Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: HF0082

hf82 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus K-12 education appropriations bill. ARTICLE 1
GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE Section : District superintendent duties restricted.
Sec. 2: Date adjusted. Sec. 3: Date adjusted. Sec. 4: School district revenue
recognition sum calculation method modified. Sec. 5: General education aid
recognition amount regulated. Sec. 6: Establishment of pupil transportation
reserve required and amount regulated. Sec. 7: Bus purchase reserve
establishment required. Sec. 8: Reimbursement aid percentage increased. Sec. 9:
Language clarified. Sec. 10: "Compensation revenue" replaced with "remedial
revenue." Sec. 11: Adjusted pupil unit calculation sum modified. Sec. 12:
Resident pupil unit calculation sum modified. Sec. 13: Referendum offset
adjustment no longer considered part of general education revenue. Sec. 14:
Basic revenue formula allowance for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 provided. Sec.
15: "Compensatory revenue" replaced with "remedial revenue." Sec. 16:
Supplemental revenue allowance cancellation procedure removed. Sec. 17:
"Transition revenue adjustment" replaced by "transition revenue." Sec. 18:
"Transition levy adjustment" replaced by "transition levy." Sec. 19: "Transition
aid adjustment" replaced by "transition aid." Sec. 20: Equity revenue
regulations clarified and maximum amount established. Sec. 21-22: "Regional
equity gap" replaced with "statewide equity gap." Sec. 23: "Small school index"
defined. Sec. 24: "Classroom teacher" and "class size" definitions modified.
Sec. 25: "Primary instructor" replaced with "classroom teacher." Sec. 26:
Revenue usage regulations modified. Sec. 27: Revenue usage regulations modified
to reduce class sizes and to purchase instructional materials. Sec. 28: Annual
revenue report required. Sec. 29: General education tax rate increased. Sec. 30:
Basic skills revenue usage restricted. Sec. 31: Statutory references removed.
Sec. 32: Annual expenditure report must determine whether increased expenditures
raise student achievement levels. Sec. 33: Referendum allowance adjustment
established. Sec. 34: Referendum revenue allowance definition modified. Sec. 35:
Referendum allowance limit maximum value defined. Sec. 36: Referendum
equalization revenue values adjusted. Sec. 37: Referendum equalization levy
definition simplified. Sec. 38: Referendum procedure simplified. Sec. 39:
Statutory references removed. Sec. 40: Referendum date regulations established.
Sec. 41: Data reporting procedures modified. Sec. 42: Retirement levy
regulations simplified. Sec. 43: Tex levy for judgements against a school
district authorized and detailed. Sec. 44: District appeal for aid reduction
relating to pupil transportation established. Sec. 45: Estimated net general
fund savings removed. Sec. 46: Repealer. Sec. 47: Training and experience
replacement revenue recalculation and general education aid adjustment required.
Sec. 48: Dates modified. Sec. 49: Sparsity correction revenue detailed. Sec. 50:
Dates modified. Sec. 51: Dates modified. Sec. 52: Legislative task force on
reducing the complexity of K-12 education funding statutes and rules established
and duties detailed. Sec. 53: Yellow Medicine East independent school district
No. 2190 declared eligible for tornado impact declining enrollment aid. Sec. 54:
Anoka independent school district No. 11 supplemental revenue increased. Sec.
55: Commissioner of children, families, and learning directions provided. Sec.
56: Money appropriated. Sec. 57: Revisor instruction. Sec. 58: Repealer.ARTICLE
2 EDUCATION EXCELLENCESection 1: Literacy goal provided, "district" defined,
grant recipient criteria established, and report required. Sec. 2: Training
program for teachers program structure detailed. Sec. 3: Involuntary career
tracking prohibited. Sec. 4: Students in grades 3-8 prohibited from using
calculators on the statewide standardized math test. Sec. 5: School district
system accountability and educational improvement plan established. Sec. 6:
Restructured teacher compensation system established. Sec. 7: Alternative
compensation aid eligibility criteria and purpose established. Sec. 8: "Value
added assessment" defined. Sec. 9: Pledge of allegiance recitation required.
Sec. 10: Flag etiquette instruction required. Sec. 11: Grounds for student
dismissal clarified. Sec. 12: Parent notification and meeting concerning poor
student attendance required. Sec. 13: Principal authorized to use reasonable
force. Sec. 14: Grounds for removal from class clarified. Sec. 15:
"Comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction" defined. Sec. 16:
Further reading preparation included in teacher license renewal requirements.
