<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 890<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to education finance; providing funding in early childhood, kindergarten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>through grade 12, and adult education, including general education, education <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>excellence, teachers, special education, facilities and technology, nutrition, libraries,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>early childhood and family support, community education and prevention, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>self-sufficiency and lifelong learning, and state agencies; making forecast <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>adjustments; requiring a report; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>2016, sections 13.321, by adding a subdivision; 13.461, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>43A.08, subdivisions 1, 1a; 120A.22, subdivision 9; 120A.41; 120B.021, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivisions 1, 3; 120B.022, subdivision 1b; 120B.12, subdivision 2; 120B.22, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision 2; 120B.23, subdivision 3; 120B.232, subdivision 1; 120B.30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 1; 120B.31, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 120B.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision 3; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 121A.22, subdivision 2; 121A.221; 122A.09,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 4a; 122A.14, subdivision 9; 122A.18, subdivisions 7c, 8; 122A.21, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 122A.245, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 10; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>122A.40, subdivision 10; 122A.41, by adding a subdivision; 122A.415, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>4; 122A.416; 123A.30, subdivision 6; 123A.73, subdivision 2; 123B.41, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>subdivisions 2, 5a; 123B.52, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 123B.595, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivisions 1, 4; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.03, subdivision 5a; 124D.05, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivision 3; 124D.09, subdivisions 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, by adding subdivisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>124D.095, subdivision 3; 124D.1158, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.135, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>1; 124D.15, subdivision 1; 124D.16, subdivision 2; 124D.165, subdivisions 1, 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>3, 4; 124D.531, subdivision 1; 124D.549; 124D.55; 124D.59, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>124D.68, subdivision 2; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.11; 125A.08; 125A.0941; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.21, subdivision 2; 125A.515; 125A.56, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>1; 125A.74, subdivision 1; 126C.05, subdivisions 1, 8; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>2a, 3, 13a; 127A.41, subdivision 3; 127A.45, subdivision 10; 134.31, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>2; 136A.1791, subdivisions 1, 2, 9; 256B.0625, subdivision 26; 256J.08, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivisions 38, 39; 297A.70, subdivision 2; Laws 2015, First Special Session <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 4, as amended, 6,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>as amended, 7, as amended, 9, as amended; article 2, section 70, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 7, as amended, 11, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>amended; article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended; article 5, section 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 5, as amended, 6; article 6, section 13,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; article 7, section 7, subdivisions 2, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 9, section 8, subdivisions 5, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>amended, 6, as amended; article 10, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended; article
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>11, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.40"></a><var>1.40</var>sections 58; 62, subdivisions 7, 11, 17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.41"></a><var>1.41</var>Statutes, chapters 120A; 120B; 121A; 122A; 124D; 125A; 126C; 127A; 136A; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.42"></a><var>1.42</var>proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119C; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 122A.40, subdivision 11; 122A.41, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>14; 123A.73, subdivision 3; 124D.151; 124D.73, subdivision 2; 129C.10; 129C.105; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>129C.15; 129C.20; 129C.25; 129C.26; 129C.30; Minnesota Rules, parts 3500.3100, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>subpart 4; 3600.0010, subparts 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 6; 3600.0020; 3600.0030, subparts
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>1, 2, 4, 6; 3600.0045; 3600.0055; 3600.0065; 3600.0075; 3600.0085.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>May 8, 2017<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 890 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 890 be further amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><b>GENERAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120A.41, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><b>120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(a) A school board's annual school calendar must include at least 425 hours of instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>for a kindergarten student without a disability, 935 hours of instruction for a student
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>grades 1 through 6, and 1,020 hours of instruction for a student in grades 7 through
         12, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>including summer school. The school calendar for all-day kindergarten must include
         at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>850 hours of instruction for the school year. The school calendar for a prekindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>student under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, if offered by the district, must include at least 350 hours <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual calendar must include at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through 11 unless a four-day week
         schedule <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>has been approved by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.126</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>(b) A school board's annual school calendar may include plans for up to five days
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>instruction provided through online instruction due to inclement weather. The inclement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>weather plans must be developed according to section 120A.414.<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. <b>[120A.414] E-LEARNING DAYS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Days.</b> "E-learning day" means a school day where a school offers full <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>access to online instruction provided by students' individual teachers due to inclement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>weather. A school district or charter school that chooses to have e-learning days
         may have <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>up to five e-learning days in one school year. An e-learning day is counted as a day
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>instruction and included in the hours of instruction under section 120A.41.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Plan.</b> A school board may adopt an e-learning day plan after consulting with <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>the exclusive representative of the teachers. A charter school may adopt an e-learning
         day <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>plan after consulting with its teachers. The plan must include accommodations for
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>without Internet access at home and for digital device access for families without
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>technology or an insufficient amount of technology for the number of children in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>household. A school's e-learning day plan must provide accessible options for students
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>disabilities under chapter 125A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Annual notice.</b> A school district or charter school must notify parents and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>students of the e-learning day plan at the beginning of the school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Daily notice.</b> On an e-learning day declared by the school, a school district or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>charter school must notify parents and students at least two hours prior to the normal
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>start time that students need to follow the e-learning day plan for that day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Teacher access.</b> Each student's teacher must be accessible both online and by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>telephone during normal school hours on an e-learning day to assist students and parents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Exclusions.</b> In addition, this section does not apply to drugs or medicine that <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(1) purchased without a prescription;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(2) used by a pupil who is 18 years old or older;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>(3) used in connection with services for which a minor may give effective consent,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>including section 
         <statute_ref>144.343, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and any other law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(4) used in situations in which, in the judgment of the school personnel who are present
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>or available, the risk to the pupil's life or health is of such a nature that drugs
         or medicine <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>should be given without delay;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>(5) used off the school grounds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>(6) used in connection with athletics or extra curricular activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>(7) used in connection with activities that occur before or after the regular school
         day;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(8) provided or administered by a public health agency to prevent or control an illness
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>or a disease outbreak as provided for in sections 
         <statute_ref>144.05</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>144.12</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(9) prescription asthma or reactive airway disease medications self-administered by
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>pupil with an asthma inhaler, consistent with section 121A.221, if the district has received <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>a written authorization from the pupil's parent permitting the pupil to self-administer
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>medication, the inhaler is properly labeled for that student, and the parent has not
         requested <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>school personnel to administer the medication to the pupil. The parent must submit
         written <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>authorization for the pupil to self-administer the medication each school year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>(10) epinephrine auto-injectors, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>121A.2205</statute_ref>, if the parent and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>prescribing medical professional annually inform the pupil's school in writing that
         (i) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>pupil may possess the epinephrine or (ii) the pupil is unable to possess the epinephrine
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>requires immediate access to epinephrine auto-injectors that the parent provides properly
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>labeled to the school for the pupil as needed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.221, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var><b>121A.221 POSSESSION AND USE OF ASTHMA INHALERS BY ASTHMATIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var><b>STUDENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(a) Consistent with section 121A.22, subdivision 2, clause (9), in a school district that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>employs a school nurse or provides school nursing services under another arrangement,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>school nurse or other appropriate party must assess the student's knowledge and skills
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>safely possess and use an asthma inhaler in a school setting and enter into the student's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>school health record a plan to implement safe possession and use of asthma inhalers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(b) Consistent with section 121A.22, subdivision 2, clause (9), in a school that does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>have a school nurse or school nursing services, the student's parent or guardian must
         submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>written verification from the prescribing professional that documents an assessment
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>student's knowledge and skills to safely possess and use an asthma inhaler in a school
         setting <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>has been completed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Textbook.</b> (a) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>electronic books as well as other printed materials delivered electronically, which
         a pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>uses as a text or text substitute in a particular class or program in the school regularly
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>attended and a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of
         each pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>in this class or program. Textbook includes an online book with an annual subscription cost.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(b) For purposes of calculating the annual nonpublic pupil aid entitlement for textbooks,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>the term shall be limited to books, workbooks, or manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>form, as well as electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or a group
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>(c) For purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.48</statute_ref>, the terms "textbook" and "software <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>or other educational technology" include only such secular, neutral, and nonideological
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>materials as are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.41, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5a. <b>Software or other educational technology.</b> For purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.42</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>and 
         <statute_ref>123B.43</statute_ref>, "software or other educational technology" includes software, programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>applications, hardware, and any other electronic educational technology. Software or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>educational technology includes course registration fees for advanced placement courses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>delivered online.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2018 and later.<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 2016, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref>, the terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the sum of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2),
         plus<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year
         for districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>operating a program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.128</statute_ref> for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011, subdivision 71</statute_ref>, which must be used a majority of the time for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20
         percent per <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>year of the cost of the type three school buses by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b),
         clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>(2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>pupils as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) Regular transportation is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident
         elementary <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they attend,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public or nonpublic
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to
         the extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>permitted by sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.84</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.87</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school,
         if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident
         pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>of a district without a secondary school; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance
         area <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils
         when <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or
         more, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the
         residence of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school
         program <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil
         for part <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility,
         residence, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) Excess transportation is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident
         secondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or nonpublic
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less
         than one <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance
         area <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public
         school they <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) Desegregation transportation is transportation within and outside of the district
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal
         attendance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under court order.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>bus between home or a respite care facility and school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03 </statute_ref>to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>125A.24
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref> are provided, within or outside the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>where services are provided;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>125A.12
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special
         classes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for
         resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>required by sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.18</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.48</statute_ref>, for resident pupils with disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident
         pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>children with a disability;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus
         equipped <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section
         504 plan; <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>(viii) services described in clauses (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>124D.128
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the
         cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional
         cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>transporting a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>30, a homeless student from a temporary nonshelter home in another district to the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>of origin, or a formerly homeless student from a permanent home in another district
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>school of origin but only through the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>district-owned school buses purchased after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated according to paragraph (a),
         clauses (ii) <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled transportation category must
         be excluded <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>transportation categories according to paragraph (a). For purposes of subitem (A),
         a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>district may transport a child who does not have a school of origin to the same school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless or in a shelter care facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for
         resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support
         services <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.44</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral
         site as <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.41, subdivision 13</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from December 10, 2016.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.05, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Average daily membership.</b> (a) Membership for pupils in grades kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>through 12 and for prekindergarten pupils with disabilities shall mean the number
         of pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>on the current roll of the school, counted from the date of entry until withdrawal.
         The date <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>of withdrawal shall mean the day the pupil permanently leaves the school or the date
         it is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>officially known that the pupil has left or has been legally excused. However, a pupil,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>regardless of age, who has been absent from school for 15 consecutive school days
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>the regular school year or for five consecutive school days during summer school or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>intersession classes of flexible school year programs without receiving instruction
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>home or hospital shall be dropped from the roll and classified as withdrawn. Nothing
         in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>section shall be construed as waiving the compulsory attendance provisions cited in
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>120A.22
         </statute_ref>. Average daily membership equals the sum for all pupils of the number of days <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>of the school year each pupil is enrolled in the district's schools divided by the
         number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>days the schools are in session or are providing e-learning days due to inclement weather. <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>Days of summer school or intersession classes of flexible school year programs are
         only <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>included in the computation of membership for pupils with a disability not appropriately
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>served primarily in the regular classroom. A student must not be counted as more than
         1.2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>pupils in average daily membership under this section and section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>paragraph (b). When the initial total average daily membership exceeds 1.2 for a pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>enrolled in more than one school district during the fiscal year, each district's
         average daily <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>membership must be reduced proportionately.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>(b) A student must not be counted as more than one pupil in average daily membership
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>except for purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Basic revenue.</b>  The basic revenue for each district equals the formula allowance <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>2015 is $5,831. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2016 is $5,948. The formula allowance <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>for fiscal year 2017 and later is $6,067. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2018 is $6,158. <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>The formula allowance for fiscal year 2019 and later is $6,249.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Extended time revenue.</b> (a) A school district's extended time revenue is equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>to the product of $5,117 and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for
         each pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>in average daily membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section
         
         <statute_ref>126C.05, <br />
            		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>subdivision 8
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>(b) Extended time revenue for pupils placed in an on-site education program at the Prairie
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>Lakes Education Center or the Lake Park School, located within the borders of Independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>School District No. 347, Willmar, for instruction provided after the end of the preceding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>regular school year and before the beginning of the following regular school year
         equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>membership hours divided by the minimum annual instructional hours in section 126C.05,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>subdivision 15, not to exceed 0.20, times the pupil unit weighting in section 126C.05,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>subdivision 1, times $5,117.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>(c) A school district's extended time revenue may be used for extended day programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>extended week programs, summer school, vacation break academies such as spring break
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>academies and summer term academies, and other programming authorized under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>learning year program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Compensatory education revenue.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2014, the compensatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>education revenue for each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus
         $415 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>times the compensation revenue pupil units computed according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, <br />
            		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. For fiscal year 2015 and later, The compensatory education revenue for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 times the compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>revenue pupil units computed according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05</statute_ref>, subdivision 3. A district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>compensatory revenue equals the sum of its compensatory revenue for each building
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>district and the amounts designated under Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter
         3, article <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>2, section 70, subdivision 8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall be paid to the district and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>must be allocated according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.15, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>(b) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.69 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory revenue generated by
         pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative
         program <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with
         the alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>program for the prior school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>(c) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the
         start of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>a school year, the compensatory revenue shall be paid to the fiscal agent district
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district for the prior
         school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>(d) Of the amount of revenue under this subdivision, 1.7 percent for fiscal year 2018,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>3.5 percent for fiscal year 2019, and for fiscal year 2020 and later, 3.5 percent
         plus the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>percentage change in the formula allowance from fiscal year 2019, must be used for
         extended <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>time activities under subdivision 2a, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 13a. <b>Operating capital levy.</b> To obtain operating capital revenue, a district may <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>levy an amount not more than the product of its operating capital revenue for the
         fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted
         pupil unit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>the operating capital equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals
         $15,740 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>for fiscal year 2017, $19,972 $19,245 for fiscal year 2018, and $22,912 $22,185 for fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>year 2019 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 18a. <b>Pupil transportation adjustment.</b> (a) An independent, common, or special <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>school district's transportation sparsity revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section
         126C.10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>subdivision 18, is increased by the greater of zero or 18.2 percent of the difference
         between:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>(1) the lesser of the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous
         fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>year or 105 percent of the district's total cost for the second previous fiscal year;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>(2) the sum of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>(i) 4.66 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>(ii) transportation sparsity revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>18, for the previous fiscal year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>(iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous fiscal
         year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>(b) A charter school's pupil transportation adjustment equals the school district
         per pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>adjustment under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Referendum revenue.</b> (a) The revenue authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, <br />
            		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>referendum must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy authority,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>if approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase may be
         held <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under subdivision 11,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>paragraph (a), the referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>November. The ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased revenue per adjusted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule, determined by the board, of increased
         revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>per adjusted pupil unit that differs from year to year over the number of years for
         which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>increased revenue is authorized or may state that the amount shall increase annually
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>rate of inflation. For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be the annual inflationary
         increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>calculated under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot may state that existing
         referendum <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>levy authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may also compare the proposed
         levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>authority to the existing expiring levy authority, and express the proposed increase
         as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>amount, if any, over the expiring referendum levy authority. The ballot must designate
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>specific number of years, not to exceed ten, for which the referendum authorization
         applies. <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>The ballot, including a ballot on the question to revoke or reduce the increased revenue
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>amount under paragraph (c), must abbreviate the term "per adjusted pupil unit" as
         "per <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>pupil." The notice required under section 
         <statute_ref>275.60</statute_ref> may be modified to read, in cases of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>renewing existing levies at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>EXTEND AN EXISTING PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>TO EXPIRE."<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>and a question stating substantially the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;"Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of .......,
         School <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>District No. .., be approved?"<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per adjusted pupil unit times
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>adjusted pupil units for the school year beginning in the year after the levy is certified
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>be authorized for certification for the number of years approved, if applicable, or
         until <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>revoked or reduced by the voters of the district at a subsequent referendum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The board must prepare and deliver by first class mail at least 15 days but no more <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>than 30 days before the day of the referendum to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>and the proposed revenue increase. The board need not mail more than one notice to
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>taxpayer. For the purpose of giving mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>those shown to be owners on the records of the county auditor or, in any county where
         tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>statements are mailed by the county treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer.
         Every <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>property owner whose name does not appear on the records of the county auditor or
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>county treasurer is deemed to have waived this mailed notice unless the owner has
         requested <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>in writing that the county auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be, include
         the name <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>on the records for this purpose. The notice must project the anticipated amount of
         tax increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads, apartments,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>and commercial-industrial property within the school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in the
         first <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will
         result <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing levies,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>notice may include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum extends an
         existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>operating referendum at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year."<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board. A referendum to revoke
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per adjusted pupil unit by which
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the voters of the district
         pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at least once before it
         is subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent years. Only one revocation
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce referendum revenue for any specific
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>year and for years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a
         copy of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county auditor
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results of
         the referendum <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the certification of
         the results <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify the commissioner
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>results of the referendum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 127A.45, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Payments to school nonoperating funds.</b> Each fiscal year state general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>payments for a district nonoperating fund must be made at the current year aid payment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>percentage of the estimated entitlement during the fiscal year of the entitlement.
         This amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>shall be paid in 12 six equal monthly installments from July through December. The amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>of the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>the fiscal year of the entitlement must be paid prior to October 31 of the following
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>year. The commissioner may make advance payments of debt service equalization aid
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>state-paid tax credits for a district's debt service fund earlier than would occur
         under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>preceding schedule if the district submits evidence showing a serious cash flow problem
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>the fund. The commissioner may make earlier payments during the year and, if necessary,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>increase the percent of the entitlement paid to reduce the cash flow problem.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. <b>NEVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT; LEVY ADJUSTMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.48, Independent School District No.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>308, Nevis, at the discretion of its school board, may spread any levy adjustment
         remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>from the conversion of its operating referendum revenue over three or fewer years
         beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>with school property taxes for taxes payable in 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>General education aid.</b> For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>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.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 6,981,058,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 7,139,147,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $686,828,000 for 2017 and $6,294,230,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $699,358,000 for 2018 and $6,439,789,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</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.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">29,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">31,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Abatement aid.</b> For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 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.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,374,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,163,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $262,000 for 2017 and $2,112,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $234,000 for 2018 and $1,929,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Consolidation transition aid.</b> For districts consolidating under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</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.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">185,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">382,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $185,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $20,000 for 2018 and $362,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic pupil education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</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.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,182,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,164,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $1,687,000 for 2017 and $16,495,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $1,832,000 for 2018 and $17,332,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>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.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,292,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $1,835,000 for 2017 and $16,457,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $1,828,000 for 2018 and $16,538,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>One-room schoolhouse.</b> For a grant to Independent School District No. 690, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>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.15.31"></a><var>15.31</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Career and technical aid.</b> For career and technical aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</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.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,561,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,125,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $476,000 for 2017 and $4,085,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $453,000 for 2018 and $3,672,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.73, subdivision 2, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var><b>EDUCATION EXCELLENCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120A.22, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Curriculum</b><b> Knowledge and skills</b><b>.</b> Instruction must be provided in at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>the following subject areas:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>(1) basic communication skills including reading and writing, literature, and fine
         arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>(2) mathematics and science;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>(3) social studies including history, geography, and economics, government, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>citizenship; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>(4) health and physical education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>Instruction, textbooks, and materials must be in the English language. Another language
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>may be used pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.59</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.61</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Required academic standards.</b> (a) The following subject areas are <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>required for statewide accountability:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) language arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) mathematics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) science;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>citizenship that includes civics consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>120B.02, subdivision 3</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) physical education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer
         at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate.
