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, health, safety, 
1.5 	school nutrition, libraries, early childhood education, community education, and 
1.6 	state agencies; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports; transferring money; 
1.7 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.117, 
1.8 	subdivision 4; 120B.124, subdivision 4; 120B.241, subdivision 3; 121A.642, by 
1.9 	adding a subdivision; 122A.59, by adding a subdivision; 122A.63, subdivision 9; 
1.10 	122A.635; 122A.70, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 5a, 6, by adding a subdivision; 123A.485, 
1.11 	subdivision 2; 123A.73, subdivisions 4, 5; 123B.595, subdivisions 1, 4, 8, 10; 
1.12 	123B.63, subdivision 3; 123B.71, subdivision 8; 123B.84; 123B.86, subdivisions 
1.13 	1, 3; 123B.87; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.111, subdivisions 2a, 3; 124D.119, 
1.14 	subdivision 1; 124D.231; 124D.42, subdivision 9; 124D.65, subdivision 5a; 
1.15 	124D.81, subdivision 2b; 124D.83, subdivision 2; 124D.861, subdivisions 3, 4; 
1.16 	124D.862, subdivisions 1, 8; 124D.901, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding 
1.17 	subdivisions; 124D.98; 124D.992, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.995, subdivision 6; 
1.18 	124E.20, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, subdivision 2e; 126C.05, subdivision 
1.19 	3; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, 3, 3c; 126C.17, subdivision 9b; 126C.40, subdivision 
1.20 	1, by adding a subdivision; 126C.45; 127A.41, subdivisions 8, 9; 127A.45, 
1.21 	subdivision 13; 127A.47, subdivision 7; 127A.49, subdivision 3; 136A.1276, 
1.22 	subdivision 4; 142D.06, subdivision 4; 142D.08, subdivision 8; 142D.093; 142D.11, 
1.23 	subdivisions 1, 2, 10; Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 
1.24 	3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 7, as amended, 9, 
1.25 	as amended, 17, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, sections 33; 36, 
1.26 	subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 6, as 
1.27 	amended, 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 12; 37; article 2, section 64, subdivisions 
1.28 	2, as amended, 6, as amended, 16, as amended, 20, 21, as amended, 23, as amended, 
1.29 	34; article 3, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended; article 4, section 21, 
1.30 	subdivisions 2, as amended, 5, as amended; article 5, section 64, subdivisions 3, 
1.31 	as amended, 14, as amended; article 7, section 18, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 
1.32 	as amended, 4, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended; article 8, section 19, 
1.33 	subdivision 6, as amended; article 9, section 18, subdivisions 4, as amended, 8, as 
1.34 	amended; article 11, section 11, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 10, 
1.35 	as amended; article 12, sections 17, subdivision 2, as amended; 19; Laws 2024, 
1.36 	chapter 115, article 3, sections 7, subdivision 4; 8, subdivision 4; proposing coding 
1.37 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.38 	2024, sections 120B.241, subdivisions 2, 4, 6; 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 
2.1 	3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46; 
2.2 	123B.47; 123B.48; 123B.595, subdivision 2; 123B.86, subdivision 2; 123B.92, 
2.3 	subdivision 9; 124D.992, subdivision 1a.
2.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.5 	ARTICLE 1
2.6 	GENERAL EDUCATION

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

2.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.20 		Subd. 4.Consolidation; maximum authorized referendum revenues. (a) As of the 
2.21 	effective date of a consolidation pursuant to section 123A.48, if the plan for consolidation 
2.22 	so provides, or if the plan for consolidation makes no provision concerning referendum 
2.23 	revenues, the authorization for all referendum revenues previously approved by the voters 
2.24 	of all affected districts for those districts pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or its 
2.25 	predecessor provision shall be recalculated as provided in this subdivision. The referendum 
2.26 	revenue authorization for the newly created district shall be the revenue per adjusted pupil 
2.27 	unit that would raise an amount equal to the combined dollar amount of the referendum 
2.28 	revenues authorized by each of the component districts for the year preceding the 
2.29 	consolidation, unless the referendum revenue authorization of the newly created district is 
2.30 	subsequently modified pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9.
2.31 	(b) The referendum allowance for a consolidated district in the years following 
2.32 	consolidation equals the average of the consolidating districts' existing authorities for those 
2.33 	years, weighted by the districts' adjusted pupil units in the year preceding consolidation. 
3.1 	For purposes of this calculation, the referendum authorities used for individual districts 
3.2 	shall not decrease from year to year until such time as all existing authorities for all the 
3.3 	consolidating districts have fully expired, but shall increase if they were originally approved 
3.4 	with consumer price index-based or other annual increases.
3.5 	(c) The referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district shall continue 
3.6 	for a period of time equal to the longest period authorized for any component district. The 
3.7 	referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district may be renewed by the 
3.8 	school board of the newly created district pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9b, for 
3.9 	a term not to exceed the longest period authorized for any component district.

3.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from June 16, 2024, and 
3.11 	applies to school board resolutions adopted on or after that date.

3.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.13 		Subd. 5.Alternative method. (a) As of the effective date of a consolidation pursuant 
3.14 	to section 123A.48, if the plan for consolidation so provides, the authorization for all 
3.15 	referendum revenues previously approved by the voters of all affected districts for those 
3.16 	districts pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or its predecessor provision shall be 
3.17 	combined as provided in this subdivision. The referendum revenue authorization for the 
3.18 	newly created district may be any allowance per adjusted pupil unit provided in the plan 
3.19 	for consolidation, but may not exceed the allowance per adjusted pupil unit that would raise 
3.20 	an amount equal to the combined dollar amount of the referendum revenues authorized by 
3.21 	each of the component districts for the year preceding the consolidation.
3.22 	(b) The referendum allowance for a consolidated district in the years following 
3.23 	consolidation equals the average of the consolidating districts' existing authorities for those 
3.24 	years, weighted by the districts' adjusted pupil units in the year preceding consolidation. 
3.25 	For purposes of this calculation, the referendum authorities used for individual districts 
3.26 	shall not decrease from year to year until such time as all existing authorities for all the 
3.27 	consolidating districts have fully expired, but shall increase if they were originally approved 
3.28 	with consumer price index-based or other annual increases.
3.29 	(c) The referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district shall continue 
3.30 	for a period of time equal to the longest period authorized for any component district. The 
3.31 	referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district may be modified pursuant 
3.32 	to section 126C.17, subdivision 9. The referendum revenue authorization for the newly 
3.33 	created district may be renewed by the school board of the newly created district pursuant 
4.1 	to section 126C.17, subdivision 9b, for a term not to exceed the longest period authorized 
4.2 	for any component district.

4.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from June 16, 2024, and 
4.4 	applies to school board resolutions adopted on or after that date.

4.5 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.84, is amended to read:
4.6 	123B.84 POLICY.
4.7 	In districts where the state provides aids for transportation it is in the public interest to 
4.8 	provide equality of treatment in transporting public school children of the state who are 
4.9 	required to attend elementary and secondary schools pursuant to chapter 120A, so that the 
4.10 	health, welfare and safety of the children, while using the public highways of the state, shall 
4.11 	be protected.
4.12 	School children attending any public schools, complying with section 120A.22, are 
4.13 	therefore entitled to the same rights and privileges relating to transportation.

4.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.15 		Subdivision 1.General provisions. A district shall provide equal transportation within 
4.16 	the district for all public school children to any public school when transportation is deemed 
4.17 	necessary by the school board because of distance or traffic condition in like manner and 
4.18 	form as provided in sections 123B.88 and 123B.92, when applicable.

4.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.86, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
4.20 		Subd. 3.Board control. (a) When transportation is provided, the scheduling of routes, 
4.21 	manner and method of transportation, control and discipline of school children and any 
4.22 	other matter relating thereto shall be within the sole discretion, control and management of 
4.23 	the board.
4.24 	(b) A school board and a nonpublic school may mutually agree to a written plan for the 
4.25 	board to provide nonpublic pupil transportation to nonpublic school students.
4.26 	(c) A school board that provides pupil transportation through the school's employees 
4.27 	may transport nonpublic school students according to the plan and retain the nonpublic 
4.28 	pupil transportation aid attributable to that plan. A nonpublic school may make a payment 
4.29 	to the school district to cover additional transportation services agreed to in the written plan 
4.30 	for nonpublic pupil transportation services not required under sections 123B.84 to 123B.87.
5.1 	(d) (c) A school board that contracts for pupil transportation services may enter into a 
5.2 	contractual arrangement with a school bus contractor according to the written plan adopted 
5.3 	by the school board and the nonpublic school to transport nonpublic school students and 
5.4 	retain the nonpublic pupil transportation aid attributable to that plan for the purposes of 
5.5 	paying the school bus contractor. A nonpublic school may make a payment to the school 
5.6 	district to cover additional transportation services agreed to in the written plan for nonpublic 
5.7 	pupil transportation services included in the contract that are not required under sections 
5.8 	123B.84 to 123B.87.
5.9 	(e) The school district must report the number of nonpublic school students transported 
5.10 	and the nonpublic pupil transportation expenditures incurred under paragraph (b) in the 
5.11 	form and manner specified by the commissioner.

5.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.87, is amended to read:
5.13 	123B.87 FUNDS AND AIDS.
5.14 		Subdivision 1.State aid. State aids made available or appropriated shall be for the equal 
5.15 	benefit of all public school children, and be disbursed in such manner as determined by the 
5.16 	board.
5.17 		Subd. 2.Boards may expend money. The board of any district may expend any moneys 
5.18 	in its treasury, whether received from state or any other source for the purpose of providing 
5.19 	equal transportation treatment of all public school children attending school.

5.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.21 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 125A.76, the terms 
5.22 	defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.
5.23 	(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation 
5.24 	categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:
5.25 	(1) the sum of:
5.26 	(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph 
5.27 	(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus
5.28 	(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet and 
5.29 	mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for districts 
5.30 	operating a program under section 124D.128 for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district 
5.31 	and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus
6.1 	(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles, as 
6.2 	defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71, which must be used a majority of the time for 
6.3 	pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20 percent per 
6.4 	year of the cost of the type three school buses by:
6.5 	(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined 
6.6 	in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause 
6.7 	(2).
6.8 	(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to 
6.9 	pupils as follows:
6.10 	(1) "Regular transportation" is:
6.11 	(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident elementary 
6.12 	pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they attend, and 
6.13 	resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public or nonpublic school 
6.14 	they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; 
6.15 	but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to the extent 
6.16 	permitted by sections 123B.84 to 123B.87;
6.17 	(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;
6.18 	(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between the 
6.19 	pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if the 
6.20 	home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;
6.21 	(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident pupils 
6.22 	of a district without a secondary school;
6.23 	(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under 
6.24 	subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance area 
6.25 	border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils when 
6.26 	the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or more, 
6.27 	excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; and
6.28 	(vi) transportation of pregnant or parenting pupils to and from a program that was 
6.29 	established on or before January 1, 2018, or that is in operation on or after July 1, 2021, 
6.30 	that provides:
6.31 	(A) academic instruction;
6.32 	(B) at least four hours per week of parenting instruction; and
7.1 	(C) high-quality child care on site during the education day with the capacity to serve 
7.2 	all children of enrolled pupils.
7.3 	For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility, 
7.4 	school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the residence of 
7.5 	a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school program 
7.6 	for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil for part 
7.7 	or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility, residence, 
7.8 	or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.
7.9 	(2) "Excess transportation" is:
7.10 	(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident secondary 
7.11 	pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or nonpublic school 
7.12 	they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less than one 
7.13 	mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary 
7.14 	traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and
7.15 	(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under 
7.16 	subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area 
7.17 	border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school they 
7.18 	attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border to the 
7.19 	school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service 
7.20 	school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.
7.21 	(3) "Desegregation transportation" is transportation within and outside of the district 
7.22 	during the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal 
7.23 	attendance areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under 
7.24 	court order.
7.25 	(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:
7.26 	(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular school 
7.27 	bus between home or a respite care facility and school;
7.28 	(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to 
7.29 	other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals, 
7.30 	and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 125A.03 to 
7.31 	125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided, within or outside the district 
7.32 	where services are provided;
8.1 	(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections 
8.2 	125A.12, and 125A.26 to 125A.48;
8.3 	(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special classes;
8.4 	(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident 
8.5 	pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation 
8.6 	required by sections 125A.18, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, for resident pupils with disabilities 
8.7 	who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident pupils 
8.8 	are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools or 
8.9 	neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program for 
8.10 	children with a disability;
8.11 	(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging 
8.12 	facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;
8.13 	(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus equipped 
8.14 	with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section 504 plan; 
8.15 	and
8.16 	(viii) services described in items (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities 
8.17 	in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized 
8.18 	education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under section 
8.19 	124D.128.
8.20 	For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the cost 
8.21 	of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of 
8.22 	transporting a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
8.23 	30, a student placed in a family foster home as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
8.24 	16b, a homeless student in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless 
8.25 	student from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through 
8.26 	the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased 
8.27 	after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated 
8.28 	according to paragraph (a), items (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled 
8.29 	transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil 
8.30 	transported in the regular and excess transportation categories according to paragraph (a). 
8.31 	For purposes of subitem (A), a school district may transport a child who does not have a 
8.32 	school of origin to the same school attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless 
8.33 	or in a shelter care facility.
8.34 	(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:
9.1 	(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident 
9.2 	pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation 
9.3 	for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);
9.4 	(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public 
9.5 	school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services 
9.6 	pursuant to section 123B.44; and
9.7 	(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for 
9.8 	nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.
9.9 	(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational 
9.10 	programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services, and 
9.11 	health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral site as 
9.12 	defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13.

9.13 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.65, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
9.14 		Subd. 5a.English learner cross subsidy aid. (a) For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's 
9.15 	English learner cross subsidy aid equals 25 percent of the district's English learner cross 
9.16 	subsidy calculated under paragraph (b). For fiscal year 2028 and later, a district's English 
9.17 	learner cross subsidy aid equals 32.7323 percent of the district's English learner cross subsidy 
9.18 	calculated under paragraph (b).
9.19 	(b) A district's English learner cross subsidy equals the greater of zero or the difference 
9.20 	between the district's expenditures for qualifying English learner services for the second 
9.21 	previous year and the district's English learner revenue under subdivision 5 for the second 
9.22 	previous year. For the purposes of this subdivision, "qualifying English learner services" 
9.23 	means the services necessary to implement the language instruction educational program 
9.24 	for students identified as English learners under sections 124D.58 to 124D.65. Only 
9.25 	expenditures that both address the English language development standards in Minnesota 
9.26 	Rules, parts 3501.1200 and 3501.1210, which may include home language instruction, and 
9.27 	are supplemental to the cost of core content instruction may be included as expenditures 
9.28 	for qualifying English learner services. Expenditures do not include costs related to 
9.29 	construction, indirect costs, core content instruction, or core administrative personnel.

9.30 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.995, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
9.31 		Subd. 6.Expiration. This section expires on June 30, 2027 2028, and any balance 
9.32 	remaining in the account is canceled to the general fund.

10.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
10.2 	to read:
10.3 		Subd. 3.Additional general education revenue. A charter school is eligible for 
10.4 	additional general education revenue under this subdivision. The additional general education 
10.5 	revenue for a charter school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units.

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

10.7 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
10.8 		Subd. 3.Compensation revenue pupil units. Compensation revenue pupil units must 
10.9 	be computed according to this subdivision.
10.10 	(a) The compensation revenue concentration percentage for each building in a district 
10.11 	equals the product of 100 times the ratio of:
10.12 	(1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free meals 
10.13 	plus one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the 
10.14 	previous fiscal year; to
10.15 	(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the building on October 1 of the previous fiscal 
10.16 	year.
10.17 	(b) The compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for a building equals the lesser of 
10.18 	one or the quotient obtained by dividing the building's compensation revenue concentration 
10.19 	percentage by 80.0.
10.20 	(c) The compensation revenue pupil units for a building equals the product of:
10.21 	(1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free meals 
10.22 	and one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the 
10.23 	previous fiscal year; times
10.24 	(2) the compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for the building; times
10.25 	(3) .60.
10.26 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (c), for voluntary prekindergarten programs under 
10.27 	section 142D.08, charter schools, and contracted alternative programs in the first year of 
10.28 	operation, compensation revenue pupil units shall be computed using data for the current 
10.29 	fiscal year. If the voluntary prekindergarten program, charter school, or contracted alternative 
10.30 	program begins operation after October 1, compensatory revenue pupil units shall be 
10.31 	computed based on pupils enrolled on an alternate date determined by the commissioner, 
11.1 	and the compensation revenue pupil units shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number 
11.2 	of days of student instruction to 170 days.
11.3 	(e) The percentages in this subdivision must be based on the count of individual pupils 
11.4 	and not on a building average or minimum.
11.5 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), for revenue in fiscal year 2025 only, the 
11.6 	compensation revenue pupil units for each building in a district equals the greater of the 
11.7 	building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to paragraphs (a) 
11.8 	to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2025, or the building's actual compensation revenue pupil 
11.9 	units computed according to paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2024.
11.10 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), for revenue in fiscal year 2026 only, the 
11.11 	compensation revenue pupil units for each building in a district equals the greater of:
11.12 	(1) the building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to 
11.13 	paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2026; or
11.14 	(2) the product of:
11.15 	(i) the building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to 
11.16 	paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2024; and
11.17 	(ii) the lesser of one or the ratio of the number of pupils enrolled in the building on 
11.18 	October 1, 2024, to the number of pupils enrolled in the building on October 1, 2022.

11.19 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.20 		Subd. 2.Basic revenue. (a) The basic revenue for each district equals the formula 
11.21 	allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for 
11.22 	fiscal year 2023 is $6,863. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2024 is $7,138. The formula 
11.23 	allowance for fiscal year 2025 is $7,281. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2026 is 
11.24 	$7,481. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2027 and later is $7,705.
11.25 	(b) The formula allowance for fiscal year 2026 and later must be rounded to the nearest 
11.26 	whole dollar and equals the formula allowance for the previous fiscal year times the greater 
11.27 	of:
11.28 	(1) 1.02; or
11.29 	(2) one plus the rate of change in inflation calculated in paragraph (c) but not to exceed 
11.30 	1.03.
12.1 	(c) In January of the calendar year in which the formula allowance begins, the 
12.2 	commissioner of education must calculate the rate of change in inflation equal to the change 
12.3 	in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor 
12.4 	Statistics of the Department of Labor for the average of the fourth calendar quarter of the 
12.5 	second prior fiscal year compared to the average of the fourth calendar quarter of the 
12.6 	immediately prior fiscal year.
12.7 	(d) The commissioner must publish the formula allowance by the end of February of 
12.8 	each year.
12.9 	(e) It is the policy and purpose of the legislature to fund its public schools consistent 
12.10 	with its constitutional obligations. To this purpose, the legislature may enact additional 
12.11 	increases in the general education basic formula allowance.

12.12 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
12.13 		Subd. 3.Compensatory education revenue. (a) A district's compensatory revenue 
12.14 	equals the sum of its compensatory revenue for each building in the district and the amounts 
12.15 	designated under Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 
12.16 	8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall be paid to the district and must be allocated according 
12.17 	to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.
12.18 	(b) For fiscal years 2024 and, 2025, and 2026, the compensatory education revenue for 
12.19 	each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 times the compensation 
12.20 	revenue pupil units computed according to section 126C.05, subdivision 3.
12.21 	(c) For fiscal year 2026 2027 and later, the compensatory education revenue for each 
12.22 	building in the district equals its compensatory pupils multiplied by the building 
12.23 	compensatory allowance.
12.24 	(d) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69 
12.25 	changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory revenue generated by pupils 
12.26 	attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative program 
12.27 	for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with the alternative 
12.28 	program for the prior school year.
12.29 	(e) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the start of 
12.30 	a school year, the compensatory revenue shall be paid to the fiscal agent district for the 
12.31 	current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district for the prior school year.
12.32 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2026, if the sum of the amounts 
12.33 	calculated under paragraph (c) is less than $838,947,000, the commissioner must 
13.1 	proportionately increase the revenue to each building until the total statewide revenue 
13.2 	calculated for each building equals $838,947,000.
13.3 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2027 and later, if the sum of the 
13.4 	amounts calculated under paragraph (c) is less than $857,152,000, the commissioner must 
13.5 	proportionately increase the revenue to each building until the total statewide revenue 
13.6 	calculated for each building equals $857,152,000.
13.7 	(h) For revenue in fiscal year 2027 only, for a school district only, the commissioner 
13.8 	must increase the compensatory revenue for the district by the greater of zero or the difference 
13.9 	between:
13.10 	(1) the product of (i) the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph (b) for the 
13.11 	district for fiscal year 2026, and (ii) the lesser of one or the ratio of the average daily 
13.12 	membership of the district for fiscal year 2025 to the average daily membership of the 
13.13 	district for fiscal year 2024; and
13.14 	(2) the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph (c) for the district for fiscal year 
13.15 	2027.
13.16 	(i) Notwithstanding section 126C.15, subdivision 2, for fiscal year 2027 only, a district 
13.17 	may allocate the amount of increased revenue under paragraph (h) to school sites according 
13.18 	to a plan adopted by the school board, consistent with the purposes listed in section 126C.15, 
13.19 	subdivision 1.

13.20 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
13.21 		Subd. 3c.Statewide compensatory allowance.  For fiscal year 2026 2027, the statewide 
13.22 	compensatory allowance is $6,734 $6,936. For fiscal year 2027 2028 and later, the statewide 
13.23 	compensatory allowance equals the statewide compensatory allowance in effect for the 
13.24 	prior fiscal year times the ratio of the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 
13.25 	2, for the current fiscal year to the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 
13.26 	2, for the prior fiscal year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

13.27 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 9b, is amended to read:
13.28 		Subd. 9b.Renewal by school board. (a) Notwithstanding the election requirements of 
13.29 	subdivision 9, a school board may renew an expiring referendum, including an expiring 
13.30 	referendum that was approved or adopted under section 123A.73, subdivision 4 or 5, by 
13.31 	board action if:
14.1 	(1) the per pupil amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring, or for 
14.2 	an expiring referendum that was adjusted annually by the rate of inflation, the same as the 
14.3 	per pupil amount of the expiring referendum, adjusted annually for inflation in the same 
14.4 	manner as if the expiring referendum had continued;
14.5 	(2) the term of the renewed referendum is no longer than the initial term approved by 
14.6 	the voters, except as provided under section 123A.75, subdivision 4 or 5;
14.7 	(3) the school board, having taken a recorded vote, has adopted a written resolution 
14.8 	authorizing the renewal after holding a meeting and allowing public testimony on the 
14.9 	proposed renewal; and
14.10 	(4) the expiring referendum has not been previously renewed under this subdivision.
14.11 	(b) The resolution must be adopted by the school board by on or after July 1 of the 
14.12 	second fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the referendum expires, but no later than
14.13 	June 15 of any calendar year and the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the 
14.14 	referendum expires. The resolution becomes effective 60 days after its adoption.
14.15 	(c) A referendum expires in the last fiscal year in which the referendum generates revenue 
14.16 	for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring referendum under this 
14.17 	subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the referendum expires.
14.18 	(d) A district renewing an expiring referendum under this subdivision must submit a 
14.19 	copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the county auditor no later than 
14.20 	September 1 August 15 of the calendar year in which the written resolution is adopted fiscal 
14.21 	year in which the referendum expires.

14.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from June 16, 2024, and 
14.23 	applies to school board resolutions adopted on or after that date.

14.24 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
14.25 		Subd. 7.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and special 
14.26 	education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district 
14.27 	under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The adjustments 
14.28 	must be made according to this subdivision.
14.29 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 
14.30 	education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 
14.31 	special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 
14.32 	lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 
15.1 	with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 
15.2 	who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special 
15.3 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
15.4 	day, the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local 
15.5 	optional aid and referendum equalization aid as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
15.6 	paragraph (d), attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special 
15.7 	instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to 
15.8 	district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, 
15.9 	capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 
15.10 	125A.76, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, 
15.11 	attributable to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and 
15.12 	services. For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum 
15.13 	equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average 
15.14 	general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.
15.15 	(c) For fiscal year 2020, special education aid paid to a resident district must be reduced 
15.16 	by an amount equal to 85 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing special education 
15.17 	and services. For fiscal year 2021 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district 
15.18 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 80 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 
15.19 	special education and services.
15.20 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
15.21 	be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special education 
15.22 	and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or charter school 
15.23 	where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at least 70 percent 
15.24 	of the charter school's total enrollment.
15.25 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
15.26 	be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special education 
15.27 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, calculated as if the charter school received special 
15.28 	education aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1.
15.29 	(f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction 
15.30 	and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased 
15.31 	by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under paragraphs (c) 
15.32 	and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
15.33 	adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be made to 
15.34 	other state aids due to the district.
16.1 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district of 
16.2 	a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school receives 
16.3 	general education aid under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be reduced 
16.4 	by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid attributable to the 
16.5 	student under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and the general education aid 
16.6 	that the student would have generated for the charter school under section 124E.20, 
16.7 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial education student" 
16.8 	means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a disability as defined in 
16.9 	section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.
16.10 	(h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, 
16.11 	education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the 
16.12 	constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the 
16.13 	general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 
16.14 	paragraph (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more than
16.15 	100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount 
16.16 	equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, 
16.17 	times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional revenue, and 
16.18 	transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area 
16.19 	learning center.

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

16.21 	Sec. 18. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 33, is amended to read:
16.22 	Sec. 33. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REPORT.
 16.23 	By January 15 of each year, the Department of Education, in consultation with the 
16.24 	Department of Employment and Economic Development, must report to the legislative 
16.25 	committees with jurisdiction over education the balances in unemployment insurance aid 
16.26 	accounts and information about the annual changes in reimbursable costs for school workers 
16.27 	receiving unemployment insurance benefits. To the extent possible, the report must break 
16.28 	out the costs by district and major job classes including separately identifying special 
16.29 	education paraprofessionals from other paraprofessionals. The report must be filed according 
16.30 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

16.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for reports filed after July 1, 2025.

