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.48, 
1.11 	subdivisions 2, 5; 123A.485, subdivision 2; 123A.73, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6, by 
1.12 	adding a subdivision; 123B.445; 123B.595, subdivisions 1, 4, 8, 10; 123B.63, 
1.13 	subdivision 3; 123B.71, subdivision 8; 123B.84; 123B.86, subdivisions 1, 3; 
1.14 	123B.87; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.111, subdivisions 2a, 3, by adding a 
1.15 	subdivision; 124D.1158, by adding a subdivision; 124D.119, subdivision 1; 
1.16 	124D.231; 124D.42, subdivision 9; 124D.65, subdivision 5a; 124D.81, subdivision 
1.17 	2b; 124D.83, subdivision 2; 124D.861, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.862, subdivisions 
1.18 	1, 8; 124D.901, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; 124D.98; 124D.992, 
1.19 	subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.995, subdivision 6; 124E.20, by adding a subdivision; 
1.20 	125A.76, subdivision 2e; 125B.15; 126C.05, subdivision 3; 126C.10, subdivisions 
1.21 	2, 3, 3c; 126C.17, subdivision 9b; 126C.40, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
1.22 	126C.45; 127A.41, subdivisions 8, 9; 127A.45, subdivisions 11, 13; 127A.47, 
1.23 	subdivision 7; 127A.49, subdivision 3; 136A.1276, subdivision 4; 142D.06, 
1.24 	subdivision 4; 142D.08, subdivision 8; 142D.093; 142D.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 10; 
1.25 	Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; 
1.26 	Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 
1.27 	17, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, sections 33; 36, subdivisions 2, 
1.28 	as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as 
1.29 	amended, 9, as amended, 12; 37; article 2, section 64, subdivisions 2, as amended, 
1.30 	6, as amended, 16, as amended, 20, 21, as amended, 23, as amended, 34; article 
1.31 	3, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended; article 4, section 21, subdivisions 2, as 
1.32 	amended, 5, as amended; article 5, section 64, subdivisions 3, as amended, 14, as 
1.33 	amended; article 7, section 18, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as 
1.34 	amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended; article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as 
1.35 	amended; article 9, section 18, subdivisions 4, as amended, 5, 8, as amended; 
1.36 	article 11, section 11, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 10, as amended; 
1.37 	article 12, sections 17, subdivision 2, as amended; 19; Laws 2024, chapter 115, 
1.38 	article 3, sections 7, subdivision 4; 8, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law 
2.1 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 
2.2 	120B.241, subdivisions 2, 4, 6; 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 
2.3 	7, 8, 12, 14, 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46; 123B.47; 123B.48; 
2.4 	123B.595, subdivision 2; 123B.86, subdivision 2; 123B.92, subdivision 9; 
2.5 	124D.992, subdivision 1a; 125B.26.
2.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.7 	ARTICLE 1
2.8 	GENERAL EDUCATION

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

2.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.22 		Subd. 2. Dissolution; referendum revenue. As of the effective date of the voluntary 
2.23 	or involuntary dissolution of a district and its attachment to one or more existing districts 
2.24 	pursuant to sections 123A.60 or 123A.64 to 123A.72, the authorization for any referendum 
2.25 	revenue previously approved by the voters of authorized for the dissolved district in that 
2.26 	district pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or its predecessor or successor provision, 
2.27 	is canceled. The authorization for any referendum revenue previously approved by the voters 
2.28 	of authorized for a district to which all or part of the dissolved district is attached shall not 
2.29 	be affected by the attachment and shall apply to the entire area of the district as enlarged 
2.30 	by the attachment.

2.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.32 		Subd. 4.Consolidation; maximum authorized referendum revenues. (a) As of the 
2.33 	effective date of a consolidation pursuant to section 123A.48, if the plan for consolidation 
3.1 	so provides, or if the plan for consolidation makes no provision concerning referendum 
3.2 	revenues, the authorization for all referendum revenues previously approved by the voters
3.3 	ofauthorized for all affected districts for those districts pursuant to section 126C.17, 
3.4 	subdivision 9, or its predecessor provision shall be recalculated as provided in this 
3.5 	subdivision. The referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district shall be 
3.6 	the revenue per adjusted pupil unit that would raise an amount equal to the combined dollar 
3.7 	amount of the referendum revenues authorized by each of the component districts for the 
3.8 	year preceding the consolidation, unless the referendum revenue authorization of the newly 
3.9 	created district is subsequently modified pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9.
3.10 	(b) The referendum allowance for a consolidated district in the years following 
3.11 	consolidation equals the average of the consolidating districts' existing authorities for those 
3.12 	years, weighted by the districts' adjusted pupil units in the year preceding consolidation. 
3.13 	For purposes of this calculation, the referendum authorities used for individual districts 
3.14 	shall not decrease from year to year until such time as all existing authorities for all the 
3.15 	consolidating districts have fully expired, but shall increase if they were originally approved 
3.16 	with consumer price index-based or other annual increases.
3.17 	(c) The referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district shall continue 
3.18 	for a period of time equal to the longest period authorized for any component district. The 
3.19 	referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district may be renewed by the 
3.20 	school board of the newly created district pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9b, for 
3.21 	a term not to exceed the longest period authorized for any component district.

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

3.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.25 		Subd. 5.Alternative method. (a) As of the effective date of a consolidation pursuant 
3.26 	to section 123A.48, if the plan for consolidation so provides, the authorization for all 
3.27 	referendum revenues previously approved by the voters ofauthorized for all affected districts 
3.28 	for those districts pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or its predecessor provision 
3.29 	shall be combined as provided in this subdivision. The referendum revenue authorization 
3.30 	for the newly created district may be any allowance per adjusted pupil unit provided in the 
3.31 	plan for consolidation, but may not exceed the allowance per adjusted pupil unit that would 
3.32 	raise an amount equal to the combined dollar amount of the referendum revenues authorized 
3.33 	by each of the component districts for the year preceding the consolidation.
4.1 	(b) The referendum allowance for a consolidated district in the years following 
4.2 	consolidation equals the average of the consolidating districts' existing authorities for those 
4.3 	years, weighted by the districts' adjusted pupil units in the year preceding consolidation. 
4.4 	For purposes of this calculation, the referendum authorities used for individual districts 
4.5 	shall not decrease from year to year until such time as all existing authorities for all the 
4.6 	consolidating districts have fully expired, but shall increase if they were originally approved 
4.7 	with consumer price index-based or other annual increases.
4.8 	(c) The referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district shall continue 
4.9 	for a period of time equal to the longest period authorized for any component district. The 
4.10 	referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district may be modified pursuant 
4.11 	to section 126C.17, subdivision 9. The referendum revenue authorization for the newly 
4.12 	created district may be renewed by the school board of the newly created district pursuant 
4.13 	to section 126C.17, subdivision 9b, for a term not to exceed the longest period authorized 
4.14 	for any component district.

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

4.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
4.18 		Subd. 6.Discontinued referendum revenue. If the plan for consolidation provides for 
4.19 	discontinuance of referendum revenue previously approved by voters of authorized for the 
4.20 	component districts pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or its predecessor provision, 
4.21 	the newly created district must not receive referendum revenue unless the voters of the 
4.22 	newly created district authorize referendum revenue pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 
4.23 	9.

4.24 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.445, is amended to read:
4.25 	123B.445 NONPUBLIC EDUCATION COUNCIL.
4.26 	(a) The commissioner shall appoint a 15-member Council on Nonpublic Education. The 
4.27 	15 members shall represent various areas of the state, represent various methods of providing 
4.28 	nonpublic education, and shall be knowledgeable about nonpublic education. The 
4.29 	compensation, removal of members, filling of vacancies, and terms are governed by section 
4.30 	15.0575. The council shall not expire. The council shall advise the commissioner on issues 
4.31 	affecting nonpublic education and nonpublic schools. The council may recognize educational 
4.32 	accrediting agencies, for the sole purpose of sections 120A.22, 120A.24, and 120A.26.
5.1 	(b) A parent or guardian of a nonpublic school pupil or a nonpublic school may file a 
5.2 	complaint about services provided under sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 
5.3 	123B.48 with the Nonpublic Education Council. The council may review the complaint and 
5.4 	make a recommendation for resolution to the commissioner.

5.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.84, is amended to read:
5.6 	123B.84 POLICY.
5.7 	In districts where the state provides aids for transportation it is in the public interest to 
5.8 	provide equality of treatment in transporting public school children of the state who are 
5.9 	required to attend elementary and secondary schools pursuant to chapter 120A, so that the 
5.10 	health, welfare and safety of the children, while using the public highways of the state, shall 
5.11 	be protected.
5.12 	School children attending any public schools, complying with section 120A.22, are 
5.13 	therefore entitled to the same rights and privileges relating to transportation.

5.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.15 		Subdivision 1.General provisions. A district shall provide equal transportation within 
5.16 	the district for all public school children to any public school when transportation is deemed 
5.17 	necessary by the school board because of distance or traffic condition in like manner and 
5.18 	form as provided in sections 123B.88 and 123B.92, when applicable.

5.19 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.86, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.20 		Subd. 3.Board control. (a) When transportation is provided, the scheduling of routes, 
5.21 	manner and method of transportation, control and discipline of school children and any 
5.22 	other matter relating thereto shall be within the sole discretion, control and management of 
5.23 	the board.
5.24 	(b) A school board and a nonpublic school may mutually agree to a written plan for the 
5.25 	board to provide nonpublic pupil transportation to nonpublic school students.
5.26 	(c) A school board that provides pupil transportation through the school's employees 
5.27 	may transport nonpublic school students according to the plan and retain the nonpublic 
5.28 	pupil transportation aid attributable to that plan. A nonpublic school may make a payment 
5.29 	to the school district to cover additional transportation services agreed to in the written plan 
5.30 	for nonpublic pupil transportation services not required under sections 123B.84 to 123B.87.
6.1 	(d) (c) A school board that contracts for pupil transportation services may enter into a 
6.2 	contractual arrangement with a school bus contractor according to the written plan adopted 
6.3 	by the school board and the nonpublic school to transport nonpublic school students and 
6.4 	retain the nonpublic pupil transportation aid attributable to that plan for the purposes of 
6.5 	paying the school bus contractor. A nonpublic school may make a payment to the school 
6.6 	district to cover additional transportation services agreed to in the written plan for nonpublic 
6.7 	pupil transportation services included in the contract that are not required under sections 
6.8 	123B.84 to 123B.87.
6.9 	(e) The school district must report the number of nonpublic school students transported 
6.10 	and the nonpublic pupil transportation expenditures incurred under paragraph (b) in the 
6.11 	form and manner specified by the commissioner.

6.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.87, is amended to read:
6.13 	123B.87 FUNDS AND AIDS.
6.14 		Subdivision 1.State aid. State aids made available or appropriated shall be for the equal 
6.15 	benefit of all public school children, and be disbursed in such manner as determined by the 
6.16 	board.
6.17 		Subd. 2.Boards may expend money. The board of any district may expend any moneys 
6.18 	in its treasury, whether received from state or any other source for the purpose of providing 
6.19 	equal transportation treatment of all public school children attending school.

6.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.21 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 125A.76, the terms 
6.22 	defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.
6.23 	(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation 
6.24 	categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:
6.25 	(1) the sum of:
6.26 	(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph 
6.27 	(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus
6.28 	(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet and 
6.29 	mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for districts 
6.30 	operating a program under section 124D.128 for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district 
6.31 	and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus
7.1 	(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles, as 
7.2 	defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71, which must be used a majority of the time for 
7.3 	pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20 percent per 
7.4 	year of the cost of the type three school buses by:
7.5 	(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined 
7.6 	in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause 
7.7 	(2).
7.8 	(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to 
7.9 	pupils as follows:
7.10 	(1) "Regular transportation" is:
7.11 	(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident elementary 
7.12 	pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they attend, and 
7.13 	resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public or nonpublic school 
7.14 	they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; 
7.15 	but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to the extent 
7.16 	permitted by sections 123B.84 to 123B.87;
7.17 	(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;
7.18 	(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between the 
7.19 	pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if the 
7.20 	home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;
7.21 	(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident pupils 
7.22 	of a district without a secondary school;
7.23 	(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under 
7.24 	subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance area 
7.25 	border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils when 
7.26 	the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or more, 
7.27 	excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; and
7.28 	(vi) transportation of pregnant or parenting pupils to and from a program that was 
7.29 	established on or before January 1, 2018, or that is in operation on or after July 1, 2021, 
7.30 	that provides:
7.31 	(A) academic instruction;
7.32 	(B) at least four hours per week of parenting instruction; and
8.1 	(C) high-quality child care on site during the education day with the capacity to serve 
8.2 	all children of enrolled pupils.
8.3 	For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility, 
8.4 	school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the residence of 
8.5 	a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school program 
8.6 	for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil for part 
8.7 	or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility, residence, 
8.8 	or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.
8.9 	(2) "Excess transportation" is:
8.10 	(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident secondary 
8.11 	pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or nonpublic school 
8.12 	they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less than one 
8.13 	mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary 
8.14 	traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and
8.15 	(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under 
8.16 	subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area 
8.17 	border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school they 
8.18 	attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border to the 
8.19 	school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service 
8.20 	school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.
8.21 	(3) "Desegregation transportation" is transportation within and outside of the district 
8.22 	during the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal 
8.23 	attendance areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under 
8.24 	court order.
8.25 	(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:
8.26 	(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular school 
8.27 	bus between home or a respite care facility and school;
8.28 	(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to 
8.29 	other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals, 
8.30 	and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 125A.03 to 
8.31 	125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided, within or outside the district 
8.32 	where services are provided;
9.1 	(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections 
9.2 	125A.12, and 125A.26 to 125A.48;
9.3 	(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special classes;
9.4 	(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident 
9.5 	pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation 
9.6 	required by sections 125A.18, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, for resident pupils with disabilities 
9.7 	who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident pupils 
9.8 	are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools or 
9.9 	neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program for 
9.10 	children with a disability;
9.11 	(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging 
9.12 	facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;
9.13 	(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus equipped 
9.14 	with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section 504 plan; 
9.15 	and
9.16 	(viii) services described in items (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities 
9.17 	in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized 
9.18 	education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under section 
9.19 	124D.128.
9.20 	For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the cost 
9.21 	of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of 
9.22 	transporting a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
9.23 	30, a student placed in a family foster home as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 
9.24 	16b, a homeless student in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless 
9.25 	student from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through 
9.26 	the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased 
9.27 	after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated 
9.28 	according to paragraph (a), items (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled 
9.29 	transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil 
9.30 	transported in the regular and excess transportation categories according to paragraph (a). 
9.31 	For purposes of subitem (A), a school district may transport a child who does not have a 
9.32 	school of origin to the same school attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless 
9.33 	or in a shelter care facility.
9.34 	(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:
10.1 	(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident 
10.2 	pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation 
10.3 	for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);
10.4 	(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public 
10.5 	school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services 
10.6 	pursuant to section 123B.44; and
10.7 	(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for 
10.8 	nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.
10.9 	(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational 
10.10 	programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services, and 
10.11 	health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral site as 
10.12 	defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13.

10.13 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.65, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
10.14 		Subd. 5a.English learner cross subsidy aid. (a) For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's 
10.15 	English learner cross subsidy aid equals 25 percent of the district's English learner cross 
10.16 	subsidy calculated under paragraph (b). For fiscal year 2028 and later, a district's English 
10.17 	learner cross subsidy aid equals 31.367 percent of the district's English learner cross subsidy 
10.18 	calculated under paragraph (b).
10.19 	(b) A district's English learner cross subsidy equals the greater of zero or the difference 
10.20 	between the district's expenditures for qualifying English learner services for the second 
10.21 	previous year and the district's English learner revenue under subdivision 5 for the second 
10.22 	previous year. For the purposes of this subdivision, "qualifying English learner services" 
10.23 	means the services necessary to implement the language instruction educational program 
10.24 	for students identified as English learners under sections 124D.58 to 124D.65. Only 
10.25 	expenditures that both address the English language development standards in Minnesota 
10.26 	Rules, parts 3501.1200 and 3501.1210, which may include home language instruction, and 
10.27 	are supplemental to the cost of core content instruction may be included as expenditures 
10.28 	for qualifying English learner services. Expenditures do not include costs related to 
10.29 	construction, indirect costs, core content instruction, or core administrative personnel.

10.30 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.995, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
10.31 		Subd. 6.Expiration. This section expires on June 30, 2027 2028, and any balance 
10.32 	remaining in the account is canceled to the general fund.

11.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
11.2 	to read:
11.3 		Subd. 3.Additional general education revenue. A charter school is eligible for 
11.4 	additional general education revenue under this subdivision. The additional general education 
11.5 	revenue for a charter school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units.

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

11.7 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
11.8 		Subd. 3.Compensation revenue pupil units. Compensation revenue pupil units must 
11.9 	be computed according to this subdivision.
11.10 	(a) The compensation revenue concentration percentage for each building in a district 
11.11 	equals the product of 100 times the ratio of:
11.12 	(1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free meals 
11.13 	plus one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the 
11.14 	previous fiscal year; to
11.15 	(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the building on October 1 of the previous fiscal 
11.16 	year.
11.17 	(b) The compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for a building equals the lesser of 
11.18 	one or the quotient obtained by dividing the building's compensation revenue concentration 
11.19 	percentage by 80.0.
11.20 	(c) The compensation revenue pupil units for a building equals the product of:
11.21 	(1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free meals 
11.22 	and one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the 
11.23 	previous fiscal year; times
11.24 	(2) the compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for the building; times
11.25 	(3) .60.
11.26 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (c), for voluntary prekindergarten programs under 
11.27 	section 142D.08, charter schools, and contracted alternative programs in the first year of 
11.28 	operation, compensation revenue pupil units shall be computed using data for the current 
11.29 	fiscal year. If the voluntary prekindergarten program, charter school, or contracted alternative 
11.30 	program begins operation after October 1, compensatory revenue pupil units shall be 
11.31 	computed based on pupils enrolled on an alternate date determined by the commissioner, 
12.1 	and the compensation revenue pupil units shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number 
12.2 	of days of student instruction to 170 days.
12.3 	(e) The percentages in this subdivision must be based on the count of individual pupils 
12.4 	and not on a building average or minimum.
12.5 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), for revenue in fiscal year 2025 only, the 
12.6 	compensation revenue pupil units for each building in a district equals the greater of the 
12.7 	building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to paragraphs (a) 
12.8 	to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2025, or the building's actual compensation revenue pupil 
12.9 	units computed according to paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2024.
12.10 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), for revenue in fiscal year 2026 only, the 
12.11 	compensation revenue pupil units for each building in a district equals the greater of:
12.12 	(1) the building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to 
12.13 	paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2026; or
12.14 	(2) the product of:
12.15 	(i) the building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to 
12.16 	paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2024; and
12.17 	(ii) the lesser of one or the ratio of the number of pupils enrolled in the building on 
12.18 	October 1, 2024, to the number of pupils enrolled in the building on October 1, 2022.

12.19 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.20 		Subd. 2.Basic revenue. (a) The basic revenue for each district equals the formula 
12.21 	allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for 
12.22 	fiscal year 2023 is $6,863. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2024 is $7,138. The formula 
12.23 	allowance for fiscal year 2025 is $7,281. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2026 is 
12.24 	$7,481. The formula allowance for fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029 is $7,705.
12.25 	(b) The formula allowance for fiscal year 2026 2030 and later must be rounded to the 
12.26 	nearest whole dollar and equals the formula allowance for the previous fiscal year times 
12.27 	the greater of:
12.28 	(1) 1.02; or
12.29 	(2) one plus the rate of change in inflation calculated in paragraph (c) but not to exceed 
12.30 	1.03.
13.1 	(c) In January of the calendar year in which the formula allowance begins, the 
13.2 	commissioner of education must calculate the rate of change in inflation equal to the change 
13.3 	in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor 
13.4 	Statistics of the Department of Labor for the average of the fourth calendar quarter of the 
13.5 	second prior fiscal year compared to the average of the fourth calendar quarter of the 
13.6 	immediately prior fiscal year.
13.7 	(d) The commissioner must publish the formula allowance by the end of February of 
13.8 	each year.
13.9 	(e) It is the policy and purpose of the legislature to fund its public schools consistent 
13.10 	with its constitutional obligations. To this purpose, the legislature may enact additional 
13.11 	increases in the general education basic formula allowance.

13.12 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.13 		Subd. 3.Compensatory education revenue. (a) A district's compensatory revenue 
13.14 	equals the sum of its compensatory revenue for each building in the district and the amounts 
13.15 	designated under Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 
13.16 	8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall be paid to the district and must be allocated according 
13.17 	to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.
13.18 	(b) For fiscal years 2024 and, 2025, and 2026, the compensatory education revenue for 
13.19 	each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 times the compensation 
13.20 	revenue pupil units computed according to section 126C.05, subdivision 3.
13.21 	(c) For fiscal year 2026 2027 and later, the compensatory education revenue for each 
13.22 	building in the district equals its compensatory pupils multiplied by the building 
13.23 	compensatory allowance.
13.24 	(d) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69 
13.25 	changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory revenue generated by pupils 
13.26 	attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative program 
13.27 	for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with the alternative 
13.28 	program for the prior school year.
13.29 	(e) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the start of 
13.30 	a school year, the compensatory revenue shall be paid to the fiscal agent district for the 
13.31 	current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district for the prior school year.
13.32 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2026, if the sum of the amounts 
13.33 	calculated under paragraph (c) is less than $838,947,000, the commissioner must 
14.1 	proportionately increase the revenue to each building until the total statewide revenue 
14.2 	calculated for each building equals $838,947,000.
14.3 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2027 and later, if the sum of the 
14.4 	amounts calculated under paragraph (c) is less than $857,152,000, the commissioner must 
14.5 	proportionately increase the revenue to each building until the total statewide revenue 
14.6 	calculated for each building equals $857,152,000.
14.7 	(h) For revenue in fiscal year 2027 only, for a school district only, the commissioner 
14.8 	must increase the compensatory revenue for the district by the greater of zero or the difference 
14.9 	between:
14.10 	(1) the product of (i) the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph (b) for the 
14.11 	district for fiscal year 2026, and (ii) the lesser of one or the ratio of the average daily 
14.12 	membership of the district for fiscal year 2025 to the average daily membership of the 
14.13 	district for fiscal year 2024; and
14.14 	(2) the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph (c) for the district for fiscal year 
14.15 	2027.
14.16 	(i) Notwithstanding section 126C.15, subdivision 2, for fiscal year 2027 only, a district 
14.17 	may allocate the amount of increased revenue under paragraph (h) to school sites according 
14.18 	to a plan adopted by the school board, consistent with the purposes listed in section 126C.15, 
14.19 	subdivision 1.

