ARTICLE 1

SUMMARY

ARTICLE 2

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

121A.19 DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.

new text begin [124D.129] EDUCATE PARENTS PARTNERSHIP.
new text end

new text begin [124D.162] KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT.
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124D.175 MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATION deleted text begin PROPOSALdeleted text end .

125A.28 STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.

125A.29 RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNTY BOARDS AND SCHOOL
BOARDS.

125A.30 INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEES.

125A.32 INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLANnew text begin (IFSP)new text end .

125A.33 SERVICE COORDINATION.

125A.48 STATE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.

ARTICLE 3

GENERAL EDUCATION

ARTICLE 4

EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

new text begin [120B.132] RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED
PLACEMENT PROGRAMS.
new text end

new text begin [122A.416] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE
FOR PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND MULTIDISTRICT
INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVES.
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181.101 WAGES; HOW OFTEN PAID.

ARTICLE 5

FACILITIES, ACCOUNTING, AND TECHNOLOGY

ARTICLE 6

NUTRITION

ARTICLE 7

EDUCATION FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

A. GENERAL EDUCATION

B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS

D. NUTRITION

E. LIBRARIES

F. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

G. PREVENTION

ARTICLE 8

HIGHER EDUCATION

ARTICLE 9

ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND AGRICULTURE

35.05 AUTHORITY OF STATE BOARD.

new text begin [85.46] HORSE TRAIL PASS.
new text end

ARTICLE 10

CLEAN WATER LEGACY

ARTICLE 11

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

new text begin [116J.656] SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO FEDERAL RESEARCH
FUNDS.
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new text begin [116U.26] FILM JOBS PRODUCTION PROGRAM.
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HF 4162

ARTICLE 1

SUMMARY

ARTICLE 2

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

121A.19 DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.

new text begin [124D.129] EDUCATE PARENTS PARTNERSHIP. new text end

new text begin [124D.162] KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT. new text end

124D.175 MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATION deleted text begin PROPOSALdeleted text end .

125A.28 STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.

125A.29 RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNTY BOARDS AND SCHOOL BOARDS.

125A.30 INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEES.

125A.32 INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLANnew text begin (IFSP)new text end .

125A.33 SERVICE COORDINATION.

125A.48 STATE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.

new text begin [124D.129] EDUCATE PARENTS PARTNERSHIP.
new text end

new text begin [124D.162] KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT.
new text end

125A.29 RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNTY BOARDS AND SCHOOL
BOARDS.

new text begin [120B.132] RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED
PLACEMENT PROGRAMS.
new text end

new text begin [122A.416] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE
FOR PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND MULTIDISTRICT
INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVES.
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Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY.
new text end

Section 1. new text begin EARLY EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.
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Sec. 26. new text begin ADULT LITERACY GRANTS FOR RECENT IMMIGRANTS TO
MINNESOTA.
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Sec. 27. new text begin LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO END POVERTY IN MINNESOTA
BY 2020.
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DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
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Sec. 5. new text begin NORTHWESTERN ONLINE COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAM.
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Sec. 6. new text begin CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION REVENUE; PILOT
PROGRAM.
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Sec. 6. new text begin FUND TRANSFERS.
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Sec. 7. new text begin HEALTH AND SAFETY REVENUE USES; BELLE PLAINE.
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AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS.
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Sec. 3. new text begin BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
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RESOURCES
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RESOURCES
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AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES
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Sec. 5. new text begin BOXING COMMISSION
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Sec. 6. new text begin EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM
new text end

Sec. 7. new text begin MINNESOTA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
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Bill Text Versions

Current Version - 3rd Engrossment

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Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY.
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Section 1. new text begin EARLY EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.
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Sec. 26. new text begin ADULT LITERACY GRANTS FOR RECENT IMMIGRANTS TO
MINNESOTA.
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Sec. 27. new text begin LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO END POVERTY IN MINNESOTA
BY 2020.
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Sec. 28. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin ONETIME ENERGY ASSISTANCE AID.
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Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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Sec. 4. new text begin CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS; CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
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Sec. 5. new text begin NORTHWESTERN ONLINE COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAM.
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Sec. 6. new text begin CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION REVENUE; PILOT
PROGRAM.
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Sec. 7. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Summary
new text end

new text begin Department of Human Services;
basic sliding fee child care waiting list
new text end

Subsidy restrictions.

new text begin Provider rate differential for accreditation. new text end

Absent days.

Revenue.

First prior program year.

Program requirements.

State total adult basic education aid.

Early intervention system.

Eligibility for Part C.

Interagency child find systems.

Part C state plan.

State lead agency.

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin Grants. new text end

new text begin Membership. new text end

new text begin Guiding principles. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin Educate parents partnership. new text end

new text begin Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention
program. new text end

new text begin Early childhood Part C. new text end

new text begin Adult literacy grants for recent immigrants. new text end

new text begin NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating System. new text end

new text begin Legislative Commission to End Poverty by 2020. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin Onetime energy assistance aid. new text end

new text begin Establishment; eligibility. new text end

new text begin Application and review process; funding priority. new text end

new text begin Funding; permissible funding uses. new text end

new text begin Annual reports. new text end

new text begin Project parameters. new text end

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new text begin Pilot program created. new text end

new text begin Approved provider list. new text end

new text begin Application and selection process. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin Northwestern Online College in the High School program. new text end

new text begin Chinese language. new text end

new text begin Advanced placement increased student participation. new text end

new text begin Character development education revenue. new text end

new text begin Scholars of distinction. new text end

new text begin TIMMS Study. new text end

Uses of health and safety revenue.

new text begin A.C.G.C. new text end

new text begin Alden-Conger. new text end

new text begin Fosston. new text end

new text begin Hopkins. new text end

new text begin Lester Prairie. new text end

new text begin Milroy. new text end

new text begin Northland Community Schools. new text end

new text begin Tyler. new text end

School lunch aid computation.

Basic system support.

Resident student.

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Terms and conditions of loans.

Repayment of loans.

Mineral research; scholarships.

Establish.

Missions.

Citation authority.

Areas marked.

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new text begin Duplicate horse trail passes. new text end

Emergency deterrent materials assistance.

Land and Mineral Resources
Management

Membership; appointment.

new text begin Total appropriation
new text end

new text begin Business and community
development
new text end

new text begin Youthbuild
new text end

new text begin Hard hats program
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new text begin Biotech partnership
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new text begin Itasca County infrastructure
new text end

new text begin Programs for persons with
developmental and mental disabilities
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new text begin Wastewater treatment
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new text begin Pilot workforce program
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new text begin Summer youth employment
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new text begin Veterans' memorial
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new text begin Housing collaboration
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Workforce Services

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Subsidy restrictions.

new text begin Provider rate differential for accreditation. new text end

Absent days.

Revenue.

First prior program year.

Program requirements.

State total adult basic education aid.

Early intervention system.

Eligibility for Part C.

Interagency child find systems.

Part C state plan.

State lead agency.

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin Summary
new text end

new text begin Department of Human Services;
basic sliding fee child care waiting list
new text end

new text begin Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention
program. new text end

Engrossments
Introduction		Posted on 04/27/2006
1st Engrossment		Posted on 04/27/2006
2nd Engrossment		Posted on 05/02/2006
3rd Engrossment		Posted on 05/22/2006

Unofficial Engrossments
1st Unofficial Engrossment		Posted on 05/09/2006

Conference Committee Reports
CCR-HF4162		Posted on 05/21/2006

A bill for an act
relating to the financing of state government; making supplemental
appropriations for early childhood and family prekindergarten through grade 12,
and postsecondary education; environment, natural resources, and agriculture;
clean water legacy; economic development, transportation; public safety; state
government; veterans affairs; miscellaneous health and human services; health
care federal compliance; children and families federal compliance; assisted
living; long-term care; modifying certain statutory provisions and laws; providing
for certain programs; fixing and limiting fees; authorizing rulemaking; requiring
reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
43A.17, subdivision 4; 62A.045; 62S.05, by adding a subdivision; 62S.08,
subdivision 3; 62S.081, subdivision 4; 62S.10, subdivision 2; 62S.13, by adding
a subdivision; 62S.14, subdivision 2; 62S.15; 62S.20, subdivision 1; 62S.24,
subdivisions 1, 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; 62S.25, subdivision 6, by adding
a subdivision; 62S.26; 62S.266, subdivision 2; 62S.29, subdivision 1; 62S.30;
84.0835, subdivision 3; 85.32, subdivision 1; 97A.028, subdivision 3; 114D.30,
subdivision 2, as added; 119B.13, by adding a subdivision; 123B.57, subdivision
6; 124D.518, subdivision 4; 124D.52, subdivision 1; 125A.27, subdivisions
7, 8, 11, 15, 18; 125A.29; 125A.30; 125A.32; 125A.33; 125A.48; 136A.101,
subdivision 8; 136A.15, subdivision 9; 136A.1701, subdivisions 4, 7; 137.022,
subdivision 4; 137.17, subdivisions 1, 3; 144.0724, subdivisions 3, 4; 144.6501,
subdivision 6; 144A.071, subdivisions 4a, 4c; 144A.10, by adding a subdivision;
144A.161, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5c, 6, 8, by adding a subdivision;
144A.4605; 144D.01, by adding a subdivision; 144D.015; 144D.02; 144D.03,
subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 144D.04; 144D.05; 144D.065; 181.101;
216C.41, subdivision 4; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256B.02, subdivision
9; 256B.056, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0595, subdivisions
1, 3, 4; 256B.0625, subdivision 20; 256B.0945, subdivision 1; 256B.431, by
adding a subdivision; 256B.434, by adding subdivisions; 256B.437, subdivision
3; 256B.438, subdivision 4; 256B.69, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision;
256B.76; 256J.021; 256J.626, subdivision 2; 256L.04, subdivision 10; 256L.11,
by adding a subdivision; 256L.17, subdivision 2; 326.105; 469.334, subdivisions
1, 4; 518.551, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections
35.05; 119B.13, subdivisions 1, 7; 121A.19; 124D.111, subdivision 1; 124D.135,
subdivision 1; 124D.175; 124D.531, subdivision 1; 125A.28; 144.1476,
subdivision 4; 144A.071, subdivision 1a; 216C.41, subdivision 3; 256B.0571;
256B.0595, subdivision 2; 256B.06, subdivision 4; 256B.0918, subdivisions 1, 3,
4; 256B.0946, subdivision 1; 256B.434, subdivision 4; 256B.5012, subdivision
6; 256B.69, subdivision 23; 256D.03, subdivision 3; 256L.03, subdivision
5; 299A.641, subdivision 3; 299A.78; Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 15,
subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 10; Laws
2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2; article
3, section 2, subdivision 4; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 4, article
7, section 55; article 9, section 5, subdivision 8; Laws 2005, First Special
Session chapter 5, article 1, sections 47; 54, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8; article
2, section 84, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; article 3, section 18, subdivisions 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7; article 4, section 25, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6; article 5, section 17,
subdivisions 2, 3; article 6, section 1, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; article 7, section 20,
subdivisions 2, 3, 4; article 8, section 8, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 4; 16E; 43A; 62S; 85; 116J; 116U;
120B; 122A; 124D; 144; 144A; 144D; 197; 245; 256; 256B; 256D; 299A; 341;
proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144G; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 62J.694; 116J.543; 137.17, subdivisions 2, 4;
144.395; 245.465, subdivision 2; 256B.0945, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 256B.83;
Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 256B.0571, subdivisions 2, 5,
11; Minnesota Rules, part 4668.0215.

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


new text begin (General Fund Only, Excluding Forecast Adjustments) new text end
new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end		new text begin 2006 new text end		new text begin 2007 new text end		new text begin TOTAL new text end
new text begin Early Childhood Education new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 124,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 14,926,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 15,050,000 new text end
new text begin K-12 Education new text end		new text begin 5,469,000 new text end		new text begin 2,764,000 new text end		new text begin 8,233,000 new text end
new text begin Higher Education new text end				new text begin 5,000,000 new text end		new text begin 5,000,000 new text end
new text begin Environment & Agriculture new text end		new text begin 577,000 new text end		new text begin 1,838,000 new text end		new text begin 2,415,000 new text end
new text begin Clean Water Legacy new text end				new text begin 15,000,000 new text end		new text begin 15,000,000 new text end
new text begin Economic Development new text end				new text begin 29,552,000 new text end		new text begin 29,552,000 new text end
new text begin Transportation new text end				new text begin 692,000 new text end		new text begin 692,000 new text end
new text begin Public Safety new text end		new text begin 3,846,000 new text end		new text begin 15,774,000 new text end		new text begin 19,620,000 new text end
new text begin State Government new text end				new text begin 2,422,000 new text end		new text begin 2,422,000 new text end
new text begin Veterans Affairs new text end		new text begin 250,000 new text end		new text begin 3,230,000 new text end		new text begin 3,480,000 new text end
new text begin Health & Human Services new text end		new text begin 30,989,000 new text end		new text begin 75,663,000 new text end		new text begin 106,652,000 new text end
new text begin SUBTOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 41,255,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 166,861,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 208,116,000 new text end
new text begin CANCELLATIONS new text end		new text begin 250,000 new text end				new text begin 250,000 new text end
new text begin TRANSFERS IN new text end		new text begin 2,933,000 new text end				new text begin 2,933,000 new text end
new text begin TOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 38,072,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 166,861,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 204,933,000 new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are added to or, if
shown in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2005, First Special
Session chapter 4, article 9, or other law to the agencies and for the purposes specified
in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund or another named fund and
are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2006" and
"2007" used in this article mean that the addition to or subtraction from the appropriation
listed under them is available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30,
2007, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2006. "The second year" is fiscal year
2007. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2006 and 2007. Supplementary appropriations and
reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, are effective the
day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin SUMMARY BY FUND new text end
		new text begin 2006 new text end		new text begin 2007 new text end		new text begin TOTAL new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 124,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 14,926,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 15,050,000 new text end
	new text begin new text end		new text begin new text end		new text begin new text end

new text begin (a) For child care assistance for eligible
families on the basic sliding fee waiting list
under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03,
subdivision 2, as of July 1, 2006.
new text end

