hf3800FIFTH ENGROSSMENTOmnibus K-12 policy and supplemental appropriations bill.ARTICLE 1 FAMILY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONSection 1: adult basic education (ABE) data disclosure authorized to Minnesota state colleges and universities and department of economic security. Sec. 2: child care programs employment plan definition modified. Sec. 3: child care programs income definition modified. Sec. 4: MFIP transitions year family child care not available to families disqualified from MFIP due to fraud. Sec. 5: basic sliding fee child care assistance funding priority given to persons needing child care to participate in the education program. Sec. 6: basic sliding fee funding increases allocated proportionately. Sec. 7: MFIP eligibility clarified relating to employment search and employment plans. Sec. 8: learning readiness program review and approval requirements modified. Sec. 9: Lyndale and Folwell neighborhoods added after-school enrichment programs priority neighborhoods. Sec. 10: adult basic education, (ABE), aid definitions provided. Sec. 11: adult basic education program memorandum of understanding required. Sec. 12: adult basic education program approval requirements modified. Sec. 13: ABE state aid maximum of unreimbursed expenses provided. Sec. 14: cooperative English as a second language (ESL) and ABE programs authorized between school districts and other community organizations. Sec. 15: ABE performance tracking system established. Sec. 16: consortium requirements provided. Sec. 17: ABE supplemental service grants provided. Sec. 18: ABE aid formula modified. Sec. 19: state total ABE aid provided. Sec. 20: special family day care home licenses provided churches or religious organizations. Sec. 21: child care center experienced aides employment requirements provided. Sec. 22: child care center inservice training requirements provided. Sec. 23: family assets for independence initiative TANF matching funds eligibility requirements modified to comply with federal requirements. Sec. 24-25: Minnesota family assets for independence initiative vendor payment of withdrawn funds technical clarifications provided. Sec. 26: additional early childhood family education aid provided for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 27: previous early childhood family education, (ECFE), aid appropriations decreased. Sec. 28: previous school age care aid for extended day aid appropriation increased. Sec. 29: previous MFIP child care assistance appropriations reduced. Sec. 30: previous family collaboratives appropriation reduced. Sec. 31: previous community education aid appropriation increased. Sec. 32: previous adult basic education aid appropriation increased. Sec. 33: previous ABE basic population aid amount per district increased. Sec. 34: adult graduation aid reduced. Sec. 35: competency-based ABE and English as a second license task force convened. Sec. 36: social service child care pool for MFIP child care funding authorized and eligibility requirements provided. Sec. 37: minor parents participating in school-based child care application process expedited. Sec. 38: cooperative language instruction grants provided. Sec. 39: intensive English as a second language (ESL) grants provided. Sec. 40: child and adult care food program waivers requested. Sec. 41: licensed family child care providers to participate in policy discussions affecting child care. Sec. 42: adult basic education (ABE) policy task force established, membership specified, duties provided, and sunset defined. Sec. 43: department of children, families, and learning appropriations provided for ABE supplemental service grants, ABE administration, housing collaboration in St. Louis Park, and cooperative language instruction grants. Sec. 44: TANF appropriations provided for intensive English as a second language (ESL), and transitional housing programs. Sec. 45: federal TANF funds transferred for social service child care pool for MFIP child care and transition year child care assistance. Sec. 46: repealer.ARTICLE 2 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12: GENERAL EDUCATION Sec. 1: districts required to reserve two percent of basic revenue for in-service education for staff development. Sec. 2: teaching resident salary requirement increased. Sec. 3: specified school districts required to recognize integration revenue received. Sec. 4: general education revenue adjusted pupil units defined for charter schools in the first year of operation. Sec. 5: state total limited English proficiency programs revenue for fiscal year 2001 modified. Sec. 6: integration revenue use provisions modified. Sec. 7: school district desegregation integration plan budget approval process provided. Sec. 8: plan components specified. Sec. 9: integration revenue eligibility clarified. Sec. 10: alternative attendance program integration aid clarified. Sec. 11: interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation aid provisions clarified. Sec. 12: adjusted pupil units formula modified. Sec. 13: resident marginal cost pupil units definition modified. Sec. 14: class size, all-day kindergarten, and special