<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to education; providing funding and policy for early childhood and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general 
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>education, education excellence, special education, facilities, technology,  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>nutrition, libraries, accounting, early childhood, education, self-sufficiency,  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>lifelong learning, and state agencies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>Statutes 2014, sections 5A.03; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 120B.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 4; 120B.30, by adding subdivisions; 120B.36, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>121A.17, subdivisions 3, 5; 122A.09, by adding a subdivision; 122A.18, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision 8; 122A.413, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.414, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>2a, 2b, 3; 122A.415; 122A.74; 123B.045, by adding a subdivision; 123B.53, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivisions 1, 4; 123B.57; 124D.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.09, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>5, 8; 124D.10, subdivisions 8, 12; 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 5, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivisions; 124D.1158, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.15, subdivisions 3, 5, 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>15, by adding a subdivision; 124D.16, subdivision 2; 124D.165, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>2; 124D.20, subdivision 4a; 124D.4531, subdivision 1; 124D.81; 124D.83, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivision 2; 125A.03; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>126C.01, subdivision 2; 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 13a, 18; 126C.15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>subdivision 2; 127A.33; 127A.45, subdivision 3; 127A.47, subdivision 7; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>129C.30, subdivision 3; 134.355, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; Laws 2013, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>116, article 1, section 58, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended, 11, as amended; article <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>3, sections 35, subdivision 2; 37, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>as amended, 20, as amended; article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>article 5, section 31, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>article 6, section 12, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended; article 7, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>21, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 8, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>5, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 14, as amended; Laws 2014, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>chapter 312, article 16, sections 15; 16, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A; 123B; 124D; 136D; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.59; 123B.591.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><b>GENERAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 1, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Agreements.</b> (a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>to this section must specify the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>authority from the adjoining state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate
         agreed <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) if Minnesota sends more students to the adjoining state than the adjoining state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to the adjoining state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) the application procedures for the enrollment options program between <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>Minnesota and the adjoining state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>Minnesota and the adjoining state may be denied; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this
         section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>such a student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>terms relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>to chapter 125A, including early childhood special education services. Any additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>terms must apply equally to both states.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Pupil accounting.</b> (a) Any student from an adjoining state enrolled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's
         average <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>daily membership and pupil units according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05</statute_ref> as if the student were <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and
         pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>units according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05</statute_ref> as if the student were a resident of the district attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>another Minnesota school district under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>(c) A prekindergarten child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service and is receiving
         early <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>childhood special education services from a Minnesota school district is considered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>enrolled in a Minnesota school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Career and technical revenue.</b> (a) A district with a career and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>technical program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>certified is eligible for career and technical revenue equal to 35 37.5  percent of approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>expenditures in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel and qualifying nonlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>community experts under paragraph (c) providing direct instructional services to students <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered in the district's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>approved career and technical education programs, excluding salaries reimbursed by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>another school district under clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>licensed personnel and qualifying nonlicensed community experts under paragraph (c) <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for services
         rendered <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>in the district's approved career and technical education programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(3) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>school district or cooperative center under chapter 123A or 136D;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>(4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>education personnel;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>(5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>vocational student organization activities held within the state for instructional
         purposes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>(6) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>improvement based on program assessment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>noncollegiate credit-bearing professional development; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(8) specialized vocational instructional supplies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>(b) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>year in which it is certified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>(c) The amount of the revenue calculated under this subdivision may not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>$17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 for taxes payable in 2013, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>$20,657,000 for taxes payable in 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>(d) If the estimated revenue exceeds the amount in paragraph (c), the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>must reduce the percentage in paragraph (a) until the estimated revenue no longer
         exceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>the limit in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Salaries for nonlicensed community experts qualify under paragraph (a), clauses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>(1) and (2), only if the district made efforts to obtain acceptable licensed teachers
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>particular course or subject area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>General education revenue.</b> (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic
         revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>revenue, and transition revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the general education revenue for each district <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time support revenue, gifted and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue,
         pension <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Basic revenue.</b> For fiscal year 2014, the basic revenue for each district <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>equals the formula allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>year. For fiscal year 2015 and later, the basic revenue for each district equals the formula
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>fiscal year 2013 is $5,224. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2014 is $5,302. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>formula allowance for fiscal year 2015 and later is $5,831. The formula allowance for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>fiscal year 2016 is $5,889. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2017 and later is
         $5,948.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Extended </b><b>time</b><b> support</b><b> revenue.</b> (a) A school district's extended time <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>revenue for fiscal year 2014 is equal to the product of $4,601 and the sum of the
         adjusted <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>marginal cost pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily membership
         in excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 8</statute_ref>. A school district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>extended time support revenue for fiscal year 2015 and later is equal to the product of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>$5,017 and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for each pupil in average
         daily <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 8</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>(b) A school district's extended time support revenue may be used for extended day <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>programs, extended week programs, summer school, and other programming authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>under the learning year program. Extended support revenue may also be used by area <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternative programs
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>academic purposes during the school day.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 13a. <b>Operating capital levy.</b> To obtain operating capital revenue for fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>year 2015 and later, a district may levy an amount not more than the product of its operating <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>capital revenue for the fiscal year times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted
         net tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>capacity per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit to the operating capital equalizing factor. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>operating capital equalizing factor equals $14,500 for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, $16,332 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>for fiscal year 2017, $23,905 for fiscal year 2018, and $38,100 for fiscal year 2019
         and later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 18. <b>Transportation sparsity revenue allowance.</b> (a) A district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the result of the
         following <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>computation:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>26/100 power.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>13/100 power.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iv) Multiply the result in clause (iii) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio
         of the  <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>square mile area of the district to 3,000 raised to the 34/100 power.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(v) For a district that does not qualify for secondary sparsity revenue under  <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>subdivision 7 or elementary sparsity revenue under subdivision 8, multiply the result
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>clause (iv) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the square mile area of
         the district to  <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>525 raised to the 34/100 power.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iv) (vi) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(v) (vii) Subtract the result in clause (iv) (vi) from the result in clause (iii) (v).<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity allowance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>times the adjusted pupil units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Building allocation.</b> (a) A district or cooperative must allocate its <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>compensatory revenue to each school building in the district or cooperative where
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>the children who have generated the revenue are served unless the school district
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>cooperative has received permission under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter
         5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>article 1, section 50, to allocate compensatory revenue according to student performance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>measures developed by the school board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district or cooperative may allocate up to five <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>50 percent of the amount of compensatory revenue that the district receives to school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>sites according to a plan adopted by the school board, and a district or cooperative may <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>allocate up to an additional five percent of its compensatory revenue for activities
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>subdivision 1, clause (10), according to a plan adopted by the school board. The money <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>reallocated under this paragraph must be spent for the purposes listed in subdivision
         1, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>may be spent on students in any grade, including students attending school readiness
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>other prekindergarten programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) For the purposes of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, "building" <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>means education site as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.04, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Notwithstanding section 123A.26, subdivision 1, compensatory revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>generated by students served at a cooperative unit shall be paid to the cooperative
         unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) A district or cooperative with school building openings, school building <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>closings, changes in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>demographics between the prior year and the current year may reallocate compensatory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>revenue among sites to reflect these changes. A district or cooperative must report
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>department any adjustments it makes according to this paragraph and the department
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>use the adjusted compensatory revenue allocations in preparing the report required
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123B.76, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 129C.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>General education funding.</b> General education revenue must be paid to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>the Crosswinds school as though it were a district. The general education revenue
         for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit,
         plus <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment, basic skills
         revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>extended time support  revenue, pension adjustment revenue, transition revenue, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment, basic skills revenue,
         extended <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>time support  revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>school were a school district. The general education revenue for each extended time <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>support pupil unit equals $4,794.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>[136D.41] LISTED DISTRICTS MAY FORM INTERMEDIATE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var><b>DISTRICT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, two or more of the Independent School
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>Districts Nos. 108, 110, 111, and 112 of Carver County, Independent School Districts
         Nos. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>716, 717, 719, 720, and 721 of Scott County, and Independent School District No. 2905
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>Le Sueur County, whether or not contiguous, may enter into agreements to accomplish
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>jointly and cooperatively the acquisition, betterment, construction, maintenance,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>operation of facilities for, and instruction in, special education, career and technical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>education, adult basic education, and alternative education. Each school district
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>becomes a party to such an agreement is a "participating school district" for purposes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>of sections 136D.41 to 136D.49. The agreement may provide for the exercise of these
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>powers by a joint school board created as set forth in sections 136D.41 to 136D.49.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>[136D.42] JOINT SCHOOL BOARD; MEMBERS; BYLAWS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Board.</b> The agreement shall provide for a joint school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>representing the parties to the agreement. The agreement shall specify the name of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>board, the number and manner of election or appointment of its members, their terms
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>qualifications, and other necessary and desirable provisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Bylaws.</b> The board may adopt bylaws specifying the duties and powers of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>its officers and the meeting dates of the board, and containing such other provisions
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>may be usual and necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b>[136D.43] STATUS OF JOINT SCHOOL BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Public agency.</b> The joint school board shall be a public agency of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>participating school districts and may receive and disburse federal and state funds
         made <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>available to it or to the participating school districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Liability.</b> No participating school district shall have individual liability <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>for the debts and obligations of the board, nor shall any individual serving as a
         member <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>of the board have such liability.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Tax exempt.</b> Any properties, real or personal, acquired, owned, leased, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>controlled, used, or occupied by the board for its purposes shall be exempt from taxation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>by the state or any of its political subdivisions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. <b>[136D.44] JOINT BOARD HAS ALL POWERS OF MEMBER </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var><b>DISTRICTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>To effectuate the agreement, the joint school board shall have all the powers granted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>by law to any or all of the participating school districts.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. <b>[136D.45] AGREEMENT APPROVAL; NOTICE; PETITION; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var><b>REFERENDUM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Resolution.</b> The agreement shall, before it becomes effective, be <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>approved by a resolution adopted by the school board of each school district named
         therein.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>When effective.</b> Each resolution shall be published once in a newspaper <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>published in the district, if there is one, or in a newspaper having general circulation
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>district, and shall become effective 30 days after publication, unless within the
         30-day <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>period a petition for referendum on the resolution is filed with the school board,
         signed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>qualified voters of the school district equal in number to five percent of the number
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>voters voting at the last annual school district election. In such case, the resolution
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>not become effective until approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at
         a regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>or special election. The agreement may provide conditions under which it shall become
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>effective even though it may not be approved in all districts.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. <b>[136D.46] DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS, DISBURSEMENTS, </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var><b>CONTRACTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>The participating school districts may contribute funds to the board. Disbursements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>shall be made by the board in accordance with sections 123B.14, 123B.143, and 123B.147.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>The board shall be subject to section 123B.52, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 5.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. <b>[136D.47] TERM OF AGREEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>The agreement shall state the term of its duration and may provide for the method
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>termination and distribution of assets after payment of all liabilities of the joint
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. <b>[136D.48] NON-POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS; LICENSED </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var><b>DIRECTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>The board may also provide any other educational programs or other services <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>requested by a participating district. However, these programs and services may not
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>postsecondary programs or services. Academic offerings shall be provided only under
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>direction of properly licensed academic supervisory personnel.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. <b>[136D.49] OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.41, 136D.71, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>136D.81, the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>may provide for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>governmental units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>sections 136D.25, 136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. <b>COMPENSATORY REVENUE; INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>For the 2015-2016 school year only, for an intermediate district formed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136D.41, the department must calculate compensatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>revenue based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts for the South Metro Educational
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>Cooperative.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. <b>RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT EXEMPTION; HENDRICKS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.04, subdivision 6, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>(b); 124D.041, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and 124D.05, subdivision 2a, the provisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.041 and the agreement shall not apply to Independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>School District No. 402, Hendricks.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. <b>SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY ADJUSTMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Tax rate adjustment.</b> The commissioner of education must adjust <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>each school district tax rate established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B
         to 127A, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>by multiplying the rate by the ratio of the statewide total tax capacity for assessment
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>2014, as it existed prior to the passage of Regular Session 2015, House File No. 848,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>a similarly styled bill passed in a special session to the statewide total tax capacity
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>assessment year 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Equalizing factors.</b> The commissioner of education must adjust each <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>school district equalizing factor established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>127A, by dividing the equalizing factor by the ratio of the statewide total tax capacity
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>assessment year 2014, as it existed prior to the passage of Regular Session 2015,
         House <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>File No. 848, or a similarly styled bill passed in a special session, to the statewide
         total tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>capacity for assessment year 2014.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. <b>INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 761, OWATONNA PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var><b>SCHOOLS; REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>The referendum revenue authorization for Independent School District No. 761, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>Owatonna public schools, shall be set at $1,082.70 per adjusted pupil unit for taxes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>payable in 2014 and adjusted thereafter for the annual inflationary increases calculated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), to reflect
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>intention of the school board and the understanding of the voters relating to the
         new <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>authorization approved by the voters of that school district on November 5, 2013.