14.20 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
14.21 		Subd. 3c.Statewide compensatory allowance.  For fiscal year 2026 2027, the statewide 
14.22 	compensatory allowance is $6,734 $6,936. For fiscal year 2027 2028 and later, the statewide 
14.23 	compensatory allowance equals the statewide compensatory allowance in effect for the 
14.24 	prior fiscal year times the ratio of the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 
14.25 	2, for the current fiscal year to the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 
14.26 	2, for the prior fiscal year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

14.27 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 9b, is amended to read:
14.28 		Subd. 9b.Renewal by school board. (a) Notwithstanding the election requirements of 
14.29 	subdivision 9, a school board may renew an expiring referendum, including an expiring 
14.30 	referendum that was approved or adopted under section 123A.73, subdivision 4 or 5, by 
14.31 	board action if:
15.1 	(1) the per pupil amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring, or for 
15.2 	an expiring referendum that was adjusted annually by the rate of inflation, the same as the 
15.3 	per pupil amount of the expiring referendum, adjusted annually for inflation in the same 
15.4 	manner as if the expiring referendum had continued;
15.5 	(2) the term of the renewed referendum is no longer than the initial term approved by 
15.6 	the voters, except as provided under section 123A.75, subdivision 4 or 5;
15.7 	(3) the school board, having taken a recorded vote, has adopted a written resolution 
15.8 	authorizing the renewal after holding a meeting and allowing public testimony on the 
15.9 	proposed renewal; and
15.10 	(4) the expiring referendum has not been previously renewed under this subdivision.
15.11 	(b) The resolution must be adopted by the school board by on or after July 1 of the 
15.12 	second fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the referendum expires, but no later than
15.13 	June 15 of any calendar year and the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the 
15.14 	referendum expires. The resolution becomes effective 60 days after its adoption.
15.15 	(c) A referendum expires in the last fiscal year in which the referendum generates revenue 
15.16 	for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring referendum under this 
15.17 	subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the referendum expires.
15.18 	(d) A district renewing an expiring referendum under this subdivision must submit a 
15.19 	copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the county auditor no later than 
15.20 	September 1 August 15 of the calendar year in which the written resolution is adopted fiscal 
15.21 	year in which the referendum expires.

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

15.24 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
15.25 		Subd. 7.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and special 
15.26 	education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district 
15.27 	under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The adjustments 
15.28 	must be made according to this subdivision.
15.29 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 
15.30 	education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 
15.31 	special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 
15.32 	lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 
16.1 	with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 
16.2 	who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special 
16.3 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
16.4 	day, the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local 
16.5 	optional aid and referendum equalization aid as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
16.6 	paragraph (d), attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special 
16.7 	instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to 
16.8 	district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, 
16.9 	capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 
16.10 	125A.76, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, 
16.11 	attributable to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and 
16.12 	services. For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum 
16.13 	equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average 
16.14 	general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.
16.15 	(c) For fiscal year 2020, special education aid paid to a resident district must be reduced 
16.16 	by an amount equal to 85 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing special education 
16.17 	and services. For fiscal year 2021 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district 
16.18 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 80 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 
16.19 	special education and services.
16.20 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
16.21 	be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special education 
16.22 	and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or charter school 
16.23 	where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at least 70 percent 
16.24 	of the charter school's total enrollment.
16.25 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
16.26 	be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special education 
16.27 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, calculated as if the charter school received special 
16.28 	education aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1.
16.29 	(f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction 
16.30 	and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased 
16.31 	by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under paragraphs (c) 
16.32 	and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
16.33 	adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be made to 
16.34 	other state aids due to the district.
17.1 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district of 
17.2 	a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school receives 
17.3 	general education aid under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be reduced 
17.4 	by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid attributable to the 
17.5 	student under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and the general education aid 
17.6 	that the student would have generated for the charter school under section 124E.20, 
17.7 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial education student" 
17.8 	means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a disability as defined in 
17.9 	section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.
17.10 	(h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, 
17.11 	education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the 
17.12 	constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the 
17.13 	general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 
17.14 	paragraph (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more than
17.15 	100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount 
17.16 	equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, 
17.17 	times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional revenue, and 
17.18 	transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area 
17.19 	learning center.

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

17.21 	Sec. 21. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 33, is amended to read:
17.22 	Sec. 33. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REPORT.
 17.23 	By January 15 of each year, the Department of Education, in consultation with the 
17.24 	Department of Employment and Economic Development, must report to the legislative 
17.25 	committees with jurisdiction over education the balances in unemployment insurance aid 
17.26 	accounts and information about the annual changes in reimbursable costs for school workers 
17.27 	receiving unemployment insurance benefits. To the extent possible, the report must break 
17.28 	out the costs by district and major job classes including separately identifying special 
17.29 	education paraprofessionals from other paraprofessionals. The report must be filed according 
17.30 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

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

18.1 	Sec. 22. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
18.2 		Subd. 12.Career and technical program expansion; aeronautics pilot program. (a) 
18.3 	For Independent School District No. 482, Little Falls, for an aeronautics and commercial 
18.4 	over-the-road technical program:

18.5		$
	450,000
	.....
	2024
	
18.6 	(b) The funds must be used to help support the district's aeronautics and commercial 
18.7 	over-the-road technical pilot program. The funds may be used for equipment, staffing costs, 
18.8 	travel costs, and contracted services.
18.9 	(c) By February 1, 2027, the district must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
18.10 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
18.11 	12 education on the activities funded by this appropriation. The report must include but is 
18.12 	not limited to information about program participation and demographic information about 
18.13 	the students served in the program, a description of the type of activities offered by each 
18.14 	program during the year, partnerships with higher education and private providers of 
18.15 	aeronautic and commercial over-the-road services, and recommendations for state actions 
18.16 	that could improve aeronautics and commercial over-the-road programming for all school 
18.17 	districts. The report must also describe how the district's early expenditures for the program 
18.18 	were successful in providing the aeronautics and commercial over-the-road technical program 
18.19 	in a more timely manner to the district's participating students.
18.20 	(d) The school district's program expenditures for this program occurring after May 24, 
18.21 	2023, and prior to the Department of Education officially awarding this grant to the school 
18.22 	district, qualify as eligible program expenditures and are reimbursable from the grant amount 
18.23 	in paragraph (a).
18.24 	(d) (e) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2026. This is a onetime appropriation.

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

18.26 	Sec. 23. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 37, the effective date, is amended to 
18.27 	read:

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

19.1 	Sec. 24. COMPENSATORY REVENUE TASK FORCE.
 19.2 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. A task force is established to analyze the general 
19.3 	education compensatory revenue formula, including the purpose of the program, the revenue 
19.4 	levels of the program, the distribution formula for the revenue, and the uses of compensatory 
19.5 	revenue.
19.6 		Subd. 2.Membership. The commissioner of education must appoint the following 
19.7 	members to the task force by August 1, 2025:
19.8 	(1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
19.9 	(2) the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's designee;
19.10 	(3) the executive director of the Minnesota School Boards Association or the executive 
19.11 	director's designee;
19.12 	(4) the executive director of Education Minnesota or the executive director's designee;
19.13 	(5) the executive director of the Minnesota Rural Education Association or the executive 
19.14 	director's designee;
19.15 	(6) the executive director of the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership or the executive 
19.16 	director's designee, and one parent of a child eligible for free or reduced-price meals under 
19.17 	the federal meal standards, appointed by the executive director;
19.18 	(7) the executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts or the 
19.19 	executive director's designee;
19.20 	(8) a representative of a school district of a city of the first class appointed by the 
19.21 	executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts;
19.22 	(9) the executive director of the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs or the 
19.23 	executive director's designee;
19.24 	(10) the executive director of Schools Advocating for Fair Funding or the executive 
19.25 	director's designee;
19.26 	(11) the executive director of EdAllies or the executive director's designee, and one 
19.27 	parent of a child eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal meal standards, 
19.28 	appointed by the executive director;
19.29 	(12) the executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Business Officials 
19.30 	or the executive director's designee; and
20.1 	(13) the executive director of the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools or the 
20.2 	executive director's designee.
20.3 		Subd. 3.Duties. The task force must:
20.4 	(1) evaluate which students currently generate compensatory revenue, examine whether 
20.5 	this student count aligns with students who are under-prepared to learn or otherwise not 
20.6 	meeting academic standards, and determine the best student population to target with 
20.7 	compensatory revenue;
20.8 	(2) examine and determine the best proxy and demographic variables to identify students, 
20.9 	sites, and districts in need of assistance to help students better meet academic standards and 
20.10 	prepare to learn;
20.11 	(3) examine potential input data elements for determining compensatory revenue, 
20.12 	including income tax data, census information, and federal school meals eligibility, whether 
20.13 	identified through direct certification of income from public assistance program participation 
20.14 	or through the application of educational benefits;
20.15 	(4) determine whether compensatory revenue should be generated at the school district 
20.16 	or school site level;
20.17 	(5) evaluate whether the compensatory revenue formula should contain a concentration 
20.18 	formula;
20.19 	(6) examine the interrelationships between the compensatory revenue program and 
20.20 	extended time revenue program, including summer school, and propose methods to better 
20.21 	integrate compensatory revenue and extended time revenue; and
20.22 	(7) evaluate the best uses of compensatory revenue.
20.23 		Subd. 4.Compensation. Members of the task force are not eligible for per diem 
20.24 	compensation or reimbursement of expenses.
20.25 		Subd. 5.Meetings and administrative support. (a) The commissioner of education or 
20.26 	the commissioner's designee must convene the first meeting of the task force no later than 
20.27 	August 15, 2025. The task force must establish a schedule for meetings and meet as necessary 
20.28 	to accomplish the duties under this section. Meetings are subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
20.29 	chapter 13D. The task force may meet by telephone or interactive technology consistent 
20.30 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.015.
21.1 	(b) The Department of Education must provide administrative support to assist the task 
21.2 	force in its work, including providing information, data, and technical support, and the 
21.3 	department must assist in the creation of the task force reports.
21.4 		Subd. 6.Reporting. The task force must issue a preliminary report to the legislature by 
21.5 	February 15, 2026, and a final report to the legislature by February 15, 2027. The reports 
21.6 	must be prepared and filed consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.7 	3.195.
21.8 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The task force expires February 15, 2027.

21.9 	Sec. 25. APPROPRIATIONS.
 21.10 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
21.11 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
21.12 	designated.
21.13 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.14 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

21.15		$
	8,474,329,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.16		$
	8,790,902,000
	.....
	2027
	
21.17 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $783,251,000 for 2025 and $7,691,078,000 for 
21.18 	2026.
21.19 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $803,213,000 for 2026 and $7,987,689,000 for 
21.20 	2027.
21.21 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
21.22 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
21.23 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

21.24		$
	25,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.25		$
	27,000
	.....
	2027
	
21.26 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. (a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.27 	127A.49:

21.28		$
	1,929,000
	.....
	2026
	
21.29		$
	2,340,000
	.....
	2027
	
21.30 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $140,000 for 2025 and $1,789,000 for 2026.
21.31 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $198,000 for 2026 and $2,142,000 for 2027.
22.1 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. (a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
22.2 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

22.3		$
	572,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.4		$
	350,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.5 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $572,000 for 2026.
22.6 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $64,000 for 2026 and $286,000 for 2027.
22.7 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. (a) For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
22.8 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

22.9		$
	2,355,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.10		$
	0
	.....
	2027
	
22.11 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,355,000 for 2025 and $0 for 2026.
22.12 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. (a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
22.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

22.14		$
	2,609,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.15		$
	0
	.....
	2027
	
22.16 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,609,000 for 2025 and $0 for 2026.
22.17 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. (a) For aid to Independent School District No. 690, 
22.18 	Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

22.19		$
	65,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.20		$
	65,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.21 	(b) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
22.22 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. (a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
22.23 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

22.24		$
	451,000
	.....
	2026
	
22.25		$
	350,000
	.....
	2027
	
22.26 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $85,000 for 2025 and $366,000 for 2026.
22.27 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2026 and $310,000 for 2027.
22.28 		Subd. 10.Pregnant and parenting pupil transportation reimbursement. (a) To 
22.29 	reimburse districts for transporting pregnant or parenting pupils under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.30 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi):

23.1		$
	55,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.2		$
	55,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.3 	(b) To receive reimbursement, districts must apply in the form and manner prescribed 
23.4 	by the commissioner. If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must prorate 
23.5 	the amount paid to districts seeking reimbursement.
23.6 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
23.7 		Subd. 11.Career and technical education consortium. (a) To the Minnesota Service 
23.8 	Cooperatives for career and technical education consortium grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.9 	section 124D.4536:

23.10		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.11		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.12 	(b) If the appropriation in fiscal year 2026 is insufficient, the appropriation in fiscal year 
23.13 	2027 is available.
23.14 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
23.15 	administration.
23.16 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
23.17 		Subd. 12.Emergency medical training. (a) For grants to offer high school students 
23.18 	courses in emergency medical services:

23.19		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
23.20		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
23.21 	(b) A school district, charter school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit under 
23.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply for a grant under this section 
23.23 	to offer enrolled students emergency medical services courses approved by the Minnesota 
23.24 	Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board to prepare students to take the emergency 
23.25 	medical technician certification test, including an emergency medical services course that 
23.26 	is a prerequisite to an emergency medical technician course.
23.27 	(c) A grant recipient may use grant funds to partner with a district, charter school, 
23.28 	cooperative unit, postsecondary institution, political subdivision, or entity with expertise in 
23.29 	emergency medical services, including health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and 
23.30 	health care providers to offer an emergency medical services course.
23.31 	(d) Eligible uses of grant funds include teacher salaries, transportation, equipment costs, 
23.32 	emergency medical technician certification test fees, and student background checks.
24.1 	(e) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award at least half of the grant 
24.2 	funds to applicants outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least 30 percent 
24.3 	of the grant funds to applicants with high concentrations of students of color.
24.4 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
24.5 	(g) Up to $50,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
24.6 		Subd. 13.Area learning center transportation aid. (a) For area learning center 
24.7 	transportation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 11:

24.8		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
24.9		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
24.10 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
24.11 	(c) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
24.12 		Subd. 14.Unemployment aid for hourly workers over the summer term. (a) For 
24.13 	unemployment aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995:

24.14		$
	30,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
24.15		$
	70,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
24.16 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.17 	124D.995.
24.18 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.

24.19 	Sec. 26. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 24.20 	The revisor of statutes must substitute the term "district, charter school, or Tribal school" 
24.21 	for "district," "school district," "district or charter school," or "school district or charter 
24.22 	school"; the term "district, charter school, and Tribal school" for "district and charter school" 
24.23 	or "school district and charter school"; and similar singular or plural phrases wherever the 
24.24 	terms appear in Minnesota Statutes for any statutorily named competitive grant program in 
24.25 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A to 129C, or a competitive grant program in Laws 2023, 
24.26 	chapter 55, or Laws 2024, chapter 115, whose eligible grantees include school districts and 
24.27 	charter schools, to name Tribal contract schools as eligible grantees. The revisor may also 
24.28 	make any grammatical changes needed related to the change in terms.

25.1 	Sec. 27. REPEALER.
 25.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 
25.3 	8, 12, 14, and 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46; 123B.47; 123B.48; 
25.4 	123B.86, subdivision 2; and 123B.92, subdivision 9, are repealed.

25.5 	ARTICLE 2
25.6 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

25.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
25.8 		Subd. 4.Volunteer and paraprofessional training. (a) The department and CAREI
25.9 	must develop and provide training on evidence-based literacy interventions for the following 
25.10 	unlicensed persons that regularly provide Tier 2 interventions to students in Minnesota 
25.11 	districts:
25.12 	(1) paraprofessionals and other unlicensed school staff; and
25.13 	(2) volunteers, contractors, and other persons not employed by Minnesota districts.
25.14 	(b) The regional literacy networks must develop and provide training on evidence-based 
25.15 	literacy interventions consistent with paragraph (a).
25.16 	(c) CAREI The department and the regional literacy networks must collaborate to ensure 
25.17 	that training provided by CAREI and the regional literacy networks is consistent across 
25.18 	providers. The trainings must not exceed eight hours. The trainings must be based on 
25.19 	approved training developed for teachers, and must include a train the trainer component 
25.20 	to enable literacy leads to provide the training to paraprofessionals and volunteers. CAREI
25.21 	The department and the regional literacy networks must provide the trainings at no cost to 
25.22 	paraprofessionals and other unlicensed school staff who regularly provide Tier 2 interventions 
25.23 	to students in Minnesota districts.

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

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

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

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

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

39.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.861, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
39.2 		Subd. 3.Public engagement; progress report and budget process. (a) To receive 
39.3 	revenue under section 124D.862, the school board of an eligible district must incorporate 
39.4 	school and district plan components under section 120B.11 into the district's comprehensive 
39.5 	integration plan.
39.6 	(b) A school board must hold at least one formal annual hearing to publicly report its 
39.7 	progress in realizing the goals identified in its plan. At the hearing, the board must provide 
39.8 	the public with longitudinal data demonstrating district and school progress in reducing the 
39.9 	disparities in student academic performance among the specified categories of students, in 
39.10 	improving students' equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers, and in realizing 
39.11 	racial and economic diversity and integration, consistent with the district plan and the 
39.12 	measures in paragraph (a). At least 30 days before the formal hearing under this paragraph, 
39.13 	the board must post its plan, its preliminary analysis, relevant student performance data, 
39.14 	and other longitudinal data on the district's website. A district must hold one hearing to 
39.15 	meet the hearing requirements of both this section and section 120B.11. Annually by October 
39.16 	15, a school board must submit a report of its progress in realizing the goals identified in 
39.17 	its comprehensive integration plan to the commissioner of education in the form and manner 
39.18 	determined by the commissioner.
39.19 	(c) The district must submit a detailed budget to the commissioner by March 15 in the 
39.20 	year before it implements its plan. The commissioner must review, and approve or disapprove 
39.21 	the district's budget by June 1 of that year.
39.22 	(d) The longitudinal data required under paragraph (b) must be based on student growth 
39.23 	and progress in reading and mathematics, as defined under section 120B.303, and student 
39.24 	performance data and achievement reports from fully adaptive reading and mathematics 
39.25 	assessments for grades 3 through 7 beginning in the 2015-2016 school year under section 
39.26 	120B.302, and either (i) school enrollment choices, (ii) the number of world language 
39.27 	proficiency or high achievement certificates awarded under section 120B.022, subdivision
39.28 	1a, or the number of state bilingual and multilingual seals issued under section 120B.022, 
39.29 	subdivision 1b, or (iii) school safety and students' engagement and connection at school 
39.30 	under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d). Additional longitudinal data may be 
39.31 	based on: students' progress toward career and college readiness under section 120B.307; 
39.32 	or rigorous coursework completed under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), 
39.33 	clause (2).

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

40.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.862, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
40.11 		Subdivision 1.Initial achievement and integration revenue. (a) An eligible district's 
40.12 	initial achievement and integration revenue equals the lesser of 100.3 percent of the district's 
40.13 	expenditures under the budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861, 
40.14 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), excluding expenditures used to generate incentive revenue 
40.15 	under subdivision 2, or the sum of (1) $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that 
40.16 	year times the ratio of the district's enrollment of protected students for the previous school 
40.17 	year to total enrollment for the previous school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent 
40.18 	of the difference between the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the 
40.19 	district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2014 under clause (1).
40.20 	(b) In each year, an amount equal to 0.3 1.3 percent of each district's initial achievement 
40.21 	and integration revenue for the second prior fiscal year is transferred to the department for 
40.22 	the oversight and accountability activities required under this section and section 124D.861.

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

40.24 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.862, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
40.25 		Subd. 8.Commissioner authority to withhold revenue. (a) The commissioner must 
40.26 	review the results of each district's integration and achievement plan by August January 1 
40.27 	at the end of the third year of implementing the plan and determine if the district met its 
40.28 	goals.
40.29 	(b) If a district met its goals, it may submit a new three-year plan to the commissioner 
40.30 	for review.
40.31 	(c) If a district has not met its goals, the commissioner must:
41.1 	(1) guide the district in the development of an improvement plan and timeline that 
41.2 	identifies strategies and practices designed to meet the district's goals under this section and 
41.3 	section 120B.11; and
41.4 	(2) direct the district to use up to 20 percent of the district's integration revenue, until 
41.5 	the district's goals are reached, to implement the improvement plan.

