as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/01/2023 12:50pm
A bill for an act
relating to education finance; creating a minimum revenue guarantee for low
revenue school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
section 126C.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
The general education revenue for each
district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and
talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools
revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a subdivision to
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(a) For purposes of this section, general
education component revenue means extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue,
declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity
revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension adjustment revenue,
transition revenue, and operating referendum revenue.
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(b) A district's minimum revenue guarantee equals the product of the district's adjusted
pupil units for that year and the greater of zero or the difference between:
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(1) $1,850; and
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(2) the ratio of (i) the district's general education component revenue to (ii) the district's
adjusted pupil units for that year.
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(c) A school district's revenue under paragraph (b) must not exceed $100 times the
district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
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