HF 1334

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; modifying the use of class-size 
  1.3             reduction revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.4             section 124A.225, subdivisions 4 and 5. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124A.225, 
  1.7   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 4.  [REVENUE USE.] (a) Revenue must be used according 
  1.9   to either paragraph (b), or (c), or (d). 
  1.10     (b) Revenue shall be used to reduce and maintain the 
  1.11  district's instructor to learner ratios in kindergarten through 
  1.12  grade 6 to a level of 1 to 17 on average and maintain them at 
  1.13  reduced levels. The district must prioritize the use of the 
  1.14  revenue to attain this level initially in kindergarten and grade 
  1.15  1 and then through the subsequent grades as revenue is available.
  1.16     (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), for fiscal year 1995, a 
  1.17  district with exceptional need as defined in subdivision 6, 
  1.18  paragraph (a), may use the revenue to reduce and maintain the 
  1.19  district's instructor-to-learner ratios in kindergarten through 
  1.20  grade 6 to a level that is at least 2.0 less than the district's 
  1.21  adopted staffing ratio, if the remaining learning and 
  1.22  development revenue is used to continue or initiate staffing 
  1.23  patterns that meet the needs of a diverse student population.  
  1.24  Programs to meet the needs of a diverse student population may 
  1.25  include programs for at-risk pupils and learning enrichment 
  2.1   programs. 
  2.2      (d) For fiscal year 1995 only, in any school building that 
  2.3   meets the characteristics of exceptional need as defined in 
  2.4   subdivision 6, paragraph (b), a district may use the revenue to 
  2.5   employ education assistants or aides supervised by a learner's 
  2.6   regular instructor to assist learners in those school buildings. 
  2.7      (e) The revenue may be used to prepare and use an 
  2.8   individualized learning plan for each learner.  A district must 
  2.9   not increase the district wide instructor-learner ratios in 
  2.10  other grades as a result of reducing instructor-learner ratios 
  2.11  in kindergarten through grade 6.  Revenue may not be used to 
  2.12  provide instructor preparation time or to provide the district's 
  2.13  share of revenue required under section 124.311.  A school 
  2.14  district may use a portion of the revenue reserved under this 
  2.15  section to employ up to the same number of full-time equivalent 
  2.16  education assistants or aides as the district employed during 
  2.17  the 1992-1993 school year under Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 
  2.18  124.331, subdivision 2. 
  2.19     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124A.225, 
  2.20  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.21     Subd. 5.  [ADDITIONAL REVENUE USE.] If the school board of 
  2.22  a school district determines that the district has achieved and 
  2.23  is maintaining the instructor-learner ratios specified in 
  2.24  subdivision 4 by the school board and is using individualized 
  2.25  learning plans, the school board may use the revenue to purchase 
  2.26  material and services or provide staff development needed for 
  2.27  reduced instructor-learner ratios.  If additional revenue 
  2.28  remains, the district must use the revenue to improve program 
  2.29  offerings, including programs provided through interactive 
  2.30  television, throughout the district or other general education 
  2.31  purposes. 
  2.32     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.33     Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 1995.