41.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended to read:
41.7 	124D.98 LITERACY INCENTIVE AID.
41.8 		Subdivision 1.Literacy incentive aid. For fiscal year 2026, a district's literacy incentive
41.9 	aid equals the sum of the proficiency aid under subdivision 2, and the growth aid under 
41.10 	subdivision 3. For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's literacy aid equals the sum of the 
41.11 	basic literacy aid under subdivision 6, English learner literacy aid under subdivision 7, and 
41.12 	targeted literacy aid under subdivision 8.
41.13 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
41.14 	meanings given.
41.15 	(b) "English learner concentration factor" means the ratio of: (1) the district's adjusted 
41.16 	average daily membership of English learners under section 124D.59, subdivision 2, for 
41.17 	the previous fiscal year; to (2) the district's total adjusted average daily membership for the 
41.18 	previous fiscal year.
41.19 	(c) "Poverty concentration factor" means the ratio of: (1) the sum of the number of pupils 
41.20 	enrolled in the district eligible to receive free meals, plus one-half of the pupils eligible to 
41.21 	receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the previous fiscal year; to (2) the number of 
41.22 	pupils enrolled in the district on October 1 of the previous fiscal year.
41.23 		Subd. 2.Proficiency aid.  The proficiency aid for each school in a district that has 
41.24 	submitted to the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 
41.25 	4a, is equal to the product of the school's proficiency allowance times the number of third 
41.26 	grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's proficiency 
41.27 	allowance is equal to the percentage of students in each building that meet or exceed 
41.28 	proficiency on the third grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged 
41.29 	across the previous three test administrations, times $530.
41.30 		Subd. 3.Growth aid.  The growth aid for each school in a district that has submitted to 
41.31 	the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is equal to 
41.32 	the product of the school's growth allowance times the number of fourth grade pupils enrolled 
41.33 	at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's growth allowance is equal 
42.1 	to the percentage of students at that school making medium or high growth, under subdivision 
42.2 	4, on the fourth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the 
42.3 	previous three test administrations, times $530.
42.4 		Subd. 4.Medium and high growth. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
42.5 	section.
42.6 	(b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above 
42.7 	or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one 
42.8 	assessment scores.
42.9 	(c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the 
42.10 	average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.
42.11 		Subd. 5.Literacy incentive aid uses. A school district must use its literacy incentive
42.12 	aid to support implementation of evidence-based reading instruction meet the requirements 
42.13 	and goals adopted in the district's local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a. 
42.14 	The following are eligible uses of literacy incentive aid:
42.15 	(1) training for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers, early childhood educators, special 
42.16 	education teachers, reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten 
42.17 	through grade 12, curriculum directors, and instructional support staff that provide reading 
42.18 	instruction, on using evidence-based screening and progress monitoring tools;
42.19 	(2) evidence-based training using a training program approved by the Department of 
42.20 	Education under the Read Act;
42.21 	(3) employing or contracting with a literacy lead, as defined in section 120B.119;
42.22 	(4) employing an intervention specialist;
42.23 	(5) approved screeners, materials, training, and ongoing coaching to ensure reading 
42.24 	interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1, are evidence-based;
42.25 	(6) costs of substitute teachers to allow teachers to complete required training during 
42.26 	the teachers' contract day; and
42.27 	(7) stipends for teachers completing training required under section 120B.12.
42.28 		Subd. 6.Basic literacy aid. (a) A district's basic literacy aid equals the product of: (1) 
42.29 	the basic literacy aid allowance; and (2) the district's adjusted average daily membership 
42.30 	for kindergarten through grade four for the previous fiscal year.
42.31 	(b) The basic literacy aid allowance equals $100 for fiscal year 2027 and later.
43.1 		Subd. 7.English learner literacy aid. (a) A district's English learner literacy aid equals 
43.2 	the product of: (1) the English learner literacy aid allowance; (2) the district's English learner 
43.3 	concentration factor; and (3) the district's adjusted average daily membership for kindergarten 
43.4 	through grade four for the previous fiscal year.
43.5 	(b) The English learner literacy aid allowance equals $195.50 for fiscal year 2027 and 
43.6 	later.
43.7 		Subd. 8.Targeted literacy aid. (a) A district's targeted literacy aid equals the product 
43.8 	of: (1) the statewide targeted literacy aid allowance; (2) the district's poverty concentration 
43.9 	factor; and (3) the district's adjusted average daily membership for kindergarten through 
43.10 	grade four for the previous fiscal year.
43.11 	(b) The statewide targeted literacy aid allowance equals $45 for fiscal year 2027 and 
43.12 	later.
43.13 		Subd. 9.Free and reduced-price meals. The commissioner must determine the number 
43.14 	of children eligible to receive either a free or reduced-price meal on October 1 each year 
43.15 	by means of direct certification or through the application for educational benefits. Children 
43.16 	enrolled in a district on October 1 and determined to be eligible to receive free or 
43.17 	reduced-price meals by December 15 of that school year must be counted as eligible on 
43.18 	October 1 for purposes of aid under this section. The commissioner may use federal 
43.19 	definitions for these purposes and may adjust these definitions as appropriate. The 
43.20 	commissioner may adopt reporting guidelines to ensure accuracy of data counts and 
43.21 	eligibility. Districts must use any guidelines adopted by the commissioner.

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

43.23 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 16, as amended by Laws 
43.24 	2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 16, is amended to read:
43.25 		Subd. 16.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
43.26 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

43.27		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2024
	
43.28		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2025
	
43.29 	(b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
43.30 	(1) current grant recipients issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231;
43.31 	(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; 
43.32 	and
44.1 	(3) any other applicants.
44.2 	(c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
44.3 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $5,000,000.
44.4 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This 
44.5 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

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

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

44.10		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
44.11		$
	0
	.....
	2025
	
44.12 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year This 
44.13 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
44.14 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $0.

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

44.16 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
44.17 	2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 4, is amended to read:
44.18 		Subd. 3.Read Act literacy aid. (a) For state aid for school districts, charter schools, 
44.19 	and cooperative units for evidence-based literacy supports for children in prekindergarten 
44.20 	through grade 12 based on structured literacy:

44.21		$
	35,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
44.22 	(b) The aid amount for each school district, charter school, and cooperative unit providing 
44.23 	direct instructional services equals the greater of $2,000 or $39.94 times the number of 
44.24 	students served by the school district, charter school, or cooperative as determined by the 
44.25 	fall 2023 enrollment count of students.
44.26 	(c) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit must place any aid received 
44.27 	under this subdivision in a reserved account in the general fund. Aid in the reserved account 
44.28 	must be used to implement requirements under the Read Act or for literacy incentive aid 
44.29 	uses under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.98, subdivision 5.
44.30 	(d) Of this amount, up to $250,000 is available for administration.
45.1 	(e) On June 29, 2025, $250,000 from the fiscal year 2024 appropriation for administration 
45.2 	is canceled to the general fund.
45.3 	(f) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2025.
45.4 	(f) (g) This aid is 100 percent payable in fiscal year 2025.

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

45.6 	Sec. 14. Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 7, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
45.7 		Subd. 4.Administrative process. (a) Within 30 days of entering into a memorandum 
45.8 	of understanding or adopting a plan under subdivision 1, a district must pay the required 
45.9 	compensation to an eligible teacher in accordance with the memorandum of understanding 
45.10 	or plan.
45.11 	(b) The Minnesota School Boards Association and Education Minnesota are encouraged 
45.12 	to collaborate to develop one or more model memoranda of understanding and make the 
45.13 	memoranda available to districts by July 1, 2024.
45.14 	(c) The Bureau of Mediation Services must make mediators available to aid districts 
45.15 	and exclusive representatives in reaching agreement on the memoranda of understanding 
45.16 	required under this section.
45.17 	(d) A district that by August 1, 2025, has not entered into a memorandum of 
45.18 	understanding with the exclusive representative of teachers providing how funding under 
45.19 	this section may be used must use the funding to pay each teacher eligible for compensation 
45.20 	under subdivision 3 a stipend in an amount equal to the funding the district received divided 
45.21 	by the number of eligible teachers in the district. The district must pay the stipend to the 
45.22 	eligible teachers by September 1, 2025.

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

45.28		$
	375,000
	.....
	2025
	
45.29 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.

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

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

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

46.7 	Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS.
 46.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
46.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
46.10 	designated.
46.11 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
46.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

46.13		$
	85,619,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.14		$
	85,222,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.15 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,446,000 for 2025 and $77,173,000 for 2026.
46.16 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,575,000 for 2026 and $76,647,000 for 2027.
46.17 		Subd. 3.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
46.18 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

46.19		$
	96,453,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.20		$
	99,135,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.21 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $9,391,000 for 2025 and $87,062,000 for 2026.
46.22 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $9,673,000 for 2026 and $89,462,000 for 2027.
46.23 		Subd. 4.College entrance examination reimbursement. (a) To reimburse districts for 
46.24 	the costs of college entrance examination fees for students who are eligible for free or 
46.25 	reduced-price meals who take the ACT or SAT test under Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.26 	120B.30, subdivision 16:

46.27		$
	1,011,000
	.....
	2026
	
46.28		$
	1,011,000
	.....
	2027
	
46.29 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
47.1 		Subd. 5.COMPASS and MTSS. (a) To support the development and implementation 
47.2 	of the MTSS framework and the Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student 
47.3 	Success (COMPASS) school improvement model:

47.4		$
	13,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
47.5		$
	13,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
47.6 	(b) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is to support implementation of MTSS and 
47.7 	COMPASS. Funds must be used to support increased capacity at the Department of Education 
47.8 	and the Minnesota service cooperatives for implementation supports. Funds may be used 
47.9 	to contract with the University of Minnesota Center for Applied Research and Educational 
47.10 	Improvement to support implementation and evaluation of the MTSS framework.
47.11 	(c) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is reserved for grants to school districts, charter 
47.12 	schools, Tribal contract schools, and cooperative units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
47.13 	section 123A.24, subdivision 2, for implementation of MTSS, including: hiring local MTSS 
47.14 	coordinators; deferring costs for personnel to participate in cohort activities and professional 
47.15 	learning; and piloting the Department of Education One Plan, the consolidation of multiple 
47.16 	reporting structures to streamline various applications, reports, and submissions by school 
47.17 	districts and charter schools. Up to five percent of this amount is available for program and 
47.18 	grant administration.
47.19 	(d) Of this amount, $3,000,000 each year must be used to develop a regional network 
47.20 	focusing on mathematics to provide dedicated mathematics trainers and coaches to train 
47.21 	regional support staff from the Minnesota service cooperatives and to support school leaders 
47.22 	and teachers to implement evidence-based instructional strategies in mathematics. Funds 
47.23 	may also be used to host an annual mathematics standards-based instructional institute.
47.24 	(e) Support for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units under this 
47.25 	subdivision may include but is not limited to:
47.26 	(1) partnering with the Minnesota Service Cooperatives to support districts in 
47.27 	implementing COMPASS to support schools in the areas of literacy, math, social-emotional 
47.28 	learning, and mental health using the MTSS framework;
47.29 	(2) providing support to districts and charter schools identified under Minnesota Statutes, 
47.30 	section 120B.11;
47.31 	(3) providing support to districts and charter schools to streamline various applications, 
47.32 	reports, and submissions to the Department of Education through One Plan;
48.1 	(4) providing training, guidance, and implementation resources for MTSS, including a 
48.2 	universal screening process approved by the Department of Education to identify students 
48.3 	who may be at risk of experiencing academic, behavioral, and social-emotional development 
48.4 	difficulties;
48.5 	(5) providing guidance to convene school-based teams to analyze data provided by 
48.6 	screenings and resources for related identification, instruction, and intervention methods;
48.7 	(6) dyslexia screening and interventions that are evidence-based;
48.8 	(7) requiring school districts and charter schools to provide parents of students identified 
48.9 	in screenings with notice of screening findings and related support information;
48.10 	(8) requiring districts and charter schools to provide at-risk students with interventions 
48.11 	and to monitor the effectiveness of these interventions and student progress; and
48.12 	(9) developing and annually reporting findings regarding the implementation of MTSS.
48.13 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
48.14 		Subd. 6.Concurrent enrollment aid. (a) For concurrent enrollment aid under Minnesota 
48.15 	Statutes, section 124D.091:

48.16		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
48.17		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
48.18 	(b) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce 
48.19 	the aid payment to each school district.
48.20 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
48.21 		Subd. 7.Ethnic studies community consultation. To consult with community members 
48.22 	throughout Minnesota on the development of ethnic studies curricula, resources, and 
48.23 	implementation support:

48.24		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
48.25		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
48.26 		Subd. 8.Ethnic studies school grants. (a) For competitive grants to school districts, 
48.27 	charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to develop, evaluate, and implement ethnic 
48.28 	studies courses:

48.29		$
	700,000
	.....
	2026
	
48.30		$
	700,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.1 	(b) The commissioner must consult with the Ethnic Studies Working Group to develop 
49.2 	criteria for the grants.
49.3 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
49.4 	administration.
49.5 	(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
49.6 		Subd. 9.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For students' 
49.7 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota 
49.8 	Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and for training and related costs for teachers and 
49.9 	other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:

49.10		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
49.11		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
49.12 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each 
49.13 	year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation 
49.14 	each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement 
49.15 	and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory 
49.16 	Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts 
49.17 	of the expenditures each year for examination fees, training, and support programs for each 
49.18 	program.
49.19 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000 
49.20 	each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
49.21 	support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
49.22 	programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
49.23 	international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The 
49.24 	commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
49.25 	(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income 
49.26 	families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent funds 
49.27 	are available, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced placement 
49.28 	examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
49.29 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
49.30 		Subd. 10.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
49.31 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

49.32		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
49.33		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.1 	(b) Up to two percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
50.2 	administration.
50.3 	(c) The fiscal year 2026 appropriation is available until June 30, 2029. The fiscal year 
50.4 	2027 appropriation is available until June 30, 2030.
50.5 		Subd. 11.Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course 
50.6 	offerings. (a) For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students 
50.7 	to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according 
50.8 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:

50.9		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.10		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.11 	(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must distribute grant funds equitably 
50.12 	among geographic areas in the state, including to schools located in greater Minnesota and 
50.13 	in the seven-county metropolitan area.
50.14 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
50.15 	(d) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
50.16 	administration.
50.17 		Subd. 12.Implementation of education on the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous 
50.18 	Peoples, and other genocides. For implementation of requirements for education on the 
50.19 	Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides under Minnesota Statutes, 
50.20 	section 120B.252:

50.21		$
	75,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.22		$
	75,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.23 		Subd. 13.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
50.24 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
50.25 	section 124D.87:

50.26		$
	16,396,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.27		$
	18,157,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.28 		Subd. 14.Literacy aid. (a) For literacy aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.98:

50.29		$
	40,686,000
	.....
	2026
	
50.30		$
	40,897,000
	.....
	2027
	
50.31 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $4,057,000 for 2025 and $36,629,000 for 2026.
50.32 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $4,069,000 for 2026 and $36,828,000 for 2027.
51.1 		Subd. 15.Minnesota Center for the Book programming. (a) For grants to the entity 
51.2 	designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide 
51.3 	statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional 
51.4 	programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:

51.5		$
	200,000
	.....
	2026
	
51.6		$
	200,000
	.....
	2027
	
51.7 	(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
51.8 	administration.
51.9 		Subd. 16.Minnesota Independence College and Community. (a) For transfer to the 
51.10 	Office of Higher Education for grants to Minnesota Independence College and Community 
51.11 	for tuition reduction and institutional support:

51.12		$
	625,000
	.....
	2026
	
51.13		$
	625,000
	.....
	2027
	
51.14 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
51.15 	(c) By January 15 of each year, Minnesota Independence College and Community must 
51.16 	submit a report detailing expenditures, activities, and outcomes to the commissioner and 
51.17 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
51.18 	over kindergarten through grade 12 education.
51.19 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $0.
51.20 		Subd. 17.Minnesota math corps. (a) For the Minnesota math corps program under 
51.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:

51.22		$
	1,470,000
	.....
	2026
	
51.23		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
51.24 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
51.25 		Subd. 18.Minnesota Principals Academy. (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota 
51.26 	College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals 
51.27 	Academy:

51.28		$
	200,000
	.....
	2026
	
51.29		$
	200,000
	.....
	2027
	
51.30 	(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals 
51.31 	and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability 
51.32 	system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the 
52.1 	extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000 
52.2 	of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by 
52.3 	principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's 
52.4 	accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds 
52.5 	Act.
52.6 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
52.7 		Subd. 19.Museums and education centers. (a) For grants to museums and education 
52.8 	centers:

52.9		$
	1,791,000
	.....
	2026
	
52.10		$
	1,791,000
	.....
	2027
	
52.11 	(b) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
52.12 	(c) $106,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Rochester.
52.13 	(d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
52.14 	(e) $100,000 each year is for The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis.
52.15 	(f) $60,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
52.16 	(g) $132,000 each year is for The Works Museum, Bloomington.
52.17 	(h) $89,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.
52.18 	(i) $82,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.
52.19 	(j) $82,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.
52.20 	(k) $82,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.
52.21 	(l) $82,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.
52.22 	(m) $89,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.
52.23 	(n) $132,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.
52.24 	(o) $132,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.
52.25 	(p) $82,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.
52.26 	(q) A recipient of a grant under this subdivision must use the funds to encourage and 
52.27 	increase access for historically underserved communities.
52.28 	(r) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
52.29 	administration.
53.1 	(s) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
53.2 		Subd. 20.Nonexclusionary discipline. (a) For grants to school districts and charter 
53.3 	schools to provide training for school staff on nonexclusionary disciplinary practices:

53.4		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.5		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.6 	(b) Grants must be used to develop training and to work with schools to train staff on 
53.7 	nonexclusionary disciplinary practices that maintain the respect, trust, and attention of 
53.8 	students and help keep students in classrooms. These funds may also be used for grant 
53.9 	administration.
53.10 	(c) Eligible grantees include school districts, charter schools, Tribal charter schools, 
53.11 	intermediate school districts, and cooperative units as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 
53.12 	2.
53.13 	(d) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
53.14 	administration.
53.15 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
53.16 		Subd. 21.P-TECH schools. (a) For P-TECH implementation grants under Minnesota 
53.17 	Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5:

53.18		$
	791,000
	.....
	2026
	
53.19		$
	791,000
	.....
	2027
	
53.20 	(b) The department may award start-up and mentoring and technical assistance grants 
53.21 	beginning in fiscal year 2026. Of the amount in fiscal year 2026, at least $500,000 is for a 
53.22 	support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 
53.23 	535, Rochester. Of the amount in fiscal year 2027, at least $250,000 is for a support grant 
53.24 	to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 535, Rochester.
53.25 	(c) The department may retain money from this appropriation for administrative costs 
53.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5.
53.27 	(d) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
53.28 	(e) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $791,000, of which at least $250,000 each 
53.29 	year is for a support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School 
53.30 	District No. 535, Rochester.
54.1 		Subd. 22.Paraprofessional training. (a) For compensation associated with paid 
54.2 	orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes, 
54.3 	section 121A.642:

54.4		$
	4,721,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.5		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
54.6 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $221,000 for 2025 and $4,500,000 for 2026.
54.7 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $500,000 for 2026 and $4,500,000 for 2027.
54.8 		Subd. 23.Recovery program grants. (a) For recovery program grants under Minnesota 
54.9 	Statutes, section 124D.695:

54.10		$
	750,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.11		$
	750,000
	.....
	2027
	
54.12 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
54.13 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
54.14 	administration.
54.15 		Subd. 24.ServeMinnesota program. (a) For funding ServeMinnesota programs under 
54.16 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:

54.17		$
	900,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.18		$
	900,000
	.....
	2027
	
54.19 	(b) A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents 
54.20 	of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such 
54.21 	coverage is not otherwise available.
54.22 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
54.23 		Subd. 25.Statewide testing and reporting system. (a) For the statewide testing and 
54.24 	reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, sections 120B.302 and 120B.305:

54.25		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.26		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2027
	
54.27 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
54.28 		Subd. 26.Student organizations. (a) For elementary or secondary student organizations:

54.29		$
	1,084,000
	.....
	2026
	
54.30		$
	1,084,000
	.....
	2027
	
54.31 	(b) $68,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
55.1 	(c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations 
55.2 	(Skills USA).
55.3 	(d) $122,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA).
55.4 	(e) $322,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations 
55.5 	(FFA).
55.6 	(f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science 
55.7 	occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and 
55.8 	31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than 
55.9 	grade 9.
55.10 	(g) $202,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations 
55.11 	(DECA).
55.12 	(h) $85,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations. Of 
55.13 	this amount, $30,000 each year must be used for direct support of underserved and special 
55.14 	student populations.
55.15 	(i) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
55.16 		Subd. 27.Read Act school leader and literacy instructor professional 
55.17 	development. (a) To offer training to school leaders and administrators from elementary 
55.18 	and secondary schools and literacy instructors from institutions of higher education:

55.19		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
55.20 	(b) Training provided with funding under this subdivision must be a department approved 
55.21 	evidence-based training program.
55.22 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.
55.23 		Subd. 28.Read Act professional development. (a) For evidence-based training on 
55.24 	structured literacy for teachers working in school districts, charter schools, and service 
55.25 	cooperatives:

55.26		$
	8,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
55.27		$
	7,750,000
	.....
	2027
	
55.28 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $6,750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $6,500,000 in 
55.29 	fiscal year 2027 are for the Department of Education and the regional literacy networks and 
55.30 	$1,250,000 each year is for statewide training. The department must use the funding to 
55.31 	develop a data collection system to: (1) collect and analyze the submission of the local 
55.32 	literacy plans and student-level universal screening data; (2) establish the regional literacy 
56.1 	networks as a partnership between the department and the Minnesota service cooperatives; 
56.2 	and (3) administer statewide training based in structured literacy to be offered free to school 
56.3 	districts and charter schools and facilitated by the regional literacy networks and the 
56.4 	department. The regional literacy networks must focus on implementing comprehensive 
56.5 	literacy reform efforts based on structured literacy. Each regional literacy network must 
56.6 	maintain a literacy lead position and maintain a team of trained literacy coaches to facilitate 
56.7 	evidence-based structured literacy training opportunities and ongoing supports to school 
56.8 	districts and charter schools in each region. Funds may be used to provide training in 
56.9 	structured literacy to grade 4 and 5 classroom teachers and literacy professors from Minnesota 
56.10 	institutions of higher education.
56.11 	(c) By January 15, 2027, and annually thereafter, the commissioner must report to the 
56.12 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education the 
56.13 	number of teachers from each district who received approved structured literacy training 
56.14 	using funds under this subdivision and the  service cooperatives.
56.15 	(d) The regional literacy networks and staff from the Department of Education must 
56.16 	provide ongoing support to school districts, charter schools, and service cooperatives 
56.17 	implementing evidence-based literacy instruction.
56.18 		Subd. 29.Department literacy specialist. For a full-time literacy specialist at the 
56.19 	Department of Education:

56.20		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
56.21		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027

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

56.24 	ARTICLE 3
56.25 	TEACHERS

56.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.117, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
56.27 		Subd. 4.Reporting.  The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
56.28 	Department of Education must collaborate with the Department of Education Professional 
56.29 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Office of Higher Education to publish a 
56.30 	summary report of each of the programs they administer and any other programs receiving 
56.31 	state appropriations that have or include an explicit purpose of increasing the racial and 
56.32 	ethnic diversity of the state's teacher workforce to more closely reflect the diversity of 
57.1 	students. The report must include programs under sections 122A.59, 122A.63, 122A.635, 
57.2 	122A.70, 122A.73, 124D.09, 124D.861, 136A.1274, 136A.1276, and 136A.1791, along 
57.3 	with any other programs or initiatives that receive state appropriations to address the shortage 
57.4 	of teachers of color and American Indian teachers. The board commissioner must, in 
57.5 	coordination with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Office 
57.6 	of Higher Education and Department of Education, provide policy and funding 
57.7 	recommendations related to state-funded programs to increase the recruitment, preparation, 
57.8 	licensing, hiring, and retention of racially and ethnically diverse teachers and the state's 
57.9 	progress toward meeting or exceeding the goals of this section. The report must include 
57.10 	recommendations for state policy and funding needed to achieve the goals of this section, 
57.11 	plans for sharing the report and activities of grant recipients, and opportunities among grant 
57.12 	recipients of various programs to share effective practices with each other. The initial report 
57.13 	must also include a recommendation of whether a state advisory council should be established 
57.14 	to address the shortage of racially and ethnically diverse teachers and what the composition 
57.15 	and charge of such an advisory council would be if established. The board commissioner
57.16 	must consult with the Indian Affairs Council and other ethnic councils along with other 
57.17 	community partners, including students of color and American Indian students, in developing 
57.18 	the report. The board commissioner must submit the report to the chairs and ranking minority 
57.19 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over education and higher education 
57.20 	policy and finance by November 3, 2025, for the initial report, and by November 3 each 
57.21 	even-numbered year thereafter. The report must be available to the public on the board's
57.22 	commissioner's website.

