Minnesota Legislature
HF 2433
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/17/2025 03:00pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; making changes to kindergarten through grade 12
education; providing funding for prekindergarten through grade 12 education;
modifying provisions for general education, education excellence, American Indian
education, teachers, special education, facilities, school nutrition, libraries, early
childhood, community education, and state agencies; making forecast adjustments;
requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
122A.414, by adding a subdivision; 122A.4144; 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 4;
122A.63, subdivision 9; 122A.635; 122A.70, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 5a, 6, by adding
a subdivision; 123B.84; 123B.86, subdivisions 1, 3; 123B.87; 123B.92, subdivision
1; 124D.111, subdivision 3; 124D.119, subdivision 1; 124D.83, subdivision 2;
124D.861, subdivision 4; 124D.862, subdivisions 1, 8; 124D.901, subdivisions 3,
4; 124D.98, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 125A.76, subdivision 2a;
126C.05, subdivision 3; 126C.10, subdivisions 3, 3c; 126C.40, subdivision 1, by
adding a subdivision; 127A.45, subdivision 14; Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4,
subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20,
subdivisions 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 17, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter
55, article 1, sections 36, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended,
5, as amended, 7, as amended, 9, as amended; 37; article 2, section 64, subdivisions
2, as amended, 6, as amended, 23, as amended; article 5, section 64, subdivisions
3, as amended, 14, as amended, 15, as amended; article 7, section 18, subdivisions
2, as amended, 4, as amended, 7, as amended; article 8, section 19, subdivision 6,
as amended; article 9, section 18, subdivisions 4, as amended, 8, as amended;
article 11, section 11, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 5, as amended,
10, as amended; article 12, sections 17, subdivision 2, as amended; 19; Laws 2023,
chapter 63, article 9, section 8; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 22, section 3;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.414, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a,
5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 15, 16; 122A.4144; 122A.415, subdivisions
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 122A.4155; 122A.416; 122A.417; 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions
2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46;
123B.47; 123B.48; 123B.86, subdivision 2; 123B.92, subdivision 9; 124D.98,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL EDUCATION
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.84, is amended to read:
123B.84 POLICY.
In districts where the state provides aids for transportation it is in the public interest to
provide equality of treatment in transportingnew text begin publicnew text end school children of the state who are
required to attend elementary and secondary schools pursuant to chapter 120A, so that the
health, welfare and safety of the children, while using the public highways of the state, shall
be protected.
School children attending anynew text begin publicnew text end schools, complying with section 120A.22, are
therefore entitled to the same rights and privileges relating to transportation.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
General provisions.
A district shall provide equal transportation within
the district for allnew text begin publicnew text end school children to anynew text begin publicnew text end school when transportation is deemed
necessary by the school board because of distance or traffic condition in like manner and
form as provided in sections 123B.88 and 123B.92, when applicable.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.86, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Board control.
(a) When transportation is provided, the scheduling of routes,
manner and method of transportation, control and discipline of school children and any
other matter relating thereto shall be within the sole discretion, control and management of
the board.
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(b) A school board and a nonpublic school may mutually agree to a written plan for the
board to provide nonpublic pupil transportation to nonpublic school students.
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(c) A school board that provides pupil transportation through the school's employees
may transport nonpublic school students according to the plan and retain the nonpublic
pupil transportation aid attributable to that plan. A nonpublic school may make a payment
to the school district to cover additional transportation services agreed to in the written plan
for nonpublic pupil transportation services not required under sections 123B.84 to 123B.87.
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deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end A school board that contracts for pupil transportation services may enter into a
contractual arrangement with a school bus contractor according to the written plan adopted
by the school board deleted text begin and the nonpublic school to transport nonpublic school students and
retain the nonpublic pupil transportation aid attributable to that plan for the purposes of
paying the school bus contractor. A nonpublic school may make a payment to the school
district to cover additional transportation services agreed to in the written plan for nonpublic
pupil transportation services included in the contract that are not required under sections
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(e) The school district must report the number of nonpublic school students transported
and the nonpublic pupil transportation expenditures incurred under paragraph (b) in the
form and manner specified by the commissioner.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.87, is amended to read:
123B.87 FUNDS AND AIDS.
Subdivision 1.
State aid.
State aids made available or appropriated shall be for the equal
benefit of allnew text begin publicnew text end school children, and be disbursed in such manner as determined by the
board.
Subd. 2.
Boards may expend money.
The board of any district may expend any moneys
in its treasury, whether received from state or any other source for the purpose of providing
equal transportation treatment of allnew text begin publicnew text end school children attending school.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For purposes of this section and section 125A.76, the terms
defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.
(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation
categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of:
(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph
(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus
(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet and
mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for districts
operating a program under section 124D.128 for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district
and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus
(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles, as
defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71, which must be used a majority of the time for
pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20 percent per
year of the cost of the type three school buses by:
(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined
in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause
(2).
(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to
pupils as follows:
(1) "Regular transportation" is:
(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident elementary
pupils residing one mile or more from the public deleted text begin or nonpublicdeleted text end school they attend, and
resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public deleted text begin or nonpublicdeleted text end school
they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation;
deleted text begin but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to the extent
permitted by sections 123B.84 to 123B.87deleted text end ;
(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;
(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between the
pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if the
home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;
(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident pupils
of a district without a secondary school;
(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance area
border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils when
the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or more,
excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation; and
(vi) transportation of pregnant or parenting pupils to and from a program that was
established on or before January 1, 2018, or that is in operation on or after July 1, 2021,
that provides:
(A) academic instruction;
(B) at least four hours per week of parenting instruction; and
(C) high-quality child care on site during the education day with the capacity to serve
all children of enrolled pupils.
For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility,
school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the residence of
a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school program
for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil for part
or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility, residence,
or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.
(2) "Excess transportation" is:
(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident secondary
pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public deleted text begin or nonpublicdeleted text end school
they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less than one
mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary
traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and
(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area
border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school they
attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border to the
school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service
school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.
(3) "Desegregation transportation" is transportation within and outside of the district
during the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal
attendance areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under
court order.
(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:
(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular school
bus between home or a respite care facility and school;
(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to
other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals,
and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 125A.03 to
125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided, within or outside the district
where services are provided;
(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections
125A.12, and 125A.26 to 125A.48;
(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special classes;
(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident
pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation
required by sections 125A.18, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, for resident pupils with disabilities
who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident pupils
are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools or
neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program for
children with a disability;
(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging
facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;
(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus equipped
with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section 504 plan;
and
(viii) services described in items (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities
in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized
education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under section
124D.128.
For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the cost
of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of
transporting a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision
30, a student placed in a family foster home as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision
16b, a homeless student in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless
student from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through
the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased
after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated
according to paragraph (a), items (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled
transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil
transported in the regular and excess transportation categories according to paragraph (a).
For purposes of subitem (A), a school district may transport a child who does not have a
school of origin to the same school attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless
or in a shelter care facility.
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(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:
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(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident
pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation
for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);
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(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public
school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services
pursuant to section 123B.44; and
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(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for
nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.
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(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational
programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services, and
health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral site as
defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13.
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Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Compensation revenue pupil units.
Compensation revenue pupil units must
be computed according to this subdivision.
(a) The compensation revenue concentration percentage for each building in a district
equals the product of 100 times the ratio of:
(1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free meals
plus one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the
previous fiscal year; to
(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the building on October 1 of the previous fiscal
year.
(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.
(c) The compensation revenue pupil units for a building equals the product of:
(1) the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the building eligible to receive free meals
and one-half of the pupils eligible to receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the
previous fiscal year; times
(2) the compensation revenue pupil weighting factor for the building; times
(3) .60.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (c), for voluntary prekindergarten programs under
section 142D.08, charter schools, and contracted alternative programs in the first year of
operation, compensation revenue pupil units shall be computed using data for the current
fiscal year. If the voluntary prekindergarten program, charter school, or contracted alternative
program begins operation after October 1, compensatory revenue pupil units shall be
computed based on pupils enrolled on an alternate date determined by the commissioner,
and the compensation revenue pupil units shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number
of days of student instruction to 170 days.
(e) The percentages in this subdivision must be based on the count of individual pupils
and not on a building average or minimum.
(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), for revenue in fiscal year 2025 only, the
compensation revenue pupil units for each building in a district equals the greater of the
building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to paragraphs (a)
to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2025, or the building's actual compensation revenue pupil
units computed according to paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2024.
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(g) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), for revenue in fiscal year 2026 only, the
compensation revenue pupil units for each building in a district equals the greater of the
building's actual compensation revenue pupil units computed according to paragraphs (a)
to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2026, or the building's actual compensation revenue pupil
units computed according to paragraphs (a) to (e) for revenue in fiscal year 2024.
new text end
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Compensatory education revenue.
(a) A district's compensatory revenue
equals the sum of its compensatory revenue for each building in the district and the amounts
designated under Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision
8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall be paid to the district and must be allocated according
to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.
(b) For fiscal years 2024 deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end 2025,new text begin and 2026,new text end the compensatory education revenue for
each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 times the compensation
revenue pupil units computed according to section 126C.05, subdivision 3.
(c) For fiscal year deleted text begin 2026deleted text end new text begin 2027new text end and later, the compensatory education revenue for each
building in the district equals its compensatory pupils multiplied by the building
compensatory allowance.
(d) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69
changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory 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.
(e) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the start of
a school year, the compensatory 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.
(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2026, if the sum of the amounts
calculated under paragraph (c) is less than $838,947,000, the commissioner must
proportionately increase the revenue to each building until the total statewide revenue
calculated for each building equals $838,947,000.
(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2027 and later, if the sum of the
amounts calculated under paragraph (c) is less than $857,152,000, the commissioner must
proportionately increase the revenue to each building until the total statewide revenue
calculated for each building equals $857,152,000.
Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
Subd. 3c.
Statewide compensatory allowance.
For fiscal year deleted text begin 2026deleted text end new text begin 2027new text end , the statewide
compensatory allowance is deleted text begin $6,734deleted text end new text begin $6,904new text end . For fiscal year deleted text begin 2027deleted text end new text begin 2028new text end and later, the statewide
compensatory allowance equals the statewide compensatory allowance in effect for the
prior fiscal year times the ratio of the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision
2, for the current fiscal year to the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision
2, for the prior fiscal year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Sec. 9.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.45, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
Subd. 14.
Nonpublic aids.
The state shall pay aid according to sections 123B.40 to
123B.48 for pupils attending nonpublic schools as follows:
(1) an advance payment by November 30 equal to the current year aid payment percentage
of the estimated entitlement for the current fiscal year; and
(2) a final payment by October 31 of the following fiscal year, adjusted for actual data.
If a payment advance to meet cash flow needs is requested by a district and approved
by the commissioner, the state shall pay nonpublic pupil transportation aid according to
section 123B.92 by October 31.new text begin Beginning in fiscal year 2026 and later, no payments will
be made under this subdivision. No amounts remaining from the fiscal year 2025 entitlement
may be paid after June 30, 2025.
new text end
Sec. 10.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 37, the effective date, is amended to
read:
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Paragraph (a) is effective for revenue for fiscal year deleted text begin 2026deleted text end new text begin 2027new text end .
Paragraph (b) is effective May 28, 2023. Paragraph (c) is effective the day following final
enactment.
Sec. 11. new text begin COMPENSATORY REVENUE WORKING GROUP.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Compensatory revenue working group established. new text end
new text begin
A compensatory
revenue working group of ten members is established to examine compensatory revenue
formula options and make a recommendation to the commissioner of education.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Membership and appointments. new text end
new text begin
(a) Appointed members of the working group
must meet one or more of the following qualifications:
new text end
new text begin
(1) professional experience in kindergarten through grade 12 education funding support
for Minnesota Local Education Agencies;
new text end
new text begin
(2) professional experience in areas related to equity in education;
new text end
new text begin
(3) hold a current Minnesota superintendent's license;
new text end
new text begin
(4) professional experience working with the current compensatory revenue funding
components;
new text end
new text begin
(5) national recognition in demographic and economic trends and student well-being;
new text end
new text begin
(6) demonstrated development of education funding formula in rural districts;
new text end
new text begin
(7) demonstrated development of education funding formula in metropolitan districts;
new text end
new text begin
(8) professional experience working with advocacy organizations that address issues
related to hunger and low-income students; or
new text end
new text begin
(9) professional experience representing an educators union.
new text end
new text begin
(b) Working group members must be appointed by the commissioner of education no
later than September 15, 2025. The first meeting of the working group must be convened
by the commissioner of education no later than October 1, 2025. Members of the working
group are eligible for per diem compensation in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
15.059, subdivision 3.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The Department of Education must provide staff, technical assistance, and
organizational support for the working group. The Department of Children, Youth, and
Families; the Department of Human Services; and Minnesota Management and Budget may
provide staff, technical assistance, and organizational support for the working group.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Duties. new text end
new text begin
The working group must review compensatory revenue formula models
presented by the Department of Education. The working group must evaluate formula
components and projected outcomes of compensatory revenue distribution. The working
group must make a final recommendation for the compensatory revenue formula to the
commissioner of education by February 15, 2026.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Report; expiration. new text end
new text begin
(a) The commissioner of education must report findings
of the working group and recommendations for a compensatory revenue funding formula
to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over education finance by February 28, 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(b) The working group expires February 28, 2026, or upon submission of the report
required under paragraph (a), whichever is earlier.
new text end
Sec. 12. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin General education aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
8,456,343,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
8,658,266,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $782,979,000 for 2025 and $7,673,364,000 for
2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $801,424,000 for 2026 and $7,856,842,000 for
2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Enrollment options transportation. new text end
new text begin
For transportation of pupils attending
postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation
of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
25,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
27,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Abatement aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
127A.49:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,952,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,201,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $140,000 for 2025 and $1,812,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $201,000 for 2026 and $2,000,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Consolidation transition aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.485:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
270,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
165,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $270,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $30,000 for 2026 and $135,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin One-room schoolhouse. new text end
new text begin
(a) For aid to Independent School District No. 690,
Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
65,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
65,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Career and technical aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
531,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
391,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $85,000 for 2025 and $446,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2026 and $342,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 8. new text end
new text begin Pregnant and parenting pupil transportation reimbursement. new text end
new text begin
(a) To
reimburse districts for transporting pregnant or parenting pupils under Minnesota Statutes,
section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi):
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
55,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
55,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) To receive reimbursement, districts must apply in the form and manner prescribed
by the commissioner. If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must prorate
the amount paid to districts seeking reimbursement.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 9. new text end
new text begin Career and technical education consortium. new text end
new text begin
(a) To the Minnesota Service
Cooperatives for career and technical education consortium grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.4536:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) If the appropriation in fiscal year 2026 is insufficient, the appropriation in fiscal year
2027 is available.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 10. new text end
new text begin Emergency medical training. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to offer high school students
courses in emergency medical services:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) A school district, charter school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply for a grant under this section
to offer enrolled students emergency medical services courses approved by the Minnesota
Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board to prepare students to take the emergency
medical technician certification test, including an emergency medical services course that
is a prerequisite to an emergency medical technician course.
