Minnesota Legislature
HF 2619
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/06/2023 11:43am
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula
allowance; directing money to class size reduction; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 126C.10, subdivision 2; 126C.12.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Basic revenue.
new text begin(a) new text endThe basic revenue for each district equals the formula
allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. deleted text beginThe formula allowance for
fiscal year 2021 is $6,567. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2022 is $6,728.
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new text begin (b)new text end The formula allowance for fiscal year 2023 deleted text beginand laterdeleted text end is $6,863.
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(c) The formula allowance for fiscal year 2024 is $8,236.
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(d) The formula allowance for fiscal year 2025 and later equals the formula allowance
for fiscal year 2024 times the inflationary increase calculated in paragraph (e).
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(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "inflationary increase" means one plus the percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers, as prepared by the United States
Bureau of Labor Standards, from fiscal year 2024 to the current fiscal year.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.12, is amended to read:
126C.12 deleted text beginLEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT REVENUE AMOUNT AND USEdeleted text endnew text begin
CLASS SIZE REDUCTIONnew text end.
Subdivision 1.
Revenue.
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Of a district's general education revenue for fiscal year 2015
and thereafter each school district shall reserve an amount equal to the following calculation:
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(1) average daily membership, according to section 126C.05, subdivision 5, in
kindergarten times $299; plus
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(2) average daily membership, according to section 126C.05, subdivision 5, in grades
1 to 6 times $459.
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A district is required to reserve an amount equal to at least eight percent of the basic
revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, to implement the class size ratios specified
in this section.
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Subd. 2.
Definitions.
(a) "Classroom teacher" means a public employee licensed by the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board who is authorized to teach all subjects
to children in any grade in kindergarten through grade deleted text begin6deleted text endnew text begin 12new text end and whose duties are full-time
regular classroom instruction, excluding a teacher for whom federal aids are received or for
whom categorical aids are received under section 125A.76 or who is an itinerant teacher or
provides instruction outside of the regular classroom. Except as provided in section 122A.68,
subdivision 6, classroom teacher does not include supervisory and support personnel defined
in section 122A.15. deleted text beginA classroom teacher whose duties are less than full-time instruction
must be included as an equivalent only for the number of hours of instruction in kindergarten
through grade 3.
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(b) "Class size" means the districtwide ratio at each grade level of the number of full-time
students in kindergarten through grade deleted text begin3deleted text endnew text begin 12new text end served at least 40 percent of the time in regular
classrooms to the number of full-time classroom teachers in kindergarten through grade deleted text begin3deleted text endnew text begin
12new text end, determined as of October 1 of each school year.new text begin A regular classroom does not include
band, orchestra, choir, or physical education courses.
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Subd. 3.
Instruction contact time.
Instruction may be provided by a classroom teacher
or by a team of classroom teachers, or by a teacher resident supervised by a classroom
teacher. deleted text beginThe district must maximize classroom teacher to learner average instructional
contact time in the core subjects of reading and mathematics.
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Subd. 4.
Revenue use.
(a) Revenue must be used to reduce and maintain the district's
average class size deleted text beginin kindergarten through grade 3 to a level of 17 to 1 on average in each
of the respective gradesdeleted text endnew text begin according to the ratios established in subdivision 6new text end.
(b) deleted text beginA district must not increase the districtwide class sizes in other grades as a result of
reducing class sizes in kindergarten through grade 3.deleted text end Revenue may not be used to provide
instructor preparation. new text beginIf new text enda districtnew text begin reduces class sizes to the ratios specified in this section,
the districtnew text end may use a portion of the revenue reserved under this section to employ deleted text beginup to the
same number of full-time equivalentdeleted text end education assistants or aides deleted text beginas the district employed
during the 1992-1993 school year under Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.331,
subdivision 2, through fiscal year 2002deleted text end. Beginning in fiscal year deleted text begin2003deleted text endnew text begin 2024new text end, class size
reduction revenue deleted text beginmay onlydeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be reserved to employ classroom teachers contributing
to lower class sizes in kindergarten through grade deleted text begin3deleted text endnew text begin 12new text end.
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deleted text begin Additional revenue use. deleted text end
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If the board of a district determines that the district
has achieved and is maintaining the class sizes specified in subdivision 4, the board may
use the revenue to reduce class size in grades 4, 5, and 6, prepare and use individualized
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learning plans, improve program offerings, purchase instructional material, services, or
technology, or provide staff development needed for reduced class sizes.
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new text begin Class size ratios. new text end
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(a) A school district or charter school must have a class size
ratio no greater than:
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(1) for kindergarten through grade 3, a class size of 17 to one;
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(2) for grades 4 to 9, a class size of 21 to one; and
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(3) for grades 10 to 12, a class size of 23 to one.
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(b) A district must negotiate a plan to reduce class sizes with the exclusive representative
for teachers. A negotiated class size reduction plan may specify ratios different than those
established in paragraph (a).
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new text begin Reporting. new text end
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A school district must annually report the district's class size ratios
to the commissioner of education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
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Sec. 3. new text beginAPPROPRIATION; ADDITIONAL GENERAL EDUCATION AID.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Department of Education. new text end
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The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
designated.
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new text begin Additional general education aid. new text end
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For additional general education aid:
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