HF 1605

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; providing additional authority 
  1.3             for a joint elementary facility to be operated by 
  1.4             independent school district Nos. 622, North St. 
  1.5             Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale; 833, South Washington county; 
  1.6             and 834, Stillwater; appropriating money. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [JOINT ELEMENTARY FACILITY.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION.] This section applies to 
  1.10  independent school district Nos. 622, North St. 
  1.11  Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale; 833, South Washington county; and 834, 
  1.12  Stillwater, and to the joint elementary facility to be operated 
  1.13  by the districts. 
  1.14     Subd. 2.  [JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.] Notwithstanding 
  1.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 123.35, subdivision 19a, the 
  1.16  districts may obligate themselves to participate in and to 
  1.17  provide financial support for a joint powers agreement to govern 
  1.18  the administration, financing, and operation of the joint 
  1.19  elementary facility during the period when the obligations 
  1.20  issued to finance the joint elementary facility remain 
  1.21  outstanding. 
  1.22     Subd. 3.  [LEASING LEVY.] Notwithstanding any contrary 
  1.23  provision of Minnesota Statutes, section 124.91, each district 
  1.24  annually may levy the amount necessary to pay its proportionate 
  1.25  share of its obligations under the lease or a lease with option 
  1.26  to purchase agreement for the joint elementary facility during 
  2.1   the term of that agreement.  The agreement is not required to 
  2.2   include a nonappropriation clause on the part of the districts.  
  2.3   An election is not required in connection with the execution of 
  2.4   the lease or lease with option to purchase agreement and the 
  2.5   obligation created by the agreement does not constitute debt and 
  2.6   must not be included in the calculation of net debt for any of 
  2.7   the districts. 
  2.8      Subd. 4.  [FACILITY BELONGS TO EACH DISTRICT; 
  2.9   ENROLLMENT.] The joint elementary facility shall be considered a 
  2.10  facility of each of the three districts and students attending 
  2.11  the facility from the three districts shall be treated for all 
  2.12  purposes as resident pupils attending a school in their home 
  2.13  district. 
  2.14     Subd. 5.  [KINDERGARTEN.] The joint elementary facility 
  2.15  shall offer an all-day, five-day kindergarten in conjunction 
  2.16  with the year-round school option of its comprehensive education 
  2.17  program.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 124.17, 
  2.18  pupils enrolled in these all-day, five-day programs at the joint 
  2.19  elementary facility shall be counted the same as pupils enrolled 
  2.20  in grades 1 to 6 for pupil unit purposes. 
  2.21     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.22     Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.] The sums 
  2.23  indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund 
  2.24  to the department of education for the fiscal years designated. 
  2.25     Subd. 2.  [PLANNING, DESIGN, PROGRAM INTEGRATION, AND 
  2.26  IMPLEMENTATION EXPENSES GRANT.] For a grant to offset 
  2.27  extraordinary planning, design, program integration, and 
  2.28  implementation expenses incurred prior to the time the joint 
  2.29  elementary facility in section 1 becomes operational: 
  2.30        $.......      .......      1996 
  2.31     This appropriation is available until June 30, 1997. 
  2.32     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.33     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.