SF 3909

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/27/2026 10:16 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; repealing the contingent reduction in special education
aid appropriations; repealing Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article
7, section 8.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 7, section 8, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2026.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: 26-07217

Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 7, section 8

Sec. 8. new text begin DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET; CONTINGENT REDUCTION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AID APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin (a) When preparing the forecast for state revenues and expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.103, the commissioner of management and budget must assume a $250,000,000 reduction in the appropriations for special education aid for the biennium beginning July 1, 2027, and for each subsequent biennium, until the end of the legislative session that enacts a budget for the Department of Education for the biennium beginning July 1, 2027. new text end

new text begin (b) Upon enactment of a budget for the Department of Education for the biennium beginning July 1, 2027, the legislature must identify enacted provisions that were recommended by or based on the recommendation of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Special Education. new text end

new text begin (c) To the extent the net savings attributable to the provisions in paragraph (b) are less than $250,000,000 for the biennium beginning July 1, 2027, and for each subsequent biennium, the commissioner of education must reduce the special education cross subsidy aid factor under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, paragraph (b), as necessary to reduce biennial appropriations for special education aid by an amount equal to the difference between the savings identified in paragraph (b) and the $250,000,000 of biennial savings assumed in paragraph (a). The commissioner of education must notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education of any reduction in the cross subsidy aid factor under this paragraph. new text end