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

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

62.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
62.2 		Subd. 2.Board Grants. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
62.3 	Department of Education must make grant application forms available to sites interested in 
62.4 	developing, sustaining, or expanding a mentorship program.
62.5 	(b) The following applicants are eligible for a program grant:
62.6 	(1) a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit, on behalf of its participating 
62.7 	school sites;
62.8 	(2) a Tribal contract school;
62.9 	(3) a coalition of teachers; and
62.10 	(4) a higher education institution;
62.11 	(5) a nonprofit organization;
62.12 	(6) a professional organization; and
62.13 	(4) (7) a coalition of two or more applicants that are individually eligible for a grant.
62.14 	A higher education institution, professional organization, or nonprofit organization may
62.15 	must partner with an eligible grant applicant but is not eligible as a sole applicant for grant 
62.16 	funds a school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Tribal contract school, or coalition 
62.17 	of teachers to apply for a grant.
62.18 	(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in consultation with the 
62.19 	teacher mentoring task force, commissioner must approve or disapprove the applications. 
62.20 	To the extent possible, the approved applications must reflect effective mentoring, 
62.21 	professional development, and retention components, and be geographically distributed 
62.22 	throughout the state. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must 
62.23 	encourage the selected sites to consider the use of its assessment procedures.

62.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
62.25 		Subd. 3.Criteria for selection. (a) At a minimum, Applicants for grants under 
62.26 	subdivision 2 must express commitment to:
62.27 	(1) allow staff participation;
62.28 	(2) assess skills of both beginning and mentor teachers;
62.29 	(3) provide appropriate in-service to needs identified in the assessment;
62.30 	(4) provide leadership to the effort;
63.1 	(5) cooperate with higher education institutions or teacher educators;
63.2 	(6) provide facilities and other resources;
63.3 	(7) share findings, materials, and techniques with other school districts; and
63.4 	(8) retain teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian.
63.5 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board commissioner must give 
63.6 	priority to applications to fund programs to induct, mentor, and retain Tier 2 or Tier 3
63.7 	teachers who are of color or who are American Indian, and Tier 2 or Tier 3 teachers in 
63.8 	licensure shortage areas within the applicant's economic development region.

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

63.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
63.16 		Subd. 5a.Grant program administration. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
63.17 	Standards Board commissioner may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of 
63.18 	Higher Education or the Department of Education Professional Educator Licensing and 
63.19 	Standards Board. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher 
63.20 	Education or the Department of Education Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
63.21 	Board to help administer the competitive grant process.

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

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

64.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
64.9 	the meanings given:
64.10 	(1) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time 
64.11 	position not under contract by a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit at the 
64.12 	start of the 2022-2023 school year;
64.13 	(2) "part-time position" means a student support services personnel position less than 
64.14 	1.0 full-time equivalent at the start of the 2022-2023 school year;
64.15 	(3) "American Rescue Plan Act" means the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, 
64.16 	Public Law 117-2, that awarded funds; and
64.17 	(4) "student support services personnel" means:
64.18 	(i) an individual licensed to serve as a school counselor, school psychologist, school 
64.19 	social worker, school nurse, or chemical dependency counselor in Minnesota.; or
64.20 	(ii) an individual not included in item (i) whose work duties primarily consist of activities 
64.21 	that reduce chronic student absenteeism; and
64.22 	(5) "eligible cooperative unit" means an intermediate school district or other cooperative 
64.23 	unit that directly serves students.

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

64.25 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.26 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of student support personnel aid is to:
64.27 	(1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools;
64.28 	(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure effective 
64.29 	services;
65.1 	(3) ensure that students receive effective student support services and integrated and 
65.2 	comprehensive services to improve prekindergarten through grade 12 academic, physical, 
65.3 	social, and emotional outcomes supporting career and college readiness and effective school 
65.4 	mental health services;
65.5 	(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice 
65.6 	of their training and licensure;
65.7 	(5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, assessment, data-based decision making, 
65.8 	and family and community engagement within a comprehensive approach that facilitates 
65.9 	interdisciplinary collaboration; and
65.10 	(6) improve student health, attendance, school safety, and school climate to support 
65.11 	academic success and career and college readiness.

65.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
65.13 		Subd. 3.Student support personnel aid. (a) The initial student support personnel aid 
65.14 	for a an independent or special school district equals the greater of the student support 
65.15 	personnel allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year 
65.16 	or $40,000 $80,000. The initial student support personnel aid for a charter school equals 
65.17 	the greater of the student support personnel allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the 
65.18 	charter school for the current fiscal year or $20,000 $40,000. Aid under this paragraph must 
65.19 	be reserved in a fund balance that, beginning in fiscal year 2025, may not exceed the greater 
65.20 	of the aid entitlement in the prior fiscal year or the fund balance in the prior fiscal year.
65.21 	(b) The cooperative student support personnel aid for a school district that is a member 
65.22 	of an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit that serves students equals the 
65.23 	greater of the cooperative student support allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the 
65.24 	district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. If a district is a member of more than one 
65.25 	cooperative unit that serves students, the revenue must be allocated among the cooperative 
65.26 	units. Aid under this paragraph must not exceed actual expenditures.
65.27 	(c) The student support personnel allowance equals $11.94 for fiscal year 2024, $17.08 
65.28 	for fiscal year 2025, and $48.73 $34.24 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
65.29 	(d) The cooperative student support allowance equals $0.60 for fiscal year 2024, $0.85 
65.30 	for fiscal year 2025, and $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and later.

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

66.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, is amended by adding a subdivision 
66.2 	to read:
66.3 		Subd. 3a.Student support personnel aid; cooperative units. (a) The initial cooperative 
66.4 	unit aid attributable to each member district of each eligible cooperative unit equals the 
66.5 	greater of $40,000 or the product of the adjusted pupil units of the member district and 
66.6 	$0.60 for fiscal year 2024, $0.85 for fiscal year 2025, or $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
66.7 	(b) The total statewide cooperative unit aid available for distribution under this 
66.8 	subdivision equals the sum of the initial amounts calculated for each member district for 
66.9 	each eligible cooperative unit under paragraph (a).
66.10 	(c) Aid for each eligible cooperative unit equals:
66.11 	(1) $100,000; plus
66.12 	(2) $10,000 times the number of its member districts in excess of ten.
66.13 	(d) The commissioner must subtract the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph 
66.14 	(c) from the total aid available under paragraph (b) and distribute any remaining amount as 
66.15 	additional aid to each eligible cooperative unit as follows:
66.16 	(1) 50 percent of the remaining amount must be distributed to each eligible cooperative 
66.17 	unit in proportion to the number of member districts of the eligible cooperative unit relative 
66.18 	to the total number of member districts for all eligible cooperative units; and
66.19 	(2) 50 percent of the remaining amount must be distributed to each eligible cooperative 
66.20 	unit in proportion to the sum of the adjusted pupil units in each member district of the 
66.21 	eligible cooperative unit relative to the total number of adjusted pupil units in each member 
66.22 	district for all eligible cooperatives.
66.23 	(e) Aid under this subdivision must be paid directly to an eligible cooperative unit. Aid 
66.24 	to a cooperative unit under this subdivision must not exceed the cooperative unit's actual 
66.25 	expenditures.

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

66.27 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
66.28 		Subd. 4.Allowed uses. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) or subdivision 4a, aid 
66.29 	under this section must be used to:
66.30 	(1) hire new positions for student support services personnel or;
67.1 	(2) increase a current position that is less than 1.0 full-time equivalent to a greater number 
67.2 	of service hours or;
67.3 	(3) make permanent a position hired using onetime resources awarded through the federal 
67.4 	Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, the federal Consolidated Appropriations 
67.5 	Act, the federal Division M-Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations 
67.6 	Act, or the federal American Rescue Plan Act, or to maintain a position that would otherwise 
67.7 	be eliminated; or
67.8 	(4) maintain a current student support services personnel position, including a position 
67.9 	established prior to the 2023-2024 school year, if that position provided pupil support 
67.10 	services to nonpublic pupils and was funded in whole or in part with state aid allotted to 
67.11 	the school district or intermediary service area to provide such services under section 123B.44 
67.12 	in fiscal year 2025 or earlier.
67.13 	(b) For fiscal year 2025, except as provided in paragraph (d) or subdivision 4a, 
67.14 	cooperative student support personnel aid must be transferred to the intermediate district 
67.15 	or other cooperative unit of which the district is a member and used to hire new positions 
67.16 	for student support services personnel or increase a current position that is less than 1.0 
67.17 	full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make permanent a position hired 
67.18 	using onetime resources awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act at the intermediate 
67.19 	district or cooperative unit.
67.20 	(c) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit does not receive at least two 
67.21 	applications and is not able to hire a new full-time equivalent position with student support 
67.22 	personnel aid or use the aid as otherwise provided under paragraph (d) or subdivision 4a, 
67.23 	the aid may be used for contracted services from individuals licensed to serve as a school 
67.24 	counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical dependency 
67.25 	counselor in Minnesota.
67.26 	(d) Aid under this section may also be used to pay the costs of:
67.27 	(1) necessary transportation among school sites for student support services personnel;
67.28 	(2) training for student support services personnel; or
67.29 	(3) technology upgrades for student support services personnel.

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

68.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, is amended by adding a subdivision 
68.2 	to read:
68.3 		Subd. 4a.Additional uses for a school with declining enrollment upon board 
68.4 	approval. (a) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit has declining enrollment 
68.5 	in fiscal year 2025 or a later fiscal year, and is unable to use student support personnel aid 
68.6 	in accordance with subdivision 4, the district, charter school, or cooperative unit may use 
68.7 	student support personnel aid to maintain a student support services personnel position if 
68.8 	the position would otherwise be eliminated due to budgetary concerns.
68.9 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit 
68.10 	has declining enrollment for that fiscal year if the school district, charter school, or 
68.11 	cooperative unit reports fewer students on its previous fall's enrollment report than for the 
68.12 	second previous fall's enrollment report.
68.13 	(c) Before a school board may exercise its authority under this subdivision, the school 
68.14 	board must allow for public testimony on the proposal at a regularly scheduled school board 
68.15 	meeting before approving a resolution approving the usage of the student support personnel 
68.16 	aid for this purpose.
68.17 	(d) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit uses student support personnel 
68.18 	aid to initially maintain a position under paragraph (a) in any fiscal year, the school district, 
68.19 	charter school, or cooperative unit may continue to use student support personnel aid to 
68.20 	maintain that position in later fiscal years, notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph 
68.21 	(a).

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

68.23 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1276, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
68.24 		Subd. 4.Report. An alternative teacher preparation program receiving a grant under 
68.25 	this section must submit a report to the commissioner and the Professional Educator Licensing 
68.26 	and Standards Board on the grantee's ability to fill teacher shortage areas and positively 
68.27 	impact student achievement where data are available and do not identify individual teachers. 
68.28 	A grant recipient must submit the report required under this subdivision by January 31, 
68.29 	2018, and each even-numbered subsequent year thereafter this particular grant receives 
68.30 	allocated funding. The report must include disaggregated data regarding:
68.31 	(1) the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers and teacher candidates licensed through 
68.32 	the program; and
68.33 	(2) program participant placement.

69.1 	Sec. 17. TRANSFER OF GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF.
 69.2 		Subdivision 1.Transfer of contracts, obligations, and unexpended funds. All contracts, 
69.3 	obligations, and unexpended funds associated with the administration of grant programs 
69.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, are transferred from the 
69.5 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education 
69.6 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, subdivisions 5, 5a, and 6.
69.7 		Subd. 2.Transfer of staff; protections; applicability of collective bargaining 
69.8 	agreements. (a) Personnel relating to the administration of grant programs under Minnesota 
69.9 	Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, with the Professional Educator Licensing and 
69.10 	Standards Board are transferred to the Department of Education beginning August 1, 2025, 
69.11 	with 30 days notice from the commissioner of management and budget and after approval 
69.12 	by the commissioner.
69.13 	(b) The following protections apply to employees who are transferred to the department 
69.14 	from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to administer grant programs 
69.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70:
69.16 	(1) no transferred employee shall have their employment status and job classification 
69.17 	altered as a result of the transfer;
69.18 	(2) transferred employees who were represented by an exclusive representative prior to 
69.19 	the transfer shall continue to be represented by the same exclusive representative after the 
69.20 	transfer;
69.21 	(3) any applicable collective bargaining agreements with exclusive representatives shall 
69.22 	continue in full force and effect for transferred employees after the transfer;
69.23 	(4) when an employee in a temporary unclassified position is transferred to the 
69.24 	department, the total length of time that the employee has served in the appointment shall 
69.25 	include all time served in the appointment at the transferring agency and the time served in 
69.26 	the appointment at the department. An employee in a temporary unclassified position who 
69.27 	was hired by a transferring agency through an open competitive selection process in 
69.28 	accordance with a policy enacted by the commissioner of management and budget is 
69.29 	considered to have been hired through that selection process after the transfer; and
69.30 	(5) the state must meet and negotiate with the exclusive representatives of the transferred 
69.31 	employees about any proposed changes affecting or relating to the transferred employees' 
69.32 	terms and conditions of employment to the extent that the proposed changes are not addressed 
69.33 	in the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
70.1 		Subd. 3.Future transfer. (a) If the state transfers ownership or control of any facilities, 
70.2 	services, or operations of the department related to the administration of grant programs 
70.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, to another private or public 
70.4 	entity by subcontract, sale, assignment, lease, or other transfer, the state must require as a 
70.5 	written condition of the transfer of ownership or control the following:
70.6 	(1) employees who perform work in the facilities, services, or operations related to the 
70.7 	administration of grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, 
70.8 	must be offered employment with the entity acquiring ownership or control before the entity 
70.9 	offers employment to any individual who was not employed by the transferring agency at 
70.10 	the time of the transfer; and
70.11 	(2) the wage and benefit standards of the transferred employees must not be reduced by 
70.12 	the entity acquiring ownership or control through the expiration of the collective bargaining 
70.13 	agreement in effect at the time of the transfer or for a period of two years after the transfer, 
70.14 	whichever is longer.
70.15 	(b) There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action arises against, the state of 
70.16 	Minnesota or its officers or agents for any action or inaction of any entity acquiring ownership 
70.17 	or control of any facilities, services, or operations of the department related to the 
70.18 	administration of grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70.

70.19 	Sec. 18. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 70.20 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
70.21 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
70.22 	designated.
70.23 		Subd. 2.Agricultural educator grants. (a) For agricultural educator grants under Laws 
70.24 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:

70.25		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
70.26		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
70.27 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
70.28 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
70.29 	administration.
70.30 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
70.31 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

71.1		$
	88,717,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.2		$
	87,942,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,814,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $79,903,000 
71.4 	for fiscal year 2026.
71.5 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,878,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $79,064,000 
71.6 	for fiscal year 2027.
71.7 		Subd. 4.Black Men Teach Twin Cities. (a) For a grant to Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
71.8 	for the purposes listed in paragraph (c):

71.9		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
71.10		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
71.11 	(b) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must use the grant to establish partnerships with public 
71.12 	elementary schools with a goal of increasing the number of black male teachers to 20 percent 
71.13 	of the teachers at each school site. To the extent possible, Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
71.14 	must include sites in greater Minnesota, suburban areas, and urban settings.
71.15 	(c) The grant money may be used for:
71.16 	(1) scholarships for aspiring teachers;
71.17 	(2) student teacher stipends;
71.18 	(3) mentoring activities;
71.19 	(4) professional development, with an emphasis on early literacy training, including best 
71.20 	practices associated with the science of reading; and
71.21 	(5) stipends for housing to allow a teacher to live closer to the teacher's school.
71.22 	(d) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must provide a detailed report to the chairs and ranking 
71.23 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through 
71.24 	grade 12 education and higher education by January 15 of each year following the year of 
71.25 	a grant award describing how the grant money was used. The report must describe the 
71.26 	progress made toward the goal of increasing the number of Black male teachers at each 
71.27 	school site, identify the strategies used to recruit Black teachers, and describe barriers Black 
71.28 	men face in the teaching profession. The report must be filed in accordance with Minnesota 
71.29 	Statutes, section 3.195.
71.30 	(e) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
71.31 	administration.
72.1 		Subd. 5.Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers. (a) 
72.2 	For the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center for a grant to the Coalition 
72.3 	to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota for nonlobbying 
72.4 	activities and general operating expenses that support the recruitment and retention of 
72.5 	racially and ethnically diverse teachers underrepresented in the state's workforce:

72.6		$
	100,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.7		$
	100,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.8 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
72.9 		Subd. 6.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. (a) 
72.10 	For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under 
72.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635:

72.12		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.13		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.14 	(b) Up to $100,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
72.15 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
72.16 		Subd. 7.Concurrent enrollment teacher training program. (a) For the concurrent 
72.17 	enrollment teacher partnership under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.76:

72.18		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.19		$
	375,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.20 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
72.21 		Subd. 8.Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. (a) For grants to institutions offering 
72.22 	"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses under Minnesota Statutes, 
72.23 	section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):

72.24		$
	500,000
	.....
	2026
	
72.25		$
	500,000
	.....
	2027
	
72.26 	(b) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
72.27 	administration.
72.28 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
72.29 		Subd. 9.Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. (a) For grants to 
72.30 	develop, continue, or expand Grow Your Own new teacher programs under Minnesota 
72.31 	Statutes, section 122A.73, to develop a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the 
73.1 	state's increasingly diverse student population and ensure all students have equitable access 
73.2 	to effective and diverse teachers:

73.3		$
	22,954,000
	.....
	2026
	
73.4		$
	22,954,000
	.....
	2027
	
73.5 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
73.6 	122A.73, subdivision 5.
73.7 		Subd. 10.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
73.8 	of color. (a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed 
73.9 	for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:

73.10		$
	3,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
73.11		$
	3,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
73.12 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
73.13 	(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
73.14 	administration.
73.15 		Subd. 11.Special education apprenticeship programs. (a) For grants to intermediate 
73.16 	school districts for registered special education apprenticeship programs:

73.17		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
73.18		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
73.19 	(b) In each year, the department must award grants of $493,000 each to Intermediate 
73.20 	School Districts Nos. 287, 288, 916, and 917. Grant recipients must use grant money for 
73.21 	registered special education apprenticeship programs. Grant money may be used for:
73.22 	(1) program oversight and administrative costs incurred by an intermediate school district 
73.23 	and its partner higher education institution;
73.24 	(2) stipends and tuition, fees, and other direct program costs incurred by apprentices;
73.25 	(3) stipends for teachers serving as mentors; and
73.26 	(4) the cost of substitute teachers.
73.27 	(c) Up to $28,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
73.28 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.
73.29 		Subd. 12.Special education teacher pathway. (a) For grants to develop special 
73.30 	education teacher pathways across Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.77:

74.1		$
	0
	.....
	2026
	
74.2		$
	10,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
74.3 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
74.4 	122A.77, subdivision 5.
74.5 		Subd. 13.Student support personnel aid. (a) For student support personnel aid  under 
74.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:

74.7		$
	58,556,000
	.....
	2026
	
74.8		$
	60,885,000
	.....
	2027
	
74.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,655,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $54,901,000 
74.10 	for fiscal year 2026.
74.11 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $6,099,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $54,786,000 
74.12 	for fiscal year 2027.
74.13 		Subd. 14.Student support personnel workforce pathway. (a) For a grant program to 
74.14 	develop a student support personnel workforce pathway focused on increasing school 
74.15 	psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and school social workers of color and 
74.16 	Indigenous providers, professional respecialization, recruitment, and retention:

74.17		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
74.18		$
	4,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
74.19 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $120,000 each year is for providing support to school 
74.20 	nurses across the state.
74.21 	(c) To the extent practicable, the pathway grants must be used to support equal numbers 
74.22 	of students pursuing careers as school psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and 
74.23 	school social workers.
74.24 	(d) For grants awarded to school psychologists under this subdivision, the following 
74.25 	terms have the meanings given:
74.26 	(1) "eligible designated trainee" means an individual enrolled in a National Association 
74.27 	of School Psychologists approved or American Psychological Association accredited school 
74.28 	psychology program granting educational specialist certificates or doctoral degrees in school 
74.29 	psychology;
74.30 	(2) "eligible employment" means a paid position within a school or local education 
74.31 	agency directly related to a training program providing direct or indirect school psychology 
74.32 	services. Direct services include assessment, intervention, prevention, or consultation services 
75.1 	to students or their family members and educational staff. Indirect services include 
75.2 	supervision, research and evaluation, administration, program development, technical 
75.3 	assistance, or professional learning to support direct services; and
75.4 	(3) "practica" means an educational experience administered and evaluated by a graduate 
75.5 	training program, with university and site supervision provided by appropriately credentialed 
75.6 	school psychologists, to develop trainees' competencies to provide school psychological 
75.7 	services based on the graduate training program's goals and competencies relative to 
75.8 	accreditation and licensure requirements.
75.9 	(e) Grants awarded to school psychologists must be used for:
75.10 	(1) providing paid, supervised, and educationally meaningful practica in a public school 
75.11 	setting for an eligible designated trainee enrolled in a qualifying program within the grantee's 
75.12 	institution;
75.13 	(2) supporting student recruitment and retention to enroll and hire an eligible designated 
75.14 	trainee for paid practica in public school settings; and
75.15 	(3) oversight of trainee practica and professional development by a qualifying program 
75.16 	to ensure the qualifications and conduct by an eligible designated trainee meet requirements 
75.17 	set forth by the state and accrediting agencies.
75.18 	(f) Upon successful completion of the graduate training program, grants awarded to 
75.19 	school psychologists must maintain eligible employment within Minnesota for a minimum 
75.20 	period of one-year full-time equivalent for each academic year of paid training under the 
75.21 	grant program.
75.22 	(g) Up to $120,000 of the appropriation in each year is available for grant administration.
75.23 	(h) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

75.24 	Sec. 19. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
75.25 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 75.26 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sums 
75.27 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
75.28 	Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated. Any balance in fiscal year 
75.29 	2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
75.30 		Subd. 2.Alternative pathways support position. To fund a position at the Professional 
75.31 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support candidates through alternative pathway 
76.1 	programs, including the licensure via portfolio process, and to support districts, charter 
76.2 	schools, and educational cooperatives to become alternative preparation providers:

76.3		$
	205,000
	.....
	2026
	
76.4		$
	208,000
	.....
	2027
	
76.5 		Subd. 3.Heritage language and culture teachers. To support an additional licensure 
76.6 	pathway program for heritage language and culture teachers under Minnesota Statutes, 
76.7 	section 122A.631, including funding for a portfolio liaison and funding for substitute teachers 
76.8 	on meeting days, portfolio fees, licensure fees, and licensure exam fees for 50 program 
76.9 	participants:

76.10		$
	319,000
	.....
	2026
	
76.11		$
	322,000
	.....
	2027
	
76.12 		Subd. 4.Licensure via portfolio online platform. To complete the licensure via portfolio 
76.13 	online platform to streamline the portfolio submission and review process:

76.14		$
	471,000
	.....
	2026
	
76.15		$
	321,000
	.....
	2027

76.16 	Sec. 20. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 76.17 	The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
76.18 	2, section 51, as Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.78.