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(c) A grant recipient may use grant funds to partner with a district, charter school,
cooperative unit, postsecondary institution, political subdivision, or entity with expertise in
emergency medical services, including health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and
health care providers to offer an emergency medical services course.
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(d) Eligible uses of grant funds include teacher salaries, transportation, equipment costs,
emergency medical technician certification test fees, and student background checks.
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(e) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award at least half of the grant
funds to applicants outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least 30 percent
of the grant funds to applicants with high concentrations of students of color.
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(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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(g) Up to $50,000 each year is available for grant administration.
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new text begin Subd. 11. new text end
new text begin Area learning center transportation aid. new text end
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(a) For area learning center
transportation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 11:
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$ new text end |
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1,000,000 new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,000,000 new text end |
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2027 new text end |
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(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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(c) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.
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new text begin Subd. 12. new text end
new text begin Unemployment aid for hourly workers over the summer term. new text end
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(a) For
unemployment aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995:
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$ new text end |
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30,000,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.995.
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(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
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new text begin Subd. 13. new text end
new text begin Compensatory revenue work group. new text end
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(a) To administer the compensatory
revenue work group:
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$ new text end |
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94,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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(b) This is a onetime appropriation.
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(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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Sec. 13. new text begin REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
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The revisor of statutes must substitute the term "district, charter school, or Tribal school"
for "district," "school district," "district or charter school," or "school district or charter
school"; the term "district, charter school, and Tribal school" for "district and charter school"
or "school district and charter school"; and similar singular or plural phrases wherever the
terms appear in Minnesota Statutes for any statutorily named competitive grant program in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A to 129C, or a competitive grant program in Laws 2023,
chapter 55, or Laws 2024, chapter 115, whose eligible grantees include school districts and
charter schools, to name Tribal contract schools as eligible grantees. The revisor may also
make any grammatical changes needed related to the change in terms.
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Sec. 14. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7,
8, 12, 14, and 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46; 123B.47; 123B.48;
123B.86, subdivision 2; and 123B.92, subdivision 9,
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are repealed.
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ARTICLE 2
EDUCATION EXCELLENCE
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.861, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Timeline and implementation.
A board must approve its plan and submit it
to the department by March 15. If a district that is part of a multidistrict council applies for
revenue for a plan, the individual district shall not receive revenue unless it ratifies the plan
adopted by the multidistrict council. Each plan has a term of three years. deleted text begin For the 2014-2015
school year, an eligible district under this section must submit its plan to the commissioner
for review by March 15, 2014. For the 2013-2014 school year only, an eligible district may
continue to implement its current plan until the commissioner approves a new plan under
this section.deleted text end new text begin Progress reports identified in subdivision 3 must be submitted to the
commissioner of education by October 15 annually.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.862, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Initial achievement and integration revenue.
(a) An eligible district's
initial achievement and integration revenue equals the lesser of 100.3 percent of the district's
expenditures under the budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861,
subdivision 3, paragraph (c), excluding expenditures used to generate incentive revenue
under subdivision 2, or the sum of (1) $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that
year times the ratio of the district's enrollment of protected students for the previous school
year to total enrollment for the previous school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent
of the difference between the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the
district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2014 under clause (1).
(b) In each year, an amount equal to deleted text begin 0.3deleted text end new text begin 1.3new text end percent of each district's initial achievement
and integration revenue for the second prior fiscal year is transferred to the department for
the oversight and accountability activities required under this section and section 124D.861.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.862, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8.
Commissioner authority to withhold revenue.
(a) The commissioner must
review the results of each district's integration and achievement plan by deleted text begin Augustdeleted text end new text begin Januarynew text end 1
at the end of the third year of implementing the plan and determine if the district met its
goals.
(b) If a district met its goals, it may submit a new three-year plan to the commissioner
for review.
(c) If a district has not met its goals, the commissioner must:
(1) guide the district in the development of an improvement plan and timeline that
identifies strategies and practices designed to meet the district's goals under this section and
section 120B.11; and
(2) new text begin direct the district to new text end use up to 20 percent of the district's integration revenue, until
the district's goals are reached, to implement the improvement plan.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Literacy incentive aid uses.
A school district must use its literacy incentive
aid to support implementation of evidence-based reading instruction. The following are
eligible uses of literacy incentive aid:
(1) training for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers, early childhood educators, special
education teachers, reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten
through grade 12, curriculum directors, and instructional support staff that provide reading
instruction, on using new text begin approved new text end evidence-based screening and progress monitoring tools;
(2) evidence-based training using a training program approved by the Department of
Education under the Read Act;
(3) employing or contracting with a literacy lead, as defined in section 120B.119;
(4) employing an intervention specialist;
(5) approved screeners, materials, training, and ongoing coaching to ensure reading
interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1, are evidence-based;
(6) costs of substitute teachers to allow teachers to complete required training during
the teachers' contract day; and
(7) stipends for teachers completing training required under section 120B.12.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Literacy incentive aid revenue. new text end
new text begin
A district's literacy incentive aid revenue
equals the district's literacy incentive aid allowance multiplied by the district's average daily
membership for kindergarten through grade four for the previous fiscal year.
new text end
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Statewide literacy incentive aid allowance. new text end
new text begin
The statewide literacy incentive
aid allowance is $347.27 for fiscal year 2026, $351.30 for fiscal year 2027, $348.45 for
fiscal year 2028, and $348.54 for fiscal years 2029 and later.
new text end
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 8. new text end
new text begin Definitions. new text end
new text begin
For the purposes of literacy incentive aid revenue and allowance
under subdivisions 6 and 7, the following terms have the meanings given:
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(1) "poverty concentration factor" means the ratio of: (i) the sum of the number of pupils
enrolled in the district eligible to receive free meals, plus one-half of the pupils eligible to
receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the previous fiscal year; to (ii) the number
of pupils enrolled in the district on October 1 of the previous fiscal year; and
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new text begin
(2) "district literacy incentive aid allowance" means a district's poverty concentration
factor multiplied by the statewide literacy incentive aid allowance.
new text end
Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 9. new text end
new text begin Free and reduced-price meals. new text end
new text begin
The commissioner shall determine the number
of children eligible to receive either a free or reduced-price meal on October 1 each year
by means of direct certification or through the application of educational benefits. Children
enrolled in a district on October 1 and determined to be eligible to receive free or
reduced-price meals by December 15 of that school year shall be counted as eligible on
October 1 for purposes of subdivision 8. The commissioner may use federal definitions for
these purposes and may adjust these definitions as appropriate. The commissioner may
adopt reporting guidelines to assure accuracy of data counts and eligibility. Districts shall
use any guidelines adopted by the commissioner.
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Sec. 9. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Achievement and integration aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For achievement and integration aid
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:
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$ new text end |
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85,153,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
84,996,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,431,000 for 2025 and $76,722,000 for 2026.
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(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,525,000 for 2026 and $76,471,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Charter school building lease aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124E.22:
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$ new text end |
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96,733,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
99,829,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $9,400,000 for 2025 and $87,333,000 for 2026.
new text end
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(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $9,703,000 for 2026 and $90,126,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin College entrance examination reimbursement. new text end
new text begin
(a) To reimburse districts for
the costs of college entrance examination fees for students who are eligible for free or
reduced-price meals who take the ACT or SAT test under Minnesota Statutes, section
120B.30, subdivision 16:
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,011,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,011,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin COMPASS and MTSS. new text end
new text begin
(a) To support the development and implementation
of the MTSS framework and the Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student
Success (COMPASS) school improvement model:
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$ new text end |
new text begin
13,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
13,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is to support implementation of MTSS and
COMPASS. Funds must be used to support increased capacity at the Department of Education
and the Minnesota service cooperatives for implementation supports.
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(c) Of this amount, $5,000,000 each year is reserved for grants to school districts, charter
schools, Tribal contract schools, and cooperative units as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section 123A.24, subdivision 2, for implementation of MTSS, including: hiring local MTSS
coordinators; deferring costs for personnel to participate in cohort activities and professional
learning; and piloting the Department of Education One Plan, the consolidation of multiple
reporting structures to streamline various applications, reports, and submissions by school
districts and charter schools. Up to five percent of this amount is available for program and
grant administration.
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(d) Of this amount, $3,000,000 each year must be used to develop a regional network
focusing on mathematics to provide dedicated mathematics trainers and coaches to train
regional support staff from the Minnesota service cooperatives and to support school leaders
and teachers to implement evidence-based instructional strategies in mathematics. Funds
may also be used to host an annual mathematics standards-based instructional institute.
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(e) Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the University of Minnesota Center for
Applied Research and Educational Improvement to support implementation and evaluation
of the MTSS framework.
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(f) Support for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units under this
subdivision may include but is not limited to:
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(1) partnering with the Minnesota Service Cooperatives to support districts in
implementing COMPASS to support schools in the areas of literacy, math, social-emotional
learning, and mental health using the MTSS framework;
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new text begin
(2) providing support to districts and charter schools identified under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.11;
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new text begin
(3) providing support to districts and charter schools to streamline various applications,
reports, and submissions to the Department of Education through One Plan;
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(4) providing training, guidance, and implementation resources for MTSS, including a
universal screening process approved by the Department of Education to identify students
who may be at risk of experiencing academic, behavioral, and social-emotional development
difficulties;
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(5) providing guidance to convene school-based teams to analyze data provided by
screenings and resources for related identification, instruction, and intervention methods;
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(6) dyslexia screening and interventions that are evidence-based;
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new text begin
(7) requiring school districts and charter schools to provide parents of students identified
in screenings with notice of screening findings and related support information;
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new text begin
(8) requiring districts and charter schools to provide at-risk students with interventions
and to monitor the effectiveness of these interventions and student progress; and
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(9) developing and annually reporting findings regarding the implementation of MTSS.
new text end
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(g) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Computer science education advancement. new text end
new text begin
(a) For computer science
advancement:
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$ new text end |
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500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
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(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for the computer science supervisor.
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(c) Eligible uses of the appropriation include expenses related to the implementation of
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 61, and expenses related to the development,
advancement, and promotion of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science education.
new text end
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(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Concurrent enrollment aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For concurrent enrollment aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.091:
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$ new text end |
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4,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
4,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
the aid payment to each school district.
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new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 8. new text end
new text begin Ethnic studies community consultation. new text end
new text begin
To consult with community members
throughout Minnesota on the development of ethnic studies curricula, resources, and
implementation support:
new text end
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 9. new text end
new text begin Ethnic studies school grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For competitive grants to school districts,
charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to develop, evaluate, and implement ethnic
studies courses:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
700,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
700,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The commissioner must consult with the Ethnic Studies Working Group to develop
criteria for the grants.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 10. new text end
new text begin Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. new text end
new text begin
(a) For students'
advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota
Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and for training and related costs for teachers and
other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:
new text end
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
4,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
4,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each
year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation
each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement
and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory
Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts
of the expenditures each year for examination fees, training, and support programs for each
program.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000
each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up
support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate
programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or
international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The
commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
new text end
new text begin
(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income
families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent funds
are available, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced placement
examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
new text end
new text begin
(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 11. new text end
new text begin Full-service community schools. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to plan or expand the
full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
new text end
new text begin
(1) current grant recipients under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231;
new text end
new text begin
(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act;
and
new text end
new text begin
(3) any other applicants.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 12. new text end
new text begin
Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course
offerings.
new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students
to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
250,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
250,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must distribute grant funds equitably
among geographic areas in the state, including to schools located in greater Minnesota and
in the seven-county metropolitan area.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Up to ten percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and
monitoring.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 13. new text end
new text begin
Implementation of education on the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous
Peoples, and other genocides.
new text end
new text begin
For implementation of requirements for education on the
Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.252:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
75,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
75,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 14. new text end
new text begin Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. new text end
new text begin
For
interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.87:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
18,161,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
20,088,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 15. new text end
new text begin Literacy incentive aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.98:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
40,616,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
40,890,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $4,057,000 for 2025 and $36,559,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $4,062,000 for 2026 and $36,828,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 16. new text end
new text begin Minnesota Center for the Book programming. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to the entity
designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide
statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional
programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
200,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
200,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 17. new text end
new text begin Minnesota Independence College and Community. new text end
new text begin
(a) For transfer to the
Office of Higher Education for grants to Minnesota Independence College and Community
for tuition reduction and institutional support:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
625,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
625,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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(c) By January 15 of each year, Minnesota Independence College and Community must
submit a report detailing expenditures, activities, and outcomes to the commissioner and
the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
over kindergarten through grade 12 education.
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new text begin Subd. 18. new text end
new text begin Minnesota math corps. new text end
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(a) For the Minnesota math corps program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:
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$ new text end |
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1,000,000 new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,000,000 new text end |
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(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Minnesota Principals Academy. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to the University of Minnesota
College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals
Academy:
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$ new text end |
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200,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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200,000 new text end |
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(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals
and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability
system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the
extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000
of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by
principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's
accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds
Act.
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(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 20. new text end
new text begin Museums and education centers. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to museums and education
centers:
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$ new text end |
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1,791,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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(b) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
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(c) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Rochester.
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(d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
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(e) $100,000 each year is for The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis.
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(f) $60,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
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(g) $100,000 each year is for The Works Museum, Bloomington.
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(h) $100,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.
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(i) $100,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.
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(j) $100,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.
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(k) $100,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.
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(l) $100,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.
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(m) $110,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.
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(n) $110,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.
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(o) $110,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.
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(p) $110,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.
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(q) A recipient of a grant under this subdivision must use the funds to encourage and
increase access for historically underserved communities.
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(r) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
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(s) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 21. new text end
new text begin Nonexclusionary discipline. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to school districts and charter
schools to provide training for school staff on nonexclusionary disciplinary practices:
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$ new text end |
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$ new text end |
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(b) Grants must be used to develop training and to work with schools to train staff on
nonexclusionary disciplinary practices that maintain the respect, trust, and attention of
students and help keep students in classrooms. These funds may also be used for grant
administration.