         This <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>referendum will be applicable for seven years beginning with taxes payable in 2014
         unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>General education aid.</b> For general education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,567,318,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,645,270,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $622,908,000 for 2015 and $5,944,411,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $632,481,000 for 2016 and $6,012,789,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic pupil transportation aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,488,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,464,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,816,000 for 2015 and $15,672,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $1,741,000 for 2016 and $15,723,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic pupil education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,819,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,338,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,575,000 for 2015 and $15,244,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $1,693,000 for 2016 and $15,645,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Career and technical aid.</b> For career and technical aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,420,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,669,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $574,000 for 2015 and $4,846,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $538,000 for 2016 and $4,131,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Abatement revenue.</b> For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>127A.49:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,740,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,932,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $278,000 for 2015 and $2,462,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $273,000 for 2016 and $2,659,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Consolidation transition.</b> For districts consolidating under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>Statutes, section 123A.485:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">292,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">165,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2015 and $270,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $30,000 for 2016 and $135,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>One-room schoolhouse.</b> For a grant to Independent School District No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>690, Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">39,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">42,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var><b>EDUCATION EXCELLENCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Rigorous course taking information; AP, IB, and PSEO.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>commissioner shall submit the following information on rigorous course taking, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>disaggregated by student subgroup, school district, and postsecondary institution,
          to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>education committees of the legislature each year by February 1:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>(1) the number of pupils enrolled in postsecondary enrollment options under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>124D.09
         </statute_ref>, including concurrent enrollment, career and technical education courses offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>as a concurrent enrollment course, advanced placement, and international baccalaureate <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>courses in each school district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>(2) the number of teachers in each district attending training programs offered by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>college board, International Baccalaureate North America, Inc., or Minnesota concurrent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>enrollment programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>(3) the number of teachers in each district participating in support programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>(4) recent trends in the field of postsecondary enrollment options under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>124D.09
         </statute_ref>, including concurrent enrollment, advanced placement, and international <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>baccalaureate programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>(5) expenditures for each category in this section and under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>124D.091
         </statute_ref>, including career and technical education courses offered as a concurrent <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>enrollment course; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>(6) other recommendations for the state program or the postsecondary enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>options under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref>, including concurrent enrollment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. <b>[121A.395] TITLE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>Sections 121A.395 to 121A.3951 may be cited as the "Student Support Services <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>Personnel Act."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>[121A.3951] STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PERSONNEL GRANT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of sections 121A.395 to 121A.3951, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>the following terms have the meanings given them:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>(1) "student support services personnel" includes individuals licensed to serve as
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>dependency counselor in Minnesota; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>(2) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>position not under contract by a school at the start of the 2014-2015 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Purpose.</b> The purpose of the student support services personnel grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>program is to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>effective services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>(3) ensure that students receive effective academic guidance and integrated and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>comprehensive services to improve kindergarten through grade 12 school outcomes and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>career and college readiness;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>of their training and licensure;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, and school management within a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>comprehensive approach that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>(6) improve school safety and school climate to support academic success and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>career and college readiness.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Grant eligibility and application.</b> (a) A school district, charter school, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>intermediate school district, or other cooperative unit is eligible to apply for a
         six-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>grant under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>(b) The commissioner of education shall specify the form and manner of the grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>application. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority to schools in
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>student support services personnel positions do not currently exist. Additional criteria
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>must include at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>(1) existing student support services personnel caseloads;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>(2) school demographics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>(3) Title 1 revenue;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>(4) Minnesota student survey data;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>(5) graduation rates; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>(6) postsecondary completion rates.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Allowed uses; match requirements.</b> A grant under this section must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>used to hire a new position. A school that receives a grant must match the grant with
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>funds in each year of the grant. In each of the first four years of the grant, the
         local match <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>equals $1 for every $1 awarded in the same year. In years five and six of the grant,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>local match equals $3 for every $1 awarded in the same year. The local match may not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>include federal reimbursements attributable to the new position.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Report required.</b>  By February 1 following any fiscal year in which a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>was received, a school must submit a written report to the commissioner indicating
         how <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>the new positions affected two or more of the following measures:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>(1) school climate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>(2) attendance rates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>(3) academic achievement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(4) career and college readiness; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>(5) postsecondary completion rates.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4a. <b>Teacher preparation program data; report.</b> Each teacher preparation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>program must collect valid, reliable, and timely data about outcomes for its teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>candidates. On an annual basis, each teacher preparation program must publish summary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>data on programs' efficacy in an understandable, useful, and readily accessible electronic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>format that is available on a Web site hosted by the teacher preparation program.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>summary report at least must include: four-year graduation rates, licensure attainment,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>employment rates, and satisfaction rates from teacher candidates collected via a survey.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>Additionally, some of the outcomes may be disaggregated by race, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>(1) graduation rates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>(2) licensure rates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>(3) employment rates; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>(4) teacher candidate satisfaction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>Teacher preparation programs must follow the standard practice determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>the National Center for Education Statistics by exempting sample cells smaller than
         ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>people in order to maintain privacy of individual teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>and applies to reports published beginning June 1, 2016.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.413, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Qualifying plan.</b> A district or, intermediate school district, or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>cooperative unit, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may develop an educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>improvement plan for the purpose of qualifying for the alternative teacher professional
         pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>system under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref>. The plan must include measures for improving school <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, teacher, and individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>student performance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.413, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Plan components.</b> The educational improvement plan must be approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>by the school board or governing board and have at least these elements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>(1) assessment and evaluation tools to measure student performance and progress, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>including the academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of English
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>learners, among other measures;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>(2) performance goals and benchmarks for improvement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>(3) measures of student attendance and completion rates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>(4) a rigorous research and practice-based professional development system, based
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>on national and state standards of effective teaching practice applicable to all students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>including English learners with varied needs under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>2a, and consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref>, that is aligned with educational improvement and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>designed to achieve ongoing and schoolwide progress and growth in teaching practice;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>(5) measures of student, family, and community involvement and satisfaction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>(6) a data system about students and their academic progress that provides parents
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>and the public with understandable information;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>(7) a teacher induction and mentoring program for probationary teachers that <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>provides continuous learning and sustained teacher support; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>(8) substantial participation by the exclusive representative of the teachers in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>developing the plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Restructured pay system.</b> A restructured alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>professional pay system is established under subdivision 2 to provide incentives to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>encourage teachers to improve their knowledge and instructional skills in order to
         improve <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>student learning and for school districts, intermediate school districts,  cooperative units, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, and charter schools to recruit and retain <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>highly qualified teachers, encourage highly qualified teachers to undertake challenging
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>assignments, and support teachers' roles in improving students' educational achievement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Transitional planning year.</b> (a) To be eligible to participate in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>alternative teacher professional pay system, a school district, intermediate school
         district, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>or site, at least one school year before it expects to fully implement an alternative
         pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>system, must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the school district or, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>intermediate school district and the exclusive representative of the teachers to complete
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>plan preparing for full implementation, consistent with subdivision 2, that may include,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>among other activities, training to evaluate teacher performance, a restructured school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>day to develop integrated ongoing site-based professional development activities,
         release <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>time to develop an alternative pay system agreement, and teacher and staff training
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>using multiple data sources; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>(2) agree to use up to two percent of basic revenue for staff development purposes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>122A.61</statute_ref>, to develop the alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>professional pay system agreement under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>(b) To be eligible to participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system,
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>charter school, at least one school year before it expects to fully implement an alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>pay system, must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the charter school and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>charter school board of directors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>(2) submit the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>school indicating at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>pay system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>(3) agree to use up to two percent of basic revenue for staff development purposes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>122A.61</statute_ref>, to develop the alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>professional pay system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>(c) To be eligible to participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>a cooperative, excluding intermediate school districts at least one school year before
         it <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>expects to fully implement an alternative pay system, must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>(1) submit to the department a letter of intent executed by the governing board <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>of the cooperative; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>(2) submit the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed by the cooperative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>indicating at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative
         pay system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>(c) (d) The commissioner may waive the planning year if the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>determines, based on the criteria under subdivision 2, that the school district, intermediate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>school district, cooperative, site or charter school is ready to fully implement an alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>pay system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Alternative teacher professional pay system.</b> (a) To participate in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>this program, a school district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>charter school must have an educational improvement plan under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.413</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under paragraph (b). A charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>school participant also must comply with subdivision 2a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The alternative teacher professional pay system agreement must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) describe how teachers can achieve career advancement and additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>compensation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) describe how the school district, intermediate school district, cooperative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>school site, or charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>allow teachers to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>professional development that helps other teachers improve their skills;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) reform the "steps and lanes" salary schedule, which may include a hiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>bonus or other added compensation for teachers who work in a hard-to-fill position
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>hard-to-staff school setting, such as a school with a majority of students whose families
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically isolated school, or a school identified
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>the state as eligible for targeted programs or services for its students. The salary
         schedule <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>must prevent any teacher's compensation paid before implementing the pay system from <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>being reduced as a result of participating in this system, base at least 60 percent
         of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>compensation increase on teacher performance using:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) schoolwide student achievement gains under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35</statute_ref> or locally selected <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>standardized assessment outcomes, or both;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) measures of student growth and literacy that may include value-added models <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>or student learning goals, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, clause (9), or <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>122A.41, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, clause (9), and other measures that include the academic literacy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>oral academic language, and achievement of English learners under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>subdivision 8, clause (10), or 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, clause (10); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) an objective evaluation program under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>paragraph (b), clause (2), or 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) provide for participation in job-embedded learning opportunities such as <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>professional learning communities to improve instructional skills and learning that
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>aligned with student needs under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.413</statute_ref>, consistent with the staff development <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>plan under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref> and led during the school day by trained teacher leaders <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>such as master or mentor teachers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) allow any teacher in a participating school district, intermediate school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>cooperative, school site, or charter school that implements an alternative pay system to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>participate in that system without any quota or other limit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) encourage collaboration rather than competition among teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Charter school applications</b><b>; cooperative applications</b><b>.</b> (a) For charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>school applications, the board of directors of a charter school that satisfies the
         conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>under subdivisions 2 and 2b must submit to the commissioner an application that contains:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(1) an agreement to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>(2) a resolution by the charter school board of directors adopting the agreement;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>(3) the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>indicating that at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>teacher professional pay system, unless the charter school submits an alternative
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>professional pay system agreement under this section before the first year of operation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>Alternative compensation revenue for a qualifying charter school must be calculated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 34</statute_ref>, paragraphs (a) and (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>(b) For cooperative unit applications, excluding intermediate school districts, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>governing board of a cooperative unit that satisfies the conditions under subdivisions
         2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>and 2b must submit to the commissioner an application that contains:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>(1) an agreement to implement an alternative teacher professional pay system <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>(2) a resolution by the governing board adopting the agreement; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>(3) the record of a formal vote by the teachers employed at the cooperative unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>indicating that at least 70 percent of all teachers agree to implement the alternative
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>professional pay system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Approval process.</b> (a) Consistent with the requirements of this section and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.413</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>122A.415</statute_ref>, the department must prepare and transmit to interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>schools a standard form for applying to participate in the alternative teacher professional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>pay system. The commissioner annually must establish three dates as deadlines by which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>interested applicants must submit an application to the commissioner under this section.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>An interested school district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>charter school must submit to the commissioner a completed application executed by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>district superintendent and the exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers
         if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>applicant is a school district, intermediate school district, or school site, or executed
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>the charter school board of directors if the applicant is a charter school or executed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>the governing board if the applicant is a cooperative unit. The application must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>the proposed alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>2. The department must review a completed application within 30 days of the most <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>recent application deadline and recommend to the commissioner whether to approve or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>disapprove the application. The commissioner must approve applications on a first-come,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>first-served basis. The applicant's alternative teacher professional pay system agreement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>must be legally binding on the applicant and the collective bargaining representative
         before <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>the applicant receives alternative compensation revenue. The commissioner must approve
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>or disapprove an application based on the requirements under subdivisions 2 and 2a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>(b) If the commissioner disapproves an application, the commissioner must give the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>applicant timely notice of the specific reasons in detail for disapproving the application.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>The applicant may revise and resubmit its application and related documents to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>commissioner within 30 days of receiving notice of the commissioner's disapproval
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>the commissioner must approve or disapprove the revised application, consistent with
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>subdivision. Applications that are revised and then approved are considered submitted
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>the date the applicant initially submitted the application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Report; continued funding.</b> (a) Participating districts, intermediate school <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>districts, cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools must report on the implementation <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>and effectiveness of the alternative teacher professional pay system, particularly
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>addressing each requirement under subdivision 2 and make annual recommendations by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>June 15 to their school boards. The school board or , board of directors, or governing board <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>shall transmit a copy of the report with a summary of the findings and recommendations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>of the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter school to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>(b) If the commissioner determines that a school district, intermediate school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>cooperative, school site, or charter school that receives alternative teacher compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>revenue is not complying with the requirements of this section, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>may withhold funding from that participant. Before making the determination, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>commissioner must notify the participant of any deficiencies and provide the participant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>an opportunity to comply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.415, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var><b>122A.415 ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION REVENUE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Revenue amount.</b> (a) A school district, intermediate school district, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, school site, or charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>school that meets the conditions of section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref> and submits an application approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>by the commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>alternative teacher professional pay system agreement that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>Act under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>179A.20, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>district may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>which the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>teachers in the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay
         system equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>$260 times the number of pupils enrolled at the district or site on October 1 of the
         previous <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>fiscal year. Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying intermediate
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>district or cooperative must be calculated under subdivision 4, paragraph (a) (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>using the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts
         entering <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>into the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue computed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>for a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings,
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>openings, or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>cooperatives, school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>professional pay system by October 1 of the current school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Revenue timing.</b> (a) Districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>school sites, or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>compensation revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>cooperative, school site, or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>pay system under this subdivision and section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref>. For fiscal year 2007 and later, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>A qualifying district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school site, or charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.36"></a><var>21.36</var>school that received alternative teacher compensation aid for the previous fiscal
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>must receive at least an amount of alternative teacher compensation revenue equal
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>lesser of the amount it received for the previous fiscal year or the amount it qualifies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if the district, intermediate
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>district, cooperative, school site, or charter school submits a timely application and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district, cooperative, school <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional
         pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>system, consistent with its application under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b)</statute_ref>, and 2a, if the applicant is a charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>school or cooperative, in the order in which they are received, select applicants that <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>qualify for this program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, cooperatives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>school sites, and charter schools about the program, develop and disseminate application
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>materials, and carry out other activities needed to implement this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>(c) For fiscal year 2008 and later, the portion of the state total basic alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>teacher compensation aid entitlement allocated to charter schools must not exceed
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>product of $3,374,000 times the ratio of the state total charter school enrollment
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>previous fiscal year to the state total charter school enrollment for fiscal year
         2007. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>Additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid may be approved for charter
         schools <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>after August 1, not to exceed the charter school limit for the following fiscal year,
         if <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>the basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement for school districts based
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>applications approved by August 1 does not expend the remaining amount under the limit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2015 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>later, The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school with a plan approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>compensation revenue under subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>aid for an intermediate school district or a charter school with a plan approved under <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivisions 2a</statute_ref> and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>times the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>on October 1 of the current year for a charter school in the first year of operation,
         times <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2015
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.36"></a><var>22.36</var>aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these limits  Basic alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>compensation aid for an intermediate district or other cooperative unit equals $3,000
         times <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>the number of licensed teachers employed by the intermediate district or cooperative
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>on October 1 of the previous school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Alternative teacher compensation levy.</b> For fiscal year 2015 and later, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>The alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic alternative
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>compensation aid equals the product of (1) the difference between the district's alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>teacher compensation revenue and the district's basic alternative teacher compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>aid, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted net tax capacity
         per <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>adjusted pupil unit to $6,100.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Alternative teacher compensation equalization aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>2015 and later, A district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>district's alternative teacher compensation revenue minus the district's basic alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>teacher compensation aid minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy.
         If a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the alternative teacher compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>(b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>compensation equalization aid.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.74, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var><b>122A.74 PRINCIPALS' LEADERSHIP </b><b>INSTITUTE</b><b> DEVELOPMENT</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> (a) The commissioner of education may contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>with the Minnesota State University Mankato or and the regents of the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>Minnesota to establish a Principals' Leadership Institute to provide licensed principals <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>and other school leaders in Minnesota with a research-based and professionally evaluated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>professional development to school principals program focused on instructional and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>organizational leadership by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>(1) creating a network of educational leaders in the educational and business <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>communities to communicate current and future trends in leadership techniques to help <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>all Minnesota students learn; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>(2) helping to create a vision for the school that is aligned with the community <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>and district priorities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>(3) developing strategies to retain highly qualified teachers and ensure that diverse
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>student populations, including at-risk students, children with disabilities, English
         learners, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>and gifted students, among others, have equal access to these highly qualified teachers;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>(4) providing training to analyze data using culturally competent tools.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>(b) The Minnesota Principals' Academy at the University of Minnesota must and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>the Institute for Courageous Leadership at Minnesota State University Mankato may
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>cooperate with participating members of the business community and educational leaders <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>to provide funding and content for the institute programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>(c) Participants must agree to attend all sessions of  the Principals' Leadership <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>Institute for four weeks during the academic summer Minnesota Principals' Academy or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>the Institute for Courageous Leadership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>(d) (c) The Principals' Leadership Institute Minnesota Principals' Academy must <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>incorporate program elements offered by leadership programs at the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>Minnesota and, program elements used by the participating members of the business <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>community to enhance leadership within their businesses, and current research-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>practices in educational leadership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Method of</b><b> Selection </b><b>methods </b><b>and </b><b>requirements</b><b> admission processes</b><b>.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>(a) The board of each school district and charter school in the state may select a licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>principal or school leader, upon the recommendation of the district's superintendent and or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>charter school's board of directors, based on the principal's or school leader's leadership <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>potential, to attend the institute apply to a program under subdivision (1), paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>(b) The school board and the charter school board of directors annually shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>forward its list their lists of recommended participants to the commissioner by February <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>1. In addition<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>(b) As an alternative to paragraph (a), a principal or school leader may submit an <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>application by February 1 directly to the commissioner by February 1 administrator of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>program under subdivision (1), paragraph (b). <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>(c) A committee comprised of the commissioner of education or the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>designee, the executive directors of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>the Minnesota Elementary Principals Association, the Minnesota Association of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>Secondary School Principals, the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and Charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>School Partners shall recommend applicants to the program administrators under <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (b). The recommended applicants shall be regionally diverse
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>and include charter school leaders. The program administrators shall annually select
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>notify the applicants under paragraphs (a) and (b) and their recommending organizations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>or employers of the applicants admitted to the program. The commissioner shall notify the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>school board, the principal candidates, and the University of Minnesota of the principals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>selected to participate in the Principals' Leadership Institute each year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Program delivery.</b> A Minnesota Principals' Academy shall be offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>annually in the seven-county metropolitan area and in greater Minnesota. The Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>Principals' Academy in greater Minnesota shall be at one of the designated Centers
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>Excellence in cooperation with the department.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.045, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Teacher-powered schools; grants.</b> (a) For the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given to them:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>(1) "launch school" means a school newly created under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>(2) "conversion school" means a school that is becoming a teacher-powered school <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>by a teacher vote under this section; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>(3) "teacher-powered school" means a school site in which the teachers comprise the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>governance structure of the school, hold autonomies as specified in subdivision 2,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>assume responsibility for the school's success.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>(b) The commissioner shall, upon documented approval by the school board and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>the exclusive representative of the teachers in that school of a launch or conversion
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>teacher-powered school, award a grant according to this paragraph:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>(1) a planning grant, awarded for one year in advance of the opening of a launch or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>conversion school and not to exceed $150,000; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>(2) a start-up grant, awarded for the initial two years of operation and not to exceed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>$100,000 per year for a conversion school or $225,000 per year for a launch school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>(c) After 50 percent of the grant funds have been awarded, the commissioner shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>give preference in awarding grants to applicant school districts located in congressional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>districts in which no grants have been made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>(d) A school district receiving a grant award under this subdivision must submit an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>annual budget to the commissioner along with the documentation of the approval of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>school by the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>(e) A school district receiving a grant award must, annually by September 1 of each
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>year beginning September 1, 2016, submit a report to the commissioner to be shared
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12
         finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>and policy regarding the success of teacher-powered schools. Success measures include,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>but are not limited to, the state multiple measure, surveys of parental satisfaction,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>other measures as might be relevant to the school's special mission.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Authorization; notification.</b> Notwithstanding any other law to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>contrary, an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</statute_ref>, except a foreign <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply
         to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>eligible institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses
         offered by <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>that postsecondary institution. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th
         or 10th <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract
         or grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>school eligible for aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</statute_ref>, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian
         courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>offered under subdivision 10, if after all 11th and 12th grade students have applied for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>course, additional students are necessary to offer the course. A 9th or 10th grade pupil's <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>eligibility to participate in the course is at the discretion of the school district
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>eligible postsecondary institution providing the course offered under subdivision
         10. If an <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the institution
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>within ten days of acceptance. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>of that pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>notify the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Limit on participation.</b> A pupil who first enrolls in grade 9 may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>the equivalent of four academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 10 may not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>the equivalent of three academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 11 may