76.19 	ARTICLE 4
76.20 	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

76.21 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.63, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
76.22 		Subd. 9.Eligible programming. (a) The grantee institutions may provide scholarships 
76.23 	to eligible students progressing toward educational goals in an early education through 
76.24 	grade 12 educational setting in any area of teacher licensure, including an associate's, 
76.25 	bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in the following:
76.26 	(1) any educational certification necessary for employment;
76.27 	(2) early childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure;
76.28 	(3) elementary and secondary education;
76.29 	(4) school administration; or
77.1 	(5) any educational program that provides services to American Indian students in 
77.2 	prekindergarten through grade 12.
77.3 	(b) Scholarships may be used to cover an eligible student's cost of attendance under 
77.4 	section 136A.126, subdivision 3.
77.5 	(c) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their contracted partner institutions must 
77.6 	agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study 
77.7 	student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact 
77.8 	persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to 
77.9 	high school students who may be interested in education as a profession.
77.10 	(d) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student 
77.11 	scholarships. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used 
77.12 	for recruitment or administration of the student scholarships.

77.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.81, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
77.14 		Subd. 2b.Carry forward of funds. Notwithstanding section 16A.28, if a school district 
77.15 	or Tribal contract school does not expend the full amount of the American Indian education 
77.16 	aid in accordance with the plan in the designated fiscal year, the school district or Tribal 
77.17 	contract school may carry forward and expend up to half of the remaining funds in the 
77.18 	following fiscal year, and is not subject to an aid reduction if:
77.19 	(1) the district is otherwise following the plan submitted and approved under subdivision 
77.20 	2;
77.21 	(2) the American Indian Parent Advisory Committee for the school is aware of and has 
77.22 	approved the carry forward and has concurred with for the district's educational offerings 
77.23 	extended to American Indian students under section 124D.78;
77.24 	(3) the funds carried over are used in accordance with section 124D.74, subdivision 1; 
77.25 	and
77.26 	(4) by April 1, the district reports to the Department of Education American Indian 
77.27 	education director the reason the aid was not expended in the designated fiscal year, and 
77.28 	describes how the district intends to expend the funds in the following fiscal year. The 
77.29 	district must report this information in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.

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

78.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
78.2 		Subd. 2.Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school 
78.3 	that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in 
78.4 	subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is 
78.5 	derived by:
78.6 	(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170, 
78.7 	times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05, 
78.8 	subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, 
78.9 	and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section 
78.10 	126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which 
78.11 	the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
78.12 	(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 
78.13 	allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 
78.14 	compensation revenue pupil units;
78.15 	(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school 
78.16 	by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of 
78.17 	Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E, 
78.18 	for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied 
78.19 	to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school adjustments and additional 
78.20 	weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school 
78.21 	board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor repair, interim administration 
78.22 	cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is 
78.23 	received according to section 124D.69;
78.24 	(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily 
78.25 	membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation 
78.26 	revenue pupil units; and
78.27 	(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision 
78.28 	13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units 
78.29 	by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal year 2019 and 51.17 percent of the formula allowance for 
78.30 	fiscal year 2020 and later or the result in clause (4).

79.1 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 79.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
79.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
79.4 	designated.
79.5 		Subd. 2.American Indian education aid. (a) For American Indian education aid under 
79.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

79.7		$
	20,646,000
	.....
	2026
	
79.8		$
	21,548,000
	.....
	2027
	
79.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,973,000 for 2025 and $18,673,000 for 2026.
79.10 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,074,000 for 2026 and $19,474,000 for 2027.
79.11 		Subd. 3.Early childhood programs at Tribal contract schools. (a) For early childhood 
79.12 	family education programs at Tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.13 	124D.83, subdivision 4:

79.14		$
	68,000
	.....
	2026
	
79.15		$
	68,000
	.....
	2027
	
79.16 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
79.17 		Subd. 4.Mascot replacement assistance. (a) For assistance to public schools seeking 
79.18 	to comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.041:

79.19		$
	3,972,000
	.....
	2026
	
79.20 	(b) A public school may apply in the form and manner determined by the commissioner 
79.21 	for reimbursement of costs incurred to meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.22 	121A.041, subdivision 2, including the costs of replacing a prohibited name, symbol, or 
79.23 	image on uniforms, signs, paintings, equipment, gym floors, websites, and other school 
79.24 	property, including supplies and other building surfaces.
79.25 	(c) The commissioner must establish procedures to allow for reimbursement of costs 
79.26 	incurred by a public school after June 30, 2024. Subject to the availability of funding, the 
79.27 	commissioner may reimburse up to 100 percent of the costs under this paragraph.
79.28 	(d) The commissioner must establish procedures to ensure that any costs reimbursed 
79.29 	under this subdivision are excluded from other school revenue calculations.
79.30 	(e) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.
80.1 		Subd. 5.Minnesota Indian teacher training program grants. (a) For joint grants to 
80.2 	assist people who are American Indian to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
80.3 	122A.63:

80.4		$
	600,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.5		$
	600,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.6 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
80.7 	122A.63, subdivision 10.
80.8 		Subd. 6.Native language revitalization grants to schools. (a) For grants to school 
80.9 	districts, charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to offer language instruction in Dakota 
80.10 	and Anishinaabe languages or another language indigenous to the United States or Canada:

80.11		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.12		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.13 	(b) Grant amounts are to be determined based upon the number of schools within a 
80.14 	district implementing language courses. Eligible expenses include costs for teachers, program 
80.15 	supplies, and curricular resources.
80.16 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation in each year is available for grant 
80.17 	administration.
80.18 	(d) Up to $300,000 each year is for administrative and programmatic capacity at the 
80.19 	Department of Education.
80.20 	(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
80.21 		Subd. 7.Permanent school fund supplemental aid. (a) For permanent school fund 
80.22 	supplemental aid to American Indian schools as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
80.23 	124D.73:

80.24		$
	40,000
	.....
	2026
	
80.25		$
	40,000
	.....
	2027
	
80.26 	(b) The permanent school fund supplemental aid for an American Indian school equals 
80.27 	the product of:
80.28 	(1) the amount appropriated under paragraph (a) for that fiscal year; and
80.29 	(2) the ratio of (i) the average daily membership served of the American Indian school 
80.30 	in the prior fiscal year, to (ii) the total average daily membership served of all American 
80.31 	Indian schools in the state in the prior fiscal year.
81.1 	(c) Aid under this subdivision must be paid 100 percent in the current year on a schedule 
81.2 	determined by the commissioner.
81.3 		Subd. 8.Tribal contract school aid. (a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
81.4 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

81.5		$
	2,313,000
	.....
	2026
	
81.6		$
	2,554,000
	.....
	2027
	
81.7 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $221,000 for 2025 and $2,092,000 for 2026.
81.8 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $232,000 for 2026 and $2,322,000 for 2027.

81.9 	ARTICLE 5
81.10 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

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

81.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 81.19 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
81.20 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
81.21 	designated.
81.22 		Subd. 2.Aid for children with disabilities. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
81.23 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
81.24 	district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

81.25		$
	2,240,000
	.....
	2026
	
81.26		$
	2,570,000
	.....
	2027
	
81.27 	(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year 
81.28 	is available.
82.1 		Subd. 3.Court-placed special education revenue.  For reimbursing serving school 
82.2 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
82.3 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

82.4		$
	41,000
	.....
	2026
	
82.5		$
	42,000
	.....
	2027
	
82.6 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
82.7 	Statutes, section 125A.76:

82.8		$
	2,789,872,000
	.....
	2026
	
82.9		$
	3,023,359,000
	.....
	2027
	
82.10 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $322,670,000 for 2025 and $2,467,202,000 for 
82.11 	2026.
82.12 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $347,310,000 for 2026 and $2,676,049,000 for 
82.13 	2027.
82.14 		Subd. 5.Special education out-of-state tuition.  For special education out-of-state 
82.15 	tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:

82.16		$
	250,000
	.....
	2026
	
82.17		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
82.18 		Subd. 6.Special education separate sites and programs. (a) For aid for special 
82.19 	education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision 
82.20 	4:

82.21		$
	4,470,000
	.....
	2026
	
82.22		$
	4,695,000
	.....
	2027
	
82.23 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $427,000 for 2025 and $4,043,000 for 2026.
82.24 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $449,000 for 2026 and $4,246,000 for 2027.
82.25 		Subd. 7.Travel for home-based services. (a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
82.26 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

82.27		$
	488,000
	.....
	2026
	
82.28		$
	538,000
	.....
	2027
	
82.29 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $44,000 for 2025 and $444,000 for 2026.
82.30 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2026 and $489,000 for 2027.

83.1 	ARTICLE 6
83.2 	FACILITIES, HEALTH, AND SAFETY

83.3 	Section 1. [121A.241] CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
83.4 		Subdivision 1.Cardiac emergency response plan. (a) For the purposes of this section, 
83.5 	a "cardiac emergency response plan" means a written document that establishes specific 
83.6 	steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest in a specific setting.
83.7 	(b) Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a school district or charter school must 
83.8 	develop a cardiac emergency response plan established by the American Heart Association 
83.9 	or other cardiovascular care organization or the model plan developed by the commissioner 
83.10 	under section 121A.035, subdivision 1, for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property. 
83.11 	At a minimum, the plan must:
83.12 	(1) establish a school cardiac emergency response team and plan of activation during 
83.13 	the event of sudden cardiac arrest;
83.14 	(2) provide for placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on school grounds 
83.15 	following American Heart Association or other nationally recognized cardiovascular care 
83.16 	organization guidelines;
83.17 	(3) provide for routine maintenance of AEDs;
83.18 	(4) provide for distribution of the plan on school grounds and in coordination with local 
83.19 	emergency medical services providers;
83.20 	(5) provide for annual cardiac emergency response plan drills for school staff and 
83.21 	students; and
83.22 	(6) require the school board to annually review and evaluate the effectiveness of the 
83.23 	plan.
83.24 		Subd. 2.Cardiac emergency response plan; athletic program. (a) Beginning in the 
83.25 	2026-2027 school year, a school district or charter school with an athletic department or 
83.26 	organized athletic program must develop a cardiac emergency response plan. The plan must 
83.27 	be consistent with recommendations or core elements proposed by the American Heart 
83.28 	Association or an athletic emergency action plan following nationally recognized 
83.29 	recommendations or core elements that are venue specific. At a minimum, a cardiac 
83.30 	emergency response plan for athletics must:
84.1 	(1) provide for venue specific and appropriate use of school personnel to respond to 
84.2 	incidents involving an individual experiencing cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening 
84.3 	emergency while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event on school grounds;
84.4 	(2) provide for AEDs in clearly marked, unlocked, and easily accessible locations at 
84.5 	each school athletic venue and event following guidelines established by the American 
84.6 	Heart Association or an organization focused on cardiovascular care;
84.7 	(3) require an AED to be accessible during the school day and on location at a 
84.8 	school-sponsored athletic event or team practice when the school's students are participating;
84.9 	(4) require AEDs to be tested and maintained according to the manufacturer's operational 
84.10 	guidelines; and
84.11 	(5) require appropriate first aid, ambulance, rescue squad, or other appropriate emergency 
84.12 	medical services providers notice of the AED, the type of AED, and its location.
84.13 	(b) A cardiac emergency response plan developed under subdivision 1 may include the 
84.14 	requirements of the required plan for the athletic program.

84.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.48, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.16 		Subd. 2.Resolution. (a) Upon a resolution of a board in the area proposed for 
84.17 	consolidation or upon receipt of a petition therefor executed by 25 percent of the voters 
84.18 	resident in the area proposed for consolidation or by 50 such voters, whichever is less, the 
84.19 	county auditor of the county which contains the greatest land area of the proposed new 
84.20 	district shall prepare a plat. The resolution or petition must show the approximate area 
84.21 	proposed for consolidation.
84.22 	(b) The resolution or petition may propose the following:
84.23 	(1) that the bonded debt of the component districts will be paid according to the levies 
84.24 	previously made for that debt under chapter 475, or that the taxable property in the newly 
84.25 	created district will be taxable for the payment of all or a portion of the bonded debt 
84.26 	previously incurred by any component district as provided in subdivision 18;
84.27 	(2) that obligations for a capital loan or an energy loan made according to section 216C.37 
84.28 	or sections 298.292 to 298.297 outstanding in a preexisting district as of the effective date 
84.29 	of consolidation remain solely with the preexisting district that obtained the loan, or that 
84.30 	all or a portion of the loan obligations will be assumed by the newly created or enlarged 
84.31 	district and paid by the newly created or enlarged district on behalf of the preexisting district 
84.32 	that obtained the loan;
85.1 	(3) that referendum levies previously approved by voters of authorized for the component 
85.2 	districts pursuant to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or its predecessor provision, be combined 
85.3 	as provided in section 123A.73, subdivision 4 or 5, or that the referendum levies be 
85.4 	discontinued;
85.5 	(4) that capital project referendum revenue previously authorized for the component 
85.6 	districts pursuant to section 123B.63 be combined as provided in section 123A.73, 
85.7 	subdivision 6a, or that the capital project referendum revenue be discontinued;
85.8 	(5) that the board of the newly created district consist of the number of members 
85.9 	determined by the component districts, which may be six or seven members elected according 
85.10 	to subdivision 20, or any number of existing school board members of the component 
85.11 	districts, and a method to gradually reduce the membership to six or seven; or
85.12 	(5) (6) that separate election districts from which board members will be elected, the 
85.13 	boundaries of these election districts, and the initial term of the member elected from each 
85.14 	of these election districts be established.
85.15 	The resolution must provide for election of board members from one of the following 
85.16 	options: single-member districts; multimember districts; at large; or a combination of these 
85.17 	options. The resolution must include a plan for the orderly transition to the option chosen.
85.18 	A group of districts that operates a cooperative secondary facility funded under section 
85.19 	123A.443 may also propose a temporary board structure as specified in section 123A.443, 
85.20 	subdivision 9.
85.21 	If a county auditor receives more than one request for a plat and the requests involve 
85.22 	parts of identical districts, the auditor shall prepare a plat which in the auditor's opinion best 
85.23 	serves the educational interests of the inhabitants of the districts or areas affected.
85.24 	(c) The plat must show:
85.25 	(1) Boundaries of the proposed district, as determined by the county auditor, and present 
85.26 	district boundaries,
85.27 	(2) The location of school buildings in the area proposed as a new district and the location 
85.28 	of school buildings in adjoining districts,
85.29 	(3) The boundaries of any proposed separate election districts, and
85.30 	(4) Other pertinent information as determined by the county auditor.

86.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.48, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
86.2 		Subd. 5.Supporting statement. The county auditor shall prepare a supporting statement 
86.3 	to accompany the plat. The statement must contain:
86.4 	(a) The adjusted net tax capacity of property in the proposed district,
86.5 	(b) If a part of any district is included in the proposed new district, the adjusted net tax 
86.6 	capacity of the property and the approximate number of pupils residing in the part of the 
86.7 	district included shall be shown separately and the adjusted net tax capacity of the property 
86.8 	and the approximate number of pupils residing in the part of the district not included shall 
86.9 	also be shown,
86.10 	(c) The reasons for the proposed consolidation, including a statement that at the time 
86.11 	the plat is submitted to the commissioner of education, no proceedings are pending to 
86.12 	dissolve any district involved in the plat unless all of the district to be dissolved and all of 
86.13 	each district to which attachment is proposed is included in the plat,
86.14 	(d) A statement showing that the jurisdictional fact requirements of subdivision 1 are 
86.15 	met by the proposal,
86.16 	(e) Any proposal contained in the resolution or petition regarding the disposition of the 
86.17 	bonded debt, outstanding energy loans made according to section 216C.37 or sections 
86.18 	298.292 to 298.297, capital loan obligations, capital project referendum revenue, or 
86.19 	referendum levies of component districts,
86.20 	(f) Any other information the county auditor desires to include, and
86.21 	(g) The signature of the county auditor.

86.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123A.73, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
86.23 	read:
86.24 		Subd. 6a.Consolidation; capital project referendum revenue. (a) As of the effective 
86.25 	date of a consolidation pursuant to section 123A.48, the capital project referendum revenue 
86.26 	for the newly created district must be recalculated as provided in this subdivision.
86.27 	(b) The capital project tax rate for the newly created district may not exceed the rate that 
86.28 	would raise an amount equal to the combined dollar amount of the capital project referendum 
86.29 	revenues authorized by each of the component districts for the year preceding the 
86.30 	consolidation, unless the capital project referendum revenue authorization of the newly 
86.31 	created district is subsequently modified pursuant to section 123B.63.
87.1 	(c) If the plan for consolidation so provides, or if the plan makes no provision concerning 
87.2 	capital project referendum revenues, the capital project tax rate equals the maximum rate 
87.3 	calculated under paragraph (b).
87.4 	(d) If the plan for consolidation so provides, the capital project tax rate may be less than 
87.5 	the maximum rate calculated under paragraph (b).
87.6 	(e) If the plan for consolidation provides for discontinuance of capital project referendum 
87.7 	revenue previously authorized for the component districts, the newly created district must 
87.8 	not receive capital project referendum revenue unless the voters of the newly created district 
87.9 	authorize capital project referendum revenue pursuant to section 123B.63.
87.10 	(f) The capital project referendum authorization for the newly created district as 
87.11 	recalculated under this subdivision must continue for a period of time equal to the longest 
87.12 	period authorized for any component district.
87.13 	(g) The capital project referendum revenue authorization for the newly created district 
87.14 	may be renewed by the school board of the newly created district pursuant to section 123B.63 
87.15 	for a term not to exceed the longest period authorized for any component district.

87.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.17 		Subdivision 1.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) Long-term facilities 
87.18 	maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted 
87.19 	pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 
87.20 	years, plus (ii) the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and 
87.21 	suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, and 
87.22 	roof repair and replacement with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (iii) 
87.23 	for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
87.24 	142D.08, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space 
87.25 	to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district 
87.26 	would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota 
87.27 	Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, and (ii) 
87.28 	for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
87.29 	142D.08, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space 
87.30 	to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
87.31 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a school district that qualified for eligibility under 
87.32 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2010 
87.33 	remains eligible for funding under this section as a district that would have qualified for 
88.1 	eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
88.2 	for fiscal year 2017 and later.

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

88.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
88.5 		Subd. 4.Facilities plans. (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school district 
88.6 	or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility plan 
88.7 	adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include 
88.8 	provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, 
88.9 	and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management 
88.10 	and remediation of lead hazards. For fiscal year 2027 and later, the plan must address the 
88.11 	maintenance and repair schedule for each school's roof for which funding is requested. For 
88.12 	planning purposes, the plan must also address provisions for providing a gender-neutral 
88.13 	single-user restroom at each school site.
88.14 	(b) The district must annually update the plan, submit the plan to the commissioner for 
88.15 	approval by July 31, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan 
88.16 	or levy for the costs.
88.17 	(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a debt 
88.18 	service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the principal 
88.19 	and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term facilities revenue 
88.20 	for that year.