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(c) Eligible grantees include school districts, charter schools, Tribal charter schools,
intermediate school districts, and cooperative units as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision
2.
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(d) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
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(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 22. new text end
new text begin P-TECH schools. new text end
new text begin
(a) For P-TECH implementation grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5:
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$ new text end |
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791,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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791,000 new text end |
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(b) The amount in paragraph (a) is for a grant to a public-private partnership that includes
Independent School District No. 535, Rochester.
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(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, the department
may retain money from this appropriation for administrative costs under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.093, subdivision 5.
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(d) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
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(e) The department may award start-up and mentoring and technical assistance grants
beginning in fiscal year 2026. Of the amount in fiscal year 2026, at least $500,000 is for a
support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No.
535, Rochester. Of the amount in fiscal year 2027, at least $250,000 is for a support grant
to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 535, Rochester.
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new text begin Subd. 23. new text end
new text begin Paraprofessional training. new text end
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(a) For compensation associated with paid
orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes,
section 121A.642:
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$ new text end |
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8,213,000 new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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8,418,000 new text end |
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(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $803,000 for 2025 and $7,410,000 for 2026.
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(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $823,000 for 2026 and $7,595,000 for 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 24. new text end
new text begin Recovery program grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For recovery program grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.695:
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$ new text end |
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750,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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750,000 new text end |
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2027 new text end |
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(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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(c) Up to ten percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and
monitoring.
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new text begin Sanneh Foundation. new text end
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(a) For grants to the Sanneh Foundation:
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$ new text end |
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1,500,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,500,000 new text end |
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(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
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(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 26. new text end
new text begin ServeMinnesota program. new text end
new text begin
(a) For funding ServeMinnesota programs under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:
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$ new text end |
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900,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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(b) A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents
of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such
coverage is not otherwise available.
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(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 27. new text end
new text begin Starbase MN. new text end
new text begin
(a) For a grant to Starbase MN for a rigorous science,
technology, engineering, and math program providing students in grades 4 through 6 with
a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace environment
using state-of-the-art technology:
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$ new text end |
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500,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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500,000 new text end |
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(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 28. new text end
new text begin Statewide testing and reporting system. new text end
new text begin
(a) For the statewide testing and
reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, sections 120B.302 and 120B.305:
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$ new text end |
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10,892,000 new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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10,892,000 new text end |
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(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Student organizations. new text end
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(a) For student organizations:
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$ new text end |
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1,084,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,084,000 new text end |
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(b) $68,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
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new text begin
(c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations
(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
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new text begin
(d) $122,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA,
secondary and postsecondary).
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(e) $322,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations (FFA,
PAS).
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new text begin
(f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science
occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and
31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than
grade 9.
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(g) $202,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations (DECA
and DECA collegiate).
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new text begin
(h) $85,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations. Of
this amount, $30,000 each year must be used for direct support of underserved and special
student populations.
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(i) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin Subd. 30. new text end
new text begin Read Act professional development. new text end
new text begin
(a) For evidence-based training on
structured literacy for teachers working in school districts, charter schools, and service
cooperatives:
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$ new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $6,500,000 each year is for the regional literacy
networks and $1,250,000 each year is for statewide training. The department must use the
funding to develop a data collection system to: (1) collect and analyze the submission of
the local literacy plans and student-level universal screening data; (2) establish the regional
literacy networks as a partnership between the department and the Minnesota service
cooperatives; and (3) administer statewide training based in structured literacy to be offered
free to school districts and charter schools and facilitated by the regional literacy networks
and the department. The regional literacy networks must focus on implementing
comprehensive literacy reform efforts based on structured literacy. Each regional literacy
network must maintain a literacy lead position and maintain a team of trained literacy
coaches to facilitate evidence-based structured literacy training opportunities and ongoing
supports to school districts and charter schools in each region. Funds may be used to provide
training in structured literacy to grade 4 and 5 classroom teachers and literacy professors
from Minnesota institutions of higher education.
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(c) The commissioner must report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
kindergarten through grade 12 education the number of teachers from each district who
received approved structured literacy training using funds under this subdivision, and the
amounts awarded to districts, charter schools, or service cooperatives.
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(d) The regional literacy networks and staff from the Department of Education must
provide ongoing support to school districts, charter schools, and service cooperatives
implementing evidence-based literacy instruction.
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new text begin Subd. 31. new text end
new text begin Department literacy specialist. new text end
new text begin
For a full-time literacy specialist at the
Department of Education:
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$ new text end |
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250,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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250,000 new text end |
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Sec. 10. new text begin REPEALER.
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Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4,
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are repealed.
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ARTICLE 3
TEACHERS
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.414, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 1b. new text end
new text begin Planning year for program closure. new text end
new text begin
(a) School districts, charter schools,
school sites, and cooperative units with an approved alternative teacher professional pay
system may conduct a planning year to make arrangements for the closure of the alternative
teacher professional pay system program. During the year of planning for program closure,
a local program may use up to ten percent of alternative compensation revenue for transition
planning activities, including but not limited to stipends for employees or community
members working on transition planning teams, professional development for staff to learn
about the transition, or communications during the planning year. Following the planning
year, programs must distribute remaining reserved amounts equally among current teaching
staff.
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(b) A program conducting a planning year for program closure must continue to
implement all alternative compensation program activities required under this section during
the planning year. Payment to teachers for earned performance pay must continue, even if
payments cannot be made until the following fiscal year.
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(c) The goal of the planning year for program closure is to update local teacher
development and evaluation activities to be conducted without alternative compensation
revenue which ends effective June 30, 2026. A program conducting a planning year:
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(1) may immediately make changes to program activities to align with teacher
development and evaluation requirements without first seeking approval from the department,
provided these changes do not conflict with paragraph (b);
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(2) must, where applicable, develop and implement teacher development and evaluation
plans through a joint agreement between the school board and the exclusive representative
of teachers as required under sections 122A.40, subdivision 8, and 122A.41, subdivision
5; and
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(3) is encouraged to participate in department-led activities designed to assist in transition
planning.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.4144, is amended to read:
122A.4144 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS; ALTERNATIVE TEACHER
PAY.
Notwithstanding section 179A.20 or other law to the contrary, a school board and the
exclusive representative of the teachers may agree to reopen a collective bargaining
agreement for the purpose of entering intonew text begin or transitioning out ofnew text end an alternative teacher
professional pay system agreement under sections 122A.414 and 122A.415. Negotiations
for a contract reopened under this section must be limited to issues related to the alternative
teacher professional pay system.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.415, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Revenue amount.
(a) A school district, intermediate school district,
cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, school site, or charter school
that meets the conditions of section 122A.414 and submits an application approved by the
commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation revenue.
(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner
must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by a district
and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain an alternative
teacher professional pay system agreement that:
(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with section
122A.414; and
(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations Act
under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 179A.20, subdivision 3, a district
may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years.
Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site in which
the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place teachers in
the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay system equals $260new text begin for
fiscal year 2026, and $0 for fiscal year 2027 and laternew text end times the number of pupils enrolled
at the district or site on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. Alternative teacher
compensation revenue for a qualifying intermediate school district or cooperative must be
calculated under subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed using
the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts entering into
the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue computed for
a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings, school openings,
or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current year.
(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts,
cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher
professional pay system by October 1 of the current school year.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.415, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.
(a) The basic alternative teacher
compensation aid for a school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision
2b, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under subdivision 1.
The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with a plan approved
under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, equals $260new text begin for fiscal year 2026, and $0
for fiscal year 2027 and laternew text end times the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October
1 of the previous year, or on October 1 of the current year for a charter school in the first
year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and
alternative teacher compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum
alternative teacher compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative
teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $88,118,000 for fiscal year 2023;
$88,461,000 for fiscal year 2024; $88,961,000 for fiscal year 2025; deleted text begin anddeleted text end $89,486,000 for
fiscal year 2026new text begin ; and $0 for fiscal year 2027new text end and later. The commissioner must limit the
amount of alternative teacher compensation aid approved under this section so as not to
exceed these limits by not approving new participants or by prorating the aid among
participating districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter schools. The
commissioner may also reallocate a portion of the allowable aid for the biennium from the
second year to the first year to meet the needs of approved participants.
(c) Basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate district or other
cooperative unit equals $3,000new text begin for fiscal year 2026, and $0 for fiscal year 2027 and laternew text end
times the number of licensed teachers employed by the intermediate district or cooperative
unit on October 1 of the previous school year.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.635, is amended to read:
122A.635 COLLABORATIVE URBAN AND GREATER MINNESOTA
EDUCATORS OF COLOR GRANT PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The deleted text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Boarddeleted text end new text begin Department of Educationnew text end must award competitive grants to increase the number of
teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian, complete teacher preparation
programs, and meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 122A.183. Eligibility
for a grant under this section is limited to public or private higher education institutions that
offer a teacher preparation program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board.
Subd. 2.
Competitive grants.
(a) The deleted text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Boarddeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end must award competitive grants to a variety of higher education
institution types under this section. The deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end must require an applicant
institution to submit a plan describing how it would use grant funds to increase the number
of teachers who are of color or who are American Indiandeleted text begin , and must award grants based on
the following criteria, listed in descending order of prioritydeleted text end new text begin . To the extent practicable, the
commissioner must award grants based on the following criterianew text end :
(1) program outcomes, including graduation or program completion rates and licensure
recommendation rates for candidates who are of color or who are American Indian compared
to all candidates enrolled in a teacher preparation program at the institution and, for each
outcome measure, the number of teacher candidates who are of color or who are American
Indian;
(2) the extent to which an institution's plan is clear in describing how the institution
would use grant funds for implementing explicit research-based practices to provide
programmatic support to teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian.
Plans for grant funds may include:
(i) recruiting more racially and ethnically diverse candidates for admission to teacher
preparation programs;
(ii) providing differentiated advising, mentoring, or other supportive community-building
activities in addition to what the institution provides to all candidates enrolled in the
institution;
(iii) providing academic tutoring or support to help teacher candidates pass required
assessments; and
(iv) providing for program staffing expenses;
(3) an institution's plan to provide direct financial assistance as scholarships or stipends
deleted text begin within the allowable dollar range determined by the board under subdivision 3, paragraph
(b),deleted text end to teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indiannew text begin , not to exceed $5,000
per academic year for each candidate. The purpose of direct financial assistance is to provide
cost of attendance financial assistance to candidates matriculating through the licensure
program if they demonstrate financial neednew text end ;
(4) whether the institution has previously received a competitive grant under this section
and has demonstrated positive outcomes from the use of grant funds for efforts helping
teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian to enroll in and successfully
complete teacher preparation programs and be recommended for licensure;
(5) geographic diversity among thenew text begin applicantnew text end institutions. deleted text begin In order to expand the number
of grant recipients throughout the state, whenever there is at least a 20 percent increase in
the base appropriation for this grant program, the board must prioritize awarding grants to
institutions outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. If the board awards a grant based
on the criteria in paragraph (a) to a program that has not previously received funding, the
board must thereafter give priority to the program equivalent to other programs that have
received grants and demonstrated positive outcomesdeleted text end new text begin To the extent there are sufficient
applications, and to the extent practicable, the commissioner must award an equal number
of grants between applicants in greater Minnesota and those in the seven-county metropolitan
areanew text end ; and
(6) the percentage of racially and ethnically diverse teacher candidates enrolled in the
deleted text begin institutiondeleted text end new text begin teacher preparation programnew text end compared todeleted text begin :deleted text end new text begin the aggregate percentage of students
of color and American Indian students enrolled in the institution, regardless of major.
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(i) the aggregate percentage of students of color and American Indian students enrolled
in the institution, regardless of major; and
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(ii) the percentage of underrepresented racially and ethnically diverse teachers in the
economic development region of the state where the institution is located and where a
shortage of diverse teachers exists, as reported under section 122A.091, subdivision 5.
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(b) The deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end must not penalize an applicant institution in the grant review
process for using grant funds only to provide direct financial support to teacher candidates
if that is the institution's priority and the institution uses other resources to provide
programmatic support to candidates.
(c) The deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end must determine award amounts for development,
maintenance, or expansion of programs based only on the degree to which applicants meet
the criteria in this subdivision, the number of candidates who are of color or who are
American Indian supported by an applicant program, and funds available.
(d) deleted text begin The board must determine grant awards in part by multiplying the number of teacher
candidates to be provided direct financial assistance by the average amount the institution
proposes per candidate that is within the allowable dollar range. After assessing an
institution's adherence to grant criteria and funds available, the board may grant an institution
a lower average amount per candidate and the institution may decide to award less per
candidate or provide financial assistance to fewer candidates within the allowable range.
Additionally, an institution may use up to 25 percent of the awarded grant funds to provide
programmatic support as described in paragraph (a), clause (3). If the board does not award
an applicant institution's full request, the board must allow the institution to modify how it
uses grant funds to maximize program outcomes consistent with the requirements of this
section.deleted text end new text begin The commissioner must allow an institution to use up to 25 percent of the awarded
grant funds to provide programmatic support for the teacher candidates receiving financial
support.
new text end
Subd. 3.
Grant program administration.
(a) deleted text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of Higher
Education. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher Education
to help establish and administer the competitive grant process. The board must award grants
to institutions located in various economic development regions throughout the state, butdeleted text end new text begin
The departmentnew text end must not predetermine the number of institutions to be awarded grants
under this section or set a limit for the amount that any one institution may receive as part
of the competitive grant application process.
deleted text begin
(b) The board must establish a standard allowable dollar range for the amount of direct
financial assistance an applicant institution may provide to each candidate. To determine
the range, the board may collect de-identified data from institutions that received a grant
during the previous grant period and calculate the average scholarship amount awarded to
all candidates across all institutions using the most recent fiscal year data available. The
calculation may be used to determine a scholarship range that is no more than 25 percent
of this amount and no less than half the average of this amount. The purpose of direct
financial assistance is to assist candidates matriculating through completing licensure
programs if they demonstrate financial need after considering other grants and scholarships
provided.
deleted text end
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end All grants must be awarded by August 15 of the fiscal year in which the grants
are to be used.new text begin The deadline must be extended if changes to the grant program or
appropriation impact the timeline for grant awards.new text end An institution that receives a grant under
this section may use the grant funds deleted text begin over a two-deleted text end new text begin upnew text end tonew text begin anew text end four-year period to sustain support
for teacher candidates at any stage from recruitment and program admission to graduation
and licensure application.new text begin For grantees who receive multiple awards that overlap in the same
academic years, the maximum combined total of direct financial assistance that an institution
may provide to the same teacher candidate in the same academic year is $10,000.
new text end
Subd. 4.
