Minnesota Legislature
HF 810
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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3.1
A bill for an act
relating to education finance; restoring the former
method of determining class size ratios and allocating
class size reduction revenue; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 126C.12, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.12,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Definitions.
deleted text begin (a) "Classroom teacher deleted text end new text begin "Primary
instructor new text end " means a public employee licensed by the board of
teaching deleted text begin who is authorized to teach all subjects to children in
any grade in kindergarten through grade 6 deleted text end and whose duties are
full-time deleted text begin regular classroom deleted text end instruction, excluding a teacher deleted text begin for
whom federal aids are received or deleted text end for whom categorical aids are
received under section 125A.76deleted text begin or who is an itinerant teacher or
provides instruction outside of the regular classroomdeleted text end . Except
as provided in section 122A.68, subdivision 6, deleted text begin classroom teacher
deleted text end new text begin
instructor new text end does not include supervisory and support personnelnew text begin ,
except school social workers as new text end defined in section 122A.15. deleted text begin A
classroom teacher deleted text end new text begin An instructor new text end whose duties are less than
full-time instruction must be included as an equivalent only for
the number of hours of instruction in kindergarten through grade
3.
deleted text begin
(b) "Class size" means the districtwide ratio at each grade
level of the number of full-time students in kindergarten
through grade 3 served at least 40 percent of the time in
regular classrooms to the number of full-time classroom teachers
in kindergarten through grade 3, determined as of October 1 of
each school year.
deleted text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin This section is effective for revenue for
fiscal year 2006new text end .
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.12,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Instruction contact time.
Instruction may be
provided by a deleted text begin classroom teacher deleted text end new text begin primary instructor new text end or by a team
of deleted text begin classroom teachers deleted text end new text begin instructorsnew text end , or by a teacher resident
supervised by a deleted text begin classroom teacher deleted text end new text begin primary instructornew text end . The
district must maximize deleted text begin classroom teacher deleted text end new text begin instructor new text end to learner
average instructional contact time deleted text begin in the core subjects of
reading and mathematicsdeleted text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for revenue for
fiscal year 2006.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.12,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Revenue use.
(a) Revenue must be used to reduce
and maintain the district's deleted text begin average class size deleted text end new text begin student to
instructor ratios new text end in kindergarten through grade 3 to a level of
17 to 1 on average deleted text begin in each of the respective gradesdeleted text end .
(b) A district must not increase the districtwide class
sizes in other grades as a result of reducing class sizes in
kindergarten through grade 3. Revenue may not be used to
provide instructor preparation. A district may use a portion of
the revenue reserved under this section to employ up to the same
number of full-time equivalent education assistants or aides as
the district employed during the 1992-1993 school year under
Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.331, subdivision 2, through
fiscal year 2002. Beginning in fiscal year 2003, class size
reduction revenue may only be reserved to employ classroom
teachers contributing to lower class sizes in kindergarten
through grade 3.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for revenue for
fiscal year 2006.
new text end