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HF 2610

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/20/2019 11:23am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to early education finance; modifying school readiness aid; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.16, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Amount of aid.

(a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid for
eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section 124D.15
if the biennial plan required by section 124D.15, subdivision 3a, has been approved by the
commissioner.

(b) A district must receive school readiness aid equal to:

(1) the number of four-year-old children in the district on October 1 for the previous
school year times the ratio of 50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to the
total number of four-year-old children reported to the commissioner for the previous school
year; plus

(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for the free
or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year times the ratio of 50 percent
of the total school readiness aid for that year to the total number of pupils in the state from
families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year.

(c) The total school readiness aid entitlement equals deleted text begin $23,558,000 for fiscal year 2016
and
deleted text end $33,683,000 deleted text begin for fiscal year 2017 and laterdeleted text end .