         An <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>alternative standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>(c) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, The department must adopt the most recent <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>National Association of Sport and Physical Education SHAPE America (Society of Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>and Physical Educators) kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>physical education as the required physical education academic standards. The department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>may modify and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The modification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national standards.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>department must make available sample assessments, which school districts may use
         as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>alternative to local assessments, to assess students' mastery of the physical education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>(d) A school district may include child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>curriculum, consistent with paragraph (a), clause (6). Child sexual abuse prevention
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>instruction may include age-appropriate instruction on recognizing sexual abuse and
         assault, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>boundary violations, and ways offenders groom or desensitize victims, as well as strategies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>to promote disclosure, reduce self-blame, and mobilize bystanders. A school district
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>provide instruction under this paragraph in a variety of ways, including at an annual
         assembly <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>or classroom presentation. A school district may also provide parents information
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>warning signs of child sexual abuse and available resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) (e) District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.10</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>and 
         <statute_ref>120B.20</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Rulemaking.</b> The commissioner, consistent with the requirements of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>120B.022</statute_ref>, must adopt statewide rules under section 
         <statute_ref>14.389</statute_ref> for implementing <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics, science,
         social <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>studies, physical education, and the arts. After the rules authorized under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these rules nor adopt
         new <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization. The academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>for language arts, mathematics, and the arts must be implemented for all students
         beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>in the 2003-2004 school year. The academic standards for science and social studies
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>be implemented for all students beginning in the 2005-2006 school year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.022, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1b. <b>State bilingual and multilingual seals.</b> (a) Consistent with efforts to strive <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>for the world's best workforce under sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>124E.03, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>(i), and close the academic achievement and opportunity gap under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.861</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>124D.862
         </statute_ref>, voluntary state bilingual and multilingual seals are established to recognize high
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>school students in any school district, charter school, or nonpublic school who demonstrate <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>an advanced-low level or an intermediate high level of functional proficiency in listening,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>speaking, reading, and writing on either assessments aligned with American Council
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>Teaching of Foreign Languages' (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines or on equivalent valid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>and reliable assessments in one or more languages in addition to English. American
         Sign <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>Language is a language other than English for purposes of this subdivision and a world
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>language for purposes of subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>(b) In addition to paragraph (a), to be eligible to receive a seal:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>(1) students must satisfactorily complete all required English language arts credits;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>(2) students must demonstrate mastery of Minnesota's English language proficiency
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>(c) Consistent with this subdivision, a high school student who demonstrates an <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>intermediate high ACTFL level of functional proficiency in one language in addition
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>English is eligible to receive the state bilingual gold seal. A high school student
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>demonstrates an intermediate high ACTFL level of functional native proficiency in
         more <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>than one language in addition to English is eligible to receive the state multilingual
         gold <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>seal. A high school student who demonstrates an advanced-low ACTFL level of functional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>proficiency in one language in addition to English is eligible to receive the state
         bilingual <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>platinum seal. A high school student who demonstrates an advanced-low ACTFL level
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>functional proficiency in more than one language in addition to English is eligible
         to receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>the state multilingual platinum seal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>(d) School districts and charter schools may give students periodic opportunities
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>demonstrate their level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing
         in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>language in addition to English. Where valid and reliable assessments are unavailable,
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>school district or charter school may rely on evaluators trained in assessing under
         ACTFL <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>proficiency guidelines to assess a student's level of foreign, heritage, or indigenous
         language <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>proficiency under this section. School districts and charter schools must maintain
         appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>records to identify high school students eligible to receive the state bilingual or
         multilingual <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>gold and platinum seals. The school district or charter school must affix the appropriate
         seal <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>to the transcript of each high school student who meets the requirements of this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>and may affix the seal to the student's diploma. A school district or charter school
         must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>charge the high school student a fee for this seal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>(e) A school district or charter school may award elective course credits in world
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>languages to a student who demonstrates the requisite proficiency in a language other
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>English under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>(f) A school district or charter school may award community service credit to a student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>who demonstrates an intermediate high or advanced-low ACTFL level of functional <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a language other than
         English <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>and who participates in community service activities that are integrated into the
         curriculum, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>involve the participation of teachers, and support biliteracy in the school or local
         community.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>(g) The commissioner must list on the Web page those assessments that are aligned
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>ACTFL proficiency guidelines.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>(h) By August 1, 2015, the colleges and universities of the Minnesota State Colleges
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>and Universities system must establish criteria to translate the seals into college
         credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>based on the world language course equivalencies identified by the Minnesota State
         Colleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>and Universities faculty and staff and, upon request from an enrolled student, the
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>State Colleges and Universities may award foreign language credits to a student who
         receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>a Minnesota World Language Proficiency Certificate under subdivision 1a. A student
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>demonstrated the requisite level of language proficiency in grade 10, 11, or 12 to
         receive a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>seal or certificate and is enrolled in a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
         institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>must request college credits for the student's seal or proficiency certificate within
         three <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>academic years after graduating from high school. The University of Minnesota is encouraged
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>to award students foreign language academic credits consistent with this paragraph.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Identification; report.</b> (a) Each school district shall identify before the end of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 students who are not reading at grade level before
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>end of the current school year and shall identify students in grade 3 or higher who <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>demonstrate a reading difficulty to a classroom teacher. Reading assessments in English, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>and in the predominant languages of district students where practicable, must identify
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>evaluate students' areas of academic need related to literacy. The district also must
         monitor <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>the progress and provide reading instruction appropriate to the specific needs of
         English <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>learners. The district must use a locally adopted, developmentally appropriate, and
         culturally <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>responsive assessment and annually report summary assessment results to the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>by July 1. The district also must annually report to the commissioner by July 1 a summary <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>of the district's efforts to screen and identify students with:<br />
         		 <a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) dyslexia, using screening tools such as those recommended by the department's <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>dyslexia and literacy specialist; or<br />
         		 <a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) convergence insufficiency disorder to the commissioner by July 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>(b) A student identified under this subdivision must be provided with alternate instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.56, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.12, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Parent notification and involvement.</b> Schools, at least annually, must give <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>the parent of each student who is not reading at or above grade level timely information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>about:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(1) the student's reading proficiency as measured by a locally adopted assessment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>(2) reading-related services currently being provided to the student and the student's <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>progress; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>(3) strategies for parents to use at home in helping their student succeed in becoming
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>grade-level proficient in reading in English and in their native language.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>A district may not use this section to deny a student's right to a special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>evaluation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Intervention.</b> (a) For each student identified under subdivision 2, the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>shall provide reading intervention to accelerate student growth and reach the goal
         of reading <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>at or above grade level by the end of the current grade and school year. If a student does <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>not read at or above grade level by the end of grade 3, the district must continue
         to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>reading intervention until the student reads at grade level. District intervention methods <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>shall encourage family engagement and, where possible, collaboration with appropriate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>school and community programs. Intervention methods may include, but are not limited
         to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>requiring attendance in summer school, intensified reading instruction that may require
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>the student be removed from the regular classroom for part of the school day, extended-day
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>programs, or programs that strengthen students' cultural connections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>(b) A school district or charter school is strongly encouraged to provide a personal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>learning plan for a student who is unable to demonstrate grade-level proficiency,
         as measured <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>by the statewide reading assessment in grade 3. The district or charter school must
         determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>the format of the personal learning plan in collaboration with the student's educators
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>other appropriate professionals. The school must develop the learning plan in consultation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>with the student's parent or guardian. The personal learning plan must address knowledge
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>gaps and skill deficiencies through strategies such as specific exercises and practices
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>and outside of the regular school day, periodic assessments, and reasonable timelines.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>personal learning plan may include grade retention, if it is in the student's best
         interest. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>school must maintain and regularly update and modify the personal learning plan until
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>student reads at grade level. This paragraph does not apply to a student under an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>individualized education program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>[120B.122] DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> The department must employ a dyslexia specialist to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>technical assistance for dyslexia and related disorders and to serve as the primary
         source of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>information and support for schools in addressing the needs of students with dyslexia
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>related disorders. The dyslexia specialist shall also act to increase professional
         awareness <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>and instructional competencies to meet the educational needs of students with dyslexia
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>identified with risk characteristics associated with dyslexia and shall develop implementation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>guidance and make recommendations to the commissioner consistent with section 122A.06,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>subdivision 4, to be used to assist general education teachers and special education
         teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>to recognize educational needs and to improve literacy outcomes for students with
         dyslexia <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>or identified with risk characteristics associated with dyslexia, including recommendations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>related to increasing the availability of online and asynchronous professional development
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>programs and materials.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, a "dyslexia specialist" means a dyslexia <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>therapist, licensed psychologist, licensed speech-language pathologist, or certified
         dyslexia <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>training specialist who has a minimum of three years of field experience in screening,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>identifying, and treating dyslexia and related disorders.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Requirements.</b> A dyslexia specialist shall be highly trained in dyslexia and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>related disorders and in using interventions and treatments that are evidence-based,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>multisensory, direct, explicit, structured, and sequential in the areas of phonics,
         phonemic <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.125, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var><b>120B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var><b>POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; PERSONAL LEARNING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var><b>PLANS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>(a) Consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.13</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.131</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.132</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.14</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.15</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.30, <br />
            		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c), 125A.08, and other related sections, school districts, beginning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>in the 2013-2014 school year, must assist all students by no later than grade 9 to
         explore <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>their educational, college, and career interests, aptitudes, and aspirations and develop
         a plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary education or employment. All
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>students' plans must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>(1) provide a comprehensive plan to prepare for and complete a career and college
         ready <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>curriculum by meeting state and local academic standards and developing career and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>employment-related skills such as team work, collaboration, creativity, communication,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>critical thinking, and good work habits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>(2) emphasize academic rigor and high expectations and inform the student, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>student's parent or guardian if the student is a minor, of the student's achievement
         level <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>score on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments that are administered during high
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>(3) help students identify interests, aptitudes, aspirations, and personal learning
         styles <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>that may affect their career and college ready goals and postsecondary education and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>employment choices;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>(4) set appropriate career and college ready goals with timelines that identify effective
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>means for achieving those goals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>(5) help students access education and career options;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>(6) integrate strong academic content into career-focused courses and applied and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>experiential learning opportunities and integrate relevant career-focused courses
         and applied <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>and experiential learning opportunities into strong academic content;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>(7) help identify and access appropriate counseling and other supports and assistance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>that enable students to complete required coursework, prepare for postsecondary education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>and careers, and obtain information about postsecondary education costs and eligibility
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>financial aid and scholarship;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>(8) help identify collaborative partnerships among prekindergarten through grade 12
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>schools, postsecondary institutions, economic development agencies, and local and
         regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>employers that support students' transition to postsecondary education and employment
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>provide students with applied and experiential learning opportunities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>(9) be reviewed and revised at least annually by the student, the student's parent
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>guardian, and the school or district to ensure that the student's course-taking schedule
         keeps <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>the student making adequate progress to meet state and local academic standards and
         high <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>school graduation requirements and with a reasonable chance to succeed with employment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>or postsecondary education without the need to first complete remedial course work.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>(b) A school district may develop grade-level curricula or provide instruction that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>introduces students to various careers, but must not require any curriculum, instruction,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>employment-related activity that obligates an elementary or secondary student to involuntarily
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>select or pursue a career, career interest, employment goals, or related job training.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>(c) Educators must possess the knowledge and skills to effectively teach all English
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>learners in their classrooms. School districts must provide appropriate curriculum,
         targeted <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>materials, professional development opportunities for educators, and sufficient resources
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>to enable English learners to become career and college ready.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>(d) When assisting students in developing a plan for a smooth and successful transition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>to postsecondary education and employment, districts must recognize the unique possibilities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>of each student and ensure that the contents of each student's plan reflect the student's
         unique <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>talents, skills, and abilities as the student grows, develops, and learns.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>(e) If a student with a disability has an individualized education program (IEP) or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>standardized written plan that meets the plan components of this section, the IEP
         satisfies <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>the requirement and no additional transition plan is needed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>(f) Students who do not meet or exceed Minnesota academic standards, as measured by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments that are administered during high school,
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>be informed that admission to a public school is free and available to any resident
         under 21 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>years of age or who meets the requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>(c). A student's plan under this section shall continue while the student is enrolled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.132, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var><b>120B.132 RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED PLACEMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var><b>AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; eligibility.</b> A program is established to raise kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>through grade 12 academic achievement through increased student participation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>preadvanced placement, advanced placement, and international baccalaureate programs,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>120B.13</statute_ref>. Schools and charter schools eligible to participate under <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to establish a
         new <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>international baccalaureate program leading to international baccalaureate authorization,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>expand an existing program that leads to international baccalaureate authorization,
         or expand <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>an existing authorized international baccalaureate program; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to create a new
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>expand an existing program to implement the college board advanced placement courses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>and exams or preadvanced placement initiative; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) must propose to further raise students' academic achievement by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) increasing the availability of and all students' access to advanced placement
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) expanding the breadth of advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>or programs that are available to students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) increasing the number and the diversity of the students who participate in advanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and succeed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iv) providing low-income and other disadvantaged students with increased access to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses and programs; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(v) increasing the number of high school students, including low-income and other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>disadvantaged students, who receive college credit by successfully completing advanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and achieving satisfactory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>scores on related exams.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Application and review process; funding priority.</b> (a) Charter schools and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>school districts in which eligible schools under subdivision 1 are located may apply
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>commissioner, in the form and manner the commissioner determines, for competitive
         funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>to further raise students' academic achievement. The application must detail the specific
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>efforts the applicant intends to undertake in further raising students' academic achievement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>consistent with subdivision 1, and a proposed budget detailing the district or charter
         school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>current and proposed expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced placement, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>international baccalaureate courses and programs. The proposed budget must demonstrate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>that the applicant's efforts will support implementation of advanced placement, preadvanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs. Expenditures for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>administration must not exceed five percent of the proposed budget. The commissioner
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>require an applicant to provide additional information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) When reviewing applications, the commissioner must determine whether the applicant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>satisfied all the requirements in this subdivision and subdivision 1. The commissioner
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>give funding priority to an otherwise qualified applicant that demonstrates:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) a focus on developing or expanding preadvanced placement, advanced placement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>or international baccalaureate courses or programs or increasing students' participation
         in, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>access to, or success with the courses or programs, including the participation, access,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>success of low-income and other disadvantaged students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) a compelling need for access to preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) an effective ability to actively involve local business and community organizations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>in student activities that are integral to preadvanced placement, advanced placement,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) access to additional public or nonpublic funds or in-kind contributions that are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>available for preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or international baccalaureate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>courses or programs; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) an intent to implement activities that target low-income and other disadvantaged
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>students.; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>(6) an intent to increase the advanced placement and international baccalaureate course
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>offerings in science, technology, engineering, and math to low-income and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>disadvantaged students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Funding; permissible funding uses.</b> (a) The commissioner shall award grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>to applicant school districts and charter schools that meet the requirements of subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>1 and 2. The commissioner must award grants on an equitable geographical basis to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>extent feasible and consistent with this section. Grant awards must not exceed the
         lesser of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) $85 times the number of pupils enrolled at the participating sites on October
         1 of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>previous fiscal year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the approved supplemental expenditures based on the budget submitted under <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>subdivision 2. For charter schools in their first year of operation, the maximum funding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>award must be calculated using the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the current
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>fiscal year. The commissioner may adjust the maximum funding award computed using
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>prior year data for changes in enrollment attributable to school closings, school
         openings, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>grade level reconfigurations, or school district reorganizations between the prior
         fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>and the current fiscal year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) $150,000 per district or charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) School districts and charter schools that submit an application and receive funding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>under this section must use the funding, consistent with the application, to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) provide teacher training and instruction to more effectively serve students, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>low-income and other disadvantaged students, who participate in preadvanced placement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) further develop preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or international <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) improve the transition between grade levels to better prepare students, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>low-income and other disadvantaged students, for succeeding in preadvanced placement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) purchase books and supplies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) pay course or program fees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) increase students' participation in and success with preadvanced placement, advanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) expand students' access to preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs through online learning;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) hire appropriately licensed personnel to teach additional advanced placement or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>international baccalaureate courses or programs; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(9) engage in other activity directly related activities to expanding expand low-income <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>or disadvantaged students' access to, participation in, and success with preadvanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>placement, advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>including. Other activities may include but are not limited to preparing and disseminating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>promotional materials to low-income and other disadvantaged students and their families.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Grants; </b><b>annual reports.</b> (a) Each school district and charter school that receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>a grant under this section annually must collect demographic and other student data
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>demonstrate and measure the extent to which the district or charter school raised
         students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>academic achievement under this program and must report the data to the commissioner
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>the form and manner the commissioner determines. The commissioner annually by February
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>15 must make summary data about this program available to the education policy and
         finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>committees of the legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Each school district and charter school that receives a grant under this section
         annually <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>must report to the commissioner, consistent with the Uniform Financial Accounting
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>Reporting Standards, its actual expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced placement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>and international baccalaureate courses and programs. The report must demonstrate
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>the school district or charter school has maintained its effort from other sources
         for advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>placement, preadvanced placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>compared with the previous fiscal year, and the district or charter school has expended
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>grant funds, consistent with its approved budget.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a grant under this section is available
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>three years from the date of the grant if the district or charter school meets the
         annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>benchmarks in its plan under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>In-service training.</b> Each district is encouraged to provide training for district <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>staff and school board members to help on the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>(1) helping students identify violence in the family and the community so that students <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>may learn to resolve conflicts in effective, nonviolent ways;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>(2) responding to a disclosure of child sexual abuse in a supportive, appropriate
         manner; <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>(3) complying with mandatory reporting requirements under section 626.556.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>The in-service training must be ongoing and involve experts familiar with sexual abuse, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>domestic violence, and personal safety issues.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Grant awards.</b> (a) The commissioner may award grants for a violence <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>prevention education program to eligible applicants as defined in subdivision 2. Grant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>amounts may not exceed $3 per resident pupil unit in the district or group of districts
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>prior school year. Grant recipients should be geographically distributed throughout
         the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>(b) School districts and charter schools may accept funds from private and other public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>sources for child sexual abuse prevention programs developed and implemented under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>sections 120B.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), and 120B.234, including federal funding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>under the Every Student Succeeds Act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.232, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Character development education.</b> (a) Character education is the shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>responsibility of parents, teachers, and members of the community. The legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>encourages districts to integrate or offer instruction on character education including,
         but <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>not limited to, character qualities such as attentiveness, truthfulness, respect for
         authority, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>diligence, gratefulness, self-discipline, patience, forgiveness, respect for others,
         peacemaking, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>and resourcefulness. Instruction should be integrated into a district's existing programs,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>curriculum, or the general school environment. To the extent practicable, instruction should <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>be integrated into positive behavioral intervention strategies, under section 122A.627.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>commissioner shall provide assistance at the request of a district to develop character
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>education curriculum and programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>(b) Character development education under paragraph (a) may include a voluntary <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>elementary, middle, and high school program that incorporates the history and values
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and may be offered as part of the social studies,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>English language arts, or other curriculum, as a schoolwide character building and
         veteran <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>awareness initiative, or as an after-school program, among other possibilities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. <b>[120B.234] CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> The purpose of this section, which may be cited as "Erin's <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>Law," is to encourage districts to integrate or offer instruction on child sexual
         abuse <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>prevention to students and training to all school personnel on recognizing and preventing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>sexual abuse and sexual violence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Curriculum.</b> School districts may consult with other federal, state, or local <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>agencies and community-based organizations, including the Child Information Gateway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>Web site maintained by the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>identify research-based tools, curricula, and programs to prevent child sexual abuse
         for use <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (d).<br />
         		 <a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Other state programs.</b> The child sexual abuse prevention instruction provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>under this section is part of preventing sexual violence against children, which includes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>but is not limited to, the following activities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>(1) training on mandated reporting requirements provided on the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>Education's Web site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>(2) the Code of Ethics for Minnesota Teachers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>(3) consultation by the commissioner of education with the commissioners of health,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>human services, and public safety, and other state agencies to prevent violence against
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>children.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Statewide testing.</b>  (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts with <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade
         level <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>to be tested, state-constructed tests developed as computer-adaptive reading and mathematics
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>assessments for students that are aligned with the state's required academic standards
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021</statute_ref>, include multiple choice questions, and are administered annually to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>students in grades 3 through 8. State-developed high school tests aligned with the
         state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>required academic standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021 </statute_ref>and administered to all high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>students in a subject other than writing must include multiple choice questions. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>commissioner shall establish one or more months during which schools shall administer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>the tests to students each school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>(1) Students enrolled in grade 8 through the 2009-2010 school year are eligible to
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, mathematics,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
         <statute_ref>120B.30, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraphs (c), <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>clauses (1) and (2), and (d), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>(2) Students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 school year are eligible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>to be assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>mathematics, or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
         <statute_ref>120B.30, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii)
         the Compass <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>(3) For students under clause (1) or (2), a school district may substitute a score
         from an <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>alternative, equivalent assessment to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(b) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>standards as described in section 
         <statute_ref>120B.023</statute_ref> in the following manner:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>(1) mathematics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>(2) science; grades 5 and 8 and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>school year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>(3) language arts and reading; grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>2012-2013 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, students'
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>education and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation,
         include <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) an opportunity to participate on a nationally normed college entrance exam, in grade
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>11 or grade 12;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) achievement and career and college readiness in mathematics, reading, and writing,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>consistent with paragraph (k) and to the extent available, to monitor students' continuous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>development of and growth in requisite knowledge and skills; analyze students' progress
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>and performance levels, identifying students' academic strengths and diagnosing areas
         where <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>students require curriculum or instructional adjustments, targeted interventions,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>remediation; and, based on analysis of students' progress and performance data, determine
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>students' learning and instructional needs and the instructional tools and best practices
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>support academic rigor for the student; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) (2) consistent with this paragraph and section 
         <statute_ref>120B.125</statute_ref>, age-appropriate exploration <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>relevant career interests and aptitudes and help students and their families develop
         a regularly <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>reexamined transition plan for postsecondary education or employment without need
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>postsecondary remediation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>Based on appropriate state guidelines, students with an individualized education program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>may satisfy state graduation requirements by achieving an individual score on the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>state-identified alternative assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Expectations of schools, districts, and the state for career or college readiness
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>this subdivision must be comparable in rigor, clarity of purpose, and rates of student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>completion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A student under paragraph (c), clause (2) (1), must receive targeted, relevant, academically <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>rigorous, and resourced instruction, which may include a targeted instruction and
         intervention <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>plan focused on improving the student's knowledge and skills in core subjects so that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>student has a reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>postsecondary remediation. Consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.13</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.091</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.49</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>and related sections, an enrolling school or district must actively encourage a student
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>grade 11 or 12 who is identified as academically ready for a career or college to
         participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>in courses and programs awarding college credit to high school students. Students
         are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>required to achieve a specified score or level of proficiency on an assessment under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>subdivision to graduate from high school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Though not a high school graduation requirement, students are encouraged to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>participate in a nationally recognized college entrance exam. To the extent state
         funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>for college entrance exam fees is available, a district must pay the cost reimburse a student <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>in grade 11 or 12 who is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, one time, for an interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>student in grade 11 or 12 to take for the registration fees associated with a nationally <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>recognized college entrance exam before graduating. A student must be able to take the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>exam under this paragraph at the student's high school during the school day and at
         any one <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>of the multiple exam administrations available to students in the district. In order to comply <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>with this subdivision, a district may administer the ACT or SAT or both the ACT and SAT <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>to comply with this paragraph at the student's high school or arrange for the student to take <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>the exam at another location. If the district administers only one of these two tests and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>student opts not to take that test and chooses instead to take the other of the two
         tests, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>A free or reduced-price meal eligible student may take the other test exam at a different <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>time or location and remains eligible for the examination fee reimbursement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The commissioner and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>must collaborate in aligning instruction and assessments for adult basic education
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>and English learners to provide the students with diagnostic information about any
         targeted <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>interventions, accommodations, modifications, and supports they need so that assessments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>and other performance measures are accessible to them and they may seek postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>education or employment without need for postsecondary remediation. When administering
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>formative or summative assessments used to measure the academic progress, including
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>oral academic development, of English learners and inform their instruction, schools
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>ensure that the assessments are accessible to the students and students have the modifications
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>and supports they need to sufficiently understand the assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use career exploration elements
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>help students, beginning no later than grade 9, and their families explore and plan
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>postsecondary education or careers based on the students' interests, aptitudes, and
         aspirations. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>Districts and schools must use timely regional labor market information and partnerships,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>among other resources, to help students and their families successfully develop, pursue,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>review, and revise an individualized plan for postsecondary education or a career.