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>equivalent of two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 12 may not enroll
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>of one academic year. If a pupil in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 first enrolls in a postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>course for secondary credit during the school year, the time of participation shall
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>reduced proportionately. If a pupil is in a learning year or other year-round program
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>begins each grade in the summer session, summer sessions shall not be counted against
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>the time of participation. If a school district determines a pupil is not on track to graduate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>the limit on participation does not apply to that pupil. A pupil who has graduated from <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>high school cannot participate in a program under this section. A pupil who has completed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>course requirements for graduation but who has not received a diploma may participate
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>the program under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. <b>[124D.231] FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>(a) "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization that has been in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>existence for three years or more and serves persons within the community surrounding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>the covered school site on education and other issues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>(b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>organizations that propose to work together to plan and implement community school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>programming.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>(c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>described under subdivision 2, paragraph (g).<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>(d) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>consistent with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>(e) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>funded to provide community school programming.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>(f) "Site coordinator" is an individual who is responsible for aligning programming
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>with the needs of the school community identified in the baseline analysis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Full-service community school program.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>provide funding to eligible school sites to plan, implement, and improve full-service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>(1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>120B.35, subdivision 2; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>(2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>by the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>(b) An eligible school site may receive up to $100,000 annually. School sites <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency
         to hire a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>(c) Implementation funding of up to $20,000 must be available for up to one year for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>planning for school sites. At the end of this period, the school must submit a full-service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>community school plan, pursuant to paragraph (g).<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>(d) The commissioner shall dispense the funds to schools with significant populations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches. Schools with significant homeless
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>highly mobile students shall also be a priority. The commissioner must also dispense
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>funds in a manner to ensure equity among urban, suburban, and greater Minnesota schools.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>(e) A school site must establish a school leadership team responsible for developing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs, and overseeing the process
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>of implementing expanded programming at each covered site. The school leadership team
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>shall have between 12 to 15 members and shall meet the following requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>(1) at least 30 percent of the members are parents and 30 percent of the members <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>are teachers at the school site and must include the school principal and representatives
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>from partner agencies; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>(2) the school leadership team must be responsible for overseeing the baseline <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>analyses under paragraph (f). A school leadership team must have ongoing responsibility
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>for monitoring the development and implementation of full service community school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>operations and programming at the school site and shall issue recommendations to schools
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>on a regular basis and summarized in an annual report. These reports shall also be
         made <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>available to the public at the school site and on school and district Web sites.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>(f) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to beginning programming
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>as a full-service community school. The analysis shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>(1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership
         team, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>which shall include the following elements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>(i) identification of challenges facing the school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>(ii) analysis of the student body, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>(A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>(B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>these students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>(C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>(D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>the needs of these students; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>(iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>English learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>reduced-price lunch;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>(iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including, but
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>limited to, students of color, students with disabilities, students who are English
         learners, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are represented among students
         subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>to such actions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>(v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>categories, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, English learner status,
         disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>status, and free or reduced-price lunch status;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>(vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>(vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of wraparound services, including,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>(A) mechanisms for meeting students' social, emotional, and physical health needs,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>which may include coordination of existing services as well as the development of
         new <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>services based on student needs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>(B) strategies to create a safe and secure school environment and improve school <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>climate and discipline, such as implementing a system of positive behavioral supports,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>taking additional steps to eliminate bullying;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>(2) a baseline analysis of community assets and a strategic plan for utilizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>and aligning identified assets. This analysis should include, but is not limited to,
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>documentation of individuals in the community, faith-based organizations, community
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>neighborhood associations, colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social
         service <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>agencies who may be able to provide support and resources; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>(3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>the school leadership team, including, but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>(i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>(ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>(iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>(g) Each school site receiving funding under this section must establish at least
         two <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>of the following types of programming:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>(1) early childhood:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>(i) early childhood education; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>(ii) child care services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>(2) academic:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>(i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>(ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>(iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>(iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>or expelled; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>(v) specialized instructional support services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>(3) parental involvement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy, including the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>Reading First and Early Reading First programs authorized under part B of title I
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, United States Code, title 20, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>6361, et seq.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>(ii) parent leadership development activities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>(iii) parenting education activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>(4) mental and physical health:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>(i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>conflict mediation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>(ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>(iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>(iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>(v) nutrition services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>(vi) primary health and dental care; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>(vii) mental health counseling services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>(5) community involvement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>(i) service and service-learning opportunities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>(ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>(iii) homeless prevention services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(6) positive discipline practices; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>(7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>the baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>(h) The school leadership team at each school site must develop a full-service <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team will take, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>(1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>(2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>(3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>of programming on the participating children and adults;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>(4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>and community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>organizations, businesses, and social service providers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>(5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>universities, hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>development and implementation of community school programming;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>(6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.36"></a><var>30.36</var>(7) plan for school leadership team development.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Full-service community school review.</b> (a) Every three years, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>full-service community school site must submit to the commissioner, and make available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>at the school site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>programming at each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>community school on participating children and adults. This report shall include,
         but <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>is not limited to, the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>implementing the community school plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>(2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation
         impeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>program implementation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>(3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>execution of the community school plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>(4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>to students and families;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>(5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>who had not previously been served;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>(6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>community school programming who had not previously been served;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>(7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>programming;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>(8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>school programming;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>(9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>in their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>the school and community environment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>(10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>implementation of the program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>(11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>children's education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>(12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>(13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>(14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>(15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>(16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>partners.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>(b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>respect to the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>(1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>implementing the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>the school site navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>full-service community school plan, including identification of any federal, state,
         or local <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>statute or regulation impeding program implementation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>(2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>delivery of community school programming to students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>(3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>students and nonstudents receiving community school programming;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>(4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>programming;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>(5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>(6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>(7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>(8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>(9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>partners.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. <b>[124D.501] INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR SERVICE-LEARNING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var><b>GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; eligibility criteria; application requirements.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>A five-year grant program is established to initiate or expand and strengthen innovative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>service-learning opportunities for students in early childhood programs through grade
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>12 and thereby increase student academic achievement, and help close the academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>achievement gap and the community, college, and career opportunity gaps.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>(b) To be eligible to apply for and receive an innovative, incubator service-learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>grant under this section, at least one public school teacher, administrator, or program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>staff member and at least one service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>or curriculum specialist employed at a public school, public school program, or school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>district must form an authentic student-adult partnership that includes one or more
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>community-based organizations or government units. The partnership may invite one
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>more other individuals or entities, such as postsecondary faculty members or institutions,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>parents, other community members, local businesses or business organizations, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>local media representatives to become partners or participate with the partnership,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>consistent with this paragraph. Before developing and submitting a grant application
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>the department, participating students must work with one or more adults who are part
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>of the initial partnership to identify an issue, need, or opportunity to pursue through
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>service-learning partnership and identify and invite one or more possible partners
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>collaborate in developing and submitting a grant application. The employing school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>district that is a member of the partnership or the school district of the school
         or school <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>program that is a member of the partnership is the fiscal agent for the grant. An
         eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>service-learning partnership receiving an innovation service-learning grant must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>(1) include at least a group of enrolled students, two or more school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>employees, and an eligible community-based organization or unit of government; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>(2) assist students to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>(i) actively participate in service-learning experiences that meet identified student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>and community needs or opportunities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>(ii) operate collaboratively with service-learning partnership members;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>(iii) align service-learning experiences with students' individualized educational
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>plans and programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>(iv) apply students' knowledge and skills in their community and help solve <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>community problems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>(v) foster students' civic engagement; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>(vi) explore and pursue career pathways and achieve college readiness.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>An eligible partnership interested in receiving a grant must apply to the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>education in the form and manner determined by the commissioner. Consistent with this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>subdivision, the application must describe how the applicant will: with guidance from
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>the service-learning partnership, incorporate student-designed and student-led service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>learning into the school curriculum or in specific courses or across subject areas;
         provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>students with instruction and experiences during the school day using service-learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>best practices and an option to supplement their service-learning experiences outside
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>school day; align service-learning opportunities with state and local academic standards;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>and make implementing service-learning best practices an educational priority. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>application also must indicate how the partnership intends to provide student-designed,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>student-led service-learning experiences that meet genuine community needs or develop
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>genuine community opportunities based on service-learning best practices aligned to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>state academic standards. The partnership must work with a district service-learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>specialist or service-learning coordinator or a district curriculum specialist to
         design a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>grant application and implement an approved grant application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Innovation grants.</b> The commissioner of education must award up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>four grants of up to $30,000 each to allow eligible partnerships, equitably distributed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>to two recipients within the seven-county metropolitan area and two recipients outside
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>the seven-county metropolitan area, to provide innovative, incubator service-learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>opportunities to students, consistent with this section. The commissioner may renew
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>a grant annually as appropriations are available and consistent with the grant criteria
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>established in this section and other criteria the commissioner may establish for
         grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>eligibility or for renewing a grant. In order to receive a grant, a partnership must
         provide a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>one-to-one match in funds or in-kind contributions unless the commissioner decides
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>waive the match requirement for an applicant serving a high number of students whose
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>families meet federal poverty guidelines. A partnership grantee must allocate the
         grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>amount according to its grant application, which must include conveying 50 percent
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>actual grant amount to its community-based organization or unit of government partner
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>partners to implement or help defray the direct costs of carrying out the service-learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>strategies and activities described in the partnership's grant application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Evaluation.</b> The commissioner of education must evaluate these <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>innovative, incubator service-learning initiatives based on the educational and <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>developmental outcomes of students participating in the service learning and include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>summary data on the characteristics and extent of students' participation in service
         learning, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>their development of academic skills or achievements, and their engagement in school,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>school attendance, course completion rates, opportunity to develop community, college,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>career connections, and the graduation rates for participating high school-age students.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>The commissioner also must evaluate the success of the service-learning grants based
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>the community outcomes and community results achieved through student service-learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>experiences and the corresponding student service activities. The commissioner must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>transmit an interim progress report on student and community outcomes and results
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>this section to the legislative committees with oversight over education by February
         15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>2019, and a final report to the same legislative committees by February 15, 2021.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.81, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var><b>124D.81 </b><b>CONTINUATION OF</b><b> AMERICAN</b><b> INDIAN EDUCATION </b><b>GRANTS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var><b>AID</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Grants;</b><b> Procedures.</b> Each fiscal year the commissioner of education <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>must make grants to no fewer than six American Indian education programs. At least
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>three programs must be in urban areas and at least three must be on or near reservations.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>The board of a local district, a participating school or a group of boards may develop
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>proposal for grants in support of American Indian education programs. Proposals A <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>school district, charter school, or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or
         grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>school enrolling at least 20 American Indian students on October 1 of the previous
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>year, receiving federal Title 7 funding, and operating an American Indian education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>program according to section 124D.74 is eligible for Indian education aid if it meets
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>requirements of this section. Programs may provide for contracts for the provision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>program components by nonsectarian nonpublic, community, tribal, charter, or alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>schools. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner of application for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>aids, and no grant aid shall be made for a proposal program not complying with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.71</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.82</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Plans.</b> Each To qualify for aid, an eligible district, charter school, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>participating tribal contract school submitting a proposal under subdivision 1 must <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>develop and submit with the proposal a plan for approval by the Indian education director <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>which that shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>(a) Identify the measures to be used to meet the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.71</statute_ref> to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>124D.82
         </statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(b) Identify the activities, methods and programs to meet the identified educational
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>needs of the children to be enrolled in the program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>(c) Describe how district goals and objectives as well as the objectives of sections
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>124D.71
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.82</statute_ref> are to be achieved;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>(d) Demonstrate that required and elective courses as structured do not have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>discriminatory effect within the meaning of section 
         <statute_ref>124D.74, subdivision 5</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>(e) Describe how each school program will be organized, staffed, coordinated, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>and monitored; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>(f) Project expenditures for programs under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.71</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.82</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>American Indian education aid.</b> (a) The American Indian education <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>aid for an eligible district or tribal contract school equals the greater of (1) the
         sum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>$20,000 plus the product of $63 times the difference between the number of American
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.36"></a><var>35.36</var>Indian students enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year and 20; or (2) if
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>district or school received a grant under this section for fiscal year 2015, the amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>of the grant for fiscal year 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the American Indian education aid must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>exceed the district or tribal contract school's actual expenditure according to the
         approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>plan under subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Additional requirements.</b> Each district receiving a grant aid under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>section must each year conduct a count of American Indian children in the schools
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>of the district; test for achievement; identify the extent of other educational needs
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>the children to be enrolled in the American Indian education program; and classify
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>American Indian children by grade, level of educational attainment, age and achievement.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>Participating schools must maintain records concerning the needs and achievements
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>American Indian children served.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Nondiscrimination; testing.</b> In accordance with recognized professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>standards, all testing and evaluation materials and procedures utilized for the identification,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>testing, assessment, and classification of American Indian children must be selected and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory and must be valid
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>purpose of identifying, testing, assessing, and classifying American Indian children.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Records.</b> Participating schools and districts must keep records and afford <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>access to them as the commissioner finds necessary to ensure that American Indian
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>education programs are implemented in conformity with sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.71</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.82</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>Each school district or participating school must keep accurate, detailed, and separate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>revenue and expenditure accounts for pilot American Indian education programs funded
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Money from other sources.</b> A district or participating school providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>American Indian education programs shall be eligible to receive moneys for these programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>from other government agencies and from private sources when the moneys are available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Exceptions.</b> Nothing in sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.71</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.82</statute_ref> shall be construed as <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>prohibiting a district or school from implementing an American Indian education program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>which is not in compliance with sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.71</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.82</statute_ref> if the proposal and plan for <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>that program is not funded pursuant to this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Revenue amount.</b> An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>grant school that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>requirements in subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school
         aid. <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>The amount of aid is derived by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, less <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>$170, times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>126C.05, subdivision 6
         </statute_ref>, in average daily membership, excluding section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, <br />
            		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>subdivision 13
         </statute_ref>, and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, receiving benefits under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.42</statute_ref> or <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>123B.44
         </statute_ref> or for which the school is receiving reimbursement under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.69</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>allowance under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, less $300 times the tribal contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>compensation revenue pupil units;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>school by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part
         39, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>subparts A to E, for the basic program as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>39.11, paragraph (b)</statute_ref>, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>the base rate as applied to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>adjustments and additional weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to
         L for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>contingency funds, school board training, student training, interim maintenance and
         minor <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>repair, interim administration cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>the amount of money that is received according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.69</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>daily membership, excluding section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, plus the tribal contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>compensation revenue pupil units; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, <br />
            		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>subdivision 13
         </statute_ref>, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>pupil units by the lesser of $1,500 $2,376 or the result in clause (4).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 35, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Achievement and integration levy.</b> For fiscal year 2014 only, a district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>achievement and integration levy equals the lesser of the district's achievement and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>integration revenue for that year or the amount the district was authorized to levy under <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2, section 49, paragraph (f).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. <b>TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION REVENUE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) For fiscal year 2015 only, teacher development and evaluation revenue for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>school district, intermediate school district, educational cooperative, education district, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>or charter school with any school site that does not have an alternative professional pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>system agreement under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, equals $302 <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>times the number of full-time equivalent teachers employed on October 1 of the previous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>school year in each school site without an alternative professional pay system under <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.414, subdivision 2. Except for charter schools, revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>under this section must be reserved for teacher development and evaluation activities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, or Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. For the purposes of this section, "teacher" has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>meaning given it in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the state total teacher development and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>evaluation revenue entitlement must not exceed $10,000,000 $10,022,000  for fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>2015. The commissioner must limit the amount of revenue under this section so as not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>to exceed this limit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2014.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 16, subdivision 7, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Teacher development and evaluation.</b> For teacher development and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>evaluation revenue.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="41px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,000,000  <br />
                  		9,020,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $9,000,000 $9,020,000 for 2015. <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>This is a onetime appropriation and is available until expended the end of fiscal year 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. <b>AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Grant program established.</b> A grant program is established to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>support school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>summer with high school students in extension programs. Grants must be used to create
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>increase the availability of agricultural education teachers for students over the
         summer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> The commissioner of education shall develop the form and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>method for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>the allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Grant awards.</b> Grant funding under this section must be matched <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>by funding from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>employment. Grant funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 30
         working <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>days.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>established in the grant application. The Department of Education shall develop the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>criteria necessary for the reports.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. <b>CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT WORKING GROUP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Membership.</b> The commissioner of education shall convene a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>working group on concurrent enrollment. Members shall be named by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>of education and include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>(1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>(2) the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education or the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>(3) representatives of postsecondary institutions with concurrent enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>programs including at least:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>(i) one postsecondary faculty member from the University of Minnesota who has <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>supervised a concurrent enrollment course;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>(ii) one postsecondary faculty member from the Minnesota State Colleges and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>University system who has supervised a concurrent enrollment course;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>(iii) one representative from the University of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>(iv) one representative from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>(v) one representative from a private college with a concurrent enrollment program;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>(vi) one postsecondary faculty member from a career and technical college who has
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>supervised a concurrent enrollment program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>(4) representatives of school districts with concurrent enrollment programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>including at least one high school administrator, one high school teacher, and one
         high <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>school counselor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>(5) one representative of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>Partnerships;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>(6) at least one parent who has or had children participate in a concurrent enrollment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>course;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>(7) at least one student enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course for the 2015-2016
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>school year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>(8) other stakeholders as determined by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>The chair must be selected by the members at the first meeting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Responsibilities.</b> (a) The working group shall review:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>(1) differences between concurrent enrollment courses and the sponsoring public <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>postsecondary institution's equivalent course in regard to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>(i) course outline including scope, sequence of content, and methods to be employed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>(ii) final exam;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>(iii) grading scale; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>(iv) nature and frequency of exams;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>(2) each program's student eligibility requirements, including exceptions to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>requirements and the number of waivers to the requirements given in the past year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>(3) course prerequisites;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>(4) all postsecondary institutions, both in-state and out-of-state, that have accepted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>or denied transferring courses for college credit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>(5) the frequency with which courses are offered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>(6) the method of charging for delivery of concurrent instruction; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>(7) the compensation and workload of faculty supervisors of concurrent enrollment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>(b) The working group shall make recommendations, including legislative proposals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>for improving the consistency of concurrent enrollment programs in regards to the
         items <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>(c) Any costs of the working group and preparing the report under subdivision 3 must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>be paid for out of the Department of Education and participating public postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>institutions' current operating budgets. Postsecondary institutions must make materials
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>available for the study as requested by the commissioners of education and the Office
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>Higher Education. All intellectual property associated with materials made available
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>the study are retained by the institution or professor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The working group must submit a report to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>of education by January 15, 2016, with their findings and recommendations. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.35"></a><var>40.35</var>commissioner must prepare and submit to the education policy and finance committees
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.36"></a><var>40.36</var>the legislature by February 15, 2016, a written report including the working group
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>and summary data on concurrent enrollment courses under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>124D.09, subdivision 10, consistent with this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. <b>EXAMINING AND DEVELOPING STATEWIDE SWIMMING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var><b>RESOURCES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>(a) The commissioner of education must use existing budgetary resources to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>inventory and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1,
         2016, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>on the extent of existing resources and best practices available for swimming instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>in Minnesota public schools.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>(b) The commissioner of education must establish a work group of interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>stakeholders, including the commissioner or commissioner's designee, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>of health or the commissioner's designee, and representatives of K-12 physical education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>teachers, K-12 school administrators, the Minnesota school boards association, nonprofit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>fitness and recreational organizations, public parks and recreation departments, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>other stakeholders, including community members underserved and disproportionately
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>impacted by the current distribution of swimming resources, interested in swimming
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>instruction and activities identified by the commissioner of education, to determine
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 2016, on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>curriculum, resources, personnel, and other costs needed to make swimming instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>available in all Minnesota public schools for children beginning at an early age.
