Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0752

Providing for the funding of early childhood, family and +prekindergarten
through grade 12 education programs and services and renaming the +department of
children, families and learning (CFL) the department of educationARTICLE 1 �
GENERAL EDUCATIONModifying the calculation of general education basic revenue
required+ to be reserved by school districts for staff development programs;
+modifying certain levy and revenue recognition requirements; reducing payments
to +post-secondary educational institutions under the post-secondary enrollment
options +(PSEO) act; modifying certain learning year program requirements for
area +learning centers; modifying the definition of pupil of limited English
+proficiency and the revenue formula for LEP programs aid; providing for the
+computation of average daily membership for pupils enrolled in more than one
+district under the definition of pupil units and modifying certain pupil unit
+computations; modifying the general education, compensatory, basic skills and
+secondary, elementary and transportation sparsity revenue formulas and
providing+ formulas for equity levy and aid; providing formulas for a
transition revenue allowance, levy and aid for fiscal years 2004 through 2008;
modifying+ the general education aid and referendum revenue allowance and
+equalization revenue and aid formulas and providing a new referendum allowance
+limit formula; requiring certain education aid reductions and levy revenue
recognition adjustments; modifying certain school district aid +payment
percentages, reducing certain other aid and payment formulas and +providing
additional payments to school districts for certain later fiscal +years;
appropriating money to the department of education for general +education and
referendum tax base replacement aids; repealing the training and +experience
revenue formula ARTICLE 2 � OTHER GENERAL PROGRAMSModifying the formulas for
school district levies for payment of +obligations to the unemployment insurance
program trust fund, for judgment payments +and for ice arena operating costs;
appropriating money to the department of +education for enrollment options
transportation, abatement and consolidation +transition aids, for a grant to
independent school district #2190, Yellow +Medicine East for tornado impact
declining enroll aid and for declining pupil aid +to independent school
districts #241, Albert Lea, #2711, Mesabi East +and #682, Roseau; repealing
certain staff development incentive eligibility and+ revenue use provisions,
school districts tree growth replacement and swimming+ pool levy authority and a
certain provision providing for airport runway impact+ pupil unit aid to
independent school district #280, Richfield ARTICLE 3 � NONPUBLIC PUPIL
PROGRAMSModifying the nonpublic pupil transportation aid and textbooks and
+instruction materials aid inflation adjustment formulas, requiring a certain
+formula allowance reduction; appropriating money to the department of
+education for nonpublic pupil education and transportation aids ARTICLE 4 �
CHARTER SCHOOLSModifying the general education revenue and building lease aid
+formulas for charter schools and providing for transition revenue; eliminating
+integration aid grant eligibility for the schools and reducing the percentage
for+ the first payment of start up cost aid; appropriating money to the
department +of education for charter school building lease and startup aids and
for integration grantsARTICLE 5 � DESEGREGATION PROGRAMS Increasing the
integration revenue and modifying the levy and aid +formulas for school
districts; appropriating money to the department of education +for integration
and magnet school startup aid and for magnet school and interdistrict
desegregation or integration transportation grants; +repealing the teachers of
color, minority teacher incentives and summer cultural +exchange grant programs
and fellowship grants to highly qualified minorities +seeking alternative
preparation for licensure ARTICLE 6 � AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAMSAppropriating
money to the department of education for American +Indian success for the future
and teacher preparation grants, for American Indian +scholarships and for tribal
contract school aid and early childhood family +education (EFCE) programs
ARTICLE 7 � ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORMModifying certain school district
academic and financial performance +evaluation requirements; appropriating money
to the department of education for +statewide testing support, for seventh grade
testing, for best practices +graduation rule seminars and other development
capacity building activities, for +school performance evaluation and for
alternative teacher compensationARTICLE 8 � PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL
POPULATIONSAppropriating money to the department of education for advanced
+placement (AP) and international baccalaureate (IB) examination fees and
teacher +training, for first grade preparedness grants, for youthworks programs
and for +student organizations; repealing the reading competency program for the
St. +Croix River education districtARTICLE 9 � SPECIAL PROGRAMSReducing the
program growth factors for special education and special+ education excess cost
aids determination purposes and the state total special +education aid amount
and setting the state total special education excess cost +aid amount; providing
for special education cross subsidy reduction aid +to school districts;
appropriating money to the department of education for +special education and
special education excess cost aids, for aids for +children with disabilities
placed in residential facilities and for teacher travel +for home based