Report.
(a) By August 15 of each year, an institution awarded a grant under
this section must prepare for the deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end a detailed report regarding the
expenditure of grant funds, including the amounts used to recruit, retain, and support teacher
candidates of color or American Indian teacher candidates to complete programs and be
recommended for licensure. The report must include:
(1) the total number of teacher candidates of color and American Indian teacher candidates
who:
(i) are enrolled in the institution;
(ii) are supported by grant funds with direct financial assistance during the academic
reporting year;
(iii) are supported with other programmatic supports;
(iv) are recruited and newly admitted to a licensure program;
(v) are enrolled in a licensure program;
(vi) have completed a licensure program; and
(vii) were recommended for licensure in the field for which they were prepared;
(2) the total number of teacher candidates of color or American Indian teacher candidates
at each stage from program admission to licensure recommendation as a percentage of all
candidates seeking the same licensure at the institution; and
(3) a brief narrative describing the successes and challenges of efforts proposed in the
grant application to support candidates with grant funds, and lessons learned for future
efforts.
(b) By November 1 of each year, the deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end must post a report on its
website summarizing the activities and outcomes of grant recipients and results that promote
sharing of effective practices and lessons learned among grant recipients.
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Positions transferred. new text end
new text begin
All classified and unclassified positions associated with
the administration of grant programs being transferred to the Department of Education under
this section are transferred with their incumbents in accordance with section 15.039,
subdivision 7, except as otherwise provided in section 122A.07.
new text end
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
deleted text begin Boarddeleted text end Grants.
(a) The deleted text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Boarddeleted text end new text begin
Department of Educationnew text end must make grant application forms available to sites interested in
developing, sustaining, or expanding a mentorship program.
(b) The following deleted text begin applicantsdeleted text end are eligible for a program grant:
(1) a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit, on behalf of its participating
school sites;
(2) a Tribal contract school;
(3) a coalition of teachers; deleted text begin and
deleted text end
new text begin
(4) a higher education institution;
new text end
new text begin
(5) a nonprofit organization;
new text end
new text begin
(6) a professional organization; and
new text end
deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (7)new text end a coalition of two or more applicants that are individually eligible for a grant.
A higher education institutionnew text begin , professional organization,new text end or nonprofit organization deleted text begin maydeleted text end new text begin
mustnew text end partner with deleted text begin an eligible grant applicant but is not eligible as a sole applicant for grant
fundsdeleted text end new text begin a school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Tribal contract school, or coalition
of teachers to apply for a grantnew text end .
(c) The deleted text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in consultation with the
teacher mentoring task force,deleted text end new text begin commissioner of educationnew text end must approve or disapprove the
applications. To the extent possible, the approved applications must reflect effective
mentoring, professional development, and retention components, and be geographically
distributed throughout the state. deleted text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
must encourage the selected sites to consider the use of its assessment procedures.
deleted text end
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Criteria for selection.
(a) deleted text begin At a minimum,deleted text end Applicants for grants under
subdivision 2 must express commitment to:
(1) allow staff participation;
(2) assess skills of both beginning and mentor teachers;
(3) provide appropriate in-service to needs identified in the assessment;
(4) provide leadership to the effort;
(5) cooperate with higher education institutions or teacher educators;
(6) provide facilities and other resources;
(7) share findings, materials, and techniques with other school districts; and
(8) retain teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian.
(b) The deleted text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Boarddeleted text end new text begin commissioner of educationnew text end
must give priority to applications to fund programs to induct, mentor, and retain deleted text begin Tier 2 or
Tier 3deleted text end teachers who are of color or who are American Indiandeleted text begin ,deleted text end and deleted text begin Tier 2 or Tier 3deleted text end teachers
in licensure shortage areas within the applicant's economic development region.
Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Program implementation.
A grant recipient may use grant funds on
implementing activities over a period of time up to 24 months. New and expanding
mentorship sites that receive a deleted text begin boarddeleted text end grant under subdivision 2 to design, develop, implement,
and evaluate their program must participate in activities that support program development
and implementation.
Sec. 9.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
Subd. 5a.
Grant program administration.
The deleted text begin Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Boarddeleted text end new text begin commissioner of educationnew text end may enter into an interagency agreement with
the Office of Higher Education or the deleted text begin Department of Educationdeleted text end new text begin Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Boardnew text end . The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office
of Higher Education or the deleted text begin Department of Educationdeleted text end new text begin Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Boardnew text end to help administer the competitive grant process.
Sec. 10.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Report.
By September 30 of each year after receiving a grant, recipients must
submit a report to deleted text begin the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Boarddeleted text end new text begin the Department
of Educationnew text end on program efforts that describes mentoring and induction activities and
assesses the impact of these programs on teacher effectiveness and retention. The deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin
commissioner of educationnew text end must publish a summary report for the public and submit the
report to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade
12 education policy and finance in accordance with section 3.302 by November 30 of each
new text begin even new text end year.
Sec. 11.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Positions transferred. new text end
new text begin
Classified and unclassified positions associated with
the administration of grant programs being transferred to the Department of Education under
this section are transferred with their incumbents in accordance with section 15.039,
subdivision 7, except as otherwise provided in section 122A.07.
new text end
Sec. 12.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Student support personnel aid.
(a) The initial student support personnel aid
for a school district equals the greater of the student support personnel allowance times the
adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. The initial student
support personnel aid for a charter school equals the greater of the student support personnel
allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the charter school for the current fiscal year or
$20,000. Aid under this paragraph must be reserved in a fund balance that, beginning in
fiscal year 2025, may not exceed the greater of the aid entitlement in the prior fiscal year
or the fund balance in the prior fiscal year.
(b) The cooperative student support personnel aid deleted text begin for a school district that is a memberdeleted text end
of an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit that serves students equals deleted text begin the
greater of the cooperative student support allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the
district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. If a district is a member of more than one
cooperative unit that serves students, the revenue must be allocated among the cooperative
units. Aid under this paragraph must not exceed actual expendituresdeleted text end new text begin the sum of: (1) $100,000;
plus (2) the number of member districts in excess of ten times $10,000. After the amounts
under clauses (1) and (2) are calculated, the remaining available funds are divided in half
to determine (3) a prorated per cooperative site distribution and (4) a prorated adjusted pupil
unit (APU) cooperative distribution in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner
of education. The total aid for distribution in this section is generated by the allowance in
paragraph (d)new text end .
(c) The student support personnel allowance equals $11.94 for fiscal year 2024, $17.08
for fiscal year 2025, and $48.73 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
(d)new text begin For the purposes of this section, "cooperative" includes intermediate districts and
cooperative units serving students.new text end The cooperative student supportnew text begin totalnew text end allowancenew text begin , to be
distributed to eligible cooperatives directly, calculated in paragraph (b)new text end equals $0.60 for
fiscal year 2024, $0.85 for fiscal year 2025, and $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and laternew text begin of all
eligible adjusted pupil unit students in districts who are members of a cooperative, or $40,000
per member cooperative district, whichever is greaternew text end .
Sec. 13.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Allowed uses.
(a) Aid under this section must be used to hire new positions
for student support services personnel or increase a current position that is less than 1.0
full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make permanent a position hired
using onetime resources awarded through the federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic
Security Act, the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, the federal Division
M-Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, or the federal
American Rescue Plan Act, or to maintain a position that would otherwise be eliminated.
deleted text begin
(b) Cooperative student support personnel aid must be transferred to the intermediate
district or other cooperative unit of which the district is a member and used to hire new
positions for student support services personnel or increase a current position that is less
deleted text end
deleted text begin
than 1.0 full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make permanent a
position hired using onetime resources awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act at
the intermediate district or cooperative unit.
deleted text end
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit does not receive at least
two applications and is not able to hire a new full-time equivalent position with student
support personnel aid, the aid may be used for contracted services from individuals licensed
to serve as a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or
chemical dependency counselor in Minnesota.
new text begin
(c) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit is not able to spend aid for the
uses in paragraphs (a) and (b), aid may be used for the following purposes:
new text end
new text begin
(1) to maintain student support personnel positions if a district receives declining
enrollment revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, in fiscal years 2025 and
later and districts are forced to lay off a student support staff employee due to budgetary
concerns;
new text end
new text begin
(2) to cover the costs of planning and implementing training and job-embedded coaching
for student support personnel; and
new text end
new text begin
(3) to cover material costs of evidence-based, culturally responsive curriculums and
programs that proactively support student mental health and school community well-being.
The curriculum must be accredited through a national accreditation program before use.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Any use of aid under paragraph (c) must be reviewed by the Department of Education
to ensure the aid uses in paragraphs (a) and (b) were unable to be implemented.
new text end
Sec. 14.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 15, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 115, article 5, section 14, is amended to read:
Subd. 15.
Student support personnel workforce deleted text begin pipelinedeleted text end new text begin pathwaynew text end .
(a) For a grant
program to develop a student support personnel workforce deleted text begin pipelinedeleted text end new text begin pathwaynew text end focused on
increasing school psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and school social workers
of color and Indigenous providers, professional respecialization, recruitment, and retention:
| $ |
5,000,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
5,000,000 |
..... |
2025 |
(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $150,000 is for providing support to school nurses
across the state.
(c) To the extent practicable, the deleted text begin pipelinedeleted text end new text begin pathwaynew text end grants must be used to support equal
numbers of students pursuing careers as school psychologists, school nurses, school
counselors, and school social workers.
(d) For grants awarded under this subdivision to school psychologists, the following
terms have the meanings given:
(1) "eligible designated trainee" means an individual enrolled in a NASP-approved or
APA-accredited school psychology program granting educational specialist certificates or
doctoral degrees in school psychology;
(2) "practica" means an educational experience administered and evaluated by the
graduate training program, with university and site supervision by appropriately credentialed
school psychologists, to develop trainees' competencies to provide school psychological
services based on the graduate program's goals and competencies relative to accreditation
and licensure requirements; and
(3) "eligible employment" means a paid position within a school or local education
agency directly related to the training program providing direct or indirect school psychology
services. Direct services include assessment, intervention, prevention, or consultation services
to students or their family members and educational staff. Indirect services include
supervision, research and evaluation, administration, program development, technical
assistance, or professional learning to support direct services.
(e) Grants awarded to school psychologists must be used for:
(1) the provision of paid, supervised, and educationally meaningful practica in a public
school setting for an eligible designated trainee enrolled in a qualifying program within the
grantee's institution;
(2) to support student recruitment and retention to enroll and hire an eligible designated
trainee for paid practica in public school settings; and
(3) oversight of trainee practica and professional development by the qualifying institution
to ensure the qualifications and conduct by an eligible designated trainee meet requirements
set forth by the state and accrediting agencies.
(f) Upon successful completion of the graduate training program, grants awarded to
school psychologists must maintain eligible employment within Minnesota for a minimum
period of one-year full-time equivalent for each academic year of paid traineeship under
the grant program.
(g) Up to $150,000 of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
(h) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
Sec. 15. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Agricultural educator grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For agricultural educator grants under Laws
2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
250,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
250,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Up to ten percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and
monitoring.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Alternative teacher compensation aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For alternative teacher compensation
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
88,351,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
8,837,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $8,814,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $79,537,000
for fiscal year 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $8,837,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $0 for fiscal
year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Black Men Teach Twin Cities. new text end
new text begin
(a) For a grant to Black Men Teach Twin Cities
for the purposes listed in paragraph (c):
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must use the grant to establish partnerships with public
elementary schools with a goal of increasing the number of black male teachers to 20 percent
of the teachers at each school site. To the extent possible, Black Men Teach Twin Cities
must include sites in greater Minnesota, suburban areas, and urban settings.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The grant money may be used for:
new text end
new text begin
(1) scholarships for aspiring teachers;
new text end
new text begin
(2) student teacher stipends;
new text end
new text begin
(3) mentoring activities;
new text end
new text begin
(4) professional development, with an emphasis on early literacy training, including best
practices associated with the science of reading; and
new text end
new text begin
(5) stipends for housing to allow a teacher to live closer to the teacher's school.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Black Men Teach Twin Cities must provide a detailed report to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through
grade 12 education and higher education by January 15 of each year following the year of
a grant award describing how the grant money was used. The report must describe the
progress made toward the goal of increasing the number of Black male teachers at each
school site, identify the strategies used to recruit Black teachers, and describe barriers Black
men face in the teaching profession. The report must be filed in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 3.195.
new text end
new text begin
(e) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers. new text end
new text begin
(a)
For the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center for a grant to the Coalition
to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota for nonlobbying
activities and general operating expenses that support the recruitment and retention of
racially and ethnically diverse teachers underrepresented in the state's workforce:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
100,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
100,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Come Teach in Minnesota hiring bonuses. new text end
new text begin
(a) For the Come Teach in
Minnesota hiring bonuses program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.59:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
400,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
400,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.59, subdivision 5.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Concurrent enrollment teacher training program. new text end
new text begin
(a) For the concurrent
enrollment teacher partnership under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.76:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
375,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
375,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 8. new text end
new text begin Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to institutions offering
"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Up to five percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and
monitoring.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 9. new text end
new text begin Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to
develop, continue, or expand Grow Your Own new teacher programs under Minnesota
Statutes, section 122A.73, to develop a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the
state's increasingly diverse student population and ensure all students have equitable access
to effective and diverse teachers:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
31,954,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
31,954,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.73, subdivision 5.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 10. new text end
new text begin Special education teacher pipeline. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to develop special education
teacher pipelines across Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.77:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
0 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
10,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.77, subdivision 5.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $10,000,000.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 11. new text end
new text begin Student support personnel aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For aid to support schools in addressing
students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
58,515,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
60,713,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $3,650,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $54,865,000
for fiscal year 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $6,096,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $54,617,000
for fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 12. new text end
new text begin Student support personnel workforce pathway. new text end
new text begin
(a) For a grant program to
develop a student support personnel workforce pathway focused on increasing school
psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and school social workers of color and
Indigenous providers, professional respecialization, recruitment, and retention:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $150,000 each year is for providing support to school
nurses across the state.
new text end
new text begin
(c) To the extent practicable, the pathway grants must be used to support equal numbers
of students pursuing careers as school psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and
school social workers.
