual expenditures.
34.9 	(c) The student support personnel allowance equals $11.94 for fiscal year 2024, $17.08 
34.10 	for fiscal year 2025, and $48.73 $40 for fiscal year years 2026 and 2027, and $42 for fiscal 
34.11 	year 2028 and later.
34.12 	(d) The cooperative student support allowance equals $0.60 for fiscal year 2024, $0.85 
34.13 	for fiscal year 2025, and $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
34.14 		Subd. 4.Allowed uses. (a) Aid under this section must be used to hire enhance student 
34.15 	support services, including but not limited to:
34.16 	(1) increasing new positions for student support services personnel or increase positions;
34.17 	(2) increasing a current student support services personnel position that is less than 1.0 
34.18 	full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make; or
34.19 	(3) making permanent a student support services personnel position hired using onetime 
34.20 	resources awarded through the federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, 
34.21 	the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, the federal Division M-Coronavirus Response 
34.22 	and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, or the federal American Rescue Plan Act, or 
34.23 	to maintain a position that would otherwise be eliminated.
34.24 	(b) Cooperative student support personnel aid must be transferred to the intermediate 
34.25 	district or other cooperative unit of which the district is a member and used to hire new 
34.26 	positions for student support services personnel or increase a current position that is less 
34.27 	than 1.0 full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make permanent a 
34.28 	position hired using onetime resources awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act at 
34.29 	the intermediate district or cooperative unit.
34.30 	(c) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit does not receive at least two 
34.31 	applications and is not able to hire a new full-time equivalent position with student support 
34.32 	personnel aid or use the aid as otherwise provided under subdivision 4a, the aid may be 
34.33 	used for contracted services from individuals licensed to serve as a school counselor, school 
35.1 	psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical dependency counselor in 
35.2 	Minnesota.
35.3 	(d) In addition to the personnel uses authorized under paragraphs (a) and (c) and 
35.4 	subdivision 4a, a district, charter school, or cooperative unit may use up to $5,000 of student 
35.5 	support personnel aid each year for the following purposes:
35.6 	(1) to cover the costs of providing training or job-embedded coaching; or
35.7 	(2) to cover the costs of student support personnel travel among school sites operated 
35.8 	by a single district, charter school, or cooperative unit, or among school sites operated by 
35.9 	a cooperative unit's member districts or a group of charter schools.
35.10 		Subd. 4a.Additional uses for a school with declining enrollment upon board 
35.11 	approval. (a) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit has declining enrollment 
35.12 	revenue in fiscal year 2025 or a later fiscal year, and is unable to use student support 
35.13 	personnel aid in accordance with subdivision 4, the district, charter school, or cooperative 
35.14 	unit may use student support personnel aid to maintain a student support services personnel 
35.15 	position if the position would otherwise be eliminated due to budgetary concerns.
35.16 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit 
35.17 	has declining enrollment for that fiscal year if the school district, charter school, or 
35.18 	cooperative unit reports fewer students on its previous year's fall enrollment report than for 
35.19 	the second previous year's fall enrollment report.
35.20 	(c) Before a school board may exercise its authority under this subdivision, the school 
35.21 	board must allow for public testimony on the proposal at a regularly scheduled school board 
35.22 	meeting before approving a resolution approving the usage of the student support personnel 
35.23 	aid for this purpose.
35.24 		Subd. 5.Report required. By February 1 following any fiscal year in which student 
35.25 	support personnel aid was received, a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit 
35.26 	must submit a written report to the commissioner indicating how the new position affected 
35.27 	two or more of the following measures:
35.28 	(1) school climate;
35.29 	(2) student health;
35.30 	(3) attendance rates;
35.31 	(4) academic achievement;
35.32 	(5) career and college readiness; and
36.1 	(6) postsecondary completion rates.

36.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

36.3 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 36.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
36.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
36.6 	designated.
36.7 		Subd. 2.Agricultural educator grants. (a) For agricultural educator grants under Laws 
36.8 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:

36.9		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
36.10		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
36.11 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
36.12 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
36.13 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

36.14		$
	88,717,000
	.....
	2026
	
36.15		$
	87,942,000
	.....
	2027
	
36.16 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,814,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $79,903,000 
36.17 	for fiscal year 2026.
36.18 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,878,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $79,064,000 
36.19 	for fiscal year 2027.
36.20 		Subd. 4.Black Men Teach Twin Cities. (a) For a grant to Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
36.21 	for the purposes listed in paragraph (c):

36.22		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
36.23		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
36.24 	(b) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must use the grant to establish partnerships with public 
36.25 	elementary schools with a goal of increasing the number of black male teachers to 20 percent 
36.26 	of the teachers at each school site. To the extent possible, Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
36.27 	must include sites in greater Minnesota, suburban areas, and urban settings.
36.28 	(c) The grant money may be used for:
36.29 	(1) scholarships for aspiring teachers;
36.30 	(2) student teacher stipends;
37.1 	(3) mentoring activities;
37.2 	(4) professional development, with an emphasis on early literacy training, including best 
37.3 	practices associated with the science of reading; and
37.4 	(5) stipends for housing to allow a teacher to live closer to the teacher's school.
37.5 	(d) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must provide a detailed report to the chairs and ranking 
37.6 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through 
37.7 	grade 12 education and higher education by January 15 of each year following the year of 
37.8 	a grant award describing how the grant money was used. The report must describe the 
37.9 	progress made toward the goal of increasing the number of Black male teachers at each 
37.10 	school site, identify the strategies used to recruit Black teachers, and describe barriers Black 
37.11 	men face in the teaching profession. The report must be filed in accordance with Minnesota 
37.12 	Statutes, section 3.195.
37.13 	(e) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
37.14 	(f) This is a onetime appropriation.
37.15 	(g) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
37.16 		Subd. 5.Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers. (a) 
37.17 	For the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center for a grant to the Coalition 
37.18 	to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota for nonlobbying 
37.19 	activities and general operating expenses that support the recruitment and retention of 
37.20 	racially and ethnically diverse teachers underrepresented in the state's workforce:

37.21		$
	100,000
	.....
	2026
	
37.22		$
	100,000
	.....
	2027
	
37.23 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
37.24 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
37.25 		Subd. 6.Come Teach in Minnesota hiring bonuses. (a) For the Come Teach in 
37.26 	Minnesota hiring bonuses program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.59:

37.27		$
	400,000
	.....
	2026
	
37.28		$
	400,000
	.....
	2027
	
37.29 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.30 	122A.59, subdivision 5.
37.31 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
38.1 		Subd. 7.Concurrent enrollment teacher training program. (a) For the concurrent 
38.2 	enrollment teacher partnership under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.76:

38.3		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
38.4		$
	375,000
	.....
	2027
	
38.5 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
38.6 		Subd. 8.Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. (a) For grants to institutions offering 
38.7 	"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses under Minnesota Statutes, 
38.8 	section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):

38.9		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
38.10		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
38.11 	(b) Up to five percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and 
38.12 	monitoring.
38.13 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
38.14 		Subd. 9.Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. (a) For grants to 
38.15 	develop, continue, or expand Grow Your Own new teacher programs under Minnesota 
38.16 	Statutes, section 122A.73, to develop a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the 
38.17 	state's increasingly diverse student population and ensure all students have equitable access 
38.18 	to effective and diverse teachers:

38.19		$
	31,954,000
	.....
	2026
	
38.20		$
	31,954,000
	.....
	2027
	
38.21 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.22 	122A.73, subdivision 5.
38.23 		Subd. 10.Special education apprenticeship programs. (a) For grants to intermediate 
38.24 	school districts for registered special education apprenticeship programs:

38.25		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
38.26		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
38.27 	(b) In each year, the department must award grants of $740,000 each to Intermediate 
38.28 	School Districts Nos. 287, 288, 916, and 917. Grant recipients must use grant money for 
38.29 	registered special education apprenticeship programs. Grant money may be used for:
38.30 	(1) program oversight and administrative costs incurred by an intermediate school district 
38.31 	and its partner higher education institution;
38.32 	(2) stipends and tuition, fees, and other direct program costs incurred by apprentices;
39.1 	(3) stipends for teachers serving as mentors; and
39.2 	(4) the cost of substitute teachers.
39.3 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, up to $40,000 
39.4 	of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
39.5 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.
39.6 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
39.7 		Subd. 11.Special education teacher pathway program. (a) For grants to develop 
39.8 	special education teacher pathways across Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.9 	122A.77:

39.10		$
	0
	.....
	2026
	
39.11		$
	10,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
39.12 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.13 	122A.77, subdivision 5.
39.14 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $10,000,000.
39.15 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
39.16 		Subd. 12.Student support personnel aid. (a) For aid to support schools in addressing 
39.17 	students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:

39.18		$
	52,100,000
	.....
	2026
	
39.19		$
	53,670,000
	.....
	2027
	
39.20 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,655,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $48,445,000 
39.21 	for fiscal year 2026.
39.22 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $5,382,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $48,288,000 
39.23 	for fiscal year 2027.
39.24 		Subd. 13.Student support personnel workforce pathway. (a) For a grant program to 
39.25 	develop a student support personnel workforce pathway focused on increasing school 
39.26 	psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and school social workers of color and 
39.27 	Indigenous providers, professional respecialization, recruitment, and retention:

39.28		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
39.29		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
39.30 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $150,000 each year is for providing support to school 
39.31 	nurses across the state.
40.1 	(c) To the extent practicable, the pathway grants must be used to support equal numbers 
40.2 	of students pursuing careers as school psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and 
40.3 	school social workers.
40.4 	(d) For grants awarded to school psychologists under this subdivision, the following 
40.5 	terms have the meanings given:
40.6 	(1) "eligible designated trainee" means an individual enrolled in a National Association 
40.7 	of School Psychologists approved or American Psychological Association accredited school 
40.8 	psychology program granting educational specialist certificates or doctoral degrees in school 
40.9 	psychology;
40.10 	(2) "eligible employment" means a paid position within a school or local education 
40.11 	agency directly related to a training program providing direct or indirect school psychology 
40.12 	services. Direct services include assessment, intervention, prevention, or consultation services 
40.13 	to students or their family members and educational staff. Indirect services include 
40.14 	supervision, research and evaluation, administration, program development, technical 
40.15 	assistance, or professional learning to support direct services; and
40.16 	(3) "practica" means an educational experience administered and evaluated by a graduate 
40.17 	training program, with university and site supervision provided by appropriately credentialed 
40.18 	school psychologists, to develop trainees' competencies to provide school psychological 
40.19 	services based on the graduate training program's goals and competencies relative to 
40.20 	accreditation and licensure requirements.
40.21 	(e) Grants awarded to school psychologists must be used for:
40.22 	(1) providing paid, supervised, and educationally meaningful practica in a public school 
40.23 	setting for an eligible designated trainee enrolled in a qualifying program within the grantee's 
40.24 	institution;
40.25 	(2) supporting student recruitment and retention to enroll and hire an eligible designated 
40.26 	trainee for paid practica in public school settings; and
40.27 	(3) oversight of trainee practica and professional development by a qualifying program 
40.28 	to ensure the qualifications and conduct by an eligible designated trainee meet requirements 
40.29 	set forth by the state and accrediting agencies.
40.30 	(f) Upon successful completion of the graduate training program, grants awarded to 
40.31 	school psychologists must maintain eligible employment within Minnesota for a minimum 
40.32 	period of one-year full-time equivalent for each academic year of paid training under the 
40.33 	grant program.
41.1 	(g) Up to $150,000 of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
41.2 	(h) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
41.3 		Subd. 14.Teacher residency program. (a) For a teacher residency program that meets 
41.4 	the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8705.2100, subpart 2, item D, subitem (5), unit 
41.5 	(g):

41.6		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
41.7		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
41.8 	(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
41.9 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

41.10 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
41.11 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 41.12 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sums 
41.13 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
41.14 	Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated.
41.15 		Subd. 2.Alternative pathways support position. (a) To fund a position at the 
41.16 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support candidates through 
41.17 	alternative pathway programs, including the licensure via portfolio process, and to support 
41.18 	districts, charter schools, and educational cooperatives to become alternative preparation 
41.19 	providers:

41.20		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
41.21		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
41.22 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
41.23 		Subd. 3.Educator tuition assistance program. (a) For the educator tuition assistance 
41.24 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635:

41.25		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2026
	
41.26		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2027
	
41.27 	(b) The board may retain up to $100,000 of the appropriation to monitor and administer 
41.28 	the grant program.
41.29 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
41.30 		Subd. 4.Heritage language and culture teachers. (a) To support an additional licensure 
41.31 	pathway program for heritage language and culture teachers under Minnesota Statutes, 
42.1 	section 122A.631, including funding for a portfolio liaison and funding for substitute teachers 
42.2 	on meeting days, portfolio fees, licensure fees, and licensure exam fees for 50 program 
42.3 	participants:

42.4		$
	208,000
	.....
	2026
	
42.5		$
	208,000
	.....
	2027
	
42.6 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
42.7 		Subd. 5.Licensure via portfolio online platform. (a) To complete the licensure via 
42.8 	portfolio online platform to streamline the portfolio submission and review process:

42.9		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
42.10		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
42.11 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
42.12 		Subd. 6.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
42.13 	of color. (a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed 
42.14 	for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:

42.15		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
42.16		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
42.17 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
42.18 	(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), at least $3,500,000 each fiscal year is for grants to 
42.19 	develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed for teachers of 
42.20 	color or American Indian teachers.
42.21 	(d) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
42.22 	administer the grant program.
42.23 		Subd. 7.Pathway preparation grants. (a) For grants to support teachers holding a Tier 
42.24 	1 or Tier 2 license who are seeking a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license:

42.25		$
	400,000
	.....
	2026
	
42.26		$
	400,000
	.....
	2027
	
42.27 	(b) The following are eligible for grants under this subdivision:
42.28 	(1) school districts;
42.29 	(2) charter schools;
42.30 	(3) service cooperatives; and
43.1 	(4) partnerships between one or more teacher preparation providers, school districts, or 
43.2 	charter schools.
43.3 	(c) Grant funds must be used to support teachers holding a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license and 
43.4 	seeking a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license through completion of a teacher preparation program or 
43.5 	the licensure via portfolio process. A grant recipient must provide teachers holding a Tier 
43.6 	1 or Tier 2 license with professional development, mentorship, and coursework aligned to 
43.7 	state standards for teacher licensure.
43.8 	(d) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may collaborate with the 
43.9 	Department of Education and the Office of Higher Education to administer the grant program.
43.10 	(e) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
43.11 	administer the grant.
43.12 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
43.13 		Subd. 8.Teacher recruitment marketing campaign. (a) To develop two contracts to 
43.14 	develop and implement an outreach and marketing campaign under this subdivision:

