HF 1376

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:50am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; eliminating the concentration factor in
compensatory revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 126C.05,
subdivision 3; 126C.10, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 126C.10, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

deleted text begin Compensation deleted text end new text begin Remedial new text end revenue pupil units.

new text begin (a) new text end deleted text begin Compensation deleted text end
new text begin Remedial new text end revenue pupil units deleted text begin for fiscal year 1998 and thereafter deleted text end must be computed
according to this subdivision.

deleted text begin (a) The compensation revenue concentration percentage for each building in a
district equals the product of 100 times the ratio of:
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deleted text begin (1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free
lunch plus one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced priced lunch on October
1 of the previous fiscal year; to
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deleted text begin (2) the number of pupils enrolled in the building on October 1 of the previous fiscal
year.
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deleted text begin (b) The compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for a building equals the
lesser of one or the quotient obtained by dividing the building's compensation revenue
concentration percentage by 80.0.
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deleted text begin (c) deleted text end new text begin (b) new text end The deleted text begin compensation deleted text end new text begin remedial new text end revenue pupil units for a building equals the
product of:

(1) the sum of the number of new text begin enrolled new text end pupils deleted text begin enrolled in the building eligible to
receive free lunch deleted text end new text begin who have not demonstrated proficiency on the state's reading or math
GRAD test and who are members of a student subgroup under No Child Left Behind who
have not demonstrated reading or math proficiency in the school new text end and one-half of the
new text begin enrolled new text end pupils deleted text begin eligible to receive reduced priced lunch on October 1 of deleted text end new text begin who have not
demonstrated proficiency on the state's reading or math GRAD test and whose failure to
demonstrate proficiency did not negatively affect the school's adequate yearly progress
status in new text end the previous deleted text begin fiscal deleted text end new text begin school new text end year; times

(2) deleted text begin the compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for the building; times
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deleted text begin (3) .60 deleted text end new text begin .25 new text end .

deleted text begin (d) deleted text end new text begin (c) new text end Notwithstanding deleted text begin paragraphs (a) to (c) deleted text end new text begin paragraph (b) new text end , for charter schools and
contracted alternative programs in the first year of operation, deleted text begin compensation deleted text end new text begin remedial
new text end revenue pupil units shall be computed using data for the current fiscal year. If the charter
school or contracted alternative program begins operation after October 1, deleted text begin compensatory deleted text end
new text begin remedial new text end revenue pupil units shall be computed based on pupils enrolled on an alternate
date determined by the commissioner, and the deleted text begin compensation deleted text end new text begin remedial new text end revenue pupil
units shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of days of student instruction to
170 days.

deleted text begin (e) deleted text end new text begin (d) new text end The percentages in this subdivision must be based on the count of individual
pupils and not on a building average or minimum.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

deleted text begin Compensatory deleted text end new text begin Remedial new text end education revenue.

(a) The deleted text begin compensatory deleted text end
new text begin remedial new text end education revenue for each building in the district equals deleted text begin the formula allowance
minus $415 deleted text end new text begin $5,124 new text end times the deleted text begin compensation deleted text end new text begin remedial new text end revenue pupil units computed
according to section 126C.05, subdivision 3. Revenue shall be paid to the district and must
be allocated according to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.

(b) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69
changes prior to the start of a school year, the deleted text begin compensatory deleted text end new text begin remedial new text end revenue generated
by pupils attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative
program for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with
the alternative program for the prior school year.

(c) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the
start of a school year, the deleted text begin compensatory deleted text end new text begin remedial new text end revenue shall be paid to the fiscal
agent district for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district
for the prior school year.

Sec. 3. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
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new text begin In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor shall change
all references to "compensatory revenue" to "remedial revenue."
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Sec. 4. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, new text end new text begin is repealed for revenue
for fiscal year 2012.
new text end