88.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
88.22 		Subd. 8.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy. (a) A district's long-term 
88.23 	facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's long-term facilities maintenance 
88.24 	equalization revenue minus the greater of:
88.25 	(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue or 
88.26 	the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
88.27 	section 123B.59, subdivision 6; or
88.28 	(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the greater 
88.29 	of (i) zero, or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit 
88.30 	in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 percent of the product of the 
88.31 	equalizing factor times the state average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit 
88.32 	for all school districts in the year preceding the year the levy is certified. The equalizing 
89.1 	factor equals 123 percent for fiscal year 2026, 125.5 percent for fiscal year 2027, and 127 
89.2 	percent for fiscal year 2028 and later.
89.3 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described 
89.4 	in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

89.5 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
89.6 		Subd. 10.Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) A district 
89.7 	may use revenue under this section for any of the following:
89.8 	(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent further 
89.9 	erosion of facilities, including repair and replacement of roofs;
89.10 	(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities;
89.11 	(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57;
89.12 	(4) remodeling or constructing a gender-neutral single-user restroom at each school site; 
89.13 	or
89.14 	(5) by board resolution, to transfer money from the general fund reserve for long-term 
89.15 	facilities maintenance to the debt redemption fund to pay the amounts needed to meet, when 
89.16 	due, principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under subdivision 5.
89.17 	(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related to the 
89.18 	school.

89.19 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.63, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
89.20 		Subd. 3.Capital project levy referendum. (a) A district may levy the local tax rate 
89.21 	approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question to provide funds for an approved 
89.22 	project. The election must take place no more than five years before the estimated date of 
89.23 	commencement of the project. The referendum must be held on a date authorized by section 
89.24 	205A.05, subdivision 1a. A district must meet the requirements of section 123B.71 for 
89.25 	projects funded under this section. If a review and comment is required under section 
89.26 	123B.71, subdivision 8, a referendum for a project not receiving a positive review and 
89.27 	comment by the commissioner must be approved by at least 60 percent of the voters at the 
89.28 	election.
89.29 	(b) The referendum may be called by the school board and may be held:
89.30 	(1) separately, before an election for the issuance of obligations for the project under 
89.31 	chapter 475; or
90.1 	(2) in conjunction with an election for the issuance of obligations for the project under 
90.2 	chapter 475; or
90.3 	(3) notwithstanding section 475.59, as a conjunctive question authorizing both the capital 
90.4 	project levy and the issuance of obligations for the project under chapter 475. Any obligations 
90.5 	authorized for a project may be issued within five years of the date of the election.
90.6 	(c) The ballot must provide a general description of the proposed project, state the 
90.7 	estimated total cost of the project, state whether the project has received a positive or negative 
90.8 	review and comment from the commissioner, state the maximum amount of the capital 
90.9 	project levy as a percentage of net tax capacity, state the amount that will be raised by that 
90.10 	local tax rate in the first year it is to be levied, and state the maximum number of years that 
90.11 	the levy authorization will apply, and state that the levy authorization approved by the voters 
90.12 	may be renewed once by the school board after holding a meeting and allowing public 
90.13 	testimony on the proposed renewal.
90.14 	The ballot must contain a textual portion with the information required in this section 
90.15 	and a question stating substantially the following:
90.16 	"Shall the capital project levy proposed by the board of .......... School District No. .......... 
90.17 	be approved?"
90.18 	If approved, the amount provided by the approved local tax rate applied to the net tax 
90.19 	capacity for the year preceding the year the levy is certified may be certified for the number 
90.20 	of years, not to exceed ten, approved.
90.21 	(d) If the district proposes a new capital project to begin at the time the existing capital 
90.22 	project expires and at the same maximum tax rate, the general description on the ballot may 
90.23 	state that the capital project levy is being renewed and that the tax rate is not being increased 
90.24 	from the previous year's rate. An election to renew authority under this paragraph may be 
90.25 	called at any time that is otherwise authorized by this subdivision. The ballot notice required 
90.26 	under section 275.60 may be modified to read:
90.27 	"BY VOTING YES ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO RENEW 
90.28 	AN EXISTING CAPITAL PROJECTS REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED TO 
90.29 	EXPIRE."
90.30 	(e) In the event a conjunctive question proposes to authorize both the capital project 
90.31 	levy and the issuance of obligations for the project, appropriate language authorizing the 
90.32 	issuance of obligations must also be included in the question.
91.1 	(f) Notwithstanding the election requirements of this subdivision, a school board may 
91.2 	renew an expiring capital projects referendum, including an expiring capital project 
91.3 	referendum authorized under section 123A.73, subdivision 6a, by board action if:
91.4 	(1) the annual amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring;
91.5 	(2) the term of the renewed capital projects referendum is no longer than the initial term 
91.6 	approved by the voters, except as provided under section 123A.73, subdivision 6a;
91.7 	(3) the ballot for the election in which the expiring capital projects referendum was 
91.8 	approved by the voters stated that the levy authorization approved by the voters may be 
91.9 	renewed once by the school board, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (c), except 
91.10 	that the requirement under this clause does not apply to an expiring capital projects 
91.11 	referendum that was approved by the voters in an election occurring before November 4, 
91.12 	2025;
91.13 	(4) the school board, having taken a recorded vote, has adopted a written resolution 
91.14 	authorizing the renewal after holding a meeting and allowing public testimony on the 
91.15 	proposed renewal; and
91.16 	(5) the expiring capital projects referendum has not been previously renewed by board 
91.17 	action.
91.18 	(g) A resolution authorized in paragraph (f) must be adopted by the school board no 
91.19 	later than June 15 of the year the renewed capital levy is first certified, and becomes effective 
91.20 	60 days after its adoption. A referendum expires in the last fiscal year in which the 
91.21 	referendum generates revenue for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring 
91.22 	capital projects referendum under this subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the 
91.23 	referendum expires. A district renewing an expiring capital projects referendum under this 
91.24 	subdivision must submit a copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the 
91.25 	county auditor no later than August 15 of the fiscal year in which the referendum expires.
91.26 	(f) (h) The district must notify the commissioner of the results of the referendum.

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

91.29 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.71, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
91.30 		Subd. 8.Review and comment. A school district, a special education cooperative, or 
91.31 	a cooperative unit of government, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, must not 
91.32 	enter into an installment contract for purchase or a lease agreement, hold a referendum for 
92.1 	bonds, nor solicit bids for new construction, expansion, or remodeling of an educational 
92.2 	facility that requires an expenditure in excess of $500,000 per school site if it has a capital 
92.3 	loan outstanding, or $2,000,000 per school site if it does not have a capital loan outstanding, 
92.4 	prior to review and comment by the commissioner. New construction, expansion, or 
92.5 	remodeling of an educational facility funded only with general education revenue, lease 
92.6 	levy proceeds from an additional capital expenditure levy under section 126C.40, subdivision 
92.7 	1, capital facilities bond proceeds, or long-term facilities maintenance revenue is exempt 
92.8 	from this provision. A capital project under section 123B.63 addressing only technology is 
92.9 	exempt from this provision if the district submits a school board resolution stating that funds 
92.10 	approved by the voters will be used only as authorized in section 126C.10, subdivision 14. 
92.11 	A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into components to avoid the 
92.12 	requirements of this subdivision.

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

92.14 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125B.15, is amended to read:
92.15 	125B.15 INTERNET ACCESS FOR STUDENTS.
92.16 	(a) Recognizing the difference between school libraries, school computer labs, and 
92.17 	school media centers, which serve unique educational purposes, and public libraries, which 
92.18 	are designed for public inquiry, all computers at a school site with access to the Internet 
92.19 	available for student use must be equipped to restrict, including by use of available software 
92.20 	filtering technology or other effective methods, all student access to material that is 
92.21 	reasonably believed to be obscene or child pornography or material harmful to minors under 
92.22 	federal or state law.
92.23 	(b) A school site is not required to purchase filtering technology if the school site would 
92.24 	incur more than incidental expense in making the purchase.
92.25 	(c) A school district receiving technology revenue under section 125B.26 must prohibit, 
92.26 	including through use of available software filtering technology or other effective methods, 
92.27 	adult access to material that under federal or state law is reasonably believed to be obscene 
92.28 	or child pornography.
92.29 	(d) A school district, its agents or employees, are immune from liability for failure to 
92.30 	comply with this section if they have made a good faith effort to comply with the 
92.31 	requirements of this section.
92.32 	(e) "School site" means an education site as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 1, 
92.33 	or charter school under chapter 124E.

93.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
93.2 		Subdivision 1.To lease building or land. (a) When an independent or a special school 
93.3 	district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically 
93.4 	advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for school 
93.5 	storage or furniture repair, and it determines that the operating capital revenue authorized 
93.6 	under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the 
93.7 	commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy for this purpose. 
93.8 	An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain financial 
93.9 	justification for the proposed levy, the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, and a 
93.10 	description of the space to be leased and its proposed use. Projects funded under this 
93.11 	subdivision that require an expenditure in excess of $500,000 per school site if the school 
93.12 	district has a capital loan outstanding, or $2,000,000 per school site if the school district 
93.13 	does not have a capital loan outstanding, are subject to review and comment under section 
93.14 	123B.71, subdivision 8, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
93.15 	(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must be 
93.16 	annually prescribed by the commissioner, and must include but are not limited to: the 
93.17 	reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed activity, the 
93.18 	feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity of the lease to 
93.19 	the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of the proposed lease 
93.20 	to the space needs and of the district, the financial condition of the district, and a review of 
93.21 	the statutory operating debt percentage applicable to the district. The commissioner must 
93.22 	not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater than the cost to the district 
93.23 	of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes. The proceeds of this levy 
93.24 	must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services operating costs. A district may 
93.25 	not levy under this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building 
93.26 	or site to itself.
93.27 	(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this 
93.28 	subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily for 
93.29 	regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed 
93.30 	building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or 
93.31 	secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the 
93.32 	previously existing building.
93.33 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
93.34 	purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount is 
93.35 	needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment 
94.1 	purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, and the levy 
94.2 	meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by the commissioner 
94.3 	under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to make payments required 
94.4 	by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments 
94.5 	agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement include a provision giving the 
94.6 	school districts the right to terminate the agreement annually without penalty.
94.7 	(e) The total levy under this subdivision for a district for any year must not exceed $212 
94.8 	times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year to which the levy is attributable.
94.9 	(f) For agreements for which a review and comment under section 123B.71, subdivision 
94.10 	8, have been submitted to the Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term 
94.11 	"instructional purpose" as used in this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.
94.12 	(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the limit 
94.13 	in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The 
94.14 	commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e) 
94.15 	for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:
94.16 	(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the preceding 
94.17 	five years;
94.18 	(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;
94.19 	(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; and
94.20 	(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by avoiding 
94.21 	over construction of school facilities.
94.22 	(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other 
94.23 	cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under 
94.24 	section 471.59 may include in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases 
94.25 	of administrative and classroom space for programs of the intermediate school district or 
94.26 	other cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or joint powers district under 
94.27 	section 471.59. This authority must not exceed $65 times the adjusted pupil units of the 
94.28 	member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this 
94.29 	section. The intermediate school district, other cooperative unit, or joint powers district may 
94.30 	specify which member districts will levy for lease costs under this paragraph.
94.31 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
94.32 	purpose of leasing administrative space if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of 
94.33 	the commissioner that the lease cost for the administrative space is no greater than the lease 
95.1 	cost for instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must 
95.2 	deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease 
95.3 	instructional space under this section if the commissioner does not grant authority under 
95.4 	this paragraph. The resolution must also certify that the lease cost for administrative space 
95.5 	under this paragraph is no greater than the lease cost for the district's proposed instructional 
95.6 	lease.
95.7 	(j) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
95.8 	district's proportionate share of deferred maintenance expenditures for a district-owned 
95.9 	building or site leased to a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint 
95.10 	powers district under section 471.59 for any instructional purposes or for school storage.

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

95.12 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, is amended by adding a subdivision 
95.13 	to read:
95.14 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
95.15 	meanings given.
95.16 	(b) "Capital lease" means an agreement to use, construct, or remodel a site that results 
95.17 	in ownership of the site by the district.
95.18 	(c) "Instructional purposes" means that the use of a building or land being leased leads 
95.19 	to education-related outcomes identified in law or state program policy.
95.20 	(d) "Joint powers lease" means a capital lease or operational lease under which two or 
95.21 	more districts agree to contribute to the annual lease costs. Under a joint powers lease, the 
95.22 	host district or joint powers district has the authority to allocate lease costs to member 
95.23 	districts for leases approved by the commissioner.
95.24 	(e) "Operating costs" means the costs of regular maintenance or custodial supplies and 
95.25 	services.
95.26 	(f) "Operational lease" means an agreement to use buildings or land that does not result 
95.27 	in ownership of the property by the district.

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

96.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.45, is amended to read:
96.2 	126C.45 ICE ARENA LEVY.
96.3 	(a) Each year, an independent school district operating and maintaining an ice arena, 
96.4 	may levy for the net operational costs of the ice arena. The levy may not exceed the net 
96.5 	actual costs of operation of the arena for the previous year. Net actual costs are defined as 
96.6 	operating costs less any operating revenues.
96.7 	(b) Two or more school districts may enter into a cooperation agreement to operate and 
96.8 	maintain an ice arena. A district with a cooperation agreement must apportion the qualifying 
96.9 	costs and annual levy amount among each cooperating district as specified in the cooperation 
96.10 	agreement. Cooperating districts must report the apportionment of the costs and levy to the 
96.11 	Department of Education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
96.12 	(b) (c) Any district operating and maintaining an ice arena must demonstrate to the 
96.13 	satisfaction of the Office of Monitoring in the department that the district will offer equal 
96.14 	sports opportunities for male and female students to use its ice arena, particularly in areas 
96.15 	of access to prime practice time, team support, and providing junior varsity and younger 
96.16 	level teams for girls' ice sports and ice sports offerings.

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

96.18 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.45, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
96.19 		Subd. 11.Payment percentage for reimbursement aids. One hundred percent of the 
96.20 	aid for the previous fiscal year must be paid in the current year for the following aids: 
96.21 	telecommunications/Internet access equity aid according to section 125B.26, special 
96.22 	education special pupil aid according to section 125A.75, subdivision 3, aid for court-placed 
96.23 	special education expenses according to section 125A.79, subdivision 4, and aid for special 
96.24 	education out-of-state tuition according to section 125A.79, subdivision 8, and shared time 
96.25 	aid according to section 126C.01, subdivision 7.

96.26 	Sec. 16. APPROPRIATIONS.
 96.27 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
96.28 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
96.29 	designated.
96.30 		Subd. 2.Cardiac emergency response plan assistance. (a) To assist school districts 
96.31 	and charter schools implementing cardiac emergency response plans under Minnesota 
96.32 	Statutes, section 121A.241:

97.1		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
97.2		$
	250,000
	.....
	2027
	
97.3 	(b) Funding may be used for activities and equipment that promote cardiac emergency 
97.4 	response plan preparedness in schools, including but not limited to the purchase and 
97.5 	maintenance of automated external defibrillators, purchase of cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
97.6 	equipment and training for faculty and staff, basic first aid training, and educational materials 
97.7 	related to cardiac emergency response preparedness.
97.8 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
97.9 		Subd. 3.Debt service equalization aid. (a) For debt service equalization aid under 
97.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

97.11		$
	16,218,000
	.....
	2026
	
97.12		$
	14,327,000
	.....
	2027
	
97.13 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,986,000 for 2025 and $14,232,000 for 2026.
97.14 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,581,000 for 2026 and $12,746,000 for 2027.
97.15 		Subd. 4.Grants for gender-neutral single-user restrooms. (a) For grants to school 
97.16 	districts for remodeling, constructing, or repurposing space for gender-neutral single-user 
97.17 	restrooms:

97.18		$
	1,064,000
	.....
	2026
	
97.19		$
	1,064,000
	.....
	2027
	
97.20 	(b) A school district or a cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24,  
97.21 	subdivision 2, may apply for a grant of not more than $75,000 per site under this subdivision 
97.22 	in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
97.23 	(c) The commissioner must ensure that grants are awarded to schools to reflect the  
97.24 	geographic diversity of the state.
97.25 	(d) Up to $75,000 each year is available for grant administration and monitoring.
97.26 	(e) By February 1 of each year, the commissioner must annually report to the chairs and 
97.27 	ranking minority members of the legislative  committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten 
97.28 	through grade 12 education on the number  of grants that were awarded each year and the 
97.29 	number of grant applications that were  unfunded each year.
97.30 	(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
97.31 		Subd. 5.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
97.32 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

98.1		$
	97,104,000
	.....
	2026
	
98.2		$
	97,910,000
	.....
	2027
	
98.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $10,719,000 for 2025 and $86,385,000 for 2026.
98.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $9,597,000 for 2026 and $88,313,000 for 2027.

98.5 	Sec. 17. REPEALER.
 98.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.595, subdivision 2; and 125B.26, are repealed.

98.7 	ARTICLE 7
98.8 	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

98.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
98.10 		Subd. 2a.Federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food 
98.11 	service program; criteria and notice; board of directors; salaries. (a) The commissioner 
98.12 	must post on the department's website eligibility criteria and application information for 
98.13 	nonprofit organizations interested in applying to the commissioner for approval as a multisite 
98.14 	sponsoring organization under the federal child and adult care food program and federal 
98.15 	summer food service program. The posted criteria and information must inform interested 
98.16 	nonprofit organizations about:
98.17 	(1) the criteria the commissioner uses to approve or disapprove an application, including 
98.18 	how an applicant demonstrates financial viability for the Minnesota program, among other 
98.19 	criteria;
98.20 	(2) the commissioner's process and time line for notifying an applicant when its 
98.21 	application is approved or disapproved and, if the application is disapproved, the explanation 
98.22 	the commissioner provides to the applicant; and
98.23 	(3) any appeal or other recourse available to a disapproved applicant.
98.24 	(b) The commissioner must evaluate financial eligibility as part of the application process. 
98.25 	An organization applying to be a prospective nonprofit multisite sponsoring organization 
98.26 	for the federal child and adult care food program or the federal summer food service program 
98.27 	must provide documentation of financial viability as an organization. Documentation must 
98.28 	include:
98.29 	(1) evidence that the organization has operated for at least one year and has filed at least 
98.30 	one tax return;
99.1 	(2) the most recent tax return submitted by the organization and corresponding forms 
99.2 	and financial statements;
99.3 	(3) a profit and loss statement and balance sheet or similar financial information; and
99.4 	(4) evidence that at least ten percent of the organization's operating revenue comes from 
99.5 	sources other than the United States Department of Agriculture child nutrition program and 
99.6 	that the organization has additional funds or a performance bond available to cover at least 
99.7 	one month of reimbursement claims.
99.8 	(c) When a nonprofit organization applies for sponsorship as a multisite sponsoring 
99.9 	organization under the federal child and adult care food program or federal summer food 
99.10 	service program, applications are evaluated on the following criteria in addition to federal 
99.11 	requirements:
99.12 	(1) any sponsor that applies to receive reimbursement over the federal single audit 
99.13 	threshold, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 2, section 200, must ensure a 
99.14 	minimum of one full-time equivalent financial director, or similar role, for the organization. 
99.15 	This position must be solely dedicated to the responsibilities of a financial director, or similar 
99.16 	role, and be separate from any other position within the organization;
99.17 	(2) volunteers must not be allowed to make organization-level decisions, monitor sites, 
99.18 	or provide financial oversight. Board members, whether paid or unpaid, are not considered 
99.19 	volunteers; and
99.20 	(3) unless granted special approval by the commissioner, sponsoring organizations are 
99.21 	limited to an annual maximum increase of 25 percent for the number of sponsored sites and 
99.22 	total reimbursement.
99.23 	(d) A nonprofit multisite sponsoring organization must be governed by a board of 
99.24 	directors consistent with the following requirements:
99.25 	(1) board bylaws must outline the procedures for changing the governance structure, 
99.26 	following the requirements of chapter 317A;
99.27 	(2) board of director meetings must comply with chapter 13D governing open meetings; 
99.28 	and
99.29 	(3) a nonprofit multisite sponsoring organization must publish and maintain:
99.30 	(i) the meeting minutes of the board of directors and of members and committees having 
99.31 	board-delegated authority, within 30 days following the earlier of the date of board approval 
100.1 	or the next regularly scheduled meeting, and for at least 365 days from the date of publication; 
100.2 	and
100.3 	(ii) directory information for the board of directors and for the members of committees 
100.4 	having board-delegated authority.
100.5 	(e) The commissioner must post annually on the department's website the approved 
100.6 	salary range for the positions of executive director, financial director, monitoring staff, 
100.7 	administrative staff, and officer-level positions for multisite sponsoring organizations under 
100.8 	the federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food service program. 
100.9 	Salaries charged to the nonprofit food service fund must fall within these ranges.