43.15		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
43.16		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
43.17 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must issue a request for 
43.18 	proposals to develop and implement an outreach and marketing campaign to elevate the 
43.19 	profession and recruit teachers, especially teachers of color and American Indian teachers. 
43.20 	Outreach efforts may include and support current and former Teacher of the Year finalists 
43.21 	interested in being recruitment fellows to encourage prospective educators throughout the 
43.22 	state. The board may renew a grant contract with a prior recipient if it determines sufficient 
43.23 	deliverables were achieved and the plans of the firm or organization are more promising 
43.24 	than proposals from other entities.
43.25 	(c) The outreach and marketing campaign must focus on increasing interest in teaching 
43.26 	in Minnesota public schools for the following individuals:
43.27 	(1) high school and college students of color or American Indian students who have not 
43.28 	chosen a career path; or
43.29 	(2) adults from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the teacher workforce who 
43.30 	may be seeking to change careers.
43.31 	(d) The board must award two $250,000 grants each year to firms or organizations that 
43.32 	demonstrate capacity to reach wide and varied audiences of prospective teachers based on 
44.1 	a work plan with quarterly deliverables. Preferences may be given to firms or organizations 
44.2 	that are led by people of color and that have people of color working on the campaign with 
44.3 	a proven record of success. The grant recipients must recognize current pathways or programs 
44.4 	to become a teacher and must partner with educators, schools, institutions, and racially 
44.5 	diverse communities. The grant recipients are encouraged to provide in-kind contributions 
44.6 	or seek funds from nonstate sources to supplement the grant award.
44.7 	(e) The board may use no more than three percent of the appropriation amount to 
44.8 	administer the program under this subdivision, and may have an interagency agreement 
44.9 	with the Department of Education including transfer of funds to help administer the program.
44.10 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

44.11 	Sec. 4. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 44.12 	(a) The revisor of statutes must change the term "pipeline" to "pathway" wherever it 
44.13 	appears in Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.77.
44.14 	(b) The revisor of statutes must change the term "collaborative urban and greater 
44.15 	Minnesota educators of color grant program" to "educator tuition assistance program" 
44.16 	wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635.

44.17 	ARTICLE 4
44.18 	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

44.19 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.63, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
44.20 		Subd. 9.Eligible programming. (a) The grantee institutions may provide scholarships 
44.21 	to eligible students progressing toward educational goals in a prekindergarten through grade 
44.22 	12 educational setting in any area of teacher licensure, including an associate's, bachelor's, 
44.23 	master's, or doctoral degree in the following:
44.24 	(1) any educational certification necessary for employment;
44.25 	(2) early childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure;
44.26 	(3) elementary and secondary education;
44.27 	(4) school administration; or
44.28 	(5) any educational program that provides services to American Indian students in 
44.29 	prekindergarten through grade 12.
45.1 	(b) Scholarships may be used to cover an eligible student's cost of attendance under 
45.2 	section 136A.126, subdivision 3.
45.3 	(c) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their contracted partner institutions must 
45.4 	agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study 
45.5 	student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact 
45.6 	persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to 
45.7 	high school students who may be interested in education as a profession.
45.8 	(d) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student 
45.9 	scholarships. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used 
45.10 	for recruitment or administration of the student scholarships.

45.11 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 45.12 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
45.13 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
45.14 	designated.
45.15 		Subd. 2.American Indian education aid. (a) For American Indian education aid under 
45.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

45.17		$
	20,646,000
	.....
	2026
	
45.18		$
	21,548,000
	.....
	2027
	
45.19 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,973,000 for 2025 and $18,673,000 for 2026.
45.20 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,074,000 for 2026 and $19,474,000 for 2027.
45.21 		Subd. 3.Minnesota Indian teacher training program grants. (a) For joint grants to 
45.22 	assist people who are American Indian to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
45.23 	122A.63:

45.24		$
	600,000
	.....
	2026
	
45.25		$
	600,000
	.....
	2027
	
45.26 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
45.27 	122A.63, subdivision 10.
45.28 		Subd. 4.Native language revitalization grants to schools. (a) For grants to school 
45.29 	districts, charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to offer language instruction in Dakota 
45.30 	and Anishinaabe languages or another language indigenous to the United States or Canada:

46.1		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.2		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.3 	(b) Grant amounts are to be determined based upon the number of schools within a 
46.4 	district implementing language courses. Eligible expenses include costs for teachers, program 
46.5 	supplies, and curricular resources.
46.6 	(c) Up to five percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and 
46.7 	monitoring.
46.8 	(d) Up to $300,000 each year is for administrative and programmatic capacity at the 
46.9 	Department of Education.
46.10 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
46.11 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract school aid. (a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
46.12 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

46.13		$
	2,313,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.14		$
	2,554,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $221,000 for 2025 and $2,092,000 for 2026.
46.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $232,000 for 2026 and $2,322,000 for 2027.
46.17 		Subd. 6.Early childhood programs at Tribal contract schools. (a) For early childhood 
46.18 	family education programs at Tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.19 	124D.83, subdivision 4:

46.20		$
	68,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.21		$
	68,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.22 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

46.23 	ARTICLE 5
46.24 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

46.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.26 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 125A.76, the terms 
46.27 	defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.
46.28 	(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation 
46.29 	categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:
46.30 	(1) the sum of:
47.1 	(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph 
47.2 	(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus
47.3 	(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet and 
47.4 	mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for districts 
47.5 	operating a program under section 124D.128 for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district 
47.6 	and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus
47.7 	(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles, as 
47.8 	defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71, which must be used a majority of the time for 
47.9 	pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20 percent per 
47.10 	year of the cost of the type three school buses by:
47.11 	(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined 
47.12 	in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause 
47.13 	(2).
47.14 	(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to 
47.15 	pupils as follows:
47.16 	(1) "Regular transportation" is:
47.17 	(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident elementary 
47.18 	pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they attend, and 
47.19 	resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public or nonpublic school 
47.20 	they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; 
47.21 	but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to the extent 
47.22 	permitted by sections 123B.84 to 123B.87;
47.23 	(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;
47.24 	(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between the 
47.25 	pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if the 
47.26 	home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;
47.27 	(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident pupils 
47.28 	of a district without a secondary school;
47.29 	(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under 
47.30 	subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance area 
47.31 	border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils when 
47.32 	the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or more, 
47.33 	excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; and
48.1 	(vi) transportation of pregnant or parenting pupils to and from a program that was 
48.2 	established on or before January 1, 2018, or that is in operation on or after July 1, 2021, 
48.3 	that provides:
48.4 	(A) academic instruction;
48.5 	(B) at least four hours per week of parenting instruction; and
48.6 	(C) high-quality child care on site during the education day with the capacity to serve 
48.7 	all children of enrolled pupils.
48.8 	For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility, 
48.9 	school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the residence of 
48.10 	a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school program 
48.11 	for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil for part 
48.12 	or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility, residence, 
48.13 	or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.
48.14 	(2) "Excess transportation" is:
48.15 	(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident secondary 
48.16 	pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or nonpublic school 
48.17 	they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less than one 
48.18 	mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary 
48.19 	traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and
48.20 	(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under 
48.21 	subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area 
48.22 	border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school they 
48.23 	attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border to the 
48.24 	school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service 
48.25 	school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.
48.26 	(3) "Desegregation transportation" is transportation within and outside of the district 
48.27 	during the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal 
48.28 	attendance areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under 
48.29 	court order.
48.30 	(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:
48.31 	(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular school 
48.32 	bus between home or a respite care facility and school;
49.1 	(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to 
49.2 	other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals, 
49.3 	and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 125A.03 to 
49.4 	125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided, within or outside the district 
49.5 	where services are provided;
49.6 	(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections 
49.7 	125A.12, and 125A.26 to 125A.48;
49.8 	(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special classes;
49.9 	(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident 
49.10 	pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation 
49.11 	required by sections 125A.18, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, for resident pupils with disabilities 
49.12 	who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident pupils 
49.13 	are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools or 
49.14 	neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program for 
49.15 	children with a disability;
49.16 	(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging 
49.17 	facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;
49.18 	(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus equipped 
49.19 	with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section 504 plan; 
49.20 	and
49.21 	(viii) services described in items (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities 
49.22 	in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized 
49.23 	education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under section 
49.24 	124D.128; and
49.25 	(ix) the amounts described in paragraph (d).
49.26 	For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the cost 
49.27 	of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of 
49.28 	transporting a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
49.29 	30, a student placed in a family foster home as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
49.30 	16b, a homeless student in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless 
49.31 	student from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through 
49.32 	the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased 
49.33 	after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated 
50.1 	according to paragraph (a), items (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled 
50.2 	transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil 
50.3 	transported in the regular and excess transportation categories according to paragraph (a). 
50.4 	For purposes of subitem (A), a school district may transport a child who does not have a 
50.5 	school of origin to the same school attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless 
50.6 	or in a shelter care facility.
50.7 	(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:
50.8 	(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident 
50.9 	pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation 
50.10 	for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);
50.11 	(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public 
50.12 	school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services 
50.13 	pursuant to section 123B.44; and
50.14 	(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for 
50.15 	nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.
50.16 	(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational 
50.17 	programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services, and 
50.18 	health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral site as 
50.19 	defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13.
50.20 	(d) For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the 
50.21 	cost of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes:
50.22 	(1) the additional cost of transporting:
50.23 	(i) a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 30;
50.24 	(ii) a student placed in a family foster home as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
50.25 	16b;
50.26 	(iii) a homeless student in another district to the school of origin; or
50.27 	(iv) a formerly homeless student from a permanent home in another district to the school 
50.28 	of origin but only through the end of the academic year; and
50.29 	(2) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased after July 1, 2005, and used 
50.30 	primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated according to paragraph 
50.31 	(a), clause (1), items (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled transportation 
51.1 	category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil transported in the 
51.2 	regular and excess transportation categories according to paragraph (a).
51.3 	For purposes of clause (1), a school district may transport a child who does not have a school 
51.4 	of origin to the same school attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless or 
51.5 	in a shelter care facility.

51.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2026 and later.

51.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.76, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
51.8 		Subd. 2a.Special education initial aid. For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's special 
51.9 	education initial aid equals the sum of:
51.10 	(1) the least of 62 percent of the district's old formula special education expenditures 
51.11 	for the prior fiscal year, excluding pupil transportation expenditures, 50 percent of the 
51.12 	district's nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior year, excluding pupil 
51.13 	transportation expenditures, or 56 percent of the product of the sum of the following amounts, 
51.14 	computed using prior fiscal year data, and the program growth factor:
51.15 	(i) the product of the district's average daily membership served and the sum of:
51.16 	(A) $460; plus
51.17 	(B) $405 times the ratio of the sum of the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 who 
51.18 	are eligible to receive free meals plus one-half of the pupils enrolled on October 1 who are 
51.19 	eligible to receive reduced-price meals to the total October 1 enrollment; plus
51.20 	(C) .008 times the district's average daily membership served; plus
51.21 	(ii) $13,300 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas of autism 
51.22 	spectrum disorders, developmental delay, and severely multiply impaired; plus
51.23 	(iii) $19,200 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas of deaf 
51.24 	and hard-of-hearing and emotional or behavioral disorders; plus
51.25 	(iv) $25,200 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas of 
51.26 	developmentally cognitive mild-moderate, developmentally cognitive severe-profound, 
51.27 	physically impaired, visually impaired, and deafblind; plus
51.28 	(2) the cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under 
51.29 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4), items (i) to (viii), reimbursed at 
51.30 	95 percent for fiscal year 2026 and later; and
52.1 	(3) the cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under 
52.2 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4), item (ix), reimbursed at 100 
52.3 	percent for fiscal year 2026 and later.

52.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.

52.5 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 52.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
52.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
52.8 	designated.
52.9 		Subd. 2.Aid for children with disabilities. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
52.10 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
52.11 	district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

52.12		$
	2,240,000
	.....
	2026
	
52.13		$
	2,570,000
	.....
	2027
	
52.14 	(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year 
52.15 	is available.
52.16 		Subd. 3.Court-placed special education revenue.  For reimbursing serving school 
52.17 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
52.18 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

52.19		$
	41,000
	.....
	2026
	
52.20		$
	42,000
	.....
	2027
	
52.21 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
52.22 	Statutes, section 125A.76:

52.23		$
	2,774,809,000
	.....
	2026
	
52.24		$
	3,010,570,000
	.....
	2027
	
52.25 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $322,670,000 for 2025 and $2,452,139,000 for 
52.26 	2026.
52.27 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $345,190,000 for 2026 and $2,665,380,000 for 
52.28 	2027.
52.29 		Subd. 5.Special education out-of-state tuition.  For special education out-of-state 
52.30 	tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:

53.1		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.2		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.3 		Subd. 6.Special education separate sites and programs. (a) For aid for special 
53.4 	education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision 
53.5 	4:

53.6		$
	4,470,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.7		$
	4,695,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.8 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $427,000 for 2025 and $4,043,000 for 2026.
53.9 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $449,000 for 2026 and $4,246,000 for 2027.
53.10 		Subd. 7.Travel for home-based services. (a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
53.11 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

53.12		$
	488,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.13		$
	538,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.14 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $44,000 for 2025 and $444,000 for 2026.
53.15 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2026 and $489,000 for 2027.

53.16 	ARTICLE 6
53.17 	FACILITIES

53.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.19 		Subdivision 1.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) Long-term facilities 
53.20 	maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted 
53.21 	pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 
53.22 	years, plus (ii) the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and 
53.23 	suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with 
53.24 	an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site and, beginning in fiscal year 2028, roof repair 
53.25 	and replacement with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (iii) for a school 
53.26 	district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 142D.08, the 
53.27 	cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to 
53.28 	accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district would 
53.29 	have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 
53.30 	2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, and (ii) for a school 
53.31 	district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 142D.08, the 
54.1 	cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to 
54.2 	accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
54.3 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a school district that qualified for eligibility under 
54.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2010 
54.5 	remains eligible for funding under this section as a district that would have qualified for 
54.6 	eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
54.7 	for fiscal year 2017 and later.