         The work <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>group must consider the substance of the report under paragraph (a) in preparing its
         report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Alternative compensation.</b> For alternative teacher compensation aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">78,331,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">96,864,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $7,766,000 for 2015 and $70,565,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $7,840,000 for 2016 and $89,024,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Achievement and integration aid.</b> For achievement and integration aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,539,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">68,745,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $6,382,000 for 2015 and $59,157,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $6,573,000 for 2016 and $62,172,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Literacy incentive aid.</b> For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>Statutes, section 124D.98:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">44,552,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">45,508,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $4,683,000 for 2015 and $39,869,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $4,429,000 for 2016 and $41,079,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>section 124D.87:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,023,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,825,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Early childhood literacy programs.</b> For early childhood literacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,675,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,675,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $6,375,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Tribal contract schools.</b> For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>Statutes, section 124D.83:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,424,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,608,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2015 and $3,220,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $357,000 for 2016 and $3,251,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Compensatory revenue pilot program.</b> For grants for participation in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>compensatory revenue pilot program under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter
         5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>article 1, section 50, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 1, section 21:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,325,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,325,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>(a) In fiscal years 2016 and 2017, grants shall be awarded in the following amounts:
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>$4,730,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin; <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>$240,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 286, Brooklyn Center; $660,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>is for a grant to Independent School District No. 279, Osseo; $500,000 is for a grant
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $520,000 is for a grant to Independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>School District No. 535, Rochester; $205,000 is for a grant to Independent School
         District <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>No. 833, South Washington; and $470,000 is for a grant to Independent School District
         No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>241, Albert Lea. If a grant to a specific school district is not awarded, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>may increase the aid amounts to any of the remaining participating school districts.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>(b) The base for this program in fiscal year 2018 and later is $2,325,000. Grants
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>shall be awarded in the same amount as under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>11, article 1, section 36: $1,500,000 is for a grant to Independent School District
         No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>11, Anoka-Hennepin; $75,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 286,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>Brooklyn Center; $210,000 is for a grant to Independent School  District No. 279,
         Osseo; <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>$160,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $165,000
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>for a grant to Independent School District No. 535, Rochester; $65,000 is for a grant
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>Independent School District No. 833, South Washington; and $150,000 is for a grant
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>Independent School District No. 241, Albert Lea.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>(c) The commissioner of education must submit a report by February 15, 2016, to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>education committees of the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot
         program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Concurrent enrollment program.</b> For concurrent enrollment programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$4,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$4,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>the aid payment to each district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Student support services personnel grants.</b> For student support services <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>personnel grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.3951:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">8,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>until June 30, 2021. The commissioner may not allot more than $1,580,000 of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>appropriation before July 1, 2016. Any balance remaining after June 30, 2021, shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>cancel to the general fund. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for administration
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>Student Support Services Personnel Act under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.395
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>to 121A.3951.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Success for the future.</b> For American Indian success for the future grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">237,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $237,000 for 2015 and $0 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>American Indian education aid.</b> For American Indian education aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,371,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,393,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 13. <b>Collaborative urban educator.</b> For the collaborative urban educator <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>grant program:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,090,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,090,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>Grants shall be awarded in equal amounts: $272,500 each year is for the Southeast
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>Asian teacher program at Concordia University, St. Paul; $272,500 each year is for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>collaborative urban educator program at the University of St. Thomas; $272,500 each
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>is for the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching at Hamline University; and $272,500
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>each year is for the East Africa Student to Teacher program at Augsburg College.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>Each institution shall prepare for the legislature, by January 15 of each year, a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>detailed report regarding the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>prepared as well as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14. <b>ServeMinnesota program.</b> For funding ServeMinnesota programs under <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">900,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">900,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>coverage is not otherwise available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 15. <b>Student organizations.</b> For student organizations:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">725,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">725,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>$46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>$100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>occupations (Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>$95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>secondary and postsecondary).<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>$193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>(FFA, PAS).<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>$142,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>occupations (FCCLA).<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>$109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>(DECA and DECA collegiate).<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>$40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 16. <b>Museums and Education Centers.</b> For grants to museums and education <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>centers:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">626,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">626,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>(a) $360,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>$100,000 each year is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>(b) $125,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>$75,000 each year is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>(c) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>(d) $75,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>(e) $75,000 each year is for the Works Museum. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2018 is $351,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 17. <b>Teacher development and evaluation.</b> For teacher development and <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>evaluation revenue:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,002,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,002,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>onetime appropriation and is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 18. <b>Starbase MN.</b> For a grant to Starbase MN for rigorous science, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>6 with a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>environment using state-of-the-art technology:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 19. <b>Recovery program grants.</b> For recovery program grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.36"></a><var>45.36</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.695:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 20. <b>STEM grants.</b> For school districts to provide STEM-based courses:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>The commissioner must determine the form and manner of application and award <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>criteria. Grant awards are limited to $50,000 per course. Any balance in the first
         year does <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>not cancel but is available in the second year of the biennium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 21. <b>Teacher-powered school grants.</b> For grants to teacher-powered schools <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.045, subdivision 7:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 is $0. Any balance in the first year does
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 22. <b>Full-service community schools.</b> For full-service community schools <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 23. <b>Minnesota math corps program.</b> For the Minnesota math corps program <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>Any unexpended balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 24. <b>Agricultural educator grants.</b> For agricultural educator grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>section 24:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 25. <b>American Indian teacher preparation grants.</b> For joint grants to assist <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>American Indian people to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>Of this amount, $80,000 in each year must be reserved for Bemidji State University
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>and Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 26. <b>Excellence in teaching program.</b> For the Board of Teaching to award <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>excellence in teaching program incentive grants:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>The Board of Teaching shall award a onetime incentive grant of up to $2,000 to any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>Minnesota teacher who achieves National Board Certification after June 30, 2015, as
         long <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>as funds are available. The grants must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 27. <b>Robotics and engineering programs.</b> For a grant to InScite to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>robotics and engineering programs in Minnesota classrooms:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>The grant must be used for High Tech Kids hands-on engineering education programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>in Minnesota schools for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Any balance in
         the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 28. <b>Innovative service-learning grants.</b> For innovative service-learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>program grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Any funds not expended in the first fiscal year do not cancel but carry forward to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>the second fiscal year. The Department of Education may retain up to $10,000 of this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>appropriation to conduct the evaluation under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 29. <b>Regional office of career and technical education.</b> For a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>the SW/WC Service Cooperative to establish a regional office of career and technical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>education:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>The regional office of career and technical education must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>(1) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>are equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers, in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>collaborative participation with three or more school districts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>(2) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>attend sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public/private partnerships
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>with business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>postsecondary program options; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>(3) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>and technical education courses and training opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 30. <b>Civic education grants.</b> For grants to the Minnesota Civic Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>Coalition, Kids Voting St. Paul, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>Youth in Government to provide civic education programs for Minnesota youth age 18
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>and younger. Civic education is the study of constitutional principles and the democratic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>foundation of our national, state, and local institutions, and the study of political
         processes <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>and structures of government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>under the rule of law.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">175,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">175,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 31. <b>Rural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics experiential </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var><b>learning pilot project.</b> For a grant to the Lakes Country Service Cooperative:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">285,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>The grant must be used to expand career and technical education and science, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>technology, engineering, and mathematics coursework to students in multiple districts
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>a rotating basis. Eligible uses of the grant include training and curriculum development,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>the purchase and maintenance of equipment, and evaluation of the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 32. <b>Video resource grants.</b> For a grant to the Minnesota Public Television <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>Association for professional development initiatives to provide prekindergarten through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>grade 12 teachers with the necessary skills to effectively incorporate public television
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>video resources into classroom curriculum and instruction and to integrate regional
         arts, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>culture, and history videos across the curriculum in order to increase student achievement:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.48.36"></a><var>48.36</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>Public television stations eligible to receive grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>129D.13, shall select teachers throughout the state to participate in training sessions
         and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>develop model lessons for identifying and integrating videos on regional arts, culture,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>history into prekindergarten through grade 12 curriculum and lesson plans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 33. <b>Minnesota Council on Economic Education.</b> For a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>Minnesota Council on Economic Education to provide staff development to teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>for the implementation of the state graduation standards in learning areas relating
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>economic education:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>The commissioner, in consultation with the council, shall develop expected results
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>of staff development, eligibility criteria for participants, an evaluation procedure,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>guidelines for direct and in-kind contributions by the council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 34. <b>Minnesota Principals' Program.</b> For grants to the Minnesota Principals' <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>Program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.74, to reduce the costs to participants,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>broaden programming and accessibility, or expand the curriculum and instructional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>elements:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>is available in the second year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 35. <b>Wilderness inquiry.</b> For a grant to wilderness inquiry:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Of this amount, $70,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for a continuation of research <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>establishing the socioemotional benefits of outdoor engagement leading to improved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>academic outcomes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Of this amount, $30,000 each year is to facilitate Minnesota teachers' participation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>in professional development focused on place-based education that furthers the research.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 36. <b>Race 2 Reduce.</b> For grants to support expanded Race 2 Reduce water <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.36"></a><var>49.36</var>conservation programming in Minnesota schools:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">81,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>In the first year, $28,000 is for H2O for Life; $38,000 is for Independent School
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>District No. 624, White Bear Lake; and $15,000 is for Independent School District
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>No. 832, Mahtomedi. In the second year, $32,000 is for H2O for Life; $22,000 is for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>Independent School District No. 624, White Bear Lake; and $15,000 is for Independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>School District No. 832, Mahtomedi.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>base appropriation for fiscal year 2018 and later is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 37. <b>Network for the Development of Children of African Descent.</b> For a <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">70,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">70,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This amount must be used for family literacy services and the high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>community action research program that helps students earn high school and college
         credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>while learning community action research skills. A progress report on the activities
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>outcomes associated with this grant must be submitted to the commissioner of education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>by September 15, 2016, and a final report must be submitted on September 15, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 38. <b>Minnesota Learning Resource Center.</b> For a grant to A Chance to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>Grow for the Minnesota Learning Resource Center's comprehensive training program <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>for education professionals charged with helping children in prekindergarten programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>through grade 3 acquire basic reading and math skills:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 39. <b>We Win Institute planning grant.</b> For a planning grant to the We Win <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>Institute:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>The W. Matthew Little Cultural and Educational Excellence Center must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>established to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>(1) develop the academic and social development of marginalized youth;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>(2) develop intergenerational leadership skills;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>(3) develop pathways for marginalized youth to attend and be successful in <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>postsecondary education programs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>(4) develop public-private partnerships that create success for marginalized youth.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>The We Win Institute must submit a detailed report to the chairs and ranking minority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>members of the legislative committees having primary jurisdiction over early childhood
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>through grade 12 education by January 18, 2017, on how the funds were used.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 40. <b>Regional career and technical education advisory committee.</b> For a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>grant to the SW/WC Service Cooperative for a regional career and technical education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>advisory committee:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>Eligible uses of this grant are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>(1) capital start-up costs for such items as determined by the committee including,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>but not limited to, a mobile welding lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>kitchen equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>(2) informational materials for students, families, and residents of the region that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>communicate the relationship between career and technical education programs, labor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>market needs, and well-paying employment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>(3) incentive and training grants to develop career and technical education <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>instructors; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>(4) transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 41. <b>Northwestern Online College in the High School program.</b> For the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>Northwestern Online College in the High School program:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance from the first year may carry forward
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>into the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 42. <b>Education Partnership Pilots.</b> For education partnership pilot grants:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>Of this amount, $100,000 in each year is for the Northfield Healthy Community <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.36"></a><var>51.36</var>Initiative for a pilot site in Northfield; $100,000 in each year is for the Jones
         Family <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>Foundation for a pilot site in Red Wing; and $100,000 in each year is for Independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>School District No. 742, St. Cloud, for a pilot site in St. Cloud. Each partnership
         pilot <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>program shall support community collaborations focused on academic achievement and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>youth development, use a comprehensive and data-driven approach to increase student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>success, and measure outcomes, such as kindergarten readiness, reading proficiency
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>third grade, high school graduation, and college and career readiness. By February
         15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>2016, each partnership pilot grant recipient shall submit to the chairs and ranking
         minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>grade 12 education a report describing the activities funded by the grant, changes
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>outcome measures attributable to the grant-funded activities, and the recipient's
         program <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>plan for the following year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance from the first year may carry forward
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>into the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 43. <b>Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education Teacher </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var><b>Education Program.</b> For the Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>Teacher Education Program to support special education paraprofessionals working <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>toward licensure in an online program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">195,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var><b>STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Required academic standards.</b> (a) The following subject areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>are required for statewide accountability:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) language arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) mathematics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) science;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>citizenship;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) physical education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer
         at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate.
         An <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>alternative standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>(c) The department must adopt the most recent National Association of Sport and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>Physical Education kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks for physical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>education as the required physical education academic standards. The department may
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>modify and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The modification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national standards.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>department must make available sample assessments for school districts to assess students'
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>mastery of the physical education standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) (d) District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>as a result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.10</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>120B.11
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>120B.20</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Rulemaking.</b> The commissioner, consistent with the requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>this section and section 
         <statute_ref>120B.022</statute_ref>, must adopt statewide rules under section 
         <statute_ref>14.389</statute_ref> for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>science, social studies, physical education, and the arts. After the rules authorized under <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>this subdivision are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>rules nor adopt new rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>academic standards for language arts, mathematics, and the arts must be implemented
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>all students beginning in the 2003-2004 school year. The academic standards for science
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>and social studies must be implemented for all students beginning in the 2005-2006
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Revisions and reviews required.</b> (a) The commissioner of education must <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>and graduation requirements and implement a ten-year cycle to review and, consistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>with the review, revise state academic standards and related benchmarks, consistent
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision cycle, the commissioner
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and related benchmark
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college readiness and advanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must include the contributions
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities as related to the academic standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>during the review and revision of the required academic standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>standards in mathematics, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>120B.30</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>(b). The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016 school year and every ten years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>(c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and every ten years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>(d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>related benchmarks in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>(e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>ten years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>(f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>ten years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>(g) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>related benchmarks in physical education beginning in the 2024-2025 school year and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>every ten years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>(g) (h) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>standards and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and
         career <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>and related benchmarks in health, world languages, and career and technical education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>[120B.026] PHYSICAL EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Exclusion from class; recess.</b> A student may be excused from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>physical education class if the student submits written information signed by a physician
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>stating that physical activity will jeopardize the student's health. A student may
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>excused from a physical education class if being excused meets the student's unique
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>individualized needs according to the student's individualized education program,
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>504 plan, or individualized health plan. A student may be excused if a parent or guardian
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>requests an exemption on religious grounds. A student with a disability must be provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>with modifications or adaptations that allow physical education class to meet their
         needs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>Schools are strongly encouraged not to exclude students in kindergarten through grade
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>5 from recess due to punishment or disciplinary action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Teachers.</b> Physical education must be taught by teachers who are licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>to teach physical education. A physical education teacher shall be adequately prepared
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>and regularly participate in professional development activities under section 122A.60.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>ACT administration to nonpublic pupils.</b> By January 1, 2016, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>Department of Education shall allow up to 100 nonpublic pupils in grades 11 and 12
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>take the ACT exam on state testing dates, choose a testing site, and register 45 days
         before <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>the exam's administration. The department shall notify a school district of the number
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>nonpublic pupils registered to take the ACT exam at the district's testing sites.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Commissioner-ordered suspension of assessments.</b> In the event that it <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>becomes necessary for the commissioner to order the suspension of assessments under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>this section because of service disruptions, technical interruptions, or any other
         reason <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>beyond the control of school districts, the commissioner must immediately notify the
         chair <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>and ranking member of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>through grade 12 education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>School performance reports.</b> (a) The commissioner shall report <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>student academic performance under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivision 2</statute_ref>; the percentages of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b); school safety and student engagement and connection under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>120B.35
         </statute_ref>, subdivision 3, paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, <br />
            		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c); the percentage of students under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>and college readiness benchmarks under sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.30, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, <br />
            		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (e); longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>reducing disparities in students' academic achievement and realizing racial and economic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>integration under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.861</statute_ref>; the acquisition of English, and where practicable, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>native language academic literacy, including oral academic language, and the academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>progress of English learners under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and 2a; the weekly <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>amount of time students in kindergarten through grade 8 are scheduled to spend in
         physical <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>education class, the percent of students in kindergarten through grade 12 who receive
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>passing grade in physical education, and the number of required physical education
         credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>high school students must complete to graduate; two separate student-to-teacher ratios that <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.06</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>122A.15 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>for purposes of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding salaries;
         student <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>enrollment demographics; district mobility; and extracurricular activities. The report
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>must indicate a school's adequate yearly progress status under applicable federal
         law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>and must not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools due
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>solely to adequate yearly progress status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>Web site school performance reports.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>of each school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>until the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually
         post <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>school performance reports to the department's public Web site no later than September
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>except that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>shall post the school performance reports no later than October 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>and applies to reports for the 2017-2018 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; ASSESSMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var><b>RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>The commissioner of education must research whether the Minnesota Comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>Assessments can be replaced by the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>This study shall include assessing the alignment of the MAP to current Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>state standards and whether it would meet federal accountability requirements. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>commissioner must report the recommendations to the committees of the legislature
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by January 15, 2016.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM DISRUPTIONS; ASSESSMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var><b>RESULTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the assessment results for any student <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>whose scheduled assessment was delayed or canceled as a result of assessment system
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>interruptions beyond the control of the school district during the 2014-2015 school
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>may, at the discretion of the school district, be excluded for the purposes of school
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>student indicators of growth and achievement under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>or school performance reports under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.36.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>REALLOCATION OF MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var><b>PAYMENT REDUCTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>Following each contract year of the contract for the Minnesota Assessment System,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>the commissioner of education shall distribute the amount of the agreed-upon cumulative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>payment reduction for the prior contract year to school districts and charter schools
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>equally on a per pupil basis.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>MINNESOTA ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CONTRACTOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var><b>PERFORMANCE REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>By February 15, 2016, the commissioner of education shall make a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade
         12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>education describing the performance of the contractor for the Minnesota Assessment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>System, including documentation related to any payment reductions agreed to under