new text end
new text begin
(d) For grants awarded to school psychologists under this subdivision, the following
terms have the meanings given:
new text end
new text begin
(1) "eligible designated trainee" means an individual enrolled in a National Association
of School Psychologists approved or American Psychological Association accredited school
psychology program granting educational specialist certificates or doctoral degrees in school
psychology;
new text end
new text begin
(2) "eligible employment" means a paid position within a school or local education
agency directly related to a training program providing direct or indirect school psychology
services. Direct services include assessment, intervention, prevention, or consultation services
to students or their family members and educational staff. Indirect services include
supervision, research and evaluation, administration, program development, technical
assistance, or professional learning to support direct services; and
new text end
new text begin
(3) "practica" means an educational experience administered and evaluated by a graduate
training program, with university and site supervision provided by appropriately credentialed
school psychologists, to develop trainees' competencies to provide school psychological
services based on the graduate training program's goals and competencies relative to
accreditation and licensure requirements.
new text end
new text begin
(e) Grants awarded to school psychologists must be used for:
new text end
new text begin
(1) providing paid, supervised, and educationally meaningful practica in a public school
setting for an eligible designated trainee enrolled in a qualifying program within the grantee's
institution;
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new text begin
(2) supporting student recruitment and retention to enroll and hire an eligible designated
trainee for paid practica in public school settings; and
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(3) oversight of trainee practica and professional development by a qualifying program
to ensure the qualifications and conduct by an eligible designated trainee meet requirements
set forth by the state and accrediting agencies.
new text end
new text begin
(f) Upon successful completion of the graduate training program, grants awarded to
school psychologists must maintain eligible employment within Minnesota for a minimum
period of one-year full-time equivalent for each academic year of paid training under the
grant program.
new text end
new text begin
(g) Up to $150,000 of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin
(h) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 13. new text end
new text begin Teacher residency program. new text end
new text begin
(a) For a teacher residency program that meets
the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8705.2100, subpart 2, item D, subitem (5), unit
(g):
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$ new text end |
new text begin
3,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
new text begin
3,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 14. new text end
new text begin Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. new text end
new text begin
(a)
For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635:
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new text begin
$ new text end |
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5,440,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
new text begin
5,440,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The department may retain up to $100,000 of the appropriation to monitor and
administer the grant program.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 15. new text end
new text begin
Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers
of color.
new text end
new text begin
(a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed
for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:
new text end
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$ new text end |
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4,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
new text begin
4,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
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(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), at least $3,500,000 each fiscal year is for grants to
develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed for teachers of
color or American Indian teachers.
new text end
new text begin
(d) The department may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor
and administer the grant program.
new text end
Sec. 16. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND
STANDARDS BOARD.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. new text end
new text begin
The sums
indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Alternative pathways support position. new text end
new text begin
To fund a position at the Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support candidates through alternative pathway
programs, including the licensure via portfolio process, and to support districts, charter
schools, and educational cooperatives to become alternative preparation providers:
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new text begin
$ new text end |
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150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Heritage language and culture teachers. new text end
new text begin
To support an additional licensure
pathway program for heritage language and culture teachers under Minnesota Statutes,
section 122A.631, including funding for a portfolio liaison and funding for substitute teachers
on meeting days, portfolio fees, licensure fees, and licensure exam fees for 50 program
participants:
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$ new text end |
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208,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
208,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Licensure via portfolio online platform. new text end
new text begin
To complete the licensure via portfolio
online platform to streamline the portfolio submission and review process:
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$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Pathway preparation grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to support teachers holding a Tier
1 or Tier 2 license who are seeking a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license:
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
400,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
400,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The following are eligible for grants under this subdivision:
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new text begin
(1) school districts;
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new text begin
(2) charter schools;
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new text begin
(3) service cooperatives; and
new text end
new text begin
(4) partnerships between one or more teacher preparation providers, school districts, or
charter schools.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Grant funds must be used to support teachers holding a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license and
seeking a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license through completion of a teacher preparation program or
the licensure via portfolio process. A grant recipient must provide teachers holding a Tier
1 or Tier 2 license with professional development, mentorship, and coursework aligned to
state standards for teacher licensure.
new text end
new text begin
(d) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may collaborate with the
Department of Education and the Office of Higher Education to administer the grant program.
new text end
new text begin
(e) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and
administer the grant.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Teacher recruitment marketing campaign. new text end
new text begin
(a) To develop two contracts to
develop and implement an outreach and marketing campaign under this subdivision:
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must issue a request for
proposals to develop and implement an outreach and marketing campaign to elevate the
profession and recruit teachers, especially teachers of color and American Indian teachers.
Outreach efforts may include and support current and former Teacher of the Year finalists
interested in being recruitment fellows to encourage prospective educators throughout the
state. The board may renew a grant contract with a prior recipient if it determines sufficient
deliverables were achieved and the plans of the firm or organization are more promising
than proposals from other entities.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The outreach and marketing campaign must focus on increasing interest in teaching
in Minnesota public schools for the following individuals:
new text end
new text begin
(1) high school and college students of color or American Indian students who have not
chosen a career path; or
new text end
new text begin
(2) adults from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the teacher workforce who
may be seeking to change careers.
new text end
new text begin
(d) The board must award two $250,000 grants each year to firms or organizations that
demonstrate capacity to reach wide and varied audiences of prospective teachers based on
a work plan with quarterly deliverables. Preferences may be given to firms or organizations
that are led by people of color and that have people of color working on the campaign with
a proven record of success. The grant recipients must recognize current pathways or programs
to become a teacher and must partner with educators, schools, institutions, and racially
diverse communities. The grant recipients are encouraged to provide in-kind contributions
or seek funds from nonstate sources to supplement the grant award.
new text end
new text begin
(e) The board may use no more than three percent of the appropriation amount to
administer the program under this subdivision, and may have an interagency agreement
with the Department of Education including transfer of funds to help administer the program.
new text end
new text begin
(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
Sec. 17. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end
new text begin
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.414, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 15, and 16; 122A.4144; 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7;
122A.4155; 122A.416; and 122A.417,
new text end
new text begin
are repealed for fiscal year 2028 and later.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective June 30, 2027.
new text end
ARTICLE 4
AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.63, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9.
Eligible programming.
(a) The grantee institutions may provide scholarships
to eligible students progressing toward educational goals new text begin in a kindergarten through grade
12 educational setting new text end in any area of teacher licensure, including an associate's, bachelor's,
master's, or doctoral degree in the following:
(1) any educational certification necessary for employment;
(2) early childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure;
(3) elementary and secondary education;
(4) school administration; or
(5) any educational program that provides services to American Indian students in
prekindergarten through grade 12.
(b) Scholarships may be used to cover an eligible student's cost of attendance under
section 136A.126, subdivision 3.
(c) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their contracted partner institutions must
agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study
student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact
persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to
high school students who may be interested in education as a profession.
(d) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student
scholarships. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used
for recruitment or administration of the student scholarships.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Revenue amount.
An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school
that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in
subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is
derived by:
(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170,
times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05,
subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13,
and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section
126C.05, subdivision 1, deleted text begin receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 ordeleted text end for which
the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula
allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract
compensation revenue pupil units;
(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school
by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E,
for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied
to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school adjustments and additional
weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school
board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor repair, interim administration
cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is
received according to section 124D.69;
(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily
membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation
revenue pupil units; and
(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision
13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units
by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal year 2019 and 51.17 percent of the formula allowance for
fiscal year 2020 and later or the result in clause (4).
Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin American Indian education aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For American Indian education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
20,469,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
21,343,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,976,000 for 2025 and $18,493,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,054,000 for 2026 and $19,289,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Minnesota Indian teacher training program grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For joint grants to
assist people who are American Indian to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.63:
new text end
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
600,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
600,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.63, subdivision 10.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Native language revitalization grants to schools. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to school
districts, charter schools, and Tribal contract schools to offer language instruction in Dakota
and Anishinaabe languages or another language indigenous to the United States or Canada:
new text end
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
7,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
7,500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Grant amounts are to be determined based upon the number of schools within a
district implementing language courses. Eligible expenses include costs for teachers, program
supplies, and curricular resources.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Up to five percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and
monitoring.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Up to $300,000 each year is for administrative and programmatic capacity at the
Department of Education.
new text end
new text begin
(e) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Tribal contract school aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For Tribal contract school aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.83:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,415,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,692,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $219,000 for 2025 and $2,196,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $244,000 for 2026 and $2,448,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Early childhood programs at Tribal contract schools. new text end
new text begin
(a) For early childhood
family education programs at Tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.83, subdivision 4:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
68,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
68,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
ARTICLE 5
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.76, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
Subd. 2a.
Special education initial aid.
For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's special
education initial aid equals the sum of:
(1) the least of 62 percent of the district's old formula special education expenditures
for the prior fiscal year, excluding pupil transportation expenditures, 50 percent of the
district's nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior year, excluding pupil
transportation expenditures, or 56 percent of the product of the sum of the following amounts,
computed using prior fiscal year data, and the program growth factor:
(i) the product of the district's average daily membership served and the sum of:
(A) $460; plus
(B) $405 times the ratio of the sum of the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 who
are eligible to receive free meals plus one-half of the pupils enrolled on October 1 who are
eligible to receive reduced-price meals to the total October 1 enrollment; plus
(C) .008 times the district's average daily membership served; plus
(ii) $13,300 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas of autism
spectrum disorders, developmental delay, and severely multiply impaired; plus
(iii) $19,200 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas of deaf
and hard-of-hearing and emotional or behavioral disorders; plus
(iv) $25,200 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas of
developmentally cognitive mild-moderate, developmentally cognitive severe-profound,
physically impaired, visually impaired, and deafblind; plus
(2) the cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under
section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4)new text begin , reimbursed at 95 percent for fiscal
year 2026, and 90 percent for fiscal years 2027 and laternew text end .
Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Aid for children with disabilities. new text end
new text begin
(a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within
district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,240,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,570,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year
is available.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Court-placed special education revenue. new text end
new text begin
For reimbursing serving school
districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving
school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
41,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
42,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Special education; regular. new text end
new text begin
(a) For special education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 125A.76:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,741,694,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,950,159,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $320,095,000 for 2025 and $2,421,599,000 for
2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $340,891,000 for 2026 and $2,609,268,000 for
2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Special education out-of-state tuition. new text end
new text begin
For special education out-of-state
tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
250,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
250,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Special education separate sites and programs. new text end
new text begin
(a) For aid for special
education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision
4:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
4,730,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
4,966,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $452,000 for 2025 and $4,278,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $475,000 for 2026 and $4,491,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Travel for home-based services. new text end
new text begin
(a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
643,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
709,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $58,000 for 2025 and $585,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $65,000 for 2026 and $644,000 for 2027.
new text end
ARTICLE 6
FACILITIES
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
To lease building or land.
(a) When an independent or a special school
district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically
advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for school
storage or furniture repair, deleted text begin and it determines that the operating capital revenue authorized
under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose,deleted text end it may apply to the
commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy for this purpose.
An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain deleted text begin financial
justification for the proposed levy,deleted text end the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, and a
description of the space to be leased and its proposed use.new text begin For any capital or joint powers
lease application with a total value of over $2,000,000, a review and comment must be
submitted prior to a capital lease approval.
new text end
(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must include:
the reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed activity,
the feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity of the lease
to the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of the proposed
lease to the space needs and the financial condition of the districtnew text begin as prescribed by the
commissioner, including but not limited to a review of statutory operating debt percentagenew text end .
The commissioner must not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater
than the cost to the district of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes.
The proceeds of this levy must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services. A
district may not levy under this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a
district-owned building or site to itself.
(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this
subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily for
regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed
building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or
secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the
previously existing building.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the
purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount is
needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment
purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, and the levy
meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by the commissioner
under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to make payments required
by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments
agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement include a provision giving the
school districts the right to terminate the agreement annually without penalty.
(e) The total levy under this subdivision for a district for any year must not exceed $212
times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year to which the levy is attributable.
(f) For agreements for which a review and comment have been submitted to the
Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term "instructional purpose" as used in
this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.
(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the limit
in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The
commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e)
for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:
(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the preceding
five years;
(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;
(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; and
(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by avoiding
over construction of school facilities.
(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other
cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under
section 471.59 may include in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases
of administrative and classroom space for programs of the intermediate school district or
other cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or joint powers district under
section 471.59. This authority must not exceed $65 times the adjusted pupil units of the
member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this
section. The intermediate school district, other cooperative unit, or joint powers district may
specify which member districts will levy for lease costs under this paragraph.
(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the
purpose of leasing administrative space if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the commissioner that the lease cost for the administrative space is no greater than the lease
cost for instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must
deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease
instructional space under this section if the commissioner does not grant authority under
this paragraph. The resolution must also certify that the lease cost for administrative space
under this paragraph is no greater than the lease cost for the district's proposed instructional
lease.
(j) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the
district's proportionate share of deferred maintenance expenditures for a district-owned
building or site leased to a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint
powers district under section 471.59 for any instructional purposes or for school storage.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.40, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Definitions. new text end
new text begin
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given.
new text end
new text begin
(b) "Capital lease" means an agreement to use, construct, or remodel a site under
subdivision 1, paragraph (c), with the end result being site ownership.
new text end
new text begin
(c) "Criteria of approval" means guidelines approved and updated as needed by the
commissioner for each levy year.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, "instructional purposes" means the use of a building
or land being leased leads to educational-related outcomes identified in statute or state
program policy.
new text end
new text begin
(e) "Joint lease" means districts with levy authority agree to contribute to the annual
costs of hosted or joint powers operational or capital leases. The host district or joint powers
district has the authority to apply leases to member district levies for leases approved by
the commissioner.
