HF 328

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; increasing the amount 
  1.3             of referendum revenue subject to equalization; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.17, 
  1.5             subdivision 5.  
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.17, 
  1.8   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5.  [REFERENDUM EQUALIZATION REVENUE.] (a) A 
  1.10  district's referendum equalization revenue equals the referendum 
  1.11  equalization allowance times the district's resident marginal 
  1.12  cost pupil units for that year.  
  1.13     (b) The referendum equalization allowance equals $350 for 
  1.14  fiscal year 2000 and $415 for fiscal year years 2001 and 2002 
  1.15  and $500 for fiscal years 2003 and later. 
  1.16     (c) Referendum equalization revenue must not exceed a 
  1.17  district's total referendum revenue for that year. 
  1.18     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for revenue for 
  1.19  fiscal year 2003 and later.