         This <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>process must help increase students' engagement in and connection to school, improve
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>students' knowledge and skills, and deepen students' understanding of career pathways
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>a sequence of academic and career courses that lead to an industry-recognized credential,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree and are available to all students, whatever
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>interests and career goals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>(h) A student who demonstrates attainment of required state academic standards, which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>include career and college readiness benchmarks, on high school assessments under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>subdivision 1a is academically ready for a career or college and is encouraged to
         participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>in courses awarding college credit to high school students. Such courses and programs
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>include sequential courses of study within broad career areas and technical skill
         assessments <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>that extend beyond course grades.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>(i) As appropriate, students through grade 12 must continue to participate in targeted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>instruction, intervention, or remediation and be encouraged to participate in courses
         awarding <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>college credit to high school students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(j) In developing, supporting, and improving students' academic readiness for a career
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>or college, schools, districts, and the state must have a continuum of empirically
         derived, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>clearly defined benchmarks focused on students' attainment of knowledge and skills
         so that <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>students, their parents, and teachers know how well students must perform to have
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>remediation. The commissioner, in consultation with local school officials and educators,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>and Minnesota's public postsecondary institutions must ensure that the foundational
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>knowledge and skills for students' successful performance in postsecondary employment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>or education and an articulated series of possible targeted interventions are clearly
         identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>and satisfy Minnesota's postsecondary admissions requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(k) For students in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, a school, district,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>charter school must record on the high school transcript a student's progress toward
         career <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>and college readiness, and for other students as soon as practicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(l) The school board granting students their diplomas may formally decide to include
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>notation of high achievement on the high school diplomas of those graduating seniors
         who, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>according to established school board criteria, demonstrate exemplary academic achievement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>during high school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>(m) The 3rd through 8th grade computer-adaptive assessment results and high school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>test results shall be available to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student
         learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>and district instruction and curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on adaptive assessments
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>grades 3 through 8. The commissioner, in consultation with the chancellor of the Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>State Colleges and Universities, must establish empirically derived benchmarks on
         the high <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>school tests that reveal a trajectory toward career and college readiness consistent
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>section 
         <statute_ref>136F.302</statute_ref>, subdivision 1a. The commissioner must disseminate to the public the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>computer-adaptive assessments and high school test results upon receiving those results.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(n) The grades 3 through 8 computer-adaptive assessments and high school tests must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>be aligned with state academic standards. The commissioner shall determine the testing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>process and the order of administration. The statewide results shall be aggregated
         at the site <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>and district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(o) The commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>reporting system:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) uniform statewide computer-adaptive assessments of all students in grades 3 through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>8 and testing at the high school levels that provides appropriate, technically sound
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>accommodations or alternate assessments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school districts
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) state results on the American College Test; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other states,
         and, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort to
         monitor <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>achievement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(p) For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue
         a career <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>pathway, including postsecondary credit leading to a degree, diploma, certificate,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>industry-recognized credential and employment. Students who are career and college
         ready <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>are able to successfully complete credit-bearing coursework at a two- or four-year
         college <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>or university or other credit-bearing postsecondary program without need for remediation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(q) For purposes of statewide accountability, "cultural competence," "cultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>competency," or "culturally competent" means the ability and will of families and educators <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>to interact effectively with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>backgrounds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.31, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3a. <b>Rollout sites; report.</b> The commissioner of education shall designate up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>six school districts or charter schools as rollout sites.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>(a) The rollout sites should represent urban school districts, suburban school districts,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>nonurban school districts, and charter schools. The commissioner shall designate rollout
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>sites and notify the schools by August 1, 2017, and the designated school districts
         or charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>schools shall have the right to opt in or out as rollout sites by September 1, 2017.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>(b) The commissioner must consult stakeholders and review the American Community <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>Survey to develop recommendations for best practices for disaggregated data. Stakeholders
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>consulted under this paragraph include at least:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>(1) the rollout sites;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>(2) parent groups; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>(3) community representatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>(c) The commissioner shall report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance by February 1, 2018. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>commissioner may research best practices from other states that have disaggregated
         data <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>beyond the requirements of the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>Education Act. The commissioner must consult with the stakeholders on how to measure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>a student's background as an immigrant or a refugee and provide a recommendation in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>report on how to include the data in the statewide rollout. The recommendations may
         address:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>(1) the most meaningful use of disaggregated data, including but not limited to which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>reports should include further disaggregated data;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>(2) collection of additional student characteristics, including but not limited to
         ensuring <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>enhanced enrollment forms:<br />
         		 <a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>(i) provide context and the objective of additional data;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>(ii) are designed to convey respect and acknowledgment of the sensitive nature of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>additional data; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>(iii) are designed to collect data consistent with user feedback;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(3) efficient data-reporting approaches when reporting additional information to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>department;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>(4) the frequency by which districts and schools must update enrollment forms to meet
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>the needs of the state's changing racial and ethnic demographics; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>(5) the criteria for determining additional data. This recommendation should include
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>recommendation for frequency of reviews and updates of the additional data and should
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>also identify the approach of updating any additional census data and data on new
         enrollees. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>This recommendation must consider additional student groups that may face education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>disparities and must take into account maintaining student privacy and providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>nonidentifiable student level data.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b> Student performance data.</b> In developing policies and assessment processes <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>to hold schools and districts accountable for high levels of academic standards under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>120B.021
         </statute_ref>, the commissioner shall aggregate and disaggregate student data over time to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>report summary student performance and growth levels and, under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11, <br />
            		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, clause (2), student learning and outcome data measured at the school, school <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>district, and statewide level. The commissioner shall use the student categories identified
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>and student categories of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>(1) homelessness,;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>(2) ethnicity, under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>(3) race, under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>(4) home language, immigrant, refugee status,;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>(5) English learners under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59</statute_ref>,;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>(6) free or reduced-price lunch,; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>(7) other categories designated by federal law to organize and report the data so that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>state and local policy makers can understand the educational implications of changes
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>districts' demographic profiles over time as data are available.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>Any report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>that performance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>State growth target; other state measures.</b> (a)(1) The state's educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>assessment system measuring individual students' educational growth is based on indicators
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. Indicators
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable statewide or districtwide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>(2) For purposes of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner must analyze and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>report separate categories of information using the student categories identified
         under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and,
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>addition to "other" for each race and ethnicity, and the Karen community, other student <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>categories as determined by the total Minnesota population at or above the 1,000-person
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>threshold based on the most recent decennial census, including ethnicity; race; refugee
         status <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>seven of the most populous Asian and Pacific Islander groups, three of the most populous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>Native groups, seven of the most populous Hispanic/Latino groups, and five of the
         most <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>populous Black and African Heritage groups as determined by the total Minnesota population
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>based on the most recent American Community Survey; English learners under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>124D.59
         </statute_ref>; home language; free or reduced-price lunch; immigrant; and all students enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>in a Minnesota public school who are currently or were previously in foster care,
         except <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>that such disaggregation and cross tabulation is not required if the number of students
         in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results
         would reveal <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>personally identifiable information about an individual student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>(b) The commissioner, in consultation with a stakeholder group that includes assessment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>and evaluation directors, district staff, experts in culturally responsive teaching,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>researchers, must implement a model that uses a value-added growth indicator and includes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>criteria for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate medium and
         high growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.299</statute_ref>, subdivisions 8 and 9, and may recommend other value-added <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>measures under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.299, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The model may be used to advance <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>educators' professional development and replicate programs that succeed in meeting
         students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>diverse learning needs. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are
         personnel <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.43</statute_ref>. The model must allow users to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>(1) report student growth consistent with this paragraph; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>(2) for all student categories, report and compare aggregated and disaggregated state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>student growth and, under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clause (2), student learning and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>outcome data using the student categories identified under the federal Elementary
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and other student categories
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>paragraph (a), clause (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>The commissioner must report measures of student growth and, under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11, <br />
            		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, clause (2), student learning and outcome data, consistent with this paragraph, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>including the English language development, academic progress, and oral academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>development of English learners and their native language development if the native
         language <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>is used as a language of instruction, and include data on all pupils enrolled in a
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted as an
         English <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>learner under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>(c) When reporting student performance under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.36, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>academic and career opportunities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>(1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school graduates
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>in the most recent school year who completed course work important to preparing them
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the core academic
         subjects <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>required for admission to Minnesota's public colleges and universities as determined
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>(2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>120B.021, subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>, or industry certification courses or programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>analyze and report separate categories of information using the student categories
         identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>and other student categories under paragraph (a), clause (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>(d) When reporting student performance under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.36, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2014, must report summary data on school
         safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>and students' engagement and connection at school, consistent with the student categories
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>identified under paragraph (a), clause (2). The summary data under this paragraph
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>separate from and must not be used for any purpose related to measuring or evaluating
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>performance of classroom teachers. The commissioner, in consultation with qualified
         experts <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>on student engagement and connection and classroom teachers, must identify highly
         reliable <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>variables that generate summary data under this paragraph. The summary data may be
         used <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>at school, district, and state levels only. Any data on individuals received, collected,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>created that are used to generate the summary data under this paragraph are nonpublic
         data <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 9</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>(e) For purposes of statewide educational accountability, the commissioner must identify
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>and report measures that demonstrate the success of learning year program providers
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.05</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>, among other such providers, in improving students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>summary data on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>(1) the four- and six-year graduation rates of students under this paragraph;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(2) the percent of students under this paragraph whose progress and performance levels
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.30</statute_ref>, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>1; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>(3) the success that learning year program providers experience in:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>(i) identifying at-risk and off-track student populations by grade;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>(ii) providing successful prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>(iii) providing successful recuperative and recovery or reenrollment strategies for
         off-track <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>students; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>(iv) improving the graduation outcomes of at-risk and off-track students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>The commissioner may include in the annual report summary data on other education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>providers serving a majority of students eligible to participate in a learning year
         program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>(f) The commissioner, in consultation with recognized experts with knowledge and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>experience in assessing the language proficiency and academic performance of all English
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently
         or were <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>previously counted as an English learner under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59</statute_ref>, must identify and report <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>appropriate and effective measures to improve current categories of language difficulty
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>assessments, and monitor and report data on students' English proficiency levels,
         program <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>placement, and academic language development, including oral academic language.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>(g) When reporting four- and six-year graduation rates, the commissioner or school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>district must disaggregate the data by student categories according to paragraph (a),
         clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>(2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>(h) A school district must inform parents and guardians that volunteering information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>on student categories not required by the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>Secondary Education Act is optional and will not violate the privacy of students or
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>families, parents, or guardians. The notice must state the purpose for collecting
         the student <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>data.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>for rollout sites under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.31, subdivision 3a. This
         section is <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later for all other schools.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>School performance reports</b><b> and public reporting</b><b>.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>shall report student academic performance data under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>3; the percentages of students showing low, medium, and high growth under section
         
         <statute_ref>120B.35, <br />
            		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b); school safety and student engagement and connection under <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35</statute_ref>, subdivision 3, paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, <br />
            		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c); the percentage of students under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>college readiness benchmarks under sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.30, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, <br />
            		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (e); longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>disparities in students' academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.861</statute_ref>; the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>academic literacy, including oral academic language, and the academic progress of
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>English learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>or were previously counted as English learners under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59</statute_ref>; two separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent
         with sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>122A.06
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>122A.15 </statute_ref>for purposes of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>salaries; student enrollment demographics; foster care status, including all students
         enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>foster care, student homelessness, and district mobility; and extracurricular activities.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>report also must indicate a school's status under applicable federal law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The school performance report for a school site and a school district must include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department Web <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>site school performance reports consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) (d) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>each school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) (e) A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>the commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>or deny an appeal is final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) (f) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>until the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually
         post <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>school performance reports to the department's public Web site no later than September
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>except that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>shall post the school performance reports no later than October 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.40, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Negotiated unrequested leave of absence.</b> The school board and the exclusive <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>bargaining representative of the teachers may must negotiate a plan providing for unrequested <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>leave of absence without pay or fringe benefits for as many teachers as may be necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>because of discontinuance of position, lack of pupils, financial limitations, or merger
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>classes caused by consolidation of districts. Failing to successfully negotiate such a plan, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>the provisions of subdivision 11 shall apply. The negotiated plan must not include
         provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>which would result in the exercise of seniority by a teacher holding a provisional
         license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>other than a vocational education license, contrary to the provisions of subdivision
         11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>paragraph (c), or the reinstatement of a teacher holding a provisional license, other
         than a <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>vocational education license, contrary to the provisions of subdivision 11, paragraph
         (e). <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>The provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>179A.16</statute_ref> do not apply for the purposes of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14a. <b>Negotiated unrequested leave of absence.</b> The school board and the exclusive <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>bargaining representative of the teachers must negotiate a plan providing for unrequested
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>leave of absence without pay or fringe benefits for as many teachers as may be necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>because of discontinuance of position, lack of pupils, financial limitations, or merger
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>classes caused by consolidation of districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Alternative teacher professional pay system.</b> (a) To participate in this program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>a school district, an intermediate school district consistent with paragraph (d),
         a school site, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>or a charter school must have a world's best workforce plan under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref> and an <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under paragraph (b). A charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>participant also must comply with subdivision 2a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The alternative teacher professional pay system agreement must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) describe how teachers can achieve career advancement and additional compensation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) describe how the school district, intermediate school district, school site, or
         charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>school will provide teachers with career advancement options that allow teachers to
         retain <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused professional development
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>that helps other teachers improve their skills;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) reform the "steps and lanes" salary schedule, prevent any teacher's compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>paid before implementing the pay system from being reduced as a result of participating
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>this system, base at least 60 percent of any compensation increase on teacher performance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>using:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</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.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>standardized assessment outcomes, or both;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) measures of student growth and literacy that may include value-added models or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>student learning goals, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>(9), or 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (9), and other measures that include <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>the academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of English learners
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40</statute_ref>, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clause (10), or 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>paragraph (b), clause (10); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) an objective evaluation program under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>(b), clause (2), or 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) provide for participation in job-embedded learning opportunities such as professional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>learning communities to improve instructional skills and learning that are aligned
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>student needs under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, consistent with the staff development plan under <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>section 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref> and led during the school day by trained teacher leaders such as master or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>mentor teachers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) allow any teacher in a participating school district, intermediate school district,
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>site, or charter school that implements an alternative pay system to participate in
         that system <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>without any quota or other limit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) encourage collaboration rather than competition among teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>(c) The alternative teacher professional pay system may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) include a hiring bonus or other added compensation for to provide students with <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>equitable access to teachers who, consistent with section 120B.11, subdivision 2, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>(3):<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) are identified as effective or highly effective under the local teacher professional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>review cycle and or, when being considered for hire as first-year teachers, have demonstrated <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>skills during student teaching for being highly effective at closing achievement gaps;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) work in a high-need or hard-to-fill position; or<br />
         		 <a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) are hired to work in a hard-to-staff school such as a school with a majority of students <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>whose families meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically isolated school,
         or a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>identified by the state as eligible for targeted programs or services for its students;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) include incentives for teachers to obtain a master's degree or other advanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>certification with at least 18 credits in their content field of licensure required for teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>concurrent enrollment or college in the schools courses, or to pursue the training or education <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>necessary to obtain an additional licensure in shortage areas identified by the district
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>charter school,; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) help fund a "grow your own" Grow Your Own new teacher initiative involving <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>nonlicensed educational professionals, including paraprofessionals and cultural liaisons.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) An intermediate school district under this subdivision must demonstrate in a form
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>and manner determined by the commissioner that it uses the aid it receives under this
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>for activities identified in the alternative teacher professional pay system agreement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.415, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) The basic alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>compensation aid for a school with a plan approved under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>2b
         </statute_ref>, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under subdivision
         1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with a plan approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivisions 2a</statute_ref> and 2b, equals $260 times the number of pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or on October 1 of the current
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of
         the alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all participating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue for those
         districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $75,840,000 for fiscal year 2016
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>$88,118,000 for fiscal year 2017 and later. The commissioner must limit the amount
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>alternative teacher compensation aid approved under this section so as not to exceed
         these <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>limits by not approving new participants or by prorating the aid among participating
         districts, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter schools. The commissioner
         may also <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>reallocate a portion of the allowable aid for the biennium from the second year to
         the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>year to meet the needs of approved participants.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>(c) Basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate district or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>cooperative unit equals $3,000 times the number of licensed teachers employed by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>intermediate district or cooperative unit on October 1 of the previous school year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. <b>[122A.417] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var><b>FOR ST. CROIX RIVER EDUCATION DISTRICT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>Notwithstanding section 122A.415, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), the St. Croix River
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>Education District, No. 6009-61, is eligible to receive alternative teacher compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>revenue based on its staffing as of October 1 of the previous fiscal year as reported
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>department in a manner determined by the commissioner. To qualify for alternative
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>compensation revenue, the St. Croix River Education District must meet all the requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>of sections 122A.414 and 122A.415 that apply to cooperative units, must report its
         staffing <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>as of October 1 of each year to the department in a manner determined by the commissioner,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>and must annually report to the department by November 30 its expenditures for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with the uniform financial
         accounting <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>and reporting standards.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.03, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5a. <b>Lotteries.</b> If a school district has more applications than available seats at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>specific grade level, it must hold an impartial lottery following the January 15 deadline
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>determine which students will receive seats. The district must give priority to enrolling <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>siblings of currently enrolled students, students whose applications are related to an approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>integration and achievement plan, and children of the school district's staff must receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>priority in the lottery., and students residing in that part of a municipality, defined under <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>section 469.1812, subdivision 3, where:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>(1) the student's resident district does not operate a school building;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>(2) the municipality is located partially or fully within the boundaries of at least
         five <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>school districts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>(3) the nonresident district in which the student seeks to enroll operates one or
         more <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>school buildings within the municipality; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>(4) no other nonresident, independent, special, or common school district operates
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>school building within the municipality.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>The process for the school district lottery must be established in school district
         policy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>approved by the school board, and posted on the school district's Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for lotteries conducted beginning July <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>given to them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>industrialization center accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and
         Schools, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>or a private, residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts, degree-granting college
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>university located in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>(b) "Course" means a course or program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>(c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are
         taught by <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>for which the district is eligible to receive concurrent enrollment program aid under
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>124D.091.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Authorization; notification.</b> Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled
         tribal <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</statute_ref>, except a foreign exchange <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an eligible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered
         by that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>postsecondary institution. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th or 10th grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>eligible for aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</statute_ref>, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in a district <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>under subdivision 10, if (1) the school district and the eligible postsecondary institution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>providing the course agree to the student's enrollment or (2) the course is a world
         language <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>course currently available to 11th and 12th grade students, and consistent with section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>120B.022
         </statute_ref> governing world language standards, certificates, and seals. If an institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the institution shall
         send written <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and the commissioner within ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>days of acceptance. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution
         must notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5b. <b>Authorization; 9th or 10th grade pupil.</b> Notwithstanding any other law to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>the contrary, a 9th or 10th grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply
         to enroll <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>in nonsectarian courses offered under subdivision 10, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>(1) the school district and the eligible postsecondary institution providing the course
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>agree to the student's enrollment; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>(2) the course is a world language course currently available to 11th and 12th grade
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>students, and consistent with section 120B.022 governing world language standards,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>certificates, and seals.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Courses according to agreements.</b> (a) An eligible pupil, according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>subdivision 5, may enroll in a nonsectarian course taught by a secondary teacher or
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>postsecondary faculty member and offered at a secondary school, or another location,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>according to an agreement between a public school board and the governing body of
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>eligible public postsecondary system or an eligible private postsecondary institution,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>defined in subdivision 3. All provisions of this section shall apply to a pupil, public
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>board, district, and the governing body of a postsecondary institution, except as
         otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>provided.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>(b) To encourage students, especially American Indian students and students of color,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>to consider teaching as a profession, participating schools, school districts, and
         postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>institutions are encouraged to develop and offer an "Introduction to Teaching" or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>"Introduction to Education" course under this subdivision. An institution that receives
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>grant to develop a course under this paragraph must annually report to the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>in a form and manner determined by the commissioner on the participation rates of
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>in courses under this paragraph, including the number of students who apply for admission
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>to colleges or universities with teacher preparation programs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11a. <b>Access to building and technology.</b> (a) A school district must allow a student <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>enrolled in a course under this section to remain at the school site during regular
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>hours.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>(b) A school district must adopt a policy that provides a student enrolled in a course
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>under this section with reasonable access during regular school hours to a computer
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>other technology resources that the student needs to complete coursework for a postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>enrollment course.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Credits</b><b>; grade point average weighting policy</b><b>.</b> (a) A pupil must not audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>a course under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>(b) A district shall grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for secondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>credit if the pupil successfully completes the course. Seven quarter or four semester
         college <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>credits equal at least one full year of high school credit. Fewer college credits
         may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>prorated. A district must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no comparable
         course is <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>offered by the district, the district must, as soon as possible, notify the commissioner,
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>shall determine the number of credits that shall be granted to a pupil who successfully
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the district, the school
         board shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>grant a comparable number of credits to the pupil. If there is a dispute between the
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>and the pupil regarding the number of credits granted for a particular course, the
         pupil may <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's decision regarding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>the number of credits shall be final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>(c) A school board must adopt a policy regarding weighted grade point averages for
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>high school or dual enrollment course. The policy must state whether the district
         offers <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>weighted grades. A school board must annually publish on its Web site a list of courses
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>which a student may earn a weighted grade.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(d) The secondary credits granted to a pupil must be counted toward the graduation <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>requirements and subject area requirements of the district. Evidence of successful
         completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>of each course and secondary credits granted must be included in the pupil's secondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>school record. A pupil shall provide the school with a copy of the pupil's grade in
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>course taken for secondary credit under this section. Upon the request of a pupil,
         the pupil's <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>secondary school record must also include evidence of successful completion and credits
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>granted for a course taken for postsecondary credit. In either case, the record must
         indicate <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>that the credits were earned at a postsecondary institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>(e) If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>award of credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>(f) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and proprietary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any successfully
         completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>offered according to an agreement under subdivision 10. Consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>135A.101, <br />
            		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, all MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a secondary pupil who <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part
         or all of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls
         in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution certifies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>as completed a secondary student's postsecondary course or program that is part or
         all of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU institution must consider the student's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>course or program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 13. <b>Financial arrangements.</b> For a pupil enrolled in a course under this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>the department must make payments according to this subdivision for courses that were
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>taken for secondary credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>The department must not make payments to a school district or postsecondary institution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>for a course taken for postsecondary credit only. The department must not make payments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>to a postsecondary institution for a course from which a student officially withdraws
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>the first 14 days of the quarter or semester or who has been absent from the postsecondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>institution for the first 15 consecutive school days of the quarter or semester and
         is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>receiving instruction in the home or hospital.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>A postsecondary institution shall receive the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>(1) for an institution granting quarter credit, the reimbursement per credit hour
         shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the formula allowance minus $425,
         multiplied <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>by 1.2, and divided by 45; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>(2) for an institution granting semester credit, the reimbursement per credit hour
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>be an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the general revenue formula allowance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>minus $425, multiplied by 1.2, and divided by 30.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>The department must pay to each postsecondary institution 100 percent of the amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>in clause (1) or (2) within 30 45 days of receiving initial enrollment information each quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>or semester. If changes in enrollment occur during a quarter or semester, the change
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>be reported by the postsecondary institution at the time the enrollment information
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>succeeding quarter or semester is submitted. At any time the department notifies a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>postsecondary institution that an overpayment has been made, the institution shall
         promptly <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>remit the amount due.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 33. <b>[124D.4535] INNOVATIVE DELIVERY OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var><b>EDUCATION PROGRAMS; SHARING OF DISTRICT RESOURCES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; requirements for participation.</b> (a) A program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>established to improve student, career and college readiness, and school outcomes
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>allowing groups of school districts to work together in partnership with local and
         regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>postsecondary institutions and programs, community institutions, and other private,
         public, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>for-profit, and nonprofit workplace partners, to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>(1) provide innovative education programs and activities that integrate core academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>and career and technical subjects in students' programs of study through coordinated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>secondary and postsecondary career and technical programs leading to an industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>certification or other credential;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>(2) provide embedded professional development for program participants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>(3) use performance assessments in authentic settings to measure students' technical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>skills and progress toward attaining an industry certification or other credential;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>(4) efficiently share district, institution, and workplace resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>(b) To participate in this program to improve student, career and college readiness,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>school outcomes, a group of two or more school districts must collaborate with school
         staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>and project partners and receive formal school board approval to form a partnership.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>partnership must develop a plan to provide challenging programmatic options for students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>under paragraph (a); create professional development opportunities for educators and
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>program participants; increase student engagement and connection and challenging learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>opportunities for diverse populations of students that are focused on employability
         skills <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>and technical, job-specific skills related to a specific career pathway; or demonstrate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>efficiencies in delivering financial and other services needed to realize plan goals
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>objectives. The plan must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>(1) collaborative education goals and objectives;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>(2) strategies and processes to implement those goals and objectives, including a
         budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>process with periodic expenditure reviews;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>(3) valid and reliable measures including performance assessments in authentic settings
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>and progress toward attaining an industry certification or other credential, among
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>measures, to evaluate progress in realizing plan goals and objectives;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>(4) an implementation timeline; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>(5) other applicable conditions, regulations, responsibilities, duties, provisions,
         fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>schedules, and legal considerations needed to fully implement the plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>A partnership may invite additional districts or other participants under paragraph