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>terms of the contract, summary measures of stakeholder satisfaction with the assessment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>system, and any other information the commissioner wishes to provide.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Statewide testing and reporting system.</b> For the statewide testing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,865,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,553,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Examination fees; teacher training and support programs.</b> (a) For <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>students' advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>for teachers and other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>subdivision 1:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>each year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>appropriation each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>Placement Advisory Council and IBMN, respectively, shall determine the amounts of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>each program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>$500,000 each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>and follow-up support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>baccalaureate programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>advanced placement or international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>shall be the same. The commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>of the subsidy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>of available appropriations shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>advanced placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>ACT administration to nonpublic pupils.</b> For ACT administration to <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>nonpublic pupils under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 5:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var><b>CHARTER SCHOOLS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Federal, state, and local requirements.</b> (a) A charter school shall meet all <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>standards and assessments in chapter 120B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A school authorized by a school board may be located in any district, unless the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>school board of the district of the proposed location disapproves by written resolution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>employment practices, and all other operations. An authorizer may not authorize a
         charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>school or program that is affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>institution. A charter school student must be released for religious instruction,
         consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 12</statute_ref>, clause (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Charter schools must not be used as a method of providing education or <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>generating revenue for students who are being home-schooled. This paragraph does not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>apply to shared time aid under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.19</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The primary focus of a charter school must be to provide a comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>program of instruction for at least one grade or age group from five through 18 years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>of age. Instruction may be provided to people older than 18 years of age. A charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>school may offer a free preschool or prekindergarten that meets high-quality early
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>learning instructional program standards that are aligned with Minnesota's early learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>standards for children. A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled students <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>that are eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of
         deafness <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>or are hard-of-hearing may enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) A charter school may not charge tuition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) A charter school is subject to and must comply with chapter 363A and section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>121A.04
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) Once a student is enrolled in the school, the student is considered enrolled in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>school until the student formally withdraws or is expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>Act in sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.56</statute_ref>. A charter school is subject to and must comply with <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.56</statute_ref>, and the Minnesota Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>School Fee Law, sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.34</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.39</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(j) A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>audit requirements as a district, except as required under subdivision 6a. Audits
         must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>federal Single Audit Act, if applicable, and section 
         <statute_ref>6.65</statute_ref>. A charter school is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>to and must comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>15.054</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.01</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.02</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.03</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.04</statute_ref>; <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>118A.05
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.06</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.38</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.391</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.392</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>471.425</statute_ref>. The audit must comply with <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.75</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.83</statute_ref>, except to the extent deviations are <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>necessary because of the program at the school. Deviations must be approved by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>commissioner and authorizer. The Department of Education, state auditor, legislative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>auditor, or authorizer may conduct financial, program, or compliance audits. A charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>school determined to be in statutory operating debt under sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.81</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.83 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>must submit a plan under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.81, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(k) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter
         466.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(l) A charter school must comply with chapters 13 and 13D; and sections 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, <br />
            		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>121A.75</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>260B.171</statute_ref>, subdivisions 3 and 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(m) A charter school is subject to the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>section 
         <statute_ref>121A.11, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(n) A charter school offering online courses or programs must comply with section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>124D.095
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(o) A charter school and charter school board of directors are subject to chapter
         181.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(p) A charter school must comply with section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>the transfer of students' educational records and sections 
         <statute_ref>138.163</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>138.17</statute_ref> governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>the management of local records.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(q) A charter school that provides early childhood health and developmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>screening must comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(r) A charter school that provides school-sponsored youth athletic activities must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>comply with section 121A.38.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(s) A charter school is subject to and must comply with continuing truant notification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>260A.03</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.35"></a><var>60.35</var>(t) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.36"></a><var>60.36</var>review process under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>(13). The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>employment rights for teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>(u) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>for the world's best workforce.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>(v) A charter school must comply with section 
         <statute_ref>121A.031</statute_ref> governing policies on <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>prohibited conduct.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>(w) A charter school must comply with all pupil transportation requirements in <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. A charter school must not require parents to surrender <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>their rights to pupil transportation under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Pupils with a disability.</b> A charter school must comply with sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>125A.02
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref> and rules relating to the education of pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>with a disability as though it were a district. A charter school enrolling prekindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>pupils with a disability under subdivision 8, paragraph (f), must comply with sections
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>125A.259 to 125A.48 and rules relating to the interagency early childhood intervention
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>system as though it were a district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Charter school building lease aid.</b> For building lease aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">66,787,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">73,603,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $6,032,000 for 2015 and $60,755,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $6,750,000 for 2016 and $66,853,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var><b>ARTICLE 5</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var><b>SPECIAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>General education revenue.</b>  (a) General education revenue must <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>be paid to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>for each adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil
         unit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>plus the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence,
         minus <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, <br />
            		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, local optional <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>revenue, basic skills revenue, extended time support revenue, pension adjustment revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment
         revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>basic skills revenue, extended time support revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>transition revenue as though the school were a school district. The general education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>revenue for each extended time support pupil unit equals $4,794.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>special education charter school as defined in subdivision 5a equals the sum of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>subdivision 5a for educating students not eligible for special education services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Special education aid.</b> (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, special <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>education aid must be paid to a charter school according to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref>, as though <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>it were a school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the special education aid paid to the charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>shall be adjusted as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>(1) if the charter school does not receive general education revenue on behalf of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>the student according to subdivision 1, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>125A.11
         </statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>(2) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>according to subdivision 1, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, <br />
            		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) to (d) (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5a. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of subdivision 5b, the terms in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>subdivision have the meanings given.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>(b) "Unreimbursed costs" means the difference between the total cost of educating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>students at the school and the total of state and federal aids and grants, excluding
         aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and subdivision 5b.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>(c) "Eligible special education charter school" means a charter school:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>(1) where the percent of students eligible for special education services equals at
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>least 90 percent of the charter school's total enrollment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>(2) that submits to the commissioner a preliminary annual budget by June 15 prior
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>to the start of the fiscal year and a revised budget by January 15 of the current
         fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>year detailing its unreimbursed costs for educating students eligible and not eligible
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>special education services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5b. <b>Special education aid for eligible special education charter schools.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 5, the special education aid for an eligible special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>education charter school equals the sum of the school's special education aid under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>subdivision 5, paragraph (a), and the school's approved unreimbursed cost for educating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>students eligible for special education services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>(b) The commissioner must review the budget data submitted by an eligible special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>education charter school under subdivision 5a and notify the school of the approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>unreimbursed cost to be used for current aid payments within 30 days of receiving
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>budget from the school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>(c) For purposes of section 127A.45, subdivision 13, the aid under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>is not subject to the 97.4 percent current fiscal year special education aid entitlement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>provision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>(d) Final aid payments must be calculated using the actual unreimbursed costs as <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>determined by the department based on year-end financial and student data submitted
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>the charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.03, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var><b>125A.03 SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>(a) As defined in paragraph (b), every district must provide special instruction and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>services, either within the district or in another district, for all children with
         a disability, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>including providing required services under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>300.121, paragraph (d), to those children suspended or expelled from school for more
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>ten school days in that school year, who are residents of the district and who are
         disabled <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>as set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>. For purposes of state and federal special education laws, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>the phrase "special instruction and services" in the state Education Code means a
         free <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>and appropriate public education provided to an eligible child with disabilities.
         "Free <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>appropriate public education" means special education and related services that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>(1) are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>without charge;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>(2) meet the standards of the state, including the requirements of the Individuals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>with Disabilities Education Act, Part B or C;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>(3) include an appropriate preschool, elementary school, or secondary school <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>education; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>(4) are provided to children ages three through 21 in conformity with an <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>individualized education program that meets the requirements of the Individuals with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 300.320 to 300.324, and provided to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>infants and toddlers in conformity with an individualized family service plan that
         meets <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>303.300 to 303.346.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>(b) Notwithstanding any age limits in laws to the contrary, special instruction and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>services must be provided from birth until July 1 after the child with a disability
         becomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>21 years old but shall not extend beyond secondary school or its equivalent, except
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>provided in section 
         <statute_ref>124D.68, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. Local health, education, and social service <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>agencies must refer children under age five who are known to need or suspected of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>needing special instruction and services to the school district. Districts with less
         than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>minimum number of eligible children with a disability as determined by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>must cooperate with other districts to maintain a full range of programs for education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>and services for children with a disability. This section does not alter the compulsory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>attendance requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>(c) At the board's discretion, a school district that participates in a reciprocity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>agreement with a neighboring state under section 124D.041 may enroll and provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>special instruction and services to a child from an adjoining state whose family resides
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>at a Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service if the district
         has <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>completed child identification procedures for that child to determine the child's
         eligibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>for special education services, and the child has received developmental screening
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>sections 121A.16 to 121A.19.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.6.0"></a><a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Nonresident tuition rate; other costs.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2015 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>later, when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>a disability as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref> outside the district of residence, excluding <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>a pupil for whom an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>special instruction and services to the pupil, including a proportionate amount for
         special <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt service costs for facilities
         used <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount of general education revenue
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident
         district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>revenue, minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76 </statute_ref>received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>aid, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, district
         support <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>and services outside of the regular classroom, calculated using the resident district's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity
         revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>and the serving district's basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit. Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for
         pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>served by a cooperative unit without a fiscal agent school district, the general education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated
         using <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization
         aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>excluding compensatory revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>revenue. Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>instruction and services for the pupil must be increased by the amount of the reduction
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>the aid paid to the resident district. Amounts paid to cooperatives under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, shall be recognized and reported as revenues and <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>expenditures on the resident school district's books of account under sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.75 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>and 
         <statute_ref>123B.76</statute_ref>. If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.35"></a><var>65.35</var>adjustment, the remaining adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5b, provides special instruction and services
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>a pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02, excluding a pupil for whom
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.46, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>7, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must
         be reduced <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter school
         received <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services for the
         pupil must <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>(b) to (d), a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive
         special <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>education and related services, a site approved under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.515</statute_ref>, an intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>district, a special education cooperative, or a school district that served as the
         applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>agency for a group of school districts for federal special education aids for fiscal
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>2006 may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>a disability. The application must include a description of the costs and the calculations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the resident district.
         Amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be included in the tuition
         billings <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>or aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>(b) to (d), as applicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) (d)  For purposes of this subdivision and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47</statute_ref>, subdivision 7, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>paragraph (b), "general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>the sum of the general education revenue according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>excluding the local optional levy according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2e</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>(c), plus the referendum equalization aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17</statute_ref>, subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.7.0"></a><a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.79, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>subdivision apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) "Unreimbursed old formula special education expenditures" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) old formula special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the sum of the special education aid under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.66.34"></a><var>66.34</var>125A.76, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, for the prior fiscal year and the cross subsidy reduction aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, and for fiscal year 2016 and later, the special education <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>(3) for fiscal year 2016 and later, the amount of general education revenue, excluding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>local optional revenue, plus local optional aid and referendum equalization aid for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services
         outside the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>pupils receive special instruction and services outside the regular classroom, excluding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>(b) "Unreimbursed nonfederal special education expenditures" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>(1) nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>(2) special education initial aid under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>; minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>(3) the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services
         outside the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>pupils receive special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom,
         excluding <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) "General revenue" for a school district means the sum of the general education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>revenue according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, excluding transportation sparsity <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>revenue, local optional revenue, and total operating capital revenue. "General revenue"
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>for a charter school means the sum of the general education revenue according to section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>124D.11, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, and transportation revenue according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>subdivision 2, excluding referendum equalization aid, transportation sparsity revenue, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>operating capital revenue.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.8.0"></a><a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.45, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Payment dates and percentages.</b> (a) The commissioner shall pay to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>district on the dates indicated an amount computed as follows: the cumulative amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>guaranteed minus the sum of (1) the district's other district receipts through the
         current <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>payment, and (2) the aid and credit payments through the immediately preceding payment.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>For purposes of this computation, the payment dates and the cumulative disbursement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>percentages are as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="15"></col>
            <col width="15"></col>
            <col width="15"></col>
            <col width="20"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Payment date<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">Percentage<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 1<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>July 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5.5<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 2<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>July 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">8.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 3<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>August 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17.5<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 4<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>August 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">20.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 5<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>September 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22.5<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 6<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>September 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">25.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 7<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>October 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">27.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>October 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">30.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 9<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>November 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">32.5<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 10<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>November 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">36.5<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 11<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>December 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">42.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 12<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>December 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">45.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 13<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>January 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 14<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>January 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">54.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 15<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>February 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">58.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 16<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>February 28:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">63.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 17<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>March 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">68.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 18<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>March 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">74.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 19<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>April 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">78.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 20<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>April 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">85.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 21<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>May 15:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">90.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 22<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>May 30:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">95.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Payment 23<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>June 20:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100.0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>(b) In addition to the amounts paid under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>to a school district or charter school on the dates indicated an amount computed as
         follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="12.5"></col>
            <col width="52.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 3<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">August 15: the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for the state paid <br />
                  		property tax credits established in section 
                  <statute_ref>273.1392<br />
                     		
                  </statute_ref>
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 4<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">August 30: 30 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for <br />
                  		all aid entitlements except state paid property tax credits<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 6<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">September 30: 40 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year <br />
                  		for all aid entitlements except state paid property tax credits<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">October 30: 30 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year <br />
                  		for all aid entitlements except state paid property tax credits<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if the current year aid payment percentage <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>under subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is less than 90, in addition to the amounts paid
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.34"></a><var>68.34</var>paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay to a charter school on the dates indicated
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.35"></a><var>68.35</var>amount computed as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="12.5"></col>
            <col width="52.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.36"></a><var>68.36</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.37"></a><var>68.37</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 1<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">July 15: 75 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for <br />
                  		all aid entitlements<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.38"></a><var>68.38</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.39"></a><var>68.39</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">October 30: 25 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year <br />
                  		for all aid entitlements<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.40"></a><var>68.40</var>(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if a charter school is an eligible special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.41"></a><var>68.41</var>charter school under section 124D.11, subdivision 5a, in addition to the amounts paid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay to a charter school on the dates indicated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>an amount computed as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="12.5"></col>
            <col width="52.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 1<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">July 15: 75 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year for <br />
                  		all aid entitlements<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">Payment 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">October 30: 25 percent of the final adjustment for the prior fiscal year <br />
                  		for all aid entitlements<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.5.9.0"></a><a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Alternative attendance programs.</b> (a) The general education aid and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>special education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>district under sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>adjustments must be made according to this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed
         building <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education,
         for a pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>with a disability, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, or a pupil, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization
         aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.11, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (c) (d), attributable to that pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76 </statute_ref>attributable to <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and services.
         For <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum equalization
         aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average general
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>(c) For fiscal year 2015 and later, special education aid paid to a resident district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>must be reduced by an amount equal to 90 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>special education and services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>must be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>education and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.35"></a><var>69.35</var>charter school where the percent of students eligible for special education services
         is at <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.36"></a><var>69.36</var>least 70 percent of the charter school's total enrollment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>must be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5b, calculated as if the charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>received special education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) (f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>instruction and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative,
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>paragraphs (c) and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient
         to make <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>the full adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>made to other state aids due to the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>of a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>receives general education aid under section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b),
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>attributable to the student under section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>general education aid that the student would have generated for the charter school
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>section 124D.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>education student" means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>disability, as defined in section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section
         125A.51.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) (h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>district, education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the
         action of <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>the constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than
         to have <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>the general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>paragraph (e) (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>than 100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit
         minus <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, <br />
            		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for
         pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>attending the area learning center.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.10.0"></a><a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Special education; regular.</b> For special education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>Statutes, section 125A.75:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,171,029,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,228,842,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $137,932,000 for 2015 and $1,033,097,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $145,429,000 for 2016 and $1,083,413,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Travel for home-based services.</b> For aid for teacher travel for home-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">361,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">371,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $35,000 for 2015 and $326,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $36,000 for 2016 and $335,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Special education out-of-state tuition.</b> For special education out-of-state <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>tuition according to Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential
         facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,406,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,629,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>year is available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Court-placed special education revenue.</b> For reimbursing serving school <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in
         the serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision
         4:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">56,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">57,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Training and technical assistance to reduce district use of seclusion and </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var><b>restraint.</b> For providing school districts with training and technical assistance to reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>district use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>Of this appropriation, $75,000 is available to the commissioner to reimburse school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>districts for the cost of hiring experts to provide staff training in reducing district
         use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs. Of this appropriation, $25,000
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>available to the commissioner for the costs of providing specialized training and
         assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>to school districts with a high use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex
         needs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>The commissioner may contract with experts from intermediate school districts teams
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>level four programs to provide the specialized training and technical assistance.
