HF 798

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; creating a funding mechanism for rewarding
excellent education results; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes
2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

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The general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic
revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, basic skills revenue, training
and experience revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative
teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 2c. new text end

new text begin Education excellence revenue. new text end

new text begin (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2008, a
school district is eligible for education excellence revenue based on the performance of
each school site on any four of the following six standards:
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new text begin (1) graduation rate;
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new text begin (2) attendance rate;
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new text begin (3) achievement of educational standards;
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new text begin (4) adequate yearly progress;
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new text begin (5) school safety; and
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new text begin (6) publication of a school report card.
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new text begin The commissioner of education must establish expectations for improvement for
each of the six standards listed in this paragraph. A school district with school sites that
meet or exceed the expectations for improvement established by the commissioner for that
school district in four of six standards is eligible for educational excellence revenue.
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new text begin (b) Total revenue in the education excellence account equals $............. .
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new text begin (c) The education excellence revenue allowance equals $100 per enrollee. If the
revenue in paragraph (b) is not sufficient to fully fund this amount, the commissioner first
must award revenue to those sites that failed to make adequate yearly progress in the
previous year. Remaining amounts must be prorated among other qualifying sites.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.
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