         (a) to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>join the partnership after notifying the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>(c) A partnership of interested districts must submit an application to the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>of education in the form and manner the commissioner determines, consistent with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>requirements of this section. The application must contain the formal approval adopted
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>the school board in each district to participate in the plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a participating school district
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>this section continues to: receive revenue and maintain its taxation authority; be
         organized <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>and governed by an elected school board with general powers under section 123B.02;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>be subject to employment agreements under chapter 122A and section 179A.20; and district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>employees continue to remain employees of the employing school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>(e) Participating districts must submit a biennial report by February 1 in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>odd-numbered year to the education committees of the legislature and the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>education that includes performance assessment, high school graduation, and career
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>technical certification data to show the success of the partnership in preparing diverse
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>populations of students for careers and jobs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Commissioner's role.</b> The commissioner of education must convene an advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>panel to advise the commissioner on applicants' qualifications to participate in this
         program. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>The commissioner must ensure an equitable geographical distribution of program participants
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>to the extent practicable. The commissioner must select only those applicants that
         fully <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>comply with subdivision 1. The commissioner may terminate a program participant that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>fails to effectively implement the goals and objectives contained in its application
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>according to its stated timeline.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>(a) This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>and applies to those applications submitted after that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>(b) Districts already approved for an innovation zone pilot project under Laws 2012,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>chapter 263, section 1, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section
         24, may <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>continue to operate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.68, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Eligible pupils.</b> (a) A pupil under the age of 21 or who meets the requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>120A.20</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), is eligible to participate in the graduation <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>incentives program, if the pupil:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>(1) performs substantially below the performance level for pupils of the same age
         in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>locally determined achievement test;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>(2) is behind in satisfactorily completing coursework or obtaining credits for graduation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>(3) is pregnant or is a parent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>(4) has been assessed as chemically dependent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>(5) has been excluded or expelled according to sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.56</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>(6) has been referred by a school district for enrollment in an eligible program or
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>program pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.69</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>(7) is a victim of physical or sexual abuse;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>(8) has experienced mental health problems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>(9) has experienced homelessness sometime within six months before requesting a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>transfer to an eligible program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>(10) speaks English as a second language or is an English learner; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>(11) has withdrawn from school or has been chronically truant; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>(12) is being treated in a hospital in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>other life threatening illness or is the sibling of an eligible pupil who is being
         currently <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>treated, and resides with the pupil's family at least 60 miles beyond the outside
         boundary <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>of the seven-county metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>(b) For the 2016-2017 school year fiscal years 2017 and 2018 only, a pupil otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>qualifying under paragraph (a) who is at least 21 years of age and not yet 22 years
         of age, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>is an English learner with an interrupted formal education according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59, <br />
            		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>subdivision 2a
         </statute_ref>, and was in an early middle college program during the previous school year <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>is eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>in concurrent enrollment courses offered under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.09, subdivision 10</statute_ref>, and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>funded in the same manner as other pupils under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.695, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var><b>124D.695 APPROVED RECOVERY PROGRAM FUNDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Approved recovery program.</b> "Approved recovery program" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>course of instruction offered by a recovery school that provides academic services,
         assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>with recovery, and continuing care to students recovering from substance abuse or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>dependency. A recovery program may be offered in a transitional academic setting designed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>to meet graduation requirements. A recovery program must be approved by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>of education. The commissioner may specify the manner and form of the application
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>the approval of a recovery school or recovery program. The commissioner must also approve <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>any unreimbursed pupil transportation costs incurred by students participating in
         an approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>recovery program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> (a) An approved recovery program is eligible for an annual recovery <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>program grant of up to $125,000 to pay for a portion of the costs of under this section for <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>recovery program support staff under this section and approved pupil transportation expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>(b) "Recovery program support staff" means licensed alcohol and chemical dependency <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>counselors, licensed school counselors, licensed school psychologists, licensed school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>nurses, and licensed school social workers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124E.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Certain federal, state, and local requirements.</b> (a) A charter school shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>meet all federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school
         districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>and assessments in chapter 120B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A charter school must comply with the Minnesota Public School Fee Law, sections
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>123B.34
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.39</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter
         466.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) A charter school must comply with the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>section 
         <statute_ref>121A.11, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) A charter school and charter school board of directors must comply with chapter
         181 <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>governing requirements for employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) A charter school must comply with continuing truant notification under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>260A.03
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>(h) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer review
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>process under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to (13), and place <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>students in classrooms in accordance with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph
         (d). <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional employment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>rights for teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>(i) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>the world's best workforce.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>(j) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124E.05, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Withdrawal.</b> If the governing board of an approved authorizer votes to withdraw <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>as an approved authorizer for a reason unrelated to any cause under section 
         <statute_ref>124E.10, <br />
            		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, the authorizer must notify all its chartered schools and the commissioner in <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>writing by March 1 of its intent to withdraw as an authorizer on June 30 in the next
         calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>year, regardless of when the authorizer's five-year term of approval ends. Upon notification <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>of the schools and commissioner, the authorizer must provide a letter to the school
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>distribution to families of students enrolled in the school that explains the decision
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>withdraw as an authorizer. The commissioner may approve the transfer of a charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>to a new authorizer under section 
         <statute_ref>124E.10, subdivision 5</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124E.11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var><b>124E.11 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND ENROLLMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) A charter school, including its free preschool or prekindergarten program established <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), may limit admission to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) pupils within an age group or grade level;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) pupils who are eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) residents of a specific geographic area in which the school is located when the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>majority of students served by the school are members of underserved populations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A charter school, including its free preschool or prekindergarten program established <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), shall enroll an eligible pupil who <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>submits a timely application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>program, class, grade level, or building. In this case, pupils must be accepted by
         lot. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>charter school must develop and publish, including on its Web site, a lottery policy
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>process that it must use when accepting pupils by lot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A charter school shall give enrollment preference to a sibling of an enrolled
         pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>and to a foster child of that pupil's parents and may give preference for enrolling
         children <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>of the school's staff before accepting other pupils by lot. A charter school that
         is located in <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>Duluth township in St. Louis County and admits students in kindergarten through grade
         6 <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>must give enrollment preference to students residing within a five-mile radius of
         the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>and to the siblings of enrolled children. A charter school may give enrollment preference
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>to children currently enrolled in the school's free preschool or prekindergarten program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124E.06, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), who are eligible to enroll in kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>in the next school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A person shall not be admitted to a charter school (1) as a kindergarten pupil,
         unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>the pupil is at least five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which
         the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>year for which the pupil seeks admission commences; or (2) as a first grade student,
         unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>the pupil is at least six years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which
         the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>year for which the pupil seeks admission commences or has completed kindergarten;
         except <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>that a charter school may establish and publish on its Web site a policy for admission
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>selected pupils at an earlier age, consistent with the enrollment process in paragraphs
         (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Except as permitted in paragraph (d), a charter school, including its free preschool <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>or prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>(b), may not limit admission to pupils on the basis of intellectual ability, measures
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability and may not establish any criteria or
         requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>for admission that are inconsistent with this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The charter school shall not distribute any services or goods of value to students,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>parents, or guardians as an inducement, term, or condition of enrolling a student
         in a charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) Once a student is enrolled in the school, the student is considered enrolled in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>school until the student formally withdraws or is expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</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.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.56</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>(h) A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled students who are eligible
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>special education services and have a primary disability of deaf or hard-of-hearing
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>paragraph (a), and must comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>Act under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 300.324, subsection (2),
         clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>(iv).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124E.22, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var><b>124E.22 BUILDING LEASE AID.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>(a) When a charter school finds it economically advantageous to rent or lease a building
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>or land for any instructional purpose and it determines that the total operating capital
         revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>commissioner for building lease aid. The commissioner must review and either approve
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>deny a lease aid application using the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>(1) the reasonableness of the price based on current market values;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>(2) the extent to which the lease conforms to applicable state laws and rules; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>(3) the appropriateness of the proposed lease in the context of the space needs and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>financial circumstances of the charter school. The commissioner must approve aid only
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>a facility lease that has (i) a sum certain annual cost and (ii) a closure clause
         to relieve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>charter school of its lease obligations at the time the charter contract is terminated
         or not <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>renewed. The closure clause under item (ii) must not be constructed or construed to
         relieve <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>the charter school of its lease obligations in effect before the charter contract
         is terminated <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>or not renewed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A charter school must not use the building lease aid it receives for custodial,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>maintenance service, utility, or other operating costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The amount of annual building lease aid for a charter school shall not exceed
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>lesser of (1) 90 percent of the approved cost or (2) the product of the charter school building <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>lease aid pupil units served for the current school year times $1,314.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>(d) A charter school's building lease aid pupil units equals the sum of the charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>pupil units under section 126C.05 and the pupil units for the portion of the day that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>charter school's enrolled students are participating in the Postsecondary Enrollment
         Options <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>Act under section 124D.09 and not otherwise included in the pupil count under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>126C.05.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirement.</b> (a) Before a pupil is referred for a special education <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>evaluation, the district must conduct and document at least two instructional strategies,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>alternatives, or interventions using a system of scientific, research-based instruction
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>intervention in academics or behavior, based on the pupil's needs, while the pupil
         is in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>regular classroom. The pupil's teacher must document the results. A special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>evaluation team may waive this requirement when it determines the pupil's need for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>evaluation is urgent. This section may not be used to deny a pupil's right to a special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>education evaluation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A school district shall use alternative intervention services, including the assurance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>of mastery program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.66</statute_ref>, or an early intervening services program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>subdivision 2 to serve at-risk pupils who demonstrate a need for alternative instructional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>strategies or interventions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>(c) A student identified as being unable to read at grade level under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.12</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>subdivision 2, paragraph (a), must be provided with alternate instruction under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>subdivision that is multisensory, systematic, sequential, cumulative, and explicit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 41. <b>[136A.1276] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER PREPARATION GRANT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>(b) "Alternative teacher preparation program" means an alternative teacher preparation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>program under section 122A.245, subdivision 2, or an experimental teacher preparation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>program under section 122A.09, subdivision 10.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>(d) "Program" means a teacher preparation curriculum leading to specific licensure
         areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>(e) "Shortage area" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>(1) licensure fields and economic development regions reported by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>of education as experiencing a teacher shortage; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>(2) economic development regions where there is a shortage of licensed teachers who
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>reflect the racial or ethnic diversity of students in the region.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>(f) "Unit" means an institution or defined subdivision of the institution that has
         primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>responsibility for overseeing and delivering teacher preparation programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Establishment; eligibility.</b> (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>Board of Teaching, must establish and administer a program annually awarding grants
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>eligible alternative teacher preparation programs consistent with this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>(b) To be eligible to receive a grant, an alternative teacher preparation program
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>certify that it:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>(1) is working to fill Minnesota's teacher shortage areas; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>(2) is a school district, charter school, or nonprofit corporation organized under
         chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>317A or under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>education-related purpose that has been operating continuously for at least three
         years in <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>Minnesota or any other state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>(c) The commissioner must give priority to applicants based in Minnesota when awarding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>grants under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Use of grants.</b> (a) An alternative teacher preparation program receiving a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>under this section must use the grant to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>(1) establish initial unit approval to become an alternative teacher preparation program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>(2) expand alternative teacher preparation programs by expanding program approval
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>other licensure areas identified as shortage areas by the commissioner of education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>(3) recruit, select, and train teachers who reflect the racial or ethnic diversity
         of students <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>in Minnesota; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>(4) establish professional development programs for teachers who have obtained teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>licenses through alternative teacher preparation programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>An alternative teacher preparation program may expend grant funds on regional management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>and operations, development, and central support services, including financial support
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>support for technology and human services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>(b) An alternative teacher preparation program may use grant funds awarded under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>section as a match for nonstate funds, subject to paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>(c) Appropriations made to this program do not cancel and are available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Report.</b> An alternative teacher preparation program receiving a grant under <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>this section must submit a report to the commissioner and the Board of Teaching on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>grantee's ability to fill teacher shortage areas and positively impact student achievement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>where data are available and do not identify individual teachers. A grant recipient
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>submit the report required under this subdivision by January 31, 2018, and each <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>even-numbered year thereafter. The report must include disaggregated data regarding:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>(1) the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers and teacher candidates licensed through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>the program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>(2) program participant placement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.1791, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>them in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>(b) "Qualified educational loan" means a government, commercial, or foundation loan
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>for actual costs paid for tuition and reasonable educational and living expenses related
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>teacher's preparation or further education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>(c) "School district" means an independent school district, special school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>intermediate district, education district, special education cooperative, service
         cooperative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>a cooperative center for vocational education, or a charter school located in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>(d) "Teacher" means an individual holding a teaching license issued by the licensing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>division in the Department of Education on behalf of the Board of Teaching who is
         employed <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>by a school district to provide classroom instruction in a teacher shortage area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>(e) "Teacher shortage area" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>(1) the licensure fields and economic development regions reported by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>of education as experiencing a teacher shortage.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>(2) economic development regions where there is a shortage of licensed teachers who
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>reflect the racial or ethnic diversity of students in the region as reported by the
         commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>of education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>(f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education unless
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>indicated otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.1791, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Program established; administration.</b> The commissioner shall establish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>administer a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program. A teacher is eligible for
         the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>if the teacher is teaching in a licensure field and in an economic development region with <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>an identified teacher shortage area under subdivision 3 and complies with the requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.1791, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Annual reporting.</b> By February 1 of each year, the commissioner must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>to the chairs of the K-12 kindergarten through grade 12 and higher education committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>of the legislature on the number of individuals who received loan forgiveness under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>section, the race or ethnicity of the teachers participating in the program, the licensure areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>and economic development regions in which the teachers taught, the average amount
         paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>to a teacher participating in the program, and other summary data identified by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>commissioner as outcome indicators.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 45. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 58, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 58. <b>NORTHWEST REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP</b><b> STATEWIDE</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var><b>CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT </b><b>TEACHER TRAINING </b><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>(b) "Northwest Regional Partnership" means a voluntary association of the Lakes Country
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>Service Cooperative, the Northwest Service Cooperative, and Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>University-Moorhead that works together to provide coordinated higher learning opportunities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>for teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>(c) "State Partnership" means a voluntary association of the Northwest Regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>Partnership and the Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>(d) "Eligible postsecondary institution" means a public or private postsecondary institution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>that awards graduate credits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>(e) "Eligible teacher" means a licensed teacher of secondary school courses for <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>postsecondary credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Establishment.</b> (a) Lakes Country Service Cooperative, in consultation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>the Northwest Service Cooperative, may develop a continuing education program to allow
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>eligible teachers to attain the requisite graduate credits necessary to be qualified
         to teach <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>secondary school courses for postsecondary credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>(b) If established, the State Partnership must contract with one or more eligible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>postsecondary institutions to establish a continuing education credit program to allow
         eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>teachers to attain sufficient graduate credits to qualify to teach secondary school
         courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>for postsecondary credit. Members of the State Partnership must work to eliminate
         duplication <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>of service and develop the continuing education credit program efficiently and <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>cost-effectively.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Curriculum development.</b> Minnesota State University-Moorhead may develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>The continuing education program must use flexible delivery models, such as an online <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>education curriculum to, that allow eligible secondary school teachers to attain graduate <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>credit at a reduced credit rate. Information about the curriculum, including course length <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>and course requirements, must be posted on the Web site of the eligible institution
         offering <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>the course at least two weeks before eligible teachers are required to register for
         courses in <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>the continuing education program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Funding for course development; scholarships; stipends.</b> (a) Lakes Country <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>Service Cooperative, in consultation with the other members of the Northwest Regional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>Partnership, shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>(1) provide funding for course development for up to 18 credits in applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>postsecondary subject areas;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>(2) provide scholarships for eligible teachers to enroll in the continuing education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>(3) develop criteria for awarding educator stipends on a per-credit basis to incentivize
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>participation in the continuing education program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>(b) If established, the State Partnership must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>(1) provide funding for course development for up to 18 credits in applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>postsecondary subject areas;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>(2) provide scholarships for eligible teachers to enroll in the continuing education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>(3) develop criteria for awarding educator stipends on a per-credit basis to incentivize
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>participation in the continuing education program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Participant eligibility.</b> Participation in the continuing education program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>reserved for teachers of secondary school courses for postsecondary credit. Priority
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>be given to teachers employed by a school district that is a member of the Lakes Country
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>Service Cooperative or Northwest Service Cooperative. Teachers employed by a school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>district that is not a member of the Lakes Country Service Cooperative or Northwest
         Service <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>Cooperative may participate in the continuing education program as space allows. A
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>participating in this program is ineligible to participate in other concurrent enrollment
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>training grant programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Private funding.</b> The partnership partnerships may receive private resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>to supplement the available public money. All money received in fiscal year 2017 shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>administered by the Lakes Country Service Cooperative. All money received in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>2018 and later shall be administered by the State Partnership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Report required.</b> (a) The Northwest Regional Partnership must submit an <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>annual a report by January 15 of each year, 2018, on the progress of its activities to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>legislature, commissioner of education, and Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>Colleges and Universities. The annual report shall contain a financial report for the preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>year. The first report is due no later than January 15, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>(b) If established, the State Partnership must submit an annual joint report to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>legislature and the Office of Higher Education by January 15 of each year on the progress
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>of its activities. The report must include the number of teachers participating in
         the program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>the geographic location of the teachers, the number of credits earned, and the subject
         areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>of the courses in which participants earned credit. The report must include a financial
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>for the preceding year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 46. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Education Innovation Partners Cooperative Center.</b> (a) For a matching <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>grant to Education Innovation Partners Cooperative Center, No. 6091-50, to provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>research-based professional development services, on-site training, and leadership
         coaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>to teachers and other school staff:<br />
         		
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            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500,000<br />
                  		90,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td>$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>410,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>(b) $410,000 of the $500,000 appropriation in Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>62, subdivision 7, is canceled to the state general fund on June 30, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>(c) A grant under this subdivision must be matched with money or in-kind contributions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>from nonstate sources. This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 47. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 11, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Student teachers in shortage areas.</b> For transfer to the commissioner of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>Office of Higher Education for the purpose of providing grants to student teachers
         in shortage <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>136A.1275</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.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Of this amount, up to two percent is for administration of the student teacher grant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>program in expectation that the Office of Higher Education will begin to disburse
         grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>no later than September 1, 2017. This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>available until June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 48. <b>AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Grant program established.</b> A grant program is established to support <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the summer
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>high school students in extended programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> The commissioner of education shall develop the form and method <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Grant awards.</b> Grant funding under this section must be matched by funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer employment.
         Grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 40 working days.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals established
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>in the grant application. The Department of Education shall develop the criteria necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>for the reports.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 49. <b>INNOVATION RESEARCH ZONES PILOT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; requirements for participation; research zone plans.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>(a) The innovation research zone pilot program is established to improve student and
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>outcomes consistent with the world's best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>section 120B.11. Innovation zone partnerships allow school districts and charter schools
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>research and implement innovative education programming models designed to better
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>prepare students for the world of the 21st century.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>(b) One or more school districts or charter schools may join together to form an innovation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>zone partnership. The partnership may include other nonschool partners, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>postsecondary institutions, other units of local government, nonprofit organizations,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>for-profit organizations. An innovation zone plan must be collaboratively developed
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>concert with the school's instructional staff.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>(c) An innovation research zone partnership must research and implement innovative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>education programs and models that are based on proposed hypotheses. An innovation
         zone <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>plan may include an emerging practice not yet supported by peer-reviewed research.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>Examples of innovation zone research may include, but are not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>(1) personalized learning, allowing students to excel at their own pace and according
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>their interests, aspirations, and unique needs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>(2) the use of competency outcomes rather than seat time and course completion to
         fulfill <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>standards, credits, and other graduation requirements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>(3) multidisciplinary, real-world, inquiry-based, and student-directed models designed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>to make learning more engaging and relevant, including documenting and validating
         learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>that takes place beyond the school day and school walls;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>(4) models of instruction designed to close the achievement gap, including new models
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>for age three to grade 3 models, English as a second language models, early identification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>and prevention of mental health issues, and others;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>(5) new partnerships between secondary schools and postsecondary institutions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>employers, or career training institutions enabling students to complete industry
         certifications, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>postsecondary education credits, and other credentials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>(6) new methods of collaborative leadership including the expansion of schools where
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>teachers have larger professional roles;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>(7) new ways to enhance parental and community involvement in learning;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>(8) new models of professional development for educators, including embedded <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>professional development; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>(9) new models in other areas such as whole child instruction, social-emotional skill
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>development, technology-based or blended learning, parent and community involvement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>professional development and mentoring, and models that increase the return on investment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>(d) An innovation zone plan submitted to the commissioner must describe:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>(1) how the plan will improve student and school outcomes consistent with the world's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>(2) the role of each partner in the zone;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>(3) the research methodology used for each proposed action in the plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>(4) the exemptions from statutes and rules in subdivision 2 that the research zone
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>partnership will use;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>(5) a description of how teachers and other educational staff from the affected school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>sites will be included in the planning and implementation process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>(6) a detailed description of expected outcomes and graduation standards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>(7) a timeline for implementing the plan and assessing the outcomes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>(8) how results of the plan will be disseminated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>The governing board for each partner must approve the innovation zone plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>(e) Upon unanimous approval of the initial innovation zone partners and approval of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>commissioner of education, the innovation zone partnership may extend membership to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>other partners. A new partner's membership is effective 30 days after the innovation
         zone <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>partnership notifies the commissioner of the proposed change in membership unless
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>commissioner disapproves the new partner's membership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>(f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a school district or charter school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>participating in an innovation zone partnership under this section continues to receive
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>revenue and maintains its taxation authority in the same manner as before its participation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>in the innovation zone partnership. The innovation zone school district and charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>partners remain organized and governed by their respective school boards with general
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>powers under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B or 124E, and remain subject to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>employment agreements under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 122A and 179A. School district
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>and charter school employees participating in an innovation zone partnership remain
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>employees of their respective school district or charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>(g) An innovation zone partnership may submit its plan at any time to the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner must approve
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>or reject the plan after reviewing the recommendation of the Innovation Research Zone
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>Advisory Panel. An initial innovation zone plan that has been rejected by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>may be resubmitted to the commissioner after the innovation zone partnership has modified
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>the plan to meet each individually identified objection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions from laws and rules.</b> (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>contrary, an innovation zone partner with an approved plan is exempt from each of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>following state education laws and rules specifically identified in its plan:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>(1) any law or rule from which a district-created, site-governed school under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>Statutes, section 123B.045, is exempt;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>(2) any statute or rule from which the commissioner has exempted another district
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>charter school, as identified in the list published on the Department of Education's
         Web site <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>under subdivision 4, paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>(3) online learning program approval under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.095, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>subdivision 7, if the school district or charter school offers a course or program
         online <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>combined with direct access to a teacher for a portion of that course or program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>(4) restrictions on extended time revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>subdivision 2a, for a student who meets the criteria of Minnesota Statutes, section
         124D.68, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>subdivision 2; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>(5) any required hours of instruction in any class or subject area for a student who
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>meeting all competencies consistent with the graduation standards described in the
         innovation <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>zone plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>(b) The exemptions under this subdivision must not be construed as exempting an <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>innovation zone partner from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel.</b> (a) The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>establish and convene an Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel to review all innovation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>zone plans submitted for approval.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>(b) The panel must be composed of nine members. One member must be appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>each of the following organizations: Educators for Excellence, Education Minnesota,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals, Minnesota Elementary School
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>Principals' Association, Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Minnesota
         School <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>Boards Association, Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and the Office of Higher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>Education. The commissioner must appoint one member with expertise in evaluation and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>research.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Commissioner approval.</b> (a) Upon recommendation of the Innovation Research <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner may approve up to three innovation zone plans
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>the seven-county metropolitan area and up to three in greater Minnesota. If an innovation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>zone partnership fails to implement its innovation zone plan as described in its application
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>and according to the stated timeline, upon recommendation of the Innovation Research
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner must alert the partnership members and provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>the opportunity to remediate. If implementation continues to fail, the commissioner
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>suspend or terminate the innovation zone plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>(b) The commissioner must publish a list of the exemptions the commissioner has granted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>to a district or charter school on the Department of Education's Web site by July
         1, 2017. <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>The list must be updated annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Project evaluation, dissemination, and report to legislature.</b> Each research <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>zone partnership must submit project data to the commissioner in the form and manner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>provided for in the approved application. At least once every two years, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>must analyze each innovation zone's progress in realizing the objectives of the innovation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.34"></a><var>66.34</var>zone partnership's plan. The commissioner must summarize and categorize innovation
         zone <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>plans and submit a report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>by February 1 of each odd-numbered year in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>3.195.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 50. <b>COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION MUST SUBMIT ESSA PLAN TO </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var><b>LEGISLATURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>ESSA plan.</b> The commissioner of education must submit the state plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>developed pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>by the Every Student Succeeds Act, United States Code, title 20, section 6311, to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>education policy and finance committees of the legislature at least 30 days before
         submitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>the plan to the United States Department of Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Alignment with World's Best Workforce measures.</b> The state plan must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>consistent and aligned, to the extent practicable, with the performance accountability
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>measures required under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11, subdivision 1a, to create
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>single accountability system for all public schools.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Indicators.</b> (a) The school quality or student success accountability indicator <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>required by ESSA must be an academic indicator.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>(b) The state plan may use one of the following indicators for elementary and secondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>schools:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>(1) reading and math growth for students performing in the bottom quartile, as measured
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>on the state accountability assessments, and using growth to proficiency standards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>(2) third grade reading proficiency as measured on the state accountability assessments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>(3) eighth grade mathematics proficiency as measured on the state accountability <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>assessments; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>(4) science proficiency as measured on the state accountability assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>(c) The state plan should use the tenth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>Assessment and eleventh grade mathematics Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment to <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>measure career and college readiness. To the extent practicable, the state plan should
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>use the following information to measure college and career readiness:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>(1) student success or attainment on advanced placement or international baccalaureate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>examinations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>(2) credits under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>(3) industry-recognized certifications.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 51. <b>EDUCATIONAL STABILITY FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A pilot project is established to provide incentives for <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>school districts and county governments to develop partnership agreements and implement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>transportation plans to help keep foster care students enrolled in their school of
         origin when <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>a student is placed in a foster care setting outside the school of origin's boundaries.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Qualifying plans.</b> A school district must submit an application in the form and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>manner prescribed by the commissioner of education to participate in the program.