General Fund

-0-

3,842,000

(b) For basic sliding fee child care assistance
grants in fiscal year 2007

-0-

4,055,000

new text begin The general fund base is increased
by $1,596,000 in fiscal year 2008 and
$1,732,000 in fiscal year 2009 for basic
sliding fee child care assistance grants.
new text end

-0-

3,000

new text begin (d) As determined by the commissioner,
counties may use up to six percent of either
calendar year 2008 or 2009 allocations under
Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03, to
fund accelerated payments that may occur
during the preceding calendar year during
conversion to the automated child care
assistance program system. If conversion
occurs over two calendar years, counties
may use up to three percent of the combined
calendar year allocations to fund accelerated
payments. Funding advanced under this
subdivision shall be considered part of the
allocation from which it was originally
advanced for purposes of setting future
allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.03, subdivisions 6, 6a, 6b, and 8, and
shall include funding for administrative costs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.15.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any
section to the contrary, this provision shall
sunset December 31, 2009.
new text end

new text begin (e) Increased child care funds from the
federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 may
be allocated by the commissioner for the
basic sliding fee child care program.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 119B.13, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

deleted text begin (a)(i) Effective July 1, 2005, the commissioner
of human services shall modify the rate tables for child care centers published in
Department of Human Services Bulletin No. 03-68-07 so that in counties with regional or
statewide cells, the higher of the 100th percentile of the 2002 market rate survey data or
the rate currently identified in the bulletin will be the maximum rate. The rates established
in this clause will be considered as the previous year's rates for purposes of the increase in
item (iii), and shall be compared to the 100th percentile of current market rates.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (ii) For the period between July 1, 2005, and through the full implementation of the
new rates under item (iii), the rates published in Department of Human Services Bulletin
No. 03-68-07 as adjusted by item (i) shall remain in effect.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (iii) deleted text end new text begin (a) new text end Beginningdeleted text begin January deleted text end new text begin July new text end 1, 2006, the maximum rate paid for child care
assistance in any county or multicounty region under the child care fund shall be the deleted text begin lesser
of the 75th percentile rate for like-care arrangements in the county or multicounty region
as surveyed by the commissioner or the previous year'sdeleted text end rate for like-care arrangements in
the county new text begin effective January 1, 2006, new text end increased by percent.

deleted text begin (iv) deleted text end new text begin (b) new text end Rate changes shall be implemented for services provided in deleted text begin March
deleted text end new text begin September new text end 2006 unless a participant eligibility redetermination or a new provider
agreement is completed between deleted text begin Januarydeleted text end new text begin July new text end 1, 2006, and deleted text begin February 28deleted text end new text begin August 31new text end , 2006.
deleted text begin deleted text end

As necessary, appropriate notice of adverse action must be made according to
Minnesota Rules, part 3400.0185, subparts 3 and 4.

New cases approved on or after deleted text begin Januarydeleted text end new text begin July new text end 1, 2006, shall have the maximum rates
underdeleted text begin item (iii)deleted text end new text begin paragraph (a), new text end implemented immediately.

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c) new text end Not less than once every two years, the commissioner shall survey rates
charged by child care providers in Minnesota to determine the 75th percentile for
like-care arrangements in counties. When the commissioner determines that, using the
commissioner's established protocol, the number of providers responding to the survey is
too small to determine the 75th percentile rate for like-care arrangements in a county or
multicounty region, the commissioner may establish the 75th percentile maximum rate
based on like-care arrangements in a county, region, or category that the commissioner
deems to be similar.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d) new text end A rate which includes a special needs rate paid under subdivision 3 may be in
excess of the maximum rate allowed under this subdivision.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e) new text end The department shall monitor the effect of this paragraph on provider rates.
The county shall pay the provider's full charges for every child in care up to the maximum
established. The commissioner shall determine the maximum rate for each type of care on
an hourly, full-day, and weekly basis, including special needs and handicapped care.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f) new text end When the provider charge is greater than the maximum provider rate allowed,
the parent is responsible for payment of the difference in the rates in addition to any
family co-payment fee.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2006.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin A family child care
provider or child care center shall be paid a 15 percent differential above the maximum rate
established in subdivision 1, up to the actual provider rate, if the provider or center holds a
current early childhood development credential or is accredited. For a family child care
provider, early childhood development credential and accreditation includes an individual
who has earned a child development associate degree, a diploma in child development from
a Minnesota state technical college, or a bachelor's degree in early childhood education
from an accredited college or university, or who is accredited by the National Association
for Family Child Care or the Competency Based Training and Assessment Program. For a
child care center, accreditation includes accreditation by the National Association for the
Education of Young Children, the Council on Accreditation, the National Early Childhood
Program Accreditation, the National School-Age Care Association, or the National Head
Start Association Program of Excellence. For Montessori programs, accreditation includes
the American Montessori Society, Association of Montessori International-USA, or the
National Center for Montessori Education.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2006.new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 119B.13, subdivision 7, is
amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end Child care providers may not be reimbursed for more
than 25 new text begin full-day new text end absent days per child, excluding holidays, in a fiscal year, or for more than
ten consecutive new text begin full-day new text end absent days, unless the child has a documented medical condition
that causes more frequent absences. Documentation of medical conditions must be on
the forms and submitted according to the timelines established by the commissioner.new text begin If a
child attends for part of the time authorized to be in care in a day, but is absent for part of
the time authorized to be in care in that same day, the absent time will be reimbursed but
the time will not count toward the ten consecutive or 25 cumulative absent day limits.
If a child attends part of an authorized day, payment to the provider must be for the full
amount of care authorized for that day. Child care providers may only be reimbursed for
absent days if the provider has a written policy for child absences and charges all other
families in care for similar absences.
new text end

new text begin (b) Child care providers must be reimbursed for up to ten federal or state holidays
or designated holidays per year when the provider charges all families for these days
and the holiday or designated holiday falls on a day when the child is authorized to be
in attendance. Parents may substitute other cultural or religious holidays for the ten
recognized state and federal holidays. Holidays do not count toward the ten consecutive or
25 cumulative absent day limits.
new text end

new text begin (c) A family or child care provider may not be assessed an overpayment for an
absent day payment unless (1) there was an error in the amount of care authorized for the
family, (2) all of the allowed full-day absent payments for the child have been paid, or (3)
the family or provider did not timely report a change as required under law.
new text end

new text begin (d) The provider and family must receive notification of the number of absent days
used upon initial provider authorization for a family and when the family has used 15
cumulative absent days. Upon statewide implementation of the Minnesota Electronic
Child Care System, the provider and family authorization for a family and ongoing
notification of the number of absent days used as of the date of the notification.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2006.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 121A.19, is amended to read:

Each school year, the state must pay a district deleted text begin $50deleted text end for each deleted text begin three-year-old child
screened; $40 for each four-year-old child screened; and $30 for each five-year-olddeleted text end childnew text begin
or studentnew text end screened by the district deleted text begin prior to kindergartendeleted text end according to the requirements of
section 121A.17. new text begin The amount of state aid for each child or student screened shall be: (1)
$50 for a child screened at age three; (2) $40 for a child screened at age four; (3) $30
for a child screened at age five or six prior to kindergarten; and (4) $30 for a student
screened within 30 days after first enrolling in a public school kindergarten if the student
has not previously been screened according to the requirements of section 121A.17. new text end If this
amount of aid is insufficient, the district may permanently transfer from the general fund
an amount that, when added to the aid, is sufficient.new text begin Developmental screening aid shall not
be paid for any student who is screened more than 30 days after the first day of attendance
at a public school kindergarten, except if a student transfers to another public school
kindergarten within 30 days after first enrolling in a Minnesota public school kindergarten
program. In this case, if the student has not been screened, the district to which the student
transfers may receive developmental screening aid for screening that student when the
screening is performed within 30 days of the transfer date.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may work in partnership with health care providers and
community organizations to provide parent information to parents of newborns at the
time of birth. The commissioner may coordinate the partnership and the distribution of
informational material to the parents of newborns before they leave the hospital with
early childhood organizations, including, but not limited to, early childhood family
education, child care resource and referral, and interagency early intervention committees.
The commissioner may develop a resource Web site that promotes, at a minimum, the
department Web site for information and links to resources on child development, parent
education, child care, and consumer safety information.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 124D.135, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

The revenue for early childhood family education
programs for a school district equals deleted text begin $96 for fiscal year 2005 and $104deleted text end new text begin $112new text end for fiscal year
deleted text begin 2006deleted text end new text begin 2007new text end and later, times the greater of:

(1) 150; or

(2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1
of the previous school year.

new text begin The commissioner of education may implement a kindergarten readiness assessment
representative of incoming kindergartners. The assessment must be based on the
Department of Education Kindergarten Readiness Assessment at kindergarten entrance
study.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 124D.175, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner must new text begin make a grant to the Minnesota Early Learning
Foundation to new text end implement an early childhood development grant program for low-income
and other challenged families that increases the effectiveness and expands the capacity of
public and nonpublic early childhood development programs, which may include child
care programs, and leads to improved early childhood parent education and children's
kindergarten readiness. The program must include:

(1) grant awards to existing early childhood development program providers that
also provide parent education programs and to qualified providers proposing to implement
pilot programs for this same purpose;

(2) grant awards to enable low-income families to participate in these programs;

(3) grant awards to improve overall programmatic quality; and

(4) an evaluation of the programmatic and financial efficacy of all these programs,
which may be performed using measures of services, staffing, and management systems
that provide consistent information about system performance, show trends, confirm
successes, and identify potential problems in early childhood development programs.

This grant program must not supplant existing early childhood development programs
or child care funds.

(b) The commissioner must deleted text begin contract withdeleted text end new text begin make a grant to new text end a private nonprofit, section
501(c)(3) organization to implement the requirements of paragraph (a). The private
nonprofit organization must be governed by a board of directors composed of members
from the public and nonpublic sectors, where the nonpublic sector members compose a
simple majority of board members and where the public sector members are state and local
government officials, kindergarten through grade 12 or postsecondary educators, and early
childhood providers appointed by the governor. Membership on the board of directors
by a state agency official are work duties for the official and are not a conflict of interest
under section 43A.38. The board of directors must appoint an executive director and must
seek advice from geographically and ethnically diverse parents of young children and
representatives of early childhood development providers, kindergarten through grade 12
and postsecondary educators, public libraries, and the business sector.

The board of directors is subject to the open meeting law under chapter 13D.
All other terms and conditions under which board members serve and operate must be
described in the articles and bylaws of the organization. The private nonprofit organization
is not a state agency and is not subject to laws governing public agencies except the
provisions of chapter 13, salary limits under section 15A.0815, subdivision 2, and audits
by the legislative auditor under chapter 3 apply.

(c) new text begin In addition to the duties under paragraph (a), the Minnesota Early Learning
Foundation (MELF) shall evaluate the effectiveness of the voluntary NorthStar Quality
Improvement and Rating System. The NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating System
must:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide consumer information for parents on child care and early education
program quality and ratings;
new text end

new text begin (2) set indicators to identify quality in care and early education settings, including
licensed family child care and centers, tribal providers and programs, Head Start and
school-age programs, and identify quality programs through ratings and ongoing
monitoring of programs;
new text end

new text begin (3) provide funds for provider improvement grants and quality achievement grants;
new text end

new text begin (4) require participating providers to incorporate the state's early learning standards
in their curriculum activities and develop appropriate child assessments aligned with the
kindergarten readiness assessment;
new text end

new text begin (5) provide accountability for the NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating
System's effectiveness in improving child outcomes and kindergarten readiness; and
new text end

new text begin (6) align current and new state investments to improve the quality of child care
with the NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating System framework, by providing
accountability and informed parent choice.
new text end

new text begin The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation shall report back to the legislature by
January 15, 2008, on the progress being made under this paragraph.
new text end

new text begin (d) new text end This section expires June 30, 2011. If no state appropriation is made for purposes
of this section, the commissioner must not implement paragraphs (a) and (b).

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.518, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

"First prior program year" means the deleted text begin period
from May 1 of the second prior fiscal year through April 30 of the first prior fiscal yeardeleted text end new text begin
specific time period defined by the commissioner that aligns to a program academic yearnew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

(a) An adult basic education program is a
day or evening program offered by a district that is for people over 16 years of age who do
not attend an elementary or secondary school. The program offers academic instruction
necessary to earn a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.

(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a school board or the governing body of
a consortium offering an adult basic education program may adopt a sliding fee schedule
based on a family's income, but must waive the fee for participants who are under the
age of 21 or unable to pay. The fees charged must be designed to enable individuals of
all socioeconomic levels to participate in the program. A program may charge a security
deposit to assure return of materials, supplies, and equipment.

(c) Each approved adult basic education program must develop a memorandum of
understanding with the local workforce development centers located in the approved
program's service delivery area. The memorandum of understanding must describe how
the adult basic education program and the workforce development centers will cooperate
and coordinate services to provide unduplicated, efficient, and effective services to clients.

(d) Adult basic education aid must be spent for adult basic education purposes as
specified in sections 124D.518 to 124D.531.

new text begin (e) A state-approved adult basic education program must count and submit student
contact hours for a program that offers high school credit toward an adult high school
diploma according to student eligibility requirements and competency demonstration
requirements established by the commissioner.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 124D.531, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:

(a) The state total adult basic
education aid for fiscal year 2005 is $36,509,000. The state total adult basic education aid
for fiscal year 2006 deleted text begin and later is $36,509,000deleted text end new text begin equals $36,587,000new text end plus any amount that is
not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4,
paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. new text begin The state total adult basic education
aid for fiscal year 2007 equals $37,673,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during
the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or
section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education aid for later fiscal
years equals:
new text end

new text begin (1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any
amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under
subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times
new text end

new text begin (2) the lesser of:
new text end

new text begin (i) 1.03; or
new text end

new text begin (ii) the greater of 1.00 or the ratio of the state total contact hours in the first prior
program year to the state total contact hours in the second prior program year.
new text end

Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education
aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section
124D.522.