17.1 	Sec. 19. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
17.2 		Subd. 12.Career and technical program expansion; aeronautics pilot program. (a) 
17.3 	For Independent School District No. 482, Little Falls, for an aeronautics and commercial 
17.4 	over-the-road technical program:

17.5		$
	450,000
	.....
	2024
	
17.6 	(b) The funds must be used to help support the district's aeronautics and commercial 
17.7 	over-the-road technical pilot program. The funds may be used for equipment, staffing costs, 
17.8 	travel costs, and contracted services.
17.9 	(c) By February 1, 2027, the district must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
17.10 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
17.11 	12 education on the activities funded by this appropriation. The report must include but is 
17.12 	not limited to information about program participation and demographic information about 
17.13 	the students served in the program, a description of the type of activities offered by each 
17.14 	program during the year, partnerships with higher education and private providers of 
17.15 	aeronautic and commercial over-the-road services, and recommendations for state actions 
17.16 	that could improve aeronautics and commercial over-the-road programming for all school 
17.17 	districts. The report must also describe how the district's early expenditures for the program 
17.18 	were successful in providing the aeronautics and commercial over-the-road technical program 
17.19 	in a more timely manner to the district's participating students.
17.20 	(d) The school district's program expenditures for this program occurring after May 24, 
17.21 	2023, and prior to the Department of Education officially awarding this grant to the school 
17.22 	district, qualify as eligible program expenditures and are reimbursable from the grant amount 
17.23 	in paragraph (a).
17.24 	(d) (e) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2026. This is a onetime appropriation.

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

17.26 	Sec. 20. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 37, the effective date, is amended to 
17.27 	read:

17.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 2027. 
17.29 	Paragraph (b) is effective May 28, 2023. Paragraph (c) is effective the day following final 
17.30 	enactment.

18.1 	Sec. 21. COMPENSATORY REVENUE TASK FORCE.
 18.2 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. A task force is established to analyze the general 
18.3 	education compensatory revenue formula, including the purpose of the program, the revenue 
18.4 	levels of the program, the distribution formula for the revenue, and the uses of compensatory 
18.5 	revenue.
18.6 		Subd. 2.Membership. The commissioner of education must appoint the following 
18.7 	members to the task force by August 1, 2025:
18.8 	(1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
18.9 	(2) the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's designee;
18.10 	(3) the executive director of the Minnesota School Boards Association or the executive 
18.11 	director's designee;
18.12 	(4) the executive director of Education Minnesota or the executive director's designee;
18.13 	(5) the executive director of the Minnesota Rural Education Association or the executive 
18.14 	director's designee;
18.15 	(6) the executive director of the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership or the executive 
18.16 	director's designee, and one parent of a child eligible for free or reduced-price meals under 
18.17 	the federal meal standards, appointed by the executive director;
18.18 	(7) the executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts or the 
18.19 	executive director's designee;
18.20 	(8) a representative of a school district of a city of the first class appointed by the 
18.21 	executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts;
18.22 	(9) the executive director of the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs or the 
18.23 	executive director's designee;
18.24 	(10) the executive director of Schools Advocating for Fair Funding or the executive 
18.25 	director's designee;
18.26 	(11) the executive director of EdAllies or the executive director's designee, and one 
18.27 	parent of a child eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal meal standards, 
18.28 	appointed by the executive director;
18.29 	(12) the executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Business Officials 
18.30 	or the executive director's designee; and
19.1 	(13) the executive director of the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools or the 
19.2 	executive director's designee.
19.3 		Subd. 3.Duties. The task force must:
19.4 	(1) evaluate which students currently generate compensatory revenue, examine whether 
19.5 	this student count aligns with students who are under-prepared to learn or otherwise not 
19.6 	meeting academic standards, and determine the best student population to target with 
19.7 	compensatory revenue;
19.8 	(2) examine and determine the best proxy and demographic variables to identify students, 
19.9 	sites, and districts in need of assistance to help students better meet academic standards and 
19.10 	prepare to learn;
19.11 	(3) examine potential input data elements for determining compensatory revenue, 
19.12 	including income tax data, census information, and federal school meals eligibility, whether 
19.13 	identified through direct certification of income from public assistance program participation 
19.14 	or through the application of educational benefits;
19.15 	(4) determine whether compensatory revenue should be generated at the school district 
19.16 	or school site level;
19.17 	(5) evaluate whether the compensatory revenue formula should contain a concentration 
19.18 	formula;
19.19 	(6) examine the interrelationships between the compensatory revenue program and 
19.20 	extended time revenue program, including summer school, and propose methods to better 
19.21 	integrate compensatory revenue and extended time revenue; and
19.22 	(7) evaluate the best uses of compensatory revenue.
19.23 		Subd. 4.Compensation. Members of the task force are not eligible for per diem 
19.24 	compensation or reimbursement of expenses.
19.25 		Subd. 5.Meetings and administrative support. (a) The commissioner of education or 
19.26 	the commissioner's designee must convene the first meeting of the task force no later than 
19.27 	August 15, 2025. The task force must establish a schedule for meetings and meet as necessary 
19.28 	to accomplish the duties under this section. Meetings are subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
19.29 	chapter 13D. The task force may meet by telephone or interactive technology consistent 
19.30 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.015.
20.1 	(b) The Department of Education must provide administrative support to assist the task 
20.2 	force in its work, including providing information, data, and technical support, and the 
20.3 	department must assist in the creation of the task force reports.
20.4 		Subd. 6.Reporting. The task force must issue a preliminary report to the legislature by 
20.5 	February 15, 2026, and a final report to the legislature by February 15, 2027. The reports 
20.6 	must be prepared and filed consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.7 	3.195.
20.8 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The task force expires February 15, 2027.

20.9 	Sec. 22. APPROPRIATIONS.
 20.10 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
20.11 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
20.12 	designated.
20.13 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
20.14 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

20.15		$
	8,474,329,000
	.....
	2026
	
20.16		$
	8,790,902,000
	.....
	2027
	
20.17 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $783,251,000 for 2025 and $7,691,078,000 for 
20.18 	2026.
20.19 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $803,213,000 for 2026 and $7,987,689,000 for 
20.20 	2027.
20.21 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
20.22 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
20.23 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

20.24		$
	25,000
	.....
	2026
	
20.25		$
	27,000
	.....
	2027
	
20.26 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. (a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.27 	127A.49:

20.28		$
	1,929,000
	.....
	2026
	
20.29		$
	2,340,000
	.....
	2027
	
20.30 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $140,000 for 2025 and $1,789,000 for 2026.
20.31 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $198,000 for 2026 and $2,142,000 for 2027.
21.1 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. (a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
21.2 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

21.3		$
	572,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.4		$
	350,000
	.....
	2027
	
21.5 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $572,000 for 2026.
21.6 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $64,000 for 2026 and $286,000 for 2027.
21.7 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. (a) For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
21.8 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

21.9		$
	2,355,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.10		$
	0
	.....
	2027
	
21.11 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,355,000 for 2025 and $0 for 2026.
21.12 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. (a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
21.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

21.14		$
	2,609,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.15		$
	0
	.....
	2027
	
21.16 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,609,000 for 2025 and $0 for 2026.
21.17 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. (a) For aid to Independent School District No. 690, 
21.18 	Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

21.19		$
	65,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.20		$
	65,000
	.....
	2027
	
21.21 	(b) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
21.22 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. (a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
21.23 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

21.24		$
	451,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.25		$
	350,000
	.....
	2027
	
21.26 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $85,000 for 2025 and $366,000 for 2026.
21.27 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2026 and $310,000 for 2027.
21.28 		Subd. 10.Pregnant and parenting pupil transportation reimbursement. (a) To 
21.29 	reimburse districts for transporting pregnant or parenting pupils under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.30 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi):

22.1		$
	55,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.2		$
	55,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.3 	(b) To receive reimbursement, districts must apply in the form and manner prescribed 
22.4 	by the commissioner. If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must prorate 
22.5 	the amount paid to districts seeking reimbursement.
22.6 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
22.7 		Subd. 11.Career and technical education consortium. (a) To the Minnesota Service 
22.8 	Cooperatives for career and technical education consortium grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.9 	section 124D.4536:

22.10		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.11		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.12 	(b) If the appropriation in fiscal year 2026 is insufficient, the appropriation in fiscal year 
22.13 	2027 is available.
22.14 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
22.15 	administration.
22.16 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
22.17 		Subd. 12.Emergency medical training. (a) For grants to offer high school students 
22.18 	courses in emergency medical services:

22.19		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.20		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.21 	(b) A school district, charter school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit under 
22.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply for a grant under this section 
22.23 	to offer enrolled students emergency medical services courses approved by the Minnesota 
22.24 	Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board to prepare students to take the emergency 
22.25 	medical technician certification test, including an emergency medical services course that 
22.26 	is a prerequisite to an emergency medical technician course.
22.27 	(c) A grant recipient may use grant funds to partner with a district, charter school, 
22.28 	cooperative unit, postsecondary institution, political subdivision, or entity with expertise in 
22.29 	emergency medical services, including health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and 
22.30 	health care providers to offer an emergency medical services course.
22.31 	(d) Eligible uses of grant funds include teacher salaries, transportation, equipment costs, 
22.32 	emergency medical technician certification test fees, and student background checks.
23.1 	(e) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award at least half of the grant 
23.2 	funds to applicants outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least 30 percent 
23.3 	of the grant funds to applicants with high concentrations of students of color.
23.4 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
23.5 	(g) Up to $50,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
23.6 		Subd. 13.Area learning center transportation aid. (a) For area learning center 
23.7 	transportation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 11:

23.8		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.9		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.10 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
23.11 	(c) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
23.12 		Subd. 14.Unemployment aid for hourly workers over the summer term. (a) For 
23.13 	unemployment aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995:

23.14		$
	30,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.15		$
	70,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.16 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.17 	124D.995.
23.18 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.

23.19 	Sec. 23. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 23.20 	The revisor of statutes must substitute the term "district, charter school, or Tribal school" 
23.21 	for "district," "school district," "district or charter school," or "school district or charter 
23.22 	school"; the term "district, charter school, and Tribal school" for "district and charter school" 
23.23 	or "school district and charter school"; and similar singular or plural phrases wherever the 
23.24 	terms appear in Minnesota Statutes for any statutorily named competitive grant program in 
23.25 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A to 129C, or a competitive grant program in Laws 2023, 
23.26 	chapter 55, or Laws 2024, chapter 115, whose eligible grantees include school districts and 
23.27 	charter schools, to name Tribal contract schools as eligible grantees. The revisor may also 
23.28 	make any grammatical changes needed related to the change in terms.

24.1 	Sec. 24. REPEALER.
 24.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 
24.3 	8, 12, 14, and 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46; 123B.47; 123B.48; 
24.4 	123B.86, subdivision 2; and 123B.92, subdivision 9, are repealed.

24.5 	ARTICLE 2
24.6 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

24.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.8 		Subd. 4.Volunteer and paraprofessional training. (a) The department and CAREI
24.9 	must develop and provide training on evidence-based literacy interventions for the following 
24.10 	unlicensed persons that regularly provide Tier 2 interventions to students in Minnesota 
24.11 	districts:
24.12 	(1) paraprofessionals and other unlicensed school staff; and
24.13 	(2) volunteers, contractors, and other persons not employed by Minnesota districts.
24.14 	(b) The regional literacy networks must develop and provide training on evidence-based 
24.15 	literacy interventions consistent with paragraph (a).
24.16 	(c) CAREI The department and the regional literacy networks must collaborate to ensure 
24.17 	that training provided by CAREI and the regional literacy networks is consistent across 
24.18 	providers. The trainings must not exceed eight hours. The trainings must be based on 
24.19 	approved training developed for teachers, and must include a train the trainer component 
24.20 	to enable literacy leads to provide the training to paraprofessionals and volunteers. CAREI
24.21 	The department and the regional literacy networks must provide the trainings at no cost to 
24.22 	paraprofessionals and other unlicensed school staff who regularly provide Tier 2 interventions 
24.23 	to students in Minnesota districts.

24.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.241, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
24.25 		Subd. 3.Computer science working group. (a) The Department of Education shall 
24.26 	establish a computer science education working group to develop a state strategic plan for 
24.27 	long-term and sustained growth of computer science education in all kindergarten through 
24.28 	grade 12 school districts and charter schools. The commissioner of education must appoint 
24.29 	members of the working group by October 1, 2023.
25.1 	(b) Demographics of the working group must be inclusive and represent the diversity 
25.2 	of the state, including but not limited to racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity, and diversity 
25.3 	related to gender and sexual orientation.
25.4 	(c) Meetings of the advisory committee are subject to the Open Meeting Law under 
25.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
25.6 	(d) The computer science education advisory committee shall consist of the following 
25.7 	members:
25.8 	(1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
25.9 	(2) the commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee;
25.10 	(3) one representative of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board;
25.11 	(4) one representative of the Computer Science Teachers Association of Minnesota;
25.12 	(5) one representative from the business community employing computer scientists or 
25.13 	technologists;
25.14 	(6) one representative from the Minnesota Technology Association;
25.15 	(7) one representative from a nonprofit organization working with students and teachers 
25.16 	in computer science;
25.17 	(8) one representative from the Minnesota Association of School Administrators;
25.18 	(9) one representative from Education Minnesota;
25.19 	(10) one representative from the Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher 
25.20 	Education;
25.21 	(11) one representative from CSforAll Minnesota;
25.22 	(12) one licensed library media specialist;
25.23 	(13) one representative from the Minnesota School Boards Association;
25.24 	(14) one representative from SciMathMN;
25.25 	(15) one representative from the Tribal Nations Education Committee;
25.26 	(16) one high school student enrolled in a school with fewer than 1,000 students and 
25.27 	one high school student enrolled in a school with more than 1,000 students; and
25.28 	(17) four computer science teachers that teach at schools of different sizes, including at 
25.29 	least one teacher of students in kindergarten to grade 5, one teacher of students in grades 6 
26.1 	to 8, and one teacher of students in grades 9 to 12, and one career and technical education 
26.2 	teacher.
26.3 	(e) The computer science education working group shall develop a state strategic plan 
26.4 	for a statewide computer science education program that includes but is not limited to:
26.5 	(1) a statement of purpose that describes the objectives or goals the Department of 
26.6 	Education will accomplish by implementing a computer science education program, the 
26.7 	strategies by which those goals will be achieved, and a timeline for achieving those goals;
26.8 	(2) a summary of the current state landscape for kindergarten through grade 12 computer 
26.9 	science education, including diversity of students taking these courses;
26.10 	(3) the creation or expansion of flexible options to license computer science teachers, 
26.11 	which may include approval codes, technical permits, ancillary licenses, and standard 
26.12 	licenses;
26.13 	(4) a description of how the state will support the expansion of computer science 
26.14 	education opportunities in every public school and public charter school in the state within 
26.15 	five years, with a focus on ensuring equitable access;
26.16 	(5) identifying high-quality computer science professional learning providers for teachers;
26.17 	(6) an ongoing evaluation process that is overseen by the Department of Education;
26.18 	(7) proposed rules that incorporate the principles of the state strategic plan into the state's 
26.19 	public education system as a whole;
26.20 	(8) recommendations for long-term expansion and sustainability of computer science 
26.21 	education, including:
26.22 	(i) implementation of a requirement that every kindergarten through grade 12 public 
26.23 	school and public charter school employs at least one certified or endorsed computer science 
26.24 	teacher, which may be met through multiple approved processes for certification and 
26.25 	endorsement, including but not limited to endorsing a certified teacher as determined by 
26.26 	the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board endorsed in another subject area;
26.27 	(ii) expansion of a high school credit equivalency for computer science;
26.28 	(iii) the development of standalone kindergarten through grade 12 standards for computer 
26.29 	science; and
26.30 	(iv) training preservice teachers in computer science education; and
27.1 	(9) a description of existing gaps in computer science education access, participation, 
27.2 	and success by geography and subgroup of students and a description of how to equitably 
27.3 	address these gaps.
27.4 	(f) By February 29, 2024, the Department of Education shall publish the proposed state 
27.5 	strategic plan for public feedback.
27.6 	(g) By March 22, 2024, the Department of Education shall present the adopted state 
27.7 	strategic plan described in paragraph (e) to the chairs of the legislative committees with 
27.8 	jurisdiction over education.
27.9 	(h) The commissioner of education, or the commissioner of education's designee, may 
27.10 	approve updates and changes to the state strategic plan described in paragraph (e) as necessary 
27.11 	for the successful implementation of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science 
27.12 	education.
27.13 	(i) The Department of Education shall update the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
27.14 	over education on all changes to the strategic plan described in paragraph (e) approved by 
27.15 	the commissioner of education's designee since the last presentation to each respective 
27.16 	entity.

27.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.642, is amended by adding a subdivision 
27.18 	to read:
27.19 		Subd. 4.Qualifications. (a) Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, a paraprofessional 
27.20 	meets the federal personnel qualifications required in Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, 
27.21 	sections 200.58 and 300.156, if the paraprofessional:
27.22 	(1) has at least two years of college credits through an accredited institution of higher 
27.23 	education, or an associate's degree or higher;
27.24 	(2) has received a score of 440 or higher on the ParaPro assessment, or a passing score 
27.25 	on a different assessment approved by the Department of Education; or
27.26 	(3) demonstrates the following competencies, regardless of the number of hours of 
27.27 	training the paraprofessional has received:
27.28 	(i) understanding the distinctions between roles and responsibilities of professionals, 
27.29 	paraprofessionals, and support personnel;
27.30 	(ii) understanding the purposes and goals of education and instruction for all students;
27.31 	(iii) knowledge of relevant laws, rules, regulations, and local district policies and 
27.32 	procedures to ensure paraprofessionals work within these parameters;
28.1 	(iv) awareness of the challenges and expectations of various learning environments;
28.2 	(v) the ability to establish and maintain rapport with students;
28.3 	(vi) the ability to follow oral and written direction of licensed teachers, seeking 
28.4 	clarification as needed;
28.5 	(vii) the ability to assist and reinforce elements that support a safe, healthy, and effective 
28.6 	teaching and learning environment;
28.7 	(viii) understanding strategies for assisting with the inclusion of students in various 
28.8 	settings;
28.9 	(ix) the ability to use strategies that promote the student's independence;
28.10 	(x) understanding applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and procedural safeguards 
28.11 	regarding the management of student behaviors;
28.12 	(xi) awareness of the primary factors that influence student behavior;
28.13 	(xii) the ability to effectively employ a variety of strategies that reinforce positive 
28.14 	behavior;
28.15 	(xiii) the ability to use ethical practices for confidential communication about students;
28.16 	(xiv) the ability to follow teacher instructions while conferring and collaborating with 
28.17 	teachers about student schedules, instructional goals, and performance;
28.18 	(xv) demonstrating a commitment to assisting students in reaching the students' highest 
28.19 	potential, including the modeling of positive behavior;
28.20 	(xvi) showing respect for the diversity of students;
28.21 	(xvii) showing a willingness to participate in ongoing staff development and 
28.22 	self-evaluation and to apply constructive feedback;
28.23 	(xviii) supporting and reinforcing the instruction of students in mathematics following 
28.24 	written and oral lesson plans developed by licensed teachers;
28.25 	(xix) supporting and reinforcing the instruction of students in reading following written 
28.26 	and oral lesson plans developed by licensed teachers. Professional development required 
28.27 	under the Read Act in section 120B.123 exceeds this requirement; and
28.28 	(xx) supporting and reinforcing the instruction of students in writing following written 
28.29 	and oral lesson plans developed by licensed teachers.
29.1 	(b) Upon request from a paraprofessional employed by a school district, charter school, 
29.2 	or cooperative unit providing direct instructional services, the school must provide 
29.3 	administrative assistance to the paraprofessional when completing the competencies required 
29.4 	under this subdivision.

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

29.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.231, is amended to read:
29.7 	124D.231 FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
29.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
29.9 	the meanings given them.
29.10 	(a) "Community organization" means a community center, university, nonprofit 
29.11 	organization that has, or other community-based organization focused on providing service 
29.12 	to a specific geographic area. The partnering organization must have been in existence for 
29.13 	three years or more and serves serve persons within the community surrounding the covered 
29.14 	school site on education and other issues.
29.15 	(b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community 
29.16 	organizations a partnership between at least one school and at least one community 
29.17 	organization that propose to work together to plan and implement community school 
29.18 	programming.
29.19 	(c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities 
29.20 	described under subdivision 2, paragraph (f) 2c.
29.21 	(d) "Community-wide full-service community school leadership team" means a 
29.22 	district-level team that is responsible for guiding the vision, policy, resource alignment, 
29.23 	implementation, oversight, and goal setting for community school programs within the 
29.24 	district. This team shall may include representatives from the district, including teachers, 
29.25 	school leaders, students, and family members from the eligible schools; community members; 
29.26 	system-level partners that include representatives from government agencies, relevant 
29.27 	unions, and nonprofit and other community-based partners; and, if applicable, the full-service 
29.28 	community school initiative director.
29.29 	(e) "Full-service community school initiative director" means a director responsible for 
29.30 	coordinating districtwide administrative and leadership assistance to community school 
29.31 	sites and site coordinators, including serving as chairperson for the district's community-wide 
29.32 	full-service community school leadership team; site coordinator support; data gathering and 
30.1 	evaluation; administration of partnership and data agreements, contracts, and procurement; 
30.2 	and grant administration.
30.3 	(f) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means 
30.4 	educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, consistent 
30.5 	with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.
30.6 	(g) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been 
30.7 	funded to provide provided community school programming.
30.8 	(h) "Site coordinator" means a full-time staff member serving one eligible school who 
30.9 	is responsible for the identification, implementation, and coordination of programming to 
30.10 	address the needs of the school community identified in the baseline analysis.
30.11 		Subd. 2.Full-service community school program. (a) The commissioner shall provide 
30.12 	funding to districts and charter schools with eligible school sites to plan, implement, and 
30.13 	improve full-service community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following 
30.14 	criteria:
30.15 	(1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section 
30.16 	120B.35, subdivision 2; or
30.17 	(2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved by 
30.18 	the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.
30.19 	(b) Districts and charter schools may receive up to:
30.20 	(1) $100,000 for each eligible school available for up to one year to fund planning 
30.21 	activities, including convening a full-service community school leadership team, facilitating 
30.22 	family and community stakeholder engagement, conducting a baseline analysis, and creating 
30.23 	a full-service community school plan. At the end of this period, the school must submit a 
30.24 	full-service community school plan pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) subdivisions 2a and 
30.25 	2b; and
30.26 	(2) $200,000 annually for each eligible school for up to three years of implementation 
30.27 	of a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g) subdivision 2c. 
30.28 	School sites receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency 
30.29 	to hire a site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site. Districts or 
30.30 	charter schools receiving funding under this section for three or more schools shall provide 
30.31 	or contract with a partner agency to provide a full-service community school initiative 
30.32 	director.
31.1 	(c) The commissioner shall consider additional school factors when dispensing funds 
31.2 	including: schools with significant populations of students receiving eligible for free or 
31.3 	reduced-price meals; significant homeless and highly mobile rates; equity among urban, 
31.4 	suburban, and greater Minnesota schools; and demonstrated success implementing full-service 
31.5 	community school programming. In prioritizing and dispensing funds, the commissioner 
31.6 	must not prioritize existing full-service community school sites based upon previous funding 
31.7 	sources. The commissioner must fund programs in the following priority order:
31.8 	(1) existing full-service community school sites with demonstrated readiness to execute 
31.9 	the full-service community school model, including an established consortium partner, at 
31.10 	least one full-time site coordinator, established family engagement processes, extended day 
31.11 	and enrichment activities, and ability to comply with the school review process under 
31.12 	subdivision 3;
31.13 	(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; 
31.14 	and
31.15 	(3) any other applicants.
31.16 		Subd. 2a.School leadership team. (d) (a) To be eligible for funding under this section,
31.17 	a school site must establish a full-service community school leadership team responsible 
31.18 	for developing school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs, and overseeing 
31.19 	the process of implementing expanded programming. The school leadership team shall must
31.20 	have at least 12 members and shall meet, including but not limited to the following 
31.21 	requirements representatives:
31.22 	(1) at least 30 percent of the two members who are parents, guardians, family members,
31.23 	or students and 30 percent of the at the school site;
31.24 	(2) at least two members who are teachers or school leaders at the school site and must 
31.25 	include;
31.26 	(3) the school principal; and
31.27 	(4) representatives from partner agencies; and or the community.
31.28 	(2)(b) The full-service community school leadership team must be responsible for 
31.29 	overseeing the baseline analyses under paragraph (e) subdivision 2b and the creation of a 
31.30 	full-service community school plan under paragraphs (f) and (g) subdivision 2c. A full-service 
31.31 	community school leadership team must meet at least quarterly and have ongoing 
31.32 	responsibility for monitoring the development and implementation of full-service community 
31.33 	school operations and programming at the school site and shall must issue recommendations 
32.1 	to schools on a regular basis and summarized in an annual report. These reports shall also
32.2 	must be made available to the public at the school site and on school and district websites.
32.3 		Subd. 2b.Baseline analysis. (e)To be eligible for funding under this section, school 
32.4 	sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to the creation of a full-service community 
32.5 	school plan. The analysis shall must include:
32.6 	(1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team, 
32.7 	including the following elements:
32.8 	(i) identification of challenges facing the school;
32.9 	(ii) analysis of the student body, including:
32.10 	(A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;
32.11 	(B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of these 
32.12 	students;
32.13 	(C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile;
32.14 	(D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price meals and the 
32.15 	needs of these students; and
32.16 	(E) number and percentage of students by race and ethnicity;
32.17 	(iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, English 
32.18 	learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or reduced-price 
32.19 	meals;
32.20 	(iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such 
32.21 	disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including but not limited 
32.22 	to American Indian students and students of color, students with disabilities, students who 
32.23 	are English learners, and students receiving free or reduced-price meals are represented 
32.24 	among students subject to such actions;
32.25 	(v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic categories, 
32.26 	including but not limited to race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability status, and free 
32.27 	or reduced-price meals status;
32.28 	(vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and
32.29 	(vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of full-service community school activities, 
32.30 	including, but not limited to:
33.1 	(A) integrated student supports that address out-of-school barriers to learning through 
33.2 	partnerships with social and health service agencies and providers, and may include medical, 
33.3 	dental, vision care, and mental health services or counselors to assist with housing, 
33.4 	transportation, nutrition, immigration, or criminal justice issues;
33.5 	(B) expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, including before-school, 
33.6 	after-school, weekend, and summer programs that provide additional academic instruction, 
33.7 	individualized academic support, enrichment activities, and learning opportunities that 
33.8 	emphasize real-world learning and community problem solving and may include art, music, 
33.9 	drama, creative writing, hands-on experience with engineering or science, tutoring and 
33.10 	homework help, or recreational programs that enhance and are consistent with the school's 
33.11 	curriculum;
33.12 	(C) active family and community engagement that brings students' families and the 
33.13 	community into the school as partners in education and makes the school a neighborhood 
33.14 	hub, providing adults with educational opportunities that may include adult English as a 
33.15 	second language classes, computer skills, art, or other programs that bring community 
33.16 	members into the school for meetings or events; and
33.17 	(D) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning, 
33.18 	collective trust, and shared responsibility and include a school-based full-service community 
33.19 	school leadership team, a full-service community school site coordinator, a full-service 
33.20 	community school initiative director, a community-wide leadership team, other leadership 
33.21 	or governance teams, teacher learning communities, or other staff to manage the joint work 
33.22 	of school and community organizations;
33.23 	(2) a baseline analysis of community assets, including documentation of individuals in 
33.24 	the community, faith-based organizations, community and neighborhood associations, 
33.25 	colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service agencies that may be able to 
33.26 	provide support and resources; and
33.27 	(3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by the 
33.28 	school leadership team, including:
33.29 	(i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education programs;
33.30 	(ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and
33.31 	(iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.
34.1 		Subd. 2c.School plan. (f) (a) Each school site receiving funding under this section must 
34.2 	develop a full-service community school plan that utilizes and aligns district and community 
34.3 	assets and establishes services in at least two of the following types of programming:
34.4 	(1) early childhood:
34.5 	(i) early childhood education; and
34.6 	(ii) child care services;
34.7 	(2) academic:
34.8 	(i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;
34.9 	(ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;
34.10 	(iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;
34.11 	(iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been chronically absent, 
34.12 	truant, suspended, or expelled; and
34.13 	(v) specialized instructional support services;
34.14 	(3) parental involvement:
34.15 	(i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;
34.16 	(ii) parent leadership development activities that empower and strengthen families and 
34.17 	communities, provide volunteer opportunities, or promote inclusion in school-based 
34.18 	leadership teams; and
34.19 	(iii) parenting education activities;
34.20 	(4) mental and physical health:
34.21 	(i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and 
34.22 	conflict mediation;
34.23 	(ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;
34.24 	(iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;
34.25 	(iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;
34.26 	(v) nutrition services;
34.27 	(vi) primary health and dental care; and
34.28 	(vii) mental health counseling services;
34.29 	(5) community involvement:
35.1 	(i) service and service-learning opportunities;
35.2 	(ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and
35.3 	(iii) homeless prevention services;
35.4 	(6) positive discipline practices; and
35.5 	(7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in the 
35.6 	baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.
35.7 	(g) (b) The full-service community school leadership team at each school site must 
35.8 	develop a full-service community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team 
35.9 	will take, including:
35.10 	(1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;
35.11 	(2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;
35.12 	(3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact of 
35.13 	programming on the participating children and adults;
35.14 	(4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school and 
35.15 	community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement organizations, 
35.16 	businesses, and social service providers;
35.17 	(5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as universities, 
35.18 	hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the development 
35.19 	and implementation of community school programming;
35.20 	(6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and
35.21 	(7) plan for school leadership team development.
35.22 		Subd. 3.Full-service community school review. (a) A full-service community school 
35.23 	site receiving funding under this section must submit to the commissioner, and make available 
35.24 	at the school site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community school 
35.25 	programming at each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service 
35.26 	community school on participating children and adults. This report shall include, but is not 
35.27 	limited to, the following:
35.28 	(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or implementing 
35.29 	the community school plan;
36.1 	(2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school plan, 
36.2 	including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding program 
36.3 	implementation;
36.4 	(3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful execution 
36.5 	of the community school plan;
36.6 	(4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming to 
36.7 	students and families;
36.8 	(5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming 
36.9 	who had not previously been served;
36.10 	(6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving community 
36.11 	school programming who had not previously been served;
36.12 	(7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school 
36.13 	programming;
36.14 	(8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community 
36.15 	school programming;
36.16 	(9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and in 
36.17 	their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with the 
36.18 	school and community environment;
36.19 	(10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the 
36.20 	implementation of the program;
36.21 	(11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their children's 
36.22 	education;
36.23 	(12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;
36.24 	(13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;
36.25 	(14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to 
36.26 	provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;
36.27 	(15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
36.28 	(16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
36.29 	partners.
36.30 	(b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with 
36.31 	respect to the following criteria:
37.1 	(1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in implementing 
37.2 	the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which the school site 
37.3 	navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the full-service community 
37.4 	school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation 
37.5 	impeding program implementation;
37.6 	(2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve delivery 
37.7 	of community school programming to students;
37.8 	(3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of students 
37.9 	and nonstudents receiving community school programming;
37.10 	(4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and 
37.11 	improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school 
37.12 	programming;
37.13 	(5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;
37.14 	(6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;
37.15 	(7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to provide 
37.16 	services in the absence of future funding under this section;
37.17 	(8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
37.18 	(9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
37.19 	partners.