         To <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>qualify for participation, one or more school districts and the local child welfare
         agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>must have a written interagency agreement that describes the local plan for ensuring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>educational stability for foster care students. The parties to the agreement must
         seek title <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>IV-E reimbursement for eligible students and eligible transportation costs. The plan
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>describe:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>(1) how transportation services will be arranged and provided; and<br />
         		 <a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>(2) how local transportation costs will be paid for if pilot project funds are insufficient
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>to cover all costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Pilot project; funding.</b> The commissioner must reimburse partnerships with <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>qualifying plans under subdivision 2 at the end of the school year based on allowable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>expenditures and reimbursements and compliance with other reporting requirements.
         If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>available appropriation is insufficient to fully fund all qualifying plans, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>may prorate the available funds statewide among all school districts with qualifying
         plans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Report.</b> By February 1, 2018, the commissioner of education shall report on <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>the pilot project to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over early childhood
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>grade 12 education. The report must include, at a minimum, the number of local agreements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>entered into for this project along with the number of school districts and counties
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>participating in the agreements, baseline data showing the number of foster care students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>who were able to remain in their school of origin and the changes in the ratio over
         the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>of the pilot project, data on expenditures for school stability transportation and
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>reimbursements received for the pilot project with a midyear projection of end-of-year
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>and revenues, and projected costs for statewide implementation of the program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 52. <b>FEDERAL EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT FUNDING FOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var><b>SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) ACTIVITIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>School districts are encouraged to use the funding provided for activities to support
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>effective use of technology under Title IV, Part A, of the federal Every Student Succeeds
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>Act for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>(1) mentor-led, hands-on STEM education and engagement with materials that support
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>inquiry-based and active learning;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>(2) student participation in STEM competitions, including robotics competitions; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>(3) mentor-led, classroom-based, after-school activities with informal STEM instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>and education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 53. <b>RURAL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var><b>GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> "Rural career and technical education (CTE) consortium" <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>means a voluntary collaboration of a service cooperative and other regional public
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>private partners, including school districts and higher education institutions, that
         work <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>together to provide career and technical education opportunities within the service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>cooperative's multicounty service area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Establishment.</b> (a) A rural CTE consortium shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>(1) focus on the development of courses and programs that encourage collaboration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>between two or more school districts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>(2) develop new career and technical programs that focus on the industry sectors that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>fuel the rural regional economy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>(3) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>(4) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who attend
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public and private partnerships
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>postsecondary program options;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>(5) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>technical education courses and training opportunities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>(6) provide capital start-up costs for items including but not limited to a mobile
         welding <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial kitchen equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>(b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), a rural CTE consortium may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>(1) address the teacher shortage crisis in career and technical education through
         incentive <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>funding and training programs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>(2) provide transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Rural career and technical education advisory committee.</b> In order to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>eligible for a grant under this section, a service cooperative must establish a rural
         career <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>and technical education advisory committee to advise the cooperative on the administration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>of the rural CTE consortium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Private funding.</b> A rural CTE consortium may receive other sources of funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>to supplement state funding. All funds received shall be administered by the service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>cooperative that is a member of the consortium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Reporting requirements.</b> A rural CTE consortium must submit an annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>report on the progress of its activities to the commissioner of education and the
         legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>committees with jurisdiction over secondary and postsecondary education. The annual
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>must contain a financial report for the preceding fiscal year. The first report is
         due no later <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>than January 15, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Grant recipients.</b>  For fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>award a two-year grant to the consortium that is a collaboration of the Southwest/West
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>Central Service Cooperative (SWWC), Southwest Minnesota State University, Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>West Community and Technical College, Ridgewater College, and other regional public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>and private partners. For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award
         a two-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>grant to an applicant consortium that includes the South Central Service Cooperative
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>Southeast Service Cooperative and a two-year grant to an applicant consortium that
         includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>the Northwest Service Cooperative or Northeast Service Cooperative.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 54. <b>INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var><b>GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>(a) $2,450,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $2,450,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant program to
         fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>innovative projects to improve mental health outcomes for youth attending a qualifying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>school unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>(b) A "qualifying school unit" means an intermediate district organized under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>Statutes, section 136D.01, or a service cooperative organized under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>section 123A.21, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), that provides instruction
         to students <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>in a setting of federal instructional level four or higher. Grants under paragraph
         (a) must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>awarded to eligible applicants such that the services are proportionately provided
         among <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>qualifying school units. The commissioner shall calculate the share of the appropriation
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>be used in each qualifying school unit by dividing the qualifying school unit's average
         daily <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>membership in a setting of federal instructional level 4 or higher for fiscal year
         2016 by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>total average daily membership in a setting of federal instructional level 4 or higher
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>same year for all qualifying school units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>(c) An eligible applicant is an entity that has demonstrated capacity to serve the
         youth <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>identified in paragraph (a) and that is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>(1) certified under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0750 to 9520.0870;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>(2) a community mental health center under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>subdivision 5;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>(3) an Indian health service facility or facility owned and operated by a tribe or
         tribal <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>organization operating under United States Code, title 25, section 5321; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>(4) a provider of children's therapeutic services and supports as defined in Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>Statutes, section 256B.0943.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>(d) An eligible applicant must employ or contract with at least two licensed mental
         health <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>professionals as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, subdivision 27,
         clauses <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>(1) to (6), who have formal training in evidence-based practices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>(e) A qualifying school unit must submit an application to the commissioner in the
         form <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner may approve an application
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>that describes models for innovative projects to serve the needs of the schools and
         students. <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>The commissioner may provide technical assistance to the qualifying school unit. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>commissioner shall then solicit grant project proposals and award grant funding to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>eligible applicants whose project proposals best meet the requirements of this section
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>most closely adhere to the models created by the intermediate districts and service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>cooperatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>(f) To receive grant funding, an eligible applicant must obtain a letter of support
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>applicant's grant project proposal from each qualifying school unit the eligible applicant
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>proposing to serve. An eligible applicant must also demonstrate the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>(1) the ability to seek third-party reimbursement for services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>(2) the ability to report data and outcomes as required by the commissioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>(3) the existence of partnerships with counties, tribes, substance use disorder providers,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>and mental health service providers, including providers of mobile crisis services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>(g) Grantees shall obtain all available third-party reimbursement sources as a condition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>of receiving grant funds. For purposes of this grant program, a third-party reimbursement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>source does not include a public school as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
         120A.20, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>(h) The base budget for this program is $0. This appropriation is available until
         June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>2020.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 55. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Achievement and integration aid.</b> For achievement and integration aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>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.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">71,114,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">73,117,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $6,725,000 for 2017 and $64,389,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $7,154,000 for 2018 and $65,963,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Literacy incentive aid.</b> For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>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.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">47,264,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">47,763,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $4,597,000 for 2017 and $42,667,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $4,740,000 for 2018 and $43,023,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</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.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,337,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,075,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Tribal contract schools.</b> For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>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.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,983,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,930,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $323,000 for 2017 and $1,660,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $184,000 for 2018 and $1,746,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>American Indian education aid.</b> For American Indian education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>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.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,244,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,464,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $886,000 for 2017 and $8,358,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $928,000 for 2018 and $8,536,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Early childhood literacy programs.</b> (a) For early childhood literacy programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>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.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,125,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,125,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>(b) Up to $6,125,000 each year is for leveraging federal and private funding to support
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota reading corps program established by <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>ServeMinnesota, including costs associated with training and teaching early literacy
         skills <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>to children ages three to grade 3 and evaluating the impact of the program under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>Statutes, sections 124D.38, subdivision 2, and 124D.42, subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>(d) The base for fiscal year 2020 is $7,125,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Concurrent enrollment program.</b> For concurrent enrollment programs under <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>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.73.26"></a><var>73.26</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>aid payment to each district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Expanded concurrent enrollment grants.</b> For grants to institutions offering <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" college in the schools courses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):<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.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">375,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">375,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount to monitor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>and administer the grant program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>ServeMinnesota program.</b> For funding ServeMinnesota programs under <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</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.74.10"></a><var>74.10</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>coverage is not otherwise available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <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.74.16"></a><var>74.16</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>(a) $46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>(b) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>(c) $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>secondary and postsecondary).<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>(d) $193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations
         (FFA, <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>PAS).<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>(e) $142,000 in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is for student organizations serving family
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>and consumer science occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>3505.1000, subparts 28 and 31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>serve students younger than grade 9. Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the amount is
         $185,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>(f) $109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations
         (DECA <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>and DECA collegiate).<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>(g) $40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>(h) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>(i) The base for fiscal year 2020 and later is $768,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Museums and education centers.</b> For grants to museums and education <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</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.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">460,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">460,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>(a) $319,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of the amount in this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>paragraph, $50,000 in each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum, Rochester.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>(b) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>(c) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>(d) $50,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 13. <b>Minnesota Center for the Book programming.</b> For grants to the entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:<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.75.16"></a><var>75.16</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>The base for fiscal year 2020 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14. <b>Singing-based pilot program to improve student reading.</b> (a) For a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>to pilot a research-supported, computer-based educational program that uses singing
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>improve the reading ability of students in grades 2 through 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.75.22"></a><var>75.22</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>(b) The commissioner of education shall award a grant to the Rock 'n' Read Project
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>implement a research-supported, computer-based educational program that uses singing
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>improve the reading ability of students in grades 2 through 5. The grantee shall be
         responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>for selecting participating school sites; providing any required hardware and software,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>including software licenses, for the duration of the grant period; providing technical
         support, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>training, and staff to install required project hardware and software; providing on-site
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>professional development and instructional monitoring and support for school staff
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>students; administering preintervention and postintervention reading assessments;
         evaluating <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>the impact of the intervention; and other project management services as required.
         To the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>extent practicable, the grantee must select participating schools in urban, suburban,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>greater Minnesota, and give priority to schools in which a high proportion of students
         do <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>not read proficiently at grade level and are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>(c) By February 15, 2019, the grantee must submit a report detailing expenditures
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>outcomes of the grant to the commissioner of education and the chairs and ranking
         minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>grade 12 education policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>(d) This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 15. <b>Starbase MN.</b> (a) For a grant to Starbase MN for a rigorous science, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>6 with a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</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.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 1,398,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>base for fiscal year 2020 is $500,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) All unspent funds, estimated at $898,000 from the Starbase MN appropriation under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 17,
         are canceled <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 16. <b>Recovery program grants.</b> For recovery program grants under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>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.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 17. <b>Minnesota math corps program.</b> For the Minnesota math corps program <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</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.76.26"></a><var>76.26</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 18. <b>Civic education grants.</b> For grants to the Minnesota Civic Education Coalition, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>Minnesota Civic Youth, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA Youth in <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>Government to provide civic education programs for Minnesota youth age 18 and younger.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>Civic education is the study of constitutional principles and the democratic foundation
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>our national, state, and local institutions, and the study of political processes
         and structures <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>of government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government under the
         rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>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.77.4"></a><var>77.4</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>budget base for this program is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 19. <b>Minnesota Principals Academy.</b> (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>Academy:<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.77.11"></a><var>77.11</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>from schools designated as priority schools by the commissioner of education. To the
         extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>funds are available, the Department of Education must use up to $200,000 of federal
         Title <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by principals
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>priority schools.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 20. <b>Educational stability for students living in foster care.</b> For a pilot project <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>to promote educational stability for students living in foster care:<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.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>Up to five percent of the appropriation may be used for state and local administrative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>costs such as reporting, technical support, and establishing a Title IV-E reimbursement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>claiming process. This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available
         until June <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 21. <b>Charter school building lease aid.</b> For building lease aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>Statutes, section 124E.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.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">73,204,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">78,648,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $6,850,000 for 2017 and $66,354,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $7,372,000 for 2018 and $74,276,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 22. <b>Race 2 Reduce.</b> (a) For grants to support expanded Race 2 Reduce water <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</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.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">307,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>(b) $143,000 is for H2O for Life; $98,000 is for Independent School District No. 624,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>White Bear Lake; and $66,000 is for Independent School District No. 832, Mahtomedi.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>(c) The appropriation is available until June 30, 2019. The base for fiscal year 2020
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>$0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 23. <b>Paraprofessional pathway to teacher licensure.</b> (a) For grants to school <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>districts for Grow Your Own new teacher programs:<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.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>(b) The grants are for school districts with more than 30 percent minority students
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>a Board of Teaching-approved nonconventional teacher residency pilot program. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>program must provide tuition scholarships or stipends to enable school district employees
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>or community members affiliated with a school district who seek an education license
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>participate in a nonconventional teacher preparation program. School districts that
         receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>funds under this subdivision are strongly encouraged to recruit candidates of color
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>American Indian candidates to participate in the Grow Your Own new teacher programs.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>Districts or schools providing financial support may require a commitment as determined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>by the district to teach in the district or school for a reasonable amount of time
         that does <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>not exceed five years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>(c) Programs must annually report to the commissioner by the date determined by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>commissioner on their activities under this section, including the number of participants,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>the percentage of participants who are of color or who are American Indian, and an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>assessment of program effectiveness, including participant feedback, areas for improvement,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>the percentage of participants continuing to pursue teacher licensure, and the number
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>participants hired in the school or district as teachers after completing preparation
         programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>(d) The department may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>and administer the grant program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 24. <b>Statewide testing and reporting system.</b> For the statewide testing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</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.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,892,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,892,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 25. <b>College entrance examination reimbursement.</b> To reimburse districts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>students who qualify under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>(e), for payment of their college entrance examination fee:<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.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,511,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,511,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>The commissioner must reimburse school districts for their costs of one-time payments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>to free or reduced-price meal eligible students who take the ACT or SAT test under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 26. <b>Alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> For alternative teacher compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>aid 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.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">89,863,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">89,623,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $8,917,000 for 2017 and $80,946,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $8,993,000 for 2018 and $80,630,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 27. <b>Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color program </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var><b>grants.</b> (a) For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color program 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.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>(b) Grants shall be awarded in equal amounts: $195,000 each year is for the Southeast
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>Asian Teacher program at Concordia University, St. Paul; $195,000 each year is for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>Collaborative Urban Educator program at the University of St. Thomas; $195,000 each
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>is for the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching at Hamline University; and $195,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>each year is for the East Africa Student to Teacher program at Augsburg College.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>(c) By January 15 of each year, each institution shall prepare for the legislature
         a detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>report regarding the funds used to recruit, retain, and induct teacher candidates
         who are of <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>color or who are American Indian. The report must include the total number of teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>candidates of color, disaggregated by race or ethnic group, who are recruited to the
         institution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>are newly admitted to the licensure program, are enrolled in the licensure program,
         have <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>completed student teaching, have graduated, and are licensed and newly employed as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>Minnesota teachers in their licensure field. The total number of teacher candidates
         who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>of color or who are American Indian at each stage from recruitment to licensed teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>must be reported as a percentage of total candidates seeking the same licensure at
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>institution. The report must include the graduation rate for each cohort of teacher
         candidates, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>the placement rate for each graduating cohort of teacher candidates, and the retention
         rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>for each graduating cohort of teacher candidates, among other program outcomes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>(d) The commissioner must establish a competitive grant process to award $220,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>each year to Board of Teaching-approved teacher preparation programs, including alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>teacher preparation programs. The competitive process must award grants based on program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>benchmarks, including licensure rates, participation rates, and on-time graduation
         rates.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>(e) For fiscal year 2020 and later, the commissioner must award all collaborative
         urban <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>educator grants through the competitive grant program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>(f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 28. <b>Examination fees; teacher training and support programs.</b> (a) For students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>120B.13, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and the training and related costs for teachers and <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>120B.13, 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.80.18"></a><var>80.18</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the
         amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>of the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>each program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>120B.13, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, at least $500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.34"></a><var>80.34</var>families under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>120B.13, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and to the extent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>available appropriations, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for
         an advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 29. <b>Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var><b>offerings.</b> For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:<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.81.8"></a><var>81.8</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 30. <b>Agricultural educator grants.</b> For agricultural educator grants under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>48:<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.81.13"></a><var>81.13</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 31. <b>American Indian teacher preparation grants.</b> For joint grants to assist <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</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.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">460,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">460,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 32. <b>African American Registry.</b> (a) For grants to the African American Registry <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>for the Teacher's Forum:<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.81.22"></a><var>81.22</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>(b) The African American Registry must use the grant funds to establish partnerships
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>with Metropolitan State University and the University of St. Thomas to improve the
         cultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>competency of candidates seeking a first teaching license. By January 15 of each year,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>African American Registry shall submit to the legislature a detailed report regarding
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>funds used. The report must include the number of teachers prepared. The base in fiscal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>year 2020 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 33. <b>Rural career and technical education consortium.</b> (a) For rural career and <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>technical education consortium 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.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>This appropriation is available until June 30, 2022. If the appropriation in the first
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>is insufficient, the 2019 appropriation is available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>(b) The base in fiscal year 2020 is $3,000,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 34. <b>Sanneh Foundation.</b> (a) For a grant to the Sanneh Foundation to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>all-day, in-school, and before- and after-school academic and behavioral interventions
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>low-performing and chronically absent students with a focus on low-income students
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>students of color throughout the school year and during the summer to decrease absenteeism,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>encourage school engagement, and improve grades and graduation rates.<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.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>(b) Funds appropriated in this section must be used to establish and provide services
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>schools where the Sanneh Foundation does not currently operate, and must not be used
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>programs operating in schools as of June 30, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>(c) This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel
         but is <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 35. <b>Alternative teacher preparation grant program.</b> (a) For transfer to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for alternative teacher preparation
         program <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.1276:<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.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td>$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 36. <b>Teacher shortage loan forgiveness.</b> (a) For transfer to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>the Office of Higher Education for the loan forgiveness program under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>section 136A.1791:<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.82.24"></a><var>82.24</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>(b) The commissioner may use no more than three percent of this appropriation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>administer the program under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 37. <b>Statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program.</b> For the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter
         189, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>article 25, section 58, as amended:<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.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">375,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">375,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 56. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 122A.40, subdivision 11; and 122A.41, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>14, are repealed effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var><b>TEACHERS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 1. <b>[122A.627] POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>"Positive behavioral interventions and supports" or "PBIS" means an evidence-based
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>framework for preventing problem behavior, providing instruction and support for positive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>and prosocial behaviors, and supporting social, emotional, and behavioral needs for
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>students. Schoolwide implementation of PBIS requires training, coaching, and evaluation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>for school staff to consistently implement the key components that make PBIS effective
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>all students, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>(1) establishing, defining, teaching, and practicing three to five positively stated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>schoolwide behavioral expectations that are representative of the local community
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>cultures;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>(2) developing and implementing a consistent system used by all staff to provide positive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>feedback and acknowledgment for students who display schoolwide behavioral expectations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>(3) developing and implementing a consistent and specialized support system for students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>who do not display behaviors representative of schoolwide positive expectations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>(4) developing a system to support decisions based on data related to student progress,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>effective implementation of behavioral practices, and screening for students requiring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>additional behavior supports;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>(5) using a continuum of evidence-based interventions that is integrated and aligned
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>support academic and behavioral success for all students; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>(6) using a team-based approach to support effective implementation, monitor progress,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>and evaluate outcomes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>Consistent with section 120B.232, subdivision 1, character education curriculum and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>programs may be used to support implementation of the key components of PBIS.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var><b>SPECIAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.0941, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var><b>125A.0941 DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>(a) The following terms have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>(b) "Emergency" means a situation where immediate intervention is needed to protect
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>a child or other individual from physical injury. Emergency does not mean circumstances
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>such as: a child who does not respond to a task or request and instead places his
         or her head <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>on a desk or hides under a desk or table; a child who does not respond to a staff
         person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>request unless failing to respond would result in physical injury to the child or
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>individual; or an emergency incident has already occurred and no threat of physical
         injury <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>currently exists.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>(c) "Physical holding" means physical intervention intended to hold a child immobile
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>or limit a child's movement, where body contact is the only source of physical restraint,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>where immobilization is used to effectively gain control of a child in order to protect
         a child <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>or other individual from physical injury. The term physical holding does not mean
         physical <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>contact that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>(1) helps a child respond or complete a task;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>(2) assists a child without restricting the child's movement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>(3) is needed to administer an authorized health-related service or procedure; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>(4) is needed to physically escort a child when the child does not resist or the child's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>resistance is minimal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>(d) "Positive behavioral interventions and supports" means interventions and strategies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>to improve the school environment and teach children the skills to behave appropriately, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>including the key components under section 122A.627.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>(e) "Prone restraint" means placing a child in a face down position.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>(f) "Restrictive procedures" means the use of physical holding or seclusion in an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>emergency. Restrictive procedures must not be used to punish or otherwise discipline
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>child.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>(g) "Seclusion" means confining a child alone in a room from which egress is barred.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>Egress may be barred by an adult locking or closing the door in the room or preventing
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>child from leaving the room. Removing a child from an activity to a location where
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>child cannot participate in or observe the activity is not seclusion.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Nonresident tuition rate; other costs.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2015 and later, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil with
         a disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref> outside the district of residence, excluding a pupil for whom <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>7
         </statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the resident district must
         be reduced <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>the pupil, including a proportionate amount for special transportation, plus (2) the
         amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local optional
         aid and <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident
         district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity
         revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>125A.76 
         </statute_ref>received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives special instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school
         day, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid, excluding portions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>attributable to district and school administration, district support services, operations
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, attributable to that
         pupil for <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of
         the regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>classroom, calculated using the resident district's average general education revenue
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit excluding basic skills revenue,
         elementary <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue and the serving district's basic skills
         revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils served by a cooperative unit without
         a fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>agent school district, the general education revenue and referendum equalization aid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident district's average general
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>education revenue and referendum equalization aid excluding compensatory revenue,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity revenue. Special education aid
         paid to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>the district or cooperative providing special instruction and services for the pupil
         must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district.
