Minnesota Legislature
HF 2679
as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/03/2014 03:13pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; linking extended time revenue to the basic formula
allowance; extending services for English language learners; increasing the safe
schools levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, subdivision 2;
Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 126C.10, subdivision 2a; 126C.44.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
English learner.
(a) "English learner" means a pupil in kindergarten
through grade 12 who meets the following requirements:
(1) the pupil, as declared by a parent or guardian first learned a language other than
English, comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than English, or
usually speaks a language other than English; and
(2) the pupil is determined by developmentally appropriate measures, which might
include observations, teacher judgment, parent recommendations, or developmentally
appropriate assessment instruments, to lack the necessary English skills to participate
fully in classes taught in English.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a pupil in grades 4 through 12 who was enrolled
in a Minnesota public school on the dates during the previous school year when a
commissioner provided assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English
was administered, shall not be counted as an English learner in calculating English learner
pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17, and shall not generate state English
learner aid under section 124D.65, subdivision 5, unless the pupil scored below the state
cutoff score or is otherwise counted as a nonproficient participant on an assessment
measuring emerging academic English provided by the commissioner during the previous
school year.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), a pupil in kindergarten through grade
12 shall not be counted as an English learner in calculating English learner pupil units
under section 126C.05, subdivision 17, and shall not generate state English learner aid
under section 124D.65, subdivision 5, if:
(1) the pupil is not enrolled during the current fiscal year in an educational program
for English learners in accordance with sections 124D.58 to 124D.64; or
(2) the pupil has generated deleted text begin fivedeleted text end new text begin sevennew text end or more years of average daily membership in
Minnesota public schools since July 1, 1996.
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This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2015
and later.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is
amended to read:
Subd. 2a.
Extended time revenue.
(a) A school district's extended time revenue is
equal to the product of deleted text begin $5,017deleted text end new text begin the basic formula allowancenew text end and the sum of the adjusted
pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily membership in excess of 1.0 and
less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 8.
(b) A school district's extended time revenue may be used for extended day
programs, extended week programs, summer school, and other programming authorized
under the learning year program.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2015
and later.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
(a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district
for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied for
all costs under this section shall be equal to deleted text begin $36deleted text end new text begin $45new text end multiplied by the district's adjusted
pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and used for
directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties who
contract with the district for the following purposes:
(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of
peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section
609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the
district's schools;
(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety,
voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by
the school district;
(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed
school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical
dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public
announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility
modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate; or
(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals
who are not district employees or contractors.
(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially
attempt to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the
police department of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district
containing the school receiving the services. If a local police department or a county
sheriff's department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may
contract for these services with any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or
partially within the school district's boundaries.
(c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may
include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities
authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority
must not exceed deleted text begin $10deleted text end new text begin $15new text end times the adjusted deleted text begin marginal costdeleted text end pupil units of the member
districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section.
Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
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This section is effective for taxes payable in 2015 and later.
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