Sec. 17: Teacher and support personnel qualifications modified and reports
required. Sec. 18: Instruction in the application of certain reading instruction
programs required. Sec. 19: Adoption of rules providing for the licensure of
reading teachers required. Sec. 20: Staff development revenue reservation
required. Sec. 21: "Best practices" defined. Sec. 22: "School" definition
modified. Sec. 23: Reasonable access defined and distribution of written
materials required. Sec. 24: Charter school board of director members conflict
of interest regulations established. Sec. 25: Charter school formation
regulations expanded. Sec. 26: Charter school audit report submission required
and purpose provided. Sec. 27: Charter school evaluation assessment fee per
student authorized. Sec. 28: Various terms relating to excessive lease costs
defined and lease cost regulations detailed. Sec. 29: Lease aid application
review criteria provided. Sec. 30: Charter school aid payment criteria provided.
Sec. 31: Learning year program participation residence criteria eliminated. Sec.
32: Record system learning year program enrollment date inclusion required, and
continued enrollment until age 21 allowed. Sec. 33: Student planning
notification requirements modified and plan detailed. Sec. 34: Revenue
computation method modified and statutory references changed. Sec. 35: American
Indian education program description clarified. Sec. 36-47: "Language and
culture" removed from American Indian "language and culture" education programs
Sec. 48: Integration revenue plan detailed. Sec. 49: Statutory language
modified. Sec. 50: Learning year pupil unit regulations updated to reflect
statutory references. Sec. 51: Structurally balanced school district contracts
required and contract regulations detailed. Sec. 52: Access to statewide tests
and students' test results provided. Sec. 53: Innovative teaching techniques
study initiated at Little Falls laboratory school. Sec. 54: Flexible learning
year program three-year pilot project established, purpose provided, eligibility
detailed, and exemptions clarified. Sec. 55: Federal funds made available. Sec.
56: Integration levy authorization amount clarified. Sec. 57: School academic
and financial performance evaluation initiated and independent contractor
authorized. Sec. 58: Technical assistance provided. Sec. 59: Charter school
student participation in athletic activities study initiated. Sec. 60: Charter
school contracts temporarily permitted. Sec. 61: Issuance of general science
teaching license required. Sec. 62: Department of children, families, and
learning money appropriated. Sec. 63: Repealer.ARTICLE 3 SPECIAL PROGRAMSSection
1: Technology and recordkeeping regulations clarified. Sec. 2: Parents not
required to provide a sympathomimetic medication for their child as a condition
of readmission after suspension. Sec. 3: Special education preparation programs
required at Minnesota colleges and universities. Sec. 4: American sign language
English interpreter requirements modified. Sec. 5: Staff development revenue
allotments modified for special education. Sec. 6: Limited English proficiency
revenue allotment requirements clarified. Sec. 7: State interagency committee
membership size increased. Sec. 8: School district obligations concerning
children with ADD or ADHD modified. Sec. 9: Sympathomimetic medication not
required. Sec. 10: Employing district no longer required to claim state special
education aid. Sec. 11: Statutory references modified. Sec. 12: "Essential
personnel" definition modified. Sec. 13: Special education base revenue usage
requirements modified. Sec. 14-16: Sympathomimetic medication not required. Sec.
17: Special education cross-subsidy revenue payment and calculation procedures
clarified. Sec. 18: Interagency autism coordinating committee established. Sec.
19: Money appropriated.ARTICLE 4 FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGYSection 1: Nonpublic
schools required to submit to bleacher safety regulations. Sec. 2: "Revenue
eligible for second tier debt equalization" defined. Sec. 3: Statutory reference
removed. Sec. 4: Debt service equalization revenue defined, tier system
established. Sec. 5: Equalized debt service levy defined. Sec. 6: Debt service
appropriation provided. Sec. 7: Health and safety revenue exclusions
established. Sec. 8: Health and safety revenue usage regulations modified. Sec.
9: Opportunity for private contractors to provide health and safety services to
school districts provided. Sec. 10: Cost consultation limit increased. Sec. 11:
Preliminary and final plan submission required. Sec. 12: Review and comment cost
consultation limit increased. Sec. 13: Facility construction notification format
regulations modified. Sec. 14: Maximum effort debt service levy definition
modified. Sec. 15: Capital loans eligibility percentage increased. Sec. 16:
District request for review and comment procedures and criteria clarified. Sec.