         If the resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full adjustment, the
         remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124E.21, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, provides special instruction and services for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>pupil with a disability as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, excluding a pupil for whom an <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>7
         </statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must
         be reduced <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter school
         received <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124E.21, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), special education <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services for the
         pupil must <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>to (d):<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) an intermediate district or a special education cooperative may recover unreimbursed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>costs of serving pupils with a disability, including building lease, debt service,
         and indirect <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>costs necessary for the general operation of the organization, by billing membership
         fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>and nonmember access fees to the resident district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>education and related services, a site approved under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.515</statute_ref>, an intermediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>district, a site constructed according to Laws 1992, chapter 558, section 7, subdivision 7,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>to meet the educational needs of court-placed adolescents, or a special education cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an additional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with a disability;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the billing under clause (1) or application under clause (2) must include a description
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>of the costs and the calculations used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be
         charged <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>to the resident district. Amounts approved by the commissioner under clause (2) must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>included in the aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>paragraphs (b) to (d), as applicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) For purposes of this subdivision and section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47</statute_ref>, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>"general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means the sum of the general
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>education revenue according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, excluding the local optional <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>levy according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 2e</statute_ref>, paragraph (c), plus the referendum <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>equalization aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17</statute_ref>, subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Third-party reimbursement.</b> (a) Beginning July 1, 2000, districts shall seek <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>reimbursement from insurers and similar third parties for the cost of services provided
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>the district whenever the services provided by the district are otherwise covered
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>child's health coverage. Districts shall request, but may not require, the child's
         family to <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>provide information about the child's health coverage when a child with a disability
         begins <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>to receive services from the district of a type that may be reimbursable, and shall
         request, <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>but may not require, updated information after that as needed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>(b) For children enrolled in medical assistance under chapter 256B or MinnesotaCare
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>under chapter 256L who have no other health coverage, a district shall provide an
         initial <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>and annual written notice to the enrolled child's parent or legal representative of
         its intent <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>to seek reimbursement from medical assistance or MinnesotaCare for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>(1) the evaluations required as part of the individualized education program process or <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>individualized family service plan process; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>(2) health-related services provided by the district according to the individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>education program or individualized family service plan.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>The initial notice must give the child's parent or legal representative the right
         to request a <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>copy of the child's education records on the health-related services that the district
         provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>to the child and disclosed to a third-party payer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>(c) The district shall give the parent or legal representative annual written notice
         of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>(1) the district's intent to seek reimbursement from medical assistance or MinnesotaCare
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>for evaluations required as part of the individualized education program process or <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>individualized family service plan process, and for health-related services provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>district according to the individualized education program or individualized family service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>(2) the right of the parent or legal representative to request a copy of all records
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>concerning individualized education program or individualized family service plan
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>health-related services disclosed by the district to any third party; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>(3) the right of the parent or legal representative to withdraw consent for disclosure
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>a child's records at any time without consequence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var>The written notice shall be provided as part of the written notice required by Code
         of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var>Regulations, title 34, section 300.504 or 303.520. The district must ensure that the
         parent <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>of a child with a disability is given notice, in understandable language, of federal
         and state <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>procedural safeguards available to the parent under this paragraph and paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>(d) In order to access the private health care coverage of a child who is covered
         by private <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>health care coverage in whole or in part, a district must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>(1) obtain annual written informed consent from the parent or legal representative,
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>compliance with subdivision 5; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>(2) inform the parent or legal representative that a refusal to permit the district
         or state <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>Medicaid agency to access their private health care coverage does not relieve the
         district of <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>its responsibility to provide all services necessary to provide free and appropriate
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>education at no cost to the parent or legal representative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>(e) If the commissioner of human services obtains federal approval to exempt covered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>individualized education program or individualized family service plan health-related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>services from the requirement that private health care coverage refuse payment before
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>medical assistance may be billed, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) shall also apply to
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>with a combination of private health care coverage and health care coverage through
         medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>assistance or MinnesotaCare.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>(f) In the event that Congress or any federal agency or the Minnesota legislature
         or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>state agency establishes lifetime limits, limits for any health care services, cost-sharing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>provisions, or otherwise provides that individualized education program or individualized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>family service plan health-related services impact benefits for persons enrolled in
         medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>assistance or MinnesotaCare, the amendments to this subdivision adopted in 2002 are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>repealed on the effective date of any federal or state law or regulation that imposes
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>limits. In that event, districts must obtain informed consent consistent with this
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>as it existed prior to the 2002 amendments and subdivision 5, before seeking reimbursement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>for children enrolled in medical assistance under chapter 256B or MinnesotaCare under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>chapter 256L who have no other health care coverage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.515, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var><b>125A.515 PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS; APPROVAL OF EDUCATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Approval of </b><b>on-site </b><b>education programs.</b> The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var>approve on-site education programs for placement of children and youth in residential
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.33"></a><var>88.33</var>facilities including detention centers, before being licensed by the Department of
         Human <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>Services or the Department of Corrections. Education programs in these facilities
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>conform to state and federal education laws including the Individuals with Disabilities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>Education Act (IDEA). This section applies only to placements in children's residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Corrections.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>For purposes of this section, "on-site education program" means the educational services
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>provided directly on the grounds of the care and treatment children's residential facility to <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>children and youth placed for care and treatment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Responsibilities for providing education.</b> (a) The district in which the children's <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>residential facility is located must provide education services, including special
         education <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>if eligible, to all students placed in a facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>(b) For education programs operated by the Department of Corrections, the providing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>district shall be the Department of Corrections. For students remanded to the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>of corrections, the providing and resident district shall be the Department of Corrections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3a. <b>Students without a disability from other states.</b> A school district is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>required to provide education services under this section to a student who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>(1) is not a resident of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>(2) does not have an individualized education program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>(3) does not have a tuition arrangement or agreement to pay the cost of education
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>the placing authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Education services required.</b> (a) Education services must be provided to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>student beginning within three business days after the student enters the care and treatment <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>children's residential facility. The first four days of the student's placement may be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>screen the student for educational and safety issues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>(b) If the student does not meet the eligibility criteria for special education, regular
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>education services must be provided to that student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Education programs for students placed in </b><b>children's </b><b>residential facilities.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>(a) When a student is placed in a children's residential facility approved under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>that has an on-site education program, the providing district, upon notice from the
         care and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>treatment children's residential facility, must contact the resident district within one business <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>day to determine if a student has been identified as having a disability, and to request
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>least the student's transcript, and for students with disabilities, the most recent
         individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>education program (IEP) and evaluation report, and to determine if the student has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>identified as a student with a disability. The resident district must send a facsimile copy to <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>the providing district within two business days of receiving the request.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>(b) If a student placed under this section has been identified as having a disability
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>has an individualized education program in the resident district:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>(1) the providing agency must conduct an individualized education program meeting
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>reach an agreement about continuing or modifying special education services in accordance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>with the current individualized education program goals and objectives and to determine
         if <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>additional evaluations are necessary; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>(2) at least the following people shall receive written notice or documented phone
         call <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>to be followed with written notice to attend the individualized education program
         meeting:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>(i) the person or agency placing the student;<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>(ii) the resident district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>(iii) the appropriate teachers and related services staff from the providing district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>(iv) appropriate staff from the children's residential facility;<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>(v) the parents or legal guardians of the student; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>(vi) when appropriate, the student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>(c) For a student who has not been identified as a student with a disability, a screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>must be conducted by the providing districts as soon as possible to determine the
         student's <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>educational and behavioral needs and must include a review of the student's educational
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>records.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Exit report summarizing educational progress.</b> If a student has been placed <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>in a facility under this section for 15 or more business days, the providing district
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>prepare an exit report summarizing the regular education, special education, evaluation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>educational progress, and service information and must send the report to the resident
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>and the next providing district if different, the parent or legal guardian, and any
         appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>social service agency. For students with disabilities, this report must include the
         student's <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>IEP.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Minimum educational services required.</b> When a student is placed in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>children's residential facility approved under this section, at a minimum, the providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>district is responsible for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>(1) the education necessary, including summer school services, for a student who is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>performing at grade level as indicated in the education record or IEP; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>(2) a school day, of the same length as the school day of the providing district,
         unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>the unique needs of the student, as documented through the IEP or education record
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>consultation with treatment providers, requires an alteration in the length of the
         school day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Placement, services, and due process.</b> When a student's treatment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>educational needs allow, education shall be provided in a regular educational setting.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>determination of the amount and site of integrated services must be a joint decision
         between <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>the student's parents or legal guardians and the treatment and education staff. When
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>applicable, educational placement decisions must be made by the IEP team of the providing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>district. Educational services shall be provided in conformance with the least restrictive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>environment principle of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The providing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>district and care and treatment children's residential facility shall cooperatively develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>discipline and behavior management procedures to be used in emergency situations that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>comply with the Minnesota Pupil Fair Dismissal Act and other relevant state and federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>laws and regulations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Reimbursement for education services.</b> (a) Education services provided to <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>students who have been placed under this section are reimbursable in accordance with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>special education and general education statutes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>(b) Indirect or consultative services provided in conjunction with regular education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>prereferral interventions and assessment provided to regular education students suspected
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>of being disabled and who have demonstrated learning or behavioral problems in a screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>are reimbursable with special education categorical aids.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>(c) Regular education, including screening, provided to students with or without <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>disabilities is not reimbursable with special education categorical aids.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Students unable to attend school but not covered under this section.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>Students who are absent from, or predicted to be absent from, school for 15 consecutive
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>intermittent days, and placed at home or in facilities not licensed by the Departments
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>Corrections or Human Services are entitled to regular and special education services
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>consistent with this section or Minnesota Rules, part 3525.2325. These students include <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>students with and without disabilities who are home due to accident or illness, in
         a hospital <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>or other medical facility, or in a day treatment center.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.74, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Eligibility.</b> A district may enroll as a provider in the medical assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.33"></a><var>91.33</var>program and receive medical assistance payments for covered evaluations and special <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>education services provided to persons eligible for medical assistance under chapter
         256B. <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>To receive medical assistance payments, the district must pay the nonfederal share
         of medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>assistance services provided according to section 
         <statute_ref>256B.0625, subdivision 26</statute_ref>, and comply <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>with relevant provisions of state and federal statutes and regulations governing the
         medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>assistance program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.76, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2c. <b>Special education aid.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2016 and later, a district's special <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>education aid equals the sum of the district's special education initial aid under
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>2a and the district's excess cost aid under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.79, subdivision 5</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016, the special education aid
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>school district must not exceed the sum of the special education aid the district
         would have <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.76 </statute_ref>and 
         <statute_ref>125A.79</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.11</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>7
         </statute_ref>, and the product of the district's average daily membership served and the special
         education <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>aid increase limit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later, the special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>aid for a school district must not exceed the sum of: (i) the product of the district's
         average <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>daily membership served and the special education aid increase limit and (ii) the
         product <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>of the sum of the special education aid the district would have received for fiscal
         year 2016 <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>125A.79</statute_ref>, as adjusted according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.11</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, the ratio of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>district's average daily membership served for the current fiscal year to the district's
         average <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>daily membership served for fiscal year 2016, and the program growth factor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016 and later the special education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>aid for a school district, not including a charter school or cooperative unit as defined
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123A.24</statute_ref>, must not be less than the lesser of (1) the district's nonfederal special <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>education expenditures for that fiscal year or (2) the product of the sum of the special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota
         Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>2012, sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>125A.79</statute_ref>, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.11</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, the ratio of the district's adjusted daily <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>membership for the current fiscal year to the district's average daily membership
         for fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>year 2016, and the program growth factor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>(e) Notwithstanding subdivision 2a and section 
         <statute_ref>125A.79</statute_ref>, a charter school in its first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>of operation shall generate special education aid based on current year data. A newly
         formed <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>cooperative unit as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123A.24</statute_ref> may apply to the commissioner for approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>to generate special education aid for its first year of operation based on current
         year data, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>with an offsetting adjustment to the prior year data used to calculate aid for programs
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>participating school districts or previous cooperatives that were replaced by the
         new <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>cooperative. The department shall establish procedures to adjust the prior year data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>fiscal year 2016 old formula aid used in calculating special education aid to exclude
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>that have been eliminated for districts where programs have closed or where a substantial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>portion of the program has been transferred to a cooperative unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>(f) The department shall establish procedures through the uniform financial accounting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>and reporting system to identify and track all revenues generated from third-party
         billings <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>as special education revenue at the school district level; include revenue generated
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>third-party billings as special education revenue in the annual cross-subsidy report;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>exclude third-party revenue from calculation of excess cost aid to the districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, subdivision 26, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 26. <b>Special education services.</b> (a) Medical assistance covers evaluations necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>in making a determination for eligibility for individualized education program and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>individualized family service plan services and for medical services identified in a recipient's <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>individualized education program and individualized family service plan and covered under <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>the medical assistance state plan. Covered services include occupational therapy,
         physical <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>therapy, speech-language therapy, clinical psychological services, nursing services,
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>psychological services, school social work services, personal care assistants serving
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>management aides, assistive technology devices, transportation services, health assessments,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>and other services covered under the medical assistance state plan. Mental health
         services <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>eligible for medical assistance reimbursement must be provided or coordinated through
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>children's mental health collaborative where a collaborative exists if the child is
         included <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>in the collaborative operational target population. The provision or coordination
         of services <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>does not require that the individualized education program be developed by the collaborative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>The services may be provided by a Minnesota school district that is enrolled as a
         medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>assistance provider or its subcontractor, and only if the services meet all the requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.33"></a><var>93.33</var>otherwise applicable if the service had been provided by a provider other than a school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.34"></a><var>93.34</var>district, in the following areas: medical necessity, physician's orders, documentation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>personnel qualifications, and prior authorization requirements. The nonfederal share
         of costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>for services provided under this subdivision is the responsibility of the local school
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.74</statute_ref>. Services listed in a child's individualized education program <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>are eligible for medical assistance reimbursement only if those services meet criteria
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>federal financial participation under the Medicaid program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>(b) Approval of health-related services for inclusion in the individualized education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>program does not require prior authorization for purposes of reimbursement under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>chapter. The commissioner may require physician review and approval of the plan not
         more <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>than once annually or upon any modification of the individualized education program
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>reflects a change in health-related services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>(c) Services of a speech-language pathologist provided under this section are covered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390, subpart 1, item L, if the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>(1) holds a masters degree in speech-language pathology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>(2) is licensed by the Minnesota Board of Teaching as an educational speech-language
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>pathologist; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>(3) either has a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech and Hearing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>Association, has completed the equivalent educational requirements and work experience
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>necessary for the certificate or has completed the academic program and is acquiring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>supervised work experience to qualify for the certificate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>(d) Medical assistance coverage for medically necessary services provided under other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>subdivisions in this section may not be denied solely on the basis that the same or
         similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>services are covered under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>(e) The commissioner shall develop and implement package rates, bundled rates, or
         per <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>diem rates for special education services under which separately covered services
         are grouped <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>together and billed as a unit in order to reduce administrative complexity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>(f) The commissioner shall develop a cost-based payment structure for payment of these
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>services. Only costs reported through the designated Minnesota Department of Education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>data systems in distinct service categories qualify for inclusion in the cost-based
         payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>structure. The commissioner shall reimburse claims submitted based on an interim rate,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>shall settle at a final rate once the department has determined it. The commissioner
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var>notify the school district of the final rate. The school district has 60 days to appeal
         the final <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>rate. To appeal the final rate, the school district shall file a written appeal request
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.33"></a><var>94.33</var>commissioner within 60 days of the date the final rate determination was mailed. The
         appeal <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>request shall specify (1) the disputed items and (2) the name and address of the person
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>contact regarding the appeal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>(g) Effective July 1, 2000, medical assistance services provided under an individualized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>education program or an individual family service plan by local school districts shall
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>count against medical assistance authorization thresholds for that child.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>(h) Nursing services as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>148.171, subdivision 15</statute_ref>, and provided as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>individualized education program health-related service, are eligible for medical
         assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>payment if they are otherwise a covered service under the medical assistance program.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>Medical assistance covers the administration of prescription medications by a licensed
         nurse <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>who is employed by or under contract with a school district when the administration
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>medications is identified in the child's individualized education program. The simple
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>administration of medications alone is not covered under medical assistance when <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>administered by a provider other than a school district or when it is not identified
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>child's individualized education program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.8.0"></a><a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 17, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 17. <b>Southwest Minnesota State University special education teacher education </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var><b>program.</b> (a) For the Southwest Minnesota State University special education teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>education program to support Minnesota resident residents working toward licensure in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>online program, including persons currently employed as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>(1)  special education paraprofessionals working toward licensure in an online program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>(2) teachers without a special education license working on a variance; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>(3) individuals teaching with a community expert license:<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.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">385,000<br />
                  		132,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left"></td>
               <td>$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>253,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>(b) $253,000 of the $385,000 appropriation in Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>62, subdivision 17, is canceled to the state general fund on June 30, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>The base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0. (c) The 2018 appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>until June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.9.0"></a><a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Study.</b> The commissioner of education must examine the use of assistive <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>technology in Minnesota school districts. The commissioner may examine financial data,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>survey school officials, and use other methods to collect data on the use of assistive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>technology by Minnesota's students. The commissioner must consult with the Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>Assistive Technology Advisory Council and other interested organizations to determine
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>scope and focus of the study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Data reporting.</b>  The commissioner must examine the federally required uniform <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>financial accounting and reporting standards object codes and, if necessary, recommend
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>changes to better capture school district spending on assistive technology. The commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>must examine approaches to collecting additional student-level assistive technology
         data <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>through the electronic data reporting system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Assistive technology manual.</b> The commissioner must examine the department's <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>assistive technology manual, and determine whether to prepare a revised manual.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Report.</b> The commissioner of education must report to the chairs and ranking <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>grade 12 education by February 15, 2018, on the use of assistive technology by Minnesota's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>students and recommend statutory changes to encourage individualized education programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>and individualized family service plans to incorporate a child-centered assistive
         technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>plan.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.10.0"></a><a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Special education; regular.</b> For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>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.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,338,867,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,425,924,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $156,403,000 for 2017 and $1,182,464,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $131,384,000 for 2018 and $1,294,540,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>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.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,597,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,830,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
         year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</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.97.9"></a><var>97.9</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.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">508,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">532,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2017 and $460,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $51,000 for 2018 and $481,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Court-placed special education revenue.</b> For reimbursing serving school <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in
         the serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</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.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">46,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">47,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Special education out-of-state tuition.</b> For special education out-of-state <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>tuition under 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.97.21"></a><var>97.21</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.11.0"></a><a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 125A.75, subdivision 7; and 125A.76, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>2b, are repealed effective for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var><b>ARTICLE 5</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var><b>FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 43A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Unclassified positions.</b>  Unclassified positions are held by employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>who are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) chosen by election or appointed to fill an elective office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) heads of agencies required by law to be appointed by the governor or other elective
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>officers, and the executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>institutions specifically established by law in the unclassified service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) deputy and assistant agency heads and one confidential secretary in the agencies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>listed in subdivision 1a and in the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) the confidential secretary to each of the elective officers of this state and,
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>secretary of state and state auditor, an additional deputy, clerk, or employee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of public safety to assist in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>issuance of vehicle licenses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) employees in the offices of the governor and of the lieutenant governor and one
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>confidential employee for the governor in the Office of the Adjutant General;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) employees of the Washington, D.C., office of the state of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) employees of the legislature and of legislative committees or commissions; provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>that employees of the Legislative Audit Commission, except for the legislative auditor,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>deputy legislative auditors, and their confidential secretaries, shall be employees
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>classified service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(9) presidents, vice-presidents, deans, other managers and professionals in academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>and academic support programs, administrative or service faculty, teachers, research
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>assistants, and student employees eligible under terms of the federal Economic Opportunity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var>Act work study program in the Perpich Center for Arts Education and the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>Colleges and Universities, but not the custodial, clerical, or maintenance employees,
         or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>professional or managerial employee performing duties in connection with the business
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>administration of these institutions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(10) officers and enlisted persons in the National Guard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(11) attorneys, legal assistants, and three confidential employees appointed by the
         attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>general or employed with the attorney general's authorization;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(12) judges and all employees of the judicial branch, referees, receivers, jurors,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>notaries public, except referees and adjusters employed by the Department of Labor
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>Industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(13) members of the State Patrol; provided that selection and appointment of State
         Patrol <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>troopers must be made in accordance with applicable laws governing the classified
         service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(14) examination monitors and intermittent training instructors employed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>Departments of Management and Budget and Commerce and by professional examining <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>boards and intermittent staff employed by the technical colleges for the administration
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>practical skills tests and for the staging of instructional demonstrations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(15) student workers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(16) executive directors or executive secretaries appointed by and reporting to any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>policy-making board or commission established by statute;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(17) employees unclassified pursuant to other statutory authority;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(18) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of agriculture to perform duties
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>relating to pesticides, fertilizer, and seed regulation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(19) the administrators and the deputy administrators at the State Academies for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>Deaf and the Blind; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(20) chief executive officers in the Department of Human Services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 43A.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Additional unclassified positions.</b> Appointing authorities for the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>agencies may designate additional unclassified positions according to this subdivision:
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>Departments of Administration; Agriculture; Commerce; Corrections; Education; <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>Employment and Economic Development; Explore Minnesota Tourism; Management and <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var>Budget; Health; Human Rights; Labor and Industry; Natural Resources; Public Safety;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>Human Services; Revenue; Transportation; and Veterans Affairs; the Housing Finance
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>Pollution Control Agencies; the State Lottery; the State Board of Investment; the
         Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>Administrative Hearings; the Office of MN.IT Services; the Offices of the Attorney
         General, <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>Secretary of State, and State Auditor; the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities;
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education; the Perpich Center for Arts Education; and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var>Minnesota Zoological Board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>A position designated by an appointing authority according to this subdivision must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>meet the following standards and criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var>(1) the designation of the position would not be contrary to other law relating specifically
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>to that agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>(2) the person occupying the position would report directly to the agency head or
         deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>agency head and would be designated as part of the agency head's management team;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>(3) the duties of the position would involve significant discretion and substantial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>involvement in the development, interpretation, and implementation of agency policy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>(4) the duties of the position would not require primarily personnel, accounting,
         or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>technical expertise where continuity in the position would be important;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>(5) there would be a need for the person occupying the position to be accountable
         to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>loyal to, and compatible with, the governor and the agency head, the employing statutory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var>board or commission, or the employing constitutional officer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>(6) the position would be at the level of division or bureau director or assistant