100.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
100.11 		Subd. 3.School food service fund. (a) The expenses described in this subdivision must 
100.12 	be recorded as provided in this subdivision.
100.13 	(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be 
100.14 	attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food 
100.15 	service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community 
100.16 	service activities.
100.17 	(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food 
100.18 	service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and 
100.19 	serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, waste management, and other expenses 
100.20 	involving the preparing of meals or the kitchen section or serving area sections of the 
100.21 	lunchroom may be charged to the food service fund or to the general fund of the district. 
100.22 	For the purposes of this paragraph, the costs of serving food include the costs of technology 
100.23 	and systems related to serving line automation and meal tracking. The costs of lunchroom 
100.24 	supervision, lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and 
100.25 	other administrative costs of the food service program must be charged to the general fund.
100.26 	Staff whose primary responsibility is financial or program management of food service 
100.27 	operations may charge time spent managing the program to the food service fund.
100.28 	That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as 
100.29 	attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided 
100.30 	that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other 
100.31 	individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company. 
100.32 	If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the 
101.1 	charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors 
101.2 	as determined by the department.
101.3 	(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from 
101.4 	the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food 
101.5 	service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be 
101.6 	purchased.
101.7 	(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased 
101.8 	from the food service fund.
101.9 	(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit 
101.10 	is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the 
101.11 	deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of 
101.12 	that second fiscal year. However, if a district contracts with a food service management 
101.13 	company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated 
101.14 	by a payment from the food service management company.
101.15 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund 
101.16 	for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the 
101.17 	commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at 
101.18 	the end of the third fiscal year.
101.19 	(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three 
101.20 	successive years, a district may recode for that fiscal year the documented costs of lunchroom 
101.21 	supervision, lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and 
101.22 	other administrative costs of the food service program charged to the general fund according 
101.23 	to paragraph (c), or costs under paragraph (j), and charge those costs to the food service 
101.24 	fund identified by the commissioner in a total amount not to exceed the amount of surplus 
101.25 	in the food service fund.
101.26 	(i) For purposes of this subdivision, "lunchroom furniture" means tables and chairs 
101.27 	regularly used by pupils in a lunchroom from which they may consume milk, meals, or 
101.28 	snacks in connection with school or community service activities.
101.29 	(j) The costs of kitchen, serving area, lunchroom, and food storage remodeling or 
101.30 	reconfiguration, including facility expansion, may not be charged to the food service fund, 
101.31 	except as provided under paragraph (h). The costs of plumbing, electrical, air handling, 
101.32 	ventilation, or other building utility work necessary to operate equipment essential for food 
101.33 	service activities or to remediate food service-related health and safety hazards may not be 
101.34 	charged to the food service fund, except as provided under paragraph (h).

102.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, is amended by adding a subdivision 
102.2 	to read:
102.3 		Subd. 6.Second lunch. A school that receives school lunch aid under this section must 
102.4 	allow a student to purchase a second lunch if the student has already selected a reimbursable 
102.5 	lunch. The meal price for the second lunch must not exceed the meal price for lunch served 
102.6 	to a nonprogram adult.

102.7 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.1158, is amended by adding a subdivision 
102.8 	to read:
102.9 		Subd. 5.Second breakfast. A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section 
102.10 	or under section 124D.111, subdivision 1d, must allow a student to purchase a second 
102.11 	breakfast if the student has already selected a reimbursable breakfast. The meal price for 
102.12 	the second breakfast must not exceed the meal price for breakfast served to a nonprogram 
102.13 	adult.

102.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.119, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
102.15 		Subdivision 1.Summer Food Service Electronic Benefit Transfer Program 
102.16 	replacement aid. State funds are available to compensate department-approvedschool food 
102.17 	authorities who gather student data for the Summer Food Service Electronic Benefit Transfer
102.18 	Program sponsors. Reimbursement shall be made on by December 15 based on total meals 
102.19 	served by each sponsor from the end of the school year to the beginning of the next school 
102.20 	year the number of pupil units eligible during the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
102.21 	Program eligibility year on a pro rata basis.

102.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
102.23 		Subdivision 1.School library aid. For fiscal year 2024 and later, School library aid for 
102.24 	a an independent or special school district equals the greater of $16.11 times the district's 
102.25 	adjusted pupil units for the school year or $40,000. For fiscal year 2024 and later, School 
102.26 	library aid for a charter school equals the greater of $16.11 times the charter school's adjusted 
102.27 	pupil units for the school year or $20,000.

102.28 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
102.29 		Subd. 2.Uses of school library aid. School library aid must be reserved and used for 
102.30 	directly funding the costs of the following purposes within a school library or school library 
102.31 	media center, as defined in section 124D.991:
103.1 	(1) the salaries and benefits of a school library media specialist;
103.2 	(2) electronic, computer, and audiovisual equipment;
103.3 	(3) information technology infrastructure and digital tools;
103.4 	(4) (2) electronic and material resources; or
103.5 	(5) (3) furniture, equipment, or supplies.

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

103.7 	Sec. 8. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
103.8 		Subd. 5.Licensed library media specialists. (a) For aid to multicounty, multitype 
103.9 	library systems to increase the number of licensed library media specialists:

103.10		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
103.11		$
	0
	.....
	2025
	
103.12 	(b) The aid awarded under this subdivision must be used for activities associated with 
103.13 	increasing the number of licensed library media specialists, including but not limited to 
103.14 	conducting a census of licensed library media specialists currently working in Minnesota 
103.15 	schools, conducting a needs-based assessment to identify gaps in licensed library media 
103.16 	specialist services, providing professional development opportunities for licensed library 
103.17 	media specialists, and providing tuition support to candidates seeking to attain school library 
103.18 	media specialist licensure.
103.19 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

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

103.21 	Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS.
 103.22 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
103.23 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
103.24 	designated.
103.25 		Subd. 2.Basic system support. (a) For basic system support aid under Minnesota 
103.26 	Statutes, section 134.355:

103.27		$
	17,995,000
	.....
	2026
	
103.28		$
	18,372,000
	.....
	2027
	
103.29 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,752,000 for 2025 and $16,243,000 for 2026.
103.30 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,804,000 for 2026 and $16,568,000 for 2027.
104.1 		Subd. 3.Electronic library for Minnesota. (a) For statewide licenses to online databases 
104.2 	selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media 
104.3 	centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or 
104.4 	university libraries:

104.5		$
	1,900,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.6		$
	1,900,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.7 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
104.8 		Subd. 4.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
104.9 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

104.10		$
	264,162,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.11		$
	276,392,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.12 		Subd. 5.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
104.13 	124D.1158:

104.14		$
	57,642,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.15		$
	60,413,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.16 		Subd. 6.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
104.17 	section 124D.118:

104.18		$
	387,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.19		$
	387,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.20 		Subd. 7.Multicounty, multitype library systems. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
104.21 	sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

104.22		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.23		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.24 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2025 and $1,800,000 for 2026.
104.25 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2026 and $1,800,000 for 2027.
104.26 		Subd. 8.Regional library telecommunications. (a) For regional library 
104.27 	telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

104.28		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2026
	
104.29		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2027
	
104.30 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2025 and $2,070,000 for 2026.
104.31 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2026 and $2,070,000 for 2027.
105.1 		Subd. 9.School library aid. (a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
105.2 	124D.992:

105.3		$
	23,698,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.4		$
	23,644,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.5 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,376,000 for 2025 and $21,322,000 for 2026.
105.6 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,369,000 for 2026 and $21,275,000 for 2027.
105.7 		Subd. 10.Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program. (a) To support local education 
105.8 	agencies uploading data for and administering the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
105.9 	Program.

105.10		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
105.11		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
105.12 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

105.13 	Sec. 10. REPEALER.
 105.14 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.992, subdivision 1a, is repealed.

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

105.16 	ARTICLE 8
105.17 	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

105.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.41, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
105.19 		Subd. 8.Appropriation transfers. (a) If a direct appropriation from the general fund 
105.20 	to the department for any education aid or grant authorized in this chapter and chapters 
105.21 	122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 126C, and 134, excluding appropriations under 
105.22 	sections 124D.135, 124D.16,124D.20, 124D.22, 124D.52, 124D.531, 124D.55, and 124D.56, 
105.23 	exceeds the amount required, the commissioner may transfer the excess to any education 
105.24 	aid or grant appropriation that is insufficient. However, section 126C.20 applies to a 
105.25 	deficiency in the direct appropriation for general education aid. Excess appropriations must 
105.26 	be allocated proportionately among aids or grants that have insufficient appropriations. The 
105.27 	commissioner of management and budget shall make the necessary transfers among 
105.28 	appropriations according to the determinations of the commissioner. If the amount of the 
105.29 	direct appropriation for the aid or grant plus the amount transferred according to this 
105.30 	subdivision is insufficient, the commissioner shall prorate the available amount among 
105.31 	eligible districts. The state is not obligated for any additional amounts.
106.1 	(b) Transfers for aids paid under section 127A.45, subdivisions 12 and 13, shall be made 
106.2 	during the fiscal year after the fiscal year of the entitlement. Transfers for aids paid under 
106.3 	section 127A.45, subdivisions 11 and 12a, shall be made during the fiscal year of the 
106.4 	appropriation.

106.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.41, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
106.6 		Subd. 9.Appropriation transfers for community education programs. If a direct 
106.7 	appropriation from the general fund to the Department of Education for an education aid 
106.8 	or grant authorized under section 124D.135, 124D.16,124D.20, 124D.22, 124D.52, 
106.9 	124D.531, 124D.55, or 124D.56 exceeds the amount required, the commissioner of education 
106.10 	may transfer the excess to any education aid or grant appropriation that is insufficiently 
106.11 	funded under these sections. Excess appropriations shall be allocated proportionately among 
106.12 	aids or grants that have insufficient appropriations. The commissioner of management and 
106.13 	budget shall make the necessary transfers among appropriations according to the 
106.14 	determinations of the commissioner of education. If the amount of the direct appropriation 
106.15 	for the aid or grant plus the amount transferred according to this subdivision is insufficient, 
106.16 	the commissioner shall prorate the available amount among eligible districts. The state is 
106.17 	not obligated for any additional amounts.

106.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
106.19 		Subd. 13.Aid payment percentage. Except as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a, 
106.20 	14, and 14a, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and; chapters 
106.21 	120A, 120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, and 134,; and 
106.22 	section sections 142D.06, 142D.093, 142D.11, and273.1392, shall be paid at the current 
106.23 	year aid payment percentage of the estimated entitlement during the fiscal year of the 
106.24 	entitlement. For the purposes of this subdivision, a district's estimated entitlement for special 
106.25 	education aid under section 125A.76 for fiscal year 2014 and later equals 97.4 percent of 
106.26 	the district's entitlement for the current fiscal year. The final adjustment payment, according 
106.27 	to subdivision 9, must be the amount of the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual 
106.28 	data, minus the payments made during the fiscal year of the entitlement.

106.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
106.30 		Subd. 4.Funding. The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter 
106.31 	into an agreement under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds 
106.32 	appropriated for programs under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 
106.33 	127A.45, subdivision 13.

107.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.08, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
107.2 		Subd. 8.Funding. The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter 
107.3 	into an agreement under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds 
107.4 	appropriated for programs under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 
107.5 	127A.45, subdivision 13.

107.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.093, is amended to read:
107.7 	142D.093 DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.
107.8 	(a) Each school year, the state must pay a district for each child or student screened by 
107.9 	the district according to the requirements of section 142D.091. The amount of state aid for 
107.10 	each child or student screened shall be: (1) $98 for a child screened at age three; (2) $65 
107.11 	for a child screened at age four; (3) $52 for a child screened at age five or six prior to 
107.12 	kindergarten; and (4) $39 for a student screened within 30 days after first enrolling in a 
107.13 	public school kindergarten if the student has not previously been screened according to the 
107.14 	requirements of section 142D.091. If this amount of aid is insufficient, the district may 
107.15 	permanently transfer from the general fund an amount that, when added to the aid, is 
107.16 	sufficient. Developmental screening aid shall not be paid for any student who is screened 
107.17 	more than 30 days after the first day of attendance at a public school kindergarten, except 
107.18 	if a student transfers to another public school kindergarten within 30 days after first enrolling 
107.19 	in a Minnesota public school kindergarten program. In this case, if the student has not been 
107.20 	screened, the district to which the student transfers may receive developmental screening 
107.21 	aid for screening that student when the screening is performed within 30 days of the transfer 
107.22 	date.
107.23 	(b) The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter into an agreement 
107.24 	under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds appropriated for programs 
107.25 	under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 127A.45, subdivision 13.

107.26 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
107.27 		Subdivision 1.Revenue. The revenue for early childhood family education programs 
107.28 	for a school district equals the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for 
107.29 	the year times 0.023 times the greater of:
107.30 	(1) 150; or
107.31 	(2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1 of 
107.32 	the previous school year.

108.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
108.2 		Subd. 2.Population. For the purposes of subdivision 1, data reported to the Department 
108.3 	of Education may be used to determine the number of people under five years of age residing 
108.4 	in the district. The commissioner, with the assistance of the state demographer, shall review 
108.5 	the number reported by any district operating an early childhood family education program. 
108.6 	If requested, the district shall submit to the commissioner an explanation of its methods and 
108.7 	other information necessary to document accuracy. If the commissioner determines that the 
108.8 	district has not provided sufficient documentation of accuracy, the commissioner may 
108.9 	request the state demographer to prepare an estimate of the number of people under five 
108.10 	years of age residing in the district and may use this estimate for the purposes of subdivision 
108.11 	1.

108.12 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.11, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
108.13 		Subd. 10.Funding. The commissioner and the commissioner of education shall enter 
108.14 	into an agreement under which the commissioner of education shall distribute funds 
108.15 	appropriated for programs under this section. Funding is subject to sections 127A.41 and 
108.16 	127A.45, subdivision 13.

108.17 	Sec. 10. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 108.18 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
108.19 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
108.20 	designated.
108.21 		Subd. 2.Kindergarten fall assessment. For the kindergarten fall assessment under 
108.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:

108.23		$
	2,357,000
	.....
	2026
	
108.24		$
	1,743,000
	.....
	2027
	
108.25 		Subd. 3.Metro Deaf School. (a) For a grant to Metro Deaf School to provide services 
108.26 	to young children who have a primary disability of deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing and 
108.27 	who are not eligible for funding under Minnesota Statutes, section 124E.11, paragraph (h):

108.28		$
	150,000
	.....
	2026
	
108.29		$
	150,000
	.....
	2027
	
108.30 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.

109.1 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
109.2 	FAMILIES.
 109.3 		Subdivision 1.Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The sums indicated in 
109.4 	this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Children, Youth, 
109.5 	and Families for the fiscal years designated.
109.6 		Subd. 2.Developmental screening administrative costs. (a) For the administrative 
109.7 	costs associated with developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142D.091 
109.8 	and 142D.093:

109.9		$
	77,000
	.....
	2026
	
109.10		$
	77,000
	.....
	2027
	
109.11 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
109.12 		Subd. 3.Developmental screening aid. (a) For transfer to the Department of Education 
109.13 	for developmental screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142D.091 and 142D.093:

109.14		$
	4,127,000
	.....
	2026
	
109.15		$
	4,083,000
	.....
	2027
	
109.16 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $414,000 for 2025 and $3,713,000 for 2026.
109.17 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $412,000 for 2026 and $3,671,000 for 2027.
109.18 		Subd. 4.Early childhood family education aid. (a) For transfer to the Department of 
109.19 	Education for early childhood family education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
109.20 	142D.11:

109.21		$
	39,365,000
	.....
	2026
	
109.22		$
	41,300,000
	.....
	2027
	
109.23 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,792,000 for 2025 and $35,573,000 for 2026.
109.24 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $3,952,000 for 2026 and $37,348,000 for 2027.
109.25 		Subd. 5.Early childhood family education support staff. (a) For the purposes described 
109.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.10, subdivision 12a:

109.27		$
	375,000
	.....
	2026
	
109.28		$
	375,000
	.....
	2027
	
109.29 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
109.30 		Subd. 6.Home visiting aid. (a) For transfer to the Department of Education for home 
109.31 	visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.11:

110.1		$
	245,000
	.....
	2026
	
110.2		$
	222,000
	.....
	2027
	
110.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $28,000 for 2025 and $217,000 for 2026.
110.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2026 and $198,000 for 2027.
110.5 		Subd. 7.School readiness. For transfer to the Department of Education for revenue for 
110.6 	school readiness programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142D.05 and 142D.06:

110.7		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2026
	
110.8		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2027
	
110.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2025 and $30,315,000 for 2026.
110.10 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2026 and $30,315,000 for 2027.
110.11 		Subd. 8.Voluntary prekindergarten administrative costs. (a) For administrative and 
110.12 	IT costs associated with the voluntary prekindergarten program under Minnesota Statutes, 
110.13 	section 142D.08:

110.14		$
	691,000
	.....
	2026
	
110.15		$
	691,000
	.....
	2027
	
110.16 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

110.17 	ARTICLE 9
110.18 	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

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

110.25		$
	55,281,000
	.....
	2026
	
110.26		$
	56,919,000
	.....
	2027
	
110.27 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $5,401,000 for 2025 and $49,880,000 for 2026.
110.28 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $5,542,000 for 2026 and $51,377,000 for 2027.
110.29 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. (a) For adults with disabilities programs 
110.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

111.1		$
	1,560,000
	.....
	2026
	
111.2		$
	1,580,000
	.....
	2027
	
111.3 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $151,000 for 2025 and $1,409,000 for 2026.
111.4 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $156,000 for 2026 and $1,424,000 for 2027.
111.5 		Subd. 4.Community education aid. (a) For community education aid under Minnesota 
111.6 	Statutes, section 124D.20:

111.7		$
	10,080,000
	.....
	2026
	
111.8		$
	11,815,000
	.....
	2027
	
111.9 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $871,000 for 2025 and $9,209,000 for 2026.
111.10 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,023,000 for 2026 and $10,792,000 for 2027.
111.11 		Subd. 5.Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing adults. (a) For programs for deaf, 
111.12 	deafblind, and hard-of-hearing adults under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:

111.13		$
	70,000
	.....
	2026
	
111.14		$
	70,000
	.....
	2027
	
111.15 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
111.16 		Subd. 6.High school equivalency tests. (a) For payment of the costs of the 
111.17 	commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
111.18 	124D.55:

111.19		$
	125,000
	.....
	2026
	
111.20		$
	125,000
	.....
	2027
	
111.21 	(b) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
111.22 		Subd. 7.Neighborhood partnership grants.  (a) For neighborhood partnership grants 
111.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

111.24		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2026
	
111.25		$
	2,600,000
	.....
	2027
	
111.26 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,300,000 each year is for the Northside 
111.27 	Achievement Zone and $1,300,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
111.28 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
111.29 		Subd. 8.Regional neighborhood partnership grants. (a) For regional neighborhood 
111.30 	partnership grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

112.1		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2026
	
112.2		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2027
	
112.3 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $200,000 each year is for the following programs:
112.4 	(1) Northfield Healthy Community Initiative in Northfield;
112.5 	(2) Red Wing Youth Outreach Program in Red Wing;
112.6 	(3) United Way of Central Minnesota in St. Cloud;
112.7 	(4) Austin Aspires in Austin;
112.8 	(5) Rochester Area Foundation in Rochester;
112.9 	(6) Greater Twin Cities United Way for Generation Next; and
112.10 	(7) Children First and Partnership for Success in St. Louis Park.
112.11 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
112.12 		Subd. 9.School-age care aid. (a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
112.13 	section 124D.22:

112.14		$
	1,000
	.....
	2026
	
112.15		$
	1,000
	.....
	2027
	
112.16 	(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $1,000 for 2026.
112.17 	(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $0 for 2026 and $1,000 for 2027.

112.18 	ARTICLE 10
112.19 	STATE AGENCIES

112.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
112.21 		Subd. 3.Excess tax increment. (a) The county auditor must, prior to February 1 of each 
112.22 	year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of any excess tax increment that 
112.23 	accrued to the district during the preceding year. If a return of excess tax increment is made 
112.24 	to a district pursuant to sections 469.176, subdivision 2, and 469.177, subdivision 9, or upon 
112.25 	decertification of a tax increment district, the school district's aid and levy limitations must 
112.26 	be adjusted for the fiscal year in which the excess tax increment is paid under the provisions 
112.27 	of this subdivision.
112.28 	(b) An amount must be subtracted from the district's aid for the current fiscal year equal 
112.29 	to the product of:
113.1 	(1) the amount of the payment of excess tax increment to the district in the preceding 
113.2 	year, times
113.3 	(2) the ratio of:
113.4 	(i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year 
113.5 	according to the following:
113.6 	(A) section 123B.57 123B.595, if the district received health and safety long-term 
113.7 	facilities maintenance aid according to that section for the second preceding year;
113.8 	(B) section 124D.20, if the district received aid for community education programs 
113.9 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
113.10 	(C) section 142D.11, subdivision 3, if the district received early childhood family 
113.11 	education aid according to section 142D.11 for the second preceding year;
113.12 	(D) section 126C.17, subdivision 6, if the district received referendum equalization aid 
113.13 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
113.14 	(E) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid 
113.15 	according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;
113.16 	(F) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to 
113.17 	section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;
113.18 	(G) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according to 
113.19 	section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;
113.20 	(H) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization aid 
113.21 	according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;
113.22 	(I) section 123B.535, subdivision 4, if the district received natural disaster debt service 
113.23 	equalization aid according to section 123B.535, subdivision 5, in the second preceding year;
113.24 	(J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid according 
113.25 	to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and
113.26 	(K) section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, if the district received local optional aid according 
113.27 	to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, in the second preceding year; and
113.28 	(L) section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district received alternative teacher 
113.29 	compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 
113.30 	in the second preceding year; to
114.1 	(ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year, plus or 
114.2 	minus auditor's adjustments.
114.3 	(c) An amount must be subtracted from the school district's levy limitation for the next 
114.4 	levy certified equal to the difference between:
114.5 	(1) the amount of the distribution of excess increment; and
114.6 	(2) the amount subtracted from aid pursuant to clause (a).
114.7 	If the aid and levy reductions required by this subdivision cannot be made to the aid for 
114.8 	the fiscal year specified or to the levy specified, the reductions must be made from aid for 
114.9 	subsequent fiscal years, and from subsequent levies. The school district must use the payment 
114.10 	of excess tax increment to replace the aid and levy revenue reduced under this subdivision.
114.11 	(d) This subdivision applies only to the total amount of excess increments received by 
114.12 	a district for a calendar year that exceeds $25,000.