37.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.42, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
37.21 		Subd. 9.Minnesota math corps program. (a) A Minnesota math corps program is 
37.22 	established to give provide ServeMinnesota AmeriCorps members with a data-based 
37.23 	problem-solving model of mathematics instruction useful for to use in providing elementary 
37.24 	and middle school students and their teachers with instructional support. Minnesota math 
37.25 	corps must use evidence-based instructional support to evaluate and accelerate student 
37.26 	learning on foundational mathematics skills that enable students to meet state academic 
37.27 	standards in mathematics and long-term proficiency expectations for the workforce.
37.28 	(b) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the legislature 
37.29 	with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and evaluates 
37.30 	program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.

38.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.861, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 3.Public engagement; progress report and budget process. (a) To receive 
38.3 	revenue under section 124D.862, the school board of an eligible district must incorporate 
38.4 	school and district plan components under section 120B.11 into the district's comprehensive 
38.5 	integration plan.
38.6 	(b) A school board must hold at least one formal annual hearing to publicly report its 
38.7 	progress in realizing the goals identified in its plan. At the hearing, the board must provide 
38.8 	the public with longitudinal data demonstrating district and school progress in reducing the 
38.9 	disparities in student academic performance among the specified categories of students, in 
38.10 	improving students' equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers, and in realizing 
38.11 	racial and economic diversity and integration, consistent with the district plan and the 
38.12 	measures in paragraph (a). At least 30 days before the formal hearing under this paragraph, 
38.13 	the board must post its plan, its preliminary analysis, relevant student performance data, 
38.14 	and other longitudinal data on the district's website. A district must hold one hearing to 
38.15 	meet the hearing requirements of both this section and section 120B.11. Annually by October 
38.16 	15, a school board must submit a report of its progress in realizing the goals identified in 
38.17 	its comprehensive integration plan to the commissioner of education in the form and manner 
38.18 	determined by the commissioner.
38.19 	(c) The district must submit a detailed budget to the commissioner by March 15 in the 
38.20 	year before it implements its plan. The commissioner must review, and approve or disapprove 
38.21 	the district's budget by June 1 of that year.
38.22 	(d) The longitudinal data required under paragraph (b) must be based on student growth 
38.23 	and progress in reading and mathematics, as defined under section 120B.303, and student 
38.24 	performance data and achievement reports from fully adaptive reading and mathematics 
38.25 	assessments for grades 3 through 7 beginning in the 2015-2016 school year under section 
38.26 	120B.302, and either (i) school enrollment choices, (ii) the number of world language 
38.27 	proficiency or high achievement certificates awarded under section 120B.022, subdivision
38.28 	1a, or the number of state bilingual and multilingual seals issued under section 120B.022, 
38.29 	subdivision 1b, or (iii) school safety and students' engagement and connection at school 
38.30 	under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d). Additional longitudinal data may be 
38.31 	based on: students' progress toward career and college readiness under section 120B.307; 
38.32 	or rigorous coursework completed under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), 
38.33 	clause (2).

39.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.861, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
39.2 		Subd. 4.Timeline and implementation. A board must approve its plan and submit it 
39.3 	to the department by March 15. If a district that is part of a multidistrict council applies for 
39.4 	revenue for a plan, the individual district shall not receive revenue unless it ratifies the plan 
39.5 	adopted by the multidistrict council. Each plan has a term of three years. For the 2014-2015 
39.6 	school year, an eligible district under this section must submit its plan to the commissioner 
39.7 	for review by March 15, 2014. For the 2013-2014 school year only, an eligible district may 
39.8 	continue to implement its current plan until the commissioner approves a new plan under 
39.9 	this section.

39.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.862, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.11 		Subdivision 1.Initial achievement and integration revenue. (a) An eligible district's 
39.12 	initial achievement and integration revenue equals the lesser of 100.3 percent of the district's 
39.13 	expenditures under the budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861, 
39.14 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), excluding expenditures used to generate incentive revenue 
39.15 	under subdivision 2, or the sum of (1) $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that 
39.16 	year times the ratio of the district's enrollment of protected students for the previous school 
39.17 	year to total enrollment for the previous school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent 
39.18 	of the difference between the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the 
39.19 	district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2014 under clause (1).
39.20 	(b) In each year, an amount equal to 0.3 1.3 percent of each district's initial achievement 
39.21 	and integration revenue for the second prior fiscal year is transferred to the department for 
39.22 	the oversight and accountability activities required under this section and section 124D.861.

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

39.24 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.862, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
39.25 		Subd. 8.Commissioner authority to withhold revenue. (a) The commissioner must 
39.26 	review the results of each district's integration and achievement plan by August January 1 
39.27 	at the end of the third year of implementing the plan and determine if the district met its 
39.28 	goals.
39.29 	(b) If a district met its goals, it may submit a new three-year plan to the commissioner 
39.30 	for review.
39.31 	(c) If a district has not met its goals, the commissioner must:
40.1 	(1) guide the district in the development of an improvement plan and timeline that 
40.2 	identifies strategies and practices designed to meet the district's goals under this section and 
40.3 	section 120B.11; and
40.4 	(2) direct the district to use up to 20 percent of the district's integration revenue, until 
40.5 	the district's goals are reached, to implement the improvement plan.

40.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended to read:
40.7 	124D.98 LITERACY INCENTIVE AID.
40.8 		Subdivision 1.Literacy incentive aid. For fiscal year 2026, a district's literacy incentive
40.9 	aid equals the sum of the proficiency aid under subdivision 2, and the growth aid under 
40.10 	subdivision 3. For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's literacy aid equals the sum of the 
40.11 	basic literacy aid under subdivision 6, English learner literacy aid under subdivision 7, and 
40.12 	targeted literacy aid under subdivision 8.
40.13 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
40.14 	meanings given.
40.15 	(b) "English learner concentration factor" means the ratio of: (1) the district's adjusted 
40.16 	average daily membership of English learners under section 124D.59, subdivision 2, for 
40.17 	the previous fiscal year; to (2) the district's total adjusted average daily membership for the 
40.18 	previous fiscal year.
40.19 	(c) "Poverty concentration factor" means the ratio of: (1) the sum of the number of pupils 
40.20 	enrolled in the district eligible to receive free meals, plus one-half of the pupils eligible to 
40.21 	receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the previous fiscal year; to (2) the number of 
40.22 	pupils enrolled in the district on October 1 of the previous fiscal year.
40.23 		Subd. 2.Proficiency aid.  The proficiency aid for each school in a district that has 
40.24 	submitted to the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 
40.25 	4a, is equal to the product of the school's proficiency allowance times the number of third 
40.26 	grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's proficiency 
40.27 	allowance is equal to the percentage of students in each building that meet or exceed 
40.28 	proficiency on the third grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged 
40.29 	across the previous three test administrations, times $530.
40.30 		Subd. 3.Growth aid.  The growth aid for each school in a district that has submitted to 
40.31 	the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is equal to 
40.32 	the product of the school's growth allowance times the number of fourth grade pupils enrolled 
40.33 	at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's growth allowance is equal 
41.1 	to the percentage of students at that school making medium or high growth, under subdivision 
41.2 	4, on the fourth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the 
41.3 	previous three test administrations, times $530.
41.4 		Subd. 4.Medium and high growth. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
41.5 	section.
41.6 	(b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above 
41.7 	or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one 
41.8 	assessment scores.
41.9 	(c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the 
41.10 	average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.
41.11 		Subd. 5.Literacy incentive aid uses. A school district must use its literacy incentive
41.12 	aid to support implementation of evidence-based reading instruction meet the requirements 
41.13 	and goals adopted in the district's local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a. 
41.14 	The following are eligible uses of literacy incentive aid:
41.15 	(1) training for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers, early childhood educators, special 
41.16 	education teachers, reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten 
41.17 	through grade 12, curriculum directors, and instructional support staff that provide reading 
41.18 	instruction, on using evidence-based screening and progress monitoring tools;
41.19 	(2) evidence-based training using a training program approved by the Department of 
41.20 	Education under the Read Act;
41.21 	(3) employing or contracting with a literacy lead, as defined in section 120B.119;
41.22 	(4) employing an intervention specialist;
41.23 	(5) approved screeners, materials, training, and ongoing coaching to ensure reading 
41.24 	interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1, are evidence-based;
41.25 	(6) costs of substitute teachers to allow teachers to complete required training during 
41.26 	the teachers' contract day; and
41.27 	(7) stipends for teachers completing training required under section 120B.12.
41.28 		Subd. 6.Basic literacy aid. (a) A district's basic literacy aid equals the product of: (1) 
41.29 	the basic literacy aid allowance; and (2) the district's adjusted average daily membership 
41.30 	for kindergarten through grade four for the previous fiscal year.
41.31 	(b) The basic literacy aid allowance equals $100 for fiscal year 2027 and later.
42.1 		Subd. 7.English learner literacy aid. (a) A district's English learner literacy aid equals 
42.2 	the product of: (1) the English learner literacy aid allowance; (2) the district's English learner 
42.3 	concentration factor; and (3) the district's adjusted average daily membership for kindergarten 
42.4 	through grade four for the previous fiscal year.
42.5 	(b) The English learner literacy aid allowance equals $187.75 for fiscal year 2027 and 
42.6 	later.
42.7 		Subd. 8.Targeted literacy aid. (a) A district's targeted literacy aid equals the product 
42.8 	of: (1) the statewide targeted literacy aid allowance; (2) the district's poverty concentration 
42.9 	factor; and (3) the district's adjusted average daily membership for kindergarten through 
42.10 	grade four for the previous fiscal year.
42.11 	(b) The statewide targeted literacy aid allowance equals $45 for fiscal year 2027 and 
42.12 	later.
42.13 		Subd. 9.Free and reduced-price meals. The commissioner must determine the number 
42.14 	of children eligible to receive either a free or reduced-price meal on October 1 each year 
42.15 	by means of direct certification or through the application for educational benefits. Children 
42.16 	enrolled in a district on October 1 and determined to be eligible to receive free or 
42.17 	reduced-price meals by December 15 of that school year must be counted as eligible on 
42.18 	October 1 for purposes of aid under this section. The commissioner may use federal 
42.19 	definitions for these purposes and may adjust these definitions as appropriate. The 
42.20 	commissioner may adopt reporting guidelines to ensure accuracy of data counts and 
42.21 	eligibility. Districts must use any guidelines adopted by the commissioner.

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

42.23 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 16, as amended by Laws 
42.24 	2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 16, is amended to read:
42.25 		Subd. 16.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
42.26 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

42.27		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2024
	
42.28		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2025
	
42.29 	(b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
42.30 	(1) current grant recipients issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231;
42.31 	(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; 
42.32 	and
43.1 	(3) any other applicants.
43.2 	(c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
43.3 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $5,000,000.
43.4 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This 
43.5 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

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

43.7 	Sec. 12. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
43.8 		Subd. 20.Innovation service learning grants. (a) For innovative service-learning grants 
43.9 	under article 2, section 59:

43.10		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
43.11		$
	0
	.....
	2025
	
43.12 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year This 
43.13 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
43.14 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $0.

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

43.16 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
43.17 	2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 4, is amended to read:
43.18 		Subd. 3.Read Act literacy aid. (a) For state aid for school districts, charter schools, 
43.19 	and cooperative units for evidence-based literacy supports for children in prekindergarten 
43.20 	through grade 12 based on structured literacy:

43.21		$
	35,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
43.22 	(b) The aid amount for each school district, charter school, and cooperative unit providing 
43.23 	direct instructional services equals the greater of $2,000 or $39.94 times the number of 
43.24 	students served by the school district, charter school, or cooperative as determined by the 
43.25 	fall 2023 enrollment count of students.
43.26 	(c) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit must place any aid received 
43.27 	under this subdivision in a reserved account in the general fund. Aid in the reserved account 
43.28 	must be used to implement requirements under the Read Act or for literacy incentive aid 
43.29 	uses under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.98, subdivision 5.
43.30 	(d) Of this amount, up to $250,000 is available for administration.
44.1 	(e) On June 29, 2025, $250,000 from the fiscal year 2024 appropriation for administration 
44.2 	is canceled to the general fund.
44.3 	(f) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2025.
44.4 	(f) (g) This aid is 100 percent payable in fiscal year 2025.

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

44.6 	Sec. 14. Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 7, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.7 		Subd. 4.Administrative process. (a) Within 30 days of entering into a memorandum 
44.8 	of understanding or adopting a plan under subdivision 1, a district must pay the required 
44.9 	compensation to an eligible teacher in accordance with the memorandum of understanding 
44.10 	or plan.
44.11 	(b) The Minnesota School Boards Association and Education Minnesota are encouraged 
44.12 	to collaborate to develop one or more model memoranda of understanding and make the 
44.13 	memoranda available to districts by July 1, 2024.
44.14 	(c) The Bureau of Mediation Services must make mediators available to aid districts 
44.15 	and exclusive representatives in reaching agreement on the memoranda of understanding 
44.16 	required under this section.
44.17 	(d) A district that by August 1, 2025, has not entered into a memorandum of 
44.18 	understanding with the exclusive representative of teachers providing how funding under 
44.19 	this section may be used must use the funding to pay each teacher eligible for compensation 
44.20 	under subdivision 3 a stipend in an amount equal to the funding the district received divided 
44.21 	by the number of eligible teachers in the district. The district must pay the stipend to the 
44.22 	eligible teachers by September 1, 2025.

44.23 	Sec. 15. Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 8, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.24 		Subd. 4.Regional literacy network paraprofessional and volunteer training. (a) For 
44.25 	the regional literacy networks to develop and administer training for paraprofessionals and 
44.26 	volunteers that regularly provide Tier 2 literacy interventions to students in accordance with 
44.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.124, subdivision 4:

44.28		$
	375,000
	.....
	2025
	
44.29 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.

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

45.1 	Sec. 16. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION; CAREI PARAPROFESSIONAL 
45.2 	AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING.
 45.3 	The fiscal year 2025 appropriation in Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 8, 
45.4 	subdivision 5 for CAREI paraprofessional and volunteer training in the amount of $375,000 
45.5 	is canceled to the general fund on June 30, 2025.

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

45.7 	Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS.
 45.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
45.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
45.10 	designated.
45.11 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
45.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

45.13		$
	85,619,000
	.....
	2026
	
45.14		$
	85,222,000
	.....
	2027
	
45.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,446,000 for 2025 and $77,173,000 for 2026.
45.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,575,000 for 2026 and $76,647,000 for 2027.
45.17 		Subd. 3.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
45.18 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

45.19		$
	96,453,000
	.....
	2026
	
45.20		$
	99,135,000
	.....
	2027
	
45.21 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $9,391,000 for 2025 and $87,062,000 for 2026.
45.22 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $9,673,000 for 2026 and $89,462,000 for 2027.
45.23 		Subd. 4.College entrance examination reimbursement. (a) To reimburse districts for 
45.24 	the costs of college entrance examination fees for students who are eligible for free or 
45.25 	reduced-price meals who take the ACT or SAT test under Minnesota Statutes, section 
45.26 	120B.30, subdivision 16:

45.27		$
	1,011,000
	.....
	2026
	
45.28		$
	1,011,000
	.....
	2027
	
45.29 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
46.1 		Subd. 5.COMPASS and MTSS. (a) To support the development and implementation 
46.2 	of the MTSS framework and the Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student 
46.3 	Success (COMPASS) school improvement model:

46.4		$
	13,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.5		$
	13,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.6 	(b) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is to support implementation of MTSS and 
46.7 	COMPASS. Funds must be used to support increased capacity at the Department of Education 
46.8 	and the Minnesota service cooperatives for implementation supports. Funds may be used 
46.9 	to contract with the University of Minnesota Center for Applied Research and Educational 
46.10 	Improvement to support implementation and evaluation of the MTSS framework.
46.11 	(c) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is reserved for grants to school districts, charter 
46.12 	schools, Tribal contract schools, and cooperative units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
46.13 	section 123A.24, subdivision 2, for implementation of MTSS, including: hiring local MTSS 
46.14 	coordinators; deferring costs for personnel to participate in cohort activities and professional 
46.15 	learning; and piloting the Department of Education One Plan, the consolidation of multiple 
46.16 	reporting structures to streamline various applications, reports, and submissions by school 
46.17 	districts and charter schools. Up to five percent of this amount is available for program and 
46.18 	grant administration.
46.19 	(d) Of this amount, $3,000,000 each year must be used to develop a regional network 
46.20 	focusing on mathematics to provide dedicated mathematics trainers and coaches to train 
46.21 	regional support staff from the Minnesota service cooperatives and to support school leaders 
46.22 	and teachers to implement evidence-based instructional strategies in mathematics. Funds 
46.23 	may also be used to host an annual mathematics standards-based instructional institute.
46.24 	(e) Support for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units under this 
46.25 	subdivision may include but is not limited to:
46.26 	(1) partnering with the Minnesota Service Cooperatives to support districts in 
46.27 	implementing COMPASS to support schools in the areas of literacy, math, social-emotional 
46.28 	learning, and mental health using the MTSS framework;
46.29 	(2) providing support to districts and charter schools identified under Minnesota Statutes, 
46.30 	section 120B.11;
46.31 	(3) providing support to districts and charter schools to streamline various applications, 
46.32 	reports, and submissions to the Department of Education through One Plan;
47.1 	(4) providing training, guidance, and implementation resources for MTSS, including a 
47.2 	universal screening process approved by the Department of Education to identify students 
47.3 	who may be at risk of experiencing academic, behavioral, and social-emotional development 
47.4 	difficulties;
47.5 	(5) providing guidance to convene school-based teams to analyze data provided by 
47.6 	screenings and resources for related identification, instruction, and intervention methods;
47.7 	(6) dyslexia screening and interventions that are evidence-based;
47.8 	(7) requiring school districts and charter schools to provide parents of students identified 
47.9 	in screenings with notice of screening findings and related support information;
47.10 	(8) requiring districts and charter schools to provide at-risk students with interventions 
47.11 	and to monitor the effectiveness of these interventions and student progress; and
47.12 	(9) developing and annually reporting findings regarding the implementation of MTSS.
47.13 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
47.14 		Subd. 6.Concurrent enrollment aid. (a) For concurrent enrollment aid under Minnesota 
47.15 	Statutes, section 124D.091:

47.16		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
47.17		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
47.18 	(b) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce 
47.19 	the aid payment to each school district.
47.20 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
47.21 		Subd. 7.Ethnic studies community consultation. To consult with community members 
47.22 	throughout Minnesota on the development of ethnic studies curricula, resources, and 
47.23 	implementation support:

47.24		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
47.25		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
47.26 		Subd. 8.Ethnic studies school grants. (a) For competitive grants to school districts, 
47.27 	charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to develop, evaluate, and implement ethnic 
47.28 	studies courses:

47.29		$
	700,000
	.....
	2026
	
47.30		$
	700,000
	.....
	2027
	
48.1 	(b) The commissioner must consult with the Ethnic Studies Working Group to develop 
48.2 	criteria for the grants.
48.3 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
48.4 	administration.
48.5 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
48.6 		Subd. 9.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For students' 
48.7 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota 
48.8 	Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and for training and related costs for teachers and 
48.9 	other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:

48.10		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
48.11		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
48.12 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each 
48.13 	year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation 
48.14 	each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement 
48.15 	and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory 
48.16 	Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts 
48.17 	of the expenditures each year for examination fees, training, and support programs for each 
48.18 	program.
48.19 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000 
48.20 	each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
48.21 	support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
48.22 	programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
48.23 	international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The 
48.24 	commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
48.25 	(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income 
48.26 	families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent funds 
48.27 	are available, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced placement 
48.28 	examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
48.29 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
48.30 		Subd. 10.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
48.31 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

48.32		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
48.33		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.1 	(b) Up to two percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
49.2 	administration.
49.3 	(c) The fiscal year 2026 appropriation is available until June 30, 2029. The fiscal year 
49.4 	2027 appropriation is available until June 30, 2030.
49.5 		Subd. 11.Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course 
49.6 	offerings. (a) For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students 
49.7 	to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according 
49.8 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:

49.9		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
49.10		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.11 	(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must distribute grant funds equitably 
49.12 	among geographic areas in the state, including to schools located in greater Minnesota and 
49.13 	in the seven-county metropolitan area.
49.14 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
49.15 	(d) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
49.16 	administration.
49.17 		Subd. 12.Implementation of education on the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous 
49.18 	Peoples, and other genocides. For implementation of requirements for education on the 
49.19 	Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides under Minnesota Statutes, 
49.20 	section 120B.252:

49.21		$
	75,000
	.....
	2026
	
49.22		$
	75,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.23 		Subd. 13.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
49.24 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
49.25 	section 124D.87:

49.26		$
	16,396,000
	.....
	2026
	
49.27		$
	18,157,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.28 		Subd. 14.Literacy aid. (a) For literacy aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.98:

49.29		$
	40,686,000
	.....
	2026
	
49.30		$
	40,897,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.31 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $4,057,000 for 2025 and $36,629,000 for 2026.
49.32 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $4,069,000 for 2026 and $36,828,000 for 2027.
50.1 		Subd. 15.Minnesota Center for the Book programming. (a) For grants to the entity 
50.2 	designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide 
50.3 	statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional 
50.4 	programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:

50.5		$
	200,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.6		$
	200,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.7 	(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
50.8 	administration.
50.9 		Subd. 16.Minnesota Independence College and Community. (a) For transfer to the 
50.10 	Office of Higher Education for grants to Minnesota Independence College and Community 
50.11 	for tuition reduction and institutional support:

50.12		$
	625,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.13		$
	625,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.14 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
50.15 	(c) By January 15 of each year, Minnesota Independence College and Community must 
50.16 	submit a report detailing expenditures, activities, and outcomes to the commissioner and 
50.17 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
50.18 	over kindergarten through grade 12 education.
50.19 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $0.
50.20 		Subd. 17.Minnesota math corps. (a) For the Minnesota math corps program under 
50.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:

50.22		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.23		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.24 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
50.25 		Subd. 18.Minnesota Principals Academy. (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota 
50.26 	College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals 
50.27 	Academy:

50.28		$
	200,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.29		$
	200,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.30 	(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals 
50.31 	and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability 
50.32 	system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the 
51.1 	extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000 
51.2 	of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by 
51.3 	principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's 
51.4 	accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds 
51.5 	Act.
51.6 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
51.7 		Subd. 19.Museums and education centers. (a) For grants to museums and education 
51.8 	centers:

51.9		$
	1,791,000
	.....
	2026
	
51.10		$
	1,791,000
	.....
	2027
	
51.11 	(b) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
51.12 	(c) $106,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Rochester.
51.13 	(d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
51.14 	(e) $100,000 each year is for The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis.
51.15 	(f) $60,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
51.16 	(g) $132,000 each year is for The Works Museum, Bloomington.
51.17 	(h) $89,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.
51.18 	(i) $82,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.
51.19 	(j) $82,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.
51.20 	(k) $82,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.
51.21 	(l) $82,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.
51.22 	(m) $89,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.
51.23 	(n) $132,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.
51.24 	(o) $132,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.
51.25 	(p) $82,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.
51.26 	(q) A recipient of a grant under this subdivision must use the funds to encourage and 
51.27 	increase access for historically underserved communities.
51.28 	(r) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
51.29 	administration.
52.1 	(s) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
52.2 		Subd. 20.Nonexclusionary discipline. (a) For grants to school districts and charter 
52.3 	schools to provide training for school staff on nonexclusionary disciplinary practices:

52.4		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2026
	
52.5		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
52.6 	(b) Grants must be used to develop training and to work with schools to train staff on 
52.7 	nonexclusionary disciplinary practices that maintain the respect, trust, and attention of 
52.8 	students and help keep students in classrooms. These funds may also be used for grant 
52.9 	administration.
52.10 	(c) Eligible grantees include school districts, charter schools, Tribal charter schools, 
52.11 	intermediate school districts, and cooperative units as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 
52.12 	2.
52.13 	(d) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
52.14 	administration.
52.15 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
52.16 		Subd. 21.P-TECH schools. (a) For P-TECH implementation grants under Minnesota 
52.17 	Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5:

52.18		$
	791,000
	.....
	2026
	
52.19		$
	791,000
	.....
	2027
	
52.20 	(b) The department may award start-up and mentoring and technical assistance grants 
52.21 	beginning in fiscal year 2026. Of the amount in fiscal year 2026, at least $500,000 is for a 
52.22 	support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 
52.23 	535, Rochester. Of the amount in fiscal year 2027, at least $250,000 is for a support grant 
52.24 	to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 535, Rochester.
52.25 	(c) The department may retain money from this appropriation for administrative costs 
52.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5.
52.27 	(d) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
52.28 	(e) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $791,000, of which at least $250,000 each 
52.29 	year is for a support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School 
52.30 	District No. 535, Rochester.
53.1 		Subd. 22.Paraprofessional training. (a) For compensation associated with paid 
53.2 	orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes, 
53.3 	section 121A.642:

53.4		$
	4,721,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.5		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.6 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $221,000 for 2025 and $4,500,000 for 2026.
53.7 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $500,000 for 2026 and $4,500,000 for 2027.
53.8 		Subd. 23.Recovery program grants. (a) For recovery program grants under Minnesota 
53.9 	Statutes, section 124D.695:

53.10		$
	750,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.11		$
	750,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.12 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
53.13 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
53.14 	administration.
53.15 		Subd. 24.ServeMinnesota program. (a) For funding ServeMinnesota programs under 
53.16 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:

53.17		$
	900,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.18		$
	900,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.19 	(b) A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents 
53.20 	of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such 
53.21 	coverage is not otherwise available.
53.22 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
53.23 		Subd. 25.Statewide testing and reporting system. (a) For the statewide testing and 
53.24 	reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, sections 120B.302 and 120B.305:

53.25		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.26		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.27 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
53.28 		Subd. 26.Student organizations. (a) For elementary or secondary student organizations:

53.29		$
	1,084,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.30		$
	1,084,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.31 	(b) $68,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
54.1 	(c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations 
54.2 	(Skills USA).
54.3 	(d) $122,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA).
54.4 	(e) $322,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations 
54.5 	(FFA).
54.6 	(f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science 
54.7 	occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and 
54.8 	31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than 
54.9 	grade 9.
54.10 	(g) $202,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations 
54.11 	(DECA).
54.12 	(h) $85,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations. Of 
54.13 	this amount, $30,000 each year must be used for direct support of underserved and special 
54.14 	student populations.
54.15 	(i) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
54.16 		Subd. 27.Read Act school leader and literacy instructor professional 
54.17 	development. (a) To offer training to school leaders and administrators from elementary 
54.18 	and secondary schools and literacy instructors from institutions of higher education:

54.19		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.20 	(b) Training provided with funding under this subdivision must be a department approved 
54.21 	evidence-based training program.
54.22 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.
54.23 		Subd. 28.Read Act professional development. (a) For evidence-based training on 
54.24 	structured literacy for teachers working in school districts, charter schools, and service 
54.25 	cooperatives:

54.26		$
	8,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.27		$
	7,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
54.28 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $6,750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $6,500,000 in 
54.29 	fiscal year 2027 are for the Department of Education and the regional literacy networks and 
54.30 	$1,250,000 each year is for statewide training. The department must use the funding to 
54.31 	develop a data collection system to: (1) collect and analyze the submission of the local 
54.32 	literacy plans and student-level universal screening data; (2) establish the regional literacy 
55.1 	networks as a partnership between the department and the Minnesota service cooperatives; 
55.2 	and (3) administer statewide training based in structured literacy to be offered free to school 
55.3 	districts and charter schools and facilitated by the regional literacy networks and the 
55.4 	department. The regional literacy networks must focus on implementing comprehensive 
55.5 	literacy reform efforts based on structured literacy. Each regional literacy network must 
55.6 	maintain a literacy lead position and maintain a team of trained literacy coaches to facilitate 
55.7 	evidence-based structured literacy training opportunities and ongoing supports to school 
55.8 	districts and charter schools in each region. Funds may be used to provide training in 
55.9 	structured literacy to grade 4 and 5 classroom teachers and literacy professors from Minnesota 
55.10 	institutions of higher education.
55.11 	(c) By January 15, 2027, and annually thereafter, the commissioner must report to the 
55.12 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education the 
55.13 	number of teachers from each district who received approved structured literacy training 
55.14 	using funds under this subdivision and the  service cooperatives.
55.15 	(d) The regional literacy networks and staff from the Department of Education must 
55.16 	provide ongoing support to school districts, charter schools, and service cooperatives 
55.17 	implementing evidence-based literacy instruction.
55.18 		Subd. 29.Department literacy specialist. For a full-time literacy specialist at the 
55.19 	Department of Education:

55.20		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
55.21		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027

55.22 	Sec. 18. REPEALER.
 55.23 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.241, subdivisions 2, 4, and 6, are repealed.

55.24 	ARTICLE 3
55.25 	TEACHERS

55.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.117, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
55.27 		Subd. 4.Reporting.  The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
55.28 	Department of Education must collaborate with the Department of Education Professional 
55.29 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Office of Higher Education to publish a 
55.30 	summary report of each of the programs they administer and any other programs receiving 
55.31 	state appropriations that have or include an explicit purpose of increasing the racial and 
55.32 	ethnic diversity of the state's teacher workforce to more closely reflect the diversity of 
56.1 	students. The report must include programs under sections 122A.59, 122A.63, 122A.635, 
56.2 	122A.70, 122A.73, 124D.09, 124D.861, 136A.1274, 136A.1276, and 136A.1791, along 
56.3 	with any other programs or initiatives that receive state appropriations to address the shortage 
56.4 	of teachers of color and American Indian teachers. The board commissioner must, in 
56.5 	coordination with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Office 
56.6 	of Higher Education and Department of Education, provide policy and funding 
56.7 	recommendations related to state-funded programs to increase the recruitment, preparation, 
56.8 	licensing, hiring, and retention of racially and ethnically diverse teachers and the state's 
56.9 	progress toward meeting or exceeding the goals of this section. The report must include 
56.10 	recommendations for state policy and funding needed to achieve the goals of this section, 
56.11 	plans for sharing the report and activities of grant recipients, and opportunities among grant 
56.12 	recipients of various programs to share effective practices with each other. The initial report 
56.13 	must also include a recommendation of whether a state advisory council should be established 
56.14 	to address the shortage of racially and ethnically diverse teachers and what the composition 
56.15 	and charge of such an advisory council would be if established. The board commissioner
56.16 	must consult with the Indian Affairs Council and other ethnic councils along with other 
56.17 	community partners, including students of color and American Indian students, in developing 
56.18 	the report. The board commissioner must submit the report to the chairs and ranking minority 
56.19 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over education and higher education 
56.20 	policy and finance by November 3, 2025, for the initial report, and by November 3 each 
56.21 	even-numbered year thereafter. The report must be available to the public on the board's
56.22 	commissioner's website.

56.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.59, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
56.24 	read:
56.25 		Subd. 6.Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2029, and any balance remaining in 
56.26 	the account is canceled to the general fund.

56.27 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.635, is amended to read:
56.28 	122A.635 COLLABORATIVE URBAN AND GREATER MINNESOTA 
56.29 	EDUCATORS OF COLOR GRANT PROGRAM.
56.30 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
56.31 	Board Department of Education must award competitive grants to increase the number of 
56.32 	teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian, complete teacher preparation 
56.33 	programs, and meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 122A.183. Eligibility 
57.1 	for a grant under this section is limited to public or private higher education institutions that 
57.2 	offer a teacher preparation program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and 
57.3 	Standards Board.
57.4 		Subd. 2.Competitive grants. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
57.5 	Board commissioner must award competitive grants to a variety of higher education 
57.6 	institution types under this section. The board commissioner must require an applicant 
57.7 	institution to submit a plan describing how it would use grant funds to increase the number 
57.8 	of teachers who are of color or who are American Indian, and must award grants based on 
57.9 	the following criteria, listed in descending order of priority. To the extent practicable, the 
57.10 	commissioner must award grants based on the following criteria:
57.11 	(1) program outcomes, including graduation or program completion rates and licensure 
57.12 	recommendation rates for candidates who are of color or who are American Indian compared 
57.13 	to all candidates enrolled in a teacher preparation program at the institution and, for each 
57.14 	outcome measure, the number of teacher candidates who are of color or who are American 
57.15 	Indian;
57.16 	(2) the extent to which an institution's plan is clear in describing how the institution 
57.17 	would use grant funds for implementing explicit research-based practices to provide 
57.18 	programmatic support to teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian. 
57.19 	Plans for grant funds may include:
57.20 	(i) recruiting more racially and ethnically diverse candidates for admission to teacher 
57.21 	preparation programs;
57.22 	(ii) providing differentiated advising, mentoring, or other supportive community-building 
57.23 	activities in addition to what the institution provides to all candidates enrolled in the 
57.24 	institution;
57.25 	(iii) providing academic tutoring or support to help teacher candidates pass required 
57.26 	assessments; and
57.27 	(iv) providing for program staffing expenses;
57.28 	(3) an institution's plan to provide direct financial assistance as scholarships or stipends 
57.29 	within the allowable dollar range determined by the board under subdivision 3, paragraph 
57.30 	(b), to teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian, not to exceed $5,000 
57.31 	per academic year for each candidate. The purpose of direct financial assistance is to provide 
57.32 	cost of attendance financial assistance to candidates matriculating through the licensure 
57.33 	program if they demonstrate financial need;
58.1 	(4) whether the institution has previously received a competitive grant under this section 
58.2 	and has demonstrated positive outcomes from the use of grant funds for efforts helping 
58.3 	teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian to enroll in and successfully 
58.4 	complete teacher preparation programs and be recommended for licensure;
58.5 	(5) geographic diversity among the applicant institutions. In order to expand the number 
58.6 	of grant recipients throughout the state, whenever there is at least a 20 percent increase in 
58.7 	the base appropriation for this grant program, the board must prioritize awarding grants to 
58.8 	institutions outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. If the board awards a grant based 
58.9 	on the criteria in paragraph (a) to a program that has not previously received funding, the 
58.10 	board must thereafter give priority to the program equivalent to other programs that have 
58.11 	received grants and demonstrated positive outcomes To the extent there are sufficient 
58.12 	applications, and to the extent practicable, the commissioner must award an equal number 
58.13 	of grants between applicants in greater Minnesota and those in the seven-county metropolitan 
58.14 	area; and
58.15 	(6) the percentage of racially and ethnically diverse teacher candidates enrolled in the 
58.16 	institution teacher preparation program compared to: the aggregate percentage of students 
58.17 	of color and American Indian students enrolled in the institution, regardless of major.
58.18 	(i) the aggregate percentage of students of color and American Indian students enrolled 
58.19 	in the institution, regardless of major; and
58.20 	(ii) the percentage of underrepresented racially and ethnically diverse teachers in the 
58.21 	economic development region of the state where the institution is located and where a 
58.22 	shortage of diverse teachers exists, as reported under section 122A.091, subdivision 5.
58.23 	(b) The board commissioner must not penalize an applicant institution in the grant review 
58.24 	process for using grant funds only to provide direct financial support to teacher candidates 
58.25 	if that is the institution's priority and the institution uses other resources to provide 
58.26 	programmatic support to candidates.
58.27 	(c) The board commissioner must determine award amounts for development, 
58.28 	maintenance, or expansion of programs based only on the degree to which applicants meet 
58.29 	the criteria in this subdivision, the number of candidates who are of color or who are 
58.30 	American Indian supported by an applicant program, and funds available.
58.31 	(d) The board must determine grant awards in part by multiplying the number of teacher 
58.32 	candidates to be provided direct financial assistance by the average amount the institution 
58.33 	proposes per candidate that is within the allowable dollar range. After assessing an 
58.34 	institution's adherence to grant criteria and funds available, the board may grant an institution 
59.1 	a lower average amount per candidate and the institution may decide to award less per 
59.2 	candidate or provide financial assistance to fewer candidates within the allowable range. 
59.3 	Additionally, an institution may use up to 25 percent of the awarded grant funds to provide 
59.4 	programmatic support as described in paragraph (a), clause (3). If the board does not award 
59.5 	an applicant institution's full request, the board must allow the institution to modify how it 
59.6 	uses grant funds to maximize program outcomes consistent with the requirements of this 
59.7 	section. The commissioner must allow an institution to use up to 25 percent of the awarded 
59.8 	grant funds to provide programmatic support for the teacher candidates receiving financial 
59.9 	support.
59.10 		Subd. 3.Grant program administration. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and 
59.11 	Standards Board may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of Higher 
59.12 	Education. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher Education 
59.13 	to help establish and administer the competitive grant process. The board must award grants 
59.14 	to institutions located in various economic development regions throughout the state, but
59.15 	The department must not predetermine the number of institutions to be awarded grants 
59.16 	under this section or set a limit for the amount that any one institution may receive as part 
59.17 	of the competitive grant application process.
59.18 	(b) The board must establish a standard allowable dollar range for the amount of direct 
59.19 	financial assistance an applicant institution may provide to each candidate. To determine 
59.20 	the range, the board may collect de-identified data from institutions that received a grant 
59.21 	during the previous grant period and calculate the average scholarship amount awarded to 
59.22 	all candidates across all institutions using the most recent fiscal year data available. The 
59.23 	calculation may be used to determine a scholarship range that is no more than 25 percent 
59.24 	of this amount and no less than half the average of this amount. The purpose of direct 
59.25 	financial assistance is to assist candidates matriculating through completing licensure 
59.26 	programs if they demonstrate financial need after considering other grants and scholarships 
59.27 	provided.
59.28 	(c) (b) All grants must be awarded by August 15 of the fiscal year in which the grants 
59.29 	are to be used. The deadline must be extended if changes to the grant program or 
59.30 	appropriation impact the timeline for grant awards. An institution that receives a grant under 
59.31 	this section may use the grant funds over a two- up to a four-year period to sustain support 
59.32 	for teacher candidates at any stage from recruitment and program admission to graduation 
59.33 	and licensure application. For grantees who receive multiple awards that overlap in the same 
59.34 	academic years, the maximum combined total of direct financial assistance that an institution 
59.35 	may provide to the same teacher candidate in the same academic year is $10,000.
60.1 		Subd. 4.Report. (a) By August 15 of each year, an institution awarded a grant under 
60.2 	this section must prepare for the board commissioner a detailed report regarding the 
60.3 	expenditure of grant funds, including the amounts used to recruit, retain, and support teacher 
60.4 	candidates of color or American Indian teacher candidates to complete programs and be 
60.5 	recommended for licensure. The report must include:
60.6 	(1) the total number of teacher candidates of color and American Indian teacher candidates 
60.7 	who:
60.8 	(i) are enrolled in the institution;
60.9 	(ii) are supported by grant funds with direct financial assistance during the academic 
60.10 	reporting year;
60.11 	(iii) are supported with other programmatic supports;
60.12 	(iv) are recruited and newly admitted to a licensure program;
60.13 	(v) are enrolled in a licensure program;
60.14 	(vi) have completed a licensure program; and
60.15 	(vii) were recommended for licensure in the field for which they were prepared;
60.16 	(2) the total number of teacher candidates of color or American Indian teacher candidates 
60.17 	at each stage from program admission to licensure recommendation as a percentage of all 
60.18 	candidates seeking the same licensure at the institution; and
60.19 	(3) a brief narrative describing the successes and challenges of efforts proposed in the 
60.20 	grant application to support candidates with grant funds, and lessons learned for future 
60.21 	efforts.
60.22 	(b) By November 1 of each year, the board commissioner must post a report on its 
60.23 	website summarizing the activities and outcomes of grant recipients and results that promote 
60.24 	sharing of effective practices and lessons learned among grant recipients.
60.25 		Subd. 5.Positions transferred. All classified and unclassified positions associated with 
60.26 	the administration of grant programs being transferred to the Department of Education under 
60.27 	this section are transferred with their incumbents in accordance with section 15.039, 
60.28 	subdivision 7, except as otherwise provided in section 122A.07.

61.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
61.2 		Subd. 2.Board Grants. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
61.3 	Department of Education must make grant application forms available to sites interested in 
61.4 	developing, sustaining, or expanding a mentorship program.
61.5 	(b) The following applicants are eligible for a program grant:
61.6 	(1) a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit, on behalf of its participating 
61.7 	school sites;
61.8 	(2) a Tribal contract school;
61.9 	(3) a coalition of teachers; and
61.10 	(4) a higher education institution;
61.11 	(5) a nonprofit organization;
61.12 	(6) a professional organization; and
61.13 	(4) (7) a coalition of two or more applicants that are individually eligible for a grant.
61.14 	A higher education institution, professional organization, or nonprofit organization may
61.15 	must partner with an eligible grant applicant but is not eligible as a sole applicant for grant 
61.16 	funds a school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Tribal contract school, or coalition 
61.17 	of teachers to apply for a grant.
61.18 	(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in consultation with the 
61.19 	teacher mentoring task force, commissioner must approve or disapprove the applications. 
61.20 	To the extent possible, the approved applications must reflect effective mentoring, 
61.21 	professional development, and retention components, and be geographically distributed 
61.22 	throughout the state. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must 
61.23 	encourage the selected sites to consider the use of its assessment procedures.

61.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
61.25 		Subd. 3.Criteria for selection. (a) At a minimum, Applicants for grants under 
61.26 	subdivision 2 must express commitment to:
61.27 	(1) allow staff participation;
61.28 	(2) assess skills of both beginning and mentor teachers;
61.29 	(3) provide appropriate in-service to needs identified in the assessment;
61.30 	(4) provide leadership to the effort;
62.1 	(5) cooperate with higher education institutions or teacher educators;
62.2 	(6) provide facilities and other resources;
62.3 	(7) share findings, materials, and techniques with other school districts; and
62.4 	(8) retain teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian.
62.5 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board commissioner must give 
62.6 	priority to applications to fund programs to induct, mentor, and retain Tier 2 or Tier 3
62.7 	teachers who are of color or who are American Indian, and Tier 2 or Tier 3 teachers in 
62.8 	licensure shortage areas within the applicant's economic development region.

62.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
62.10 		Subd. 5.Program implementation. A grant recipient may use grant funds on 
62.11 	implementing activities over a period of time up to 24 months. New and expanding 
62.12 	mentorship sites that receive a board grant under subdivision 2 to design, develop, implement, 
62.13 	and evaluate their program must participate in activities that support program development 
62.14 	and implementation.

62.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
62.16 		Subd. 5a.Grant program administration. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
62.17 	Standards Board commissioner may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of 
62.18 	Higher Education or the Department of Education Professional Educator Licensing and 
62.19 	Standards Board. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher 
62.20 	Education or the Department of Education Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
62.21 	Board to help administer the competitive grant process.

62.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
62.23 		Subd. 6.Report. By September 30 of each year after receiving a grant, recipients must 
62.24 	submit a report to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board the Department 
62.25 	of Education on program efforts that describes mentoring and induction activities and 
62.26 	assesses the impact of these programs on teacher effectiveness and retention. The board
62.27 	commissioner must publish a summary report for the public and submit the report to the 
62.28 	committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education 
62.29 	policy and finance in accordance with section 3.302 by November 30 of each even year.

63.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
63.2 	read:
63.3 		Subd. 7.Positions transferred. Classified and unclassified positions associated with 
63.4 	the administration of grant programs being transferred to the Department of Education under 
63.5 	this section are transferred with their incumbents in accordance with section 15.039, 
63.6 	subdivision 7, except as otherwise provided in section 122A.07.

63.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
63.9 	the meanings given:
63.10 	(1) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time 
63.11 	position not under contract by a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit at the 
63.12 	start of the 2022-2023 school year;
63.13 	(2) "part-time position" means a student support services personnel position less than 
63.14 	1.0 full-time equivalent at the start of the 2022-2023 school year;
63.15 	(3) "American Rescue Plan Act" means the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, 
63.16 	Public Law 117-2, that awarded funds; and
63.17 	(4) "student support services personnel" means:
63.18 	(i) an individual licensed to serve as a school counselor, school psychologist, school 
63.19 	social worker, school nurse, or chemical dependency counselor in Minnesota.; or
63.20 	(ii) an individual not included in item (i) whose work duties primarily consist of activities 
63.21 	that reduce chronic student absenteeism; and
63.22 	(5) "eligible cooperative unit" means an intermediate school district or other cooperative 
63.23 	unit that directly serves students.

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

63.25 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.26 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of student support personnel aid is to:
63.27 	(1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools;
63.28 	(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure effective 
63.29 	services;
64.1 	(3) ensure that students receive effective student support services and integrated and 
64.2 	comprehensive services to improve prekindergarten through grade 12 academic, physical, 
64.3 	social, and emotional outcomes supporting career and college readiness and effective school 
64.4 	mental health services;
64.5 	(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice 
64.6 	of their training and licensure;
64.7 	(5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, assessment, data-based decision making, 
64.8 	and family and community engagement within a comprehensive approach that facilitates 
64.9 	interdisciplinary collaboration; and
64.10 	(6) improve student health, attendance, school safety, and school climate to support 
64.11 	academic success and career and college readiness.

64.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
64.13 		Subd. 3.Student support personnel aid. (a) The initial student support personnel aid 
64.14 	for a an independent or special school district equals the greater of the student support 
64.15 	personnel allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year 
64.16 	or $40,000 $80,000. The initial student support personnel aid for a charter school equals 
64.17 	the greater of the student support personnel allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the 
64.18 	charter school for the current fiscal year or $20,000 $40,000. Aid under this paragraph must 
64.19 	be reserved in a fund balance that, beginning in fiscal year 2025, may not exceed the greater 
64.20 	of the aid entitlement in the prior fiscal year or the fund balance in the prior fiscal year.
64.21 	(b) The cooperative student support personnel aid for a school district that is a member 
64.22 	of an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit that serves students equals the 
64.23 	greater of the cooperative student support allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the 
64.24 	district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. If a district is a member of more than one 
64.25 	cooperative unit that serves students, the revenue must be allocated among the cooperative 
64.26 	units. Aid under this paragraph must not exceed actual expenditures.
64.27 	(c) The student support personnel allowance equals $11.94 for fiscal year 2024, $17.08 
64.28 	for fiscal year 2025, and $48.73 $34.24 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
64.29 	(d) The cooperative student support allowance equals $0.60 for fiscal year 2024, $0.85 
64.30 	for fiscal year 2025, and $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and later.

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

65.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, is amended by adding a subdivision 
65.2 	to read:
65.3 		Subd. 3a.Student support personnel aid; cooperative units. (a) The initial cooperative 
65.4 	unit aid attributable to each member district of each eligible cooperative unit equals the 
65.5 	greater of $40,000 or the product of the adjusted pupil units of the member district and 
65.6 	$0.60 for fiscal year 2024, $0.85 for fiscal year 2025, or $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
65.7 	(b) The total statewide cooperative unit aid available for distribution under this 
65.8 	subdivision equals the sum of the initial amounts calculated for each member district for 
65.9 	each eligible cooperative unit under paragraph (a).
65.10 	(c) Aid for each eligible cooperative unit equals:
65.11 	(1) $100,000; plus
65.12 	(2) $10,000 times the number of its member districts in excess of ten.
65.13 	(d) The commissioner must subtract the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph 
65.14 	(c) from the total aid available under paragraph (b) and distribute any remaining amount as 
65.15 	additional aid to each eligible cooperative unit as follows:
65.16 	(1) 50 percent of the remaining amount must be distributed to each eligible cooperative 
65.17 	unit in proportion to the number of member districts of the eligible cooperative unit relative 
65.18 	to the total number of member districts for all eligible cooperative units; and
65.19 	(2) 50 percent of the remaining amount must be distributed to each eligible cooperative 
65.20 	unit in proportion to the sum of the adjusted pupil units in each member district of the 
65.21 	eligible cooperative unit relative to the total number of adjusted pupil units in each member 
65.22 	district for all eligible cooperatives.
65.23 	(e) Aid under this subdivision must be paid directly to an eligible cooperative unit. Aid 
65.24 	to a cooperative unit under this subdivision must not exceed the cooperative unit's actual 
65.25 	expenditures.