54.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
54.9 		Subd. 4.Facilities plans. (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school district 
54.10 	or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility plan 
54.11 	adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include 
54.12 	provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, 
54.13 	and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management 
54.14 	and remediation of lead hazards. For fiscal year 2028 and later, the plan must address the 
54.15 	maintenance and repair schedule for each school's roof for which funding is requested. For 
54.16 	planning purposes, the plan must also address provisions for providing a gender-neutral 
54.17 	single-user restroom at each school site.
54.18 	(b) The district must annually update the plan, submit the plan to the commissioner for 
54.19 	approval by July 31, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan 
54.20 	or levy for the costs.
54.21 	(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a debt 
54.22 	service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the principal 
54.23 	and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term facilities revenue 
54.24 	for that year.

54.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
54.26 		Subd. 8.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy. (a) A district's long-term 
54.27 	facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's long-term facilities maintenance 
54.28 	equalization revenue minus the greater of:
54.29 	(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue or 
54.30 	the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
54.31 	section 123B.59, subdivision 6; or
55.1 	(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the greater 
55.2 	of (i) zero, or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit 
55.3 	in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 percent of the product of the 
55.4 	equalizing factor and the state average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for 
55.5 	all school districts in the year preceding the year the levy is certified. The equalizing factor 
55.6 	equals 123 percent for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, and 127 percent for fiscal year 2028 and 
55.7 	later.
55.8 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described 
55.9 	in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

55.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
55.11 		Subd. 10.Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) A district 
55.12 	may use revenue under this section for any of the following:
55.13 	(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent further 
55.14 	erosion of facilities and, beginning in fiscal year 2028, repair and replacement of roofs;
55.15 	(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities;
55.16 	(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57;
55.17 	(4) remodeling or constructing a gender-neutral single-user restroom at each school site; 
55.18 	or
55.19 	(5) by board resolution, to transfer money from the general fund reserve for long-term 
55.20 	facilities maintenance to the debt redemption fund to pay the amounts needed to meet, when 
55.21 	due, principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under subdivision 5.
55.22 	(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related to the 
55.23 	school.

55.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.71, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
55.25 		Subd. 8.Review and comment. A school district, a special education cooperative, or 
55.26 	a cooperative unit of government, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, must not 
55.27 	enter into an installment contract for purchase or a lease agreement, hold a referendum for 
55.28 	bonds, nor solicit bids for new construction, expansion, or remodeling of an educational 
55.29 	facility that requires an expenditure in excess of $500,000 per school site if it has a capital 
55.30 	loan outstanding, or $2,000,000 per school site if it does not have a capital loan outstanding, 
55.31 	prior to review and comment by the commissioner. New construction, expansion, or 
56.1 	remodeling of an educational facility funded only with general education revenue, lease 
56.2 	levy proceeds from an additional capital expenditure levy under section 126C.40, subdivision 
56.3 	1, capital facilities bond proceeds, or long-term facilities maintenance revenue is exempt 
56.4 	from this provision. A capital project under section 123B.63 addressing only technology is 
56.5 	exempt from this provision if the district submits a school board resolution stating that funds 
56.6 	approved by the voters will be used only as authorized in section 126C.10, subdivision 14. 
56.7 	A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into components to avoid the 
56.8 	requirements of this subdivision.

56.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later.

56.10 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
56.11 		Subdivision 1.To lease building or land. (a) When an independent or a special school 
56.12 	district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically 
56.13 	advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for school 
56.14 	storage or furniture repair, and it determines that the operating capital revenue authorized 
56.15 	under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the 
56.16 	commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy for this purpose. 
56.17 	An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain financial 
56.18 	justification for the proposed levy, the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, and a 
56.19 	description of the space to be leased and its proposed use. Projects funded under this 
56.20 	subdivision that require an expenditure in excess of $500,000 per school site if the school 
56.21 	district has a capital loan outstanding, or $2,000,000 per school site if the school district 
56.22 	does not have a capital loan outstanding, are subject to review and comment under section 
56.23 	123B.71, subdivision 8, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
56.24 	(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must be 
56.25 	annually prescribed by the commissioner, and must include but are not limited to: the 
56.26 	reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed activity, the 
56.27 	feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity of the lease to 
56.28 	the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of the proposed lease 
56.29 	to the space needs and of the district, the financial condition of the district, and a review of 
56.30 	the statutory operating debt percentage applicable to the district. The commissioner must 
56.31 	not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater than the cost to the district 
56.32 	of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes. The proceeds of this levy 
56.33 	must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services operating costs. A district may 
57.1 	not levy under this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building 
57.2 	or site to itself.
57.3 	(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this 
57.4 	subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily for 
57.5 	regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed 
57.6 	building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or 
57.7 	secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the 
57.8 	previously existing building.
57.9 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
57.10 	purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount is 
57.11 	needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment 
57.12 	purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, and the levy 
57.13 	meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by the commissioner 
57.14 	under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to make payments required 
57.15 	by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments 
57.16 	agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement include a provision giving the 
57.17 	school districts the right to terminate the agreement annually without penalty.
57.18 	(e) The total levy under this subdivision for a district for any year must not exceed $212 
57.19 	times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year to which the levy is attributable.
57.20 	(f) For agreements for which a review and comment under section 123B.71, subdivision 
57.21 	8, have been submitted to the Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term 
57.22 	"instructional purpose" as used in this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.
57.23 	(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the limit 
57.24 	in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The 
57.25 	commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e) 
57.26 	for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:
57.27 	(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the preceding 
57.28 	five years;
57.29 	(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;
57.30 	(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; and
57.31 	(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by avoiding 
57.32 	over construction of school facilities.
58.1 	(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other 
58.2 	cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under 
58.3 	section 471.59 may include in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases 
58.4 	of administrative and classroom space for programs of the intermediate school district or 
58.5 	other cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or joint powers district under 
58.6 	section 471.59. This authority must not exceed $65 times the adjusted pupil units of the 
58.7 	member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this 
58.8 	section. The intermediate school district, other cooperative unit, or joint powers district may 
58.9 	specify which member districts will levy for lease costs under this paragraph.
58.10 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
58.11 	purpose of leasing administrative space if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of 
58.12 	the commissioner that the lease cost for the administrative space is no greater than the lease 
58.13 	cost for instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must 
58.14 	deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease 
58.15 	instructional space under this section if the commissioner does not grant authority under 
58.16 	this paragraph. The resolution must also certify that the lease cost for administrative space 
58.17 	under this paragraph is no greater than the lease cost for the district's proposed instructional 
58.18 	lease.
58.19 	(j) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
58.20 	district's proportionate share of deferred maintenance expenditures for a district-owned 
58.21 	building or site leased to a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint 
58.22 	powers district under section 471.59 for any instructional purposes or for school storage.

58.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later.

58.24 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
58.25 	read:
58.26 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
58.27 	meanings given.
58.28 	(b) "Capital lease" means an agreement to use, construct, or remodel a site that results 
58.29 	in ownership of the site by the district.
58.30 	(c) "Instructional purposes" means that the use of a building or land being leased leads 
58.31 	to education-related outcomes identified in law or state program policy.
58.32 	(d) "Joint powers lease" means a capital lease or operational lease under which two or 
58.33 	more districts agree to contribute to the annual lease costs. Under a joint powers lease, the 
59.1 	host district or joint powers district has the authority to allocate lease costs to member 
59.2 	districts for leases approved by the commissioner.
59.3 	(e) "Operating costs" means the costs of regular maintenance or custodial supplies and 
59.4 	services.
59.5 	(f) "Operational lease" means an agreement to use buildings or land that does not result 
59.6 	in ownership of the property by the district.

59.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later.

59.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.45, is amended to read:
59.9 	126C.45 ICE ARENA LEVY.
59.10 	(a) Each year, an independent school district operating and maintaining an ice arena, 
59.11 	may levy for the net operational costs of the ice arena. The levy may not exceed the net 
59.12 	actual costs of operation of the arena for the previous year. Net actual costs are defined as 
59.13 	operating costs less any operating revenues.
59.14 	(b) Two or more school districts may enter into a cooperation agreement to operate and 
59.15 	maintain an ice arena. A district with a cooperation agreement must apportion the qualifying 
59.16 	costs and annual levy amount among each cooperating district as specified in the cooperation 
59.17 	agreement. Cooperating districts must report the apportionment of the costs and levy to the 
59.18 	Department of Education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
59.19 	(b) (c) Any district operating and maintaining an ice arena must demonstrate to the 
59.20 	satisfaction of the Office of Monitoring in the department that the district will offer equal 
59.21 	sports opportunities for male and female students to use its ice arena, particularly in areas 
59.22 	of access to prime practice time, team support, and providing junior varsity and younger 
59.23 	level teams for girls' ice sports and ice sports offerings.

59.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later.

59.25 	Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS.
 59.26 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
59.27 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
59.28 	designated.
59.29 		Subd. 2.Debt service equalization aid. (a) For debt service equalization aid under 
59.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

60.1		$
	16,218,000
	.....
	2026
	
60.2		$
	14,327,000
	.....
	2027
	
60.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,986,000 for 2025 and $14,232,000 for 2026.
60.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,581,000 for 2026 and $12,746,000 for 2027.
60.5 		Subd. 3.Equity in telecommunications access. (a) For equity in telecommunications 
60.6 	access:

60.7		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2026
	
60.8		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
60.9 	(b) If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner must reduce the 
60.10 	reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the 
60.11 	revenue for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 must be prorated.
60.12 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
60.13 		Subd. 4.Grants for gender-neutral single-user restrooms. (a) For grants to school 
60.14 	districts for remodeling, constructing, or repurposing space for gender-neutral single-user 
60.15 	restrooms:

60.16		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
60.17		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
60.18 	(b) A school district or a cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, 
60.19 	subdivision 2, may apply for a grant of not more than $75,000 per site under this subdivision 
60.20 	in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
60.21 	(c) The commissioner must ensure that grants are awarded to schools to reflect the 
60.22 	geographic diversity of the state.
60.23 	(d) Up to $75,000 each year is available for grant administration and monitoring.
60.24 	(e) By February 1 of each year, the commissioner must annually report to the legislative 
60.25 	committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on the number 
60.26 	of grants that were awarded each year and the number of grant applications that were 
60.27 	unfunded each year.
60.28 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
60.29 		Subd. 5.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
60.30 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

61.1		$
	106,451,000
	.....
	2026
	
61.2		$
	105,587,000
	.....
	2027
	
61.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $10,719,000 for 2025 and $95,732,000 for 2026.
61.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $10,636,000 for 2026 and $94,951,000 for 2027.

61.5 	ARTICLE 7
61.6 	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

61.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
61.8 		Subd. 3.School food service fund. (a) The expenses described in this subdivision must 
61.9 	be recorded as provided in this subdivision. To the extent possible, the Department of 
61.10 	Education must not limit eligible expenditures from the food service fund to a level below 
61.11 	that allowed by federal law.
61.12 	(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be 
61.13 	attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food 
61.14 	service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community 
61.15 	service activities.
61.16 	(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food 
61.17 	service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and 
61.18 	serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, and other expenses involving the preparing 
61.19 	of meals or the kitchen section or serving area sections of the lunchroom may be charged 
61.20 	to the food service fund or to the general fund of the district. For the purposes of this 
61.21 	paragraph, the costs of serving food include the costs of technology and systems related to 
61.22 	serving line automation and meal tracking. The costs of lunchroom supervision, lunchroom 
61.23 	custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and other administrative costs 
61.24 	of the food service program must be charged to the general fund.
61.25 	That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as 
61.26 	attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided 
61.27 	that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other 
61.28 	individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company. 
61.29 	If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the 
61.30 	charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors 
61.31 	as determined by the department.
61.32 	Staff whose primary responsibility is financial or program management of food service 
61.33 	operations may charge time spent managing the program to the food service program.
62.1 	(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from 
62.2 	the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food 
62.3 	service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be 
62.4 	purchased.
62.5 	(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased 
62.6 	from the food service fund.
62.7 	(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit 
62.8 	is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the 
62.9 	deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of 
62.10 	that second fiscal year. However, if a district contracts with a food service management 
62.11 	company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated 
62.12 	by a payment from the food service management company.
62.13 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund 
62.14 	for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the 
62.15 	commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at 
62.16 	the end of the third fiscal year.
62.17 	(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three 
62.18 	successive years, a district may recode for that fiscal year the documented costs of lunchroom 
62.19 	supervision, lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and 
62.20 	other administrative costs of the food service program charged to the general fund according 
62.21 	to paragraph (c), or costs under paragraph (j), and charge those costs to the food service 
62.22 	fund identified by the commissioner in a total amount not to exceed the amount of surplus 
62.23 	in the food service fund.
62.24 	(i) For purposes of this subdivision, "lunchroom furniture" means tables and chairs 
62.25 	regularly used by pupils in a lunchroom from which they may consume milk, meals, or 
62.26 	snacks in connection with school or community service activities.
62.27 	(j) In addition to the uses authorized in paragraph (h) and subject to the same surplus 
62.28 	fund balance limitations in paragraph (h), a district may spend the excess funds on expenses 
62.29 	that improve the school food service, including the costs of plumbing, electrical, air handling, 
62.30 	ventilation, or other building utility work necessary to operate equipment essential for food 
62.31 	service activities or to remediate food service-related health and safety hazards.

62.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2027 and later.

63.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.119, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.2 		Subdivision 1.Summer Food Service Electronic Benefit Transfer Program 
63.3 	replacement aid. State funds are available to compensate department-approved school food 
63.4 	authorities who gather student data for the Summer Food Service Electronic Benefit Transfer
63.5 	Program sponsors. Reimbursement shall be made on by December 15 based on total meals 
63.6 	served by each sponsor from the end of the school year to the beginning of the next school 
63.7 	year the number of pupil units eligible during the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
63.8 	Program eligibility year on a pro rata basis.