(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals
the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic
population aid under subdivision 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

"Early intervention system" means the total
effort in the state to meet the needs of eligible children and their familiesdeleted text begin , including,
but not limited to:deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (1) any public agency in the state that receives funds under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, title 20, sections 1471 to 1485 (Part
C, Public Law 102-119);
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) other state and local agencies administering programs involved in the provision
of early intervention services, including, but not limited to:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (i) the Maternal and Child Health program under title V of the Social Security Act,
United States Code, title 42, sections 701 to 709;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (ii) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, title 20,
sections 1411 to 1420 (Part B);
deleted text end

deleted text begin (iii) medical assistance under the Social Security Act, United States Code, title
42, section 1396 et seq.;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (iv) the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, United States
Code, title 42, sections 6021 to 6030 (Part B); and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (v) the Head Start Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 9831 to 9852; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) services provided by private groups or third-party payers in conformity with an
individualized family service plan.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

"Eligibility for Part C" means eligibility for early
childhood special education under section 125A.02 and Minnesota Rulesdeleted text begin , part 3525.2335,
subpart 1, items A and Bdeleted text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

"Interagency child find systems"
means activities developed on an interagency basis with the involvement of interagency
early intervention committees and other relevant community groupsnew text begin using rigorous
standards new text end to actively seek out, identify, and refer infants and young childrennew text begin , new text end with, or at
risk of, disabilities, and their familiesnew text begin , including a child under the age of three who: (1)
is involved in a substantiated case of abuse or neglect, or (2) is identified as affected by
illegal substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure, to
reduce the need for future servicesnew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 15, is amended to read:

"Part C state plan" means the annual state plan
application approved by the federal government deleted text begin under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C, Public Law
105-117)deleted text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

"State lead agency" means the state agency receiving
federal funds deleted text begin under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code,
title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part H, Public Law 102-119)deleted text end new text begin for the purposes of providing
early intervention servicesnew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 125A.28, is amended to read:

An Interagency Coordinating Council of at least 17, but not more than 25 members
is established, in compliance with Public Law deleted text begin 102-119deleted text end new text begin 108-446new text end , section deleted text begin 682deleted text end new text begin 641new text end . The
members must be appointed by the governor. Council members must elect the council
chair. The representative of the commissioner may not serve as the chair. The council
must be composed of at least five parents, including persons of color, of children with
disabilities under age 12, including at least three parents of a child with a disability
under age seven, five representatives of public or private providers of services for
children with disabilities under age five, including a special education director, county
social service director, local Head Start director, and a community health services or
public health nursing administrator, one member of the senate, one member of the
house of representatives, one representative of teacher preparation programs in early
childhood-special education or other preparation programs in early childhood intervention,
at least one representative of advocacy organizations for children with disabilities under
age five, one physician who cares for young children with special health care needs, one
representative each from the commissioners of commerce, education, health, human
services, a representative from the state agency responsible for child care, new text begin foster care,
mental health, homeless coordinator of education of homeless children and youth, new text end and a
representative from Indian health services or a tribal council. Section 15.059, subdivisions
2 to 5, apply to the council. The council must meet at least quarterly.

The council must address methods of implementing the state policy of developing
and implementing comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary interagency programs of
early intervention services for children with disabilities and their families.

The duties of the council include recommending policies to ensure a comprehensive
and coordinated system of all state and local agency services for children under age five
with disabilities and their families. The policies must address how to incorporate each
agency's services into a unified state and local system of multidisciplinary assessment
practices, individual intervention plans, comprehensive systems to find children in need of
services, methods to improve public awareness, and assistance in determining the role of
interagency early intervention committees.

On the date that Minnesota Part C Annual Performance Report is submitted to the
federal Office of Special Education, the council must recommend to the governor and the
commissioners of education, health, human services, commerce, and employment and
economic development policies for a comprehensive and coordinated system.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the State Interagency Coordinating
Council expires on June 30, 2009.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.29, is amended to read:

(a) It is the joint responsibility of county boards and school boards to coordinate,
provide, and pay for appropriate services, and to facilitate payment for services from public
and private sources. Appropriate services for children eligible under section 125A.02 must
be determined in consultation with parents, physicians, and other educational, medical,
health, and human services providers. The services provided must be in conformity withnew text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end an IFSP for each eligible infant and toddler from birth through age two and deleted text begin itsdeleted text end new text begin
the infant's or toddler's new text end familydeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin including:
new text end

new text begin (i) American Indian infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families residing
on a reservation geographically located in the state;
new text end

new text begin (ii) infants and toddlers with disabilities who are homeless children and their
families; and
new text end

new text begin (iii) infants and toddlers with disabilities who are wards of the state; new text end or

new text begin (2) new text end an individual education plan (IEP) or individual service plan (ISP) for each
eligible child ages three through four.

(b) Appropriate services include family education and counseling, home visits,
occupational and physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology, psychological services,
special instruction, nursing, respite, nutrition, assistive technology, transportation
and related costs, social work, vision services, case management including service
coordination under section 125A.33, medical services for diagnostic and evaluation
purposes, early identification, and screening, assessment, and health services necessary to
enable children with disabilities to benefit from early intervention services.

(c) School and county boards shall coordinate early intervention services. In the
absence of agreements established according to section 125A.39, service responsibilities
for children birth through age two are as follows:

(1) school boards must provide, pay for, and facilitate payment for special education
and related services required under sections 125A.05 and 125A.06;

(2) county boards must provide, pay for, and facilitate payment for noneducational
services of social work, psychology, transportation and related costs, nursing, respite, and
nutrition services not required under clause (1).

(d) School and county boards may develop an interagency agreement according
to section 125A.39 to establish agency responsibility that assures early intervention
services are coordinated, provided, paid for, and that payment is facilitated from public
and private sources.

(e) County and school boards must jointly determine the primary agency in this
cooperative effort and must notify the commissioner of the state lead agency of their
decision.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.30, is amended to read:

(a) A school district, group of districts, or special education cooperative, in
cooperation with the health and human service agencies located in the county or counties
in which the district or cooperative is located, must establish an Interagency Early
Intervention Committee for children with disabilities under age five and their families
under this section, and for children with disabilities ages three to 22 consistent with
the requirements under sections 125A.023 and 125A.027. Committees must include
representatives of local health, education, and county human service agencies, county
boards, school boards, early childhood family education programs, Head Start, parents of
young children with disabilities under age 12, child care resource and referral agencies,
school readiness programs, current service providers, and may also include representatives
from other private or public agencies and school nurses. The committee must elect a chair
from among its members and must meet at least quarterly.

(b) The committee must develop and implement interagency policies and procedures
concerning the following ongoing duties:

(1) develop public awareness systems designed to inform potential recipient
familiesnew text begin , especially parents with premature infants, or infants with other physical risk
factors associated with learning or development complications, new text end of available programs
and services;

(2) new text begin to reduce families' need for future services, and especially parents with premature
infants, or infants with other physical risk factors associated with learning or development
complications, new text end implement interagency child find systems designed to actively seek out,
identify, and refer infants and young children with, or at risk of, disabilities deleted text begin and their
familiesdeleted text end new text begin , including a child under the age of three who: (i) is involved in a substantiated
case of abuse or neglect or (ii) is identified as affected by illegal substance abuse, or
withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposurenew text end ;

(3) establish and evaluate the identification, referral, child and family assessment
systems, procedural safeguard process, and community learning systems to recommend,
where necessary, alterations and improvements;

(4) assure the development of individualized family service plans for all eligible
infants and toddlers with disabilities from birth through age two, and their families, and
individual education plans and individual service plans when necessary to appropriately
serve children with disabilities, age three and older, and their families and recommend
assignment of financial responsibilities to the appropriate agencies;

(5) deleted text begin encourage agencies to develop individual family service plans for children with
disabilities, age three and older;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (6)deleted text end implement a process for assuring that services involve cooperating agencies at all
steps leading to individualized programs;

deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin (6)new text end facilitate the development of a transitional plan if a service provider is not
recommended to continue to provide services;

deleted text begin (8)deleted text end new text begin (7)new text end identify the current services and funding being provided within the
community for children with disabilities under age five and their families;

deleted text begin (9)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end develop a plan for the allocation and expenditure of additional state and
federal early intervention funds under United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq.
(Part C, Public Law deleted text begin 102-119deleted text end new text begin 108-446new text end ) and United States Code, title 20, section 631, et
seq. (Chapter I, Public Law 89-313); and

deleted text begin (10)deleted text end new text begin (9)new text end develop a policy that is consistent with section 13.05, subdivision 9, and
federal law to enable a member of an interagency early intervention committee to allow
another member access to data classified as not public.

(1) participate in needs assessments and program planning activities conducted by
local social service, health and education agencies for young children with disabilities and
their families; and

(2) review and comment on the early intervention section of the total special
education system for the district, the county social service plan, the section or sections of
the community health services plan that address needs of and service activities targeted
to children with special health care needs, the section on children with special needs in
the county child care fund plan, sections in Head Start plans on coordinated planning and
services for children with special needs, any relevant portions of early childhood education
plans, such as early childhood family education or school readiness, or other applicable
coordinated school and community plans for early childhood programs and services, and
the section of the maternal and child health special project grants that address needs of and
service activities targeted to children with chronic illness and disabilities.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.32, is amended to read:

(a) A team must participate in IFSP meetings to develop the IFSP. The team shall
include:

(1) a parent or parents of the child;

(2) other family members, as requested by the parent, if feasible to do so;

(3) an advocate or person outside of the family, if the parent requests that the
person participate;

(4) the service coordinator who has been working with the family since the
initial referral, or who has been designated by the public agency to be responsible for
implementation of the IFSPnew text begin and coordination with other agencies including transition
servicesnew text end ; and

(5) a person or persons involved in conducting evaluations and assessments.

(b) The IFSP must include:

(1) information about the child's developmental status;

(2) family information, with the consent of the family;

(3) new text begin measurable results or new text end major outcomes expected to be achieved by the child
deleted text begin and the familydeleted text end new text begin with the family's assistance,new text end that include new text begin developmentally appropriate
preliteracy and language skills for the child, and new text end the criteria, procedures, and timelines;

(4) specific early intervention services new text begin based on peer-reviewed research, to the
extent practicable, new text end necessary to meet the unique needs of the child and the family to
achieve the outcomes;

(5) payment arrangements, if any;

(6) medical and other services that the child needs, but that are not required under
the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1471
et seq. (Part C, Public Law deleted text begin 102-119deleted text end new text begin 108-446new text end ) including funding sources to be used in
paying for those services and the steps that will be taken to secure those services through
public or private sources;

(7) dates and duration of early intervention services;

(8) name of the service coordinator;

(9) steps to be taken to support a child's transition from early intervention services to
other appropriate servicesnew text begin , including convening a transition conference at least 90 days or,
at the discretion of all parties, not more than nine months before the child is eligible for
preschool servicesnew text end ; and

(10) signature of the parent and authorized signatures of the agencies responsible
for providing, paying for, or facilitating payment, or any combination of these, for early
intervention services.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.33, is amended to read:

(a) The team developing the IFSP under section 125A.32 must select a service
coordinator to carry out service coordination activities on an interagency basis. Service
coordination must actively promote a family's capacity and competency to identify,
obtain, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate resources and services to meet the family's
needs. Service coordination activities include:

(1) coordinating the performance of evaluations and assessments;

(2) facilitating and participating in the development, review, and evaluation of
individualized family service plans;

(3) assisting families in identifying available service providers;

(4) coordinating and monitoring the delivery of available services;

(5) informing families of the availability of advocacy services;

(6) coordinating with medical, health, and other service providers;

(7) facilitating the development of a transition plan at least 90 days before the time
the child is no longer eligible for early intervention servicesnew text begin ornew text end , new text begin at the discretion of all
parties, not more than nine months prior to the child's eligibility for preschool services,
new text end if appropriate;

(8) managing the early intervention record and submitting additional information to
the local primary agency at the time of periodic review and annual evaluations; and

(9) notifying a local primary agency when disputes between agencies impact service
delivery required by an IFSP.

(b) A service coordinator must be knowledgeable about children and families
receiving services under this section, requirements of state and federal law, and services
available in the interagency early childhood intervention system.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.48, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioners of the Departments of Education, Health, and Human
Services must enter into an agreement to implement this section and Part deleted text begin Hdeleted text end new text begin Cnew text end , Public
Law deleted text begin 102-119deleted text end new text begin 108-446new text end , and as required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section
303.523, to promote the development and implementation of interagency, coordinated,
multidisciplinary state and local early childhood intervention service systems for serving
eligible young children with disabilities, birth through age two, and their familiesnew text begin and
to ensure the meaningful involvement of underserved groups, including children with
disabilities from minority, low-income, homeless, and rural families, and children with
disabilities who are wards of the statenew text end . The agreement must be reviewed annually.

(b) The state interagency agreement must outline at a minimum the conditions,
procedures, purposes, and responsibilities of the participating state and local agencies
for the following:

(1) membership, roles, and responsibilities of a state interagency committee for
the oversight of priorities and budget allocations under Part deleted text begin Hdeleted text end new text begin Cnew text end , Public Law deleted text begin 102-119deleted text end new text begin
108-446new text end , and other state allocations for this program;

(2) child find;

(3) establishment of local interagency agreements;

(4) review by a state interagency committee of the allocation of additional state and
federal early intervention funds by local agencies;

(5) fiscal responsibilities of the state and local agencies;

(6) intraagency and interagency dispute resolution;

(7) payor of last resort;

(8) maintenance of effort;

(9) procedural safeguards, including mediation;

(10) complaint resolution;

(11) quality assurance;

(12) data collection;

(13) an annual summary to the state Interagency Coordinating Council regarding
conflict resolution activities including disputes, due process hearings, and complaints; and

(14) other components of the state and local early intervention system consistent
with Public Law deleted text begin 102-119deleted text end new text begin 108-446new text end .