         Any funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>unexpended in fiscal year 2016 do not cancel but carry forward into the next fiscal
         year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var><b>ARTICLE 6</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var><b>FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the eligible debt service <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>revenue of a district is defined as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the amount needed to produce between five and six percent in excess of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the obligations
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>the district for eligible projects according to subdivision 2, including the amounts
         necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>for repayment of energy loans according to section 
         <statute_ref>216C.37</statute_ref> or sections 
         <statute_ref>298.292 </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>298.298</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>debt service loans and, capital loans, and lease purchase payments under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.40, <br />
            		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, alternative facilities levies under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>(a), excluding long-term facilities maintenance levies under section 123B.595, minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the amount of debt service excess levy reduction for that school year calculated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>according to the procedure established by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The obligations in this paragraph are excluded from eligible debt service revenue:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) obligations under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.61</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the part of debt service principal and interest paid from the taconite environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>protection fund or Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust, excluding the portion
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>taconite payments from the Iron Range school consolidation and cooperatively operated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>school account under section 
         <statute_ref>298.28, subdivision 7a</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) obligations issued under Laws 1991, chapter 265, article 5, section 18, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>amended by Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 5, section 24;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) obligations under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.62</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) obligations equalized under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.535</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) For purposes of this section, if a preexisting school district reorganized under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.35</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.43</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.46</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>123A.48</statute_ref> is solely responsible for retirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>of the preexisting district's bonded indebtedness, capital loans or debt service loans,
         debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>service equalization aid must be computed separately for each of the preexisting districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) For purposes of this section, the adjusted net tax capacity determined according
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>to sections 
         <statute_ref>127A.48</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>273.1325</statute_ref> shall be adjusted to include the tax capacity of property <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>generally exempted from ad valorem taxes under section 
         <statute_ref>272.02</statute_ref>, subdivision 64.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Debt service equalization revenue.</b> (a) The debt service equalization <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>revenue of a district equals the sum of the first tier debt service equalization revenue
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>the second tier debt service equalization revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The first tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>of zero or the eligible debt service revenue minus the amount raised by a levy of
         
         <statute_ref>15.74 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>percent times the adjusted net tax capacity of the district minus the second tier
         debt service <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>equalization revenue of the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The second tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>of zero or the eligible debt service revenue, excluding alternative facilities levies under <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, minus the amount raised by a levy of 
         <statute_ref>26.24</statute_ref> percent times <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>the adjusted net tax capacity of the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.3.0"></a><a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var><b>123B.57 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE; HEALTH AND SAFETY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Health and safety revenue application.</b> (a) To receive health <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>and safety revenue for any fiscal year a district must submit to the commissioner
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>capital expenditure health and safety revenue application by the date determined by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>commissioner. The application must include a health and safety budget adopted and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>confirmed by the school district board as being consistent with the district's health
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>safety policy under subdivision 2. The budget must include the estimated cost of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>program per Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>code, by fiscal year. Upon approval through the adoption of a resolution by each of
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>intermediate district's member school district boards and the approval of the Department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>of Education, a school district may include its proportionate share of the costs of
         health <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>and safety projects for an intermediate district in its application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>(b) Health and safety projects with an estimated cost of $500,000 or more per <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>site are not eligible for health and safety revenue. Health and safety projects with
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>estimated cost of $500,000 or more per site that meet all other requirements for health
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>safety funding, are eligible for alternative facilities bonding and levy revenue according
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59</statute_ref>. A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>components to qualify for health and safety revenue, and shall not combine unrelated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>projects into a single project to qualify for alternative facilities bonding and levy
         revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>(c) The commissioner of education shall not make eligibility for health and safety
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>revenue contingent on a district's compliance status, level of program development,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>training. The commissioner shall not mandate additional performance criteria such
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>training, certifications, or compliance evaluations as a prerequisite for levy approval.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Health and safety policy.</b> To qualify for health and safety revenue, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>school board must adopt a health and safety policy. The policy must include provisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>environmental regulations and best practices including indoor air quality management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> A district's health and safety revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>for a fiscal year equals the district's alternative facilities levy under section
         
         <statute_ref>123B.59</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>subdivision 5, paragraph (b), plus the greater of zero or:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the sum of (a) the total approved cost of the district's hazardous substance <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>plan for fiscal years 1985 through 1989, plus (b) the total approved cost of the district's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>health and safety program for fiscal year 1990 through the fiscal year to which the
         levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>is attributable, excluding expenditures funded with bonds issued under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59 <br />
            		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var></statute_ref>or 
         <statute_ref>123B.62</statute_ref>, or chapter 475; certificates of indebtedness or capital notes under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var><statute_ref>123B.61</statute_ref>; levies under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.58</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.59</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.63</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>126C.40, subdivision 1</statute_ref> or <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>6; and other federal, state, or local revenues, minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the sum of (a) the district's total hazardous substance aid and levy for fiscal
         years <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>1985 through 1989 under sections 
         <statute_ref>124.245</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>275.125, subdivision 11c</statute_ref>, plus (b) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>district's health and safety revenue under this subdivision, for years before the
         fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>to which the levy is attributable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Health and safety levy.</b> To receive health and safety revenue, a district <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>may levy an amount equal to the district's health and safety revenue as defined in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.35"></a><var>74.35</var>subdivision 3 multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.36"></a><var>74.36</var>dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year preceding the
         year the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for the school year
         to which <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>the levy is attributable, to $3,165.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Health and safety aid.</b> A district's health and safety aid is the difference <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>between its health and safety revenue and its health and safety levy. If a district
         does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>levy the entire amount permitted, health and safety aid must be reduced in proportion
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>the actual amount levied. Health and safety aid may not be reduced as a result of
         reducing <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>a district's health and safety levy according to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.79</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Uses of</b><b> Health and safety </b><b>revenue</b><b> capital projects</b><b>.</b> (a) Health and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>safety revenue may be used only for approved capital projects may include expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>necessary for the correction of fire and life safety hazards; design, purchase, installation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>maintenance, and inspection of fire protection and alarm equipment; purchase or <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>construction of appropriate facilities for the storage of combustible and flammable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>materials; inventories and facility modifications not related to a remodeling project
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>to comply with lab safety requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>121A.31</statute_ref>; inspection, testing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>repair, removal or encapsulation, and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls; cleanup and disposal of hazardous
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>infectious wastes; cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating
         fuel or <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined
         in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>296A.01
         </statute_ref>; correction of occupational safety and health administration regulated hazards; <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>indoor air quality inspections, investigations, and testing; mold abatement; upgrades
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>design, materials, and installation of local exhaust ventilation systems, including
         required <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>make-up air for controlling regulated hazardous substances; correction of Department
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>Health Food Code violations; correction of swimming pool hazards excluding depth <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>correction; playground safety inspections, repair of unsafe outdoor playground equipment,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>and the installation of impact surfacing materials; bleacher repair or rebuilding
         to comply <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>with the order of a building code inspector under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.112</statute_ref>; testing and mitigation <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>of elevated radon hazards; lead testing; copper in water testing; cleanup after major
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>weather-related disasters or flooding; reduction of excessive organic and inorganic
         levels <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>in wells and capping of abandoned wells; installation and testing of boiler backflow
         valves <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>to prevent contamination of potable water; vaccinations, titers, and preventative
         supplies <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>for bloodborne pathogen compliance; costs to comply with the Janet B. Johnson Parents'
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>Right to Know Act; automated external defibrillators and other emergency plan equipment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.35"></a><var>75.35</var>and supplies specific to the district's emergency action plan; compliance with the
         National <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.36"></a><var>75.36</var>Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for school generators established
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>United States Environmental Protection Agency; and health, safety, and environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>management costs associated with implementing the district's health and safety program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>including costs to establish and operate safety committees, in school buildings or
         property <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>owned or being acquired by the district. Testing and calibration activities are permitted
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>(b) For fiscal years 2014 through 2017, a school district must not include expenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>related to emission compliance projects for school generators in its health and safety
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>revenue capital projects unless it reduces its approved spending on other qualified health <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>and safety projects by the same amount.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6a. <b>Restrictions on health and safety revenue.</b>  Notwithstanding subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>6, health and safety revenue must not be used:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>(1) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>deferred payments agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>(2) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>purchase of portable classrooms;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>(3) for interest or other financing expenses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>(4) for energy-efficiency projects under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.65</statute_ref>, for a building or property <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration
         or for <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>(5) for replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>internal fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>facilities, structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions,
         violence <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or public announcement systems and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>emergency communication devices; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>(6) for building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning supplies, maintenance,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>and cleaning activities. All assessments, investigations, inventories, and support
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>equipment not leading to the engineering or construction of a project shall be included
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>the health, safety, and environmental management costs in subdivision 8, paragraph
         (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6b. <b>Health and safety projects.</b> (a) Health and safety revenue applications <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>defined in subdivision 1 must be accompanied by a description of each project for
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>funding is being requested. Project descriptions must provide enough detail for an
         auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>to determine if the work qualifies for revenue. For projects other than fire and life
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.33"></a><var>76.33</var>safety projects, playground projects, and health, safety, and environmental management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.34"></a><var>76.34</var>activities, a project description does not need to include itemized details such as
         material <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.35"></a><var>76.35</var>types, room locations, square feet, names, or license numbers. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>may request supporting information and shall approve only projects that comply with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>subdivisions 6 and 8, as defined by the Department of Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>(b) Districts may request funding for allowable projects based on self-assessments,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>safety committee recommendations, insurance inspections, management assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>reports, fire marshal orders, or other mandates. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>(b), and subdivision 8, paragraph (b), for projects under $500,000, individual project
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>size for projects authorized by this subdivision is not limited and may include related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>work in multiple facilities. Health and safety management costs from subdivision 8
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>be reported as a single project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>(c) All costs directly related to a project shall be reported in the appropriate Uniform
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) finance code.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>(d) For fire and life safety egress and all other projects exceeding $20,000, cited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>under the Minnesota Fire Code, a fire marshal plan review is required.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>(e) Districts shall update project estimates with actual expenditures for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>fiscal year. If a project's final cost is significantly higher than originally approved,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>commissioner may request additional supporting information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6c. <b>Appeals process.</b> In the event a district is denied funding approval for <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>a project the district believes complies with subdivisions 6 and 8, and is not otherwise
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>excluded, a district may appeal the decision. All such requests must be in writing.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>commissioner shall respond in writing. A written request must contain the following:
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>project number; description and amount; reason for denial; unresolved questions for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>consideration; reasons for reconsideration; and a specific statement of what action
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>district is requesting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Proration.</b> In the event that the health and safety aid available for any year <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>is prorated, a district having its aid prorated may levy an additional amount equal
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>amount not paid by the state due to proration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Health, safety, and environmental management </b><b>cost</b><b>.</b> (a) "Health, safety, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>and environmental management" is defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.56</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>(b) A district's cost for health, safety, and environmental management is limited
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>the lesser of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>(1) actual cost to implement their plan; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>(2) an amount determined by the commissioner, based on enrollment, building <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>age, and size.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>(c) The department may contract with regional service organizations, private <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.35"></a><var>77.35</var>contractors, Minnesota Safety Council, or state agencies to provide management <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.36"></a><var>77.36</var>assistance to school districts for health and safety capital projects. Management
         assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>is the development of written programs for the identification, recognition and control
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>hazards, and prioritization and scheduling of district health and safety capital projects.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>commissioner shall not mandate management assistance or exclude private contractors
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>from the opportunity to provide any health and safety services to school districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.4.0"></a><a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>[123B.595] LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE REVENUE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance revenue.</b> (a) For fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) $193
         times <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site or (2)
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>2014, section 123B.591.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>greater of (1) $292 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of
         one or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000
         or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>per site or (2) the sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>Statutes 2014, section 123B.591.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>the greater of (1) $380 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser
         of one or <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000
         or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>per site or (2) the sum of the amount the district would have qualified for under
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>Statutes 2014, section 123B.591.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.34"></a><var>78.34</var>For fiscal year 2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.35"></a><var>78.35</var>equals $34 times the adjusted pupil units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>school equals $85 times the adjusted pupil units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>charter school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Intermediate districts and other cooperative units.</b> Upon approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>through the adoption of a resolution by each member district school board of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>intermediate district or other cooperative units under section 123A.24, subdivision
         2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>and the approval of the commissioner of education, a school district may include in
         its <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>authority under this section a proportionate share of the long-term maintenance costs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>of the intermediate district or cooperative unit. The cooperative unit may issue bonds
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>to finance the project costs or levy for the costs, using long-term maintenance revenue
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>transferred from member districts to make debt service payments or pay project costs.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>Authority under this subdivision is in addition to the authority for individual district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>projects under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Facilities plans.</b> (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>district or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year
         facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>plan adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health,
         safety, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>(b) The district must annually update the plan, biennially submit a facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>maintenance plan to the commissioner, and indicate whether the district will issue
         bonds <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>to finance the plan or levy for the costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>debt service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>principal and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>facilities revenue for that year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Bond authorization.</b> (a) A school district may issue general obligation <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>bonds under this section to finance facilities plans approved by its board and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>commissioner. Chapter 475, except sections 475.58 and 475.59, must be complied with.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>The authority to issue bonds under this section is in addition to any bonding authority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>authorized by this chapter or other law. The amount of bonding authority authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>under this section must be disregarded in calculating the bonding or net debt limits
         of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>chapter, or any other law other than section 475.53, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.34"></a><var>79.34</var>(b) At least 20 days before the earliest of solicitation of bids, the issuance of
         bonds, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.35"></a><var>79.35</var>or the final certification of levies under subdivision 6, the district must publish
         notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>of the intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>indebtedness.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>(c) The portion of revenue under this section for bonded debt must be recognized <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>in the debt service fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Levy authorization.</b> A district may levy for costs related to an approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>plan under subdivision 4 as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>(1) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that bonds will be issued, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>district may levy for the principal and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>under subdivision 5 after reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>(2) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that the plan will be funded
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>through levy, the district may levy according to the schedule approved in the plan
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) if the debt service revenue for a district required to pay the principal and interest
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>on bonds issued under subdivision 5 exceeds the district's long-term facilities maintenance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>revenue for the same fiscal year, the district's general fund levy must be reduced
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>amount of the excess.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue.</b> (a) For fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>year 2017 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue
         equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>the lesser of (1) $193 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's revenue
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $292 times the adjusted pupil units
         or (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>the district's revenue under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $380 times the adjusted pupil units
         or (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>the district's revenue under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy.</b> For fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the
         district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>long-term facilities maintenance revenue minus the greater of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance revenue or the amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>123B.59, subdivision 6; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.34"></a><var>80.34</var>greater of (i) zero or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per
         adjusted <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.35"></a><var>80.35</var>pupil unit in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 percent of
         the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the year preceding the
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>the levy is certified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid.</b> For fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>and later, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid equals its
         long-term <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>facilities maintenance revenue minus its long-term facilities maintenance equalized
         levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue.</b> (a) A <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>district may use revenue under this section for any of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>further erosion of facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>to the school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Restrictions on long-term facilities maintenance revenue.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>Notwithstanding subdivision 11, long-term facilities maintenance revenue may not be
         used:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>(1) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>purchase of portable classrooms;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>(2) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>deferred payments agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>(3) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration
         or for <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>(4) for violence prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>communication devices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Reserve account.</b> The portion of long-term facilities maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>revenue not recognized under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), must be maintained in a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>reserve account within the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.5.0"></a><a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Adjusted net tax capacity.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>"adjusted net tax capacity" means the net tax capacity of the taxable property of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.34"></a><var>81.34</var>district as adjusted by the commissioner of revenue under sections 
         <statute_ref>127A.48</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>273.1325</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.35"></a><var>81.35</var>The adjusted net tax capacity for any given calendar year must be used to compute
         levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>limitations for levies certified in the succeeding calendar year and aid for the school
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>beginning in the second succeeding calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>(b) For purposes of the long-term maintenance facilities equalization levy under <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>section 123B.595, subdivision 8, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>paragraph (a) reduced by 50 percent of the value of class 2a agricultural land determined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>under that paragraph before the application of the growth limit under section 127A.48,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2016 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.6.0"></a><a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.33, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var><b>127A.33 SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND; APPORTIONMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>(a) The commissioner shall apportion the school endowment fund semiannually on <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>the first Monday in March and September in each year, to districts whose schools have
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>been in session at least nine months. The apportionment shall be in proportion to
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>district's adjusted average daily membership during the preceding year. The apportionment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>shall not be paid to a district for pupils for whom tuition is received by the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>(b) For fiscal year 2016 and later, a district must reserve for school technology
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>and telecommunications infrastructure, programs, and training an amount equal to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>greater of (1) zero or (2) the total fiscal year apportionment per prior year pupil
         in adjusted <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>average daily membership minus $31.62.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.7.0"></a><a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. <b>COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; 1:1 DEVICE PROGRAM </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var><b>GUIDELINES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>The commissioner of education must research existing 1:1 device programs in <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>Minnesota and across the country to determine best practices for Minnesota schools
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>implementing 1:1 device programs. By February 15, 2016, the commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>develop and publish guidelines to ensure maximum effectiveness of 1:1 device programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>and make a report on the research findings to the committees of the legislature with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.8.0"></a><a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>FAIR SCHOOL CRYSTAL TRANSITION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Student enrollment.</b> A student enrolled in the FAIR School <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>Crystal during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School Crystal in any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>year through the 2019-2020 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var><b>revenue.</b> For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>School Crystal based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Pupil transportation.</b> The district may transport a pupil enrolled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>the 2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>school year to and from the FAIR School Crystal in succeeding school years regardless
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>of the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following the date on which <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>the real and personal property of the FAIR School Crystal in Crystal is conveyed to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.9.0"></a><a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>FAIR SCHOOL DOWNTOWN TRANSITION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Student enrollment.</b> A student enrolled in the FAIR School <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>downtown during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School downtown in any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>year through the 2018-2019 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var><b>revenue.</b> For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>School downtown based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Pupil transportation.</b> The district may transport a pupil enrolled in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016 school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>year to and from the FAIR School downtown in succeeding school years regardless of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following the date on which <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>the real and personal property of the FAIR School downtown in Minneapolis is conveyed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>to Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.10.0"></a><a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PARTNERSHIP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Request for proposals.</b> The commissioner of education shall issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>a request for proposals no later than July 1, 2015, and award a contract no later
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>September 1, 2015, to a provider for the program under subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Eligible schools.</b> A school district, intermediate district, or charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>is eligible to participate in the program under this section, as long as funds are
         available. <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Program description; provider duties.</b> (a) The provider must partner <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>with eligible schools to make available a program to teach information technology
         skills <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>and competencies that are essential for career and college readiness. By December
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>2015, the provider must contact each eligible school and indicate how the school can
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>access program services under this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>(b) The provider shall recruit up to 200 schools to participate in the program as
         long <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>as funds are available. The provider must engage schools on a first-come, first-served
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>basis, except that no more than half of the total funds available may be used to deliver
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>program to schools located in the seven-county metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>(c) The provider shall deliver to each participating school:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>(1) a research-based information technology curriculum;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>(2) online access to the curriculum;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>(3) instructional software for classroom and student use;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>(4) training for teachers who will be using the curriculum or instructional software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>(5) industry-recognized certification of skills and competencies in a broad array
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>information technology-related skill areas; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>(6) project management, deployment, and program support, including, but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>limited to, integration with academic standards under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>120B.021 or 120B.022.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Department support.</b> The Department of Education must make support <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>available to the provider, including acting as the primary liaison between schools
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>provider and providing direction and oversight, consistent with the purposes of this
         section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Report required.</b> By February 1, 2018, the provider and commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>must jointly develop and deliver to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>kindergarten through grade 12 education, a summary report on program activities and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>outcomes, including a description of the number and location of participating schools