education student-to-instructor ratio reserve funds to be allocated according to plan adopted by school board. Sec. 15: basic revenue formula clarified. Sec. 16: use of total operating capital revenue authorized for library media centers. Sec. 17: adjusted marginal cost pupil unit used to compute referendum offset adjustment. Sec. 18: equity revenue provisions clarified. Sec. 19: regional equity gap formula computed using adjusted marginal cost pupil unit. Sec. 20: district equity gap computed using adjusted marginal cost pupil unit. Sec. 21: district general education revenue reserve clarified. Sec. 22: per pupil revenue conversion to use marginal cost pupil units. Sec. 23: referendum revenue based on resident marginal cost pupil units. Sec. 24: crime-related costs levy fund use authorized for costs of security in schools and on school property. Sec. 25: forward shifted aid payments provisions clarified. Sec. 26: statewide average revenue reference clarified. Sec. 27: school district bonding limits provided for fiscal years to 2008. Sec. 28: previous repealer effective date modified. Sec. 29: previous effective date modified. Sec. 30: previous general and supplemental education aid appropriations increased. Sec. 31: transportation aid for enrollment options reduced. Sec. 32: district cooperation revenue reduced. Sec. 33: previous effective date clarified. Sec. 34: training and experience replacement revenue provided. Sec. 35: levy recognition for integration levy adjustment provided. Sec. 36: fiscal years 2003-2007 airport runway impact pupil unit aid provided for Richfield. Sec. 37: sparsity correction revenue provided. Sec. 38: Independent school district No. 2711, Mesabi East, severance and early retirement levy authorized. Sec. 39: department of children, families, and learning appropriations provided for sparsity correction revenue, and training and experience replacement revenue.ARTICLE 3 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: SPECIAL PROGRAMS Sec. 1: requirements for American sign language English interpreters modified. Sec. 2: district reimbursement provided for services of interpreters and mentors. Sec. 3: eligible chemical treatment programs reimbursement provision specified. Sec. 4: American Indian scholarships required to be for accredited degree programs in accredited institutions. Sec. 5: magnet school grant maximum clarified. Sec. 6: magnet school start-up costs aid eligibility authorized. Sec. 7: office of desegregation integration advisory board membership expanded. Sec. 8: individual interagency intervention plan required to be available by January 1, 2001. Sec. 9: private entities authorized to contract with joint powers entities for special education services. Sec. 10: placement of children with short-term or temporary disability clarified relating to termination of parental rights. Sec. 11: program growth factor definition modified. Sec. 12: special education revenue accounting requirements provided. Sec. 13: special education excess cost aid formula modified. Sec. 14: initial excess cost aid formula modified. Sec. 15: assurances of compliance with discrimination law provided in a form and manner prescribed by commissioner. Sec. 16: vendor selection for educational program at MCF-Red Wing proposal request process clarified. Sec. 17: previous tribal contract school aid appropriations reduced. Sec. 18: magnet school grant statutory reference provided, and budget base specified. Sec. 19: previous aid for children with a disability levels reduced. Sec. 20: previous travel for home-based services appropriations reduced. Sec. 21: previous special education excess cost aid appropriation increased. Sec. 22: previous integration aid appropriation increased. Sec. 23: interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation aid budget base provided. Sec. 24: special education cross-subsidy revenue provided. Sec. 25: department of children, families, and learning appropriated money for independent school district No. 482, Little Falls, revenue reimbursement; Northland learning center start-up grant, magnet school start-up aid, and unemployment compensation grant to independent school district No. , Nett Lake. Sec. 26: repealer.ARTICLE 4 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSITIONS Sec. 1: state youth works grant funds administrative expenses ceiling provided. Sec. 2: district career and technical aid clarified. Sec. 3-5: school district secondary vocational-disabled aid renamed school district transition-disabled aid. Sec. 6: school bank provisions expanded to include independent school district Nos. 316, Greenway-Coleraine, and 2170, Staples-Motley. Sec. 7: previous secondary vocational education aid appropriation increased. Sec. 8: education and employment transitions program appropriations clarified. Sec. 9: repealer.ARTICLE 5 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 1: new district consolidation provisions clarified. Sec. 2: districts authorized to deposit proceeds of sale or exchange of property or buildings into general fund reserved for operating capital account. Sec. 3: disposing of surplus school computers