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(f) "Operating costs" means regular maintenance or custodial supplies and services.
new text end
new text begin
(g) "Operational lease" means an agreement to use building or land not leading to
ownership.
new text end
new text begin
(h) "Rent or lease" means a formal agreement or Department of Education approval for
occasional-use sites, in writing, with the term, cost, and board approval included.
new text end
new text begin
(i) "Review and comment" means completing the Department of Education review
process for any capital lease projected to cost $2,000,000 or more.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later.
new text end
Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Debt service equalization aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For debt service equalization aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:
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$ new text end |
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16,225,000 new text end |
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..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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13,580,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
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(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,986,000 for 2025 and $14,239,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,582,000 for 2026 and $11,998,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Equity in telecommunications access. new text end
new text begin
(a) For equity in telecommunications
access:
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
3,750,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
3,750,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner must reduce the
reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the
revenue for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 must be prorated.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Grants for gender-neutral single-user restrooms. new text end
new text begin
(a) For grants to school
districts for remodeling, constructing, or repurposing space for gender-neutral single-user
restrooms:
new text end
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new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2027 new text end |
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(b) A school district or a cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24,
subdivision 2, may apply for a grant of not more than $75,000 per site under this subdivision
in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The commissioner must ensure that grants are awarded to schools to reflect the
geographic diversity of the state.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Up to $75,000 each year is available for grant administration and monitoring.
new text end
new text begin
(e) By February 1 of each year, the commissioner must annually report to the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on the number
of grants that were awarded each year and the number of grant applications that were
unfunded each year.
new text end
new text begin
(f) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For long-term facilities
maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
106,480,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2026 new text end |
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
105,485,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $10,720,000 for 2025 and $95,760,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $10,639,000 for 2026 and $94,846,000 for 2027.
new text end
ARTICLE 7
SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
School food service fund.
(a) The expenses described in this subdivision must
be recorded as provided in this subdivision.
(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be
attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food
service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community
service activities.
(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food
service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and
serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, and other expenses involving the preparing
of meals or the kitchen section of the lunchroom may be charged to the food service fund
or to the general fund of the district. The costs of deleted text begin lunchroom supervision,deleted text end lunchroom custodial
services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and other administrative costs of the
food service program must be charged to the general fund.
deleted text begin
That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as
attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided
that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other
individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company.
If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the
charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors
as determined by the department.
deleted text end
new text begin
Staff whose primary responsibility is financial or program management of food service
operations may charge time spent managing the program to the food service program.
new text end
(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from
the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food
service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be
purchased.
(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased
from the food service fund.
(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit
is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the
deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of
that second fiscal year. deleted text begin However, if a district contracts with a food service management
company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated
by a payment from the food service management company.
deleted text end
(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund
for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the
commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at
the end of the third fiscal year.
(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three
successive years, a district may recode for deleted text begin that fiscal yeardeleted text end the new text begin documented new text end costs of deleted text begin lunchroom
supervision,deleted text end lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and
other administrative costs of the food service program charged to the general fund according
to paragraph (c) and charge those costs to the food service fund new text begin identified by the
commissioner new text end in a total amount not to exceed the amount of surplus deleted text begin in the food service
funddeleted text end .
(i) For purposes of this subdivision, "lunchroom furniture" means tables and chairs
regularly used by pupils in a lunchroom from which they may consume milk, meals, or
snacks in connection with school or community service activities.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.119, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Summer deleted text begin Food Servicedeleted text end new text begin Electronic Benefit Transfernew text end Program
replacement aid.
State funds are available to compensate deleted text begin department-approveddeleted text end new text begin school food
authorities who gather student data for the new text end Summer deleted text begin Food Servicedeleted text end new text begin Electronic Benefit Transfernew text end
Program sponsors. Reimbursement shall be made deleted text begin ondeleted text end new text begin bynew text end December 15 based on deleted text begin total meals
served by each sponsor from the end of the school year to the beginning of the next school
yeardeleted text end new text begin the number of pupil units eligible during the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer
Program eligibility yearnew text end on a pro rata basis.
Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Basic system support. new text end
new text begin
(a) For basic system support aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 134.355:
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|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
17,883,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
18,329,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $1,752,000 for 2025 and $16,131,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,792,000 for 2026 and $16,537,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Electronic library for Minnesota. new text end
new text begin
For statewide licenses to online databases
selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media
centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or
university libraries:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
900,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
900,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin School lunch. new text end
new text begin
For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111,
including the amounts for the free school meals program:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
265,107,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
276,479,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin School breakfast. new text end
new text begin
For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.1158:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
56,996,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
59,531,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Kindergarten milk. new text end
new text begin
For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.118:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
387,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
387,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Multicounty, multitype library systems. new text end
new text begin
(a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2025 and $1,800,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $200,000 for 2026 and $1,800,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 8. new text end
new text begin Regional library telecommunications. new text end
new text begin
(a) For regional library
telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,300,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,300,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2025 and $2,070,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2026 and $2,070,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 9. new text end
new text begin School library aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
134.356:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
23,680,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
23,603,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $2,378,000 for 2025 and $21,302,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $2,366,000 for 2026 and $21,237,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 10. new text end
new text begin Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program. new text end
new text begin
To support local education
agencies uploading data for and administering the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer
Program.
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
150,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
ARTICLE 8
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Kindergarten entry assessment. new text end
new text begin
(a) For the kindergarten entry assessment
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,357,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,743,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $1,743,000.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Early childhood and family education teacher shortage. new text end
new text begin
(a) For transfer to
the Office of Higher Education for grants to Minnesota institutions of higher education to
address the early childhood and family education teacher shortage:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
500,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Grant funds may be used to provide tuition and other supports to students.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Up to five percent of the grant amount is available for grant administration and
monitoring.
new text end
new text begin
(d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
ARTICLE 9
COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING
Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Adult basic education aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.531:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
55,281,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
56,919,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $5,401,000 for 2025 and $49,880,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $5,542,000 for 2026 and $51,377,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Adults with disabilities program aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For adults with disabilities programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,517,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,534,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $149,000 for 2025 and $1,368,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $151,000 for 2026 and $1,383,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Community education aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For community education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.20:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
10,081,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
10,442,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $872,000 for 2025 and $9,209,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $1,023,000 for 2026 and $9,419,000 for 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing adults. new text end
new text begin
For programs for deaf, deafblind,
and hard-of-hearing adults under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
70,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
70,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin High school equivalency tests. new text end
new text begin
For payment of the costs of the
commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.55:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
125,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
125,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin Subd. 7. new text end
new text begin Neighborhood partnership grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For neighborhood partnership grants
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,600,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2,600,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,300,000 each year is for the Northside
Achievement Zone and $1,300,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 8. new text end
new text begin Regional neighborhood partnership grants. new text end
new text begin
(a) For regional neighborhood
partnership grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,400,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,400,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $200,000 each year is for the following programs:
new text end
new text begin
(1) Northfield Healthy Community Initiative in Northfield;
new text end
new text begin
(2) Red Wing Youth Outreach Program in Red Wing;
new text end
new text begin
(3) United Way of Central Minnesota in St. Cloud;
new text end
new text begin
(4) Austin Aspires in Austin;
new text end
new text begin
(5) Rochester Area Foundation in Rochester;
new text end
new text begin
(6) Greater Twin Cities United Way for Generation Next; and
new text end
new text begin
(7) Children First and Partnership for Success in St. Louis Park.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 9. new text end
new text begin School-age care aid. new text end
new text begin
(a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.22:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
1,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) The 2026 appropriation includes $0 for 2025 and $1,000 for 2026.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The 2027 appropriation includes $0 for 2026 and $1,000 for 2027.
new text end
ARTICLE 10
STATE AGENCIES
Section 1.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended by
Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 10, section 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Department.
(a) For the Department of Education:
| $ |
47,005,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
40,052,000 |
..... |
2025 |
Of these amounts:
(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.115;
(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic
Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
(5) $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for legal fees and costs associated with
litigation;
(6) $595,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,609,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for modernizing
district data submissions. The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $2,359,000;
(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning
Disability;
(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards
division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking
to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
(9) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead under
Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
(10) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota
Statutes, section 121A.20;
(11) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
(12) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
(13) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for information technology infrastructure
and portfolio resources;
(14) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center
at the Department of Education;
(15) $275,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for administrative
expenses for unemployment aid; and
(16) $130,000 in fiscal year 2025 only is for the state school librarian under Minnesota
Statutes, section 127A.151.
(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
Washington, D.C., office.
(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $39,667,000.
new text begin
(e) All of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision are available until June 30,
2027.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 19, is amended to read:
Sec. 19. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the
Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:
| $ |
9,243,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
8,435,000 |
..... |
2025 |
Of these amounts:
(1) $1,150,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for furniture replacement in the agency's
dormitory and classrooms, including costs associated with moving and disposalnew text begin . These
funds may also be used for equipment and technology. This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2027new text end ; and
(2) $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
(b) new text begin Except for the amount in (1), new text end any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Laws 2023, chapter 63, article 9, section 8, is amended to read:
Sec. 8. EDUCATION
|
$ |
180,000 |
$ |
120,000 |
||
new text begin
This appropriation is available until June 30,
2027.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
Sec. 4.
Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 22, section 3, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
|
$ |
1,882,000 |
$ |
1,715,000 |
||
(a) Summer EBT. $1,882,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $1,542,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
for administration of the summer electronic
benefits transfer program under Public Law
117-328. The base for this appropriation is
$572,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $572,000 in
fiscal year 2027.new text begin This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2027.
new text end
(b) Operating Adjustment for Department
of Children, Youth, and Families
Transition. $173,000 in fiscal year 2025 is to
maintain current levels of service after the
transition of staff and resources to the
Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
The base for this appropriation is $345,000 in
fiscal year 2026 and $345,000 in fiscal year
2027.new text begin This appropriation is available until June
30, 2027.
new text end
(c) Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is increased by $917,000 in fiscal year
2026 and increased by $917,000 in fiscal year
2027.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
new text begin
The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated. Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Department. new text end
new text begin
(a) For the Department of Education:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
46,628,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
41,316,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
Of these amounts:
new text end
new text begin
(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
new text end
new text begin
(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.115;
new text end
new text begin
(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic
Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
new text end
new text begin
(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
new text end
new text begin
(5) $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 only is for legal fees and costs associated with
litigation;
new text end
new text begin
(6) $2,359,000 each year is for modernizing district data submissions;
new text end
new text begin
(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning
Disability;
new text end
new text begin
(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards
division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking
to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
new text end
new text begin
(9) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead under
Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
new text end
new text begin
(10) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota
Statutes, section 121A.20;
new text end
new text begin
(11) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
new text end
new text begin
(12) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
new text end
new text begin
(13) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Center
at the Department of Education;
new text end
new text begin
(14) $175,000 each year is for administrative expenses for unemployment aid;
new text end
new text begin
(15) $550,000 each year is for fraud prevention and detection;
new text end
new text begin
(16) $120,000 each year is to support schools and districts in accessing resources on
cannabis use and substance use;
new text end
new text begin
(17) $572,000 each year is for administration of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer
Program; and
new text end
new text begin
(18) $345,000 each year is to maintain current levels of service after the transition of
staff and resources to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
new text end
new text begin
(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
Washington, D.C., office.
new text end
new text begin
(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
new text end
new text begin
(d) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $41,316,000.
new text end
Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
new text end
new text begin
(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the
Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
17,838,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
17,937,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
Of these amounts:
new text end
new text begin
(1) $185,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $185,000 in fiscal year 2027 are for a mental health
day treatment program. These funds are available until June 30, 2027. The base amount for
the allocation under this clause is $185,000 in fiscal year 2028 and later; and
new text end
new text begin
(2) $321,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
new text end
new text begin
(b) The base for fiscal year 2028 is $17,937,000 and the base for fiscal year 2029 and
later is $17,937,000.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
Sec. 7. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
new text end
new text begin
(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the
Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
8,637,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
8,818,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) $24,000 each year is for unemployment costs.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
Sec. 8. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND
STANDARDS BOARD.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. new text end
new text begin
(a) The sums
indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
3,703,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
3,776,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Licensure by portfolio. new text end
new text begin
(a) For licensure by portfolio:
new text end
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
25,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2026 new text end |
|
|
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
25,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
new text begin
2027 new text end |
new text begin
(b) This appropriation is from the education licensure portfolio account in the special
revenue fund.
new text end
ARTICLE 11
FORECAST
A. GENERAL EDUCATION
Section 1.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 1, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 1, section 15, is amended
to read:
Subd. 2.
General education aid.
(a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:
| $ |
8,103,909,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
8,333,843,000
deleted text end
new text begin
8,277,423,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $707,254,000 for 2023 and $7,396,655,000 for
2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $771,421,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $7,562,422,000deleted text end new text begin
$7,506,002,000new text end for 2025.
Sec. 2.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Enrollment options transportation.
For transportation of pupils attending
postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation
of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:
| $ |
23,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
25,000
deleted text end
new text begin
23,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
Sec. 3.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Abatement aid.
(a) For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
127A.49:
| $ |
2,318,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
2,516,000
deleted text end
new text begin
1,503,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $126,000 for 2023 and $2,192,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $243,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $2,273,000deleted text end new text begin $1,260,000new text end for
2025.
Sec. 4.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Consolidation transition aid.
(a) For districts consolidating under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.485:
| $ |
7,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
180,000
deleted text end
new text begin
0 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $7,000 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and deleted text begin $180,000deleted text end new text begin $0new text end for 2025.
Sec. 5.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Nonpublic pupil transportation.
(a) For nonpublic pupil transportation aid
under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:
| $ |
22,979,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
27,177,000
deleted text end
new text begin
27,198,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $2,115,000 for 2023 and $20,864,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,318,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $24,859,000deleted text end new text begin $24,480,000new text end
for 2025.
Sec. 6.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 9.
Career and technical aid.
(a) For career and technical aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:
| $ |
1,664,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
874,000
deleted text end
new text begin
937,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $183,000 for 2023 and $1,481,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $164,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $710,000deleted text end new text begin $773,000new text end for 2025.
B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE
Sec. 7.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 8, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 13, is amended
to read:
Subd. 2.
Achievement and integration aid.
(a) For achievement and integration aid
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:
| $ |
82,818,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
85,043,000
deleted text end
new text begin
84,173,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,172,000 for 2023 and $74,646,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,294,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $76,749,000deleted text end new text begin $75,879,000new text end
for 2025.
Sec. 8.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 9, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 6, section 3, is amended
to read:
Subd. 6.
Charter school building lease aid.
(a) For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124E.22:
| $ |
91,457,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
94,906,000
deleted text end
new text begin
93,760,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $9,047,000 for 2023 and $82,410,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $9,156,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $85,750,000deleted text end new text begin $84,604,000new text end
for 2025.
Sec. 9.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 23.
Literacy incentive aid.
(a) For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.98:
| $ |
41,071,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
41,588,000
deleted text end
new text begin
40,570,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $4,606,000 for 2023 and $36,465,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $4,051,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $37,537,000deleted text end new text begin $36,519,000new text end
for 2025.