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

114.15 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
114.16 	2024, chapter 115, article 10, section 3, is amended to read:
114.17 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

114.18		$
	47,005,000
	.....
	2024
	
114.19		$
	40,052,000
	.....
	2025
	
114.20 	Of these amounts:
114.21 	(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
114.22 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
114.23 	section 120B.115;
114.24 	(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
114.25 	Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
114.26 	(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
114.27 	(5) $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for legal fees and costs associated with 
114.28 	litigation;
114.29 	(6) $595,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,609,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for modernizing 
114.30 	district data submissions. The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $2,359,000;
115.1 	(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning 
115.2 	Disability;
115.3 	(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards 
115.4 	division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking 
115.5 	to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
115.6 	(9) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead under 
115.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
115.8 	(10) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota 
115.9 	Statutes, section 121A.20;
115.10 	(11) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under 
115.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
115.12 	(12) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
115.13 	(13) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for information technology infrastructure 
115.14 	and portfolio resources;
115.15 	(14) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center 
115.16 	at the Department of Education;
115.17 	(15) $275,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for administrative 
115.18 	expenses for unemployment aid; and
115.19 	(16) $130,000 in fiscal year 2025 only is for the state school librarian under Minnesota 
115.20 	Statutes, section 127A.151.
115.21 	(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
115.22 	Washington, D.C., office.
115.23 	(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
115.24 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
115.25 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $39,667,000.
115.26 	(e) On June 29, 2025, $1,500,000 from the fiscal year 2025 appropriation for the Office 
115.27 	of the Inspector General and $500,000 from the fiscal year 2025 appropriation for engagement 
115.28 	and rulemaking related to Specific Learning Disability is canceled to the general fund.

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

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

116.5		$
	9,243,000
	.....
	2024
	
116.6		$
	8,435,000
	.....
	2025
	
116.7 	Of these amounts:
116.8 	(1) $1,150,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for furniture replacement in the agency's 
116.9 	dormitory and classrooms, including costs associated with moving and disposal. These 
116.10 	funds may also be used for equipment and technology. This appropriation is available until 
116.11 	June 30, 2027; and
116.12 	(2) $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
116.13 	(b) Except for the amount in paragraph (a), clause (1), any balance in the first year does 
116.14 	not cancel but is available in the second year.

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

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

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

116.25		$
	46,927,000
	.....
	2026
	
116.26		$
	41,515,000
	.....
	2027
	
116.27 	Of these amounts:
116.28 	(1) $694,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $594,000 in fiscal year 2027 is for the Board of 
116.29 	School Administrators;
117.1 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
117.2 	section 120B.115;
117.3 	(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
117.4 	Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
117.5 	(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
117.6 	(5) $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 only is for legal fees and costs associated with 
117.7 	litigation;
117.8 	(6) $2,359,000 each year is for modernizing district data submissions;
117.9 	(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning 
117.10 	Disability;
117.11 	(8) $130,000 each year is for the state school librarian under Minnesota Statutes, section 
117.12 	127A.151;
117.13 	(9) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under 
117.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
117.15 	(10) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
117.16 	(11) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center 
117.17 	at the Department of Education;
117.18 	(12) $175,000 each year is for administrative expenses for unemployment aid;
117.19 	(13) $550,000 each year is for fraud prevention and detection; and
117.20 	(14) $572,000 each year is for administration of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer 
117.21 	Program.
117.22 	(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
117.23 	Washington, D.C., office.
117.24 	(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
117.25 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.

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

117.29		$
	17,838,000
	.....
	2026
	
117.30		$
	17,937,000
	.....
	2027
	
118.1 	Of these amounts:
118.2 	(1) $185,000 each year is for a mental health day treatment program; and
118.3 	(2) $321,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
118.4 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

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

118.8		$
	8,637,000
	.....
	2026
	
118.9		$
	8,818,000
	.....
	2027
	
118.10 	(b) $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
118.11 	(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.

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

118.17		$
	3,933,000
	.....
	2026
	
118.18		$
	4,033,000
	.....
	2027
	
118.19 	(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
118.20 		Subd. 2.Licensure by portfolio. (a) For licensure by portfolio:

118.21		$
	25,000
	.....
	2026
	
118.22		$
	25,000
	.....
	2027
	
118.23 	(b) This appropriation is from the education licensure portfolio account in the special 
118.24 	revenue fund.

119.1 	ARTICLE 11
119.2 	FORECAST
119.3 	A. GENERAL EDUCATION

119.4 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
119.5 	2024, chapter 81, section 1, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 1, section 15, is amended 
119.6 	to read:
119.7 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
119.8 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

119.9		$
	8,103,909,000
	.....
	2024
	
119.11119.10
		$
	8,333,843,000
8,280,528,000
	.....
	2025
	
119.12 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $707,254,000 for 2023 and $7,396,655,000 for 
119.13 	2024.
119.14 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $771,421,000 for 2024 and $7,562,422,000
119.15 	$7,509,107,000 for 2025.

119.16 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
119.17 	2024, chapter 81, section 2, is amended to read:
119.18 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
119.19 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
119.20 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

119.21		$
	23,000
	.....
	2024
	
119.23119.22
		$
	25,000
23,000
	.....
	2025

119.24 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
119.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 3, is amended to read:
119.26 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. (a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
119.27 	127A.49:

119.28		$
	2,318,000
	.....
	2024
	
119.30119.29
		$
	2,516,000
1,503,000
	.....
	2025
	
119.31 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $126,000 for 2023 and $2,192,000 for 2024.
120.1 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $243,000 for 2024 and $2,273,000 $1,260,000 for 
120.2 	2025.

120.3 	Sec. 4. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
120.4 	2024, chapter 81, section 4, is amended to read:
120.5 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. (a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
120.6 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

120.7		$
	7,000
	.....
	2024
	
120.9120.8
		$
	180,000
0
	.....
	2025
	
120.10 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $7,000 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
120.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $180,000 $0 for 2025.

120.12 	Sec. 5. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
120.13 	2024, chapter 81, section 5, is amended to read:
120.14 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. (a) For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
120.15 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

120.16		$
	21,176,000
	.....
	2024
	
120.18120.17
		$
	24,478,000
23,337,000
	.....
	2025
	
120.19 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $1,925,000 for 2023 and $19,251,000 for 2024.
120.20 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,138,000 for 2024 and $22,340,000 $21,199,000
120.21 	for 2025.

120.22 	Sec. 6. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 
120.23 	2024, chapter 81, section 6, is amended to read:
120.24 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. (a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid 
120.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

120.26		$
	22,979,000
	.....
	2024
	
120.28120.27
		$
	27,177,000
25,802,000
	.....
	2025
	
120.29 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $2,115,000 for 2023 and $20,864,000 for 2024.
120.30 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,318,000 for 2024 and $24,859,000 $23,484,000
120.31 	for 2025.

121.1 	Sec. 7. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 
121.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 7, is amended to read:
121.3 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. (a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
121.4 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

121.5		$
	1,664,000
	.....
	2024
	
121.7121.6
		$
	874,000
937,000
	.....
	2025
	
121.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $183,000 for 2023 and $1,481,000 for 2024.
121.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $164,000 for 2024 and $710,000 $773,000 for 2025.
121.10 	B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

121.11 	Sec. 8. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
121.12 	2024, chapter 81, section 8, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 13, is amended 
121.13 	to read:
121.14 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
121.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

121.16		$
	82,818,000
	.....
	2024
	
121.18121.17
		$
	85,043,000
84,300,000
	.....
	2025
	
121.19 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,172,000 for 2023 and $74,646,000 for 2024.
121.20 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,294,000 for 2024 and $76,749,000 $76,006,000
121.21 	for 2025.

121.22 	Sec. 9. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
121.23 	2024, chapter 81, section 9, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 6, section 3, is amended 
121.24 	to read:
121.25 		Subd. 6.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
121.26 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

121.27		$
	91,457,000
	.....
	2024
	
121.29121.28
		$
	94,906,000
93,684,000
	.....
	2025
	
121.30 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $9,047,000 for 2023 and $82,410,000 for 2024.
121.31 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $9,156,000 for 2024 and $85,750,000 $84,528,000
121.32 	for 2025.

122.1 	Sec. 10. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 21, as amended by Laws 
122.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 10, is amended to read:
122.3 		Subd. 21.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
122.4 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
122.5 	section 124D.87:

122.6		$
	14,828,000
	.....
	2024
	
122.8122.7
		$
	16,413,000
14,799,000
	.....
	2025

122.9 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 
122.10 	2024, chapter 81, section 11, is amended to read:
122.11 		Subd. 23.Literacy incentive aid. (a) For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
122.12 	section 124D.98:

122.13		$
	41,071,000
	.....
	2024
	
122.15122.14
		$
	41,588,000
40,570,000
	.....
	2025
	
122.16 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $4,606,000 for 2023 and $36,465,000 for 2024.
122.17 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $4,051,000 for 2024 and $37,537,000 $36,519,000
122.18 	for 2025.

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

122.23		$
	0
	.....
	2024
	
122.25122.24
		$
	7,230,000
1,997,000
	.....
	2025
	
122.26 	(b) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $7,230,000 $1,997,000 for 2025.

122.27 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 4, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
122.28 	2024, chapter 81, section 12, is amended to read:
122.29 		Subd. 2.American Indian education aid. (a) For American Indian education aid under 
122.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

123.1		$
	18,131,000
	.....
	2024
	
123.3123.2
		$
	19,672,000
19,649,000
	.....
	2025
	
123.4 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $1,159,000 for 2023 and $16,972,000 for 2024.
123.5 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $1,885,000 for 2024 and $17,787,000 $17,764,000
123.6 	for 2025.

123.7 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 4, section 21, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
123.8 	2024, chapter 81, section 13, is amended to read:
123.9 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract school aid. (a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
123.10 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

123.11		$
	1,673,000
	.....
	2024
	
123.13123.12
		$
	2,131,000
2,153,000
	.....
	2025
	
123.14 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $255,000 for 2023 and $1,418,000 for 2024.
123.15 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $157,000 for 2024 and $1,974,000 $1,996,000 for 
123.16 	2025.
123.17 	C. TEACHERS

123.18 	Sec. 15. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
123.19 	2024, chapter 81, section 14, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 5, section 11, is amended 
123.20 	to read:
123.21 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
123.22 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

123.23		$
	88,706,000
	.....
	2024
	
123.25123.24
		$
	89,012,000
88,206,000
	.....
	2025
	
123.26 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,824,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $79,882,000 
123.27 	for fiscal year 2024.
123.28 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,875,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $80,137,000
123.29 	$79,331,000 for fiscal year 2025.

124.1 	Sec. 16. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws 
124.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 15, is amended to read:
124.3 		Subd. 14.Student support personnel aid. (a) For aid to support schools in addressing 
124.4 	students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:

124.5		$
	30,255,000
	.....
	2024
	
124.7124.6
		$
	36,498,000
36,259,000
	.....
	2025
	
124.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for fiscal year 2023 and $30,255,000 for fiscal 
124.9 	year 2024.
124.10 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,361,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $33,137,000
124.11 	$32,898,000 for fiscal year 2025.
124.12 	D. SPECIAL EDUCATION

124.13 	Sec. 17. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
124.14 	2024, chapter 81, section 16, is amended to read:
124.15 		Subd. 2.Aid for children with disabilities. (a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
124.16 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
124.17 	the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

124.18		$
	1,597,000
	.....
	2024
	
124.20124.19
		$
	1,844,000
1,952,000
	.....
	2025
	
124.21 	(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year 
124.22 	is available.

124.23 	Sec. 18. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
124.24 	2024, chapter 81, section 17, is amended to read:
124.25 		Subd. 3.Court-placed special education revenue.  For reimbursing serving school 
124.26 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
124.27 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

124.28		$
	39,000
	.....
	2024
	
124.30124.29
		$
	40,000
0
	.....
	2025

125.1 	Sec. 19. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
125.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 18, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 7, section 4, is amended 
125.3 	to read:
125.4 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
125.5 	Statutes, section 125A.75:

125.6		$
	2,288,826,000
	.....
	2024
	
125.8125.7
		$
	2,486,181,000
2,582,007,000
	.....
	2025
	
125.9 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $229,860,000 for 2023 and $2,058,966,000 for 
125.10 	2024.
125.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $289,842,000 for 2024 and $2,196,339,000
125.12 	$2,292,165,000 for 2025.

125.13 	Sec. 20. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
125.14 	2024, chapter 81, section 19, is amended to read:
125.15 		Subd. 6.Special education separate sites and programs. (a) For aid for special 
125.16 	education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision 
125.17 	4:

125.18		$
	3,880,000
	.....
	2024
	
125.20125.19
		$
	4,505,000
4,282,000
	.....
	2025
	
125.21 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $3,880,000 for 2024.
125.22 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $431,000 for 2024 and $4,074,000 $3,851,000 for 
125.23 	2025.

125.24 	Sec. 21. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 
125.25 	2024, chapter 81, section 20, is amended to read:
125.26 		Subd. 7.Travel for home-based services. (a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
125.27 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

125.28		$
	425,000
	.....
	2024
	
125.30125.29
		$
	475,000
440,000
	.....
	2025
	
125.31 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $32,000 for 2023 and $393,000 for 2024.
125.32 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2024 and $432,000 $397,000 for 2025.
126.1 	E. FACILITIES

126.2 	Sec. 22. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
126.3 	2024, chapter 81, section 22, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 8, section 5, is amended 
126.4 	to read:
126.5 		Subd. 6.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
126.6 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

126.7		$
	107,905,000
	.....
	2024
	
126.9126.8
		$
	107,865,000
107,262,000
	.....
	2025
	
126.10 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $10,821,000 for 2023 and $97,084,000 for 2024.
126.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $10,787,000 for 2024 and $97,078,000 $96,475,000
126.12 	for 2025.
126.13 	F. NUTRITION

126.14 	Sec. 23. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2023, 
126.15 	chapter 55, article 9, section 16, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 23, and Laws 2024, chapter 
126.16 	115, article 9, section 8, is amended to read:
126.17 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
126.18 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

126.19		$
	218,801,000
	.....
	2024
	
126.21126.20
		$
	239,686,000
251,667,000
	.....
	2025

126.22 	Sec. 24. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2023, 
126.23 	chapter 55, article 9, section 17, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 24, and Laws 2024, chapter 
126.24 	115, article 9, section 9, is amended to read:
126.25 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
126.26 	124D.1158:

126.27		$
	44,178,000
	.....
	2024
	
126.29126.28
		$
	48,747,000
54,835,000
	.....
	2025

127.1 	Sec. 25. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
127.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 25, is amended to read:
127.3 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
127.4 	section 124D.118:

127.5		$
	428,000
	.....
	2024
	
127.7127.6
		$
	428,000
387,000
	.....
	2025

127.8 	Sec. 26. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 
127.9 	2024, chapter 81, section 26, is amended to read:
127.10 		Subd. 8.School library aid. (a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
127.11 	134.356 124D.992:

127.12		$
	21,586,000
	.....
	2024
	
127.14127.13
		$
	23,903,000
23,791,000
	.....
	2025
	
127.15 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $21,586,000 for 2024.
127.16 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,398,000 for 2024 and $21,505,000 $21,393,000
127.17 	for 2025.
127.18 	G. EARLY EDUCATION

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

127.23		$
	37,209,000
	.....
	2024
	
127.25127.24
		$
	38,985,000
37,874,000
	.....
	2025
	
127.26 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $3,518,000 for 2023 and $33,691,000 for 2024.
127.27 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,743,000 for 2024 and $35,242,000 $34,131,000
127.28 	for 2025.

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

128.5		$
	4,148,000
	.....
	2024
	
128.7128.6
		$
	4,151,000
4,156,000
	.....
	2025
	
128.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $349,000 for 2023 and $3,799,000 for 2024.
128.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $422,000 for 2024 and $3,729,000 $3,734,000 for 
128.10 	2025.

128.11 	Sec. 29. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 17, as amended by Laws 2024, 
128.12 	chapter 81, section 29, is amended to read:
128.13 		Subd. 17.Home visiting aid. (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
128.14 	124D.135 142D.11:

128.15		$
	382,000
	.....
	2024
	
128.17128.16
		$
	300,000
290,000
	.....
	2025
	
128.18 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $41,000 for 2023 and $341,000 for 2024.
128.19 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $37,000 for 2024 and $263,000 $253,000 for 2025.
128.20 	H. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

128.21 	Sec. 30. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
128.22 	2024, chapter 81, section 30, is amended to read:
128.23 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. (a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
128.24 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

128.25		$
	52,566,000
	.....
	2024
	
128.27128.26
		$
	53,684,000
53,880,000
	.....
	2025
	
128.28 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $5,179,000 for 2023 and $47,387,000 for 2024.
128.29 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $5,265,000 for 2024 and $48,419,000 $48,615,000
128.30 	for 2025.

129.1 	Sec. 31. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
129.2 	2024, chapter 81, section 31, is amended to read:
129.3 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. (a) For adults with disabilities programs 
129.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

129.5		$
	710,000
	.....
	2024
	
129.7129.6
		$
	1,520,000
1,433,000
	.....
	2025
	
129.8 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2023 and $639,000 for 2024.
129.9 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2024 and $1,449,000 $1,362,000 for 
129.10 	2025.

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

129.15		$
	0
	.....
	2024
	
129.17129.16
		$
	1,000
0
	.....
	2025
	
129.18 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
129.19 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and $1,000 $0 for 2025.

129.20 	Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 129.21 	Article 11 is effective the day following final enactment.

	ARTICLE 1	GENERAL EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 2.7	
	ARTICLE 2	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE........	Page.Ln 25.5	
	ARTICLE 3	TEACHERS........	Page.Ln 56.24	
	ARTICLE 4	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 76.19	
	ARTICLE 5	SPECIAL EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 81.9	
	ARTICLE 6	FACILITIES, HEALTH, AND SAFETY........	Page.Ln 83.1	
	ARTICLE 7	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES........	Page.Ln 98.7	
	ARTICLE 8	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION........	Page.Ln 105.16	
	ARTICLE 9	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING........	Page.Ln 110.17	
	ARTICLE 10	STATE AGENCIES........	Page.Ln 112.18	
	ARTICLE 11	FORECAST........	Page.Ln 119.1	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S2255-2 

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.
No active language found for: 123B.595.2 

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 years 2026 and 2027 only, 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. 

125B.26 TELECOMMUNICATIONS/INTERNET ACCESS EQUITY AID.Subdivision 1.Costs to be submitted. 
(a) A district, charter school, or intermediate school district shall submit its actual telecommunications/Internet access costs for the previous fiscal year, adjusted for any e-rate revenue received, to the department by August 15 of each year as prescribed by the commissioner. Costs eligible for reimbursement under this program are limited to the following: 

(1) ongoing or recurring telecommunications/Internet access costs associated with Internet access, data lines, and video links providing: 

(i) the equivalent of one data line, video link, or integrated data/video link that relies on a transport medium that operates at a minimum speed of 1.544 megabytes per second (T1) for each elementary school, middle school, or high school under section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, including the recurring telecommunications line lease costs and ongoing Internet access service fees; or 

(ii) the equivalent of one data line or video circuit, or integrated data/video link that relies on a transport medium that operates at a minimum speed of 1.544 megabytes per second (T1) for each district, including recurring telecommunications line lease costs and ongoing Internet access service fees; 

(2) recurring costs of contractual or vendor-provided maintenance on the school district's wide area network to the point of presence at the school building up to the router, codec, or other service delivery equipment located at the point of presence termination at the school or school district; 

(3) recurring costs of cooperative, shared arrangements for regional delivery of telecommunications/Internet access between school districts, postsecondary institutions, and public libraries including network gateways, peering points, regional network infrastructure, Internet2 access, and network support, maintenance, and coordination; and 

(4) service provider installation fees for installation of new telecommunications lines or increased bandwidth. 

(b) Costs not eligible for reimbursement under this program include: 

(1) recurring costs of school district staff providing network infrastructure support; 

(2) recurring costs associated with voice and standard telephone service; 

(3) costs associated with purchase of network hardware, telephones, computers, or other peripheral equipment needed to deliver telecommunications access to the school or school district; 

(4) costs associated with laying fiber for telecommunications access; 

(5) costs associated with wiring school or school district buildings; 

(6) costs associated with purchase, installation, or purchase and installation of Internet filtering; and 

(7) costs associated with digital content, including online learning or distance learning programming, and information databases. 

Subd. 2.E-rates. 
To be eligible for aid under this section, a district, charter school, or intermediate school district is required to file an e-rate application either separately or through its telecommunications access cluster. Discounts received on telecommunications expenditures shall be reflected in the costs submitted to the department for aid under this section. 

Subd. 3.Reimbursement criteria. 
The commissioner shall develop criteria for approving costs submitted by organized school districts, charter schools, and intermediate school districts under subdivision 1. 

Subd. 4.District aid. 
For fiscal year 2006 and later, a district, charter school, or intermediate school district's Internet access equity aid equals the district, charter school, or intermediate school district's approved cost for the previous fiscal year according to subdivision 1 exceeding $16 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the previous fiscal year or no reduction if the district is part of an organized telecommunications access cluster. Equity aid must be distributed to the telecommunications access cluster for districts, charter schools, or intermediate school districts that are members of the cluster or to individual districts, charter schools, or intermediate school districts not part of a telecommunications access cluster. 

Subd. 5.Telecommunications/Internet access services for nonpublic schools. 
(a) Districts shall provide each year upon formal request by or on behalf of a nonpublic school, not including home schools, located in that district or area, ongoing or recurring telecommunications access services to the nonpublic school either through existing district providers or through separate providers. 

(b) The amount of district aid for telecommunications access services for each nonpublic school under this subdivision equals the lesser of: 

(1) 90 percent of the nonpublic school's approved cost for the previous fiscal year according to subdivision 1 exceeding $10 for fiscal year 2006 and later times the number of weighted pupils enrolled at the nonpublic school as of October 1 of the previous school year; or 

(2) the product of the district's aid per pupil unit according to subdivision 4 times the number of weighted pupils enrolled at the nonpublic school as of October 1 of the previous school year. 

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, nonpublic school pupils shall be weighted by grade level using the weighting factors defined in section 126C.05, subdivision 1. 

(d) Each year, a district providing services under paragraph (a) may claim up to five percent of the aid determined in paragraph (b) for costs of administering this subdivision. No district may expend an amount for these telecommunications access services which exceeds the amount allocated under this subdivision. The nonpublic school is responsible for the Internet access costs not covered by this section. 

(e) At the request of a nonpublic school, districts may allocate the amount determined in paragraph (b) directly to the nonpublic school to pay for or offset the nonpublic school's costs for telecommunications access services; however, the amount allocated directly to the nonpublic school may not exceed the actual amount of the school's ongoing or recurring telecommunications access costs. 

Subd. 6.Severability. 
If any portion of this section is found by a court to be unconstitutional, the remaining portions of the section shall remain in effect.