requirements provided. Sec. 4: debt service equalization revenue formula clarified. Sec. 5: school districts authorized to include proportionate share of costs of health and safety projects for intermediate districts. Sec. 6: school districts seeking review and comment required to submit that heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems meet code, and that design will allow for monitoring of airflow and ventilation. Sec. 7: new school building construction standards requirements provided relating to ventilation and airflow. Sec. 8: telecommunication access revenue requirements provided. Sec. 9: total district operating capital formula modified. Sec. 10: school district lease levy authority clarified. Sec. 11: lease purchase installment buys provisions clarified.. Sec. 12: school district net debt maximum modified. Sec. 13: previous health and safety aid appropriation reduced. Sec. 14: previous debt service aid appropriation adjusted. Sec. 15: previous interactive television (ITV) aid appropriation adjusted. Sec. 16: previous alternative facilities bonding aid appropriation adjusted. Sec. 17: previous declining pupil aid for independent school district No. 508, St. Peter, reduced. Sec. 18: previous declining pupil aid due to floods adjusted. Sec. 19: previous repealer clarified. Sec. 20: declining pupil units provision clarified relating to St. Peter school district. Sec. 21: one-time deferred maintenance aid provided. Sec. 22: independent school district No. 2125, Triton, authorized to include mold damage costs in its health and safety plan. Sec. 23: legislative recommendations required recommending a permanent method for funding telecommunications access. Sec. 24: independent school district No. 695, Chisolm, bond issuance authorized. Sec. 25: independent school district No. 316, Greenway-Coleraine, bond issuance authorized. Sec. 26: independent school district No. 381, Lake Superior, bond issuance authorized. Sec. 27: repealer without effect. Sec. 28: department of children, families, and learning appropriated money for telecommunication access revenue, interest on flood loans, and one-time deferred maintenance aid. ARTICLE 6 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND OTHER POLICY Sec. 1: commissioner's report to education committees date modified relating to advanced placement and international baccalaureate course information. Sec. 2: statewide testing reading and mathematics passing scores provided. Sec. 3: reasonable force authorized to teachers preventing a student from inflicting bodily harm or death to another student, and civil and criminal liability defense provided. Sec. 4: school discipline policy required to state reasonable force authorization. Sec. 5: teaching license provided applicants licensed in other states, and requirements specified. Sec. 6: district employees allowed to serve on site decision-making teams as parent members. Sec. 7: school boards prohibited from entering into contracts for computer equipment or services which would require advertising to students, except under specified conditions. Sec. 8: technical correction provided. Sec. 9: school district audit requirements expanded to include federal compliance. Sec. 10: account transfer for certain severance pay provisions modified. Sec. 11: special operating plan language clarified. Sec. 12: school district transportation services contracts authority specified. Sec. 13: school bus driver day repealed. Sec. 14: statutory reference updated. Sec. 15: school transportation safety policy provisions clarified. Sec. 16: school districts allowed to refuse expelled pupils under specified circumstances. Sec. 17: first grade preparedness revenue formula modified. Sec. 18: charitable organizations authorized to sponsor charter schools. Sec. 19: charter schools required to comply with general revenue requirements, and submit plans to eliminate statutory operating debt. Sec. 20: charter school enrollment preferences provided. Sec. 21: charter school state aid reduced if school employs teacher not holding valid license. Sec. 22: charter school sponsors authorized to assess a fee for monitoring fiscal and student performance. Sec. 23: charter school sponsorial relationship termination provided in cases of mismanagement or violations. Sec. 24: charter school grants provided for desegregation or integration purposes. Sec. 25: internet access for students required to filter obscene materials and pornography. Sec. 26: statewide teacher survey requirements clarified, and five-year projection of teacher demand required. Sec. 27: public libraries required to filter obscene materials and pornography if computers are available to children under the age of 17. Sec. 28: school bus passenger lap and shoulder belt requirements provided. Sec. 29: Head Start transportation technical language clarification. Sec. 30: two-wheeled license endorsement and permit requirements clarified. Sec. 31: instruction permit requirements clarified for drivers less than 18 years of age. Sec. 32: school bus endorsement renewal fee provided to cover costs of physical examination processing. Sec. 33: physical examinations for school