17: Loan amount percentage limits adjusted. Sec. 18: Loan contract requirements
clarified. Sec. 19: Bond sale limitation dates modified. Sec. 20-22: Bond sale
allowed and conditions provided. Sec. 23: Net debt percentage maximum amount
increased. Sec. 24: One-time deferred maintenance aid payment procedure
clarified. Sec. 25: Facility needs, planning and expense provisions modified.
Sec. 26: Pine City and Southland restoration of disabled access levy authority
provided. Sec. 27: Bonding authority without voter approval for certain
intermediate school districts provided. Sec. 28: High-performance
environmentally stable school facilities defined and required. Sec. 29: Money
appropriated. Sec. 30: Repealer.ARTICLE 5 NUTRITION; SCHOOL ACCOUNTING; AND
OTHER PROGRAMSSection 1: Reserve revenue account establishment authorized. Sec.
2: Commissioner's authorization for fund transfer provided. Sec. 3: Breakfast
program eligibility criteria established and reimbursement regulations provided.
Sec. 4: Revolving fund for community donated foods established. Sec. 5:
Statutory reference added Sec. 6: School lunch aid payment regulations modified.
Sec. 7: State nutrition program aid vouchers provided. Sec. 8: Certain tax
levies made irrevocable. Sec. 9: School district fund transfers authorized and
detailed. Sec. 10: School district find transfers relating to the debt
redemption fund authorized and detailed. Sec. 11: Operating capital account
deficit allowed for independent school district No. 492, Austin. Sec. 12: Money
appropriated. Sec. 13: Repealer.ARTICLE 6 AGENCY PROVISIONSSection 1: "State
board of education" defined. Sec. 2-5: Reference to the board of educational
administration added to licensing rules, special provisions made for athletic
coaches. Sec. 6: Related terms defined. Sec. 7: Board of educational
administration established and regulations provided. Sec. 8: Meeting format for
board of educational administration provided. Sec. 9: Duties for board of
educational administration provided. Sec. 10: Board of educational
administration added to update section language. Sec. 11: Teacher and
administrator license fee regulations established. Sec. 12: Section purpose
expanded relating to school closings. Sec. 13: State board for charter schools
established. Sec. 14-23: State board for charter schools added to relevant
sections for the purpose of updating language. Sec. 24: State board of education
established, member regulations provided. Sec. 25: State board of education
appointment and duty provisions established. Sec. 26: Definition of
"non-health-related licensing board" modified. Sec. 27-29: "Board of educational
administration" added to relevant sections for the purpose of updating language.
Sec. 30: Powers and duties relating to charter schools transferred to state
board for charter schools. Sec. 31: Powers and duties relating to education
administration transferred to board of educational administration. Sec. 32:
Initial state board of education appointments regulated. Sec. 33: Educational
administration licensing fee increase approved. Sec. 34: School media staff
person designated. Sec. 35: School media center study initiated. Sec. 36:
Unspent funds from the Pew Charitable Trusts return authorized. Sec. 37: Money
appropriated related to department of children, families, and learning. Sec. 38:
Money appropriated relating to Perpich center for arts education. Sec. 39: Money
appropriated relating to Minnesota State Academies. Sec. 40: Revisor
instruction. Sec. 41: Revisor instruction.ARTICLE 7 DEFICIENCIESSection 1: Money
appropriated from the general fund to general education aid, secondary
vocational aid, special education excess cost aid, health and safety aid,
interactive television aid, and alternative facilities bonding aid.ARTICLE 8
LOCAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTINGSection 1: Graduation rule regulations clarified, no
longer "results oriented." Sec. 2: Statewide testing regulations modified. Sec.
3: Educational accountability standards modified. Sec. 4: Student academic
achievement levels modified and subject areas to be measured established. Sec.
5: Revisor instruction. Sec. 6: Repealer.ARTICLE 9 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTSSection
1: Statutory reference added. Sec. 2: Special education aid regulations relating
to charter schools modified. Sec. 3: Statutory reference removed. Sec. 4:
Language updated. Sec. 5: Statutory reference added. Sec. 6: Statutory reference
added. Sec. 7: Repealer.AE