63.9 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 63.10 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
63.11 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
63.12 	designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
63.13 		Subd. 2.Basic system support. (a) For basic system support aid under Minnesota 
63.14 	Statutes, section 134.355:

63.15		$
	17,995,000
	.....
	2026
	
63.16		$
	18,372,000
	.....
	2027
	
63.17 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,752,000 for 2025 and $16,243,000 for 2026.
63.18 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,804,000 for 2026 and $16,568,000 for 2027.
63.19 		Subd. 3.Electronic library for Minnesota. For statewide licenses to online databases 
63.20 	selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media 
63.21 	centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or 
63.22 	university libraries:

63.23		$
	900,000
	.....
	2026
	
63.24		$
	900,000
	.....
	2027
	
63.25 		Subd. 4.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
63.26 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

63.27		$
	264,162,000
	.....
	2026
	
63.28		$
	276,392,000
	.....
	2027
	
63.29 		Subd. 5.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
63.30 	124D.1158:

63.31		$
	57,642,000
	.....
	2026
	
63.32		$
	60,413,000
	.....
	2027
	
64.1 		Subd. 6.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
64.2 	section 124D.118:

64.3		$
	387,000
	.....
	2026
	
64.4		$
	387,000
	.....
	2027
	
64.5 		Subd. 7.Multicounty, multitype library systems. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
64.6 	sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

64.7		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
64.8		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
64.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2025 and $1,800,000 for 2026.
64.10 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2026 and $1,800,000 for 2027.
64.11 		Subd. 8.Regional library telecommunications. (a) For regional library 
64.12 	telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

64.13		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2026
	
64.14		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2027
	
64.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2025 and $2,070,000 for 2026.
64.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2026 and $2,070,000 for 2027.
64.17 		Subd. 9.School library aid. (a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes 2024, 
64.18 	section 124D.992:

64.19		$
	2,376,000
	.....
	2026
	
64.20 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,376,000 for 2025.
64.21 		Subd. 10.Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program. To support local education 
64.22 	agencies uploading data for and administering the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
64.23 	Program:

64.24		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
64.25		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027

64.26 	Sec. 4. REPEALER.
 64.27 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, is repealed July 1, 2025.

65.1 	ARTICLE 8
65.2 	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

65.3 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 65.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
65.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
65.6 	designated.
65.7 		Subd. 2.Kindergarten entry assessment. (a) For the kindergarten entry assessment 
65.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:

65.9		$
	2,357,000
	.....
	2026
	
65.10		$
	1,743,000
	.....
	2027
	
65.11 	(b) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $1,743,000.

65.12 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
65.13 	FAMILIES.
 65.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The sums indicated in 
65.15 	this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Children, Youth, 
65.16 	and Families in the fiscal years designated.
65.17 		Subd. 2.Administration. (a) For central office administrative funds for the Department 
65.18 	of Children, Youth, and Families:

65.19		$
	1,143,000
	.....
	2026
	
65.20		$
	1,143,000
	.....
	2027
	
65.21 	(b) The base for this program is $1,143,000 for fiscal year 2028 and later.
65.22 		Subd. 3.Early childhood family education. (a) For early childhood family education 
65.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.11:

65.24		$
	39,365,000
	.....
	2026
	
65.25		$
	41,300,000
	.....
	2027
	
65.26 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,792,000 for 2025 and $35,573,000 for 2026.
65.27 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $3,952,000 for 2026 and $37,348,000 for 2027.
65.28 		Subd. 4.Home visiting aid. (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
65.29 	142D.11:

66.1		$
	245,000
	.....
	2026
	
66.2		$
	222,000
	.....
	2027
	
66.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $28,000 for 2025 and $217,000 for 2026.
66.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2026 and $198,000 for 2027.
66.5 		Subd. 5.Developmental screening aid. (a) For developmental screening aid under 
66.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.093:

66.7		$
	4,127,000
	.....
	2026
	
66.8		$
	4,083,000
	.....
	2027
	
66.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $414,000 for 2025 and $3,713,000 for 2026.
66.10 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $412,000 for 2026 and $3,671,000 for 2027.
66.11 		Subd. 6.School readiness aid. (a) For school readiness aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
66.12 	section 142D.06:

66.13		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2026
	
66.14		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2027
	
66.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2025 and $30,315,000 for 2026.
66.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2026 and $30,315,000 for 2027.

66.17 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
 66.18 		Subdivision 1.Office of Higher Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
66.19 	appropriated from the general fund to the Office of Higher Education in the fiscal years 
66.20 	designated.
66.21 		Subd. 2.Early childhood and family education teacher shortage. (a) For grants to 
66.22 	Minnesota institutions of higher education to address the early childhood and family 
66.23 	education teacher shortage:

66.24		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
66.25		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
66.26 	(b) Grant funds may be used to provide tuition and other supports to students.
66.27 	(c) Up to five percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and 
66.28 	monitoring.
66.29 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

67.1 	ARTICLE 9
67.2 	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

67.3 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 67.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
67.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
67.6 	designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
67.7 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. (a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
67.8 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

67.9		$
	55,281,000
	.....
	2026
	
67.10		$
	56,919,000
	.....
	2027
	
67.11 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $5,401,000 for 2025 and $49,880,000 for 2026.
67.12 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $5,542,000 for 2026 and $51,377,000 for 2027.
67.13 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. (a) For adults with disabilities programs 
67.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

67.15		$
	1,560,000
	.....
	2026
	
67.16		$
	1,580,000
	.....
	2027
	
67.17 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $151,000 for 2025 and $1,409,000 for 2026.
67.18 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $156,000 for 2026 and $1,424,000 for 2027.
67.19 		Subd. 4.Community education aid. (a) For community education aid under Minnesota 
67.20 	Statutes, section 124D.20:

67.21		$
	10,080,000
	.....
	2026
	
67.22		$
	11,815,000
	.....
	2027
	
67.23 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $871,000 for 2025 and $9,209,000 for 2026.
67.24 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,023,000 for 2026 and $10,792,000 for 2027.
67.25 		Subd. 5.Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing adults. For programs for deaf, deafblind, 
67.26 	and hard-of-hearing adults under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:

67.27		$
	70,000
	.....
	2026
	
67.28		$
	70,000
	.....
	2027
	
67.29 		Subd. 6.High school equivalency tests. For payment of the costs of the 
67.30 	commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
67.31 	124D.55:

68.1		$
	125,000
	.....
	2026
	
68.2		$
	125,000
	.....
	2027
	
68.3 		Subd. 7.Neighborhood partnership grants.  (a) For neighborhood partnership grants 
68.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

68.5		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2026
	
68.6		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2027
	
68.7 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,300,000 each year is for the Northside 
68.8 	Achievement Zone and $1,300,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
68.9 		Subd. 8.Regional neighborhood partnership grants. (a) For regional neighborhood 
68.10 	partnership grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

68.11		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2026
	
68.12		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2027
	
68.13 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $200,000 each year is for the following programs:
68.14 	(1) Northfield Healthy Community Initiative in Northfield;
68.15 	(2) Red Wing Youth Outreach Program in Red Wing;
68.16 	(3) United Way of Central Minnesota in St. Cloud;
68.17 	(4) Austin Aspires in Austin;
68.18 	(5) Rochester Area Foundation in Rochester;
68.19 	(6) Greater Twin Cities United Way for Generation Next; and
68.20 	(7) Children First and Partnership for Success in St. Louis Park.
68.21 		Subd. 9.School-age care aid. (a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
68.22 	section 124D.22:

68.23		$
	1,000
	.....
	2026
	
68.24		$
	1,000
	.....
	2027
	
68.25 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $1,000 for 2026.
68.26 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $0 for 2026 and $1,000 for 2027.

69.1 	ARTICLE 10
69.2 	STATE AGENCIES

69.3 	Section 1. [127A.205] EDUCATION GRANT TERMINATION.
69.4 	(a) The commissioner of education must not enter into a grant agreement, or must 
69.5 	terminate a grant agreement, if any of the following conditions apply:
69.6 	(1) the recipient is a nonprofit organization that is required to file a Form 990 or Form 
69.7 	990-EZ with the Internal Revenue Service, but has failed to do so. If the organization has 
69.8 	not been in existence long enough or is not required to file Form 990 or Form 990-EZ, the 
69.9 	organization must provide the department its most recent financial statements or an audit 
69.10 	approved within the previous 12 months;
69.11 	(2) the recipient is required to file a report under section 309.53 and has not filed the 
69.12 	report;
69.13 	(3) the recipient fails to file an annual renewal and is administratively dissolved by the 
69.14 	secretary of state; or
69.15 	(4) the recipient fails to maintain tax-exempt status under state or federal law.
69.16 	(b) This section does not apply to a grant to a political subdivision, including a school 
69.17 	district, a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a charter school.

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

69.19 	Sec. 2. CANCELLATION; MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
69.20 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 69.21 		Subdivision 1.Office of Inspector General. $1,500,000 from the appropriation in Laws 
69.22 	2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter 
69.23 	115, article 10, section 3, for the Office of Inspector General is canceled on the effective 
69.24 	date of this section.
69.25 		Subd. 2.Specific Learning Disability. $500,000 from the appropriation in Laws 2023, 
69.26 	chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter 115, 
69.27 	article 10, section 3, for the engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning 
69.28 	Disability is canceled on the effective date of this section.

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

70.1 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
70.2 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 70.3 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sums 
70.4 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
70.5 	Licensing and Standards Board in the fiscal years designated. Any balance remaining in 
70.6 	fiscal 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
70.7 		Subd. 2.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. For the Professional 
70.8 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board:

70.9		$
	3,633,000
	.....
	2026
	
70.10		$
	3,633,000
	.....
	2027

70.11 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 70.12 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
70.13 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
70.14 	designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
70.15 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

70.16		$
	43,401,000
	.....
	2026
	
70.17		$
	39,401,000
	.....
	2027
	
70.18 	Of these amounts:
70.19 	(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
70.20 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
70.21 	section 120B.115;
70.22 	(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
70.23 	Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
70.24 	(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
70.25 	(5) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 only is for legal fees and costs associated with litigation 
70.26 	against the department relating to constitutional challenges to the state's education system;
70.27 	(6) $2,359,000 each year is for modernizing district data submissions;
70.28 	(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning 
70.29 	Disability;
71.1 	(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards 
71.2 	division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking 
71.3 	to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
71.4 	(9) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead under 
71.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
71.6 	(10) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota 
71.7 	Statutes, section 121A.20;
71.8 	(11) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under 
71.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
71.10 	(12) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
71.11 	(13) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center 
71.12 	at the Department of Education;
71.13 	(14) $175,000 each year is for administrative expenses for unemployment aid;
71.14 	(15) $120,000 each year is to support schools and districts in accessing resources on 
71.15 	cannabis use and substance use; and
71.16 	(16) $572,000 each year is for administration of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer 
71.17 	Program.
71.18 	(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
71.19 	Washington, D.C., office.
71.20 	(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
71.21 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
71.22 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $39,401,000.

71.23 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
 71.24 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
71.25 	Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:

71.26		$
	17,504,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.27		$
	17,261,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.28 	(b) Of these amounts, $321,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
71.29 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2028 is $17,261,000 and the base for fiscal year 2029 and 
71.30 	later is $17,261,000.
72.1 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

72.2 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 72.3 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
72.4 	Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

72.5		$
	8,460,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.6		$
	8,460,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.7 	(b) Of these amounts, $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
72.8 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

72.9 	ARTICLE 11
72.10 	THE READ ACT

72.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.118, is amended to read:
72.12 	120B.118 TITLE; THE READ ACT.
72.13 		Subdivision 1.Title. Sections 120B.118 to 120B.124 may be cited as the "Reading to 
72.14 	Ensure Academic Development Act" or the "Read Act."
72.15 		Subd. 2.Policy. It is the intent of the legislature that public schools promote foundational 
72.16 	literacy and grade-level reading proficiency through the use of curricula, textbooks, 
72.17 	instructional materials, instructional practices, interventions, and teacher development and 
72.18 	training based solely on the science of reading.

72.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

72.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.119, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
72.21 		Subd. 2a.Certified trained facilitator. "Certified trained facilitator" means a person 
72.22 	employed by a district or regional literacy network Minnesota service cooperative who has 
72.23 	completed professional development approved by the Department of Education in structured 
72.24 	literacy, completed the vendor's certification prerequisites and facilitator training 
72.25 	requirements, completed the vendor's annual recertification requirements, remains in good 
72.26 	standing with the sponsoring agency and vendor, uses the vendor's training materials with 
72.27 	fidelity, and participates in mentoring or coaching provided by CAREI and the Department 
72.28 	of Education on facilitating literacy training. A literacy lead who meets the requirements 
72.29 	under this subdivision may be a certified trained facilitator.

72.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

73.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.119, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
73.2 		Subd. 4.Evidence-based. Evidence-based literacy instruction and literacy materials are 
73.3 	based on the science of reading. "Evidence-based" means the instruction or item described 
73.4 	is based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence and science-based reading research, 
73.5 	and has demonstrated a record of success in increasing students' reading competency in the 
73.6 	areas of phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading 
73.7 	fluency, and reading comprehension. Evidence-based literacy instruction is explicit, 
73.8 	systematic, and includes phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, 
73.9 	spelling, fluency, vocabulary, oral language, and comprehension that can be differentiated 
73.10 	to meet the needs of individual students. Evidence-based instruction does not include the 
73.11 	three-cueing system, as defined in subdivision 16.

73.12 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.119, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
73.13 		Subd. 10.Oral language. "Oral language," also called "spoken expressive language" 
73.14 	or "receptive language," includes speaking and listening, and consists of five components: 
73.15 	phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Oral language also includes 
73.16 	sign language, in which speaking and listening skills are defined as expressive and receptive 
73.17 	skills, and consists of phonology, including sign language phonological awareness, 
73.18 	morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

73.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

73.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.119, is amended by adding a subdivision 
73.21 	to read:
73.22 		Subd. 14a.Science-based reading research. "Science-based reading research" means 
73.23 	research that:
73.24 	(1) applies rigorous, systematic, and objective observational or experimental procedures 
73.25 	to obtain knowledge relevant to reading development, reading instruction, and reading and 
73.26 	writing difficulties; and
73.27 	(2) explains how proficient reading and writing develop, why some children have 
73.28 	difficulties developing key literacy skills, and how schools can best assess and instruct early 
73.29 	literacy, including the use of evidence-based literacy instruction practices to promote reading 
73.30 	and writing achievement.

73.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

74.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.119, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
74.2 		Subd. 15.Structured literacy. "Structured literacy" means an approach to reading 
74.3 	instruction based on the science of reading in which teachers carefully structure important 
74.4 	literacy skills, concepts, and the sequence of instruction to facilitate children's literacy 
74.5 	learning and progress. Structured literacy is characterized by the provision of systematic, 
74.6 	explicit, sequential, and diagnostic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, 
74.7 	vocabulary and oral language development, and reading comprehension.