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

65.27 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
65.28 		Subd. 4.Allowed uses. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) or subdivision 4a, aid 
65.29 	under this section must be used to hire new positions for student support services personnel 
65.30 	or increase a current position that is less than 1.0 full-time equivalent to a greater number 
65.31 	of service hours or make permanent a position hired using onetime resources awarded 
65.32 	through the federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, the federal 
66.1 	Consolidated Appropriations Act, the federal Division M-Coronavirus Response and Relief 
66.2 	Supplemental Appropriations Act, or the federal American Rescue Plan Act, or to maintain 
66.3 	a position that would otherwise be eliminated.
66.4 	(b) For fiscal year 2025, except as provided in paragraph (d) or subdivision 4a, 
66.5 	cooperative student support personnel aid must be transferred to the intermediate district 
66.6 	or other cooperative unit of which the district is a member and used to hire new positions 
66.7 	for student support services personnel or increase a current position that is less than 1.0 
66.8 	full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make permanent a position hired 
66.9 	using onetime resources awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act at the intermediate 
66.10 	district or cooperative unit.
66.11 	(c) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit does not receive at least two 
66.12 	applications and is not able to hire a new full-time equivalent position with student support 
66.13 	personnel aid or use the aid as otherwise provided under paragraph (d) or subdivision 4a, 
66.14 	the aid may be used for contracted services from individuals licensed to serve as a school 
66.15 	counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical dependency 
66.16 	counselor in Minnesota.
66.17 	(d) Aid under this section may also be used to pay the costs of:
66.18 	(1) necessary transportation among school sites for student support services personnel;
66.19 	(2) training for student support services personnel; or
66.20 	(3) technology upgrades for student support services personnel.

66.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2025 and later.

66.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, is amended by adding a subdivision 
66.23 	to read:
66.24 		Subd. 4a.Additional uses for a school with declining enrollment upon board 
66.25 	approval. (a) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit has declining enrollment 
66.26 	in fiscal year 2025 or a later fiscal year, and is unable to use student support personnel aid 
66.27 	in accordance with subdivision 4, the district, charter school, or cooperative unit may use 
66.28 	student support personnel aid to maintain a student support services personnel position if 
66.29 	the position would otherwise be eliminated due to budgetary concerns.
66.30 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit 
66.31 	has declining enrollment for that fiscal year if the school district, charter school, or 
67.1 	cooperative unit reports fewer students on its previous fall's enrollment report than for the 
67.2 	second previous fall's enrollment report.
67.3 	(c) Before a school board may exercise its authority under this subdivision, the school 
67.4 	board must allow for public testimony on the proposal at a regularly scheduled school board 
67.5 	meeting before approving a resolution approving the usage of the student support personnel 
67.6 	aid for this purpose.

67.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2025 and later.

67.8 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1276, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
67.9 		Subd. 4.Report. An alternative teacher preparation program receiving a grant under 
67.10 	this section must submit a report to the commissioner and the Professional Educator Licensing 
67.11 	and Standards Board on the grantee's ability to fill teacher shortage areas and positively 
67.12 	impact student achievement where data are available and do not identify individual teachers. 
67.13 	A grant recipient must submit the report required under this subdivision by January 31, 
67.14 	2018, and each even-numbered subsequent year thereafter this particular grant receives 
67.15 	allocated funding. The report must include disaggregated data regarding:
67.16 	(1) the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers and teacher candidates licensed through 
67.17 	the program; and
67.18 	(2) program participant placement.

67.19 	Sec. 17. TRANSFER OF GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF.
 67.20 		Subdivision 1.Transfer of contracts, obligations, and unexpended funds. All contracts, 
67.21 	obligations, and unexpended funds associated with the administration of grant programs 
67.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, are transferred from the 
67.23 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education 
67.24 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, subdivisions 5, 5a, and 6.
67.25 		Subd. 2.Transfer of staff; protections; applicability of collective bargaining 
67.26 	agreements. (a) Personnel relating to the administration of grant programs under Minnesota 
67.27 	Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, with the Professional Educator Licensing and 
67.28 	Standards Board are transferred to the Department of Education beginning August 1, 2025, 
67.29 	with 30 days notice from the commissioner of management and budget and after approval 
67.30 	by the commissioner.
68.1 	(b) The following protections apply to employees who are transferred to the department 
68.2 	from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to administer grant programs 
68.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70:
68.4 	(1) no transferred employee shall have their employment status and job classification 
68.5 	altered as a result of the transfer;
68.6 	(2) transferred employees who were represented by an exclusive representative prior to 
68.7 	the transfer shall continue to be represented by the same exclusive representative after the 
68.8 	transfer;
68.9 	(3) any applicable collective bargaining agreements with exclusive representatives shall 
68.10 	continue in full force and effect for transferred employees after the transfer;
68.11 	(4) when an employee in a temporary unclassified position is transferred to the 
68.12 	department, the total length of time that the employee has served in the appointment shall 
68.13 	include all time served in the appointment at the transferring agency and the time served in 
68.14 	the appointment at the department. An employee in a temporary unclassified position who 
68.15 	was hired by a transferring agency through an open competitive selection process in 
68.16 	accordance with a policy enacted by the commissioner of management and budget is 
68.17 	considered to have been hired through that selection process after the transfer; and
68.18 	(5) the state must meet and negotiate with the exclusive representatives of the transferred 
68.19 	employees about any proposed changes affecting or relating to the transferred employees' 
68.20 	terms and conditions of employment to the extent that the proposed changes are not addressed 
68.21 	in the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
68.22 		Subd. 3.Future transfer. (a) If the state transfers ownership or control of any facilities, 
68.23 	services, or operations of the department related to the administration of grant programs 
68.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, to another private or public 
68.25 	entity by subcontract, sale, assignment, lease, or other transfer, the state must require as a 
68.26 	written condition of the transfer of ownership or control the following:
68.27 	(1) employees who perform work in the facilities, services, or operations related to the 
68.28 	administration of grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, 
68.29 	must be offered employment with the entity acquiring ownership or control before the entity 
68.30 	offers employment to any individual who was not employed by the transferring agency at 
68.31 	the time of the transfer; and
68.32 	(2) the wage and benefit standards of the transferred employees must not be reduced by 
68.33 	the entity acquiring ownership or control through the expiration of the collective bargaining 
69.1 	agreement in effect at the time of the transfer or for a period of two years after the transfer, 
69.2 	whichever is longer.
69.3 	(b) There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action arises against, the state of 
69.4 	Minnesota or its officers or agents for any action or inaction of any entity acquiring ownership 
69.5 	or control of any facilities, services, or operations of the department related to the 
69.6 	administration of grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70.

69.7 	Sec. 18. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 69.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
69.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
69.10 	designated.
69.11 		Subd. 2.Agricultural educator grants. (a) For agricultural educator grants under Laws 
69.12 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:

69.13		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
69.14		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
69.15 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
69.16 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
69.17 	administration.
69.18 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
69.19 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

69.20		$
	88,717,000
	.....
	2026
	
69.21		$
	87,942,000
	.....
	2027
	
69.22 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,814,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $79,903,000 
69.23 	for fiscal year 2026.
69.24 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,878,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $79,064,000 
69.25 	for fiscal year 2027.
69.26 		Subd. 4.Black Men Teach Twin Cities. (a) For a grant to Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
69.27 	for the purposes listed in paragraph (c):

69.28		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
69.29		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
69.30 	(b) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must use the grant to establish partnerships with public 
69.31 	elementary schools with a goal of increasing the number of black male teachers to 20 percent 
70.1 	of the teachers at each school site. To the extent possible, Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
70.2 	must include sites in greater Minnesota, suburban areas, and urban settings.
70.3 	(c) The grant money may be used for:
70.4 	(1) scholarships for aspiring teachers;
70.5 	(2) student teacher stipends;
70.6 	(3) mentoring activities;
70.7 	(4) professional development, with an emphasis on early literacy training, including best 
70.8 	practices associated with the science of reading; and
70.9 	(5) stipends for housing to allow a teacher to live closer to the teacher's school.
70.10 	(d) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must provide a detailed report to the chairs and ranking 
70.11 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through 
70.12 	grade 12 education and higher education by January 15 of each year following the year of 
70.13 	a grant award describing how the grant money was used. The report must describe the 
70.14 	progress made toward the goal of increasing the number of Black male teachers at each 
70.15 	school site, identify the strategies used to recruit Black teachers, and describe barriers Black 
70.16 	men face in the teaching profession. The report must be filed in accordance with Minnesota 
70.17 	Statutes, section 3.195.
70.18 	(e) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
70.19 	administration.
70.20 		Subd. 5.Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers. (a) 
70.21 	For the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center for a grant to the Coalition 
70.22 	to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota for nonlobbying 
70.23 	activities and general operating expenses that support the recruitment and retention of 
70.24 	racially and ethnically diverse teachers underrepresented in the state's workforce:

70.25		$
	100,000
	.....
	2026
	
70.26		$
	100,000
	.....
	2027
	
70.27 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
70.28 		Subd. 6.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. (a) 
70.29 	For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under 
70.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635:

70.31		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2026
	
70.32		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.1 	(b) Up to $100,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
71.2 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
71.3 		Subd. 7.Concurrent enrollment teacher training program. (a) For the concurrent 
71.4 	enrollment teacher partnership under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.76:

71.5		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.6		$
	375,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.7 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
71.8 		Subd. 8.Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. (a) For grants to institutions offering 
71.9 	"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses under Minnesota Statutes, 
71.10 	section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):

71.11		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.12		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.13 	(b) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
71.14 	administration.
71.15 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
71.16 		Subd. 9.Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. (a) For grants to 
71.17 	develop, continue, or expand Grow Your Own new teacher programs under Minnesota 
71.18 	Statutes, section 122A.73, to develop a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the 
71.19 	state's increasingly diverse student population and ensure all students have equitable access 
71.20 	to effective and diverse teachers:

71.21		$
	23,954,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.22		$
	23,954,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.23 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
71.24 	122A.73, subdivision 5.
71.25 		Subd. 10.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
71.26 	of color. (a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed 
71.27 	for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:

71.28		$
	3,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.29		$
	3,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.30 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
72.1 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
72.2 	administration.
72.3 		Subd. 11.Special education apprenticeship programs. (a) For grants to intermediate 
72.4 	school districts for registered special education apprenticeship programs:

72.5		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.6		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.7 	(b) In each year, the department must award grants of $740,000 each to Intermediate 
72.8 	School Districts Nos. 287, 288, 916, and 917. Grant recipients must use grant money for 
72.9 	registered special education apprenticeship programs. Grant money may be used for:
72.10 	(1) program oversight and administrative costs incurred by an intermediate school district 
72.11 	and its partner higher education institution;
72.12 	(2) stipends and tuition, fees, and other direct program costs incurred by apprentices;
72.13 	(3) stipends for teachers serving as mentors; and
72.14 	(4) the cost of substitute teachers.
72.15 	(c) Up to $40,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
72.16 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.
72.17 		Subd. 12.Special education teacher pathway. (a) For grants to develop special 
72.18 	education teacher pathways across Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.77:

72.19		$
	0
	.....
	2026
	
72.20		$
	10,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.21 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
72.22 	122A.77, subdivision 5.
72.23 		Subd. 13.Student support personnel aid. (a) For aid to support schools in addressing 
72.24 	students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:

72.25		$
	58,556,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.26		$
	60,885,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.27 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,655,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $54,901,000 
72.28 	for fiscal year 2026.
72.29 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $6,099,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $54,786,000 
72.30 	for fiscal year 2027.
73.1 		Subd. 14.Student support personnel workforce pathway. (a) For a grant program to 
73.2 	develop a student support personnel workforce pathway focused on increasing school 
73.3 	psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and school social workers of color and 
73.4 	Indigenous providers, professional respecialization, recruitment, and retention:

73.5		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
73.6		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
73.7 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $150,000 each year is for providing support to school 
73.8 	nurses across the state.
73.9 	(c) To the extent practicable, the pathway grants must be used to support equal numbers 
73.10 	of students pursuing careers as school psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and 
73.11 	school social workers.
73.12 	(d) For grants awarded to school psychologists under this subdivision, the following 
73.13 	terms have the meanings given:
73.14 	(1) "eligible designated trainee" means an individual enrolled in a National Association 
73.15 	of School Psychologists approved or American Psychological Association accredited school 
73.16 	psychology program granting educational specialist certificates or doctoral degrees in school 
73.17 	psychology;
73.18 	(2) "eligible employment" means a paid position within a school or local education 
73.19 	agency directly related to a training program providing direct or indirect school psychology 
73.20 	services. Direct services include assessment, intervention, prevention, or consultation services 
73.21 	to students or their family members and educational staff. Indirect services include 
73.22 	supervision, research and evaluation, administration, program development, technical 
73.23 	assistance, or professional learning to support direct services; and
73.24 	(3) "practica" means an educational experience administered and evaluated by a graduate 
73.25 	training program, with university and site supervision provided by appropriately credentialed 
73.26 	school psychologists, to develop trainees' competencies to provide school psychological 
73.27 	services based on the graduate training program's goals and competencies relative to 
73.28 	accreditation and licensure requirements.
73.29 	(e) Grants awarded to school psychologists must be used for:
73.30 	(1) providing paid, supervised, and educationally meaningful practica in a public school 
73.31 	setting for an eligible designated trainee enrolled in a qualifying program within the grantee's 
73.32 	institution;
74.1 	(2) supporting student recruitment and retention to enroll and hire an eligible designated 
74.2 	trainee for paid practica in public school settings; and
74.3 	(3) oversight of trainee practica and professional development by a qualifying program 
74.4 	to ensure the qualifications and conduct by an eligible designated trainee meet requirements 
74.5 	set forth by the state and accrediting agencies.
74.6 	(f) Upon successful completion of the graduate training program, grants awarded to 
74.7 	school psychologists must maintain eligible employment within Minnesota for a minimum 
74.8 	period of one-year full-time equivalent for each academic year of paid training under the 
74.9 	grant program.
74.10 	(g) Up to $150,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
74.11 	(h) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

74.12 	Sec. 19. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
74.13 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 74.14 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sums 
74.15 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
74.16 	Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated. Any balance in fiscal year 
74.17 	2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
74.18 		Subd. 2.Alternative pathways support position. To fund a position at the Professional 
74.19 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support candidates through alternative pathway 
74.20 	programs, including the licensure via portfolio process, and to support districts, charter 
74.21 	schools, and educational cooperatives to become alternative preparation providers:

74.22		$
	205,000
	.....
	2026
	
74.23		$
	208,000
	.....
	2027
	
74.24 		Subd. 3.Heritage language and culture teachers. To support an additional licensure 
74.25 	pathway program for heritage language and culture teachers under Minnesota Statutes, 
74.26 	section 122A.631, including funding for a portfolio liaison and funding for substitute teachers 
74.27 	on meeting days, portfolio fees, licensure fees, and licensure exam fees for 50 program 
74.28 	participants:

74.29		$
	319,000
	.....
	2026
	
74.30		$
	322,000
	.....
	2027
	
74.31 		Subd. 4.Licensure via portfolio online platform. To complete the licensure via portfolio 
74.32 	online platform to streamline the portfolio submission and review process:

75.1		$
	471,000
	.....
	2026
	
75.2		$
	321,000
	.....
	2027

75.3 	Sec. 20. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 75.4 	The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
75.5 	2, section 51, as Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.78.

75.6 	ARTICLE 4
75.7 	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

75.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.63, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
75.9 		Subd. 9.Eligible programming. (a) The grantee institutions may provide scholarships 
75.10 	to eligible students progressing toward educational goals in an early education through 
75.11 	grade 12 educational setting in any area of teacher licensure, including an associate's, 
75.12 	bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in the following:
75.13 	(1) any educational certification necessary for employment;
75.14 	(2) early childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure;
75.15 	(3) elementary and secondary education;
75.16 	(4) school administration; or
75.17 	(5) any educational program that provides services to American Indian students in 
75.18 	prekindergarten through grade 12.
75.19 	(b) Scholarships may be used to cover an eligible student's cost of attendance under 
75.20 	section 136A.126, subdivision 3.
75.21 	(c) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their contracted partner institutions must 
75.22 	agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study 
75.23 	student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact 
75.24 	persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to 
75.25 	high school students who may be interested in education as a profession.
75.26 	(d) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student 
75.27 	scholarships. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used 
75.28 	for recruitment or administration of the student scholarships.

76.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.81, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
76.2 		Subd. 2b.Carry forward of funds. Notwithstanding section 16A.28, if a school district 
76.3 	or Tribal contract school does not expend the full amount of the American Indian education 
76.4 	aid in accordance with the plan in the designated fiscal year, the school district or Tribal 
76.5 	contract school may carry forward and expend up to half of the remaining funds in the 
76.6 	following fiscal year, and is not subject to an aid reduction if:
76.7 	(1) the district is otherwise following the plan submitted and approved under subdivision 
76.8 	2;
76.9 	(2) the American Indian Parent Advisory Committee for the school is aware of and has 
76.10 	approved the carry forward and has concurred with for the district's educational offerings 
76.11 	extended to American Indian students under section 124D.78;
76.12 	(3) the funds carried over are used in accordance with section 124D.74, subdivision 1; 
76.13 	and
76.14 	(4) by April 1, the district reports to the Department of Education American Indian 
76.15 	education director the reason the aid was not expended in the designated fiscal year, and 
76.16 	describes how the district intends to expend the funds in the following fiscal year. The 
76.17 	district must report this information in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.

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

76.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
76.20 		Subd. 2.Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school 
76.21 	that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in 
76.22 	subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is 
76.23 	derived by:
76.24 	(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170, 
76.25 	times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05, 
76.26 	subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, 
76.27 	and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section 
76.28 	126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which 
76.29 	the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
76.30 	(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 
76.31 	allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 
76.32 	compensation revenue pupil units;
77.1 	(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school 
77.2 	by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of 
77.3 	Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E, 
77.4 	for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied 
77.5 	to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school adjustments and additional 
77.6 	weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school 
77.7 	board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor repair, interim administration 
77.8 	cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is 
77.9 	received according to section 124D.69;
77.10 	(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily 
77.11 	membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation 
77.12 	revenue pupil units; and
77.13 	(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision 
77.14 	13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units 
77.15 	by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal year 2019 and 51.17 percent of the formula allowance for 
77.16 	fiscal year 2020 and later or the result in clause (4).

77.17 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 77.18 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
77.19 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
77.20 	designated.
77.21 		Subd. 2.American Indian education aid. (a) For American Indian education aid under 
77.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

77.23		$
	20,646,000
	.....
	2026
	
77.24		$
	21,548,000
	.....
	2027
	
77.25 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,973,000 for 2025 and $18,673,000 for 2026.
77.26 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,074,000 for 2026 and $19,474,000 for 2027.
77.27 		Subd. 3.Early childhood programs at Tribal contract schools. (a) For early childhood 
77.28 	family education programs at Tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 
77.29 	124D.83, subdivision 4:

77.30		$
	68,000
	.....
	2026
	
77.31		$
	68,000
	.....
	2027
	
77.32 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
78.1 		Subd. 4.Mascot replacement assistance. (a) For assistance to public schools seeking 
78.2 	to comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.041:

78.3		$
	3,972,000
	.....
	2026
	
78.4 	(b) A public school may apply in the form and manner determined by the commissioner 
78.5 	for reimbursement of costs incurred to meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.6 	121A.041, subdivision 2, including the costs of replacing a prohibited name, symbol, or 
78.7 	image on uniforms, signs, paintings, equipment, gym floors, websites, and other school 
78.8 	property, including supplies and other building surfaces.
78.9 	(c) The commissioner must establish procedures to allow for reimbursement of costs 
78.10 	incurred by a public school after June 30, 2024. Subject to the availability of funding, the 
78.11 	commissioner may reimburse up to 100 percent of the costs under this paragraph.
78.12 	(d) The commissioner must establish procedures to ensure that any costs reimbursed 
78.13 	under this subdivision are excluded from other school revenue calculations.
78.14 	(e) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.
78.15 		Subd. 5.Minnesota Indian teacher training program grants. (a) For joint grants to 
78.16 	assist people who are American Indian to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.17 	122A.63:

78.18		$
	600,000
	.....
	2026
	
78.19		$
	600,000
	.....
	2027
	
78.20 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.21 	122A.63, subdivision 10.
78.22 		Subd. 6.Native language revitalization grants to schools. (a) For grants to school 
78.23 	districts, charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to offer language instruction in Dakota 
78.24 	and Anishinaabe languages or another language indigenous to the United States or Canada:

78.25		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
78.26		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
78.27 	(b) Grant amounts are to be determined based upon the number of schools within a 
78.28 	district implementing language courses. Eligible expenses include costs for teachers, program 
78.29 	supplies, and curricular resources.
78.30 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
78.31 	administration.
79.1 	(d) Up to $300,000 each year is for administrative and programmatic capacity at the 
79.2 	Department of Education.
79.3 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
79.4 		Subd. 7.Permanent school fund supplemental aid. (a) For permanent school fund 
79.5 	supplemental aid to American Indian schools as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.6 	124D.73:

79.7		$
	40,000
	.....
	2026
	
79.8		$
	40,000
	.....
	2027
	
79.9 	(b) The permanent school fund supplemental aid for an American Indian school equals 
79.10 	the product of:
79.11 	(1) the amount appropriated under paragraph (a) for that fiscal year; and
79.12 	(2) the ratio of (i) the average daily membership served of the American Indian school 
79.13 	in the prior fiscal year, to (ii) the total average daily membership served of all American 
79.14 	Indian schools in the state in the prior fiscal year.
79.15 	(c) Aid under this subdivision must be paid 100 percent in the current year on a schedule 
79.16 	determined by the commissioner.
79.17 		Subd. 8.Tribal contract school aid. (a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
79.18 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

79.19		$
	2,313,000
	.....
	2026
	
79.20		$
	2,554,000
	.....
	2027
	
79.21 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $221,000 for 2025 and $2,092,000 for 2026.
79.22 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $232,000 for 2026 and $2,322,000 for 2027.

79.23 	ARTICLE 5
79.24 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

79.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
79.26 		Subd. 2e.Cross subsidy reduction aid. (a) A school district's annual cross subsidy 
79.27 	reduction aid equals the school district's initial special education cross subsidy for the 
79.28 	previous fiscal year times the cross subsidy aid factor for that fiscal year.
79.29 	(b) The cross subsidy aid factor equals 6.43 percent for fiscal year 2023; 44 percent for 
79.30 	fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and 50 percent for fiscal year 2027; and 53.26 percent 
79.31 	for fiscal year 2028 and later.

80.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 80.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
80.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
80.4 	designated.
80.5 		Subd. 2.Aid for children with disabilities. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
80.6 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
80.7 	district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

80.8		$
	2,240,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.9		$
	2,570,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.10 	(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year 
80.11 	is available.
80.12 		Subd. 3.Court-placed special education revenue.  For reimbursing serving school 
80.13 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
80.14 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

80.15		$
	41,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.16		$
	42,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.17 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
80.18 	Statutes, section 125A.76:

80.19		$
	2,789,872,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.20		$
	3,023,359,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.21 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $322,670,000 for 2025 and $2,467,202,000 for 
80.22 	2026.
80.23 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $347,310,000 for 2026 and $2,676,049,000 for 
80.24 	2027.
80.25 		Subd. 5.Special education out-of-state tuition.  For special education out-of-state 
80.26 	tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:

80.27		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.28		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.29 		Subd. 6.Special education separate sites and programs. (a) For aid for special 
80.30 	education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision 
80.31 	4:

81.1		$
	4,470,000
	.....
	2026
	
81.2		$
	4,695,000
	.....
	2027
	
81.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $427,000 for 2025 and $4,043,000 for 2026.
81.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $449,000 for 2026 and $4,246,000 for 2027.
81.5 		Subd. 7.Travel for home-based services. (a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
81.6 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

81.7		$
	488,000
	.....
	2026
	
81.8		$
	538,000
	.....
	2027
	
81.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $44,000 for 2025 and $444,000 for 2026.
81.10 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2026 and $489,000 for 2027.

81.11 	ARTICLE 6
81.12 	FACILITIES, HEALTH, AND SAFETY

81.13 	Section 1. [121A.241] CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
81.14 		Subdivision 1.Cardiac emergency response plan. (a) For the purposes of this section, 
81.15 	a "cardiac emergency response plan" means a written document that establishes specific 
81.16 	steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest in a specific setting.
81.17 	(b) Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a school district or charter school must 
81.18 	develop a cardiac emergency response plan established by the American Heart Association 
81.19 	or other cardiovascular care organization or the model plan developed by the commissioner 
81.20 	under section 121A.035, subdivision 1, for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property. 
81.21 	At a minimum, the plan must:
81.22 	(1) establish a school cardiac emergency response team and plan of activation during 
81.23 	the event of sudden cardiac arrest;
81.24 	(2) provide for placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on school grounds 
81.25 	following American Heart Association or other nationally recognized cardiovascular care 
81.26 	organization guidelines;
81.27 	(3) provide for routine maintenance of AEDs;
81.28 	(4) provide for distribution of the plan on school grounds and in coordination with local 
81.29 	emergency medical services providers;
81.30 	(5) provide for annual cardiac emergency response plan drills for school staff and 
81.31 	students; and
82.1 	(6) require the school board to annually review and evaluate the effectiveness of the 
82.2 	plan.
82.3 		Subd. 2.Cardiac emergency response plan; athletic program. (a) Beginning in the 
82.4 	2026-2027 school year, a school district or charter school with an athletic department or 
82.5 	organized athletic program must develop a cardiac emergency response plan. The plan must 
82.6 	be consistent with recommendations or core elements proposed by the American Heart 
82.7 	Association or an athletic emergency action plan following nationally recognized 
82.8 	recommendations or core elements that are venue specific. At a minimum, a cardiac 
82.9 	emergency response plan for athletics must:
82.10 	(1) provide for venue specific and appropriate use of school personnel to respond to 
82.11 	incidents involving an individual experiencing cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening 
82.12 	emergency while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event on school grounds;
82.13 	(2) provide for AEDs in clearly marked, unlocked, and easily accessible locations at 
82.14 	each school athletic venue and event following guidelines established by the American 
82.15 	Heart Association or an organization focused on cardiovascular care;
82.16 	(3) require an AED to be accessible during the school day and on location at a 
82.17 	school-sponsored athletic event or team practice when the school's students are participating;
82.18 	(4) require AEDs to be tested and maintained according to the manufacturer's operational 
82.19 	guidelines; and
82.20 	(5) require appropriate first aid, ambulance, rescue squad, or other appropriate emergency 
82.21 	medical services providers notice of the AED, the type of AED, and its location.
82.22 	(b) A cardiac emergency response plan developed under subdivision 1 may include the 
82.23 	requirements of the required plan for the athletic program.