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>agency head; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>(7) the commissioner has approved the designation as being consistent with the standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>and criteria in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>[121A.335] LEAD IN SCHOOL DRINKING WATER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Model plan.</b> The commissioners of health and education shall jointly <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var>develop a model plan to require school districts to accurately and efficiently test
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>presence of lead in water in public school buildings serving students in kindergarten
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>grade 12. To the extent possible, the commissioners shall base the plan on the standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The plan may be
         based <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>on the technical guidance in the Department of Health's document, "Reducing Lead in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var>Drinking Water: A Technical Guidance for Minnesota's School and Child Care Facilities."<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School plans.</b> By July 1, 2018, the board of each school district or charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>school must adopt the commissioners' model plan or develop and adopt an alternative
         plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>to accurately and efficiently test for the presence of lead in water in school buildings
         serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>prekindergarten students and students in kindergarten through grade 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Frequency of testing.</b> The plan under subdivision 2 must include a testing <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>schedule for every building serving prekindergarten through grade 12 students. The
         schedule <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>must require that each building be tested at least once every five years. A school
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>must begin testing school buildings by July 1, 2018, and complete testing of all buildings
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>that serve students within five years.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Ten-year facilities plan.</b> A school district may include lead testing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var>remediation as a part of its ten-year facilities plan under section 123B.595.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Reporting.</b> A school district that has tested its buildings for the presence of <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>lead shall make the results of the testing available to the public for review and
         must notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>parents of the availability of the information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.416, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var><b>122A.416 ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE FOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var><b>PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND</b><b> MULTIDISTRICT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var><b>INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.415</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>126C.10</statute_ref>, multidistrict integration <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>collaboratives and the Perpich Center for Arts Education are eligible to receive alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>teacher compensation revenue as if they were intermediate school districts. To qualify
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var>alternative teacher compensation revenue, a multidistrict integration collaborative
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var>Perpich Center for Arts Education must meet all of the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>and 
         <statute_ref>122A.415</statute_ref> that apply to intermediate school districts, must report its enrollment as of <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>October 1 of each year to the department, and must annually report its expenditures
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with the uniform financial
         accounting <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>and reporting standards to the department by November 30 of each year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123A.30, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Severance pay.</b> A district must pay severance pay to a teacher who is placed <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>on unrequested leave of absence by the district as a result of the agreement. A teacher
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>eligible under this subdivision if the teacher:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>(1) is a teacher, but not a superintendent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var>(2) has a continuing contract with the district according to section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var>7
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var>The amount of severance pay must be equal to the teacher's salary for the school year
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>during which the teacher was placed on unrequested leave of absence minus the gross
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>amount the teacher was paid during the 12 months following the teacher's termination
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>salary, by an entity whose teachers by statute or rule must possess a valid Minnesota
         teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var>license, and minus the amount a teacher receives as severance or other similar pay
         according <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.31"></a><var>101.31</var>to a contract with the district or district policy. These entities requiring a valid
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.32"></a><var>101.32</var>teaching license include, but are not limited to, the district that placed the teacher
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>unrequested leave of absence, another district in Minnesota, an education district,
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>intermediate school district, a service cooperative, a board formed under section
         
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref>, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var>state residential academy, the Perpich Center for Arts Education, a vocational center, or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var>special education cooperative. These entities do not include a district in another
         state, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>Minnesota public postsecondary institution, or a state agency. Only amounts earned
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>teacher as a substitute teacher or in a position requiring a valid Minnesota teaching
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var>shall be subtracted. A teacher may decline any offer of employment as a teacher without
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var>loss of rights to severance pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var>To determine the amount of severance pay that is due for the first six months following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var>termination of the teacher's salary, the district may require the teacher to provide
         documented <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>evidence of the teacher's employers and gross earnings during that period. The district
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>pay the teacher the amount of severance pay it determines to be due from the proceeds
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>the levy for this purpose. To determine the amount of severance pay that is due for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var>second six months of the 12 months following the termination of the teacher's salary,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>district may require the teacher to provide documented evidence of the teacher's employers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>and gross earnings during that period. The district must pay the teacher the amount
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var>severance pay it determines to be due from the proceeds of the levy for this purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var>A teacher who receives severance pay under this subdivision waives all further <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>reinstatement rights under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 10</statute_ref> or 11. If the teacher receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>severance pay, the teacher shall not receive credit for any years of service in the
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>paying severance pay prior to the year in which the teacher becomes eligible to receive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>severance pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var>The severance pay is subject to section 
         <statute_ref>465.72</statute_ref>. The district may levy annually according <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.24"></a><var>102.24</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.43</statute_ref>, for the severance pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.25"></a><var>102.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.6.0"></a><a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123A.73, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Involuntary</b><b> Dissolution</b><b>;</b><b> referendum revenue.</b> As of the effective date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of a district and its attachment to one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>existing districts pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.60</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>123A.64</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.72</statute_ref>, the authorization <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>for any referendum revenue previously approved by the voters of the dissolved district
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>that district pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, or its predecessor or successor <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>provision, is canceled. The authorization for any referendum revenue previously approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.33"></a><var>102.33</var>by the voters of a district to which all or part of the dissolved district is attached
         shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>be affected by the attachment and shall apply to the entire area of the district as
         enlarged <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>by the attachment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.7.0"></a><a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.595, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance revenue.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var>only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of
         (i) $193 <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of
         the district's <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var>air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var>123B.57, subdivision 6
         </statute_ref>, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (ii) for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var>accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district
         would <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var>have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>, Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, and (ii) for
         a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var>cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var>accommodate prekindergarten instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the
         greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>of (1) the sum of (i) $292 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser
         of one or <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus (ii) the cost approved
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>projects under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var>instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
         
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>and (ii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var>instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.32"></a><var>103.32</var>(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.33"></a><var>103.33</var>greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted pupil units times
         the lesser of <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.34"></a><var>103.34</var>one or the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus (ii) the
         cost approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var>by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var>abatement projects under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, with an estimated cost of $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>or more per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var>program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>existing instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>(i) the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>123B.57
         </statute_ref>, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>123B.591
         </statute_ref>, and (ii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref>, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), a school district that qualified
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph
         (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>for fiscal year 2010 remains eligible for funding under this section as a district
         that would <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>have qualified for eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.8.0"></a><a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.595, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Facilities plans.</b> (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility
         plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health,
         safety, <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>and remediation of lead hazards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>(b) The district must annually update the plan, submit the plan to the commissioner
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>approval by July 31, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance
         the plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>or levy for the costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include
         a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the principal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var>and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term facilities
         revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>for that year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2018 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.9.0"></a><a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.71, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Review of proposals.</b> In reviewing each proposal, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>submit to the school board, within 60 days of receiving the proposal, the review and
         comment <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>about the educational and economic advisability of the project. The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>include comments from residents of the school district in the review and comment.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>review and comment shall be based on information submitted with the proposal and other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var>information the commissioner determines is necessary. If the commissioner submits
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>negative review and comment for a portion of a proposal, the review and comment shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>clearly specify which portion of the proposal received a negative review and comment
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>which portion of the proposal received a positive review and comment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.10.0"></a><a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.71, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Publication.</b> (a) At least 20 days but not more than 60 days before a referendum <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>for bonds or solicitation of bids for a project that has received a positive or unfavorable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var>review and comment under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.70</statute_ref>, the school board shall publish a summary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var>the commissioner's review and comment of that project in the legal newspaper of the
         district. <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>The school board must hold a public meeting to discuss the commissioner's review and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>comment before the referendum for bonds. Supplementary information shall be available <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>to the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>(b) The publication requirement in paragraph (a) does not apply to alternative facilities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>projects approved under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.59</statute_ref> 123B.595.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.11.0"></a><a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Severance pay.</b> A district must pay severance pay to a teacher who is placed <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>on unrequested leave of absence by the district as a result of an agreement under
         this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>A teacher is eligible under this subdivision if the teacher:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>(1) is a teacher, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, but not a superintendent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>(2) has a continuing contract with the district according to section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>7
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>The amount of severance pay must be equal to the teacher's salary for the school year
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>during which the teacher was placed on unrequested leave of absence minus the gross
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>amount the teacher was paid during the 12 months following the teacher's termination
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.31"></a><var>105.31</var>salary, by an entity whose teachers by statute or rule must possess a valid Minnesota
         teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.32"></a><var>105.32</var>license, and minus the amount a teacher receives as severance or other similar pay
         according <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>to a contract with the district or district policy. These entities include, but are
         not limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>to, the district that placed the teacher on unrequested leave of absence, another
         district in <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>Minnesota, an education district, an intermediate school district, a service cooperative,
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>board formed under section 
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref>, a state residential academy, the Perpich Center for Arts <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>Education, a vocational center, or a special education cooperative. These entities do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>include a district in another state, a Minnesota public postsecondary institution,
         or a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>agency. Only amounts earned by the teacher as a substitute teacher or in a position
         requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>a valid Minnesota teaching license shall be subtracted. A teacher may decline any
         offer of <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>employment as a teacher without loss of rights to severance pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>To determine the amount of severance pay that is due for the first six months following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>termination of the teacher's salary, the district may require the teacher to provide
         documented <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>evidence of the teacher's employers and gross earnings during that period. The district
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>pay the teacher the amount of severance pay it determines to be due from the proceeds
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>the levy for this purpose. To determine the amount of severance pay that is due for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>second six months of the 12 months following the termination of the teacher's salary,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>district may require the teacher to provide documented evidence of the teacher's employers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>and gross earnings during that period. The district must pay the teacher the amount
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>severance pay it determines to be due from the proceeds of the levy for this purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>A teacher who receives severance pay under this subdivision waives all further <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>reinstatement rights under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 10</statute_ref> or 11. If the teacher receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>severance pay, the teacher must not receive credit for any years of service in the
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>paying severance pay prior to the year in which the teacher becomes eligible to receive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>severance pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var>The severance pay is subject to section 
         <statute_ref>465.72</statute_ref>. The district may levy annually according <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.43</statute_ref> for the severance pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.12.0"></a><a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>[127A.155] LOLA AND RUDY PERPICH ARTS EDUCATION DIVISION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment of arts education division.</b> The department must provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>arts support services to school districts throughout Minnesota through the establishment
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var>the Lola and Rudy Perpich arts education and outreach division.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.31"></a><var>106.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Division responsibilities.</b> (a) The Perpich division must offer resources and <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.32"></a><var>106.32</var>outreach services statewide to enhance arts education opportunities for pupils in
         elementary <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>and secondary school. The Perpich division must work with school districts across
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>(1) gather and conduct research in arts education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>(2) develop exemplary curriculum, instructional practices, and assessments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>(3) disseminate information regarding arts education opportunities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var>(4) provide materials, training, and assistance to the arts education committees in
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>(b) The Perpich division must collaborate with the commissioner of education to develop
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>arts standards and strengthen state policies related to arts education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>(c) The Perpich division must serve as liaison for the Department of Education to
         national <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>organizations for arts education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>(d) The commissioner may, on behalf of the Perpich division, apply for funds from
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var>public and private sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.13.0"></a><a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Sales to government.</b> (a) All sales, except those listed in paragraph (b), to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var>following governments and political subdivisions, or to the listed agencies or instrumentalities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>of governments and political subdivisions, are exempt:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>(1) the United States and its agencies and instrumentalities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>(2) school districts, local governments, the University of Minnesota, state universities,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>community colleges, technical colleges, state academies, the Perpich Minnesota Center for <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>Arts Education, and an instrumentality of a political subdivision that is accredited as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>optional/special function school by the North Central Association of Colleges and
         Schools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>(3) hospitals and nursing homes owned and operated by political subdivisions of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var>state of tangible personal property and taxable services used at or by hospitals and
         nursing <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>homes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>(4) notwithstanding paragraph (d), the sales and purchases by the Metropolitan Council
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>of vehicles and repair parts to equip operations provided for in section 
         <statute_ref>473.4051 </statute_ref>are exempt <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>through December 31, 2016;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>(5) other states or political subdivisions of other states, if the sale would be exempt
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.31"></a><var>107.31</var>taxation if it occurred in that state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>(6) public libraries, public library systems, multicounty, multitype library systems
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>134.001</statute_ref>, county law libraries under chapter 134A, state agency libraries, <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>the state library under section 
         <statute_ref>480.09</statute_ref>, and the Legislative Reference Library.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>(b) This exemption does not apply to the sales of the following products and services:<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>(1) building, construction, or reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type of contract with a
         guaranteed <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>maximum price covering both labor and materials for use in the construction, alteration,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>repair of a building or facility;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>(2) construction materials purchased by tax exempt entities or their contractors to
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>used in constructing buildings or facilities which will not be used principally by
         the tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>exempt entities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>(3) the leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>297B.01, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>for leases entered into by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>(4) lodging as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.61, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (g), clause (2), <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>and prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages as defined in section
         
         <statute_ref>297A.67, <br />
            		<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, except for lodging, prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>purchased directly by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>(5) goods or services purchased by a local government as inputs to a liquor store,
         gas <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>or electric utility, solid waste hauling service, solid waste recycling service, landfill,
         golf <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>course, marina, campground, cafe, or laundromat.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>(c) As used in this subdivision, "school districts" means public school entities and
         districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>of every kind and nature organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>instrumentality of a school district, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>(d) For purposes of the exemption granted under this subdivision, "local governments"
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>has the following meaning:<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>(1) for the period prior to January 1, 2017, local governments means statutory or
         home <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var>rule charter cities, counties, and townships; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>(2) beginning January 1, 2017, local governments means statutory or home rule charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>cities, counties, and townships; special districts as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>6.465</statute_ref>; any <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>instrumentality of a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or township as defined
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>section 
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref>; and any joint powers board or organization created under section 
         <statute_ref>471.59</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.32"></a><var>108.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.14.0"></a><a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 30, section 25, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Early repayment aid incentive.</b> (a) For incentive grants for a district that <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>repays the full outstanding original principal on its capital loan by November 30,
         2016, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 4, section 8, as amended
         by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>act:<br />
         		
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            <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.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,200,000 <br />
                  		2,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 36, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>Kelliher; $180,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 95, Cromwell; $495,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var>is for a grant to Independent School District No. 299, Caledonia; $220,000 is for
         a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var>Independent School District No. 306, Laporte; $150,000 is for a grant to Independent
         School <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>District No. 362, Littlefork; $650,000 is for a grant to Independent School District
         No. 682, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>Roseau; and $505,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 2580, East
         Central.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>(c) The grant may be used for any school-related purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var>(d) The base appropriation for 2022 is zero.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.15.0"></a><a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. <b>DISPOSITION OF CROSSWINDS SCHOOL; PROCEEDS OF SALE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var>(a) Notwithstanding the appropriation of state general obligation bond proceeds in
         Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.19"></a><var>109.19</var>1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision 5; Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section
         3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.20"></a><var>109.20</var>Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 5, subdivision 2; Laws 2001, First Special
         Session <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>chapter 12, section 2, subdivision 2; and Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section
         5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>subdivision 3, to acquire and better the Crosswinds school facilities by the Joint
         Powers <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>District No. 6067, East Metro Integration District, in Woodbury, the Crosswinds school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var>may be conveyed or sold by the commissioner of administration in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var>(b) As soon as practicable following July 1, 2017, and consistent with Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>sections 16A.695 and 16B.281 to 16B.287, and constraints on the disposition of <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>bond-financed property, the commissioner of administration shall offer the Crosswinds
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.29"></a><var>109.29</var>school property for sale. Before offering the Crosswinds school property for sale,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.30"></a><var>109.30</var>commissioner of administration must determine that the property is no longer needed
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.31"></a><var>109.31</var>carry out the governmental program for which it was acquired or constructed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.32"></a><var>109.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.16.0"></a><a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. <b>TRANSITION REQUIREMENTS; CROSSWINDS SCHOOL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>For the 2017-2018 school year only, for a school district or charter school enrolling
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>pupils at the Crosswinds school, the Department of Education must calculate compensatory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var>revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the Crosswinds school
         based <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var>on the October 1, 2016, enrollment counts at that site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.17.0"></a><a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. <b>PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION CLOSURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Perpich Center for Arts Education abolished.</b> (a) The Perpich Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>for Arts Education (Perpich Center) is abolished effective June 30, 2018. Abolishment
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var>this section does not reduce or otherwise limit the powers and authority of the Perpich
         Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var>during the concluding duration of its existence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var>(b) Notwithstanding any other law, any unexpended and unencumbered appropriations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var>to the Perpich Center lapse to the fund or account from which they were appropriated
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>June 30, 2018. All money in a dedicated fund or account of the Perpich Center on June
         30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>2018, must be transferred to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Library.</b> All property in the Perpich Arts Library is transferred to the State <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>Library Services Division of the Department of Education, in accordance with Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>Statutes, section 15.039, subdivisions 5 and 8, effective June 1, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Student enrollment.</b> Students enrolled in the Perpich Arts High School during <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var>the 2016-2017 school year may continue to enroll in that school for the 2017-2018
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var>year. No student may enroll in the Perpich Arts High School after the 2017-2018 school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var>year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Education records.</b> The Perpich Center must transfer the education records <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>of each student of the Perpich Arts High School and Crosswinds school according to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 120A.22, subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.18.0"></a><a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Debt service equalization aid.</b> For debt service equalization aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>Minnesota 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="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">24,908,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,360,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.5"></a><var>111.5</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $2,324,000 for 2017 and $22,584,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.6"></a><var>111.6</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $2,509,000 for 2018 and $19,851,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid.</b> For long-term facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var>maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, 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.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">80,121,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">103,397,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $5,815,000 for 2017 and $74,306,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $8,256,000 for 2018 and $95,141,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Equity in telecommunications access.</b> For equity in telecommunications <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</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.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var>If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var>reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var>revenue for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 shall be prorated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Early repayment aid incentive.</b> (a) For incentive grants for a district that <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>repays the full outstanding original principal on its capital loan by November 30,
         2016, <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var>under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 4, section 8, as amended
         by Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>2016, chapter 189, article 30, section 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.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var>(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 36,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var>Kelliher; $180,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 95, Cromwell;
         $495,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var>is for a grant to Independent School District No. 299, Caledonia; $220,000 is for
         a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var>Independent School District No. 306, Laporte; $150,000 is for a grant to Independent
         School <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var>District No. 362, Littlefork; $650,000 is for a grant to Independent School District
         No. 682, <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>Roseau; and $505,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 2580, East
         Central.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>(c) The grant may be used for any school-related purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>(d) The base for 2022 is $0.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.19.0"></a><a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123A.73, subdivision 3, is repealed retroactively <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var>from January 1, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 129C.10, subdivision 5a; and 129C.30, are repealed <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var>effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>(c) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 129C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 4a, 6,
         7, <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>and 8; 129C.105; 129C.15; 129C.20; 129C.25; and 129C.26, and Minnesota Rules, parts <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>3600.0010, subparts 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, and 6; 3600.0020; 3600.0030, subparts 1, 2, 4,
         and 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>3600.0045; 3600.0055; 3600.0065; 3600.0075; and 3600.0085, are repealed effective June <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>30, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var><b>ARTICLE 6</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var><b>NUTRITION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Contracts.</b> A contract for work or labor, or for the purchase of furniture, <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var>fixtures, or other property, except books registered under the copyright laws and
         information <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var>systems software, or for the construction or repair of school houses, the estimated
         cost or <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var>value of which shall exceed that specified in section 
         <statute_ref>471.345, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var>made by the school board without first advertising for bids or proposals by two weeks'
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var>published notice in the official newspaper. This notice must state the time and place
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>receiving bids and contain a brief description of the subject matter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Additional publication in the official newspaper or elsewhere may be made as the board
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var>shall deem necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;After taking into consideration conformity with the specifications, terms of delivery,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>and other conditions imposed in the call for bids, every such contract for which a
         call for <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var>bids has been issued must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, be duly executed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>in writing, and be otherwise conditioned as required by law. The person to whom the
         contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var>is awarded shall give a sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>574.26</statute_ref> or any other law to the contrary, on a contract limited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.31"></a><var>112.31</var>the purchase of a finished tangible product, a board may require, at its discretion,
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.32"></a><var>112.32</var>performance bond of a contractor in the amount the board considers necessary. A record
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var>must be kept of all bids, with names of bidders and amount of bids, and with the successful
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var>bid indicated thereon. A bid containing an alteration or erasure of any price contained
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var>the bid which is used in determining the lowest responsible bid must be rejected unless
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>alteration or erasure is corrected as provided in this section. An alteration or erasure
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>be crossed out and the correction thereof printed in ink or typewritten adjacent thereto
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>initialed in ink by the person signing the bid. In the case of identical low bids
         from two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var>more bidders, the board may, at its discretion, utilize negotiated procurement methods
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>the tied low bidders for that particular transaction, so long as the price paid does
         not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var>the low tied bid price. In the case where only a single bid is received, the board
         may, at its <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var>discretion, negotiate a mutually agreeable contract with the bidder so long as the
         price paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>does not exceed the original bid. If no satisfactory bid is received, the board may
         readvertise. <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>Standard requirement price contracts established for supplies or services to be purchased
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var>by the district must be established by competitive bids. Such standard requirement
         price <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var>contracts may contain escalation clauses and may provide for a negotiated price increase
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var>or decrease based upon a demonstrable industrywide or regional increase or decrease
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var>vendor's costs. Either party to the contract may request that the other party demonstrate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>such increase or decrease. The term of such contracts must not exceed two years with
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>option on the part of the district to renew for an additional two years, except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>subdivision 7. Contracts for the purchase of perishable food items, except milk for school <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>lunches and vocational training programs, in any amount may be made by direct negotiation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>by obtaining two or more written quotations for the purchase or sale, when possible,
         without <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var>advertising for bids or otherwise complying with the requirements of this section
         or section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var>471.345, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. All quotations obtained shall be kept on file for a period of at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.24"></a><var>113.24</var>one year after receipt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.25"></a><var>113.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Every contract made without compliance with the provisions of this section shall be
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var>void. Except in the case of the destruction of buildings or injury thereto, where
         the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var>interest would suffer by delay, contracts for repairs may be made without advertising
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>bids.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.29"></a><var>113.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for contracts entered into on or after July <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.30"></a><var>113.30</var>1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><a id="pl.113.31"></a><var>113.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.52, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.32"></a><var>113.32</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.33"></a><var>113.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Food service contracts.</b> A contract between a school board and a food service <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.34"></a><var>113.34</var>management company that complies with Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var>210.16, may be renewed annually after its initial term for not more than four additional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var>years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for contracts entered into on or after July <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var>1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.3.0"></a><a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.1158, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Program reimbursement.</b> Each school year, the state must reimburse each <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 55 cents for each
         fully paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>breakfast served to students in grades 1 to 12, and $1.30 for each fully paid breakfast
         served <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>to a prekindergarten student enrolled in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref> or a kindergarten student.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.4.0"></a><a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.1158, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>No fees.</b> A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var>make breakfast available without charge to all participating students in grades 1
         to 12 who <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all prekindergarten students enrolled in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref> and all kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>students.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.5.0"></a><a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School lunch.</b> For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var>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.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,670,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,172,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>School breakfast.</b> For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var>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.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,511,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">11,269,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Kindergarten milk.</b> For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</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.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">758,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">758,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Summer school food service replacement aid.</b> For summer school food service <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</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.115.4"></a><var>115.4</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.7.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var><b>ARTICLE 7</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var><b>LIBRARIES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.7.1.0"></a><a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 134.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Advice and instruction.</b> The Department of Education shall give advice and <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>instruction to the managers of any public library or to any governing body maintaining
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var>library or empowered to do so by law upon any matter pertaining to the organization,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var>maintenance, or administration of libraries. The department may also give advice and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var>instruction, as requested, to postsecondary educational institutions, school districts or charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var>schools, state agencies, governmental units, nonprofit organizations, or private entities.