74.8 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
74.9 		Subd. 2.Identification; report. (a) Each school district must screen every student 
74.10 	enrolled in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 using a screening tool approved by 
74.11 	the Department of Education three times each school year: (1) within the first six weeks of 
74.12 	the school year; (2) by February 15 each year; and (3) within the last six weeks of the school 
74.13 	year. Students enrolled in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3, including multilingual 
74.14 	learners and students receiving special education services, must be universally screened for 
74.15 	mastery of foundational reading skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, 
74.16 	fluency, oral language, and for characteristics of dyslexia as measured by a screening tool 
74.17 	approved by the Department of Education. The screening for characteristics of dyslexia 
74.18 	may be integrated with universal screening for mastery of foundational skills and oral
74.19 	expressive-receptive language mastery. The screening tool used must be a valid and reliable 
74.20 	universal screener that is highly correlated with foundational reading skills. For students 
74.21 	reading at grade level, beginning in the winter of grade 2, the oral reading fluency screener 
74.22 	may be used to assess reading difficulties, including characteristics of dyslexia, without 
74.23 	requiring a separate screening of each subcomponent of foundational reading skills.
74.24 	(b) A district must submit data on student performance in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 
74.25 	2, and grade 3 on foundational reading skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics, 
74.26 	decoding, fluency, and oral language to the Department of Education in the annual local 
74.27 	literacy plan submission due on June 15.
74.28 	(b) (c) Students in grades 4 and above, including multilingual learners and students 
74.29 	receiving special education services, who do not demonstrate mastery of foundational 
74.30 	reading skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and oral language,
74.31 	are not reading at grade level must be screened for reading difficulties, including 
74.32 	characteristics of dyslexia, using a screening tool approved by the Department of Education 
74.33 	for characteristics of dyslexia, and must continue to receive evidence-based instruction, 
74.34 	interventions, and progress monitoring until the students achieve grade-level proficiency. 
75.1 	A parent, in consultation with a teacher, may opt a student out of the literacy screener if the 
75.2 	parent and teacher decide that continuing to screen would not be beneficial to the student. 
75.3 	In such limited cases, the student must continue to receive progress monitoring and literacy 
75.4 	interventions.
75.5 	(c) (d) Reading screeners in English, and in the predominant languages of district students 
75.6 	where practicable, must identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to 
75.7 	literacy. The district also must monitor the progress and provide reading instruction 
75.8 	appropriate to the specific needs of multilingual learners. The district must use an approved, 
75.9 	developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive screener and annually report summary 
75.10 	screener results to the commissioner by June 15 in the form and manner determined by the 
75.11 	commissioner.
75.12 	(d) (e) The district also must include in its local literacy plan under subdivision 4a, a 
75.13 	summary of the district's efforts to screen, identify, and provide interventions to students 
75.14 	who demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia as measured by a screening tool approved by 
75.15 	the Department of Education. Districts are strongly encouraged to use a MTSS framework. 
75.16 	With respect to students screened or identified under paragraph (a), the report must include:
75.17 	(1) a summary of the district's efforts to screen for reading difficulties, including dyslexia;
75.18 	(2) the number of students universally screened for that reporting year;
75.19 	(3) the number of students demonstrating characteristics of dyslexia for that year; and
75.20 	(4) an explanation of how students identified under this subdivision are provided with 
75.21 	alternate instruction and interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1.

75.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

75.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
75.24 		Subd. 3.Intervention. (a) For each student identified under subdivision 2, the district 
75.25 	shall provide reading intervention to accelerate student growth and reach the goal of reading 
75.26 	at or above grade level by the end of the current grade and school year. A district is 
75.27 	encouraged to provide reading intervention through a MTSS framework. If a student does 
75.28 	not read at or above grade level by the end of the current school year, the district must 
75.29 	continue to provide reading intervention until the student reads at grade level. District 
75.30 	intervention methods shall encourage family engagement and, where possible, collaboration 
75.31 	with appropriate school and community programs that specialize in evidence-based 
75.32 	instructional practices and measure mastery of foundational reading skills, including 
75.33 	phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and oral language. Intervention may 
76.1 	include but is not limited to requiring student attendance in summer school, intensified 
76.2 	reading instruction that may require that the student be removed from the regular classroom 
76.3 	for part of the school day, extended-day programs, or programs that strengthen students' 
76.4 	cultural connections.
76.5 	(b) A district or charter school is strongly encouraged to provide a personal learning 
76.6 	plan for a student who is unable to demonstrate grade-level proficiency, as measured by the 
76.7 	statewide reading assessment in grade 3 or a screener identified by the Department of 
76.8 	Education under section 120B.123. The district or charter school must determine the format 
76.9 	of the personal learning plan in collaboration with the student's educators and other 
76.10 	appropriate professionals. The school must develop the learning plan in consultation with 
76.11 	the student's parent or guardian. The personal learning plan must include targeted instruction 
76.12 	that is evidence-based and ongoing progress monitoring, and address knowledge gaps and 
76.13 	skill deficiencies through strategies such as specific exercises and practices during and 
76.14 	outside of the regular school day, group interventions, periodic assessments or screeners, 
76.15 	and reasonable timelines. The personal learning plan may include grade retention, if it is in 
76.16 	the student's best interest; a student may not be retained solely due to delays in literacy or 
76.17 	not demonstrating grade-level proficiency. A school must maintain and regularly update 
76.18 	and modify the personal learning plan until the student reads at grade level. This paragraph 
76.19 	does not apply to a student under an individualized education program.
76.20 	(c) Starting in the 2025-2026 2026-2027 school year, a district must use only 
76.21 	evidence-based literacy interventions. Districts are strongly encouraged to use intervention 
76.22 	materials approved by the Department of Education under the Read Act.
76.23 	(d) Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, to provide a Tier 2 literacy intervention, a 
76.24 	paraprofessional or other unlicensed person, including a volunteer, must be supervised by 
76.25 	a licensed teacher who has completed training in evidence-based reading instruction approved 
76.26 	by the Department of Education, and has completed evidence-based training developed 
76.27 	under the Read Act by CAREI or the regional literacy networks under section 120B.124, 
76.28 	subdivision 4, or a training that the department has determined meets or exceeds the 
76.29 	requirements of section 120B.124, subdivision 4.

76.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

76.31 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
76.32 		Subd. 4.Staff development. (a) A district must provide training on evidence-based 
76.33 	structured literacy instruction to teachers and instructional staff in accordance with 
76.34 	subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c). The training must include teaching in the areas of 
77.1 	phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, reading 
77.2 	comprehension, and culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy.
77.3 	(b) Each district shall use the data under subdivision 2 to identify the staff development 
77.4 	needs so that:
77.5 	(1) elementary teachers are able to implement explicit, systematic, evidence-based 
77.6 	instruction in the five reading areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, 
77.7 	and comprehension with emphasis on mastery of foundational reading skills as defined in 
77.8 	section 120B.119 and other literacy-related areas including writing until the student achieves 
77.9 	grade-level reading and writing proficiency;
77.10 	(2) elementary teachers receive training to provide students with evidence-based reading 
77.11 	and oral language instruction that meets students' developmental, linguistic, and literacy 
77.12 	needs using the intervention methods or programs selected by the district for the identified 
77.13 	students;
77.14 	(3) licensed teachers employed by the district have opportunities to improve reading 
77.15 	and writing instruction through approved professional development identified in the local 
77.16 	literacy plan;
77.17 	(4) licensed teachers recognize students' diverse needs in cross-cultural settings and are 
77.18 	able to serve the oral language and linguistic needs of students who are multilingual learners 
77.19 	by maximizing strengths in their native languages in order to cultivate students' English 
77.20 	language development, including oral academic language development, and build academic 
77.21 	literacy; and
77.22 	(5) licensed teachers are trained in culturally responsive pedagogy that enables students 
77.23 	to master content, develop skills to access content, and build relationships.
77.24 	(c) A district that offers early childhood programs, including voluntary prekindergarten 
77.25 	for eligible four-year-old children, early childhood special education, and school readiness 
77.26 	programs, must provide classroom teachers in early childhood programs training approved 
77.27 	by the Department of Education to provide children in early childhood programs with 
77.28 	explicit, systematic instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness; oral language, 
77.29 	including listening comprehension; vocabulary; and letter-sound correspondence.

77.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

78.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
78.2 		Subd. 4a.Local literacy plan. (a) Consistent with this section, a school district must 
78.3 	adopt a local literacy plan to have every child reading at or above grade level every year 
78.4 	beginning in kindergarten and to support multilingual learners and students receiving special 
78.5 	education services in achieving their individualized reading goals. A district must update 
78.6 	and submit the plan to the commissioner by June 15 each year. The plan must be consistent 
78.7 	with the Read Act, and include the following:
78.8 	(1) a process to assess students' foundational reading skills, oral language, and level of 
78.9 	reading proficiency and the approved screeners used, by school site and grade level, under 
78.10 	section 120B.123;
78.11 	(2) a process to notify and involve parents;
78.12 	(3) a description of how schools in the district will determine the targeted reading 
78.13 	instruction that is evidence-based and includes an intervention strategy for a student and 
78.14 	the process for intensifying or modifying the reading strategy in order to obtain measurable 
78.15 	reading progress;
78.16 	(4) evidence-based intervention methods for students who are not reading at or above 
78.17 	grade level and progress monitoring to provide information on the effectiveness of the 
78.18 	intervention;
78.19 	(5) identification of staff development needs, including a plan to meet those needs;
78.20 	(6) the curricula used by school site and grade level and, if applicable, the district plan 
78.21 	and timeline for adopting approved evidence-based curricula and materials starting in the 
78.22 	2025-2026 school year;
78.23 	(7) a statement of whether the district has adopted a MTSS framework;
78.24 	(8) student data using the measures of foundational literacy skills and mastery identified 
78.25 	by the Department of Education for the following students:
78.26 	(i) students in kindergarten through grade 3;
78.27 	(ii) students who demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia; and
78.28 	(iii) students in grades 4 to 12 who are identified as not reading at grade level;
78.29 	(9) the number of teachers and other staff who have completed training approved by the 
78.30 	department;
79.1 	(10) the number of teachers and other staff proposed for training in structured literacy; 
79.2 	and
79.3 	(11) how the district used funding provided under the Read Act to implement the 
79.4 	requirements of the Read Act.
79.5 	(b) The district must post its literacy plan on the official school district website and 
79.6 	submit it to the commissioner of education using the template developed by the commissioner 
79.7 	of education annually beginning June 15, 2024.
79.8 	(c) By March 1, 2024, the commissioner of education must develop Districts must use
79.9 	a streamlined template developed by the commissioner of education for local literacy plans 
79.10 	that meets the requirements of this subdivision and requires all reading instruction and 
79.11 	teacher training in reading instruction to be evidence-based. The template must require a 
79.12 	district to report information using the student categories required in the commissioner's 
79.13 	report under paragraph (d). The template must focus district resources on improving students' 
79.14 	foundational reading skills while reducing paperwork requirements for teachers.
79.15 	(d) By December 1, 2025, the commissioner of education must submit a report to the 
79.16 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education 
79.17 	summarizing the local literacy plans submitted to the commissioner. The summary must 
79.18 	include the following information:
79.19 	(1) the number of teachers and other staff, by grade level, who have completed training 
79.20 	approved by the Department of Education;
79.21 	(2) the number of teachers and other staff, by grade level, required to complete the 
79.22 	training under section 120B.123, subdivision 5, who have not completed the training;
79.23 	(3) the number of teachers exempt under section 120B.123, subdivision 5, from 
79.24 	completing training approved by the Department of Education;
79.25 	(4) by school site and grade, the approved screeners and the reading curriculum used; 
79.26 	and
79.27 	(5) by school site and grade, using the measurements of foundational literacy skills and 
79.28 	mastery identified by the department, both aggregated data and disaggregated data on student 
79.29 	performance on the approved screeners using the student categories under section 120B.35, 
79.30 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2).
79.31 	(e) By December 1, 2026, and December 1, 2027, the commissioner of education must 
79.32 	submit updated reports containing the information required under paragraph (d) to the 
79.33 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education.

80.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

80.2 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
80.3 	to read:
80.4 		Subd. 6.Dual language immersion programs. (a) A district dual language immersion 
80.5 	program selecting evidence-based screening tools, training, curriculum, or literacy 
80.6 	intervention materials after July 1, 2025, must establish an advisory committee to identify 
80.7 	literacy screening tools, training for teachers and staff, and curriculum and literacy 
80.8 	intervention materials in the target language. Upon request, the Department of Education 
80.9 	and regional literacy networks must provide technical assistance to the advisory committee. 
80.10 	The committee must:
80.11 	(1) include members whose first language is the target language, families of enrolled 
80.12 	students, a member with expertise in special education, and teachers and other instructional 
80.13 	staff;
80.14 	(2) use a rubric or other instrument to evaluate the alignment of the screening tools, 
80.15 	training, and curriculum and literacy intervention materials to the science of reading; and
80.16 	(3) recommend strategies to support the transfer of literacy skills from the target language 
80.17 	to English.
80.18 	(b) A district dual language immersion program is not required to comply with the 
80.19 	requirements under the Read Act except as provided under this subdivision. A district dual 
80.20 	language immersion program must:
80.21 	(1) provide training in accordance with section 120B.123, subdivision 5, to teachers and 
80.22 	staff that provide instruction in foundational reading skills in English or assist in providing 
80.23 	literacy interventions in English;
80.24 	(2) administer an approved screener in English in accordance with subdivision 2 in a 
80.25 	grade in which the program provides instruction in foundational reading skills in English; 
80.26 	and
80.27 	(3) use evidence-based curriculum and literacy intervention materials aligned to the 
80.28 	science of reading when providing instruction in foundational reading skills in English.
80.29 	(c) The commissioner must provide a district dual language immersion program with a 
80.30 	local literacy plan template that the district must use to report:
80.31 	(1) how the district assesses students' foundational reading skills, oral language, and 
80.32 	level of reading proficiency in the target language;
81.1 	(2) the district's process to notify families with timely information about students' reading 
81.2 	proficiency, including how the student's reading proficiency is assessed, any reading-related 
81.3 	services or supports provided to the student and the student's progress, and strategies for 
81.4 	families to use at home in helping students succeed in become grade-level proficient in 
81.5 	reading in English or in the target language;
81.6 	(3) a description of how the district will determine and provide targeted reading 
81.7 	instruction in the target language of instruction and supports to students identified as needing 
81.8 	additional support in developing mastery of foundational reading skills;
81.9 	(4) how the district will identify staff development needs related to literacy instruction 
81.10 	and a plan to meet the identified needs;
81.11 	(5) the reading curricula used by grade level; and
81.12 	(6) district efforts used to support the transfer of literacy skills from the target language 
81.13 	to English.
81.14 	(d) A district dual language immersion program must post and submit its local literacy 
81.15 	plan in accordance with subdivision 4a, but the plan is only required to include the 
81.16 	information required under this subdivision.
81.17 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years only, 
81.18 	a district dual language immersion program is not required to:
81.19 	(1) use an approved screening tool, unless the screening tool uses the program's target 
81.20 	language;
81.21 	(2) provide teachers and other staff approved training on literacy instruction unless the 
81.22 	training is in the target language; or
81.23 	(3) use approved curriculum or literacy intervention materials that are not in the target 
81.24 	language.