82.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.25 		Subdivision 1.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) Long-term facilities 
82.26 	maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted 
82.27 	pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 
82.28 	years, plus (ii) the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and 
82.29 	suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, and 
82.30 	roof repair and replacement with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (iii) 
82.31 	for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
82.32 	142D.08, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space 
82.33 	to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district 
83.1 	would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota 
83.2 	Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, and (ii) 
83.3 	for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
83.4 	142D.08, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space 
83.5 	to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
83.6 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a school district that qualified for eligibility under 
83.7 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2010 
83.8 	remains eligible for funding under this section as a district that would have qualified for 
83.9 	eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
83.10 	for fiscal year 2017 and later.

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

83.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
83.13 		Subd. 4.Facilities plans. (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school district 
83.14 	or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility plan 
83.15 	adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include 
83.16 	provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, 
83.17 	and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management 
83.18 	and remediation of lead hazards. For fiscal year 2027 and later, the plan must address the 
83.19 	maintenance and repair schedule for each school's roof for which funding is requested. For 
83.20 	planning purposes, the plan must also address provisions for providing a gender-neutral 
83.21 	single-user restroom at each school site.
83.22 	(b) The district must annually update the plan, submit the plan to the commissioner for 
83.23 	approval by July 31, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan 
83.24 	or levy for the costs.
83.25 	(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a debt 
83.26 	service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the principal 
83.27 	and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term facilities revenue 
83.28 	for that year.

83.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
83.30 		Subd. 8.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy. (a) A district's long-term 
83.31 	facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's long-term facilities maintenance 
83.32 	equalization revenue minus the greater of:
84.1 	(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue or 
84.2 	the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
84.3 	section 123B.59, subdivision 6; or
84.4 	(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the greater 
84.5 	of (i) zero, or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit 
84.6 	in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 percent of the product of the 
84.7 	equalizing factor times the state average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit 
84.8 	for all school districts in the year preceding the year the levy is certified. The equalizing 
84.9 	factor equals 123 percent for fiscal year 2026, 125.5 percent for fiscal year 2027, and 127 
84.10 	percent for fiscal year 2028 and later.
84.11 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described 
84.12 	in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

84.13 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
84.14 		Subd. 10.Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) A district 
84.15 	may use revenue under this section for any of the following:
84.16 	(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent further 
84.17 	erosion of facilities, including repair and replacement of roofs;
84.18 	(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities;
84.19 	(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57;
84.20 	(4) remodeling or constructing a gender-neutral single-user restroom at each school site; 
84.21 	or
84.22 	(5) by board resolution, to transfer money from the general fund reserve for long-term 
84.23 	facilities maintenance to the debt redemption fund to pay the amounts needed to meet, when 
84.24 	due, principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under subdivision 5.
84.25 	(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related to the 
84.26 	school.

84.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.63, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
84.28 		Subd. 3.Capital project levy referendum. (a) A district may levy the local tax rate 
84.29 	approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question to provide funds for an approved 
84.30 	project. The election must take place no more than five years before the estimated date of 
84.31 	commencement of the project. The referendum must be held on a date authorized by section 
85.1 	205A.05, subdivision 1a. A district must meet the requirements of section 123B.71 for 
85.2 	projects funded under this section. If a review and comment is required under section 
85.3 	123B.71, subdivision 8, a referendum for a project not receiving a positive review and 
85.4 	comment by the commissioner must be approved by at least 60 percent of the voters at the 
85.5 	election.
85.6 	(b) The referendum may be called by the school board and may be held:
85.7 	(1) separately, before an election for the issuance of obligations for the project under 
85.8 	chapter 475; or
85.9 	(2) in conjunction with an election for the issuance of obligations for the project under 
85.10 	chapter 475; or
85.11 	(3) notwithstanding section 475.59, as a conjunctive question authorizing both the capital 
85.12 	project levy and the issuance of obligations for the project under chapter 475. Any obligations 
85.13 	authorized for a project may be issued within five years of the date of the election.
85.14 	(c) The ballot must provide a general description of the proposed project, state the 
85.15 	estimated total cost of the project, state whether the project has received a positive or negative 
85.16 	review and comment from the commissioner, state the maximum amount of the capital 
85.17 	project levy as a percentage of net tax capacity, state the amount that will be raised by that 
85.18 	local tax rate in the first year it is to be levied, and state the maximum number of years that 
85.19 	the levy authorization will apply, and state that the levy authorization approved by the voters 
85.20 	may be renewed once by the school board after holding a meeting and allowing public 
85.21 	testimony on the proposed renewal.
85.22 	The ballot must contain a textual portion with the information required in this section 
85.23 	and a question stating substantially the following:
85.24 	"Shall the capital project levy proposed by the board of .......... School District No. .......... 
85.25 	be approved?"
85.26 	If approved, the amount provided by the approved local tax rate applied to the net tax 
85.27 	capacity for the year preceding the year the levy is certified may be certified for the number 
85.28 	of years, not to exceed ten, approved.
85.29 	(d) If the district proposes a new capital project to begin at the time the existing capital 
85.30 	project expires and at the same maximum tax rate, the general description on the ballot may 
85.31 	state that the capital project levy is being renewed and that the tax rate is not being increased 
85.32 	from the previous year's rate. An election to renew authority under this paragraph may be 
86.1 	called at any time that is otherwise authorized by this subdivision. The ballot notice required 
86.2 	under section 275.60 may be modified to read:
86.3 	"BY VOTING YES ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO RENEW 
86.4 	AN EXISTING CAPITAL PROJECTS REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED TO 
86.5 	EXPIRE."
86.6 	(e) In the event a conjunctive question proposes to authorize both the capital project 
86.7 	levy and the issuance of obligations for the project, appropriate language authorizing the 
86.8 	issuance of obligations must also be included in the question.
86.9 	(f) Notwithstanding the election requirements of this subdivision, a school board may 
86.10 	renew an expiring capital projects referendum by board action if:
86.11 	(1) the annual amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring;
86.12 	(2) the term of the renewed capital projects referendum is no longer than the initial term 
86.13 	approved by the voters;
86.14 	(3) the ballot for the election in which the expiring capital projects referendum was 
86.15 	approved by the voters stated that the levy authorization approved by the voters may be 
86.16 	renewed once by the school board, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (c), except 
86.17 	that the requirement under this clause does not apply to an expiring capital projects 
86.18 	referendum that was approved by the voters in an election occurring before November 4, 
86.19 	2025;
86.20 	(4) the school board, having taken a recorded vote, has adopted a written resolution 
86.21 	authorizing the renewal after holding a meeting and allowing public testimony on the 
86.22 	proposed renewal; and
86.23 	(5) the expiring capital projects referendum has not been previously renewed by board 
86.24 	action.
86.25 	(g) A resolution authorized in paragraph (f) must be adopted by the school board no 
86.26 	later than June 15 of the year the renewed capital levy is first certified, and becomes effective 
86.27 	60 days after its adoption. A referendum expires in the last fiscal year in which the 
86.28 	referendum generates revenue for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring 
86.29 	capital projects referendum under this subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the 
86.30 	referendum expires. A district renewing an expiring capital projects referendum under this 
86.31 	subdivision must submit a copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the 
86.32 	county auditor no later than August 15 of the fiscal year in which the referendum expires.
86.33 	(f) (h) The district must notify the commissioner of the results of the referendum.

87.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
87.2 	applies to elections occurring on or after November 4, 2025.

87.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.71, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
87.4 		Subd. 8.Review and comment. A school district, a special education cooperative, or 
87.5 	a cooperative unit of government, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, must not 
87.6 	enter into an installment contract for purchase or a lease agreement, hold a referendum for 
87.7 	bonds, nor solicit bids for new construction, expansion, or remodeling of an educational 
87.8 	facility that requires an expenditure in excess of $500,000 per school site if it has a capital 
87.9 	loan outstanding, or $2,000,000 per school site if it does not have a capital loan outstanding, 
87.10 	prior to review and comment by the commissioner. New construction, expansion, or 
87.11 	remodeling of an educational facility funded only with general education revenue, lease 
87.12 	levy proceeds from an additional capital expenditure levy under section 126C.40, subdivision 
87.13 	1, capital facilities bond proceeds, or long-term facilities maintenance revenue is exempt 
87.14 	from this provision. A capital project under section 123B.63 addressing only technology is 
87.15 	exempt from this provision if the district submits a school board resolution stating that funds 
87.16 	approved by the voters will be used only as authorized in section 126C.10, subdivision 14. 
87.17 	A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into components to avoid the 
87.18 	requirements of this subdivision.

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

87.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.21 		Subdivision 1.To lease building or land. (a) When an independent or a special school 
87.22 	district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically 
87.23 	advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for school 
87.24 	storage or furniture repair, and it determines that the operating capital revenue authorized 
87.25 	under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the 
87.26 	commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy for this purpose. 
87.27 	An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain financial 
87.28 	justification for the proposed levy, the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, and a 
87.29 	description of the space to be leased and its proposed use. Projects funded under this 
87.30 	subdivision that require an expenditure in excess of $500,000 per school site if the school 
87.31 	district has a capital loan outstanding, or $2,000,000 per school site if the school district 
87.32 	does not have a capital loan outstanding, are subject to review and comment under section 
87.33 	123B.71, subdivision 8, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
88.1 	(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must be 
88.2 	annually prescribed by the commissioner, and must include but are not limited to: the 
88.3 	reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed activity, the 
88.4 	feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity of the lease to 
88.5 	the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of the proposed lease 
88.6 	to the space needs and of the district, the financial condition of the district, and a review of 
88.7 	the statutory operating debt percentage applicable to the district. The commissioner must 
88.8 	not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater than the cost to the district 
88.9 	of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes. The proceeds of this levy 
88.10 	must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services operating costs. A district may 
88.11 	not levy under this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building 
88.12 	or site to itself.
88.13 	(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this 
88.14 	subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily for 
88.15 	regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed 
88.16 	building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or 
88.17 	secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the 
88.18 	previously existing building.
88.19 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
88.20 	purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount is 
88.21 	needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment 
88.22 	purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, and the levy 
88.23 	meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by the commissioner 
88.24 	under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to make payments required 
88.25 	by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments 
88.26 	agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement include a provision giving the 
88.27 	school districts the right to terminate the agreement annually without penalty.
88.28 	(e) The total levy under this subdivision for a district for any year must not exceed $212 
88.29 	times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year to which the levy is attributable.
88.30 	(f) For agreements for which a review and comment under section 123B.71, subdivision 
88.31 	8, have been submitted to the Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term 
88.32 	"instructional purpose" as used in this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.
88.33 	(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the limit 
88.34 	in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The 
89.1 	commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e) 
89.2 	for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:
89.3 	(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the preceding 
89.4 	five years;
89.5 	(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;
89.6 	(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; and
89.7 	(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by avoiding 
89.8 	over construction of school facilities.
89.9 	(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other 
89.10 	cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under 
89.11 	section 471.59 may include in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases 
89.12 	of administrative and classroom space for programs of the intermediate school district or 
89.13 	other cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or joint powers district under 
89.14 	section 471.59. This authority must not exceed $65 times the adjusted pupil units of the 
89.15 	member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this 
89.16 	section. The intermediate school district, other cooperative unit, or joint powers district may 
89.17 	specify which member districts will levy for lease costs under this paragraph.
89.18 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
89.19 	purpose of leasing administrative space if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of 
89.20 	the commissioner that the lease cost for the administrative space is no greater than the lease 
89.21 	cost for instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must 
89.22 	deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease 
89.23 	instructional space under this section if the commissioner does not grant authority under 
89.24 	this paragraph. The resolution must also certify that the lease cost for administrative space 
89.25 	under this paragraph is no greater than the lease cost for the district's proposed instructional 
89.26 	lease.
89.27 	(j) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
89.28 	district's proportionate share of deferred maintenance expenditures for a district-owned 
89.29 	building or site leased to a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint 
89.30 	powers district under section 471.59 for any instructional purposes or for school storage.

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

90.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
90.2 	read:
90.3 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
90.4 	meanings given.
90.5 	(b) "Capital lease" means an agreement to use, construct, or remodel a site that results 
90.6 	in ownership of the site by the district.
90.7 	(c) "Instructional purposes" means that the use of a building or land being leased leads 
90.8 	to education-related outcomes identified in law or state program policy.
90.9 	(d) "Joint powers lease" means a capital lease or operational lease under which two or 
90.10 	more districts agree to contribute to the annual lease costs. Under a joint powers lease, the 
90.11 	host district or joint powers district has the authority to allocate lease costs to member 
90.12 	districts for leases approved by the commissioner.
90.13 	(e) "Operating costs" means the costs of regular maintenance or custodial supplies and 
90.14 	services.
90.15 	(f) "Operational lease" means an agreement to use buildings or land that does not result 
90.16 	in ownership of the property by the district.

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

90.18 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.45, is amended to read:
90.19 	126C.45 ICE ARENA LEVY.
90.20 	(a) Each year, an independent school district operating and maintaining an ice arena, 
90.21 	may levy for the net operational costs of the ice arena. The levy may not exceed the net 
90.22 	actual costs of operation of the arena for the previous year. Net actual costs are defined as 
90.23 	operating costs less any operating revenues.
90.24 	(b) Two or more school districts may enter into a cooperation agreement to operate and 
90.25 	maintain an ice arena. A district with a cooperation agreement must apportion the qualifying 
90.26 	costs and annual levy amount among each cooperating district as specified in the cooperation 
90.27 	agreement. Cooperating districts must report the apportionment of the costs and levy to the 
90.28 	Department of Education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
90.29 	(b) (c) Any district operating and maintaining an ice arena must demonstrate to the 
90.30 	satisfaction of the Office of Monitoring in the department that the district will offer equal 
90.31 	sports opportunities for male and female students to use its ice arena, particularly in areas 
91.1 	of access to prime practice time, team support, and providing junior varsity and younger 
91.2 	level teams for girls' ice sports and ice sports offerings.

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

91.4 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATIONS.
 91.5 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
91.6 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
91.7 	designated.
91.8 		Subd. 2.Cardiac emergency response plan assistance. (a) To assist school districts 
91.9 	and charter schools implementing cardiac emergency response plans under Minnesota 
91.10 	Statutes, section 121A.241:

91.11		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
91.12		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
91.13 	(b) Funding may be used for activities and equipment that promote cardiac emergency 
91.14 	response plan preparedness in schools, including but not limited to the purchase and 
91.15 	maintenance of automated external defibrillators, purchase of cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
91.16 	equipment and training for faculty and staff, basic first aid training, and educational materials 
91.17 	related to cardiac emergency response preparedness.
91.18 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
91.19 		Subd. 3.Debt service equalization aid. (a) For debt service equalization aid under 
91.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

91.21		$
	16,218,000
	.....
	2026
	
91.22		$
	14,327,000
	.....
	2027
	
91.23 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,986,000 for 2025 and $14,232,000 for 2026.
91.24 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,581,000 for 2026 and $12,746,000 for 2027.
91.25 		Subd. 4.Equity in telecommunications access. (a) For equity in telecommunications 
91.26 	access:

91.27		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2026
	
91.28		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
91.29 	(b) If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner must reduce the 
91.30 	reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the 
91.31 	revenue for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 must be prorated.
92.1 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
92.2 		Subd. 5.Grants for gender-neutral single-user restrooms. (a) For grants to school  
92.3 	districts for remodeling, constructing, or repurposing space for gender-neutral single-user  
92.4 	restrooms:

92.5		$
	1,064,000
	.....
	2026
	
92.6		$
	1,064,000
	.....
	2027
	
92.7 	(b) A school district or a cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24,  
92.8 	subdivision 2, may apply for a grant of not more than $75,000 per site under this subdivision 
92.9 	in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
92.10 	(c) The commissioner must ensure that grants are awarded to schools to reflect the  
92.11 	geographic diversity of the state.
92.12 	(d) Up to $75,000 each year is available for grant administration and monitoring.
92.13 	(e) By February 1 of each year, the commissioner must annually report to the chairs and 
92.14 	ranking minority members of the legislative  committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten 
92.15 	through grade 12 education on the number  of grants that were awarded each year and the 
92.16 	number of grant applications that were  unfunded each year.
92.17 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
92.18 		Subd. 6.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
92.19 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

92.20		$
	97,104,000
	.....
	2026
	
92.21		$
	97,910,000
	.....
	2027
	
92.22 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $10,719,000 for 2025 and $86,385,000 for 2026.
92.23 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $9,597,000 for 2026 and $88,313,000 for 2027.

92.24 	Sec. 12. REPEALER.
 92.25 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 2, is repealed.

92.26 	ARTICLE 7
92.27 	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

92.28 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
92.29 		Subd. 2a.Federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food 
92.30 	service program; criteria and notice; board of directors; salaries. (a) The commissioner 
93.1 	must post on the department's website eligibility criteria and application information for 
93.2 	nonprofit organizations interested in applying to the commissioner for approval as a multisite 
93.3 	sponsoring organization under the federal child and adult care food program and federal 
93.4 	summer food service program. The posted criteria and information must inform interested 
93.5 	nonprofit organizations about:
93.6 	(1) the criteria the commissioner uses to approve or disapprove an application, including 
93.7 	how an applicant demonstrates financial viability for the Minnesota program, among other 
93.8 	criteria;
93.9 	(2) the commissioner's process and time line for notifying an applicant when its 
93.10 	application is approved or disapproved and, if the application is disapproved, the explanation 
93.11 	the commissioner provides to the applicant; and
93.12 	(3) any appeal or other recourse available to a disapproved applicant.
93.13 	(b) The commissioner must evaluate financial eligibility as part of the application process. 
93.14 	An organization applying to be a prospective nonprofit multisite sponsoring organization 
93.15 	for the federal child and adult care food program or the federal summer food service program 
93.16 	must provide documentation of financial viability as an organization. Documentation must 
93.17 	include:
93.18 	(1) evidence that the organization has operated for at least one year and has filed at least 
93.19 	one tax return;
93.20 	(2) the most recent tax return submitted by the organization and corresponding forms 
93.21 	and financial statements;
93.22 	(3) a profit and loss statement and balance sheet or similar financial information; and
93.23 	(4) evidence that at least ten percent of the organization's operating revenue comes from 
93.24 	sources other than the United States Department of Agriculture child nutrition program and 
93.25 	that the organization has additional funds or a performance bond available to cover at least 
93.26 	one month of reimbursement claims.
93.27 	(c) When a nonprofit organization applies for sponsorship as a multisite sponsoring 
93.28 	organization under the federal child and adult care food program or federal summer food 
93.29 	service program, applications are evaluated on the following criteria in addition to federal 
93.30 	requirements:
93.31 	(1) any sponsor that applies to receive reimbursement over the federal single audit 
93.32 	threshold, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 2, section 200, must ensure a 
93.33 	minimum of one full-time equivalent financial director, or similar role, for the organization. 
94.1 	This position must be solely dedicated to the responsibilities of a financial director, or similar 
94.2 	role, and be separate from any other position within the organization;
94.3 	(2) volunteers must not be allowed to make organization-level decisions, monitor sites, 
94.4 	or provide financial oversight. Board members, whether paid or unpaid, are not considered 
94.5 	volunteers; and
94.6 	(3) unless granted special approval by the commissioner, sponsoring organizations are 
94.7 	limited to an annual maximum increase of 25 percent for the number of sponsored sites and 
94.8 	total reimbursement.
94.9 	(d) A nonprofit multisite sponsoring organization must be governed by a board of 
94.10 	directors consistent with the following requirements:
94.11 	(1) board bylaws must outline the procedures for changing the governance structure, 
94.12 	following the requirements of chapter 317A;
94.13 	(2) board of director meetings must comply with chapter 13D governing open meetings; 
94.14 	and
94.15 	(3) a nonprofit multisite sponsoring organization must publish and maintain:
94.16 	(i) the meeting minutes of the board of directors and of members and committees having 
94.17 	board-delegated authority, within 30 days following the earlier of the date of board approval 
94.18 	or the next regularly scheduled meeting, and for at least 365 days from the date of publication; 
94.19 	and
94.20 	(ii) directory information for the board of directors and for the members of committees 
94.21 	having board-delegated authority.
94.22 	(e) The commissioner must post annually on the department's website the approved 
94.23 	salary range for the positions of executive director, financial director, monitoring staff, 
94.24 	administrative staff, and officer-level positions for multisite sponsoring organizations under 
94.25 	the federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food service program. 
94.26 	Salaries charged to the nonprofit food service fund must fall within these ranges.

94.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
94.28 		Subd. 3.School food service fund. (a) The expenses described in this subdivision must 
94.29 	be recorded as provided in this subdivision.
94.30 	(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be 
94.31 	attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food 
95.1 	service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community 
95.2 	service activities.
95.3 	(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food 
95.4 	service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and 
95.5 	serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, waste management, and other expenses 
95.6 	involving the preparing of meals or the kitchen section or serving area sections of the 
95.7 	lunchroom may be charged to the food service fund or to the general fund of the district. 
95.8 	For the purposes of this paragraph, the costs of serving food include the costs of technology 
95.9 	and systems related to serving line automation and meal tracking. The costs of lunchroom 
95.10 	supervision, lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and 
95.11 	other administrative costs of the food service program must be charged to the general fund.
95.12 	Staff whose primary responsibility is financial or program management of food service 
95.13 	operations may charge time spent managing the program to the food service fund.
95.14 	That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as 
95.15 	attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided 
95.16 	that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other 
95.17 	individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company. 
95.18 	If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the 
95.19 	charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors 
95.20 	as determined by the department.
95.21 	(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from 
95.22 	the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food 
95.23 	service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be 
95.24 	purchased.
95.25 	(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased 
95.26 	from the food service fund.
95.27 	(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit 
95.28 	is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the 
95.29 	deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of 
95.30 	that second fiscal year. However, if a district contracts with a food service management 
95.31 	company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated 
95.32 	by a payment from the food service management company.
95.33 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund 
95.34 	for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the 
96.1 	commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at 
96.2 	the end of the third fiscal year.
96.3 	(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three 
96.4 	successive years, a district may recode for that fiscal year the documented costs of lunchroom 
96.5 	supervision, lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and 
96.6 	other administrative costs of the food service program charged to the general fund according 
96.7 	to paragraph (c), or costs under paragraph (j), and charge those costs to the food service 
96.8 	fund identified by the commissioner in a total amount not to exceed the amount of surplus 
96.9 	in the food service fund.
96.10 	(i) For purposes of this subdivision, "lunchroom furniture" means tables and chairs 
96.11 	regularly used by pupils in a lunchroom from which they may consume milk, meals, or 
96.12 	snacks in connection with school or community service activities.
96.13 	(j) The costs of kitchen, serving area, lunchroom, and food storage remodeling or 
96.14 	reconfiguration, including facility expansion, may not be charged to the food service fund, 
96.15 	except as provided under paragraph (h). The costs of plumbing, electrical, air handling, 
96.16 	ventilation, or other building utility work necessary to operate equipment essential for food 
96.17 	service activities or to remediate food service-related health and safety hazards may not be 
96.18 	charged to the food service fund, except as provided under paragraph (h).

96.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.119, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
96.20 		Subdivision 1.Summer Food Service Electronic Benefit Transfer Program 
96.21 	replacement aid. State funds are available to compensate department-approvedschool food 
96.22 	authorities who gather student data for the Summer Food Service Electronic Benefit Transfer
96.23 	Program sponsors. Reimbursement shall be made on by December 15 based on total meals 
96.24 	served by each sponsor from the end of the school year to the beginning of the next school 
96.25 	year the number of pupil units eligible during the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
96.26 	Program eligibility year on a pro rata basis.

96.27 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
96.28 		Subdivision 1.School library aid. For fiscal year 2024 and later, School library aid for 
96.29 	a an independent or special school district equals the greater of $16.11 $7.38 times the 
96.30 	district's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $40,000. For fiscal year 2024 and later,
96.31 	School library aid for a charter school equals the greater of $16.11 $7.38 times the charter 
96.32 	school's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $20,000.

97.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
97.2 		Subd. 2.Uses of school library aid. School library aid must be reserved and used for 
97.3 	directly funding the costs of the following purposes within a school library or school library 
97.4 	media center, as defined in section 124D.991:
97.5 	(1) the salaries and benefits of a school library media specialist;
97.6 	(2) electronic, computer, and audiovisual equipment;
97.7 	(3) information technology infrastructure and digital tools;
97.8 	(4) (2) electronic and material resources; or
97.9 	(5) (3) furniture, equipment, or supplies.