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>students, and the number and type of certifications earned by students.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.11.0"></a><a id="pl.84.33"></a><var>84.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>CANCELLATION OF PREVIOUS BIENNIUM APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.34"></a><var>84.34</var>The appropriation made by Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 16, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.35"></a><var>84.35</var>subdivision 5, is canceled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.12.0"></a><a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>appropriated  from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal
         years <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Long-term maintenance equalization aid.</b> For long-term maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>equalization aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">51,848,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $51,848,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Debt service equalization.</b> For debt service aid according to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="41px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">20,349,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,171,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $2,295,000 for 2015 and $18,054,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $2,005,000 for 2016 and $20,166,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Alternative facilities bonding aid.</b> For alternative facilities bonding aid, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.59, subdivision 1:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,287,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,928,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2015 and $17,359,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Equity in telecommunications access.</b> For equity in telecommunications <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>access:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>revenue for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 shall be prorated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $3,750,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Deferred maintenance aid.</b> For deferred maintenance aid, according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,520,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">345,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $409,000 for 2015 and $3,111,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $345,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> For health and safety aid according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">501,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td>$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $66,000 for 2015 and $435,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2016 and $0 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Information technology certification partnership.</b> For an information <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>technology certification partnership:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>available in the second year. Of this appropriation, five percent is for departmental
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>related to providing support for the information technology certification partnership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Innovative Technology Cooperative.</b> For a grant to the Innovative <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>Technology Cooperative under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.215, to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>professional development related to technology:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The base <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Northwest mobile manufacturing lab.</b> For a grant to the Pine to Prairie <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>Cooperative Center:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>The grant must be used to establish a northwest mobile manufacturing lab program,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var>containing two manufacturing labs and two welding labs, operated by Pine to Prairie
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var>Cooperative Center in collaboration with Northland Community and Technical College.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Anoka-Hennepin School District fabrication lab.</b> For a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>to Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, to purchase equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>and software for a fabrication lab at its Secondary Technical Education Program in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>collaboration with Anoka Technical College and private program partners.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.13.0"></a><a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.59; and 123B.591, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var><b>ARTICLE 7</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var><b>NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.7.1.0"></a><a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.1158, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Program reimbursement.</b> Each school year, the state must reimburse <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>each participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 55 cents for
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>fully paid breakfast served to students in grades 1 2  to 12, and $1.30 for each fully paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>breakfast served to a students in kindergarten student to grade 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.2.0"></a><a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.1158, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>No fees.</b> A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>must make breakfast available without charge to all participating students in grades
         1 2  <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>to 12 who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all students in kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>students to grade 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.3.0"></a><a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND ACCOUNT TRANSFERS; BARNUM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, on June 30 of each year from 2015 through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>2018, Independent School District No. 91, Barnum, may transfer any positive account
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>balances between the reserve accounts for early childhood family education and school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>readiness. The annual transfer may only occur after the school board has taken public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>testimony on the proposed transfer and has adopted a written resolution authorizing
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>transfer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.4.0"></a><a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>FUND TRANSFER; FISCAL YEARS 2016 AND 2017.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.80, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>fiscal years 2016 and 2017 only, the commissioner must approve a request for a fund
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>transfer if the transfer does not increase state aid obligations to the district or
         result in <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>additional property tax authority for the district. This section does not permit transfers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>from the community service fund, the food service fund, or the reserved account for
         staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>development under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>122A.61</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>(b) A school board may approve a fund transfer under paragraph (a) only after <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>adopting a resolution stating the fund transfer will not diminish instructional opportunities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>for students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.5.0"></a><a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School lunch.</b> For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,661,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,818,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>School breakfast.</b> For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>Statutes, section 124D.1158:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,731,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,552,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Kindergarten milk.</b> For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>section 124D.118:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">942,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">942,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Summer school service replacement aid.</b> For summer food service <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.8.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var><b>ARTICLE 8</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var><b>LIBRARIES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.8.1.0"></a><a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Base aid distribution.</b> Five Thirteen percent of the available aid funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>shall be paid to each system as base aid for basic system services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.2.0"></a><a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Adjusted net tax capacity per capita distribution.</b> Twenty-five <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>Seventeen percent of the available aid funds shall be distributed to regional public library
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>systems based upon the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each member county
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>participating portion of a county as calculated for the second year preceding the
         fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>for which aid is provided. Each system's entitlement shall be calculated as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>(a) Multiply the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each county or participating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>portion of a county by .0082.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>(b) Add sufficient aid funds that are available under this subdivision to raise the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the lowest value calculated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>according to paragraph (a) to the amount of the county or participating portion of
         a county <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>with the next highest value calculated according to paragraph (a). Multiply the amount
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>the additional aid funds by the population of the county or participating portion
         of a county.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>(c) Continue the process described in paragraph (b) by adding sufficient aid funds
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>that are available under this subdivision to the amount of a county or participating
         portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>of a county with the next highest value calculated in paragraph (a) to raise it and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values calculated
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>paragraph (a) up to the amount of the county or participating portion of a county
         with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>next highest value, until reaching an amount where funds available under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>are no longer sufficient to raise the amount of a county or participating portion
         of a county <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values
         up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>the amount of the next highest county or participating portion of a county.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>(d) If the point is reached using the process in paragraphs (b) and (c) at which the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>remaining aid funds under this subdivision are not adequate for raising the amount
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>county or participating portion of a county and all counties and participating portions
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>counties with amounts of lower value to the amount of the county or participating
         portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>of a county with the next highest value, those funds are to be divided on a per capita
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>basis for all counties or participating portions of counties that received aid funds
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>the calculation in paragraphs (b) and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.3.0"></a><a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Eligibility.</b> A regional public library system may apply for regional library <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>telecommunications aid. The aid must be used for data and video access maintenance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>equipment, or installation of telecommunication lines on behalf of itself and member <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>public libraries. The aid must be used for connections and other eligible nonvoice
         related <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>E-rate Program category 1 services. Aid must be used for E-rate Program category 2
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>services as identified in the Federal Communications Commission's eligible services
         list <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>for the current and preceding four funding years, if sufficient funds remain once
         category <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>1 needs are met in each funding year. To be eligible, a regional public library system must <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>be officially designated by the commissioner of education as a regional public library
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>system as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>134.34, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and each of its participating cities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>counties must meet local support levels defined in section 
         <statute_ref>134.34, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. A public <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>library building that receives aid under this section must be open a minimum of 20
         hours <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>per week. Exceptions to the minimum open hours requirement may be granted by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>Department of Education on request of the regional public library system for the following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>circumstances: short-term closing for emergency maintenance and repairs following
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>natural disaster; in response to exceptional economic circumstances; building repair
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>maintenance that requires public services areas to be closed; or to adjust hours of
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>service to respond to documented seasonal use patterns.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.4.0"></a><a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Telecommunications aid.</b> An application for regional library <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>telecommunications aid must, at a minimum, contain information to document the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.33"></a><var>90.33</var>following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the connections are adequate and employ an open network architecture that <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>will ensure interconnectivity and interoperability with school districts, postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>education, or other governmental agencies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) that the connection is established through the most cost-effective means and that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>the regional library has explored and coordinated connections through school districts,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>postsecondary education, or other governmental agencies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) that the regional library system has  and all member libraries included in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>application have filed  or are included in an e-rate application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) other information, as determined by the commissioner of education, to ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>that connections are coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective, take advantage of
         discounts, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>and meet applicable state standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The library system may include costs associated with cooperative arrangements with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>postsecondary institutions, school districts, and other governmental agencies.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.5.0"></a><a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Award of funds.</b> The commissioner of education shall develop an <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>application and a reporting form and procedures for regional library telecommunications
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>aid. Aid shall be based on actual costs of, including, but not limited to,  connections, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>documented in e-rate funding commitment decision letters for category 1 services and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>acceptable documentation for category 2 services  and funds available for this purpose. <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>The commissioner shall make payments directly to the regional public library system.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.6.0"></a><a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Regional library basic system support.</b> For regional library basic system <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>support aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,920,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,070,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2015 and $13,563,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $1,507,000 for 2016 and $13,563,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Regional library telecommunications aid.</b> For regional library <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2015 and $2,070,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2016 and $2,070,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Multicounty, multitype library systems.</b> For aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>Statutes, sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2015 and $1,170,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2016 and $1,170,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Electronic library for Minnesota.</b> For statewide licenses to online <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>or private college or university libraries:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">900,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">900,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var><b>ARTICLE 9</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var><b>EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.9.1.0"></a><a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Program requirements.</b> (a) A school readiness program provider must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) assess each child's cognitive and language skills with a comprehensive child <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>assessment instrument when the child enters and again before the child leaves the
         program <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>to improve program planning and implementation, communicate with parents, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>promote kindergarten readiness;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) provide comprehensive program content and intentional instructional practice <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>aligned with the state early childhood learning guidelines and kindergarten standards
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>based on early childhood research and professional practice that is focused on children's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills and development and prepares children
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>for the transition to kindergarten, including early literacy and language skills;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>(3) at the option of the school board, offer at least 500 hours per year of program <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>content and instruction, including 50 summer hours, to each child who is eligible
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>subdivision 15, clause (1), except that a program provider may establish a waiting
         list <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>consistent with subdivision 16 when funds are not available to serve every child eligible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>under subdivision 15, clause (1);<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>(4) coordinate appropriate kindergarten transition with parents and kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>teachers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) (5)  involve parents in program planning and decision making;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) (6)  coordinate with relevant community-based services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) (7)  cooperate with adult basic education programs and other adult literacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>(7) (8)  ensure staff-child ratios of one-to-ten and maximum group size of 20 children <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>with the first staff required to be a teacher; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>(8) (9) provide high-quality staff development in order to  have teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>knowledgeable in early childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>language development programs, and instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>(b) In order to receive aid under section 124D.16, a school readiness or preschool
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>program must ensure that all classroom teachers have a license issued by the Board
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>Teaching or special permission by the 2019-2020 school year and later. Employees under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>this section who have served as a school readiness or preschool teacher in a school
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>for at least two years prior to the 2019-2020 school year are deemed to have completed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>their student teaching requirement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.2.0"></a><a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Services with new or existing providers.</b> A district may contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>with a charter school or community-based organization to provide eligible children
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>developmentally appropriate services that meet the program requirements in subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>3. In the alternative, a district may pay tuition or fees to place an eligible child
         in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>existing program. A district may establish a new program where no existing, reasonably
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>accessible program meets the program requirements in subdivision 3. Districts must <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>submit a copy of each contract to the commissioner with the biennial plan. Services may <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>be provided in a site-based program or in the home of the child or a combination of
         both. <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>The district may not restrict participation to district residents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.3.0"></a><a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Program fees.</b> A district must adopt a sliding fee schedule based on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>family's income but must waive a fee for a participant unable to pay. School districts
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>use school readiness aid for eligible children. Children who do not meet the eligibility
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>requirements in subdivision 15 may participate on a fee-for-service basis. A fee may <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>not be charged for a four-year-old child eligible under subdivision 15, clause (1),
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>is enrolled fewer than 500 hours per year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.4.0"></a><a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 15. <b>Eligibility.</b> A child is eligible to participate in a school readiness program <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>if the child has completed health and developmental screening within 90 days of program <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>enrollment under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>(1) is at least three years old on September 1  is at least four years old on September <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>1; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>(2) has completed health and developmental screening within 90 days of program <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>enrollment under sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>; and is at least three years old on <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>September 1, and has one or more of the following risk factors:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>(3) has one or more of the following risk factors:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>(i) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>(ii) is an English learner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>(iii) is homeless;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>(iv) has an individualized education program (IEP) or an individual interagency <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>intervention plan (IIIP);<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>(v) is identified, through health and developmental screenings under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>121A.16
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>, with a potential risk factor that may influence learning; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>(vi) is defined as at-risk by the school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.5.0"></a><a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 16. <b>Waiting list.</b> A program that has eligible children on a waiting list must <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>give enrollment priority to children eligible under subdivision 15, clause (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.6.0"></a><a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Amount of aid.</b> (a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>for eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>124D.15
         </statute_ref> if the biennial plan required by section 
         <statute_ref>124D.15, subdivision 3a</statute_ref>, has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>approved by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>(b) A district must receive school readiness aid equal to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>(1) the number of four-year-old children in the district on October 1 for the previous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>school year times the ratio of 50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that
         year to <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>the total number of four-year-old children reported to the commissioner for the previous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>school year; plus<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>free or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year times the ratio
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to the total number of
         pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>in the state from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>previous school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>(c) For fiscal year 2016, the total school readiness aid entitlement equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>$21,058,000. For fiscal year 2017, the total school readiness aid entitlement equals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>$74,516,000. For fiscal year 2015 2018 and later, the total school readiness aid entitlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>equals $12,170,000 $74,152,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>(d) Aid for a district that does not offer the program described under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>124D.15, subdivision 3, must be reduced by 80 percent and the reduction reallocated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>among all other districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.7.0"></a><a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Family eligibility.</b> (a) For a family to receive an early learning scholarship, <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>parents or guardians must meet the following eligibility requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>(1) have a child three or four years of age on September 1 of the current school year,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>who has not yet started kindergarten; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var>in the current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.32"></a><var>95.32</var>the free and reduced-price lunch program or child and adult care food program, National
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.33"></a><var>95.33</var>School Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; the Food <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.34"></a><var>95.34</var>Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Food and Nutrition Act, United States
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.35"></a><var>95.35</var>Code, title 7, sections 2011-2036; Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>child care assistance programs under chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>program; or placement in foster care under section 
         <statute_ref>260C.212</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a parent under age 21 who
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>is pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diploma is eligible for
         an early <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>learning scholarship if the parent has a child age zero to five years old and meets
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>income eligibility guidelines in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>(c) Any siblings between the ages zero to five years old of a child who has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>awarded a scholarship under this section must be awarded a scholarship upon request,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>provided the sibling attends the same program as long as funds are available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>(d) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>receive a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>120A.20
         </statute_ref> and as long as funds are available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>(e) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>purposes of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>under chapter 119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>Readiness Act of 2007.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>(f) A child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>assigned by the United States Postal Service, who has received developmental screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, who intends to enroll in a Minnesota school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>and whose family meets the criteria of paragraph (a) is eligible for an early learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>scholarship under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.8.0"></a><a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>STUDY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EFFECTIVENESS ON THIRD </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var><b>GRADE LITERACY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var>The Department of Education must study and, using valid student assessment data, <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var>report annually on the effect of public school-provided preschool, public school-provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>all-day kindergarten, Head Start, and any federally- or state-funded early learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>scholarships on the literacy rates of public school third grade students.  An initial
         report shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.31"></a><var>96.31</var>be provided on February 1, 2017, and annually thereafter to the chairs and ranking
         minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.32"></a><var>96.32</var>members of committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over early childhood
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.33"></a><var>96.33</var>grade 12 education.  The department must use existing staff and resources for the
         report.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.9.0"></a><a id="pl.96.34"></a><var>96.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School readiness.</b> For revenue for school readiness programs under <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">20,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,217,000 for 2015 and $18,953,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $2,105,000 for 2016 and $67,065,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Early learning scholarships.</b> For the early learning scholarship program <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">30,384,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">30,384,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Head Start program.</b> For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var>section 119A.52:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">27,997,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">28,984,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $2,713,000 for 2015 and $25,284,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $2,809,000 for 2016 and $26,175,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Developmental screening aid.</b> For developmental screening aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,363,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,369,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $338,000 for 2015 and $3,025,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $336,000 for 2016 and $3,033,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Parent-child home program.</b> For a grant to the parent-child home <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>program:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at
         its <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>existing program locations. The base for fiscal year 2018 and later is $350,000<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var><b>program.</b> For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">281,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">281,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Early childhood programs at tribal schools.</b> For early childhood family <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.83,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>subdivision 4:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">68,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">68,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Educate parents partnership.</b> For the educate parents partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">49,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">49,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.10.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var><b>ARTICLE 10</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var><b>PREVENTION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.10.1.0"></a><a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Screening program.</b> (a) A screening program must include at least the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>following components: developmental assessments, hearing and vision screening or <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>referral, immunization review and referral, the child's height and weight, the date of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>child's most recent comprehensive vision examination, if any, identification of risk factors <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>that may influence learning, an interview with the parent about the child, and referral
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>assessment, diagnosis, and treatment when potential needs are identified. The district
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>the person performing or supervising the screening must provide a parent or guardian
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.32"></a><var>98.32</var>with clear written notice that the parent or guardian may decline to answer questions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>or provide information about family circumstances that might affect development and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>identification of risk factors that may influence learning. The notice must state
         "Early <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>childhood developmental screening helps a school district identify children who may
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>benefit from district and community resources available to help in their development.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>Early childhood developmental screening includes a vision screening that helps detect
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>potential eye problems but is not a substitute for a comprehensive eye exam." The
         notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>must clearly state that declining to answer questions or provide information does
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>prevent the child from being enrolled in kindergarten or first grade if all other
         screening <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>components are met. If a parent or guardian is not able to read and comprehend the
         written <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>notice, the district and the person performing or supervising the screening must convey
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>the information in another manner. The notice must also inform the parent or guardian
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>that a child need not submit to the district screening program if the child's health
         records <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>indicate to the school that the child has received comparable developmental screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>performed within the preceding 365 days by a public or private health care organization
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>individual health care provider. The notice must be given to a parent or guardian
         at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>time the district initially provides information to the parent or guardian about screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>and must be given again at the screening location.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>(b) All screening components shall be consistent with the standards of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>commissioner of health for early developmental screening programs. A developmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var>screening program must not provide laboratory tests or a physical examination to any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>child. The district must request from the public or private health care organization
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>individual health care provider the results of any laboratory test or physical examination
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>within the 12 months preceding a child's scheduled screening. For the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>section, "comprehensive vision examination" means a vision examination performed by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>an optometrist or ophthalmologist.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var>(c) If a child is without health coverage, the school district must refer the child
         to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>appropriate health care provider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>(d) A board may offer additional components such as nutritional, physical and <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var>dental assessments, review of family circumstances that might affect development,
         blood <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>pressure, laboratory tests, and health history.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>(e) If a statement signed by the child's parent or guardian is submitted to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>administrator or other person having general control and supervision of the school
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.33"></a><var>99.33</var>the child has not been screened because of conscientiously held beliefs of the parent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.34"></a><var>99.34</var>or guardian, the screening is not required.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.2.0"></a><a id="pl.99.35"></a><var>99.35</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Developmental screening program information.</b> (a) The board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>inform each resident family with a child eligible to participate in the developmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>screening program, and a charter school that provides screening must inform families
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>that apply for admission to the charter school, about the availability of the program
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>the state's requirement that a child receive a developmental screening or provide
         health <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>records indicating that the child received a comparable developmental screening from
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var>public or private health care organization or individual health care provider not
         later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>30 days after the first day of attending kindergarten in a public school. A school
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>must inform all resident families with eligible children under age seven, and a charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>school that provides screening must inform families that apply for admission to the
         charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>school, that their children may receive a developmental screening conducted either
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var>school district or by a public or private health care organization or individual health
         care <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>provider and that the screening is not required if a statement signed by the child's