C. TEACHERS
Sec. 10.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 14, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 5, section 11, is amended
to read:
Subd. 3.
Alternative teacher compensation aid.
(a) For alternative teacher compensation
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:
| $ |
88,706,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
89,012,000
deleted text end
new text begin
88,206,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,824,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $79,882,000
for fiscal year 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,875,000 for fiscal year 2024 and deleted text begin $80,137,000deleted text end new text begin
$79,331,000new text end for fiscal year 2025.
Sec. 11.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 15, is amended to read:
Subd. 14.
Student support personnel aid.
(a) For aid to support schools in addressing
students' social, emotional, and physical health under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.901:
| $ |
30,255,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
36,498,000
deleted text end
new text begin
36,215,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for fiscal year 2023 and $30,255,000 for fiscal
year 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,361,000 for fiscal year 2024 and deleted text begin $33,137,000deleted text end new text begin
$32,854,000new text end for fiscal year 2025.
D. SPECIAL EDUCATION
Sec. 12.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 16, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Aid for children with disabilities.
(a) For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within
the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:
| $ |
1,597,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
1,844,000
deleted text end
new text begin
1,952,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year
is available.
Sec. 13.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 18, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 7, section 4, is amended
to read:
Subd. 4.
Special education; regular.
(a) For special education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 125A.75:
| $ |
2,288,826,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
2,486,181,000
deleted text end
new text begin
2,563,710,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $229,860,000 for 2023 and $2,058,966,000 for
2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $289,842,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $2,196,339,000deleted text end new text begin
$2,273,868,000new text end for 2025.
Sec. 14.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 20, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Travel for home-based services.
(a) For aid for teacher travel for home-based
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:
| $ |
425,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
475,000
deleted text end
new text begin
565,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $32,000 for 2023 and $393,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $43,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $432,000deleted text end new text begin $522,000new text end for 2025.
E. FACILITIES
Sec. 15.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 22, and Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 8, section 5, is amended
to read:
Subd. 6.
Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid.
(a) For long-term facilities
maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:
| $ |
107,905,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
107,865,000
deleted text end
new text begin
107,270,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $10,821,000 for 2023 and $97,084,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $10,787,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $97,078,000deleted text end new text begin $96,483,000new text end
for 2025.
F. NUTRITION
Sec. 16.
Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2023,
chapter 55, article 9, section 16, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 23, and Laws 2024, chapter
115, article 9, section 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
School lunch.
For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111,
including the amounts for the free school meals program:
| $ |
218,801,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin 239,686,000deleted text end new text begin 252,109,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
Sec. 17.
Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2023,
chapter 55, article 9, section 17, Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 24, and Laws 2024, chapter
115, article 9, section 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
School breakfast.
For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.1158:
| $ |
44,178,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin 48,747,000deleted text end new text begin 54,134,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
Sec. 18.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 25, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Kindergarten milk.
For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.118:
| $ |
428,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
428,000
deleted text end
new text begin
387,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
Sec. 19.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 26, is amended to read:
Subd. 8.
School library aid.
(a) For school library aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
deleted text begin 134.356deleted text end new text begin 124D.992new text end :
| $ |
21,586,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
23,903,000
deleted text end
new text begin
23,800,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $21,586,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $2,398,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $21,505,000deleted text end new text begin $21,402,000new text end
for 2025.
G. EARLY EDUCATION
Sec. 20.
Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 2024,
chapter 81, section 27, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Early childhood family education aid.
(a) For early childhood family education
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section deleted text begin 124D.135deleted text end new text begin 142D.11new text end :
| $ |
37,209,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
38,985,000
deleted text end
new text begin
37,881,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $3,518,000 for 2023 and $33,691,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $3,743,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $35,242,000deleted text end new text begin $34,138,000new text end
for 2025.
Sec. 21.
Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2024,
chapter 81, section 28, is amended to read:
Subd. 9.
Developmental screening aid.
(a) For developmental screening aid under
Minnesota Statutes, sections deleted text begin 121A.17deleted text end new text begin 142D.091new text end and deleted text begin 121A.19deleted text end new text begin 142D.093new text end :
| $ |
4,148,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
4,151,000
deleted text end
new text begin
4,127,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $349,000 for 2023 and $3,799,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $422,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $3,729,000deleted text end new text begin $3,705,000new text end for
2025.
Sec. 22.
Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 17, as amended by Laws 2024,
chapter 81, section 29, is amended to read:
Subd. 17.
Home visiting aid.
(a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
deleted text begin 124D.135deleted text end new text begin 142D.11new text end :
| $ |
382,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
300,000
deleted text end
new text begin
290,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $41,000 for 2023 and $341,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $37,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $263,000deleted text end new text begin $253,000new text end for 2025.
H. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING
Sec. 23.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 30, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Adult basic education aid.
(a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.531:
| $ |
52,566,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
53,684,000
deleted text end
new text begin
53,880,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $5,179,000 for 2023 and $47,387,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $5,265,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $48,419,000deleted text end new text begin $48,615,000new text end
for 2025.
Sec. 24.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 31, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Adults with disabilities program aid.
(a) For adults with disabilities programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:
| $ |
710,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
1,520,000
deleted text end
new text begin
1,416,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2023 and $639,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $1,449,000deleted text end new text begin $1,345,000new text end for
2025.
Sec. 25.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 81, section 32, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Community education aid.
(a) For community education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.20:
| $ |
98,000 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
7,857,000
deleted text end
new text begin
7,859,000 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $14,000 for 2023 and $84,000 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $9,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $7,848,000deleted text end new text begin $7,850,000new text end for
2025.
Sec. 26.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 11, section 11, subdivision 10, as amended by
Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 33, is amended to read:
Subd. 10.
School-age care aid.
(a) For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.22:
| $ |
0 |
..... |
2024 |
|
| $ |
deleted text begin
1,000
deleted text end
new text begin
0 new text end |
..... |
2025 |
(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $0 for 2023 and $0 for 2024.
(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $0 for 2024 and deleted text begin $1,000deleted text end new text begin $0new text end for 2025.
Sec. 27. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end
new text begin
Sections 1 to 26 are effective the day following final enactment.
new text end
APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00210
122A.414 ALTERNATIVE TEACHER PAY.
Subdivision 1.
Restructured pay system.
A restructured alternative teacher professional pay system is established under subdivision 2 to provide incentives to encourage teachers to improve their knowledge and instructional skills in order to improve student learning and for school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperative units, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, and charter schools to recruit and retain qualified teachers, encourage qualified teachers to undertake challenging assignments, and support teachers' roles in improving students' educational achievement.
Subd. 2.
Alternative teacher professional pay system.
(a) To participate in this program, a school district, an intermediate school district consistent with paragraph (d), a school site, or a charter school must have a comprehensive achievement and civic readiness plan under section 120B.11 and an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under paragraph (b). A charter school participant also must comply with subdivision 2a.
(b) The alternative teacher professional pay system agreement must:
(1) describe how teachers can achieve career advancement and additional compensation;
(2) describe how the school district, intermediate school district, school site, or charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options that allow teachers to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused professional development that helps other teachers improve their skills;
(3) reform the "steps and lanes" salary schedule, prevent any teacher's compensation paid before implementing the pay system from being reduced as a result of participating in this system, base at least 60 percent of any compensation increase on teacher performance using:
(i) schoolwide student achievement gains under section 120B.35 or locally selected standardized assessment outcomes, or both;
(ii) measures of student growth and literacy that may include value-added models or student learning goals, consistent with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clause (9), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (9), and other measures that include the academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of English learners under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clause (10), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (10); and
(iii) an objective evaluation program under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clause (2), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (2);
(4) provide for participation in job-embedded learning opportunities such as professional learning communities to improve instructional skills and learning that are aligned with student needs under section 120B.11, consistent with the staff development plan under section 122A.60 and led during the school day by trained teacher leaders such as master or mentor teachers;
(5) allow any teacher in a participating school district, intermediate school district, school site, or charter school that implements an alternative pay system to participate in that system without any quota or other limit; and
(6) encourage collaboration rather than competition among teachers.
(c) The alternative teacher professional pay system may:
(1) include a hiring bonus or other added compensation to provide students with equitable access to teachers who, consistent with section 120B.11, subdivision 2, clause (3):
(i) are identified as effective or highly effective under the local teacher professional review cycle or, when being considered for hire as first-year teachers, have demonstrated skills during student teaching for being highly effective at closing achievement gaps;
(ii) work in a high-need or hard-to-fill position; or
(iii) are hired to work in a hard-to-staff school such as a school with a majority of students whose families meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically isolated school, or a school identified by the state as eligible for targeted programs or services for its students;
(2) include incentives for teachers to obtain a master's degree or other advanced certification with at least 18 credits in their content field of licensure required for teaching concurrent enrollment or college in the schools courses, or to pursue the training or education necessary to obtain an additional licensure in shortage areas identified by the district or charter school; or
(3) help fund a Grow Your Own new teacher initiative involving nonlicensed educational professionals, including paraprofessionals and cultural liaisons.
(d) An intermediate school district under this subdivision must demonstrate in a form and manner determined by the commissioner that it uses the aid it receives under this section for activities identified in the alternative teacher professional pay system agreement.
Subd. 3.
Report.
(a) Participating districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools must report on the implementation and effectiveness of the alternative teacher professional pay system, particularly addressing each requirement under subdivision 2 and make annual recommendations by June 15 to their school boards.
(b) A district must include the report required under paragraph (a) as part of the comprehensive achievement and civic readiness report under section 120B.11, subdivision 5.
Subd. 4.
Planning and staff development.
A school district that qualifies to participate in the alternative teacher professional pay system transitional planning year under subdivision 1a may use up to two percent of basic revenue that would otherwise be reserved under section 122A.61 for complying with the planning and staff development activities under this section.
No active language found for: 122A.414.4a
No active language found for: 122A.414.5
No active language found for: 122A.414.5a
No active language found for: 122A.414.6
No active language found for: 122A.414.7
No active language found for: 122A.414.8
No active language found for: 122A.414.9
No active language found for: 122A.414.10
No active language found for: 122A.414.11
No active language found for: 122A.414.12
No active language found for: 122A.414.13
No active language found for: 122A.414.14a
No active language found for: 122A.414.15
No active language found for: 122A.414.16
122A.4144 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS; ALTERNATIVE TEACHER PAY.
Notwithstanding section 179A.20 or other law to the contrary, a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers may agree to reopen a collective bargaining agreement for the purpose of entering into an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under sections 122A.414 and 122A.415. Negotiations for a contract reopened under this section must be limited to issues related to the alternative teacher professional pay system.
122A.415 ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION REVENUE.
Subdivision 1.
Revenue amount.
(a) A school district, intermediate school district, cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, school site, or charter school that meets the conditions of section 122A.414 and submits an application approved by the commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation revenue.
(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by a district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement that:
(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with section 122A.414; and
(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations Act under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 179A.20, subdivision 3, a district may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years.
Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site in which the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place teachers in the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay system equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled at the district or site on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying intermediate school district or cooperative must be calculated under subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed using the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts entering into the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue computed for a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings, school openings, or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current year.
(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher professional pay system by October 1 of the current school year.
Subd. 3.
Revenue timing.
(a) Districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, school sites, or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative compensation revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional pay system under this subdivision and section 122A.414. A qualifying district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter school that received alternative teacher compensation aid for the previous fiscal year must receive at least an amount of alternative teacher compensation revenue equal to the lesser of the amount it received for the previous fiscal year or the amount it qualifies for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter school submits a timely application and the commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system, consistent with its application under this section.
(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1, and section 122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b), and 2a, if the applicant is a charter school or cooperative, in the order in which they are received, select applicants that qualify for this program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools about the program, develop and disseminate application materials, and carry out other activities needed to implement this section.
Subd. 4.
Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.
(a) The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or on October 1 of the current year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $88,118,000 for fiscal year 2023; $88,461,000 for fiscal year 2024; $88,961,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $89,486,000 for fiscal year 2026 and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these limits by not approving new participants or by prorating the aid among participating districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter schools. The commissioner may also reallocate a portion of the allowable aid for the biennium from the second year to the first year to meet the needs of approved participants.
(c) Basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate district or other cooperative unit equals $3,000 times the number of licensed teachers employed by the intermediate district or cooperative unit on October 1 of the previous school year.
Subd. 5.
Alternative teacher compensation levy.
The alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic alternative teacher compensation aid equals the product of (1) the difference between the district's alternative teacher compensation revenue and the district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to $6,100.
Subd. 6.
Alternative teacher compensation equalization aid.
(a) A district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the district's alternative teacher compensation revenue minus the district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy. If a district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the alternative teacher compensation equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
(b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid.
Subd. 7.
Revenue reserved.
Revenue received under this section must be reserved and used only for the programs authorized under section 122A.414.
122A.4155 ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION RURAL DISTRICT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.
Subdivision 1.
Eligibility.
School districts located in greater Minnesota that submit a letter of intent and begin the transitional planning year, under section 122A.414, subdivision 1a, are eligible for alternative compensation application assistance. For the purposes of this section, an eligible school district is any school district located in the rural equity region under section 126C.10, subdivision 28.
Subd. 2.
Multidistrict technical assistance.
The department shall provide technical assistance in the form of, but not limited to, networking, training, and professional development to a rural district or groups of rural districts in developing applications for the alternative compensation program.
Subd. 3.
Model plans.
The department shall develop and disseminate alternative compensation model plans based on the unique needs and characteristics of rural districts.
Subd. 4.
Multidistrict consortia.
The department may promote the development of multidistrict consortia to optimize opportunities for rural districts to participate in and implement alternative compensation programs. A multidistrict consortium shall develop and implement a collaborative alternative compensation plan that includes the program components outlined in section 122A.414, subdivision 2. A multidistrict consortium shall provide opportunities to share best practices, professional development training and expertise, training of teacher observers, or the purchase of programmatic resources.
122A.416 ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE FOR PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND MULTIDISTRICT INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVES.
Notwithstanding sections 122A.414, 122A.415, and 126C.10, multidistrict integration collaboratives and the Perpich Center for Arts Education are eligible to receive alternative teacher compensation revenue as if they were intermediate school districts. To qualify for alternative teacher compensation revenue, a multidistrict integration collaborative or the Perpich Center for Arts Education must meet all of the requirements of sections 122A.414 and 122A.415 that apply to intermediate school districts, must report its enrollment as of October 1 of each year to the department, and must annually report its expenditures for the alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards to the department by November 30 of each year.
