SF 4021
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/20/2026 02:16 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; repealing the contingent reduction in special education
aid appropriations; amending Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article
7, section 8.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 7, section 8, is amended
to read:
Sec. 8. deleted text begin DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET;
CONTINGENT REDUCTION INdeleted text end SPECIAL EDUCATION deleted text begin AID APPROPRIATIONSdeleted text end new text begin
RECOMMENDATIONS BY BLUE RIBBON COMMISSIONnew text end .
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(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.
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deleted text begin (b)deleted text end 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.
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(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.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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