Written materials must be developed for parents, IEIC's, and local service providers
that describe procedures developed under this section as required by Code of Federal
Regulations, title 34, section 303.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision
3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Early childhood family education aid. For early childhood family
education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

	deleted text begin 14,356,000 deleted text end
$	new text begin 15,105,000 new text end	.......	2006
	deleted text begin 15,137,000 deleted text end
$	new text begin 17,792,000 new text end	.......	2007

The 2006 appropriation includesdeleted text begin $1,861,000deleted text end new text begin $1,859,000new text end for 2005 anddeleted text begin $12,495,000deleted text end new text begin
$13,246,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $2,327,000deleted text end new text begin $1,471,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $12,810,000deleted text end new text begin
$16,321,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision
4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Health and developmental screening aid. For health and developmental
screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

	deleted text begin 3,076,000 deleted text end
$	new text begin 3,000,000 new text end	.......	2006
	deleted text begin 3,511,000 deleted text end
$	new text begin 2,997,000 new text end	.......	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $417,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $2,659,000deleted text end new text begin $2,583,000
new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $494,000deleted text end new text begin $287,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $3,017,000deleted text end new text begin
$2,710,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin An adult literacy grant program for recent
immigrants to Minnesota is established in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 only in order to
meet the English language needs of the unanticipated refugees and immigrants to the
state of Minnesota.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education shall consult adult basic
education service providers in establishing the form and manner of the grant program.
The commissioner shall award grants to organizations providing adult literacy services in
order to help offset the additional costs due to unanticipated high enrollments of recent
refugees and immigrants.
new text end

new text begin The Legislative Commission to End Poverty in
Minnesota by 2020 consists of nine members of the senate appointed by the Subcommittee
on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration, including four members of
the minority, and nine members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker,
including four members of the minority. Appointments must be made by members elected
to the 85th session of the legislature and no later than February 15, 2007. The governor
may appoint two nonvoting members to sit with the commission.
new text end

new text begin In preparing recommendations on how to end poverty
in Minnesota by 2020, the commission must be guided by the following principles:
new text end

new text begin (a) There should be a consistent and persistent approach that includes participation
of people of faith, nonprofit agencies, government, and business.
new text end

new text begin (b) All people should be provided with those things that protect human dignity
and make for a healthy life, including adequate food and shelter, meaningful work, safe
communities, health care, and education.
new text end

new text begin (c) All people are intended to live well together as a whole community, seeking the
common good, avoiding wide disparities between those who have too little to live on and
those who have a disproportionate share of the nation's goods.
new text end

new text begin (d) All people need to work together to overcome poverty, and this work transcends
both any particular political theory or party and any particular economic theory or
structure. Overcoming poverty requires the use of private and public resources.
new text end

new text begin (e) Alliances are needed between the faith community, nonprofit agencies,
government, business, and others with a commitment to overcoming poverty.
new text end

new text begin (f) Overcoming poverty involves both acts of direct service to alleviate the outcomes
of poverty and advocacy to change those structures that result in people living in poverty.
new text end

new text begin (g) Government is neither solely responsible for alleviating poverty nor removed
from that responsibility. Government is the vehicle by which people order their lives
based on their shared vision. Society is well served when people bring their values into
the public arena. This convergence around issues of poverty and the common good
leads people of varying traditions to call on government to make a critical commitment
to overcoming poverty.
new text end

new text begin The commission shall report its recommendations on how to end
poverty in Minnesota by 2020 to the legislature by December 15, 2008.
new text end

new text begin The commission expires December 31, 2008.
new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education, unless otherwise
specified, for the fiscal years designated.
new text end

new text begin For the educate parents partnership under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:
new text end

80,000

.....

2007

new text begin The base for this program in fiscal year 2008 and later is $50,000.
new text end

new text begin For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:
new text end

287,000

.....

2007

new text begin For the expansion of early childhood Part C
services:
new text end

400,000

.....

2007

new text begin For adult literacy grants for
recent immigrants to Minnesota under section 26:
new text end

1,250,000

.....

2007

new text begin The base for this program is $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $0 in fiscal year 2009.
new text end

new text begin For a grant to the
Minnesota Early Learning Foundation for the NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating
System under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.175, paragraph (c):
new text end

1,000,000

.....

2007

new text begin This appropriation must be used to implement phase one of the NorthStar Quality
Improvement and Rating System including start-up costs, participation of 200 providers,
parent information, and materials and evaluation by the Minnesota Early Learning
Foundation in consultation with the University of Minnesota.
new text end

new text begin This onetime appropriation is available to June 30, 2008.
new text end

new text begin To the Legislative
Coordinating Commission for the Legislative Commission to End Poverty by 2020 under
section 27:
new text end

250,000

.....

2007

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 47, is amended
to read:

Sec. 47. ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE
GUARANTEE.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.415, subdivision 1, and
126C.10, subdivision 34, paragraphs (a) and (b), a school district that received alternative
teacher compensation aid for fiscal year 2005, but does not qualify for alternative
teacher compensation revenue for all sites in the district for fiscal year 2006 deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end 2007,
new text begin 2008, or 2009, new text end shall receive additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid for
that fiscal year equal to the lesser of the amount of alternative teacher compensation
aid it received for fiscal year 2005 or the amount it would have received for that fiscal
year under Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.415, subdivision 1, for teachers at
sites not qualifying for alternative teacher compensation revenue for that fiscal year, if
the district submits a timely application and the commissioner determines that the district
continues to implement an alternative teacher compensation system, consistent with its
application under Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.415, for fiscal year 2005. The
additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid under this section must not be used
in calculating the alternative teacher compensation levy under Minnesota Statutes, section
126C.10, subdivision 35. This section applies only to fiscal years 2006 deleted text begin and 2007deleted text end new text begin through
2009new text end and does not apply to later fiscal years.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

Subd. 2. General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

	$	deleted text begin 5,136,578,000deleted text end new text begin 5,819,153,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 5,390,196,000 deleted text end new text begin 5,472,238,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes deleted text begin $784,978,000deleted text end new text begin $787,978,000new text end for 2005 and
deleted text begin $4,351,600,000deleted text end new text begin $5,031,175,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $817,588,000deleted text end new text begin $513,848,000new text end for 2006 and
deleted text begin $4,572,608,000deleted text end new text begin $4,958,390,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2006 only, a school district or charter school's onetime energy
assistance aid is equal to $3.67 times its adjusted marginal cost pupil units. A school
district or charter school may use its onetime energy assistance aid to pay for heating, fuel,
and other energy costs.
new text end

new text begin (b) This aid is paid entirely in fiscal year 2006 based on estimated data. By January
31, 2007, the Department of Education shall recalculate the aid for each district or charter
school using actual data, and adjust the general education aid paid to school districts or
charter schools for fiscal year 2007 by the amount of the difference between the estimated
aid and the actual aid.
new text end

new text begin The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year
designated.
new text end

new text begin For onetime energy assistance aid under
section 3:
new text end

3,495,000

.....

2007

new text begin A program is established to raise
kindergarten through grade 12 academic achievement through increased student
participation in preadvanced placement and advanced placement programs. Schools and
charter schools eligible to participate under this section:
new text end

new text begin (1) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to create a new or
expand an existing program to implement the college board advanced placement courses
and exams or preadvanced placement courses; and
new text end

new text begin (2) must propose to further raise students' academic achievement by:
new text end

new text begin (i) increasing the availability of and all students' access to advanced placement;
new text end

new text begin (ii) expanding the breadth of advanced placement courses or programs that are
available to students;
new text end

new text begin (iii) increasing the number and the diversity of the students who participate in
advanced placement courses or programs and succeed;
new text end

new text begin (iv) providing low-income and other disadvantaged students with increased access
to advanced placement courses and programs; or
new text end

new text begin (v) increasing the number of high school students, including low-income and other
disadvantaged students, who receive college credit by successfully completing advanced
placement courses or programs and achieving satisfactory scores on related exams.
new text end

new text begin (a) Charter schools
and school districts in which eligible schools under subdivision 1 are located may
apply to the commissioner, in the form and manner the commissioner determines, for
competitive funding to further raise students' academic achievement. The application
must detail the specific efforts the applicant intends to undertake in further raising
students' academic achievement, consistent with subdivision 1, and a proposed budget
detailing the district or charter school's current and proposed expenditures for advanced
placement or preadvanced placement courses and programs. The proposed budget must
demonstrate that the applicant's efforts will supplement but not supplant any expenditures
for advanced placement and preadvanced placement courses and programs the applicant
currently makes available to students. Expenditures for administration must not exceed
five percent of the proposed budget. The commissioner may require an applicant to
provide additional information.
new text end

new text begin (b) When reviewing applications, the commissioner must determine whether
the applicant satisfied all the requirements in this subdivision and subdivision 1.
The commissioner may give funding priority to an otherwise qualified applicant that
demonstrates:
new text end

new text begin (1) a focus on developing or expanding advanced placement courses and programs
or increasing students' participation in, access to, or success with the courses or programs,
including the participation, access, or success of low-income and other disadvantaged
students;
new text end

new text begin (2) a compelling need for access to advanced placement programs;
new text end

new text begin (3) an effective ability to actively involve local business and community
organizations in student activities that are integral to advanced placement courses and
programs;
new text end

new text begin (4) access to additional public or nonpublic funds or in-kind contributions that are
available for advanced placement programs; or
new text end

new text begin (5) an intent to implement activities that target low-income and other disadvantaged
students.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner shall award
grants to applicant school districts and charter schools that meet the requirements of
subdivisions 1 and 2. The commissioner must award grants on an equitable geographical
basis to the extent feasible and consistent with this section. Grant awards must not exceed
the lesser of:
new text end

new text begin (1) $85 times the number of pupils enrolled at the participating sites on October
1 of the previous fiscal year; or
new text end

new text begin (2) the approved supplemental expenditures based on the budget submitted under
subdivision 2. For charter schools in their first year of operation, the maximum grant
award must be calculated using the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the current
fiscal year. The commissioner may adjust the maximum grant award computed using prior
year data for changes in enrollment attributable to school closings, school openings,
grade level reconfigurations, or school district reorganizations between the prior fiscal
year and the current fiscal year.
new text end

new text begin (b) School districts and charter schools that submit an application and receive
funding under this section must use the funding, consistent with the application, to:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide teacher training and instruction to more effectively serve students,
including low-income and other disadvantaged students, who participate in preadvanced
and advanced placement programs;
new text end

new text begin (2) further develop advanced placement courses or programs;
new text end

new text begin (3) improve the transition between grade levels to better prepare students, including
low-income and other disadvantaged students, for succeeding in advanced placement
programs;
new text end

new text begin (4) purchase books and supplies;
new text end

new text begin (5) pay course or program fees;
new text end

new text begin (6) increase students' participation in and success with advanced placement
programs;
new text end

new text begin (7) expand students' access to preadvanced placement or advanced placement
courses or programs through online learning;
new text end

new text begin (8) hire appropriately licensed personnel to teach additional advanced placement
programs; or
new text end

new text begin (9) engage in other activity directly related to expanding students' access to,
participation in, and success with preadvanced placement or advanced placement courses
and programs, including low-income and other disadvantaged students.
new text end

new text begin (a) Each school district and charter school that receives
a grant under this section annually must collect demographic and other student data to
demonstrate and measure the extent to which the district or charter school raised students'
academic achievement under this program and must report the data to the commissioner
in the form and manner the commissioner determines. The commissioner annually by
February 15 must make summary data about this program available to the education
policy and finance committees of the legislature.
new text end

new text begin (b) Each school district and charter school that receives a grant under this section
annually must report to the commissioner, consistent with the Uniform Financial
Accounting and Reporting Standards, its actual expenditures for advanced placement and
preadvanced placement programs. The report must demonstrate that the school district or
charter school has maintained its effort from other sources for advanced placement and
preadvanced placement programs compared with the previous fiscal year, and the district
or charter school has expended all grant funds, consistent with its approved budget.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to the 2006-2007 school year.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding sections 122A.413, 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.413, 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.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2007.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 181.101, is amended to read:

Every employer must pay all wages earned by an employee at least once every 31
days on a regular pay day designated in advance by the employer regardless of whether
the employee requests payment at longer intervals. Unless paid earlier, the wages earned
during the first half of the first 31-day pay period become due on the first regular payday
following the first day of work. If wages earned are not paid, the commissioner of labor
and industry or the commissioner's representative may demand payment on behalf of an
employee. If payment is not made within ten days of demand, the commissioner may
charge and collect the wages earned and a penalty in the amount of the employee's average
daily earnings at the rate agreed upon in the contract of employment, not exceeding 15
days in all, for each day beyond the ten-day limit following the demand. Money collected
by the commissioner must be paid to the employee concerned. This section does not
prevent an employee from prosecuting a claim for wages. This section does not prevent
a school district deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin , new text end other public school entitynew text begin , or other school, as defined under section
120A.22, new text end from paying any wages earned by its employees during a school year on regular
pay days in the manner provided by an applicable contract or collective bargaining
agreement, or a personnel policy adopted by the governing board. For purposes of this
section, "employee" includes a person who performs agricultural labor as defined in
section 181.85, subdivision 2. For purposes of this section, wages are earned on the
day an employee works.

