1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; continuing American Indian Tribal Contract school 
1.3 	aid at its current level; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, 
1.4 	section 124D.83, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school 
1.8 	that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in 
1.9 	subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is 
1.10 	derived by:
1.11 	(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170, 
1.12 	times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05, 
1.13 	subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, 
1.14 	and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section 
1.15 	126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which 
1.16 	the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
1.17 	(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 
1.18 	allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 
1.19 	compensation revenue pupil units;
1.20 	(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school 
1.21 	by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of 
1.22 	Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E, 
1.23 	for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b) Code of Federal Regulations, 
2.1 	title 25, part 39.2, for the base rate as applied to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding 
2.2 	small school adjustments and additional weighting, but not money allotted through subparts 
2.3 	F to L for contingency funds, school board training, student training, interim maintenance 
2.4 	and minor repair, interim administration cost, prekindergarten, and operation and 
2.5 	maintenance, and the amount of money that is received according to section 124D.69;
2.6 	(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily 
2.7 	membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation 
2.8 	revenue pupil units; and
2.9 	(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision 
2.10 	13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units 
2.11 	by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and $1,500 for fiscal year 2020 and 
2.12 	later or the result in clause (4).

2.13 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; TRIBAL CONTRACT OR GRANT SCHOOLS.
 2.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
2.16 	designated.
2.17 		Subd. 2.Tribal contract aid. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.18 	section 124D.83:

2.19		$
	.......
	.....
	2020
	
2.20		$
	.......
	.....
	2021
	
2.21 	The 2020 appropriation includes $304,000 for 2019 and $....... for 2020.
2.22 	The 2021 appropriation includes $....... for 2020 and $....... for 2021.