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

97.11 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATIONS.
 97.12 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
97.13 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
97.14 	designated.
97.15 		Subd. 2.Basic system support. (a) For basic system support aid under Minnesota 
97.16 	Statutes, section 134.355:

97.17		$
	17,995,000
	.....
	2026
	
97.18		$
	18,372,000
	.....
	2027
	
97.19 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,752,000 for 2025 and $16,243,000 for 2026.
97.20 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,804,000 for 2026 and $16,568,000 for 2027.
97.21 		Subd. 3.Electronic library for Minnesota. (a) For statewide licenses to online databases 
97.22 	selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media 
97.23 	centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or 
97.24 	university libraries:

97.25		$
	1,900,000
	.....
	2026
	
97.26		$
	1,900,000
	.....
	2027
	
97.27 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
97.28 		Subd. 4.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
97.29 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

98.1		$
	264,162,000
	.....
	2026
	
98.2		$
	276,392,000
	.....
	2027
	
98.3 		Subd. 5.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
98.4 	124D.1158:

98.5		$
	57,642,000
	.....
	2026
	
98.6		$
	60,413,000
	.....
	2027
	
98.7 		Subd. 6.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
98.8 	section 124D.118:

98.9		$
	387,000
	.....
	2026
	
98.10		$
	387,000
	.....
	2027
	
98.11 		Subd. 7.Multicounty, multitype library systems. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
98.12 	sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

98.13		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
98.14		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
98.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2025 and $1,800,000 for 2026.
98.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2026 and $1,800,000 for 2027.
98.17 		Subd. 8.Regional library telecommunications. (a) For regional library 
98.18 	telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

98.19		$
	230,000
	.....
	2026

98.20 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2025 and $0 for 2026.
98.21 		Subd. 9.School library aid. (a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
98.22 	124D.992:

98.23		$
	19,120,000
	.....
	2026
	
98.24		$
	18,597,000
	.....
	2027
	
98.25 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,376,000 for 2025 and $16,744,000 for 2026.
98.26 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,861,000 for 2026 and $16,736,000 for 2027.
98.27 		Subd. 10.Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program. (a) To support local education 
98.28 	agencies uploading data for and administering the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
98.29 	Program.

99.1		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
99.2		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
99.3 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

99.4 	Sec. 7. REPEALER.
 99.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, subdivision 1a, is repealed.

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

99.7 	ARTICLE 8
99.8 	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

99.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.41, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
99.10 		Subd. 8.Appropriation transfers. (a) If a direct appropriation from the general fund 
99.11 	to the department for any education aid or grant authorized in this chapter and chapters 
99.12 	122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 126C, and 134, excluding appropriations under 
99.13 	sections 124D.135, 124D.16,124D.20, 124D.22, 124D.52, 124D.531, 124D.55, and 124D.56, 
99.14 	exceeds the amount required, the commissioner may transfer the excess to any education 
99.15 	aid or grant appropriation that is insufficient. However, section 126C.20 applies to a 
99.16 	deficiency in the direct appropriation for general education aid. Excess appropriations must 
99.17 	be allocated proportionately among aids or grants that have insufficient appropriations. The 
99.18 	commissioner of management and budget shall make the necessary transfers among 
99.19 	appropriations according to the determinations of the commissioner. If the amount of the 
99.20 	direct appropriation for the aid or grant plus the amount transferred according to this 
99.21 	subdivision is insufficient, the commissioner shall prorate the available amount among 
99.22 	eligible districts. The state is not obligated for any additional amounts.
99.23 	(b) Transfers for aids paid under section 127A.45, subdivisions 12 and 13, shall be made 
99.24 	during the fiscal year after the fiscal year of the entitlement. Transfers for aids paid under 
99.25 	section 127A.45, subdivisions 11 and 12a, shall be made during the fiscal year of the 
99.26 	appropriation.

99.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.41, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
99.28 		Subd. 9.Appropriation transfers for community education programs. If a direct 
99.29 	appropriation from the general fund to the Department of Education for an education aid 
99.30 	or grant authorized under section 124D.135, 124D.16,124D.20, 124D.22, 124D.52, 
99.31 	124D.531, 124D.55, or 124D.56 exceeds the amount required, the commissioner of education 
100.1 	may transfer the excess to any education aid or grant appropriation that is insufficiently 
100.2 	funded under these sections. Excess appropriations shall be allocated proportionately among 
100.3 	aids or grants that have insufficient appropriations. The commissioner of management and 
100.4 	budget shall make the necessary transfers among appropriations according to the 
100.5 	determinations of the commissioner of education. If the amount of the direct appropriation 
100.6 	for the aid or grant plus the amount transferred according to this subdivision is insufficient, 
100.7 	the commissioner shall prorate the available amount among eligible districts. The state is 
100.8 	not obligated for any additional amounts.

100.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
100.10 		Subd. 13.Aid payment percentage. Except as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a, 
100.11 	14, and 14a, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and; chapters 
100.12 	120A, 120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, and 134,; and 
100.13 	section sections 142D.06, 142D.093, 142D.11, and273.1392, shall be paid at the current 
100.14 	year aid payment percentage of the estimated entitlement during the fiscal year of the 
100.15 	entitlement. For the purposes of this subdivision, a district's estimated entitlement for special 
100.16 	education aid under section 125A.76 for fiscal year 2014 and later equals 97.4 percent of 
100.17 	the district's entitlement for the current fiscal year. The final adjustment payment, according 
100.18 	to subdivision 9, must be the amount of the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual 
100.19 	data, minus the payments made during the fiscal year of the entitlement.

100.20 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
100.21 		Subd. 4.Funding. The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter 
100.22 	into an agreement under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds 
100.23 	appropriated for programs under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 
100.24 	127A.45, subdivision 13.

100.25 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.08, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
100.26 		Subd. 8.Funding. The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter 
100.27 	into an agreement under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds 
100.28 	appropriated for programs under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 
100.29 	127A.45, subdivision 13.

101.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.093, is amended to read:
101.2 	142D.093 DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.
101.3 	(a) Each school year, the state must pay a district for each child or student screened by 
101.4 	the district according to the requirements of section 142D.091. The amount of state aid for 
101.5 	each child or student screened shall be: (1) $98 for a child screened at age three; (2) $65 
101.6 	for a child screened at age four; (3) $52 for a child screened at age five or six prior to 
101.7 	kindergarten; and (4) $39 for a student screened within 30 days after first enrolling in a 
101.8 	public school kindergarten if the student has not previously been screened according to the 
101.9 	requirements of section 142D.091. If this amount of aid is insufficient, the district may 
101.10 	permanently transfer from the general fund an amount that, when added to the aid, is 
101.11 	sufficient. Developmental screening aid shall not be paid for any student who is screened 
101.12 	more than 30 days after the first day of attendance at a public school kindergarten, except 
101.13 	if a student transfers to another public school kindergarten within 30 days after first enrolling 
101.14 	in a Minnesota public school kindergarten program. In this case, if the student has not been 
101.15 	screened, the district to which the student transfers may receive developmental screening 
101.16 	aid for screening that student when the screening is performed within 30 days of the transfer 
101.17 	date.
101.18 	(b) The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter into an agreement 
101.19 	under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds appropriated for programs 
101.20 	under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 127A.45, subdivision 13.

101.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
101.22 		Subdivision 1.Revenue. The revenue for early childhood family education programs 
101.23 	for a school district equals the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for 
101.24 	the year times 0.023 times the greater of:
101.25 	(1) 150; or
101.26 	(2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1 of 
101.27 	the previous school year.

101.28 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
101.29 		Subd. 2.Population. For the purposes of subdivision 1, data reported to the Department 
101.30 	of Education may be used to determine the number of people under five years of age residing 
101.31 	in the district. The commissioner, with the assistance of the state demographer, shall review 
101.32 	the number reported by any district operating an early childhood family education program. 
102.1 	If requested, the district shall submit to the commissioner an explanation of its methods and 
102.2 	other information necessary to document accuracy. If the commissioner determines that the 
102.3 	district has not provided sufficient documentation of accuracy, the commissioner may 
102.4 	request the state demographer to prepare an estimate of the number of people under five 
102.5 	years of age residing in the district and may use this estimate for the purposes of subdivision 
102.6 	1.

102.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.11, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
102.8 		Subd. 10.Funding. The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter 
102.9 	into an agreement under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds 
102.10 	appropriated for programs under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 
102.11 	127A.45, subdivision 13.

102.12 	Sec. 10. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 102.13 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
102.14 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
102.15 	designated.
102.16 		Subd. 2.Kindergarten fall assessment. For the kindergarten fall assessment under 
102.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:

102.18		$
	2,357,000
	.....
	2026
	
102.19		$
	1,743,000
	.....
	2027
	
102.20 		Subd. 3.Metro Deaf School. (a) For a grant to Metro Deaf School to provide services 
102.21 	to young children who have a primary disability of deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing and 
102.22 	who are not eligible for funding under Minnesota Statutes, section 124E.11, paragraph (h):

102.23		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
102.24		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
102.25 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.

102.26 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
102.27 	FAMILIES.
 102.28 		Subdivision 1.Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The sums indicated in 
102.29 	this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Children, Youth, 
102.30 	and Families for the fiscal years designated.
103.1 		Subd. 2.Developmental screening administrative costs. (a) For the administrative 
103.2 	costs associated with developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142D.091 
103.3 	and 142D.093:

103.4		$
	77,000
	.....
	2026
	
103.5		$
	77,000
	.....
	2027
	
103.6 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
103.7 		Subd. 3.Developmental screening aid. (a) For transfer to the Department of Education 
103.8 	for developmental screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142D.091 and 142D.093:

103.9		$
	4,127,000
	.....
	2026
	
103.10		$
	4,083,000
	.....
	2027
	
103.11 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $414,000 for 2025 and $3,713,000 for 2026.
103.12 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $412,000 for 2026 and $3,671,000 for 2027.
103.13 		Subd. 4.Early childhood family education aid. (a) For transfer to the Department of 
103.14 	Education for early childhood family education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
103.15 	142D.11:

103.16		$
	39,365,000
	.....
	2026
	
103.17		$
	41,300,000
	.....
	2027
	
103.18 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,792,000 for 2025 and $35,573,000 for 2026.
103.19 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $3,952,000 for 2026 and $37,348,000 for 2027.
103.20 		Subd. 5.Early childhood family education support staff. (a) For the purposes described 
103.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.10, subdivision 12a:

103.22		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
103.23		$
	375,000
	.....
	2027
	
103.24 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
103.25 		Subd. 6.Home visiting aid. (a) For transfer to the Department of Education for home 
103.26 	visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.11:

103.27		$
	245,000
	.....
	2026
	
103.28		$
	222,000
	.....
	2027
	
103.29 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $28,000 for 2025 and $217,000 for 2026.
103.30 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2026 and $198,000 for 2027.
104.1 		Subd. 7.School readiness. For transfer to the Department of Education for revenue for 
104.2 	school readiness programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142D.05 and 142D.06:

104.3		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.4		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.5 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2025 and $30,315,000 for 2026.
104.6 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2026 and $30,315,000 for 2027.
104.7 		Subd. 8.Voluntary prekindergarten administrative costs. (a) For administrative and 
104.8 	IT costs associated with the voluntary prekindergarten program under Minnesota Statutes, 
104.9 	section 142D.08:

104.10		$
	691,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.11		$
	691,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.12 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

104.13 	ARTICLE 9
104.14 	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

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

104.21		$
	55,281,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.22		$
	56,919,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.23 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $5,401,000 for 2025 and $49,880,000 for 2026.
104.24 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $5,542,000 for 2026 and $51,377,000 for 2027.
104.25 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. (a) For adults with disabilities programs 
104.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

104.27		$
	1,560,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.28		$
	1,580,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.29 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $151,000 for 2025 and $1,409,000 for 2026.
104.30 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $156,000 for 2026 and $1,424,000 for 2027.
105.1 		Subd. 4.Community education aid. (a) For community education aid under Minnesota 
105.2 	Statutes, section 124D.20:

105.3		$
	10,080,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.4		$
	11,815,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.5 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $871,000 for 2025 and $9,209,000 for 2026.
105.6 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,023,000 for 2026 and $10,792,000 for 2027.
105.7 		Subd. 5.Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing adults. (a) For programs for deaf, 
105.8 	deafblind, and hard-of-hearing adults under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:

105.9		$
	70,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.10		$
	70,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.11 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
105.12 		Subd. 6.High school equivalency tests. (a) For payment of the costs of the 
105.13 	commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
105.14 	124D.55:

105.15		$
	125,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.16		$
	125,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.17 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
105.18 		Subd. 7.Neighborhood partnership grants.  (a) For neighborhood partnership grants 
105.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

105.20		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.21		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.22 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,300,000 each year is for the Northside 
105.23 	Achievement Zone and $1,300,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
105.24 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
105.25 		Subd. 8.Regional neighborhood partnership grants. (a) For regional neighborhood 
105.26 	partnership grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

105.27		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.28		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.29 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $200,000 each year is for the following programs:
105.30 	(1) Northfield Healthy Community Initiative in Northfield;
106.1 	(2) Red Wing Youth Outreach Program in Red Wing;
106.2 	(3) United Way of Central Minnesota in St. Cloud;
106.3 	(4) Austin Aspires in Austin;
106.4 	(5) Rochester Area Foundation in Rochester;
106.5 	(6) Greater Twin Cities United Way for Generation Next; and
106.6 	(7) Children First and Partnership for Success in St. Louis Park.
106.7 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
106.8 		Subd. 9.School-age care aid. (a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
106.9 	section 124D.22:

106.10		$
	1,000
	.....
	2026
	
106.11		$
	1,000
	.....
	2027
	
106.12 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $1,000 for 2026.
106.13 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $0 for 2026 and $1,000 for 2027.

106.14 	ARTICLE 10
106.15 	STATE AGENCIES

106.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
106.17 		Subd. 3.Excess tax increment. (a) The county auditor must, prior to February 1 of each 
106.18 	year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of any excess tax increment that 
106.19 	accrued to the district during the preceding year. If a return of excess tax increment is made 
106.20 	to a district pursuant to sections 469.176, subdivision 2, and 469.177, subdivision 9, or upon 
106.21 	decertification of a tax increment district, the school district's aid and levy limitations must 
106.22 	be adjusted for the fiscal year in which the excess tax increment is paid under the provisions 
106.23 	of this subdivision.
106.24 	(b) An amount must be subtracted from the district's aid for the current fiscal year equal 
106.25 	to the product of:
106.26 	(1) the amount of the payment of excess tax increment to the district in the preceding 
106.27 	year, times
106.28 	(2) the ratio of:
106.29 	(i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year 
106.30 	according to the following:
107.1 	(A) section 123B.57 123B.595, if the district received health and safety long-term 
107.2 	facilities maintenance aid according to that section for the second preceding year;
107.3 	(B) section 124D.20, if the district received aid for community education programs 
107.4 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
107.5 	(C) section 142D.11, subdivision 3, if the district received early childhood family 
107.6 	education aid according to section 142D.11 for the second preceding year;
107.7 	(D) section 126C.17, subdivision 6, if the district received referendum equalization aid 
107.8 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
107.9 	(E) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid 
107.10 	according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;
107.11 	(F) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to 
107.12 	section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;
107.13 	(G) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according to 
107.14 	section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;
107.15 	(H) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization aid 
107.16 	according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;
107.17 	(I) section 123B.535, subdivision 4, if the district received natural disaster debt service 
107.18 	equalization aid according to section 123B.535, subdivision 5, in the second preceding year;
107.19 	(J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid according 
107.20 	to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and
107.21 	(K) section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, if the district received local optional aid according 
107.22 	to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, in the second preceding year; and
107.23 	(L) section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district received alternative teacher 
107.24 	compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 
107.25 	in the second preceding year; to
107.26 	(ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year, plus or 
107.27 	minus auditor's adjustments.
107.28 	(c) An amount must be subtracted from the school district's levy limitation for the next 
107.29 	levy certified equal to the difference between:
107.30 	(1) the amount of the distribution of excess increment; and
107.31 	(2) the amount subtracted from aid pursuant to clause (a).
108.1 	If the aid and levy reductions required by this subdivision cannot be made to the aid for 
108.2 	the fiscal year specified or to the levy specified, the reductions must be made from aid for 
108.3 	subsequent fiscal years, and from subsequent levies. The school district must use the payment 
108.4 	of excess tax increment to replace the aid and levy revenue reduced under this subdivision.
108.5 	(d) This subdivision applies only to the total amount of excess increments received by 
108.6 	a district for a calendar year that exceeds $25,000.

108.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2027 and later, 
108.8 	except that the changes to paragraph (a) are effective July 1, 2025.

108.9 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
108.10 	2024, chapter 115, article 10, section 3, is amended to read:
108.11 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

108.12		$
	47,005,000
	.....
	2024
	
108.13		$
	40,052,000
	.....
	2025
	
108.14 	Of these amounts:
108.15 	(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
108.16 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
108.17 	section 120B.115;
108.18 	(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
108.19 	Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
108.20 	(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
108.21 	(5) $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for legal fees and costs associated with 
108.22 	litigation;
108.23 	(6) $595,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,609,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for modernizing 
108.24 	district data submissions. The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $2,359,000;
108.25 	(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning 
108.26 	Disability;
108.27 	(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards 
108.28 	division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking 
108.29 	to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
108.30 	(9) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead under 
108.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
109.1 	(10) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota 
109.2 	Statutes, section 121A.20;
109.3 	(11) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under 
109.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
109.5 	(12) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
109.6 	(13) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for information technology infrastructure 
109.7 	and portfolio resources;
109.8 	(14) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center 
109.9 	at the Department of Education;
109.10 	(15) $275,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for administrative 
109.11 	expenses for unemployment aid; and
109.12 	(16) $130,000 in fiscal year 2025 only is for the state school librarian under Minnesota 
109.13 	Statutes, section 127A.151.
109.14 	(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
109.15 	Washington, D.C., office.
109.16 	(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
109.17 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
109.18 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $39,667,000.
109.19 	(e) On June 29, 2025, $1,500,000 from the fiscal year 2025 appropriation for the Office 
109.20 	of the Inspector General and $500,000 from the fiscal year 2025 appropriation for engagement 
109.21 	and rulemaking related to Specific Learning Disability is canceled to the general fund.

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

109.23 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 19, is amended to read:
109.24 	Sec. 19. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 109.25 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
109.26 	Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

109.27		$
	9,243,000
	.....
	2024
	
109.28		$
	8,435,000
	.....
	2025
	
109.29 	Of these amounts:
110.1 	(1) $1,150,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for furniture replacement in the agency's 
110.2 	dormitory and classrooms, including costs associated with moving and disposal. These 
110.3 	funds may also be used for equipment and technology. This appropriation is available until 
110.4 	June 30, 2027; and
110.5 	(2) $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
110.6 	(b) Except for the amount in paragraph (a), clause (1), any balance in the first year does 
110.7 	not cancel but is available in the second year.

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

110.9 	Sec. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
 110.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, the Department 
110.11 	of Education may only retain the amounts allocated to it for grant administration costs in 
110.12 	the appropriations under this act.

110.13 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 110.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
110.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
110.16 	designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
110.17 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

110.18		$
	46,927,000
	.....
	2026
	
110.19		$
	41,515,000
	.....
	2027
	
110.20 	Of these amounts:
110.21 	(1) $694,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $594,000 in fiscal year 2027 is for the Board of 
110.22 	School Administrators;
110.23 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
110.24 	section 120B.115;
110.25 	(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
110.26 	Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
110.27 	(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
110.28 	(5) $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 only is for legal fees and costs associated with 
110.29 	litigation;
110.30 	(6) $2,359,000 each year is for modernizing district data submissions;
111.1 	(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning 
111.2 	Disability;
111.3 	(8) $130,000 each year is for the state school librarian under Minnesota Statutes, section 
111.4 	127A.151;
111.5 	(9) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under 
111.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
111.7 	(10) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
111.8 	(11) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center 
111.9 	at the Department of Education;
111.10 	(12) $175,000 each year is for administrative expenses for unemployment aid;
111.11 	(13) $550,000 each year is for fraud prevention and detection; and
111.12 	(14) $572,000 each year is for administration of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer 
111.13 	Program.
111.14 	(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
111.15 	Washington, D.C., office.
111.16 	(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
111.17 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.

111.18 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
 111.19 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
111.20 	Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:

111.21		$
	17,838,000
	.....
	2026
	
111.22		$
	17,937,000
	.....
	2027
	
111.23 	Of these amounts:
111.24 	(1) $185,000 each year is for a mental health day treatment program; and
111.25 	(2) $321,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
111.26 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

111.27 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 111.28 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
111.29 	Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

112.1		$
	8,637,000
	.....
	2026
	
112.2		$
	8,818,000
	.....
	2027
	
112.3 	(b) $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
112.4 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

112.5 	Sec. 8. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
112.6 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 112.7 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. (a) The sums 
112.8 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund, unless indicated otherwise, 
112.9 	to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated:

112.10		$
	3,933,000
	.....
	2026
	
112.11		$
	4,033,000
	.....
	2027
	
112.12 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
112.13 		Subd. 2.Licensure by portfolio. (a) For licensure by portfolio:

112.14		$
	25,000
	.....
	2026
	
112.15		$
	25,000
	.....
	2027
	
112.16 	(b) This appropriation is from the education licensure portfolio account in the special 
112.17 	revenue fund.

112.18 	ARTICLE 11
112.19 	FORECAST
112.20 	A. GENERAL EDUCATION

112.21 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
112.22 	2024, chapter 81, section 1, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 1, section 15, is amended 
112.23 	to read:
112.24 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
112.25 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

112.26		$
	8,103,909,000
	.....
	2024
	
112.28112.27
		$
	8,333,843,000
8,280,528,000
	.....
	2025
	
112.29 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $707,254,000 for 2023 and $7,396,655,000 for 
112.30 	2024.
113.1 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $771,421,000 for 2024 and $7,562,422,000
113.2 	$7,509,107,000 for 2025.

113.3 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
113.4 	2024, chapter 81, section 2, is amended to read:
113.5 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
113.6 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
113.7 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

113.8		$
	23,000
	.....
	2024
	
113.10113.9		$
	25,000
23,000
	.....
	2025

113.11 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
113.12 	2024, chapter 81, section 3, is amended to read:
113.13 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. (a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
113.14 	127A.49:

113.15		$
	2,318,000
	.....
	2024
	
113.17113.16
		$
	2,516,000
1,503,000
	.....
	2025
	
113.18 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $126,000 for 2023 and $2,192,000 for 2024.
113.19 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $243,000 for 2024 and $2,273,000 $1,260,000 for 
113.20 	2025.

113.21 	Sec. 4. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
113.22 	2024, chapter 81, section 4, is amended to read:
113.23 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. (a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
113.24 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

113.25		$
	7,000
	.....
	2024
	
113.27113.26
		$
	180,000
0
	.....
	2025
	
113.28 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $7,000 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
113.29 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $180,000 $0 for 2025.

114.1 	Sec. 5. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
114.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 5, is amended to read:
114.3 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. (a) For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
114.4 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

114.5		$
	21,176,000
	.....
	2024
	
114.7114.6
		$
	24,478,000
23,337,000
	.....
	2025
	
114.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $1,925,000 for 2023 and $19,251,000 for 2024.
114.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,138,000 for 2024 and $22,340,000 $21,199,000
114.10 	for 2025.

114.11 	Sec. 6. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 
114.12 	2024, chapter 81, section 6, is amended to read:
114.13 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. (a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
114.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

114.15		$
	22,979,000
	.....
	2024
	
114.17114.16
		$
	27,177,000
25,802,000
	.....
	2025
	
114.18 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $2,115,000 for 2023 and $20,864,000 for 2024.
114.19 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,318,000 for 2024 and $24,859,000 $23,484,000
114.20 	for 2025.

114.21 	Sec. 7. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 
114.22 	2024, chapter 81, section 7, is amended to read:
114.23 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. (a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
114.24 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

114.25		$
	1,664,000
	.....
	2024
	
114.27114.26
		$
	874,000
937,000
	.....
	2025
	
114.28 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $183,000 for 2023 and $1,481,000 for 2024.
114.29 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $164,000 for 2024 and $710,000 $773,000 for 2025.
115.1 	B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

115.2 	Sec. 8. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
115.3 	2024, chapter 81, section 8, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 13, is amended 
115.4 	to read:
115.5 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
115.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

115.7		$
	82,818,000
	.....
	2024
	
115.9115.8
		$
	85,043,000
84,300,000
	.....
	2025
	
115.10 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,172,000 for 2023 and $74,646,000 for 2024.
115.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,294,000 for 2024 and $76,749,000 $76,006,000
115.12 	for 2025.

115.13 	Sec. 9. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
115.14 	2024, chapter 81, section 9, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 6, section 3, is amended 
115.15 	to read:
115.16 		Subd. 6.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
115.17 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

115.18		$
	91,457,000
	.....
	2024
	
115.20115.19
		$
	94,906,000
93,684,000
	.....
	2025
	
115.21 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $9,047,000 for 2023 and $82,410,000 for 2024.
115.22 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $9,156,000 for 2024 and $85,750,000 $84,528,000
115.23 	for 2025.

115.24 	Sec. 10. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 21, as amended by Laws 
115.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 10, is amended to read:
115.26 		Subd. 21.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
115.27 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
115.28 	section 124D.87:

115.29		$
	14,828,000
	.....
	2024
	
115.31115.30
		$
	16,413,000
14,799,000
	.....
	2025

116.1 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 
116.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 11, is amended to read:
116.3 		Subd. 23.Literacy incentive aid. (a) For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
116.4 	section 124D.98:

116.5		$
	41,071,000
	.....
	2024
	
116.7116.6
		$
	41,588,000
40,570,000
	.....
	2025
	
116.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $4,606,000 for 2023 and $36,465,000 for 2024.
116.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $4,051,000 for 2024 and $37,537,000 $36,519,000
116.10 	for 2025.

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

116.15		$
	0
	.....
	2024
	
116.17116.16
		$
	7,230,000
1,997,000
	.....
	2025
	
116.18 	(b) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $7,230,000 $1,997,000 for 2025.

116.19 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 4, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
116.20 	2024, chapter 81, section 12, is amended to read:
116.21 		Subd. 2.American Indian education aid. (a) For American Indian education aid under 
116.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

116.23		$
	18,131,000
	.....
	2024
	
116.25116.24
		$
	19,672,000
19,649,000
	.....
	2025
	
116.26 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $1,159,000 for 2023 and $16,972,000 for 2024.
116.27 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $1,885,000 for 2024 and $17,787,000 $17,764,000
116.28 	for 2025.