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary,
the commissioner of education may contract with the Board of Regents of the University
of Minnesota or other Minnesota public entity the commissioner determines is qualified
to undertake the development of an articulated K-12 Chinese curriculum for Minnesota
schools that involves:
new text end

new text begin (1) creating a network of Chinese teachers and educators able to develop new and
modify or expand existing world languages K-12 curricula, materials, assessments, and
best practices needed to provide Chinese language instruction to students; and
new text end

new text begin (2) coordinating statewide efforts to develop and expand Chinese language
instruction so that it is uniformly available to students throughout the state, and making
innovative use of media and technology, including television, distance learning, and online
courses to broaden students' access to the instruction.
new text end

new text begin (b) The entity with which the commissioner contracts under paragraph (a) must have
sufficient knowledge and expertise to ensure the professional development of appropriate,
high-quality curricula, supplementary materials, aligned assessments, and best practices
that accommodate different levels of student ability and types of programs.
new text end

new text begin (c) Project participants must:
new text end

new text begin (1) work throughout the project to develop curriculum, supplementary materials,
aligned assessments, and best practices; and
new text end

new text begin (2) make curriculum, supplementary materials, aligned assessments, and best
practices equitably available to Minnesota schools and students.
new text end

new text begin The entity with which the commissioner contracts
must work with the network of Chinese teachers and educators to:
new text end

new text begin (1) conduct an inventory of Chinese language curricula, supplementary materials,
and professional development initiatives currently used in Minnesota or other states;
new text end

new text begin (2) develop Chinese language curricula and benchmarks aligned to local world
language standards and classroom-based assessments; and
new text end

new text begin (3) review and recommend to the commissioner how best to build an educational
infrastructure to provide more students with Chinese language instruction, including
how to develop and provide: (i) an adequate supply of Chinese language teachers; (ii)
an adequate number of high-quality school programs; (iii) appropriate curriculum,
instructional materials, and aligned assessments that include technology-based delivery
systems; (iv) teacher preparation programs to train Chinese language teachers; (v)
expedited licensing of Chinese language teachers; (vi) best practices in existing
educational programs that can be used to establish K-12 Chinese language programs;
and (vii) technical assistance resources.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin For fiscal year 2007 only, the Northwestern Online College in the High School
program is eligible for $50,000 for professional development and to develop Web-based
technology.
new text end

new text begin new text end

new text begin A pilot program is created to allow school
districts to receive character development education revenue to purchase curriculum for
the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.232. Character development education
revenue for school districts equals $30 times the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil
units.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education shall maintain
a character development education curriculum approved provider list. The character
development education curriculum of approved providers shall be research based with
at least one completed relational study covering a period of no fewer than five years
and completed by an independent party. Approved character development education
curriculum must include:
new text end

new text begin (1) age appropriate character development for the classroom in all elementary and
secondary grades;
new text end

new text begin (2) curriculum for character development extracurricular activities;
new text end

new text begin (3) teacher training workshops and in-service training;
new text end

new text begin (4) plans for school assemblies promoting character development;
new text end

new text begin (5) midyear consulting between the school district and the provider; and
new text end

new text begin (6) an assessment program.
new text end

new text begin A school district may submit to
the commissioner an application for funding in the form and manner specified by the
commissioner. The commissioner shall approve applications that propose to use an
approved provider and that agree to use the program as recommended by the provider.
The commissioner must approve or disapprove an application within 30 days of receipt on
a first-come, first-served basis.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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 For
Northwestern Online College in the High School program under section 5:
new text end

50,000

.....

2007

new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin For the Chinese language curriculum project under
section 4:
new text end

250,000

.....

2007

new text begin The commissioner must report to the house of representatives and senate committees
having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance on
the range of the program by February 15, 2007. The report shall address the applicability
of the Chinese language curriculum project to other world languages and include the
availability of instructors, curriculum, high-quality school programs, assessments, and
best practices as they apply to world languages.
new text end

new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin For the increased
participation of students in advanced placement programs under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.132:
new text end


	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,000,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2007 new text end

new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin For the character
development education revenue pilot program under section 6:
new text end

1,500,000

.....

2007

new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin For the scholars of distinction program:
new text end

25,000

.....

2007

new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin For the department to contract with Boston College
for Minnesota 4th and 8th grade students to participate in the TIMMS International
assessment of student achievement in mathematics and science:
new text end

500,000

.....

2007

new text begin School districts must apply to participate in the study on a form and in the manner
prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may select districts to participate if
more districts than those applying are needed for the study. The provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 16C, as they relate to competitive bidding, do not apply to this contract.
new text end

new text begin The Department of Education must receive at least $150,000 in private sector gifts
or bequests to support the TIMMS study by July 1, 2006. If the Department of Education
does not receive $150,000 in private gifts or bequests by July 1, 2006, the amount
appropriated in this subdivision shall immediately cancel.
new text end

new text begin This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.57, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

(a) Health and safety revenue may
be used only for approved expenditures necessary to correct fire and life safety hazards,
or for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos from school buildings or property
owned or being acquired by the district, asbestos-related repairs, cleanup and disposal
of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings or property owned or being
acquired by the district, or the cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing
heating fuel or transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel,
as defined in section 296A.01, Minnesota occupational safety and health administration
regulated facility and equipment hazards, indoor air quality mold abatement, upgrades
or replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code,
Department of Health Food Code and swimming pool hazards excluding depth correction,
and health, safety, and environmental management. new text begin Testing and calibration activities are
permitted for existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five
years. new text end Health and safety revenue must not be used to finance a lease purchase agreement,
installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement. Health and safety
revenue must not be used for the construction of new facilities or the purchase of portable
classrooms, for interest or other financing expenses, or for energy efficiency projects
under section 123B.65. The revenue may not be used for a building or property or part
of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for a
purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), health and safety revenue must not be used for
replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows, internal
fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition of facilities,
structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions, violence prevention
and facility security, ergonomics, building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning
supplies, maintenance, new text begin and new text end cleaningdeleted text begin , testing, and calibrationdeleted text end activities. All assessments,
investigations, inventories, and support equipment not leading to the engineering or
construction of a project shall be included in the health, safety, and environmental
management costs in subdivision 8, paragraph (a).

new text begin new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008
and later.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Debt service equalization. For debt service aid according to Minnesota
Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

	$	deleted text begin 25,654,000 deleted text end new text begin 27,206,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 24,134,000 deleted text end new text begin 18,410,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $4,654,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $21,000,000deleted text end new text begin $22,552,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $3,911,000deleted text end new text begin $2,504,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $20,223,000deleted text end
new text begin $15,906,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision 6,
is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Emergency aid, Red Lake. For Independent School District No. 38, Red
Lake, for onetime emergency aid to repair infrastructure damage to the Red Lake High
School as a result of the March 21, 2005, school shooting:

		deleted text begin 50,000 deleted text end
	$	new text begin 524,000 new text end	.....	2006

The school district must submit deleted text begin proposed expenditures for these funds for review
and comment approval under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.71deleted text end new text begin actual expenditure
information to support this appropriation to the Department of Educationnew text end , before the
commissioner releases the funds to the district. deleted text begin The district must report the amount of its
unreimbursed costs to the commissioner.
deleted text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin Independent School District No. 829, Waseca, may levy up to $344,000 beginning
in 2006 over five years for health and safety revenue lost due to miscalculation. $316,000
is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 to the commissioner of education for payment of the aid
portion of lost revenue. If the district does not levy the full amount authorized within the
five-year period, other state aid due to the district shall be reduced proportionately. This is
a onetime appropriation for fiscal year 2007.
new text end

new text begin $137,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 from the general fund to the
commissioner of education for a grant to Independent School District No. 750, Rocori.
The grant is for a continuation of district activities that were developed in concert with
the district's federal School Emergency Response to Violence, or Project SERV, grant.
The grant may be used to continue the district's recovery efforts, and uses include: an
academic program and impact of tragedy or program assessment of educational adequacy;
an organizational analysis; a strategic planning overview; a district assessment survey;
continued recovery support; staff development initiatives; and any other activities
developed in response to the federal Project SERV grant.
new text end

new text begin The base budget for this program for fiscal year 2008 only is $53,000.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.79,
123B.80, and 475.61, subdivision 4, Independent School District No. 2396, A.C.G.C., on
June 30, 2006, may permanently transfer up to $203,000 from its reserved account for
disabled accessibility to its unrestricted general fund without making a levy reduction.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.79 and
123B.80, as of June 30, 2006, Independent School District No. 242, Alden-Conger, may
permanently transfer up to $127,000 from its reserved for disabled accessibility account to
its unrestricted general fund account without making a levy reduction.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.79 and
123B.80, as of June 30, 2006, Independent School District No. 601, Fosston, may
permanently transfer up to $80,000 from its reserved for disabled accessibility account to
its unrestricted general fund account without making a levy reduction.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or
123B.80, on June 30, 2006, Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, may
permanently transfer up to $300,000 from its community education reserve fund balance
to its undesignated general fund balance to assist the district in decreasing its statutory
operating debt.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.79
or 123B.80, on June 30, 2006, Independent School District No. 424, Lester Prairie, may
permanently transfer up to $150,000 from its reserved for operating capital account and up
to $107,000 from its reserved for severance account, to its undesignated balance in the
general fund.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or 123B.80,
on June 30, 2006, Independent School District No. 635, Milroy, may permanently transfer
up to $26,000 from its reserved for disability accessibility account to its undesignated
general fund balance without making a levy reduction.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 123B.79 or 123B.80, on or before June 30, 2006, Independent School District No.
118, Northland Community Schools, may permanently transfer up to $197,000 from its
reserved for disabled accessibility account to its reserved for operating capital account in
its general fund without making a levy reduction.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79 or 123B.80,
Independent School District No. 409, Tyler, on June 30, 2006, may, based on the approval
of the commissioner of education, permanently transfer up to $451,000 from its reserved
for capital operating account to its debt redemption fund. The commissioner of education
must only allow this fund transfer if it is in the best interest of the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
school district consolidation.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.57 and 123B.59, upon approval
of the commissioner of education, Independent School District No. 716, Belle Plaine, may
use up to $125,000 of its health and safety revenue raised through an alternative facilities
bond for other qualifying health and safety projects.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 124D.111, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:

Each school year, the state must pay
participants in the national school lunch program the amount of deleted text begin tendeleted text end new text begin 10.5new text end cents for each full
paid, reduced, and free student lunch served to students.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 17, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

Subd. 2. School lunch. For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

	$	deleted text begin 8,998,000 deleted text end new text begin 9,760,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 9,076,000 deleted text end new text begin 10,391,000 new text end	.....	2007

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision
3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Referendum tax base replacement aid. For referendum tax base
replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a:

	$	deleted text begin 8,704,000deleted text end new text begin 9,200,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	8,704,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $1,366,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $7,338,000 deleted text end new text begin $7,834,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $1,366,000 deleted text end new text begin $870,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $7,338,000deleted text end
new text begin $7,834,000 new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Abatement revenue. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
127A.49:

	$	deleted text begin 903,000 deleted text end new text begin 909,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 955,000 deleted text end new text begin 1,026,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $187,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $716,000deleted text end new text begin $722,000 new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $133,000deleted text end new text begin $80,000 new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $822,000deleted text end new text begin $946,000
new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 6,
is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Consolidation transition. For districts consolidating under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.485:

253,000
527,000

.....

2007

The 2007 appropriation includes $0 for 2006 and deleted text begin $253,000deleted text end new text begin $527,000new text end for 2007.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 7,
is amended to read:

Subd. 7. Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.87 and 123B.40 to 123B.43:

	$	deleted text begin 15,370,000 deleted text end new text begin 15,458,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 16,434,000 deleted text end new text begin 15,991,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes deleted text begin $2,305,000 deleted text end new text begin $1,864,000 new text end for 2005 and deleted text begin $13,065,000
deleted text end new text begin $13,594,000 new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $2,433,000 deleted text end new text begin $1,510,000 new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $14,001,000
deleted text end new text begin $14,481,000 new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 54, subdivision 8,
is amended to read:

Subd. 8. Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid
under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

	$	deleted text begin 21,451,000 deleted text end new text begin 21,371,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 23,043,000 deleted text end new text begin 20,843,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $3,274,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $18,177,000 deleted text end new text begin $18,097,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $3,385,000deleted text end new text begin $2,010,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $19,658,000deleted text end
new text begin $18,833,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4:

	$	deleted text begin 25,465,000 deleted text end new text begin 25,331,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 30,929,000 deleted text end new text begin 27,806,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes deleted text begin $3,324,000deleted text end new text begin $3,173,000 new text end for 2005 and deleted text begin $22,141,000deleted text end
new text begin $22,158,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $4,123,000deleted text end new text begin $2,462,000 new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $26,806,000deleted text end
new text begin $25,344,000 new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Charter school startup aid. For charter school startup cost aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.11:

	$	deleted text begin 1,393,000 deleted text end new text begin 1,291,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 3,185,000 deleted text end new text begin 2,347,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $0 for 2005 and deleted text begin $1,393,000 deleted text end new text begin $1,291,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $259,000deleted text end new text begin $143,000 new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $2,926,000deleted text end
new text begin $2,204,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Integration aid. For integration aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.86, subdivision 5:

	$	deleted text begin 57,801,000 deleted text end new text begin 59,404,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 57,536,000 deleted text end new text begin 58,405,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $8,545,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $49,256,000deleted text end new text begin $50,859,000
new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $9,173,000deleted text end new text begin $5,650,000 new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $48,363,000deleted text end
new text begin $52,755,000 new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision 6,
is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For
interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.87:

	$	deleted text begin 7,768,000 deleted text end new text begin 6,032,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 9,908,000 deleted text end new text begin 10,134,000 new text end	.....	2007

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision
7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. Success for the future. For American Indian success for the future grants
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81:

	$	deleted text begin 2,137,000 deleted text end new text begin 2,240,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	2,137,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes deleted text begin $335,000deleted text end new text begin $316,000new text end for 2005 and deleted text begin $1,802,000deleted text end
new text begin $1,924,000 new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $335,000deleted text end new text begin $213,000 new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $1,802,000deleted text end
new text begin $1,924,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 84, subdivision
10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10. Tribal contract schools. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.83:

	$	deleted text begin 2,389,000 deleted text end new text begin 2,338,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 2,603,000 deleted text end new text begin 2,357,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $348,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $2,041,000deleted text end new text begin $1,990,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $380,000deleted text end new text begin $221,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $2,223,000deleted text end
new text begin $2,136,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision
2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 125A.75:

	$	deleted text begin 528,846,000 deleted text end new text begin 559,485,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 527,446,000 deleted text end new text begin 528,106,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $83,078,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $445,768,000deleted text end
new text begin $476,407,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $83,019,000deleted text end new text begin $52,934,000new text end for 2006 and
deleted text begin $444,427,000deleted text end new text begin $475,172,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision
3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Aid for children with disabilities. 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:

	$	deleted text begin 2,212,000 deleted text end new text begin 1,527,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 2,615,000 deleted text end new text begin 1,624,000 new text end	.....	2007

If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision
4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

	$	deleted text begin 187,000 deleted text end new text begin 198,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	195,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $28,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $159,000deleted text end new text begin $170,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $29,000deleted text end new text begin $18,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $166,000deleted text end new text begin $177,000new text end
for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision
5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Special education; excess costs. For excess cost aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 7:

	$	deleted text begin 102,083,000 deleted text end new text begin 106,453,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 104,286,000 deleted text end new text begin 104,333,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $37,455,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $64,628,000deleted text end new text begin $68,998,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $38,972,000deleted text end new text begin $34,602,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $65,314,000deleted text end
new text begin $69,731,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision
6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Transition for disabled students. For aid for transition programs for
children with disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.454:

	$	deleted text begin 8,788,000 deleted text end new text begin 9,300,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 8,765,000 deleted text end new text begin 8,781,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $1,380,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $7,408,000deleted text end new text begin $7,920,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $1,379,000deleted text end new text begin $880,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $7,386,000deleted text end
new text begin $7,901,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 18, subdivision
7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. Court-placed special education revenue. 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:

	$	deleted text begin 65,000 deleted text end new text begin 46,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	70,000	.....	2007

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision
2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Health and safety revenue. For health and safety aid according to
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:

	$	deleted text begin 802,000 deleted text end new text begin 823,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 578,000 deleted text end new text begin 352,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $211,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $591,000deleted text end new text begin $612,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $109,000deleted text end new text begin $68,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $469,000deleted text end new text begin $284,000new text end
for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision
4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Alternative facilities bonding aid. For alternative facilities bonding aid,
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.59, subdivision 1:

	$	deleted text begin 19,287,000 deleted text end new text begin 20,387,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	19,287,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $3,028,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $16,259,000deleted text end new text begin $17,359,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $3,028,000deleted text end new text begin $1,928,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $16,259,000deleted text end
new text begin $17,359,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 17, subdivision
3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Traditional school breakfast; kindergarten milk. For traditional school
breakfast aid and kindergarten milk under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.1158 and
124D.118:

	$	deleted text begin 4,878,000 deleted text end new text begin 4,856,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 4,968,000 deleted text end new text begin 5,044,000 new text end	.....	2007

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 1, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

For basic system support grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 134.355:

	$	deleted text begin 8,570,000 deleted text end new text begin 9,058,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	8,570,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $1,345,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $7,225,000deleted text end new text begin $7,713,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $1,345,000deleted text end new text begin $857,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $7,225,000deleted text end new text begin
$7,713,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 1, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Multicounty, multitype library systems. For grants under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

	$	deleted text begin 903,000deleted text end new text begin 954,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	903,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $141,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $762,000deleted text end new text begin $813,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $141,000deleted text end new text begin $90,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $762,000deleted text end new text begin $813,000new text end
for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 1, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Regional library telecommunications aid. For regional library
telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

	$	deleted text begin 1,200,000deleted text end new text begin 1,268,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	1,200,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $188,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $1,012,000deleted text end new text begin $1,080,000new text end
for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $188,000deleted text end new text begin $120,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $1,012,000deleted text end
new text begin $1,080,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision
2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. School readiness. For revenue for school readiness programs under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:

	$	deleted text begin 9,020,000 deleted text end new text begin 9,528,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 9,042,000 deleted text end new text begin 9,020,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes deleted text begin $1,417,000deleted text end new text begin $1,415,000new text end for 2005 and deleted text begin $7,603,000deleted text end
new text begin $8,113,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $1,415,000deleted text end new text begin $901,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $7,627,000deleted text end
new text begin $8,119,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Community education aid. For community education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20:

	$	deleted text begin 1,918,000 deleted text end new text begin 2,043,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	deleted text begin 1,837,000 deleted text end new text begin 1,949,000 new text end	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes deleted text begin $390,000deleted text end new text begin $385,000new text end for 2005 and deleted text begin $1,528,000deleted text end
new text begin $1,658,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $284,000deleted text end new text begin $184,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $1,553,000deleted text end
new text begin $1,765,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Adults with disabilities program aid. For adults with disabilities
programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

	$	deleted text begin 710,000 deleted text end new text begin 750,000 new text end	.....	2006
	$	710,000	.....	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $111,000 for 2005 and deleted text begin $599,000deleted text end new text begin $639,000new text end for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $111,000deleted text end new text begin $71,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $599,000deleted text end new text begin $639,000new text end
for 2007.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:

Subd. 5. School-age care revenue. For extended day aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.22:

$	17,000	.....	2006
	deleted text begin 7,000 deleted text end
$	new text begin 4,000 new text end	.......	2007

The 2006 appropriation includes $4,000 for 2005 and $13,000 for 2006.

The 2007 appropriation includes deleted text begin $2,000deleted text end new text begin $1,000new text end for 2006 and deleted text begin $5,000deleted text end new text begin $3,000new text end for 2007.

new text begin The sum shown in the column marked "APPROPRIATION" is added to the
appropriations in Laws 2005, chapter 107, article 1, or other law to the agency and for the
purposes specified in this article. The appropriation is from the general fund or another
named fund and is available for the fiscal year indicated for the purpose. The figure "2007"
used in this article means that the addition to the appropriation listed under it is available
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.
new text end

5,000,000

new text begin To the Board of Regents of the University
of Minnesota for the purposes of section
8. This appropriation is for academic
programs supporting the University of
Minnesota - Rochester, including faculty,
staff, and program planning and development
in the areas of biomedical technologies,
engineering, and computer technologies,
health care administration, and allied health
programs; ongoing operations of industrial
liaison activities; and operation of leased
facilities. The funding base for activities
related to section 8 is $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and $6,330,000 for fiscal year
2009.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

"Resident student" means a student who meets one of
the following conditions:

(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary
education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational
institution for more than five credits in any term;

(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the
time the student applies;

(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a
resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high
schoolnew text begin and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational
institutionnew text end ; deleted text begin or
deleted text end

(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a
high school equivalency certificate in Minnesotadeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United
States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military service as defined in section
190.05, subdivision 5c;
new text end

new text begin (6) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota from an area that
is declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding 12 months if the disaster
interrupted the person's postsecondary education; or
new text end

new text begin (7) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code, title 8, section
1101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to Minnesota and has
continued to reside in Minnesota.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.15, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

"new text begin Minnesota new text end resident deleted text begin studentdeleted text end " means a
student who meets new text begin one of new text end the new text begin following new text end conditions deleted text begin in section 136A.101, subdivision 8.deleted text end new text begin :new text end

new text begin (1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary
education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational
institution for more than five credits in any term;
new text end

new text begin (2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the
time the student applies;
new text end

new text begin (3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a
resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high
school and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational
institution; or
new text end

new text begin (4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a
high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end The office may loan money upon such
terms and conditions as the office may prescribe. The principal amount of a loan to an
undergraduate student for a single academic year shall not exceed $6,000new text begin for grade levels
1 and 2 effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. Effective July 1, 2007, the principal
amount of a loan for grade levels 1 and 2 shall not exceed $7,500. The principal amount
of a loan for grade levels 3, 4, and 5 shall not exceed $7,500 effective July 1, 2006new text end . The
aggregate principal amount of all loans made under this section to an undergraduate
student shall not exceed deleted text begin $25,000deleted text end new text begin $34,500 through June 30, 2007, and $37,500 after June
30, 2007new text end . The principal amount of a loan to a graduate student for a single academic year
shall not exceed $9,000. The aggregate principal amount of all loans made under this
section to a student as deleted text begin adeleted text end new text begin an undergraduate andnew text end graduate student shall not exceed deleted text begin $40,000.deleted text end new text begin
$52,500 through June 30, 2007, and $55,500 after June 30, 2007.new text end new text begin The amount of the loan
may not exceed the cost of attendance less all other financial aid, including PLUS loans or
other similar parent loans borrowed on the student's behalf. The cumulative SELF loan
debt must not exceed the borrowing maximums in paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin (b) The cumulative undergraduate borrowing maximums for SELF loans are:
new text end

new text begin (1) effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007:
new text end

new text begin (i) grade level 1, $6,000;
new text end

new text begin (ii) grade level 2, $12,000;
new text end

new text begin (iii) grade level 3, $19,500;
new text end

new text begin (iv) grade level 4, $27,000; and
new text end

new text begin (v) grade level 5, $34,500; and
new text end

new text begin (2) effective July 1, 2007:
new text end

new text begin (i) grade level 1, $7,500;
new text end

new text begin (ii) grade level 2, $15,000;
new text end

new text begin (iii) grade level 3, $22,500;
new text end

new text begin (iv) grade level 4, $30,000; and
new text end

new text begin (v) grade level 5, $37,500.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end The office shall establish repayment procedures
for loans made under this section, but in no event shall the period of permitted repayment
new text begin for SELF II or SELF III loans new text end exceed ten years from the eligible student's termination of
the student's postsecondary academic or vocational program, or 15 years from the date of
the student's first loan under this section, whichever is less.

new text begin (b) For SELF loans from phases after SELF III, eligible students with aggregate
principal loan balances from all SELF phases that are less than $18,750 shall have a
repayment period not exceeding ten years from the eligible student's graduation or
termination date. For SELF loans from phases after SELF III, eligible students with
aggregate principal loan balances from all SELF phases of $18,750 or greater shall
have a repayment period not exceeding 15 years from the eligible student's graduation
or termination date. For SELF loans from phases after SELF III, the loans shall enter
repayment no later than seven years after the first disbursement date on the loan.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.022, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

(a) All income credited after July 1,
1992, to the permanent university fund from royalties for mining under state mineral
leases from and after July 1, 1991, must be allocated as provided in this subdivision.

(b)(1) Fifty percent of the income, up to deleted text begin $25,000,000deleted text end new text begin $50,000,000new text end , must be credited
to the mineral research account of the fund to be allocated for the Natural Resources
Research Institute-Duluth and Coleraine facilities, for mineral and mineral-related
research including mineral-related environmental research; and

(2) The remainder must be credited to the endowed scholarship account of the fund
for distribution annually for scholastic achievement as provided by the Board of Regents
to undergraduates enrolled at the University of Minnesota who are resident students as
defined in section 136A.101, subdivision 8.

(c) The annual distribution from the endowed scholarship account must be allocated
to the various campuses of the University of Minnesota in proportion to the number of
undergraduate resident students enrolled on each campus.

(d) The Board of Regents must report to the education committees of the legislature
biennially at the time of the submission of its budget request on the disbursement of money
from the endowed scholarship account and to the environment and natural resources
committees on the use of the mineral research account.

(e) Capital gains and losses and portfolio income of the permanent university fund
must be credited to its three accounts in proportion to the market value of each account.

(f) The endowment support from the income and capital gains of the endowed
mineral research and endowed scholarship accounts of the fund must not total more than
six percent per year of the 36-month trailing average market value of the account from
which the support is derived.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

The Board of Regents may establish a deleted text begin school of
professional and graduate studies as a nonresidentialdeleted text end branch campus of the University of
Minnesotadeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin innew text end Rochester, to serve thenew text begin educationalnew text end needs of deleted text begin working adults and other
nontraditional students in southeastern Minnesota. The campus shall be a joint partnership
of the University of Minnesota with Rochester Community and Technical College, and
Winona State University.deleted text end new text begin and to foster the economic goals of the region and the state. The
University of Minnesota should expand higher education offerings in Rochester that it is
uniquely qualified to provide. To the extent possible, the Board of Regents should provide
its offerings in partnership with higher education institutions that already serve Rochester
and the southeastern region of Minnesota, and should avoid unnecessary duplicative
offerings of courses and programs, particularly in nursing and allied health programs.
new text end

deleted text begin The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall
cooperate to achieve the foregoing.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

The legislaturenew text begin intends that the mission of the expanded
education offerings in Rochester be congruent with the university's unique core mission of
teaching, research, and outreach in order to support the educational needs and economic
development of this region and the state. The legislaturenew text end recognizes that the distinctiveness
of each of the deleted text begin partnerdeleted text end new text begin higher educationnew text end institutions in Rochester must be maintained to
achieve success in serving the higher education needs of the community and the economic
goals of the state. deleted text begin Further, the legislature intends that the University of Minnesota and the
other partner institutions avoid duplicative offerings of courses and programs. Therefore,
the University of Minnesota, Winona State University, and Rochester Community and
Technical College shall develop jointly a statement of missions, roles, and responsibilities
for the programs and services at Rochester which shall be submitted to the legislature by
January 30, 2000, and any time thereafter that the missions, roles, and responsibilities
change.
deleted text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivisions 2 and 4, new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are added to the
appropriations in Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, articles 1 and 2, or other
specified law, to the named agencies and for the specified programs or activities. The sums
shown are appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to be available for
the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2006" and "2007" used in this
article mean that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively. Appropriations in
this article for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, are effective the day following final
enactment.
new text end

new text begin SUMMARY BY FUND new text end
		new text begin 2006 new text end		new text begin 2007 new text end		new text begin TOTAL new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 577,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,838,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 2,415,000 new text end
new text begin Natural Resources new text end		new text begin -0- new text end		new text begin 530,000 new text end		new text begin 530,000 new text end
new text begin TOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 577,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 2,368,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 2,945,000 new text end