81.25 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
81.26 		Subdivision 1.Approved screeners. (a) A district must administer an approved 
81.27 	evidence-based reading screener to students in kindergarten through grade 3 within the first 
81.28 	six weeks of the school year, by February 15 each year, and again within the last six weeks 
81.29 	of the school year. The screener must be one of the screening tools approved by the 
81.30 	Department of Education. A district must identify any screener it uses in the district's annual 
81.31 	literacy plan, and submit screening data with the annual literacy plan by June 15.
82.1 	(b) Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, district staff, contractors, and volunteers
82.2 	external partners offering literacy supports in schools may only use screeners that have been 
82.3 	approved by the Department of Education.

82.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

82.5 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
82.6 		Subd. 5.Professional development. (a) A district must provide training from a menu 
82.7 	of approved evidence-based training programs to the following teachers and staff by July 
82.8 	1, 2026:
82.9 	(1) reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten through grade 
82.10 	12;
82.11 	(2) all classroom teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3 and children in 
82.12 	prekindergarten programs;
82.13 	(3) kindergarten through grade 12 special education teachers responsible for foundational 
82.14 	reading skills instruction;
82.15 	(4) curriculum directors;
82.16 	(5) instructional support staff, contractors, and volunteers who assist in providing Tier 
82.17 	2 interventions;
82.18 	(6) employees who select literacy instructional materials for a district; and
82.19 	(7) teachers licensed to teach English to multilingual learners.
82.20 	(b) A district must provide training from a menu of approved evidence-based training 
82.21 	programs to the following teachers by July 1, 2027:
82.22 	(1) teachers who provide reading instruction to students in grades 4 to 12; and
82.23 	(2) teachers who provide instruction to students in a state-approved alternative program.
82.24 	(c) The commissioner of education may grant a district an extension to the deadlines in 
82.25 	this subdivision.
82.26 	(d) Training provided by a department-approved certified trained facilitator the following
82.27 	may satisfy the professional development requirements under this subdivision.:
82.28 	(1) a certified trained facilitator; or
82.29 	(2) a training program that the department has determined meets the professional 
82.30 	development requirements under the Read Act.
83.1 	(e) For the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school year years only, the hours of instruction 
83.2 	requirement under section 120A.41 for students in an elementary and secondary school, as 
83.3 	defined in section 120A.05, subdivision subdivisions 9 and 13, is reduced by 5-1/2 hours 
83.4 	for a district that enters into an agreement with the exclusive representative of the teachers 
83.5 	that requires teachers to receive at least 5-1/2 hours of approved evidence-based training 
83.6 	required under this subdivision, on a day when other students in the district receive 
83.7 	instruction. If a charter school's teachers are not represented by an exclusive representative, 
83.8 	the charter school may reduce the number of instructional hours for students in an elementary 
83.9 	and secondary school, as defined in section 120A.05, subdivision subdivisions 9 and 13, 
83.10 	by 5-1/2 hours after consulting with its teachers in order to provide teachers with at least 
83.11 	5-1/2 hours of evidence-based training required under this subdivision on a day when other 
83.12 	students receive instruction. The hours of instruction reduction for secondary school students 
83.13 	is applicable only for the 2025-2026 school year.

83.14 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
83.15 		Subd. 7.Department of Education. (a) By July 1, 2023, the department must make 
83.16 	available to districts a list of approved evidence-based screeners in accordance with section 
83.17 	120B.12. A district must use an approved screener to assess students' mastery of foundational 
83.18 	reading skills in accordance with section 120B.12.
83.19 	(b) The Department of Education must partner with CAREI as required under section 
83.20 	120B.124 to approve professional development programs, subject to final determination by 
83.21 	the department. After the implementation partnership under section 120B.124 ends, the 
83.22 	department must continue to regularly provide districts with information about professional 
83.23 	development opportunities available throughout the state on reading instruction that is 
83.24 	evidence-based.
83.25 	(c) The department and CAREI must identify training required for a literacy lead and 
83.26 	literacy specialist employed by a district or Minnesota service cooperatives.
83.27 	(d) The department must employ one or more literacy specialists to provide support to 
83.28 	districts implementing the Read Act and coordinate duties assigned to the department under 
83.29 	the Read Act. The literacy specialist must work on state efforts to improve literacy tracking 
83.30 	and implementation.
83.31 	(e) The department must develop a template for a local literacy plan in accordance with 
83.32 	section 120B.12, subdivision 4a.
84.1 	(f) The department must partner with CAREI as required under section 120B.124 to 
84.2 	approve literacy intervention models by June 30, 2025, subject to final determination by 
84.3 	the department. The department must make a list of the 15 approved evidence-based 
84.4 	intervention models available to districts as they are approved by CAREI, starting November 
84.5 	1, 2025. Upon approval of the evidence-based intervention models, the department must 
84.6 	ensure the models are reviewed by a contracted third party for culturally responsive guidance 
84.7 	and materials, and make those findings available to districts once the review process is 
84.8 	complete. The department must notify districts of the two-step review process for all materials 
84.9 	approved under the Read Act for effectiveness as evidence-based structured literacy, and 
84.10 	for cultural responsiveness. The department may identify additional literacy intervention 
84.11 	models after the partnership with CAREI has ended.
84.12 	(g) The department and CAREI must provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, and support 
84.13 	to certified trained facilitators.
84.14 	(h) CAREI must complete all requirements under paragraphs (a) to (g) by June 30, 2025. 
84.15 	Starting July 1, 2025, the department must complete any ongoing activities required under 
84.16 	this subdivision without assistance from CAREI.

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

84.18 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, is amended by adding a subdivision 
84.19 	to read:
84.20 		Subd. 8.Dual language immersion programs. (a) The Department of Education must:
84.21 	(1) develop and issue guidance to district language immersion programs on screeners;
84.22 	(2) identify materials available in programs' target languages to provide instruction in 
84.23 	foundational reading skills and an instrument for evaluating alignment to the science of 
84.24 	reading;
84.25 	(3) identify professional development opportunities in programs' target languages on 
84.26 	providing instruction in foundational reading skills aligned to the science of reading; and
84.27 	(4) make recommendations on how districts can support the transfer of literacy skills 
84.28 	from the target language to English.
84.29 	(b) The department must post the guidance, list of materials and professional development 
84.30 	opportunities, and recommendations on its website.

85.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
85.2 		Subdivision 1.Resources. (a) The Department of Education must partner with CAREI 
85.3 	for two years beginning July 1, 2023, until August June 30, 2025, to support implementation 
85.4 	of the Read Act. The department and CAREI must jointly:
85.5 	(1) identify at least five literacy curricula and supporting materials that are evidence-based 
85.6 	or focused on structured literacy by January 1, 2024, and post a list of the curricula on the 
85.7 	department website. The list must include curricula that use culturally and linguistically 
85.8 	responsive materials that reflect diverse populations and curricula that reflect the experiences 
85.9 	of students from diverse backgrounds, including multilingual learners, biliterate students, 
85.10 	and students who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. A district that purchases an 
85.11 	approved curriculum before the cultural responsiveness review is completed is encouraged 
85.12 	to work with the curriculum's publisher to obtain updated materials that are culturally and 
85.13 	linguistically responsive and reflect diverse populations. A district is not required to use an 
85.14 	approved curriculum;
85.15 	(2) identify at least three professional development programs that focus on the five pillars 
85.16 	of literacy and the components of structured literacy by August 15, 2023, subject to final 
85.17 	approval by the department. The department must post a list of the programs on the 
85.18 	department website. The programs may include a program offered by CAREI. The 
85.19 	requirements of section 16C.08 do not apply to the selection of a provider under this section;
85.20 	(3) identify evidence-based literacy intervention materials for students in kindergarten 
85.21 	through grade 12;
85.22 	(4) develop an evidence-based literacy lead training and coaching program that trains 
85.23 	and supports literacy specialists throughout Minnesota to support schools' efforts in screening, 
85.24 	measuring growth, monitoring progress, and implementing interventions in accordance with 
85.25 	subdivision 1. Literacy lead training must include instruction on how to train 
85.26 	paraprofessionals and volunteers that provide Tier 2 interventions on evidence-based literacy 
85.27 	intervention;
85.28 	(5) identify measures of foundational literacy skills and mastery that a district must 
85.29 	report on a local literacy plan;
85.30 	(6) provide guidance to districts about best practices in literacy instruction, and practices 
85.31 	that are not evidence-based;
85.32 	(7) develop MTSS model plans that districts may adopt to support efforts to screen, 
85.33 	identify, intervene, and monitor the progress of students not reading at grade level;
86.1 	(8) ensure that teacher professional development options and MTSS framework trainings 
86.2 	are geographically equitable by supporting trainings through the regional service 
86.3 	cooperatives;
86.4 	(9) develop a coaching and mentorship program for certified trained facilitators based 
86.5 	on the previously approved trainings; and
86.6 	(10) identify at least 15 evidence-based literacy intervention models by November 1
86.7 	June 30, 2025, and post a list of the interventions on the department website. A district is 
86.8 	not required to use an approved intervention model.
86.9 	(b) The department must contract with a third party to develop culturally and linguistically 
86.10 	responsive supplemental materials and guidance for the approved literacy curricula to meet 
86.11 	the culturally and linguistically responsive standards under paragraph (a), clause (1).
86.12 	(c) The department must post on its website the rubric used to evaluate curriculum under 
86.13 	this subdivision and how each curriculum reviewed was evaluated under the rubric. The 
86.14 	department must also identify any curriculum that was not approved based on any criteria 
86.15 	other than alignment to evidence-based structured literacy practices.

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

86.17 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
86.18 		Subd. 5.Ongoing review of literacy materials. The department may partner with one 
86.19 	or more institutions of higher education to conduct independent and objective reviews of 
86.20 	curriculum and intervention materials. The department must determine whether it will 
86.21 	partner with an institution of higher education to conduct ongoing reviews of literacy 
86.22 	materials by June 1, 2026. A publisher may submit curriculum or intervention materials for 
86.23 	review. The publisher is responsible for paying the cost of the review directly to the institution 
86.24 	of higher education. The review must use the rubric useda rubric based on the science of 
86.25 	reading to approve curriculum under subdivision 1 and post the rubric on the department 
86.26 	website. The department and institution of higher education may approve the curriculum 
86.27 	or intervention materials if they determine that the curriculum or intervention materials are 
86.28 	evidence-based, focused on structured literacy, culturally and linguistically responsive, and 
86.29 	reflect diverse populations. The department must add the approved curriculum or intervention 
86.30 	materials to the list of curricula and materials approved under the Read Act.

86.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

87.1 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
87.2 		Subd. 6.Comprehensive review of literacy materials. Starting in 2033, the department 
87.3 	and an institution of higher education may partner to conduct a comprehensive review of 
87.4 	curriculum and intervention materials to identify literacy curriculum and, supporting 
87.5 	materials, and intervention materials that are evidence-based, focused on structured literacy, 
87.6 	based on the science of reading, culturally and linguistically responsive, and reflect diverse 
87.7 	populations. The department must post on its website the rubrics used to evaluate curriculum 
87.8 	and intervention materials. The department must revise the list of approved curriculum and 
87.9 	supporting materials, and intervention materials based on the findings of the review.

87.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

87.11 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, is amended by adding a subdivision 
87.12 	to read:
87.13 		Subd. 7.Partnership expiration. The partnership between the department and CAREI 
87.14 	expires June 30, 2025. Starting July 1, 2025, the department must complete any duties 
87.15 	provided under this section without participation by CAREI.

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

87.17 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.18 		Subdivision 1.Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data; 
87.19 	report. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of 
87.20 	School Administrators, in cooperation with board-approved teacher or administrator 
87.21 	preparation programs, annually must collect and report summary data on teacher and 
87.22 	administrator preparation and performance outcomes, consistent with this subdivision. The 
87.23 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of School Administrators 
87.24 	annually by July 1 must update and post the reported summary preparation and performance 
87.25 	data on teachers and administrators from the preceding school years on their respective 
87.26 	websites.
87.27 	(b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation providers must include:
87.28 	(1) summary data on teacher educator qualifications and their years of experience either 
87.29 	as birth through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;
87.30 	(2) the current number and percentage of enrolled candidates who entered the program 
87.31 	through a transfer pathway disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation would not 
88.1 	yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable information about 
88.2 	an individual;
88.3 	(3) the current number and percentage of program completers by program who received 
88.4 	a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation would not 
88.5 	yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable information about 
88.6 	an individual;
88.7 	(4) the current number and percentage of program completers who entered the program 
88.8 	through a transfer pathway and received a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license disaggregated by race, 
88.9 	except when disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal 
88.10 	personally identifiable information about an individual;
88.11 	(5) the current number and percentage of program completers who were hired to teach 
88.12 	full time in their licensure field in a Minnesota district or school in the preceding year 
88.13 	disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable 
88.14 	results or would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual;
88.15 	(6) the current number and percentage of program completers who entered the program 
88.16 	through a transfer pathway and who were hired to teach full time in their licensure field in 
88.17 	a Minnesota district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except when 
88.18 	disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally 
88.19 	identifiable information about an individual;
88.20 	(7) board-adopted survey results measuring initial licensure program quality and structure 
88.21 	in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation would not 
88.22 	yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable information about 
88.23 	an individual;
88.24 	(8) board-adopted survey results from school principals or supervisors on initial licensure 
88.25 	program quality and structure; and
88.26 	(9) the number and percentage of program completers who met or exceeded the state 
88.27 	threshold score on the board-adopted teacher performance assessment required under section 
88.28 	122A.185.
88.29 	Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 2.
88.30 	(c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs approved by 
88.31 	the Board of School Administrators must include:
89.1 	(1) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of faculty 
89.2 	undergraduate and graduate degrees and the years of experience either as kindergarten 
89.3 	through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;
89.4 	(2) the average time program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the 
89.5 	program;
89.6 	(3) the current number and percentage of students who graduated, received a standard 
89.7 	Minnesota administrator license, and were employed as an administrator in a Minnesota 
89.8 	school district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except when 
89.9 	disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally 
89.10 	identifiable information about an individual;
89.11 	(4) the number of credits by graduate program that students in the preceding school year 
89.12 	needed to complete to graduate;
89.13 	(5) survey results measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with the 
89.14 	program in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation 
89.15 	would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable 
89.16 	information about an individual; and
89.17 	(6) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (c) and (d).
89.18 	Program reporting must be consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 10.