         parent <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>or guardian is submitted to the administrator or other person having general control
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var>supervision of the school that the child has not been screened.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>(b) A school district that enrolls students from an adjoining state under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>124D.041 may inform a nonresident child whose family resides at a Minnesota address
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>assigned by the United States Postal Service about the availability of the developmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>screening program and may provide screening under this section to that child.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016 <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.3.0"></a><a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.20, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4a. <b>Youth after-school enrichment revenue.</b> In fiscal year 2003 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>thereafter, Youth after-school enrichment revenue for a district operating a youth <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>after-school enrichment program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.19, subdivision 12</statute_ref>, equals:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>(1) $1.85 $2.37  times the greater of 1,335 or the population of the district, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>275.14</statute_ref>, not to exceed 10,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>(2) $0.43 $0.55  times the population of the district, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>275.14</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>in excess of 10,000. Youth after-school enrichment revenue must be reserved for youth
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var>after-school enrichment programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.32"></a><var>100.32</var>and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.4.0"></a><a id="pl.100.33"></a><var>100.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Grant program established.</b> A competitive grant program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>established to support community-based organizations, schools, political subdivisions,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>child care centers that service young people in kindergarten through grade 12 after
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var>or during nonschool hours. Grants must be used to offer a broad array of enrichment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var>activities that promote positive youth development, including art, music, community
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var>engagement, literacy, technology education, health, agriculture, and recreation programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> The commissioner of education shall develop the form <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var>and method for applying for the grants. The application must include information on
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>the applicant's outreach to children and youth that qualify for free or reduced-price
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>lunch and two-year measurable goals and activities linked to research or best practices.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining the allocation of the grants
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var>appropriate goals for the use of the grants including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var>(1) increasing access to protective factors that build young people's capacity to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>become productive adults, such as connections to a caring adult;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>(2) developing children's skills and behaviors necessary to succeed in postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>education and career opportunities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>(3) encouraging attendance and improving performance in school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Grant awards.</b> To the extent practicable, the selection of applicants <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var>shall result in an equitable distribution of grant awards among geographic areas within
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>Minnesota, including rural, suburban, and urban communities. The commissioner shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>also give priority to programs that collaborate with and leverage existing community
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>resources that have demonstrated effectiveness. Applicants selected as grantees are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>eligible to receive a two-year grant, contingent upon satisfactory progress toward
         goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var>and objectives and the availability of funds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.5.0"></a><a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>COMPREHENSIVE VISION EXAMINATION REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var>By January 15, 2017, the commissioner must submit to the committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education a report
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>describing the number and proportion of children in each school district who report
         having <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>had a comprehensive vision examination, disaggregated by age at the time of early
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var>childhood developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.17.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.6.0"></a><a id="pl.101.31"></a><var>101.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.32"></a><var>101.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.33"></a><var>101.33</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.34"></a><var>101.34</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Community education aid.</b> For community education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">788,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">777,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $107,000 for 2015 and $681,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $75,000 for 2016 and $702,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Northside Achievement Zone.</b> For a grant to the Northside Achievement <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var>Zone.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">650,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">650,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>and may be used for Northside Achievement Zone programming and services consistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var>with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.</b> For a grant to the St. Paul Promise <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>Neighborhood. <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">650,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">650,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>and may be used for St. Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>After-school community learning grants.</b> For after-school community <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.24"></a><var>102.24</var>learning grants under section 1:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.25"></a><var>102.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var>Up to seven percent of the appropriation in each fiscal year may be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>administration, evaluation, and technical assistance, including partnering with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>Minnesota Afterschool Network, Ignite Afterschool, and other appropriate entities
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>ensure implementation of strategies statewide to ensure the provision of high quality,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>research-driven learning opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.33"></a><var>102.33</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Adults with disabilities program aid.</b> For adults with disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2015 and $639,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2016 and $639,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Hearing-impaired adults.</b> For programs for hearing-impaired adults <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">70,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">70,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>School-age care revenue.</b> For extended day aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>section 124D.22:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $0 for 2015 and $1,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $1,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var><b>ARTICLE 11</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var><b>SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.11.1.0"></a><a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>Statutes, section 124D.531:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">49,118,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,592,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $4,782,000 for 2015 and $44,336,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $4,926,000 for 2016 and $45,666,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>GED tests.</b> For payment of 60 percent of the costs of GED tests under <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.55:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">125,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.103.32"></a><var>103.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">125,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var><b>ARTICLE 12</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var><b>STATE AGENCIES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.1.0"></a><a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 5A.03, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var><b>5A.03 ORGANIZATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Placing high school students in Minnesota.</b> (a) An application for <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>registration as an international student exchange visitor placement organization must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>(1) evidence that the organization meets the standards established by the secretary
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>state by rule;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>officer, and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>supervising placements within the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>(3) the organization's unified business identification number, if any;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>(4) the organization's Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, United <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>States Department of State number, if any;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var>(5) evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing,
         if <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>any;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>(6) whether the organization is exempt from federal income tax; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>(7) a list of the organization's placements in Minnesota for the previous academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>year including the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>which they were placed, and the length of their placements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>(b) The application must be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>placements within Minnesota. If the secretary of state determines that the application
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and the applicant is registered.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>(c) Organizations that have registered shall inform the secretary of state of any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>changes in the information required under paragraph (a), clause (1), within 30 days
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>change. There is no fee to amend a registration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var>(d) Registration under this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>renewed annually. The fee to renew a registration is $50 per year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var>(e) Organizations registering for the first time in Minnesota must pay an initial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.32"></a><var>104.32</var>registration fee of $150.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.33"></a><var>104.33</var>(f) Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section must be deposited
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.34"></a><var>104.34</var>state treasury and credited to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Placing Minnesota students in travel abroad programs.</b> (a) A school <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>district or charter school with enrolled students who participate in a foreign exchange
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>study or other travel abroad program under a written agreement between the district
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>charter school and the program provider must use a form developed by the Department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>of Education to annually report to the department by November 1 the following data
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>from the previous school year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var>(1) the number of Minnesota student deaths that occurred while Minnesota students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>were participating in the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>that resulted from Minnesota students participating in the program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>(2) the number of Minnesota students hospitalized due to accidents and the illnesses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>that occurred while Minnesota students were participating in the foreign exchange
         or study <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>or other travel abroad program and that resulted from Minnesota students participating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>in the program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var>(3) the name and type of the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var>program and the city or region where the reported death, hospitalization due to accident,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>or the illness occurred.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>(b) School districts and charter schools must ask but must not require enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>eligible students and the parents or guardians of other enrolled students who complete
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>a foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program to disclose the information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) When reporting the data under paragraph (a), a school district or charter school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>may supplement the data with a brief explanatory statement. The Department of Education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>annually must aggregate and publish the reported data on the department Web site in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>a format that facilitates public access to the aggregated data and include links to
         both <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>the United States Department of State's Consular Information Program that informs
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>public of conditions abroad that may affect students' safety and security and the
         publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>available reports on sexual assaults and other criminal acts affecting students participating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>in a foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) School districts and charter schools with enrolled students who participate in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad programs under a written agreement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.31"></a><var>105.31</var>between the district or charter school and the program provider are encouraged to
         adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.32"></a><var>105.32</var>policies supporting the programs and to include program standards in their policies
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.33"></a><var>105.33</var>ensure students' health and safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.34"></a><var>105.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) To be eligible under this subdivision to provide a foreign exchange or study or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.35"></a><var>105.35</var>other travel abroad program to Minnesota students enrolled in a school district or
         charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.36"></a><var>105.36</var>school, a program provider annually must register with the secretary of state and
         provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>the following information on a form developed by the secretary of state: the name,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>address, and telephone number of the program provider, its chief executive officer,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>the person within the provider's organization who is primarily responsible for supervising
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>programs within the state; the program provider's unified business identification
         number, <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>if any; whether the program provider is exempt from federal income tax; a list of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>program provider's placements in foreign countries for the previous school year including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>the number of Minnesota students placed, where Minnesota students were placed, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>the length of their placement; the terms and limits of the medical and accident insurance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>available to cover participating students and the process for filing a claim; and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>signatures of the program provider's chief executive officer and the person primarily
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>responsible for supervising Minnesota students' placements in foreign countries. If
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>secretary of state determines the registration is complete, the secretary of state
         shall file the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>registration and the program provider is registered. Registration with the secretary
         of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>must not be considered or represented as an endorsement of the program provider by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>secretary of state. The secretary of state annually must publish on its Web site aggregated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>data under paragraph (c) received from the Department of Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>(f) Program providers, annually by August 1, must provide the data required under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), to the districts and charter schools with enrolled
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>participating in the provider's program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>(g) The Department of Education must publish the information it has under <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>paragraph (c), but it is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>provided to it by a school district or charter school. A school district or charter
         school is <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>not responsible for omissions in the information provided to it by students and programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.2.0"></a><a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Background checks.</b> (a) The Board of Teaching and the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>of education must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all applicants for initial licenses under
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var>jurisdiction. An application for a license under this section must be accompanied
         by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.31"></a><var>106.31</var>(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.32"></a><var>106.32</var>(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.33"></a><var>106.33</var>for the fee for conducting the payment to conduct a criminal history background check. <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.34"></a><var>106.34</var>Proceeds from this fee are annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs associated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.35"></a><var>106.35</var>with processing licensure applications.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.87 </statute_ref>and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>repository. The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var>shall recover the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>the applicant under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>(c) The Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education may issue a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>pending completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>background check.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.3.0"></a><a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var>(a) The Board of Teaching shall adopt rules for a process for approving certificates
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var>of advanced professional study. A certificate of advanced professional study is a
         credential <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>available only to a teacher with a full license in at least one discipline that allows
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>teaching without further waiver or variance when a licensure program in the discipline
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var>does not exist or when a teacher with a full license in the discipline cannot be found.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>certificate of advanced professional study must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>(1) have fewer requirements than the full license in the discipline;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>(2) set the specific qualifications required to attain it; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>(3) maintain professional standards for teaching in that discipline.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>(b) The rules adopted under paragraph (a) must limit certificates of advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>professional study to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>(1) disciplines in which at least one geographic area of the state has a demonstrated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var>shortage of fully licensed teachers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>(2) emerging disciplines where full licenses or licensure programs do not exist.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.4.0"></a><a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> Unless otherwise indicated, the sums <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>Education for the fiscal years designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.31"></a><var>107.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Department.</b> (a) For the Department of Education:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.107.32"></a><var>107.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">21,498,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.107.33"></a><var>107.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$ <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">21,535,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>Of these amounts: <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>(1) $1,020,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $768,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>Board of Teaching;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>(2) $228,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $231,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for the Board
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>of School Administrators;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>(3) $1,000,000 each year is for Regional Centers of Excellence under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>Statutes, section 120B.115;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>(4) $500,000 each year is for the School Safety Technical Assistance Center under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.052;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>(5) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>data analysis;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>(6) $20,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for the commissioner to provide assessment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>recommendations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>(7) $5,000 in fiscal year 2016 only is for costs related to the Concurrent Enrollment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>Working Group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var>(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>Minnesota's Washington, D.C. office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>indicated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>(e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>will be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>rates and mechanism specified in that agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The agency's base budget in fiscal year 2018 is $21,427,000. The agency's base
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>budget in fiscal year 2019 is $21,405,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.5.0"></a><a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.108.32"></a><var>108.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,853,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.108.33"></a><var>108.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,819,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.108.34"></a><var>108.34</var>(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $708,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.35"></a><var>108.35</var>$490,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for technology enhancements and may be used for:
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var>(1) computer hardware; (2) computer software; (3) connectivity, communications, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var>infrastructure; (4) assistive technology; (5) access to electronic books and other
         online <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>materials, licenses, and subscriptions; and (6) technology staff and training costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>(d) The agency's budget base in fiscal year 2018 is $12,804,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var>(e) The agency's budget base in fiscal year 2019 is $12,786,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.6.0"></a><a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>(a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,572,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,673,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $700,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>$700,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for continuing and expanding the arts integration
         networks <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>and piloting arts-integrated courses and additional rural regions with an online focus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var>(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var><b>ARTICLE 13</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var><b>FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var><b>A. GENERAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.1.0"></a><a id="pl.109.19"></a><var>109.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 2, as amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.20"></a><var>109.20</var>by Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 7, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>26, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>General education aid.</b> For general education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>126C.13, subdivision 4</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,851,419,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,464,199,000<br />
                  		6,443,330,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $780,156,000 for 2013 and $6,071,263,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.29"></a><var>109.29</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $589,095,000 $586,824,000 for 2014 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.30"></a><var>109.30</var>$5,875,104,000 $5,856,506,000 for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.2.0"></a><a id="pl.109.31"></a><var>109.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.32"></a><var>109.32</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref>, or for transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">37,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">40,000<br />
                  		36,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.3.0"></a><a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 4, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Abatement revenue.</b> For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var>127A.49
         </statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,876,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,103,000<br />
                  		2,796,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $301,000 for 2013 and $2,575,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $286,000 for 2014 and $2,817,000 $2,510,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.4.0"></a><a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 5, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Consolidation transition.</b> For districts consolidating under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123A.485</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">585,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">254,000<br />
                  		263,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2013 and $545,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $60,000 for 2014 and $194,000 $203,000 for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.5.0"></a><a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 6, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 27, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic pupil education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.43</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>123B.87</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,867,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.110.31"></a><var>110.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.110.32"></a><var>110.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,132,000<br />
                  		15,569,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.110.33"></a><var>110.33</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $1,898,000 for 2013 and $13,969,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $1,552,000 $1,394,000 for 2014 and $14,580,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>$14,175,000 for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.6.0"></a><a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 7, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 28, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.5"></a><var>111.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic pupil transportation aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.6"></a><var>111.6</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.92, subdivision 9</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,710,000<br />
                  		18,118,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $2,602,000 for 2013 and $15,898,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $1,766,000 for 2014 and $15,944,000 $16,352,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var>for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.7.0"></a><a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 11, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Career and technical aid.</b> For career and technical aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.4531, subdivision 1b</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,959,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,172,000<br />
                  		5,617,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $3,959,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $439,000 $445,000 for 2014 and $4,733,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>$5,172,000 for 2015.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var><b>B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.8.0"></a><a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 3, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Achievement and integration aid.</b> For achievement and integration aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.862</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="15px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">55,609,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">62,692,000<br />
                  		63,831,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $55,609,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $6,178,000 $6,386,000 for 2014 and $56,514,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.33"></a><var>111.33</var>$57,445,000 for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.9.0"></a><a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 4, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Literacy incentive aid.</b> For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.98</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,998,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">47,458,000<br />
                  		44,839,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $6,607,000 for 2013 and $44,391,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $4,932,000 for 2014 and $42,526,000 $39,907,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.10.0"></a><a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 5, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.87</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,521,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,248,000<br />
                  		14,261,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.11.0"></a><a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 20, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var>Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 10, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section
         9, <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 20. <b>Alternative compensation.</b> For alternative teacher compensation aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision 4</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">71,599,000<br />
                  		69,899,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $71,599,000 $69,899,000 for 2015.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var><b>C. CHARTER SCHOOLS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.12.0"></a><a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Charter school building lease aid.</b> For building lease aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.31"></a><var>112.31</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, subdivision 4</statute_ref>: <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">54,625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">58,294,000<br />
                  		59,565,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $6,681,000 for 2013 and $47,944,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $5,327,000 $5,270,000 for 2014 and $52,967,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>$54,295,000 for 2015.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var><b>D. SPECIAL PROGRAMS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.13.0"></a><a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 2, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var>Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 14, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var>11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Special education; regular.</b> For special education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,038,465,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,111,641,000<br />
                  		1,109,144,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $118,183,000 for 2013 and $920,282,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $129,549,000 $129,317,000 for 2014 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>$982,092,000 $979,827,000 for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.14.0"></a><a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 3, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var>section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var>within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.113.24"></a><var>113.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,548,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.113.25"></a><var>113.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,674,000<br />
                  		1,367,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var>If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>year is available.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.15.0"></a><a id="pl.113.29"></a><var>113.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 4, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.30"></a><var>113.30</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.31"></a><var>113.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Travel for home-based services.</b> For aid for teacher travel for home-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.32"></a><var>113.32</var>services under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125A.75, subdivision 1</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">351,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">346,000<br />
                  		351,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $45,000 for 2013 and $306,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $33,000 for 2014 and $313,000 $318,000 for 2015.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var><b>E. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.16.0"></a><a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 2, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Health and safety revenue.</b> For health and safety aid according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57, subdivision 5</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">471,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">651,000<br />
                  		649,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2013 and $447,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2014 and $602,000 $600,000 for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.17.0"></a><a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 6, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 18, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Deferred maintenance aid.</b> For deferred maintenance aid, according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591, subdivision 4</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,877,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,024,000<br />
                  		4,067,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $475,000 for 2013 and $3,402,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $378,000 for 2014 and $3,646,000 $3,689,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>for 2015.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var><b>F. NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.18.0"></a><a id="pl.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School lunch.</b> For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.111</statute_ref>, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 
         <statute_ref>210.17</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,417,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.32"></a><var>114.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.114.33"></a><var>114.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,185,000<br />
                  		15,506,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.19.0"></a><a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 3, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>School breakfast.</b> For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.4"></a><var>115.4</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.1158</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,308,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,176,000<br />
                  		9,168,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.20.0"></a><a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 4, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Kindergarten milk.</b> For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.118</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">992,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,002,000<br />
                  		942,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var><b>G. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, </b><br />
            		<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var><b>AND LIFELONG LEARNING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.13.21.0"></a><a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 3, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 17, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,797,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">26,651,000<br />
                  		26,623,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The 2014 appropriation includes $3,008,000 for 2013 and $19,789,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The 2015 appropriation includes $2,198,000 for 2014 and $24,453,000 $24,425,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var>for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.22.0"></a><a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 4, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 23, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Health and developmental screening aid.</b> For health and developmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.17</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,524,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.32"></a><var>115.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.115.33"></a><var>115.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,330,000<br />
                  		3,390,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.115.34"></a><var>115.34</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $471,000 for 2013 and $3,053,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.1"></a><var>116.1</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $339,000 for 2014 and $2,991,000 $3,051,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</var>for 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.13.23.0"></a><a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 14, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var>Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.531</statute_ref>:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">48,776,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2014<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.9"></a><var>116.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">48,415,000<br />
                  		47,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</var>The 2014 appropriation includes $6,278,000 for 2013 and $42,498,000 for 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var>The 2015 appropriation includes $4,722,000 $4,712,000 for 2014 and $43,693,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var>$43,038,000 for 2015.<br />
         		
      </div>