services, for special education cross subsidy reduction aid, +for special
education litigation costs, for aid for transition programs for +children with
disabilities, for court placed special education revenue and for out +of state
tuition special education; repealing a certain obsolete special +education
excess cost aid formula provision ARTICLE 10 � FACILITIES AND
TECHNOLOGYExcluding alternative facilities levies from the second tier debt
+service equalization revenue formula and certain large projects from health
+and safety revenue eligibility, placing the projects under the alternative
+facilities bonding and levy program; expanding the authorized uses of health
and+ safety revenue and prohibiting use for replacement of building materials or
facilities; providing for limited participation in the alternative +facilities
bonding and levy program for certain school districts, specifying +certain long
term plan requirements; specifying certain published notice, petition+ and
resolution requirements for bond issuance purposes and granting +school
districts not issuing bonds certain levy authority, petition and +referendum
requirements; reducing certain limits on building or land lease and +lease
purchase levies; granting independent school district #621, Mounds +View certain
bond issuance authority; appropriating money to the department of +education for
health and safety, debt service equalization and alternative +facilities bonding
aids; repealing the alternative facilities aid formula and +appropriation
ARTICLE 11 � NUTRITION PROGRAMSEstablishing a new school breakfast program;
appropriating money to +the department of education for school lunch,
traditional school +breakfast and summer school service replacement aids and for
the fast break to +learning breakfast program; repealing the school breakfast,
fast break to +learning breakfast and school milk programsARTICLE 12 �
LIBRARIESAppropriating money to the department of education for regional
+library basic system support and mutlicounty multitype library systems
grantsARTICLE 13 � CHILD CARE PROGRAMSIncreasing the parent fee for families
eligible for child care +assistance; providing for reimbursement to legal
nonlicensed family child care +providers under the child care assistance
program; requiring the commissioner +of education to adopt rules to amend the
parent fee schedule; +appropriating money to the commissioner for basic sliding
fee child care assistance, for +Minnesota family investment program child care,
for child care program +integrity and fraud prevention and for child care
development grants; providing for+ certain federal TANF (temporary assistance
for needy families) fund transfers+ for basic sliding fee and MFIP child care
assistance ARTICLE 14 � EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMSModifying the school district
early childhood family education +programs revenue formula and the ECFE and
school readiness aid reserve account+ limits; appropriating money to the
department of education for school +readiness programs revenue, for ECFE and
health and developmental screening +aids and for head start programs ARTICLE 15
� PREVENTIONModifying the general community education revenue and the total
+community education levy formulas and establishing a reserve account limit for
+school districts, providing for waiver of the limit by the commissioner of
+education under certain conditions; appropriating money to the commissioner
for+ community education and adults with disabilities program aids, for hearing
+impaired adults programs, for violence prevention education grants, for abused+
children programs and for school age care revenue; repealing the violence
+prevention education grant and after school enrichment programs and certain
+additional community education revenue levy authority ARTICLE 16 �
SELF-SUFFIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNINGAuthorizing school districts offering adult
basic education programs +to adopt a sliding fee schedule for program costs
payment purposes, providing +for waiver under certain conditions; specifying
certain reserve account +requirements; increasing the state total adult basic
education aid amount and +eliminating the formula; reducing the basic population
aid formula, setting the adult+ basic education program aid limit for fiscal
year 2004 and modifying the +aid formula for fiscal year 2005 and later years;
eliminating certain program +audit requirements; authorizing requests for
extension of the deadline for application for approval of adult basic education
programs for fiscal+ year 2004 by certain school districts and providing for
computation of program +aid; appropriating money to the department of education
for Minnesota +economic opportunity grants, for transitional housing and
foodshelf programs, +for adult basic education and graduation aids, for GED
tests, for emergency +services grants and for family assets for independence;
repealing the lead +abatement program, the financial arrangements provisions
under the +post-secondary enrollment options (PSEO) act for adults, adult high
school +graduation aid and the adult pupils average daily membership computation
formula ARTICLE 17 � STATE AGENCIESRenaming the department of children,
families and learning (CFL) the +department of education and making conforming
amendments to certain statutory +provisions; appropriating money to the
department for fiscal years 2004-2005 for +the children's museum, for the
Minnesota academy of science, for the +boards of teaching and school
administrators and for certain federal grants and+ aids; appropriating money to
the Minnesota state academies and to the +Perpich center for arts education;
specifying certain renumbering and term change +instructions to the revisor of
statutes (je)