HF 4982

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/18/2024 02:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing additional long-term facilities maintenance
revenue for historic school building preservation; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, section 123B.595, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, section 123B.595, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 123B.595, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Long-term facilities maintenance revenue.

(a) Long-term facilities
maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted
pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's average building age to 35
years, plus (ii) the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and
suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with
an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved
voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the
commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten
instruction, new text begin plus (iv) the costs approved by the commissioner for historic school building
preservation under subdivision 4a, new text end or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district would have
qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014,
section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, deleted text begin and deleted text end (ii) for a school
district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151, the
cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to
accommodate prekindergarten instruction new text begin , and (iii) the costs approved by the commissioner
for historic school building preservation under subdivision 4a new text end .

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a school district that qualified for eligibility under
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2010
remains eligible for funding under this section as a district that would have qualified for
eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph (a),
for fiscal year 2017 and later.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2026 and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.595, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Historic school building preservation plan. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district's facilities
plan under subdivision 4 may include a plan to preserve and maintain a historic school
building. For purposes of this subdivision, "historic school building" means a building that:
new text end

new text begin (1) currently serves elementary or secondary students; and
new text end

new text begin (2) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of January 1, 2024.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner may approve, in the form and manner determined by the
commissioner, the additional costs necessary to implement the plan under this subdivision,
consistent with the other requirements of this section. The additional costs under this
subdivision must not exceed $200,000 per year for each qualifying historic school building.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2026 and later.
new text end