89.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

89.20 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.092, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
89.21 		Subd. 5.Reading strategies. (a) A teacher preparation provider approved by the 
89.22 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons for classroom 
89.23 	teacher licensure must include in its teacher preparation programs evidence-based best 
89.24 	practices in reading focused on the science of reading, consistent with sections 120B.118
89.25 	to 120B.124, including instruction on phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, 
89.26 	reading fluency, and reading comprehension. Instruction on reading must enable the licensure 
89.27 	candidate to teach reading in the candidate's content areas. Teacher candidates must be 
89.28 	instructed in using students' native languages as a resource in creating effective differentiated 
89.29 	instructional strategies for English learners developing literacy skills. A teacher preparation 
89.30 	provider also must prepare early childhood and elementary teacher candidates for Tier 3 
89.31 	and Tier 4 teaching licenses under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively.
90.1 	(b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education 
90.2 	must require instruction in applying evidence-based, structured literacy reading instruction 
90.3 	programs based on the science of reading that:
90.4 	(1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies 
90.5 	consistent with sections 120B.118 to 120B.124, with emphasis on mastery of foundational 
90.6 	reading skills so that students achieve continuous progress in reading; and
90.7 	(2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations 
90.8 	that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels, including multilingual learners and 
90.9 	students demonstrating characteristics of dyslexia, to become proficient readers.
90.10 	(c) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education, 
90.11 	early childhood education, special education, and reading intervention must include 
90.12 	instruction on dyslexia, as defined in section 125A.01, subdivision 2. Teacher preparation 
90.13 	programs may consult with the Department of Education, including the dyslexia specialist 
90.14 	under section 120B.122, to develop instruction under this paragraph. Instruction on dyslexia 
90.15 	must be modeled on practice standards of the International Dyslexia Association, and must 
90.16 	address:
90.17 	(1) the nature and symptoms of dyslexia;
90.18 	(2) resources available for students who show characteristics of dyslexia;
90.19 	(3) evidence-based instructional strategies for students who show characteristics of 
90.20 	dyslexia, including the structured literacy approach; and
90.21 	(4) outcomes of intervention and lack of intervention for students who show 
90.22 	characteristics of dyslexia.
90.23 	(d) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a school's 
90.24 	reading program or curriculum.
90.25 	(e) The board must post on its website the rubric or other instrument it uses to evaluate 
90.26 	whether a teacher preparation program includes reading instruction that complies with this 
90.27 	subdivision and is consistent with sections 120B.118 to 120B.124.

90.28 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.185, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
90.29 		Subdivision 1.Tests. (a) The board must adopt rules requiring applicants for Tier 3 and 
90.30 	Tier 4 licenses to pass an examination or performance assessment of general pedagogical 
90.31 	knowledge and examinations or assessments of licensure field specific content. An applicant 
90.32 	is exempt from the examination requirements if the applicant:
91.1 	(1) completed a board-approved teacher preparation program;
91.2 	(2) completed licensure via portfolio pursuant to section 122A.18, subdivision 10, and 
91.3 	the portfolio has been recommended;
91.4 	(3) obtained national board certification from the National Board for Professional 
91.5 	Teaching Standards; or
91.6 	(4) completed a state-approved teacher preparation program in another state and passed 
91.7 	licensure examinations in that state, if applicable. The content examination requirement 
91.8 	does not apply if no relevant content exam exists.
91.9 	(b) The board must adopt rules requiring an applicant for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license in 
91.10 	elementary education to demonstrate the knowledge, skill, and ability to provide instruction 
91.11 	in foundational reading skills based on the science of reading. An applicant may satisfy this 
91.12 	requirement through one of the following:
91.13 	(1) a performance assessment;
91.14 	(2) satisfactory completion of training from a department-approved certified trained 
91.15 	facilitator; or
91.16 	(3) satisfactory completion of other training that satisfies the professional development 
91.17 	requirements under the Read Act.
91.18 	(b) (c) All testing centers in the state must provide monthly opportunities for untimed 
91.19 	content and pedagogy examinations. These opportunities must be advertised on the test 
91.20 	registration website. The board must require the exam vendor to provide other equitable 
91.21 	opportunities to pass exams, including: (1) waiving testing fees for test takers who qualify 
91.22 	for federal grants; (2) providing free, multiple, full-length practice tests for each exam and 
91.23 	free, comprehensive study guides on the test registration website; (3) making content and 
91.24 	pedagogy exams available in languages other than English for teachers seeking licensure 
91.25 	to teach in language immersion programs; and (4) providing free, detailed exam results 
91.26 	analysis by test objective to assist applicants who do not pass an exam in identifying areas 
91.27 	for improvement. Any applicant who has not passed a required exam after two attempts 
91.28 	must be allowed to retake the exam, including new versions of the exam, without being 
91.29 	charged an additional fee.

91.30 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.42, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
91.31 		Subd. 8.Minnesota reading corps program. (a) A Minnesota reading corps program 
91.32 	is established to provide ServeMinnesota AmeriCorps members with a data-based 
92.1 	problem-solving model of literacy instruction to use in helping to train local Head Start 
92.2 	program providers, other prekindergarten program providers, and staff in schools with 
92.3 	students in kindergarten through grade 3 to evaluate and teach early literacy skills, including 
92.4 	evidence-based literacy instruction under sections 120B.118 to 120B.124, to children age 
92.5 	3 to grade 3 and interventions for children in kindergarten to grade 3.
92.6 	(b) Literacy programs under this subdivision must comply with the provisions governing 
92.7 	literacy program goals and data use under section 142D.12, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
92.8 	(c) Literacy programs under this subdivision must use a department-approved screener,
92.9 	evidence-based reading instruction, and interventions focused on structured literacy. 
92.10 	ServeMinnesota must demonstrate to the department that the training AmeriCorps members 
92.11 	receive meets or exceeds the requirements of section 120B.124, subdivision 4, for volunteers. 
92.12 	Minnesota Reading Corps AmeriCorps members are not required to complete the training 
92.13 	under section 120B.24 120B.124, subdivision 4.
92.14 	(d) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the legislature 
92.15 	with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and evaluates 
92.16 	program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.

92.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

92.18 	Sec. 24. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
92.19 		Subd. 2.CAREI. (a) To contract with the Center for Applied Research and Educational 
92.20 	Improvement at the University of Minnesota for the Read Act implementation partnership 
92.21 	under section 120B.124:

92.22		$
	4,200,000
	.....
	2024
	
92.23		$
	0
	.....
	2025
	
92.24 	(b) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2026 2025.
92.25 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $0.

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

93.1 	Sec. 25. Laws 2024, chapter 109, article 4, section 19, is amended to read:
93.2 	Sec. 19. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND STANDARDS BOARD 
93.3 	READING AUDIT REPORT.
 93.4 	(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must conduct an audit 
93.5 	that evaluates whether and how approved teacher training programs for candidates for the 
93.6 	following licensure areas meet subject matter standards for reading:
93.7 	(1) early childhood education in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 8710.3000;
93.8 	(2) elementary education in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 8710.3200; and
93.9 	(3) special education in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 8710.5000.
93.10 	(b) The board must submit an initial report with its findings to the legislative committees 
93.11 	with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 and higher education by January 15, 
93.12 	2025, and a final report by August 1, 2026. Each report must:
93.13 	(1) identify the reading standards for each licensure area; identify how they are aligned 
93.14 	to the requirements of the Read Act, including requirements on evidence-based instruction, 
93.15 	phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and reading 
93.16 	comprehension; and identify how they are aligned to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
93.17 	section 122A.092, subdivision 5;
93.18 	(2) describe how the board conducted the audit;
93.19 	(3) identify the results of the audit; and
93.20 	(4) summarize the program effectiveness reports for continuing approval related to 
93.21 	reading standards reviewed by the board, including the board determinations under Minnesota 
93.22 	Rules, part 8705.2200.
93.23 	(c) The final report must include the rubric or other instrument used to conduct the audit 
93.24 	and evaluate program alignment with the science of reading.

93.25 	Sec. 26. Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 8, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
93.26 		Subd. 5.CAREI paraprofessional and volunteer training. (a) For CAREI to develop 
93.27 	training for paraprofessionals and volunteers that regularly provide Tier 2 literacy 
93.28 	interventions to students in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.124, 
93.29 	subdivision 4:

93.30		$
	375,000
	.....
	2025
	
94.1 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027 2025.

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

94.3 	Sec. 27. APPROPRIATIONS.
 94.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
94.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
94.6 	designated.
94.7 		Subd. 2.Department literacy specialist. (a) For a full-time literacy specialist at the 
94.8 	Department of Education:

94.9		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
94.10		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
94.11 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
94.12 		Subd. 3.Read Act compliance. (a) For state aid for school districts, charter schools, 
94.13 	and cooperative units for costs related to compliance with the Read Act, Minnesota Statutes, 
94.14 	sections 120B.118 to 120B.124:

94.15		$
	40,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
94.16 	(b) The aid amount for each school district, charter school, and cooperative unit providing 
94.17 	direct instructional services equals the greater of $2,000 or $45.70 times the number of 
94.18 	students served by the school district, charter school, or cooperative as determined by the 
94.19 	fall 2024 enrollment count of students.
94.20 	(c) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit must place any aid received 
94.21 	under this subdivision in a reserved account in the general fund. Aid in the reserved account 
94.22 	must be used to implement requirements under the Read Act.
94.23 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.
94.24 	(e) The aid is 100 percent payable in fiscal year 2026.
94.25 		Subd. 4.Read Act implementation. (a) For costs related to Read Act implementation 
94.26 	and the termination of the partnership with the Center for Applied Research and Educational 
94.27 	Improvement at the University of Minnesota:

94.28		$
	700,000
	.....
	2026
	
94.29		$
	175,000
	.....
	2027
	
94.30 	(b) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $175,000.
95.1 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
95.2 		Subd. 5.Read Act professional development. (a) For evidence-based training on 
95.3 	structured literacy for teachers working in school districts, charter schools, and service 
95.4 	cooperatives:

95.5		$
	7,750,000
	.....
	2026
	
95.6		$
	7,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
95.7 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $6,500,000 each year is for the regional literacy 
95.8 	networks and $1,250,000 each year is for statewide training. The department must use the 
95.9 	funding to develop a data collection system to: (1) collect and analyze the submission of 
95.10 	the local literacy plans and student-level universal screening data; (2) establish the regional 
95.11 	literacy networks as a partnership between the department and the Minnesota service 
95.12 	cooperatives; and (3) administer statewide training based in structured literacy to be offered 
95.13 	free to school districts and charter schools and facilitated by the regional literacy networks 
95.14 	and the department. The regional literacy networks must focus on implementing 
95.15 	comprehensive literacy reform efforts based on structured literacy. Each regional literacy 
95.16 	network must maintain a literacy lead position and maintain a team of trained literacy 
95.17 	coaches to facilitate evidence-based structured literacy training opportunities and ongoing 
95.18 	supports to school districts and charter schools in each region. Funds may be used to provide 
95.19 	training in structured literacy to grade 4 and 5 classroom teachers and literacy professors 
95.20 	from Minnesota institutions of higher education.
95.21 	(c) The commissioner must report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
95.22 	kindergarten through grade 12 education the number of teachers from each district who 
95.23 	received approved structured literacy training using funds under this subdivision, and the 
95.24 	amounts awarded to districts, charter schools, or service cooperatives.
95.25 	(d) The regional literacy networks and staff from the Department of Education must 
95.26 	provide ongoing support to school districts, charter schools, and service cooperatives 
95.27 	implementing evidence-based literacy instruction.
95.28 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

96.1 	ARTICLE 12
96.2 	FORECAST
96.3 	A. GENERAL EDUCATION

96.4 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
96.5 	2024, chapter 81, section 1, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 1, section 15, is amended 
96.6 	to read:
96.7 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
96.8 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

96.9		$
	8,103,909,000
	.....
	2024
	
96.1196.10
		$
	8,333,843,000
8,280,528,000
	.....
	2025
	
96.12 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $707,254,000 for 2023 and $7,396,655,000 for 
96.13 	2024.
96.14 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $771,421,000 for 2024 and $7,562,422,000
96.15 	$7,509,107,000 for 2025.

96.16 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
96.17 	2024, chapter 81, section 2, is amended to read:
96.18 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
96.19 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
96.20 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

96.21		$
	23,000
	.....
	2024
	
96.2396.22
		$
	25,000
23,000
	.....
	2025

96.24 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
96.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 3, is amended to read:
96.26 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. (a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
96.27 	127A.49:

96.28		$
	2,318,000
	.....
	2024
	
96.3096.29
		$
	2,516,000
1,503,000
	.....
	2025
	
96.31 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $126,000 for 2023 and $2,192,000 for 2024.
97.1 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $243,000 for 2024 and $2,273,000 $1,260,000 for 
97.2 	2025.

97.3 	Sec. 4. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
97.4 	2024, chapter 81, section 4, is amended to read:
97.5 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. (a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
97.6 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

97.7		$
	7,000
	.....
	2024
	
97.997.8
		$
	180,000
0
	.....
	2025
	
97.10 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $7,000 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
97.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $180,000 $0 for 2025.