158,000

648,000

new text begin This appropriation includes money for the
following purposes:
new text end

(a) Invasive species control activities

118,000

130,000

(b) Compensation payments for livestock
depredation and crop damage

40,000

53,000

-0-

190,000

(d) Grant to Second Harvest Heartland on behalf
of Minnesota's six Second Harvest food banks

-0-

200,000

new text begin For the purchase of milk for distribution
to Minnesota's food shelves and other
charitable organizations that are eligible
to receive food from the food banks. This
appropriation becomes base-level funding.
new text end

new text begin Milk purchased under the grants must be
acquired from Minnesota milk processors
and based on low-cost bids. The milk
must be allocated to each Second Harvest
food bank serving Minnesota according
to the formula used in the distribution of
United States Department of Agriculture
commodities under the Emergency Food
Assistance Program. Second Harvest
Heartland must submit quarterly reports
to the commissioner on forms prescribed
by the commissioner. The reports must
include, but are not limited to, information
on the expenditure of money, the amount
of milk purchased, and the organizations
to which the milk was distributed. Second
Harvest Heartland may enter into contracts
or agreements with food banks for shared
funding or reimbursement of the direct
purchase of milk. Each food bank receiving
money from this appropriation may use up to
two percent of the grant for administrative
expenses.
new text end

(e) Renewable energy

-0-

75,000

new text begin To the Department of Agriculture for
handling increased renewable energy
inquiries.
new text end

277,000

408,000

new text begin To eliminate bovine tuberculosis from cattle
herds in Minnesota. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

142,000

1,312,000

new text begin Summary by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2006 new text end	new text begin 2007 new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin 142,000 new text end	new text begin 782,000 new text end
new text begin Natural Resources new text end	new text begin -0- new text end	new text begin 530,000 new text end

(a) Bovine tuberculosis surveillance and
diagnosis

88,000

132,000

new text begin To the Department of Natural Resources to
diminish the risk of disease transmission
in domestic livestock. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

(b) Invasive species

-0-

550,000

new text begin To the Department of Natural Resources for
prevention and control of harmful invasive
species. This appropriation includes money
for the control of curly leaf pondweed in
Lake Osakis.
new text end

-0-

100,000

new text begin The commissioner may make direct
expenditures for the operation of the center
or contract with another entity to operate the
center. This appropriation is available only
to the extent it is matched by at least $1 of
nonstate money from gifts or grants for each
$2 of state money. This appropriation is
added to the agency base of the Department
of Natural Resources.
new text end

(d) Canoe routes

-0-

130,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the water
recreation account in the natural resources
fund to the commissioner of natural resources
to cooperate with local units of government
in marking routes and designating river
accesses and campsites under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.32. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until spent.
new text end

(e) Emergency deterrent materials assistance

54,000

-0-

new text begin For the emergency deterrent materials
assistance program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 97A.028, subdivision
3. This is a onetime appropriation and is
available until June 30, 2007.
new text end

(f) State park and recreation area operation

-0-

400,000

new text begin $400,000 is from the state parks account
in the natural resources fund for state park
and recreation area operations and for the
operation and maintenance of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers recreation sites on Cross
Lake, Gull Lake, Sandy Lake, Leech Lake,
Lake Pokegama, and Lake Winnibigoshish.
The expenditure of money on the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers recreation sites is
contingent upon acceptance of a long-term
agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Acceptance may be through a
lease arrangement, a transfer of the recreation
lands, or other agreement with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. Rules of the
commissioner of natural resources relating
to state recreation areas apply to U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers recreation sites managed
by the commissioner pursuant to this
paragraph. This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may establish fees
for these recreation sites as provided
in Minnesota Statutes, section 85.052,
subdivision 3. The money collected from
fees established under this paragraph shall
be deposited in the natural resources fund
and credited to the state parks account.
Until June 30, 2007, money deposited in the
natural resources fund from fees established
under this paragraph is appropriated to
the commissioner for the operation and
maintenance of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers recreation sites.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 35.05, is amended to read:

(a) The state board may quarantine or kill any domestic animal infected with, or
which has been exposed to, a contagious or infectious dangerous disease if it is necessary
to protect the health of the domestic animals of the state.

(b) The board may regulate or prohibit the arrival in and departure from the state of
infected or exposed animals and, in case of violation of any rule or prohibition, may detain
any animal at its owner's expense. The board may regulate or prohibit the importation of
domestic animals which, in its opinion, may injure the health of Minnesota livestock.

(c) When the governor declares an emergency under section 35.0661, the board,
through its executive director, may assume control of such resources within the University
of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory as necessary to effectively address the
disease outbreak. The director of the laboratory and other laboratory personnel must
cooperate fully in performing necessary functions related to the outbreak or threatened
outbreak.

(d) deleted text begin Rules adopted by the board under authority of this chapter must be published
in the State Registerdeleted text end new text begin The board may test or require tests of any bovine or cervidae in
the state when the board deems it necessary to achieve or maintain bovine tuberculosis
accredited free state or zone status under the regulations and laws administered by the
United States Department of Agriculturenew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.0835, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Employees designated by the commissioner under
subdivision 1 may issue citations, as specifically authorized under this subdivision, for
violations of:

(1) sections 85.052, subdivision 3 (payment of camping fees in state parks) deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end
85.45, subdivision 1 (cross-country ski pass)new text begin , and 85.46 (horse trail pass)new text end ;

(2) rules relating to hours and days of operation, restricted areas, noise, fireworks,
environmental protection, fires and refuse, pets, picnicking, camping and dispersed
camping, nonmotorized uses, construction of unauthorized permanent trails, mooring of
boats, fish cleaning, swimming, storage and abandonment of personal property, structures
and stands, animal trespass, state park individual and group motor vehicle permits,
licensed motor vehicles, designated roads, and snowmobile operation off trails;

(3) rules relating to off-highway vehicle registration, display of registration numbers,
required equipment, operation restrictions, off-trail use for hunting and trapping, and
operation in lakes, rivers, and streams;

(4) rules relating to off-highway vehicle and snowmobile operation causing damage
or in closed areas within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest;

(5) rules relating to parking, snow removal, and damage on state forest roads; and

(6) rules relating to controlled hunting zones on major wildlife management units.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2007.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

The commissioner of natural resources is authorized
in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when
feasible to mark canoe and boating routes on the Little Fork, Big Fork, Minnesota,
St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, Crow Wing,
St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre within Swift
County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in Swift County to
Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, new text begin Sauk, Otter Tail,
new text end and Crow Rivers which have historic and scenic values and to mark appropriately points
of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, rapids, waterfalls, whirlpools, and other
serious hazards which are dangerous to canoe and watercraft travelers.

new text begin While riding, leading, or driving a horse on
horse trails and associated day use areas on state trails, in state parks, in state recreation
areas, and in state forests, a person 16 years of age or over shall carry in immediate
possession and visibly display on person or horse tack, a valid horse trail pass. The pass
must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a conservation officer, or an employee
designated under section 84.0835.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of natural resources may appoint
agents to issue and sell horse trail passes. The commissioner may revoke the appointment
of an agent at any time.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner may adopt additional rules as provided in section 97A.485,
subdivision 11. An agent shall observe all rules adopted by the commissioner for the
accounting and handling of passes according to section 97A.485, subdivision 11.
new text end

new text begin (c) An agent must promptly deposit and remit all money received from the sale of
passes, except issuing fees, to the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of natural resources and agents shall issue
and sell horse trail passes. The pass shall include the applicant's signature and other
information deemed necessary by the commissioner. To be valid, a pass must be signed by
the person riding, leading, or driving the horse.
new text end

new text begin (a) The fee for an annual horse trail pass is $20 for an individual
16 years of age and over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased.
Annual passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
new text end

new text begin (b) The fee for a daily horse trail pass is $4 for an individual 16 years of age and
over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid
only for the date designated on the pass form.
new text end

new text begin In addition to the fee for a horse trail pass, an issuing fee of
$1 per pass shall be charged. The issuing fee shall be retained by the seller of the pass.
Issuing fees for passes sold by the commissioner of natural resources shall be deposited in
the state treasury and credited to the horse trail account in the natural resources fund and
are appropriated to the commissioner for the operation of the electronic licensing system.
A pass shall indicate the amount of the fee that is retained by the seller.
new text end

new text begin Fees collected under this section, except for the
issuing fee, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the horse trail account
in the natural resources fund. Except for the electronic licensing system commission
established by the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, the fees are
appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for trail acquisition, trail and facility
development, and maintenance, enforcement, and rehabilitation of horse trails or trails
authorized for horse use, whether for riding, leading, or driving, on state trails and in state
parks, state recreation areas, and state forests.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of natural resources and
agents shall issue a duplicate pass to a person whose pass is lost or destroyed using the
process established under section 97A.405, subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder.
The fee for a duplicate horse trail pass is $2, with an issuing fee of 50 cents.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2007.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.028, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

(a) For the purposes of this
subdivision, "cooperative damage management agreement" means an agreement between
a landowner or tenant and the commissioner that establishes a program for addressing the
problem of destruction of the landowner's or tenant's specialty crops or stored forage
crops by wild animals, or destruction of agricultural crops by flightless Canada geese.

(b) A landowner or tenant may apply to the commissioner for emergency deterrent
materials assistance in controlling destruction of the landowner's or tenant's specialty
crops or stored forage crops by wild animals, or destruction of agricultural crops by
flightless Canada geese. Subject to the availability of money appropriated for this purpose,
the commissioner shall provide suitable deterrent materials when the commissioner
determines that:

(1) immediate action is necessary to prevent significant damage from continuingnew text begin or
to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosisnew text end ; and

(2) a cooperative damage management agreement cannot be implemented
immediately.

(c) A person may receive emergency deterrent materials assistance under this
subdivision more than once, but the cumulative total value of deterrent materials provided
to a person, or for use on a parcel, may not exceed $3,000 for specialty cropsnew text begin , $5,000 for
measures to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis within a five-mile radius of a cattle
herd that is infected with bovine tuberculosis as determined by the Board of Animal
Healthnew text end , deleted text begin ordeleted text end $750 for new text begin protecting new text end stored forage crops, or $500 for agricultural crops damaged
by flightless Canada geese. If a person is a co-owner or cotenant with respect to the
specialty crops for which the deterrent materials are provided, the deterrent materials are
deemed to be "provided" to the person for the purposes of this paragraph.

(d) As a condition of receiving emergency deterrent materials assistance under this
subdivision, a landowner or tenant shall enter into a cooperative damage management
agreement with the commissioner. Deterrent materials provided by the commissioner may
include repellents, fencing materials, or other materials recommended in the agreement
to alleviate the damage problem. If requested by a landowner or tenant, any fencing
materials provided must be capable of providing long-term protection of specialty crops.
A landowner or tenant who receives emergency deterrent materials assistance under
this subdivision shall comply with the terms of the cooperative damage management
agreement.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:

8,903,000 8,653,000

8,675,000

Summary by Fund
General	deleted text begin 5,498,000 deleted text end new text begin 5,248,000 new text end	5,248,000
Natural Resources	2,222,000	2,222,000
Game and Fish	983,000	1,005,000
Permanent School	200,000	200,000

$275,000 the first year and $275,000 the
second year are for iron ore cooperative
research, of which $137,500 the first year
and $137,500 the second year are available
only as matched by $1 of nonstate money for
each $1 of state money. The match may be
cash or in-kind.

$86,000 the first year and $86,000 the
second year are for minerals cooperative
environmental research, of which $43,000
the first year and $43,000 the second year are
available only as matched by $1 of nonstate
money for each $1 of state money. The
match may be cash or in-kind.

$2,046,000 the first year and $2,046,000
the second year are from the minerals
management account in the natural resources
fund for only the purposes specified in
new Minnesota Statutes, section 93.2236,
paragraph (c). Of this amount, $1,526,000
the first year and $1,526,000 the second
year are for mineral resource management,
$420,000 the first year and $420,000 the
second year are for projects to enhance future
income and promote new opportunities,
including value-added iron products,
geological mapping, and mercury research,
and $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the
second year are for environmental review and
the processing of permits for mining projects
that involve state-owned mineral rights. The
appropriation is from the revenue deposited
in the minerals management account
under Minnesota Statutes, section 93.22,
subdivision 1, paragraph (b). $100,000 each
year is a onetime appropriation.

$150,000 the first year and $150,000
the second year are from the state forest
suspense account in the permanent school
fund to accelerate land exchanges, land
sales, and commercial leasing of school
trust lands. This appropriation is to be used
toward meeting the provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, section 92.121, to exchange school
trust lands or put alternatives in effect when
management practices have diminished
or prohibited revenue generation, and the
direction of Minnesota Statutes, section
127A.31, to secure maximum long-term
economic return from the school trust lands
consistent with fiduciary responsibilities and
sound natural resources conservation and
management principles.