122A.417 ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE FOR ST. CROIX RIVER EDUCATION DISTRICT.
Notwithstanding section 122A.415, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), the St. Croix River Education District, No. 6009-61, is eligible to receive alternative teacher compensation revenue based on its staffing as of October 1 of the previous fiscal year as reported to the department in a manner determined by the commissioner. To qualify for alternative teacher compensation revenue, the St. Croix River Education District must meet all the requirements of sections 122A.414 and 122A.415 that apply to cooperative units, must report its staffing as of October 1 of each year to the department in a manner determined by the commissioner, and must annually report to the department by November 30 its expenditures for the alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards.
123B.40 DECLARATION OF POLICY.
It is the intent of the legislature to provide for distribution of educational aids such as textbooks, standardized tests and pupil support services so that every school pupil in the state will share equitably in education benefits and therefore further assure all Minnesota pupils and their parents freedom of choice in education.
123B.41 DEFINITIONS.
Subd. 2.
Textbook.
(a) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute, including electronic books as well as other printed materials delivered electronically, which a pupil uses as a text or text substitute in a particular class or program in the school regularly attended and a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of each pupil in this class or program. Textbook includes an online book with an annual subscription cost. Textbook includes a teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other materials that accompany a textbook that a pupil uses when the teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other teacher materials are packaged physically or electronically with textbooks for student use.
(b) For purposes of calculating the annual nonpublic pupil aid entitlement for textbooks, the term shall be limited to books, workbooks, or manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf form, as well as electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically, intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or a group of students.
(c) For purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.48, the terms "textbook" and "software or other educational technology" include only such secular, neutral, and nonideological materials as are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.
Subd. 3.
Standardized tests.
"Standardized tests" means standardized tests and scoring services which are provided by commercial publishing organizations or the state and which are in use in the public schools of Minnesota to measure the progress of pupils in secular subjects.
Subd. 4.
Pupil support services.
"Pupil support services" means guidance and counseling services and health services.
Subd. 5.
Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials.
(a) "Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" means educational materials which:
(1) are designed primarily for individual pupil use or use by pupils in a cooperative learning group in a particular class or program in the school the pupil regularly attends, including teacher materials that accompany materials that a pupil uses;
(2) are secular, neutral, nonideological and not capable of diversion for religious use; and
(3) are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.
(b) Subject to the requirements in paragraph (a), "individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" include, but are not limited to, the following if they do not fall within the definition of "textbook" in subdivision 2: published materials; periodicals; documents; pamphlets; photographs; reproductions; pictorial or graphic works; prerecorded video programs; prerecorded tapes, cassettes and other sound recordings; manipulative materials; desk charts; games; study prints and pictures; desk maps; models; learning kits; blocks or cubes; flash cards; individualized multimedia systems; prepared instructional computer software programs; choral and band sheet music; electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically; and CD-Rom.
(c) "Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" do not include instructional equipment, instructional hardware, or ordinary daily consumable classroom supplies.
Subd. 5a.
Software or other educational technology.
For purposes of sections 123B.42 and 123B.43, "software or other educational technology" includes software, programs, applications, hardware, and any other electronic educational technology. Software or other educational technology includes course registration fees for advanced placement courses delivered online.
Subd. 6.
Pupils.
"Pupils" means elementary and secondary pupils.
Subd. 7.
Elementary pupils.
"Elementary pupils" means pupils in grades kindergarten through 6; provided, each kindergarten pupil in a half-day program shall be counted as one-half pupil for all computations pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48.
Subd. 8.
Secondary pupils.
"Secondary pupils" means pupils in grades 7 through 12.
Subd. 12.
Intermediary service area.
"Intermediary service area" means a school administrative unit approved by the commissioner, other than a single school district, including but not limited to the following:
(a) a service cooperative;
(b) a cooperative of two or more school districts;
(c) learning centers; or
(d) an association of schools or school districts.
Subd. 14.
Guidance and counseling services.
"Guidance and counseling services" means all activities of a licensed counselor in counseling pupils and parents, providing counseling on learning problems, evaluating the abilities of pupils, assisting pupils in personal and social development and providing referral assistance.
Subd. 15.
Health services.
"Health services" means physician, dental, nursing or optometric services and health supplies brought to the site by the health professional for pupil usage in the field of physical or mental health; provided the term does not include direct educational instruction, services which are required pursuant to sections 125A.03 to 125A.24, and 125A.65, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, or services which are eligible to receive special education aid pursuant to section 125A.75.
123B.42 TEXTBOOKS; INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION OR COOPERATIVE LEARNING MATERIAL; STANDARD TESTS.
Subdivision 1.
Providing education materials and tests.
The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 requiring that in each school year, based upon formal requests by or on behalf of nonpublic school pupils in a nonpublic school, the local districts or intermediary service areas must purchase or otherwise acquire textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests and loan or provide them for use by children enrolled in that nonpublic school. These textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests must be loaned or provided free to the children for the school year for which requested. The loan or provision of the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, and standardized tests shall be subject to rules prescribed by the commissioner of education.
Subd. 1a.
Curriculum; electronic components.
A school district that provides curriculum to resident students that has both physical and electronic components must make the electronic component accessible to a resident student in a home school in compliance with sections 120A.22 and 120A.24 at the request of the student or the student's parent or guardian, provided that the district does not incur more than an incidental cost as a result of providing access electronically.
Subd. 2.
Title to education materials and tests.
The title to textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized testing materials must remain in the servicing school district or intermediary service area, and possession or custody may be granted or charged to administrators of the nonpublic school attended by the nonpublic school pupil or pupils to whom the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, or standardized tests are loaned or provided.
Subd. 3.
Cost; limitation.
(a) The cost per pupil of the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests provided for in this section for each school year must not exceed the statewide average expenditure per pupil, adjusted pursuant to paragraph (b), by the Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools for textbooks, individualized instructional materials and standardized tests as computed and established by the department by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data then available.
(b) The cost computed in paragraph (a) shall be increased by an inflation adjustment equal to the percent of increase in the formula allowance, pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, from the second preceding school year to the current school year.
(c) The commissioner shall allot to the districts or intermediary service areas the total cost for each school year of providing or loaning the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized tests for the pupils in each nonpublic school. The allotment shall not exceed the product of the statewide average expenditure per pupil, according to paragraph (a), adjusted pursuant to paragraph (b), multiplied by the number of nonpublic school pupils who make requests pursuant to this section and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current school year.
123B.43 USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
(a) The commissioner shall assure that textbooks and individualized instructional materials loaned to nonpublic school pupils are secular, neutral, nonideological and that they are incapable of diversion for religious use.
(b) Textbooks, individualized instructional materials, software or other educational technology must not be used in religious courses, devotional exercises, religious training or any other religious activity.
(c) Textbooks and individualized instructional materials must be loaned only to individual pupils upon the request of a parent or guardian or the pupil on a form designated for this use by the commissioner. The request forms shall provide for verification by the parent or guardian or pupil that the requested textbooks and individualized instructional materials are for the use of the individual pupil in connection with a program of instruction in the pupil's elementary or secondary school.
(d) The servicing school district or the intermediary service area must take adequate measures to ensure an accurate and periodic inventory of all textbooks, individualized instructional materials, software or other educational technology loaned to elementary and secondary school pupils attending nonpublic schools. The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 to terminate the eligibility of any nonpublic school pupil if the commissioner determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the textbooks, individualized instructional materials, or software or other educational technology, have been used in a manner contrary to the provisions of section 123B.41, subdivision 5, 123B.42, or this section or any rules promulgated by the commissioner of education.
(e) Nothing contained in section 123B.41, subdivision 5, 123B.42, or this section shall be construed to authorize the making of any payments to a nonpublic school or its faculty, staff or administrators for religious worship or instruction or for any other purpose.
123B.44 PROVISION OF PUPIL SUPPORT SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
Provided services.
The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 requiring each district or other intermediary service area: (a) to provide each year upon formal request by a specific date by or on behalf of a nonpublic school pupil enrolled in a nonpublic school located in that district or area, the same specific health services as are provided for public school pupils by the district where the nonpublic school is located; and (b) to provide each year upon formal request by a specific date by or on behalf of a nonpublic school secondary pupil enrolled in a nonpublic school located in that district or area, the same specific guidance and counseling services as are provided for public school secondary pupils by the district where the nonpublic school is located. The district where the nonpublic school is located must provide the necessary transportation within the district boundaries between the nonpublic school and a public school or neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services under this section if the district elects to provide pupil support services at a site other than the nonpublic school. Each request for pupil support services must set forth the guidance and counseling or health services requested by or on behalf of all eligible nonpublic school pupils enrolled in a given nonpublic school. No district or intermediary service area must not expend an amount for these pupil support services which exceeds the amount allotted to it under this section.
Subd. 2.
Location of services.
Health and guidance and counseling services may be provided to nonpublic school pupils under this section at a public school, a neutral site, the nonpublic school or any other suitable location. District or intermediary service area personnel and representatives of the nonpublic school pupils receiving pupil support services must hold an annual consultation regarding the type of services, provider of services, and the location of the provision of these services. The district board or intermediary service area governing board must make the final decision on the location of the provision of these services.
Subd. 3.
Guidance and counseling; exclusions.
Guidance and counseling services provided to nonpublic school pupils pursuant to this section shall not include the planning or selection of particular courses or classroom activities of the nonpublic school.
Subd. 4.
Health services; allotment.
Each school year the commissioner shall allot to the school districts or other intermediary service areas for the provision of health services pursuant to this section the actual cost of the services provided for the pupils in each respective nonpublic school for that school year. The allotment must not exceed the average expenditure per public school pupil for these services by those Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools which provide health services to public school pupils, multiplied by the number of pupils in that particular nonpublic school who request these health services and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current school year.
Subd. 5.
Guidance and counseling services; allotment.
Each school year the commissioner shall allot to the school districts or intermediary service areas for the provision of guidance and counseling services pursuant to this section the actual cost of the services provided for the pupils in each respective nonpublic school for that school year. The allotment for guidance and counseling services for the secondary pupils in each nonpublic school must not exceed the average expenditure per public school secondary pupil for these services by those Minnesota public schools which provide these services to their secondary pupils, multiplied by the number of secondary pupils in that particular nonpublic school who request these services and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current school year.
Subd. 6.
Computation of maximum allotments.
For purposes of computing maximum allotments for each school year pursuant to this section, the average public school expenditure per pupil for health services and the average public school expenditure per secondary pupil for guidance and counseling services shall be computed and established by the department by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data then available.
123B.45 PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
The commissioner shall make such payments to school districts or intermediary service areas pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48 as are needed to meet contractual obligations incurred for the provision of benefits to nonpublic school students pursuant to section 123B.42, 123B.44, or 123B.445.
123B.46 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Each year, a district or intermediary service area may claim and receive from the department an additional sum for the administration of sections 123B.42, 123B.44, and 123B.445, equal to five percent of the district's or area's allocation for that year pursuant to those sections.
123B.47 NOTICE TO DISTRICTS; PRORATION.
If the appropriation for nonpublic educational aid under sections 123B.40 to 123B.48 is not sufficient to meet the required payments in any fiscal year, the department must notify the school districts at the earliest possible date of the need to prorate the appropriation among the districts.
123B.48 LIMIT ON DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
If the amount appropriated for purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for any year is not sufficient to make the payments required pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for that year, then no school district or intermediary service area is required to expend an amount pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for that year which exceeds the amount of the payments it receives pursuant to sections 123B.40 to 123B.42, and 123B.44 to 123B.48, for that year.
123B.86 EQUAL TREATMENT.
Subd. 2.
Nonpublic school students.
(a) The board of any local district must provide school bus transportation to the district boundary for school children residing in the district at least the same distance from a nonpublic school actually attended in another district as public school pupils are transported in the transporting district. Such transportation must be provided whether or not there is another nonpublic school within the transporting district, if the transportation is to schools maintaining grades or departments not maintained in the district or if the attendance of such children at school can more safely, economically, or conveniently be provided for by such means.
(b) The school board of any local district may provide school bus transportation to a nonpublic school in another district for school children residing in the district and attending that school, whether or not there is another nonpublic school within the transporting district, if the transportation is to schools maintaining grades or departments not maintained in the district or if the attendance of such children at school can more safely, economically, or conveniently be provided for by such means. If the board transports children to a nonpublic school located in another district, the nonpublic school must pay the cost of such transportation provided outside the district boundaries.
123B.92 TRANSPORTATION AID ENTITLEMENT.
Subd. 9.
Nonpublic pupil transportation aid.
(a) A district's nonpublic pupil transportation aid for the 1996-1997 and later school years for transportation services for nonpublic school pupils according to sections 123B.88, 123B.84 to 123B.86, and this section, equals the sum of the amounts computed in paragraphs (b) and (c). This aid does not limit the obligation to transport pupils under sections 123B.84 to 123B.87.
(b) For regular and excess transportation according to subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), an amount equal to the product of:
(1) the district's actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation categories during the second preceding school year; times
(2) the number of nonpublic school pupils residing in the district who receive regular or excess transportation service or reimbursement for the current school year; times
(3) the ratio of the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the current school year to the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the second preceding school year.
(c) For nonpublic nonregular transportation according to subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (5), an amount equal to the product of:
(1) the district's actual expenditure for nonpublic nonregular transportation during the second preceding school year; times
(2) the ratio of the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the current school year to the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the second preceding school year.
(d) Notwithstanding the amount of the formula allowance for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 in section 126C.10, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall use the amount of the formula allowance for the current year minus $414 in determining the nonpublic pupil transportation revenue in paragraphs (b) and (c) for fiscal years 2015 and 2016.
124D.98 LITERACY INCENTIVE AID.
Subdivision 1.
Literacy incentive aid.
A district's literacy incentive aid equals the sum of the proficiency aid under subdivision 2, and the growth aid under subdivision 3.
Subd. 2.
Proficiency aid.
The proficiency aid for each school in a district that has submitted to the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is equal to the product of the school's proficiency allowance times the number of third grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's proficiency allowance is equal to the percentage of students in each building that meet or exceed proficiency on the third grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the previous three test administrations, times $530.
Subd. 3.
Growth aid.
The growth aid for each school in a district that has submitted to the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is equal to the product of the school's growth allowance times the number of fourth grade pupils enrolled at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's growth allowance is equal to the percentage of students at that school making medium or high growth, under subdivision 4, on the fourth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the previous three test administrations, times $530.
Subd. 4.
Medium and high growth.
(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.
(c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.