117.1 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 4, section 21, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
117.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 13, is amended to read:
117.3 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract school aid. (a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
117.4 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

117.5		$
	1,673,000
	.....
	2024
	
117.7117.6
		$
	2,131,000
2,153,000
	.....
	2025
	
117.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $255,000 for 2023 and $1,418,000 for 2024.
117.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $157,000 for 2024 and $1,974,000 $1,996,000 for 
117.10 	2025.
117.11 	C. TEACHERS

117.12 	Sec. 15. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
117.13 	2024, chapter 81, section 14, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 5, section 11, is amended 
117.14 	to read:
117.15 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
117.16 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

117.17		$
	88,706,000
	.....
	2024
	
117.19117.18
		$
	89,012,000
88,206,000
	.....
	2025
	
117.20 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,824,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $79,882,000 
117.21 	for fiscal year 2024.
117.22 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,875,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $80,137,000
117.23 	$79,331,000 for fiscal year 2025.

117.24 	Sec. 16. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws 
117.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 15, is amended to read:
117.26 		Subd. 14.Student support personnel aid. (a) For aid to support schools in addressing 
117.27 	students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:

117.28		$
	30,255,000
	.....
	2024
	
117.30117.29
		$
	36,498,000
36,259,000
	.....
	2025
	
117.31 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for fiscal year 2023 and $30,255,000 for fiscal 
117.32 	year 2024.
118.1 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,361,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $33,137,000
118.2 	$32,898,000 for fiscal year 2025.
118.3 	D. SPECIAL EDUCATION

118.4 	Sec. 17. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
118.5 	2024, chapter 81, section 16, is amended to read:
118.6 		Subd. 2.Aid for children with disabilities. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
118.7 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
118.8 	the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

118.9		$
	1,597,000
	.....
	2024
	
118.11118.10
		$
	1,844,000
1,952,000
	.....
	2025
	
118.12 	(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year 
118.13 	is available.

118.14 	Sec. 18. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
118.15 	2024, chapter 81, section 17, is amended to read:
118.16 		Subd. 3.Court-placed special education revenue.  For reimbursing serving school 
118.17 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
118.18 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

118.19		$
	39,000
	.....
	2024
	
118.21118.20
		$
	40,000
0
	.....
	2025

118.22 	Sec. 19. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
118.23 	2024, chapter 81, section 18, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 7, section 4, is amended 
118.24 	to read:
118.25 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
118.26 	Statutes, section 125A.75:

118.27		$
	2,288,826,000
	.....
	2024
	
118.29118.28
		$
	2,486,181,000
2,582,007,000
	.....
	2025
	
118.30 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $229,860,000 for 2023 and $2,058,966,000 for 
118.31 	2024.
119.1 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $289,842,000 for 2024 and $2,196,339,000
119.2 	$2,292,165,000 for 2025.

119.3 	Sec. 20. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
119.4 	2024, chapter 81, section 19, is amended to read:
119.5 		Subd. 6.Special education separate sites and programs. (a) For aid for special 
119.6 	education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision 
119.7 	4:

119.8		$
	3,880,000
	.....
	2024
	
119.10119.9		$
	4,505,000
4,282,000
	.....
	2025
	
119.11 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $3,880,000 for 2024.
119.12 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $431,000 for 2024 and $4,074,000 $3,851,000 for 
119.13 	2025.

119.14 	Sec. 21. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 
119.15 	2024, chapter 81, section 20, is amended to read:
119.16 		Subd. 7.Travel for home-based services. (a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
119.17 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

119.18		$
	425,000
	.....
	2024
	
119.20119.19
		$
	475,000
440,000
	.....
	2025
	
119.21 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $32,000 for 2023 and $393,000 for 2024.
119.22 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2024 and $432,000 $397,000 for 2025.
119.23 	E. FACILITIES

119.24 	Sec. 22. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
119.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 22, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 8, section 5, is amended 
119.26 	to read:
119.27 		Subd. 6.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
119.28 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

119.29		$
	107,905,000
	.....
	2024
	
119.31119.30
		$
	107,865,000
107,262,000
	.....
	2025
	
120.1 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $10,821,000 for 2023 and $97,084,000 for 2024.
120.2 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $10,787,000 for 2024 and $97,078,000 $96,475,000
120.3 	for 2025.
120.4 	F. NUTRITION

120.5 	Sec. 23. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2023, 
120.6 	chapter 55, article 9, section 16, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 23, and Laws 2024, chapter 
120.7 	115, article 9, section 8, is amended to read:
120.8 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
120.9 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

120.10		$
	218,801,000
	.....
	2024
	
120.12120.11
		$
	239,686,000
251,667,000
	.....
	2025

120.13 	Sec. 24. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2023, 
120.14 	chapter 55, article 9, section 17, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 24, and Laws 2024, chapter 
120.15 	115, article 9, section 9, is amended to read:
120.16 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
120.17 	124D.1158:

120.18		$
	44,178,000
	.....
	2024
	
120.20120.19
		$
	48,747,000
54,835,000
	.....
	2025

120.21 	Sec. 25. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
120.22 	2024, chapter 81, section 25, is amended to read:
120.23 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
120.24 	section 124D.118:

120.25		$
	428,000
	.....
	2024
	
120.27120.26
		$
	428,000
387,000
	.....
	2025

120.28 	Sec. 26. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 
120.29 	2024, chapter 81, section 26, is amended to read:
120.30 		Subd. 8.School library aid. (a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
120.31 	134.356 124D.992:

121.1		$
	21,586,000
	.....
	2024
	
121.3121.2
		$
	23,903,000
23,791,000
	.....
	2025
	
121.4 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $21,586,000 for 2024.
121.5 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,398,000 for 2024 and $21,505,000 $21,393,000
121.6 	for 2025.
121.7 	G. EARLY EDUCATION

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

121.12		$
	37,209,000
	.....
	2024
	
121.14121.13
		$
	38,985,000
37,874,000
	.....
	2025
	
121.15 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $3,518,000 for 2023 and $33,691,000 for 2024.
121.16 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,743,000 for 2024 and $35,242,000 $34,131,000
121.17 	for 2025.

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

121.22		$
	4,148,000
	.....
	2024
	
121.24121.23
		$
	4,151,000
4,156,000
	.....
	2025
	
121.25 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $349,000 for 2023 and $3,799,000 for 2024.
121.26 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $422,000 for 2024 and $3,729,000 $3,734,000 for 
121.27 	2025.

121.28 	Sec. 29. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 17, as amended by Laws 2024, 
121.29 	chapter 81, section 29, is amended to read:
121.30 		Subd. 17.Home visiting aid. (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
121.31 	124D.135 142D.11:

122.1		$
	382,000
	.....
	2024
	
122.3122.2
		$
	300,000
290,000
	.....
	2025
	
122.4 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $41,000 for 2023 and $341,000 for 2024.
122.5 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $37,000 for 2024 and $263,000 $253,000 for 2025.
122.6 	H. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

122.7 	Sec. 30. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
122.8 	2024, chapter 81, section 30, is amended to read:
122.9 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. (a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
122.10 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

122.11		$
	52,566,000
	.....
	2024
	
122.13122.12
		$
	53,684,000
53,880,000
	.....
	2025
	
122.14 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $5,179,000 for 2023 and $47,387,000 for 2024.
122.15 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $5,265,000 for 2024 and $48,419,000 $48,615,000
122.16 	for 2025.

122.17 	Sec. 31. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
122.18 	2024, chapter 81, section 31, is amended to read:
122.19 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. (a) For adults with disabilities programs 
122.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

122.21		$
	710,000
	.....
	2024
	
122.23122.22
		$
	1,520,000
1,433,000
	.....
	2025
	
122.24 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2023 and $639,000 for 2024.
122.25 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2024 and $1,449,000 $1,362,000 for 
122.26 	2025.

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

123.1		$
	0
	.....
	2024
	
123.3123.2
		$
	1,000
0
	.....
	2025
	
123.4 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
123.5 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $1,000 $0 for 2025.

123.6 	Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 123.7 	Article 11 is effective the day following final enactment.

	ARTICLE 1	GENERAL EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 2.5	
	ARTICLE 2	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE........	Page.Ln 24.5	
	ARTICLE 3	TEACHERS........	Page.Ln 55.24	
	ARTICLE 4	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 75.6	
	ARTICLE 5	SPECIAL EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 79.23	
	ARTICLE 6	FACILITIES, HEALTH, AND SAFETY........	Page.Ln 81.11	
	ARTICLE 7	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES........	Page.Ln 92.26	
	ARTICLE 8	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 99.7	
	ARTICLE 9	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING........	Page.Ln 104.13	
	ARTICLE 10	STATE AGENCIES........	Page.Ln 106.14	
	ARTICLE 11	FORECAST........	Page.Ln 112.18	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S2255-1 

120B.241 COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM.Subd. 2.Computer science education supervisor. 
The Department of Education must employ a computer science supervisor dedicated to: 

(1) the implementation of this section and the implementation of the computer science education strategic plan developed by the working group under subdivision 3; 

(2) outreach to districts that need additional supports to create or advance their computer science programs; and 

(3) supporting districts in using existing and available resources for districts to create and advance their computer science programs. 

Subd. 4.Computer science educator training and capacity building. 
(a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement, or award grants or subcontract with eligible entities, for the development and implementation of high-quality, coordinated teacher recruitment and educator training programs for computer science courses and content as defined in subdivision 1 and aligned to the state strategic plan as developed under subdivision 3. 

(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, eligible entities include: 

(1) a consortium of local educational agencies in the state; and 

(2) high-quality computer science professional learning providers, including institutions of higher education in the state that are reasonably accessible geographically to all Minnesota educators, nonprofits, other state-funded entities, or private entities working in partnership with a consortium of local educational agencies. 

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, eligible uses of funding include: 

(1) high-quality professional learning opportunities for kindergarten through grade 12 computer science content that: 

(i) are created and delivered in a consistent manner across the state; 

(ii) are made available with no out-of-pocket expenses to educators, including teachers, counselors, administrators, and other district employees as approved by the Department of Education, schools, and school districts; 

(iii) are made available asynchronously online, in person, and online or hybrid as determined appropriate by the Department of Education; and 

(iv) include introductory, intermediate, and advanced trainings aligned to the kindergarten through grade 12 academic standards or, as necessary, other standards approved by the Department of Education, specified for each of the grade bands kindergarten through grade 2, grades 3 to 5, grades 6 to 8, and grades 9 to 12; 

(2) professional learning opportunities for educators of students in grades 9 to 12 that may include trainings for advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment credit computer science courses; 

(3) travel expenses for kindergarten through grade 12 computer science teachers: 

(i) for attending training opportunities under clauses (1) and (2); and 

(ii) deemed appropriate and approved by the commissioner of education, or the commissioner of education's designee; 

(4) any future credentialing for kindergarten through grade 12 computer science teachers, including Career and Technical Education and academic endorsements; 

(5) supports for kindergarten through grade 12 computer science professional learning, including mentoring and coaching; 

(6) creation and deployment of resources to promote training opportunities and recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science teachers; 

(7) creation or purchase of resources to support implementation approved by the commissioner of education, or the commissioner of education's designee; 

(8) creation and deployment of resources to promote learning opportunities or recruit students to engage in the learning opportunities; 

(9) development of teacher credentialing programs; 

(10) planning for districts to implement or expand computer science education opportunities; and 

(11) employment, or grant for employment, of personnel or contractors to oversee the statewide initiative, develop programs and trainings, and deliver training opportunities under clause (1). 

(d) As a condition of receiving any funding through grants or subcontracts, eligible entities must submit an application to the Department of Education. The application must, at a minimum, address how the entity will: 

(1) reach new and existing teachers with little to no computer science background; 

(2) attract and support educators from schools that currently do not have established computer science education programs; 

(3) use research- or evidence-based practices for high-quality professional development; 

(4) focus the professional learning on the conceptual foundations of computer science; 

(5) reach and support subgroups underrepresented in computer science; 

(6) provide teachers with concrete experience through hands-on, inquiry-based practices; 

(7) accommodate the particular teacher and student needs in each district and school; and 

(8) ensure that participating districts begin offering courses or content within the same or subsequent school year after the teacher receives the professional learning. 

(e) The Department of Education shall prioritize the following applications: 

(1) consortiums of local educational agencies that are working in partnership with providers of high-quality professional learning for kindergarten through grade 12 computer science; 

(2) proposals that describe strategies to increase enrollment overall, including but not limited to subgroups of students that are traditionally underrepresented in computer science; and 

(3) proposals from rural or urban areas with a low penetration of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science offerings, including local education consortiums within these areas. 

(f) The award recipient shall report, for all funding received under this section annually, at a minimum: 

(1) the number of teachers: 

(i) trained within each elementary, middle, and high school; and 

(ii) trained within trainings offered as outlined in paragraph (c), clause (1), item (iv); 

(2) the number of trainings offered in advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment credit computer science courses; and 

(3) the number of teachers, and percentage of teachers trained, that started implementing computer science courses limited to middle and high school implementation. 

(g) The Department of Education shall make these reports public. The publicly released data shall not include student-level personally identifiable information. 

Subd. 6.Computer science education data collection. 
(a) The Department of Education shall require all high schools to report data and information about computer science course offerings and enrollment. 

(b) The Department of Education shall develop a plan for the secure and regular reporting of computer science course offerings and enrollment data from schools with kindergarten to grade 8 bands within 90 days of enactment of this act. 

(c) Data collected in processes described in paragraphs (a) and (b) should be disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, free and reduced-price meals status, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act status, 504 status, and English language learner status. 

123B.40 DECLARATION OF POLICY.
It is the intent of the legislature to provide for distribution of educational aids such as textbooks, standardized tests and pupil support services so that every school pupil in the state will share equitably in education benefits and therefore further assure all Minnesota pupils and their parents freedom of choice in education. 

123B.41 DEFINITIONS.Subd. 2.Textbook. 
(a) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute, including electronic books as well as other printed materials delivered electronically, which a pupil uses as a text or text substitute in a particular class or program in the school regularly attended and a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of each pupil in this class or program. Textbook includes an online book with an annual subscription cost. Textbook includes a teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other materials that accompany a textbook that a pupil uses when the teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other teacher materials are packaged physically or electronically with textbooks for student use. 

(b) For purposes of calculating the annual nonpublic pupil aid entitlement for textbooks, the term shall be limited to books, workbooks, or manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf form, as well as electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically, intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or a group of students. 

(c) For purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.48, the terms "textbook" and "software or other educational technology" include only such secular, neutral, and nonideological materials as are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils. 

Subd. 3.Standardized tests. 
"Standardized tests" means standardized tests and scoring services which are provided by commercial publishing organizations or the state and which are in use in the public schools of Minnesota to measure the progress of pupils in secular subjects. 

Subd. 4.Pupil support services. 
"Pupil support services" means guidance and counseling services and health services. 

Subd. 5.Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials. 
(a) "Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" means educational materials which: 

(1) are designed primarily for individual pupil use or use by pupils in a cooperative learning group in a particular class or program in the school the pupil regularly attends, including teacher materials that accompany materials that a pupil uses; 

(2) are secular, neutral, nonideological and not capable of diversion for religious use; and 

(3) are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils. 

(b) Subject to the requirements in paragraph (a), "individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" include, but are not limited to, the following if they do not fall within the definition of "textbook" in subdivision 2: published materials; periodicals; documents; pamphlets; photographs; reproductions; pictorial or graphic works; prerecorded video programs; prerecorded tapes, cassettes and other sound recordings; manipulative materials; desk charts; games; study prints and pictures; desk maps; models; learning kits; blocks or cubes; flash cards; individualized multimedia systems; prepared instructional computer software programs; choral and band sheet music; electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically; and CD-Rom. 

(c) "Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" do not include instructional equipment, instructional hardware, or ordinary daily consumable classroom supplies. 

Subd. 5a.Software or other educational technology. 
For purposes of sections 123B.42 and 123B.43, "software or other educational technology" includes software, programs, applications, hardware, and any other electronic educational technology. Software or other educational technology includes course registration fees for advanced placement courses delivered online. 

Subd. 6.Pupils. 
"Pupils" means elementary and secondary pupils. 

Subd. 7.Elementary pupils. 
"Elementary pupils" means pupils in grades kindergarten through 6; provided, each kindergarten pupil in a half-day program shall be counted as one-half pupil for all computations pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48. 

Subd. 8.Secondary pupils. 
"Secondary pupils" means pupils in grades 7 through 12. 

Subd. 12.Intermediary service area. 
"Intermediary service area" means a school administrative unit approved by the commissioner, other than a single school district, including but not limited to the following: 

(a) a service cooperative; 

(b) a cooperative of two or more school districts; 

(c) learning centers; or 

(d) an association of schools or school districts. 

Subd. 14.Guidance and counseling services. 
"Guidance and counseling services" means all activities of a licensed counselor in counseling pupils and parents, providing counseling on learning problems, evaluating the abilities of pupils, assisting pupils in personal and social development and providing referral assistance. 

Subd. 15.Health services. 
"Health services" means physician, dental, nursing or optometric services and health supplies brought to the site by the health professional for pupil usage in the field of physical or mental health; provided the term does not include direct educational instruction, services which are required pursuant to sections 125A.03 to 125A.24, and 125A.65, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, or services which are eligible to receive special education aid pursuant to section 125A.75. 

123B.42 TEXTBOOKS; INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION OR COOPERATIVE LEARNING MATERIAL; STANDARD TESTS.Subdivision 1.Providing education materials and tests. 
The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 requiring that in each school year, based upon formal requests by or on behalf of nonpublic school pupils in a nonpublic school, the local districts or intermediary service areas must purchase or otherwise acquire textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests and loan or provide them for use by children enrolled in that nonpublic school. These textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests must be loaned or provided free to the children for the school year for which requested. The loan or provision of the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, and standardized tests shall be subject to rules prescribed by the commissioner of education. 

Subd. 1a.Curriculum; electronic components. 
A school district that provides curriculum to resident students that has both physical and electronic components must make the electronic component accessible to a resident student in a home school in compliance with sections 120A.22 and 120A.24 at the request of the student or the student's parent or guardian, provided that the district does not incur more than an incidental cost as a result of providing access electronically. 

Subd. 2.Title to education materials and tests. 
The title to textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized testing materials must remain in the servicing school district or intermediary service area, and possession or custody may be granted or charged to administrators of the nonpublic school attended by the nonpublic school pupil or pupils to whom the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, or standardized tests are loaned or provided. 

Subd. 3.Cost; limitation. 
(a) The cost per pupil of the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests provided for in this section for each school year must not exceed the statewide average expenditure per pupil, adjusted pursuant to paragraph (b), by the Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools for textbooks, individualized instructional materials and standardized tests as computed and established by the department by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data then available. 

(b) The cost computed in paragraph (a) shall be increased by an inflation adjustment equal to the percent of increase in the formula allowance, pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, from the second preceding school year to the current school year. 

(c) The commissioner shall allot to the districts or intermediary service areas the total cost for each school year of providing or loaning the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests for the pupils in each nonpublic school. The allotment shall not exceed the product of the statewide average expenditure per pupil, according to paragraph (a), adjusted pursuant to paragraph (b), multiplied by the number of nonpublic school pupils who make requests pursuant to this section and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current school year. 

123B.43 USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
(a) The commissioner shall assure that textbooks and individualized instructional materials loaned to nonpublic school pupils are secular, neutral, nonideological and that they are incapable of diversion for religious use. 

(b) Textbooks, individualized instructional materials, software or other educational technology must not be used in religious courses, devotional exercises, religious training or any other religious activity. 

(c) Textbooks and individualized instructional materials must be loaned only to individual pupils upon the request of a parent or guardian or the pupil on a form designated for this use by the commissioner. The request forms shall provide for verification by the parent or guardian or pupil that the requested textbooks and individualized instructional materials are for the use of the individual pupil in connection with a program of instruction in the pupil's elementary or secondary school. 

(d) The servicing school district or the intermediary service area must take adequate measures to ensure an accurate and periodic inventory of all textbooks, individualized instructional materials, software or other educational technology loaned to elementary and secondary school pupils attending nonpublic schools. The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 to terminate the eligibility of any nonpublic school pupil if the commissioner determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the textbooks, individualized instructional materials, or software or other educational technology, have been used in a manner contrary to the provisions of section 123B.41, subdivision 5, 123B.42, or this section or any rules promulgated by the commissioner of education. 

(e) Nothing contained in section 123B.41, subdivision 5, 123B.42, or this section shall be construed to authorize the making of any payments to a nonpublic school or its faculty, staff or administrators for religious worship or instruction or for any other purpose. 

123B.44 PROVISION OF PUPIL SUPPORT SERVICES.Subdivision 1.Provided services. 
The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 requiring each district or other intermediary service area: (a) to provide each year upon formal request by a specific date by or on behalf of a nonpublic school pupil enrolled in a nonpublic school located in that district or area, the same specific health services as are provided for public school pupils by the district where the nonpublic school is located; and (b) to provide each year upon formal request by a specific date by or on behalf of a nonpublic school secondary pupil enrolled in a nonpublic school located in that district or area, the same specific guidance and counseling services as are provided for public school secondary pupils by the district where the nonpublic school is located. The district where the nonpublic school is located must provide the necessary transportation within the district boundaries between the nonpublic school and a public school or neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services under this section if the district elects to provide pupil support services at a site other than the nonpublic school. Each request for pupil support services must set forth the guidance and counseling or health services requested by or on behalf of all eligible nonpublic school pupils enrolled in a given nonpublic school. No district or intermediary service area must not expend an amount for these pupil support services which exceeds the amount allotted to it under this section. 

Subd. 2.Location of services. 
Health and guidance and counseling services may be provided to nonpublic school pupils under this section at a public school, a neutral site, the nonpublic school or any other suitable location. District or intermediary service area personnel and representatives of the nonpublic school pupils receiving pupil support services must hold an annual consultation regarding the type of services, provider of services, and the location of the provision of these services. The district board or intermediary service area governing board must make the final decision on the location of the provision of these services. 

Subd. 3.Guidance and counseling; exclusions. 
Guidance and counseling services provided to nonpublic school pupils pursuant to this section shall not include the planning or selection of particular courses or classroom activities of the nonpublic school. 

Subd. 4.Health services; allotment. 
Each school year the commissioner shall allot to the school districts or other intermediary service areas for the provision of health services pursuant to this section the actual cost of the services provided for the pupils in each respective nonpublic school for that school year. The allotment must not exceed the average expenditure per public school pupil for these services by those Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools which provide health services to public school pupils, multiplied by the number of pupils in that particular nonpublic school who request these health services and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current school year. 

Subd. 5.Guidance and counseling services; allotment. 
Each school year the commissioner shall allot to the school districts or intermediary service areas for the provision of guidance and counseling services pursuant to this section the actual cost of the services provided for the pupils in each respective nonpublic school for that school year. The allotment for guidance and counseling services for the secondary pupils in each nonpublic school must not exceed the average expenditure per public school secondary pupil for these services by those Minnesota public schools which provide these services to their secondary pupils, multiplied by the number of secondary pupils in that particular nonpublic school who request these services and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current school year. 

Subd. 6.Computation of maximum allotments. 
For purposes of computing maximum allotments for each school year pursuant to this section, the average public school expenditure per pupil for health services and the average public school expenditure per secondary pupil for guidance and counseling services shall be computed and established by the department by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data then available. 

123B.45 PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
The commissioner shall make such payments to school districts or intermediary service areas pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48 as are needed to meet contractual obligations incurred for the provision of benefits to nonpublic school students pursuant to section 123B.42, 123B.44, or 123B.445. 

123B.46 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Each year, a district or intermediary service area may claim and receive from the department an additional sum for the administration of sections 123B.42, 123B.44, and 123B.445, equal to five percent of the district's or area's allocation for that year pursuant to those sections. 

123B.47 NOTICE TO DISTRICTS; PRORATION.
If the appropriation for nonpublic educational aid under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 is not sufficient to meet the required payments in any fiscal year, the department must notify the school districts at the earliest possible date of the need to prorate the appropriation among the districts. 

123B.48 LIMIT ON DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
If the amount appropriated for purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for any year is not sufficient to make the payments required pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for that year, then no school district or intermediary service area is required to expend an amount pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for that year which exceeds the amount of the payments it receives pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for that year. 

123B.595 LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE REVENUE.Subd. 2.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school. 
 Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units. 

123B.86 EQUAL TREATMENT.Subd. 2.Nonpublic school students. 
(a) The board of any local district must provide school bus transportation to the district boundary for school children residing in the district at least the same distance from a nonpublic school actually attended in another district as public school pupils are transported in the transporting district. Such transportation must be provided whether or not there is another nonpublic school within the transporting district, if the transportation is to schools maintaining grades or departments not maintained in the district or if the attendance of such children at school can more safely, economically, or conveniently be provided for by such means. 

(b) The school board of any local district may provide school bus transportation to a nonpublic school in another district for school children residing in the district and attending that school, whether or not there is another nonpublic school within the transporting district, if the transportation is to schools maintaining grades or departments not maintained in the district or if the attendance of such children at school can more safely, economically, or conveniently be provided for by such means. If the board transports children to a nonpublic school located in another district, the nonpublic school must pay the cost of such transportation provided outside the district boundaries. 

123B.92 TRANSPORTATION AID ENTITLEMENT.Subd. 9.Nonpublic pupil transportation aid. 
(a) A district's nonpublic pupil transportation aid for the 1996-1997 and later school years for transportation services for nonpublic school pupils according to sections 123B.88, 123B.84 to 123B.86, and this section, equals the sum of the amounts computed in paragraphs (b) and (c). This aid does not limit the obligation to transport pupils under sections 123B.84 to 123B.87. 

(b) For regular and excess transportation according to subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), an amount equal to the product of: 

(1) the district's actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation categories during the second preceding school year; times 

(2) the number of nonpublic school pupils residing in the district who receive regular or excess transportation service or reimbursement for the current school year; times 

(3) the ratio of the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the current school year to the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the second preceding school year. 

(c) For nonpublic nonregular transportation according to subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (5), an amount equal to the product of: 

(1) the district's actual expenditure for nonpublic nonregular transportation during the second preceding school year; times 

(2) the ratio of the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the current school year to the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the second preceding school year. 

(d) Notwithstanding the amount of the formula allowance for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 in section 126C.10, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall use the amount of the formula allowance for the current year minus $414 in determining the nonpublic pupil transportation revenue in paragraphs (b) and (c) for fiscal years 2015 and 2016. 

124D.992 SCHOOL LIBRARY AID.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.