$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second
year are from the state forest suspense
account in the permanent school fund to
identify, evaluate, and lease construction
aggregate located on school trust lands.

deleted text begin $250,000 the first year is for a grant to
the Board of Regents of the University of
Minnesota to drill a 5,000 foot core sampling
bore hole at the Tower-Soudan mine complex
in support of a National Science Foundation
grant. This is a onetime appropriation.
deleted text end

new text begin Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are appropriated
from the general fund to the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. Unless
otherwise specified, the appropriations in this article are available for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2007. Appropriations in this article that are encumbered under contract,
including grant contracts, on or before June 30, 2007, are available until June 30, 2009.
All the appropriations in this article are onetime appropriations.
new text end

new text begin The appropriations in this article must be used to protect, restore, and preserve
the quality of Minnesota's surface waters. Allowable activities include surface water
assessments, program activities that target identified impairments, and development of
total maximum daily load studies (TMDL's) as required by section 303(d) of the federal
Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d), and applicable federal
regulations.
new text end

new text begin SUMMARY BY FUND new text end
		new text begin 2007 new text end		new text begin TOTAL new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 15,000,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 15,000,000 new text end

5,030,000

new text begin This appropriation may be spent for the
following purposes:
new text end

(a) Statewide assessment of surface water
quality and trends

1,860,000

new text begin new text end

new text begin Up to $1,010,000 is available for grants or
contracts to support citizen monitoring of
surface waters.
new text end

(b) Develop TMDL's and TMDL
implementation plans for waters listed
on the United States Environmental Protection
Agency approved 2004 impaired waters list

3,170,000

new text begin Up to $1,740,000 is available for grants or
contracts to develop TMDL's.
new text end

100,000

Small community wastewater treatment loans
and grants

100,000

2,400,000

new text begin This appropriation may be spent for the
following purposes:
new text end

(a) Agricultural best management practices loan
program

1,200,000

new text begin For loans to producers and rural landowners.
This appropriation is available until spent.
new text end

new text begin At least $1,000,000 is available for
pass-through to local governments and
lenders for low-interest loans.
new text end

(b) Technical assistance

400,000

new text begin To expand technical assistance to producers
and conservation professionals on nutrient
and pasture management, target practices to
sources of water impairments, coordinate
federal and state farm conservation programs
to fully utilize federal conservation funds,
and expand conservation planning assistance
for producers.
new text end

new text begin $210,000 is available for grants or contracts
to develop nutrient and conservation
planning assistance information materials.
new text end

800,000

5,840,000

new text begin All of the money appropriated in this section
as grants to local governments shall be
administered through the Board of Water
and Soil Resources' local water resources
protection and management program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3369.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation may be spent for the
following purposes:
new text end

(a) Targeted nonpoint restoration cost-share and
incentive payments

1,500,000

new text begin Up to $1,400,000 is available for grants.
new text end

new text begin new text end

(b) Targeted nonpoint restoration technical,
compliance, and engineering assistance
activities

2,000,000

new text begin Up to $1,800,000 is available for grants.
new text end

200,000

(d) Grants to implement county individual
sewage treatment system programs

730,000

(e) Grants to support local nonpoint source
protection activities related to lake and river
protection and management

1,410,000

1,630,000

new text begin This appropriation may be spent for the
following purposes:
new text end

(a) Statewide assessment of surface water
quality and trends

280,000

(b) Acquire high priority, sensitive riparian
lands

500,000

(c) Forest stewardship planning and
implementation; research, evaluation, and
monitoring; and technical assistance to local
units of government

850,000

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 114D.30, subdivision 2, as added by 2006 S.F.
No. 762, if enacted, is amended to read:

The commissioners of natural resources,
agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency, and the executive director of the Board of
Water and Soil Resources shall appoint one person from their respective agency to serve
as a member of the council. Agency members serve as nonvoting members of the council.
deleted text begin Seventeendeleted text end new text begin Nineteen new text end additional nonagency members of the council shall be appointed by
the governor as follows:

(1) two members representing statewide farm organizations;

(2) deleted text begin one memberdeleted text end new text begin two members new text end representing business organizations;

(3) deleted text begin one memberdeleted text end new text begin two members new text end representing environmental organizations;

(4) one member representing soil and water conservation districts;

(5) one member representing watershed districts;

(6) one member representing nonprofit organizations focused on improvement of
Minnesota lakes or streams;

(7) two members representing organizations of county governments, one member
representing the interests of rural counties and one member representing the interests of
counties in the seven-county metropolitan area;

(8) two members representing organizations of city governments;

(9) one member representing the Metropolitan Council established under section
473.123;

(10) one township officer;

(11) one member representing the interests of tribal governments;

(12) one member representing statewide hunting organizations;

(13) one member representing the University of Minnesota or a Minnesota state
university; and

(14) one member representing statewide fishing organizations.

Members appointed under clauses (1) to (14) must not be registered lobbyists. In making
appointments, the governor must attempt to provide for geographic balance. The members
of the council appointed by the governor are subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are added to the
appropriations in Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, or other law to the
agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the
general fund or another named fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for
each purpose. The figures "2006" and "2007" used in this article mean that the addition
to the appropriation listed under them is available for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2006. "The second
year" is fiscal year 2007. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2006 and 2007. Supplementary
appropriations and reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006,
are effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin SUMMARY BY FUND new text end
		new text begin 2006 new text end		new text begin 2007 new text end		new text begin TOTAL new text end
new text begin General 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 29,552,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 29,552,000 new text end
new text begin Workforce Development new text end		new text begin 1,250,000 new text end		new text begin 1,950,000 new text end		new text begin 3,200,000 new text end
new text begin Petroleum Tank Cleanup new text end		new text begin 477,000 new text end		new text begin 478,000 new text end		new text begin 955,000 new text end
new text begin Telecommunications Access new text end				new text begin 200,000 new text end		new text begin 200,000 new text end
new text begin TOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,727,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 32,180,000 new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 33,907,000 new text end

1,250,000

29,552,000

new text begin This appropriation includes money for the
purposes in subdivisions 2 to 13.
new text end

467,000

new text begin For a grant to BioBusiness Alliance
of Minnesota for bioscience business
development programs that will work to grow
and create bioscience jobs in this state and
position Minnesota as a global biobusiness
leader. An annual report on the expenditure
of the appropriation must be submitted to
the senate Environment, Agriculture, and
Economic Development Budget Division,
and the house of representatives Jobs and
Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance
Committee by June 30 of each fiscal year
until the appropriation is expended. The
report must include the impact, if available,
of the subsidy on reducing consumer costs of
bioengineered products, and the jobs created,
including wages and benefits. This is a
onetime appropriation.
new text end

150,000

new text begin For the youthbuild program under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 116L.361 to 116L.366.
The base for this appropriation is $75,000 in
fiscal year 2008 and after.
new text end

200,000

new text begin For a grant to the Summit Academy OIC for
the 100 hard hats program. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

15,000,000

new text begin For the direct and indirect expenses of the
collaborative research partnership between
the University of Minnesota and the Mayo
Foundation for research in biotechnology
and medical genomics. The is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

new text begin An annual report on the expenditure of
this appropriation must be submitted
to the governor and the chairs of the
senate Higher Education Budget Division,
the house of representatives Higher
Education Finance Committee, the senate
Environment, Agriculture, and Economic
Development Budget Division, and
the house of representatives Jobs and
Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance
Committee by June 30 of each fiscal year
until the appropriation is expended. This
appropriation is available until expended.
new text end

11,500,000

new text begin For transfer to the Minnesota minerals 21st
century fund for a grant to Itasca County to
design, construct, and equip roads, rail lines,
natural gas pipelines, water supply systems,
or wastewater collection and treatment
systems for a steel plant in Itasca County. Of
this amount, up to $500,000 may be used for
other mineral related projects in the taconite
relief area. This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

150,000

new text begin For a grant to Advocating Change Together.
The grant must be used to provide training,
technical assistance, and resource materials
to persons with developmental and mental
health disabilities. This appropriation
becomes part of the base appropriation
for the Department of Employment and
Economic Development.
new text end

100,000

new text begin For a grant to the city of Cedar Mills for costs
it incurred in construction of a wastewater
treatment system for 28 properties. The
city must use the money to reduce its
indebtedness for additional costs of the
system that was not part of the originally
planned project and resulted in excessive
costs to homeowners. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

250,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the workforce
development fund for grants to the West
Central Initiative in Fergus Falls. These
grants must be used to implement and operate
Northern Connections, a pilot workforce
program that provides one-stop supportive
services to assist individuals as they transition
into the workforce. This appropriation is
available to the extent matched by $1 of
nonstate money for each $1 of state money.
This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

1,250,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the workforce
development fund for grants to fund summer
youth employment in Minneapolis. The
grants shall be used to fund up to 500 jobs for
youth each summer. Of this appropriation,
$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the
second year are for a grant to the learn-to-earn
summer youth employment program. The
commissioner shall establish criteria for
awarding the grants. This appropriation is
available in either year of the biennium and
is available until spent.
new text end

10,000

new text begin For a grant to the city of Worthington for
the construction of a veterans' memorial in
Freedom Veterans' Memorial Park. This
appropriation is contingent upon the receipt
of local matching money on a $1 to $1 basis.
This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

450,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the workforce
development fund for a pilot project to
encourage the licensure in Minnesota of
foreign-trained health care professionals,
including physicians, nurses, dentists,
pharmacists, veterinarians, and other allied
health care professionals. The commissioner
must work with local workforce boards to
award grants to foreign-trained health care
professionals that are sufficient to cover the
actual costs of taking a course intended to
prepare health care professionals for required
licensing examinations and the fee for taking
required licensing examinations. When
awarding grants, the commissioner must
consider whether the recipient's training
involves a medical specialty that is in demand
in one or more Minnesota communities. The
commissioner also must establish additional
criteria for the award of grants. The program
will begin on July 1, 2006, and end on June
30, 2007. The commissioner must submit a
report evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot
program to the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over employment by October 1,
2007. This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

25,000

new text begin For a grant to the city of St. Louis
Park for the Meadowbrook collaborative
housing project to enhance youth outreach
services and to provide educational and
recreational programming for at-risk
youth. The collaborative must include a
cross section of public and private sector
community representatives. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

477,000

478,000

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
115C.09, subdivision 2a, this appropriation is
from the petroleum tank release cleanup fund
for costs reimbursable to the Department of
Transportation under Minnesota Statutes,
section 115C.09, that were incurred
before January 1, 2004. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

200,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the
telecommunications access Minnesota fund
under Minnesota Statutes, section 237.52,
to supplement the ongoing operational
expenses of the Commission Serving
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People. This
appropriation shall become part of base level
funding for the commission for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2007.
new text end

50,000

new text begin To operate and administer the commission.
This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin By December 15, 2006, the commission
must submit a report to the governor and
the legislature setting forth a fee schedule
that raises sufficient revenue to operate and
administer the commission in fiscal year
2008 and thereafter.
new text end

1,700,000

new text begin For a grant to the Minnesota Film and
TV Board for reimbursements of up to 15
percent of film production costs incurred in
Minnesota, under Minnesota Statutes, section
116U.26. This appropriation is available for
films that begin filming on or after May 1,
2006, and is available until June 30, 2007.
This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

200,000

new text begin For a onetime grant to the Minnesota
Agricultural Interpretive Center in Waseca to
equip and restore current sites and exhibits.
new text end

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 2, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:

27,960,000

28,160,000

Summary by Fund
General	20,165,000	20,165,000
Workforce Development	7,795,000	7,995,000

$4,864,000 the first year and $4,864,000 the
second year are from the general fund and
$7,420,000 the first year and $7,420,000
the second year are from the workforce
development fund for extended employment
services for persons with severe disabilities
or related conditions under Minnesota
Statutes, section 268A.15. Of the amount
from the workforce development fund,
$500,000 each year is onetime.

$1,690,000 the first year and $1,690,000
the second year are from the general
fund for grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 268A.11, for the eight centers for
independent living. Money not expended the
first year is available the second year.

$150,000 the first year and $150,000 the
second year are from the general fund
and $175,000 the first year and $175,000
the second year are from the workforce
development fund for grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 268A.03, to Rise, Inc.
for the Minnesota Employment Center for
People Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing.
Money not expended the first year is available
the second year. Of the amount from the
workforce development fund, $150,000 each
year isdeleted text begin onetimedeleted text end new text begin added to the budget basenew text end .

$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are from the general fund
and $200,000 the first year and $400,000
the second year are from the workforce
development fund for grants for programs
that provide employment support services to
persons with mental illness under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 268A.14.
Up to $77,000 each year may be used
for administrative and salary expenses.
The appropriation from the workforce
development fund is onetime.

$4,940,000 the first year and $4,940,000 the
second year are from the general fund for
state services for the blind activities.

$7,521,000 the first year and $7,521,000 the
second year are from the general fund for the
state's vocational rehabilitation program for
people with significant disabilities to assist
with employment, under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 268A.

On or after July 1, 2005, the commissioner
of finance shall cancel the unencumbered
balance in the contaminated site cleanup and
development account to the unrestricted fund
balance in the general fund.

new text begin (a) The commissioner shall assist small businesses to access federal money through
the federal Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
Technology Transfer program. In providing this assistance, the commissioner shall
maintain connections to eligible federal programs, assess specific funding opportunities,
review funding proposals, provide referrals to specific consulting services, and hold
training workshops throughout the state.
new text end

new text begin (b) Unless prohibited by federal law, the commissioner must implement fees for
services that help companies seek federal Phase II Small Business Innovation Research
grants. The fees must be deposited in a special revenue account and are annually
appropriated to the commissioner for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small
Business Technology Transfer programs.
new text end

new text begin (a) The film production jobs program is created. The program shall be operated
by the Minnesota Film and TV Board with administrative oversight and control by the
director of Explore Minnesota Tourism. The program shall make payment to producers of
feature films, national television programs, documentaries, music videos, and commercials
that directly create new film jobs in Minnesota. To be eligible for a payment, a producer
must submit documentation to the Minnesota Film and TV Board of expenditures for
production costs incurred in Minnesota that are directly attributable to the production
in Minnesota of a film product.
new text end

new text begin The Minnesota Film and TV Board shall make recommendations to the director of
Explore Minnesota Tourism about program payment, but the director has the authority to
make the final determination on payments. The director's determination must be based
on proper documentation of eligible production costs submitted for payments. No more
than five percent of the funds appropriated for the program in any year may be expended
for administration.
new text end

new text begin (b) For the purposes of this section:
new text end

new text begin

new text begin APPROPRIATION
new text end

new text begin Available for the Year
new text end

new text begin Ending June 30, 2007
new text end