97.12 	Sec. 5. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
97.13 	2024, chapter 81, section 5, is amended to read:
97.14 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. (a) For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
97.15 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

97.16		$
	21,176,000
	.....
	2024
	
97.1897.17
		$
	24,478,000
23,337,000
	.....
	2025
	
97.19 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $1,925,000 for 2023 and $19,251,000 for 2024.
97.20 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,138,000 for 2024 and $22,340,000 $21,199,000
97.21 	for 2025.

97.22 	Sec. 6. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 
97.23 	2024, chapter 81, section 6, is amended to read:
97.24 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. (a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
97.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

97.26		$
	22,979,000
	.....
	2024
	
97.2897.27
		$
	27,177,000
25,802,000
	.....
	2025
	
97.29 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $2,115,000 for 2023 and $20,864,000 for 2024.
97.30 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,318,000 for 2024 and $24,859,000 $23,484,000
97.31 	for 2025.

98.1 	Sec. 7. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 
98.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 7, is amended to read:
98.3 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. (a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
98.4 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

98.5		$
	1,664,000
	.....
	2024
	
98.798.6
		$
	874,000
937,000
	.....
	2025
	
98.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $183,000 for 2023 and $1,481,000 for 2024.
98.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $164,000 for 2024 and $710,000 $773,000 for 2025.
98.10 	B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

98.11 	Sec. 8. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
98.12 	2024, chapter 81, section 8, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 13, is amended 
98.13 	to read:
98.14 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
98.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

98.16		$
	82,818,000
	.....
	2024
	
98.1898.17
		$
	85,043,000
84,300,000
	.....
	2025
	
98.19 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,172,000 for 2023 and $74,646,000 for 2024.
98.20 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,294,000 for 2024 and $76,749,000 $76,006,000
98.21 	for 2025.

98.22 	Sec. 9. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
98.23 	2024, chapter 81, section 9, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 6, section 3, is amended 
98.24 	to read:
98.25 		Subd. 6.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
98.26 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

98.27		$
	91,457,000
	.....
	2024
	
98.2998.28
		$
	94,906,000
93,684,000
	.....
	2025
	
98.30 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $9,047,000 for 2023 and $82,410,000 for 2024.
98.31 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $9,156,000 for 2024 and $85,750,000 $84,528,000
98.32 	for 2025.

99.1 	Sec. 10. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 21, as amended by Laws 
99.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 10, is amended to read:
99.3 		Subd. 21.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
99.4 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
99.5 	section 124D.87:

99.6		$
	14,828,000
	.....
	2024
	
99.899.7
		$
	16,413,000
14,799,000
	.....
	2025

99.9 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 
99.10 	2024, chapter 81, section 11, is amended to read:
99.11 		Subd. 23.Literacy incentive aid. (a) For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
99.12 	section 124D.98:

99.13		$
	41,071,000
	.....
	2024
	
99.1599.14
		$
	41,588,000
40,570,000
	.....
	2025
	
99.16 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $4,606,000 for 2023 and $36,465,000 for 2024.
99.17 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $4,051,000 for 2024 and $37,537,000 $36,519,000
99.18 	for 2025.

99.19 	Sec. 12. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 34, is amended to read:
99.20 		Subd. 34.Paraprofessional training. (a) For compensation associated with paid 
99.21 	orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes, 
99.22 	section 121A.642:

99.23		$
	0
	.....
	2024
	
99.2599.24
		$
	7,230,000
1,997,000
	.....
	2025
	
99.26 	(b) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $7,230,000 $1,997,000 for 2025.

99.27 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 4, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
99.28 	2024, chapter 81, section 12, is amended to read:
99.29 		Subd. 2.American Indian education aid. (a) For American Indian education aid under 
99.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

100.1		$
	18,131,000
	.....
	2024
	
100.3100.2
		$
	19,672,000
19,649,000
	.....
	2025
	
100.4 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $1,159,000 for 2023 and $16,972,000 for 2024.
100.5 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $1,885,000 for 2024 and $17,787,000 $17,764,000
100.6 	for 2025.

100.7 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 4, section 21, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
100.8 	2024, chapter 81, section 13, is amended to read:
100.9 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract school aid. (a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
100.10 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

100.11		$
	1,673,000
	.....
	2024
	
100.13100.12
		$
	2,131,000
2,153,000
	.....
	2025
	
100.14 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $255,000 for 2023 and $1,418,000 for 2024.
100.15 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $157,000 for 2024 and $1,974,000 $1,996,000 for 
100.16 	2025.
100.17 	C. TEACHERS

100.18 	Sec. 15. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
100.19 	2024, chapter 81, section 14, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 5, section 11, is amended 
100.20 	to read:
100.21 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
100.22 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

100.23		$
	88,706,000
	.....
	2024
	
100.25100.24
		$
	89,012,000
88,206,000
	.....
	2025
	
100.26 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,824,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $79,882,000 
100.27 	for fiscal year 2024.
100.28 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,875,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $80,137,000
100.29 	$79,331,000 for fiscal year 2025.

101.1 	Sec. 16. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws 
101.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 15, is amended to read:
101.3 		Subd. 14.Student support personnel aid. (a) For aid to support schools in addressing 
101.4 	students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:

101.5		$
	30,255,000
	.....
	2024
	
101.7101.6
		$
	36,498,000
36,259,000
	.....
	2025
	
101.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for fiscal year 2023 and $30,255,000 for fiscal 
101.9 	year 2024.
101.10 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,361,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $33,137,000
101.11 	$32,898,000 for fiscal year 2025.
101.12 	D. SPECIAL EDUCATION

101.13 	Sec. 17. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
101.14 	2024, chapter 81, section 16, is amended to read:
101.15 		Subd. 2.Aid for children with disabilities. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
101.16 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
101.17 	the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

101.18		$
	1,597,000
	.....
	2024
	
101.20101.19
		$
	1,844,000
1,952,000
	.....
	2025
	
101.21 	(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year 
101.22 	is available.

101.23 	Sec. 18. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
101.24 	2024, chapter 81, section 17, is amended to read:
101.25 		Subd. 3.Court-placed special education revenue.  For reimbursing serving school 
101.26 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
101.27 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

101.28		$
	39,000
	.....
	2024
	
101.30101.29
		$
	40,000
0
	.....
	2025

102.1 	Sec. 19. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
102.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 18, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 7, section 4, is amended 
102.3 	to read:
102.4 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
102.5 	Statutes, section 125A.75:

102.6		$
	2,288,826,000
	.....
	2024
	
102.8102.7
		$
	2,486,181,000
2,582,007,000
	.....
	2025
	
102.9 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $229,860,000 for 2023 and $2,058,966,000 for 
102.10 	2024.
102.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $289,842,000 for 2024 and $2,196,339,000
102.12 	$2,292,165,000 for 2025.

102.13 	Sec. 20. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
102.14 	2024, chapter 81, section 19, is amended to read:
102.15 		Subd. 6.Special education separate sites and programs. (a) For aid for special 
102.16 	education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision 
102.17 	4:

102.18		$
	3,880,000
	.....
	2024
	
102.20102.19
		$
	4,505,000
4,282,000
	.....
	2025
	
102.21 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $3,880,000 for 2024.
102.22 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $431,000 for 2024 and $4,074,000 $3,851,000 for 
102.23 	2025.

102.24 	Sec. 21. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 
102.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 20, is amended to read:
102.26 		Subd. 7.Travel for home-based services. (a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
102.27 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

102.28		$
	425,000
	.....
	2024
	
102.30102.29
		$
	475,000
440,000
	.....
	2025
	
102.31 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $32,000 for 2023 and $393,000 for 2024.
102.32 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2024 and $432,000 $397,000 for 2025.
103.1 	E. FACILITIES

103.2 	Sec. 22. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
103.3 	2024, chapter 81, section 22, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 8, section 5, is amended 
103.4 	to read:
103.5 		Subd. 6.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
103.6 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

103.7		$
	107,905,000
	.....
	2024
	
103.9103.8
		$
	107,865,000
107,262,000
	.....
	2025
	
103.10 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $10,821,000 for 2023 and $97,084,000 for 2024.
103.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $10,787,000 for 2024 and $97,078,000 $96,475,000
103.12 	for 2025.
103.13 	F. NUTRITION

103.14 	Sec. 23. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2023, 
103.15 	chapter 55, article 9, section 16, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 23, and Laws 2024, chapter 
103.16 	115, article 9, section 8, is amended to read:
103.17 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
103.18 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

103.19		$
	218,801,000
	.....
	2024
	
103.21103.20
		$
	239,686,000
251,667,000
	.....
	2025

103.22 	Sec. 24. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2023, 
103.23 	chapter 55, article 9, section 17, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 24, and Laws 2024, chapter 
103.24 	115, article 9, section 9, is amended to read:
103.25 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
103.26 	124D.1158:

103.27		$
	44,178,000
	.....
	2024
	
103.29103.28
		$
	48,747,000
54,835,000
	.....
	2025

104.1 	Sec. 25. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
104.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 25, is amended to read:
104.3 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
104.4 	section 124D.118:

104.5		$
	428,000
	.....
	2024
	
104.7104.6
		$
	428,000
387,000
	.....
	2025

104.8 	Sec. 26. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 
104.9 	2024, chapter 81, section 26, is amended to read:
104.10 		Subd. 8.School library aid. (a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
104.11 	134.356 124D.992:

104.12		$
	21,586,000
	.....
	2024
	
104.14104.13
		$
	23,903,000
23,791,000
	.....
	2025
	
104.15 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $21,586,000 for 2024.
104.16 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,398,000 for 2024 and $21,505,000 $21,393,000
104.17 	for 2025.
104.18 	G. EARLY EDUCATION

104.19 	Sec. 27. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 2024, 
104.20 	chapter 81, section 27, is amended to read:
104.21 		Subd. 7.Early childhood family education aid. (a) For early childhood family education 
104.22 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135 142D.11:

104.23		$
	37,209,000
	.....
	2024
	
104.25104.24
		$
	38,985,000
37,874,000
	.....
	2025
	
104.26 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $3,518,000 for 2023 and $33,691,000 for 2024.
104.27 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,743,000 for 2024 and $35,242,000 $34,131,000
104.28 	for 2025.

105.1 	Sec. 28. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2024, 
105.2 	chapter 81, section 28, is amended to read:
105.3 		Subd. 9.Developmental screening aid. (a) For developmental screening aid under 
105.4 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 142D.091 and 121A.19 142D.093:

105.5		$
	4,148,000
	.....
	2024
	
105.7105.6
		$
	4,151,000
4,156,000
	.....
	2025
	
105.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $349,000 for 2023 and $3,799,000 for 2024.
105.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $422,000 for 2024 and $3,729,000 $3,734,000 for 
105.10 	2025.

105.11 	Sec. 29. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 17, as amended by Laws 2024, 
105.12 	chapter 81, section 29, is amended to read:
105.13 		Subd. 17.Home visiting aid. (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
105.14 	124D.135 142D.11:

105.15		$
	382,000
	.....
	2024
	
105.17105.16
		$
	300,000
290,000
	.....
	2025
	
105.18 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $41,000 for 2023 and $341,000 for 2024.
105.19 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $37,000 for 2024 and $263,000 $253,000 for 2025.
105.20 	H. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

105.21 	Sec. 30. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
105.22 	2024, chapter 81, section 30, is amended to read:
105.23 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. (a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
105.24 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

105.25		$
	52,566,000
	.....
	2024
	
105.27105.26
		$
	53,684,000
53,880,000
	.....
	2025
	
105.28 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $5,179,000 for 2023 and $47,387,000 for 2024.
105.29 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $5,265,000 for 2024 and $48,419,000 $48,615,000
105.30 	for 2025.

106.1 	Sec. 31. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
106.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 31, is amended to read:
106.3 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. (a) For adults with disabilities programs 
106.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

106.5		$
	710,000
	.....
	2024
	
106.7106.6
		$
	1,520,000
1,433,000
	.....
	2025
	
106.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2023 and $639,000 for 2024.
106.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2024 and $1,449,000 $1,362,000 for 
106.10 	2025.

106.11 	Sec. 32. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 10, as amended by 
106.12 	Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 33, is amended to read:
106.13 		Subd. 10.School-age care aid. (a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
106.14 	section 124D.22:

106.15		$
	0
	.....
	2024
	
106.17106.16
		$
	1,000
0
	.....
	2025
	
106.18 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
106.19 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $1,000 $0 for 2025.

106.20 	Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 106.21 	Sections 1 to 32 are effective the day following final enactment.

	ARTICLE 1	GENERAL EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 2.2	
	ARTICLE 2	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE........	Page.Ln 21.5	
	ARTICLE 3	TEACHERS........	Page.Ln 32.24	
	ARTICLE 4	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 44.17	
	ARTICLE 5	SPECIAL EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 46.23	
	ARTICLE 6	FACILITIES........	Page.Ln 53.16	
	ARTICLE 7	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES........	Page.Ln 61.5	
	ARTICLE 8	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 65.1	
	ARTICLE 9	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING........	Page.Ln 67.1	
	ARTICLE 10	STATE AGENCIES........	Page.Ln 69.1	
	ARTICLE 11	THE READ ACT........	Page.Ln 72.9	
	ARTICLE 12	FORECAST........	Page.Ln 96.1	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H2433-2 

124D.992 SCHOOL LIBRARY AID.Subdivision 1.School library aid. 
For fiscal year 2024 and later, school library aid for a district equals the greater of $16.11 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $40,000. For fiscal year 2024 and later, school library aid for a charter school equals the greater of $16.11 times the charter school's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $20,000. 

Subd. 1a.State school librarian. 
In fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Education may retain up to $130,000 of the amount appropriated for school library aid under this section for the costs of the state school librarian under section 127A.151. The aid for each school district and charter school under subdivision 1 must be reduced proportionately. The reduction in aid under this subdivision must be applied to the current year aid payment. 

Subd. 2.Uses of school library aid. 
School library aid must be reserved and used for directly funding the costs of the following purposes within a library: 

(1) the salaries and benefits of a school library media specialist; 

(2) electronic, computer, and audiovisual equipment; 

(3) information technology infrastructure and digital tools; 

(4) electronic and material resources; or 

(5) furniture, equipment, or supplies. 

Subd. 3.Report. 
By January 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner of education must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on how school districts and charter schools used aid under this section in the previous fiscal year. In preparing the report, the commissioner may use information available from the uniform financial accounting and reporting system. The report must be filed in accordance with section 3.195.