bus drivers conducted by authorized medical examiners accepted. Sec. 34: school bus endorsement records check results release authorized to applicant's written designee. Sec. 35: school bus driver assessments kept for inspection. Sec. 36: school bus driver annual evaluation requirements clarified. Sec. 37: officers authorized to transport truant children to school or to a truancy service center. Sec. 38: municipalities and counties authorized to spend funds to support academic or extracurricular activities sponsored by school districts. Sec. 39: previous charter school building lease aid appropriations increased. Sec. 40: previous charter school start-up grants increased. Sec. 41: commissioner authorized to reopen specified residential academy grant funds application process. Sec. 42: Minnesota new teachers project established. Sec. 43: task force on school governance and management established., report required, and sunset provided. Sec. 44: school districts prohibited from beginning the school year prior to Labor Day, and exceptions provided to independent school district No. 238, Mabel-Canton, and No. 801, Browns Valley. Sec. 45: charter school building lease aid review required. Sec. 46: money appropriated for grant awards for national board for professional teaching standards certification.ARTICLE 7 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: NUTRITION AND OTHER PROGRAMS; FUND TRANSFERS Sec. 1: Janet B. Johnson Parents' Right-to-Know Act of 2000; pesticide application by schools parental notification requirements provided. Sec. 2: school lunch aid computation program amount per lunch served increased. Sec. 3: fast break to learning grants eligibility modified. Sec. 4: previous abatement aid appropriation adjusted. Sec. 5: previous nonpublic pupil aid appropriation increased. Sec. 6: previous consolidation transition aid appropriation increased. Sec. 7: previous nonpublic pupil transportation aid appropriation increased. Sec. 8: previous school lunch aid appropriation increased. Sec. 9: previous school breakfast program appropriation increased. Sec. 10: department of children, families, and learning required to maintain list of pesticides on departmental Web site. Sec. 11: pesticide use around schools reporting requirements provided. Sec. 12: independent school district Nos. 194, Lakeville, 771, Chokio-Alberta, , Mahtomedi, 2215, Norman County East, 787, Browerville, 15, St. Francis, , Staples-Motley, 544 Fergus Falls, 593, Crookston, 2167, Lakeview, 547, Parkers Prairie, 495, Grand Meadow, 2609, Win-E-Mac fund transfers authorized. Sec. 13: independent school district No. 2859, Glencoe-Silver Lake, levy restoration authorized. Sec. 14: intermediate school districts agreements termination date set. Sec. 15: department of children, families, and learning appropriated money for matching grants for education programs serving homeless children, cooperative secondary facility planning and expenses, best practices seminars, magnet school facilities grants, geographic information systems, grants for schools serving students with chemical dependencies, and assistance for immigrant families. Sec. 16: repealer.ARTICLE 8 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: LIBRARIES Sec. 1: Nashwauk-Keewatin high school joint library project funding provisions clarified. Sec. 2: previous regional library telecommunications aid appropriation increased. Sec. 3: Minnesota library for the blind and physically handicapped appropriation availability extended.ARTICLE 9 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: STATE AGENCIES Sec. 1: previous Lola and Rudy Perpich Minnesota center for arts education asset preservation and facility repair appropriation reduced. Sec. 2: department of children, families, and learning appropriation provided. Sec. 3: repealer.ARTICLE 10 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION: TECHNICAL, CONFORMING, AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS Sec. 1: statutory reference clarified. Sec. 2: trespassing on school property governed by trespassing statutes. Sec. 3-20: statutory references updated, and technical clarifications provided. Sec. 21: revisor instruction. Sec. 22: repealer.ARTICLE 11 HIGHER EDUCATION Sec. 1: higher education appropriations provided. Sec. 2: Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnScu) appropriated money for deficiencies, farm business management, urban teacher preparation, Cook county higher education project, and allocation for excess health care costs. Sec. 3: board of regents of the University of Minnesota appropriation provided for Kirby Center child care start-up costs in Duluth and the agricultural rapid response fund. Sec. 4: surplus child care grant programs used to augment maximum awards. Sec. 5: previous appropriation for reclamation of taconite mining lands allocated as funds are matched by nonstate sources. Sec. 6: facility use analysis of Minnesota state colleges and universities and intermediate school districts required. Sec. 7: management analysis required of Minnesota state colleges and universities administration structure. Sec. 8: repealer. Sec. 9: effective date.cth