1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; changing the status of th Perpich Center for Arts 
1.3 	Education from a state agency to a charter school;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2010, section 122A.416; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 129C.10, subdivisions 
1.6 	1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 6, 7, 8; 129C.105; 129C.15; 129C.20; 129C.25; 129C.26.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.416, is amended to read:
1.9 	122A.416 ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE 
1.10 	FOR PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND MULTIDISTRICT 
1.11 	INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVES.
1.12 	Notwithstanding sections 122A.413, 122A.414, 122A.415, and 126C.10, 
1.13 	multidistrict integration collaboratives and the Perpich Center for Arts Education are 
1.14 	eligible to receive alternative teacher compensation revenue as if they were intermediate 
1.15 	school districts. To qualify for alternative teacher compensation revenue, a multidistrict 
1.16 	integration collaborative or the Perpich Center for Arts Education must meet all of the 
1.17 	requirements of sections 122A.413, 122A.414, and 122A.415 that apply to intermediate 
1.18 	school districts, must report its enrollment as of October 1 of each year to the department, 
1.19 	and must annually report its expenditures for the alternative teacher professional pay 
1.20 	system consistent with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards to the 
1.21 	department by November 30 of each year.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.

1.23 	Sec. 2. [124D.101] PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
2.1 		Subdivision 1.Charter school established. The Perpich Center for Arts Education 
2.2 	may organize as a charter school consistent with section 124D.10.
2.3 		Subd. 2.Sponsor. (a) Consistent with section 124D.10, subdivision 3, in order to 
2.4 	organize as a charter school, the Perpich Center for Arts Education must attempt to find 
2.5 	at least one qualified charter school authorizer that will authorize and serve as a charter 
2.6 	school authorizer for the Perpich Center for Arts Education charter school.
2.7 	(b) If a qualified authorizer cannot be found, the Department of Education shall 
2.8 	authorize the Perpich Center for Arts Education charter school. If a qualified authorizer 
2.9 	is later found, the Department of Education may transfer authorization to the qualified 
2.10 	authorizer under section 124D.10.
2.11 		Subd. 3.State aid. The Perpich Center for Arts Education charter school is eligible 
2.12 	for state charter school aid, including aid for start-up and operating costs, as provided 
2.13 	in section 124D.11.

2.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.

2.15 	Sec. 3. DISSOLUTION OF PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 2.16 	(a) The Perpich Center for Arts Education is dissolved as a state agency.
2.17 	(b) Official state records held at the Perpich Center for Arts Education shall be 
2.18 	transferred to the Department of Education.
2.19 	(c) Oversight of the facility occupied by the Perpich Center for Arts Education 
2.20 	shall be transferred to the Department of Administration. If the Perpich Center for Arts 
2.21 	Education organizes as a charter school under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.10, the 
2.22 	charter school shall have the right of first refusal to lease the building from the state.

2.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

2.24 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 2.25 	The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich 
2.26 	Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

2.27		$
	......
	.....
	2012
	
2.28		$
	.....
	.....
	2013
	
2.29 	After the conclusion of the 2010-2011 school year, the fiscal year 2012 appropriation 
2.30 	is available for immediate transfer to the Department of Administration or Minnesota 
2.31 	Management and Budget in order to administer severance payments and oversee the 
2.32 	closing of the Perpich Center for Arts Education as a state agency.

3.1 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 3.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 129C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 6, 7, and 8; 
3.3 	129C.105; 129C.15; 129C.20; 129C.25; and 129C.26, are repealed.