         It <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var>shall assist, to the extent possible, in the establishment and organization of library
         service <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var>in those areas where adequate services do not exist, and may aid in improving previously
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>established library services. The department shall also provide assistance to school
         districts, <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>regional library systems, and member libraries interested in offering joint library
         services <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>at a single location.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.2.0"></a><a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Basic system support.</b> For basic system support aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>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.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,570,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,570,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2017 and $12,213,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2018 and $12,213,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Multicounty, multitype library systems.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var>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.116.1"></a><var>116.1</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2017 and $1,170,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2018 and $1,170,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Electronic library for Minnesota.</b> For statewide licenses to online databases <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var>selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var>centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private
         college or <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var>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.116.9"></a><var>116.9</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Regional library telecommunications aid.</b> For regional library <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.13"></a><var>116.13</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.116.14"></a><var>116.14</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.15"></a><var>116.15</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.116.16"></a><var>116.16</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2017 and $2,070,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.17"></a><var>116.17</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2018 and $2,070,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.116.18"></a><var>116.18</var><b>ARTICLE 8</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.116.19"></a><var>116.19</var><b>EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY SUPPORT</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.8.1.0"></a><a id="pl.116.20"></a><var>116.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.1158, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.21"></a><var>116.21</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.22"></a><var>116.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Program reimbursement.</b> Each school year, the state must reimburse each <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.23"></a><var>116.23</var>participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 55 cents for each
         fully paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.24"></a><var>116.24</var>breakfast served to students in grades 1 to 12, and $1.30 for each fully paid breakfast
         served <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.25"></a><var>116.25</var>to a prekindergarten student enrolled in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.26"></a><var>116.26</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref> or a kindergarten student.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.2.0"></a><a id="pl.116.27"></a><var>116.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.1158, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.28"></a><var>116.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>No fees.</b> A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.29"></a><var>116.29</var>make breakfast available without charge to all participating students in grades 1
         to 12 who <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.30"></a><var>116.30</var>qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all prekindergarten students enrolled in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.1"></a><var>117.1</var>approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref> and all kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.2"></a><var>117.2</var>students.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.3.0"></a><a id="pl.117.3"></a><var>117.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.165, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.4"></a><var>117.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; purpose.</b> There is established an early learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.5"></a><var>117.5</var>scholarships program in order to increase close the opportunity gap by increasing access to <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.6"></a><var>117.6</var>high-quality early childhood programs for children ages three to five.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.7"></a><var>117.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.4.0"></a><a id="pl.117.8"></a><var>117.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.9"></a><var>117.9</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.117.10"></a><var>117.10</var>parents or guardians must meet the following eligibility requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.11"></a><var>117.11</var>(1) have a an eligible child three or four years of age on September 1 of the current <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.12"></a><var>117.12</var>school year, who has not yet started kindergarten; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.13"></a><var>117.13</var>(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.14"></a><var>117.14</var>current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation
         in the free <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.15"></a><var>117.15</var>and reduced-price lunch program or child and adult care food program, National School
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.16"></a><var>117.16</var>Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; the Food Distribution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.17"></a><var>117.17</var>Program on Indian Reservations, Food and Nutrition Act, United States Code, title
         7, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.18"></a><var>117.18</var>2011-2036; Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness
         Act <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.19"></a><var>117.19</var>of 2007; Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J; child care assistance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.20"></a><var>117.20</var>programs under chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance program; or placement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.21"></a><var>117.21</var>in foster care under section 
         <statute_ref>260C.212</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.22"></a><var>117.22</var>(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a parent under age 21 who
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.23"></a><var>117.23</var>pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diploma is eligible for an
         early <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.24"></a><var>117.24</var>learning scholarship if the parent has a child age zero to five years old and meets
         the income <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.25"></a><var>117.25</var>eligibility guidelines in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.26"></a><var>117.26</var>(c) Any siblings between the ages zero to (b) An "eligible child" means a child who has <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.27"></a><var>117.27</var>not yet enrolled in kindergarten and is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.28"></a><var>117.28</var>(1) at least three but not yet five years of age on September 1 of the current school
         year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.29"></a><var>117.29</var>(2) a sibling from birth to age five years old of a child who has been awarded a <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.30"></a><var>117.30</var>scholarship under this section must be awarded a scholarship upon request, provided the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.31"></a><var>117.31</var>sibling attends the same program as long as funds are available;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.1"></a><var>118.1</var>(3) the child of a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school degree or a course
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.2"></a><var>118.2</var>of study for a high school equivalency test; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.3"></a><var>118.3</var>(4) homeless, in foster care, or in need of child protective services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.4"></a><var>118.4</var>(d) (c) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to receive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.5"></a><var>118.5</var>a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under section
         
         <statute_ref>120A.20</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.6"></a><var>118.6</var>and as long as funds are available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.7"></a><var>118.7</var>(e) (d) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the purposes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.8"></a><var>118.8</var>of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L, Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.9"></a><var>118.9</var>family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs under
         chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.10"></a><var>118.10</var>119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.11"></a><var>118.11</var>2007.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.12"></a><var>118.12</var>(f) (e) A child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address as <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.13"></a><var>118.13</var>assigned by the United States Postal Service, who has received developmental screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.14"></a><var>118.14</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>, who intends to enroll in a Minnesota school district, <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.15"></a><var>118.15</var>and whose family meets the criteria of paragraph (a) is eligible for an early learning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.16"></a><var>118.16</var>scholarship under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.17"></a><var>118.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.5.0"></a><a id="pl.118.18"></a><var>118.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.165, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.19"></a><var>118.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Administration.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish application timelines <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.20"></a><var>118.20</var>and determine the schedule for awarding scholarships that meets operational needs
         of eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.21"></a><var>118.21</var>families and programs. The commissioner must give highest priority to applications from <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.22"></a><var>118.22</var>children who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.23"></a><var>118.23</var>(1) have a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school diploma or a course of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.24"></a><var>118.24</var>study for a high school equivalency test;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.25"></a><var>118.25</var>(2) are in foster care or otherwise in need of protection or services; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.26"></a><var>118.26</var>(3) have experienced homelessness in the last 24 months, as defined under the federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.27"></a><var>118.27</var>McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, United States Code, title 42, section 11434a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.28"></a><var>118.28</var>The commissioner may prioritize applications on additional factors including family <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.29"></a><var>118.29</var>income, geographic location, and whether the child's family is on a waiting list for
         a publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.30"></a><var>118.30</var>funded program providing early education or child care services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.31"></a><var>118.31</var>(b) For fiscal years 2014 and 2015 only, scholarships may not exceed $5,000 per year <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.32"></a><var>118.32</var>for each eligible child. For fiscal year 2016 and later, The commissioner shall establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.1"></a><var>119.1</var>target for the average scholarship amount per child based on the results of the rate
         survey <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.2"></a><var>119.2</var>conducted under section 
         <statute_ref>119B.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.3"></a><var>119.3</var>(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled
         in or <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.4"></a><var>119.4</var>on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.5"></a><var>119.5</var>commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, each year of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.6"></a><var>119.6</var>program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children than current
         funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.7"></a><var>119.7</var>provides. The commissioner may designate a predetermined number of scholarship slots
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.8"></a><var>119.8</var>for that program and notify the program of that number. For fiscal year 2018 and later, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.9"></a><var>119.9</var>statewide total number of scholarship slots directly designated by the commissioner
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.10"></a><var>119.10</var>not exceed the number of scholarships awarded for fiscal year 2017. Beginning July 1, 2016, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.11"></a><var>119.11</var>a school district or Head Start program qualifying under this paragraph may use its
         established <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.12"></a><var>119.12</var>registration process to enroll scholarship recipients and may verify a scholarship
         recipient's <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.13"></a><var>119.13</var>family income in the same manner as for other program participants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.14"></a><var>119.14</var>(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.15"></a><var>119.15</var>been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within ten months of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.16"></a><var>119.16</var>awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply
         in order <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.17"></a><var>119.17</var>to be eligible for another scholarship. A child may not be awarded more than one scholarship
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.18"></a><var>119.18</var>in a 12-month period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.19"></a><var>119.19</var>(e) A child who receives a scholarship who has not completed development screening
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.20"></a><var>119.20</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref> must complete that screening within 90 days of first <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.21"></a><var>119.21</var>attending an eligible program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.22"></a><var>119.22</var>(f) For fiscal year 2017 and later, a school district or Head Start program enrolling
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.23"></a><var>119.23</var>scholarship recipients under paragraph (c) may apply to the commissioner, in the form
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.24"></a><var>119.24</var>manner prescribed by the commissioner, for direct payment of state aid. Upon receipt
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.25"></a><var>119.25</var>the application, the commissioner must pay each program directly for each approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.26"></a><var>119.26</var>scholarship recipient enrolled under paragraph (c) according to the metered payment
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.27"></a><var>119.27</var>or another schedule established by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.6.0"></a><a id="pl.119.28"></a><var>119.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.165, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.29"></a><var>119.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Early childhood program eligibility.</b> (a) In order to be eligible to accept an <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.30"></a><var>119.30</var>early learning scholarship, a program must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.31"></a><var>119.31</var>(1) participate in the quality rating and improvement system under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.142</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.32"></a><var>119.32</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.1"></a><var>120.1</var>(2) beginning July 1, 2016 2022, have a three- or four-star rating in the quality rating <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.2"></a><var>120.2</var>and improvement system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.3"></a><var>120.3</var>(b) Any program accepting scholarships must use the revenue to supplement and not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.4"></a><var>120.4</var>supplant federal funding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.5"></a><var>120.5</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), all Minnesota early learning foundation scholarship
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.6"></a><var>120.6</var>program pilot sites are eligible to accept an early learning scholarship under this
         section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.7.0"></a><a id="pl.120.7"></a><var>120.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.59, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.8"></a><var>120.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>English learner.</b> (a) "English learner" means a pupil in kindergarten through <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.9"></a><var>120.9</var>grade 12 or a prekindergarten student enrolled in an approved voluntary prekindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.10"></a><var>120.10</var>program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref> who meets the requirements under subdivision 2a or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.11"></a><var>120.11</var>following requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.12"></a><var>120.12</var>(1) the pupil, as declared by a parent or guardian first learned a language other
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.13"></a><var>120.13</var>English, comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than English,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.14"></a><var>120.14</var>usually speaks a language other than English; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.15"></a><var>120.15</var>(2) the pupil is determined by a valid assessment measuring the pupil's English language
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.16"></a><var>120.16</var>proficiency and by developmentally appropriate measures, which might include observations,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.17"></a><var>120.17</var>teacher judgment, parent recommendations, or developmentally appropriate assessment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.18"></a><var>120.18</var>instruments, to lack the necessary English skills to participate fully in academic
         classes <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.19"></a><var>120.19</var>taught in English.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.20"></a><var>120.20</var>(b) A pupil enrolled in a Minnesota public school in any grade 4 through 12 who in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.21"></a><var>120.21</var>previous school year took a commissioner-provided assessment measuring the pupil's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.22"></a><var>120.22</var>emerging academic English, shall be counted as an English learner in calculating English
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.23"></a><var>120.23</var>learner pupil units under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 17</statute_ref>, and shall generate state English <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.24"></a><var>120.24</var>learner aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.65, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, if the pupil scored below the state cutoff <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.25"></a><var>120.25</var>score or is otherwise counted as a nonproficient participant on the assessment measuring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.26"></a><var>120.26</var>the pupil's emerging academic English, or, in the judgment of the pupil's classroom
         teachers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.27"></a><var>120.27</var>consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>124D.61</statute_ref>, clause (1), the pupil is unable to demonstrate academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.28"></a><var>120.28</var>language proficiency in English, including oral academic language, sufficient to successfully
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.29"></a><var>120.29</var>and fully participate in the general core curriculum in the regular classroom.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.30"></a><var>120.30</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), a pupil in prekindergarten under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.120.31"></a><var>120.31</var>124D.151
         </statute_ref>, kindergarten through grade 12 shall not be counted as an English learner in <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.32"></a><var>120.32</var>calculating English learner pupil units under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.05, subdivision 17</statute_ref>, and shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.33"></a><var>120.33</var>generate state English learner aid under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.65, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.1"></a><var>121.1</var>(1) the pupil is not enrolled during the current fiscal year in an educational program
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.2"></a><var>121.2</var>English learners under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.58</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.64</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.3"></a><var>121.3</var>(2) the pupil has generated seven or more years of average daily membership in Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.4"></a><var>121.4</var>public schools since July 1, 1996.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.8.0"></a><a id="pl.121.5"></a><var>121.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.6"></a><var>121.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Pupil unit.</b> Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the age <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.7"></a><var>121.7</var>of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>120A.20</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.8"></a><var>121.8</var>average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.9"></a><var>121.9</var>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>, or 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>; in a charter school under <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.10"></a><var>121.10</var>chapter 124E; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.18</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.22</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.121.11"></a><var>121.11</var>123A.30
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.44</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.488</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.04</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.05</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.12"></a><var>121.12</var>to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>, shall be counted according to this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.13"></a><var>121.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.14"></a><var>121.14</var>the commissioner and has an individualized education program is counted as the ratio
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.15"></a><var>121.15</var>the number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.0 with a minimum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.16"></a><var>121.16</var>average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.0 pupil unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.17"></a><var>121.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is counted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.18"></a><var>121.18</var>as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.19"></a><var>121.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.20"></a><var>121.20</var>commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.21"></a><var>121.21</var>services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individualized education program
         to 875, <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.22"></a><var>121.22</var>but not more than one.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.23"></a><var>121.23</var>(d) A prekindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (a) or (b) and is enrolled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.24"></a><var>121.24</var>in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.151</statute_ref> is counted as <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.25"></a><var>121.25</var>the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more than
         0.6 pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.26"></a><var>121.26</var>units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.27"></a><var>121.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as 1.0 pupil
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.28"></a><var>121.28</var>unit if the pupil is enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.29"></a><var>121.29</var>all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school that meets the minimum hours requirement
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.30"></a><var>121.30</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120A.41</statute_ref>, or is counted as .55 pupil unit, if the pupil is not enrolled in a free all-day,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.31"></a><var>121.31</var>every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's
         school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.32"></a><var>121.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 1.0 pupil unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.1"></a><var>122.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.2 pupil units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.2"></a><var>122.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) (g) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted as <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.3"></a><var>122.3</var>1.2 pupil units.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.9.0"></a><a id="pl.122.4"></a><var>122.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>SCHOOL READINESS ADJUSTMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.122.5"></a><var>122.5</var>For fiscal year 2018 and later, a charter school's or a district's school readiness
         aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.6"></a><var>122.6</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.16, must be increased by an amount equal to the charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.7"></a><var>122.7</var>school's or district's total voluntary prekindergarten revenue for fiscal year 2017.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.8"></a><var>122.8</var>Notwithstanding any other law, a charter school qualifying for revenue under this
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.9"></a><var>122.9</var>is eligible for school readiness aid.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.10.0"></a><a id="pl.122.10"></a><var>122.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.122.11"></a><var>122.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.12"></a><var>122.12</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.13"></a><var>122.13</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.14"></a><var>122.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School readiness.</b> For revenue for school readiness programs under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.15"></a><var>122.15</var>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.122.16"></a><var>122.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 55,260,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.122.17"></a><var>122.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 57,657,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.122.18"></a><var>122.18</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2017 and $51,892,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.19"></a><var>122.19</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $5,765,000 for 2018 and $51,892,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.20"></a><var>122.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Early learning scholarships.</b> (a) For the early learning scholarship program <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.21"></a><var>122.21</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.122.22"></a><var>122.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,384,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.122.23"></a><var>122.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,384,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.122.24"></a><var>122.24</var>(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), no more than the amount necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.25"></a><var>122.25</var>to fund the same number of scholarship slots as were provided through the predetermined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.26"></a><var>122.26</var>selection process for fiscal year 2017 may be awarded through that method.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.27"></a><var>122.27</var>(c) Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.28"></a><var>122.28</var>(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.29"></a><var>122.29</var>(e) The base for fiscal year 2020 is $69,884,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.1"></a><var>123.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Head Start program.</b> For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.2"></a><var>123.2</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.123.3"></a><var>123.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">25,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.123.4"></a><var>123.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">25,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.123.5"></a><var>123.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family education <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.6"></a><var>123.6</var>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.123.7"></a><var>123.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">30,175,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.123.8"></a><var>123.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">31,474,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.123.9"></a><var>123.9</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $2,904,000 for 2017 and $27,271,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.10"></a><var>123.10</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $3,030,000 for 2018 and $28,444,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.11"></a><var>123.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Developmental screening aid.</b> For developmental screening aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.12"></a><var>123.12</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.123.13"></a><var>123.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,606,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.123.14"></a><var>123.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,629,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.123.15"></a><var>123.15</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $358,000 for 2017 and $3,248,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.16"></a><var>123.16</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $360,000 for 2018 and $3,269,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.17"></a><var>123.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Parent-child home program.</b> For a grant to the parent-child home 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.123.18"></a><var>123.18</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.123.19"></a><var>123.19</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.123.20"></a><var>123.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.21"></a><var>123.21</var>literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at
         its existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.22"></a><var>123.22</var>suburban program location. The program must include urban and rural program locations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.23"></a><var>123.23</var>for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.24"></a><var>123.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The base for this program for fiscal year 2020 and later is $900,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.25"></a><var>123.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.123.26"></a><var>123.26</var>For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program under
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.27"></a><var>123.27</var>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.123.28"></a><var>123.28</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.123.29"></a><var>123.29</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.123.30"></a><var>123.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Quality rating and improvement system.</b> (a) For transfer to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.31"></a><var>123.31</var>of human services for the purposes of expanding the quality rating and improvement
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.1"></a><var>124.1</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142, in greater Minnesota and increasing supports
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.2"></a><var>124.2</var>for providers participating in the quality rating and improvement system:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="29px"></col>
            <col width="16px"></col>
            <col width="105px"></col>
            <col width="41px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.124.3"></a><var>124.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.124.4"></a><var>124.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.124.5"></a><var>124.5</var>(b) The amounts in paragraph (a) must be in addition to any federal funding under
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.6"></a><var>124.6</var>child care and development block grant authorized under Public Law 101-508 in that
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.7"></a><var>124.7</var>for the system under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.8"></a><var>124.8</var>(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.9"></a><var>124.9</var>(d) The base for this program in fiscal year 2020 and later is $1,750,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.10"></a><var>124.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Early childhood programs at tribal schools.</b> For early childhood family <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.11"></a><var>124.11</var>education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.83,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.12"></a><var>124.12</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.124.13"></a><var>124.13</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.124.14"></a><var>124.14</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.124.15"></a><var>124.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Educate parents partnership.</b> For the educate parents partnership under <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.16"></a><var>124.16</var>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.124.17"></a><var>124.17</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.124.18"></a><var>124.18</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.124.19"></a><var>124.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Home visiting aid.</b> For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.20"></a><var>124.20</var>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.124.21"></a><var>124.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">527,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.124.22"></a><var>124.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">571,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.124.23"></a><var>124.23</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $527,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.24"></a><var>124.24</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $58,000 for 2018 and $513,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.11.0"></a><a id="pl.124.25"></a><var>124.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.124.26"></a><var>124.26</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.151, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.124.27"></a><var>124.27</var><b>ARTICLE 9</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.124.28"></a><var>124.28</var><b>COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PREVENTION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.9.1.0"></a><a id="pl.124.29"></a><var>124.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. <b>[124D.99] EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS COALITION FUND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.1"></a><var>125.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Program establishment.</b> The commissioner of education shall establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.2"></a><var>125.2</var>a program supporting a coalition of coordinated, aligned education partnerships as
         specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.3"></a><var>125.3</var>in this section, for a comprehensive network of evidence-based support services designed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.4"></a><var>125.4</var>to close opportunity gaps by improving educational and developmental outcomes of children
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.5"></a><var>125.5</var>and their families within communities experiencing poverty and impediments to economic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.6"></a><var>125.6</var>viability.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.7"></a><var>125.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section the terms defined in this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.8"></a><var>125.8</var>have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.9"></a><var>125.9</var>(b) "Tier 1 grant" means a sustaining grant for the ongoing operation, stability,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.10"></a><var>125.10</var>expansion of existing education partnership program locations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.11"></a><var>125.11</var>(c) "Tier 2 grant" means an implementation grant for expanding activity in education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.12"></a><var>125.12</var>partnership program locations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.13"></a><var>125.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Administration; design.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish program <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.14"></a><var>125.14</var>requirements, an application process and timeline for each tier of grants specified
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.15"></a><var>125.15</var>subdivision 4, criteria for evaluation of applications, and a grant awards process.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.16"></a><var>125.16</var>commissioner's process must minimize administrative costs, minimize burdens for applicants
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.17"></a><var>125.17</var>and grant recipients, and provide a framework that permits flexibility in program
         design <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.18"></a><var>125.18</var>and implementation among grant recipients.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.19"></a><var>125.19</var>(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall design the program to align
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.20"></a><var>125.20</var>programs implemented or proposed by organizations in Minnesota that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.21"></a><var>125.21</var>(1) identify and increase the capacity of organizations that are focused on achieving
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.22"></a><var>125.22</var>data-driven, locally controlled positive outcomes for children and youth throughout
         an entire <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.23"></a><var>125.23</var>neighborhood or geographic area through programs such as Strive Together, Promise
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.24"></a><var>125.24</var>Neighborhood, and the Education Partnerships Coalition members;<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.25"></a><var>125.25</var>(2) build a continuum of educational family and community supports with academically
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.26"></a><var>125.26</var>rigorous schools at the center;<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.27"></a><var>125.27</var>(3) maximize program efficiencies by integrating programmatic activities and eliminating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.28"></a><var>125.28</var>administrative barriers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.29"></a><var>125.29</var>(4) develop local infrastructure needed to sustain and scale up proven and effective
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.30"></a><var>125.30</var>solutions beyond the initial neighborhood or geographic area; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.31"></a><var>125.31</var>(5) utilize appropriate outcome measures based on unique community needs and interests
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.32"></a><var>125.32</var>and apply rigorous evaluation on a periodic basis to be used to both monitor outcomes
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.33"></a><var>125.33</var>allow for continuous improvements to systems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.1"></a><var>126.1</var>(c) A grant recipient's supportive services programming must address:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.2"></a><var>126.2</var>(1) kindergarten readiness and youth development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.3"></a><var>126.3</var>(2) grade 3 reading proficiency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.4"></a><var>126.4</var>(3) high school graduation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.5"></a><var>126.5</var>(4) postsecondary educational attainment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.6"></a><var>126.6</var>(5) physical and mental health;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.7"></a><var>126.7</var>(6) development of career skills and readiness;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.8"></a><var>126.8</var>(7) parental engagement and development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.9"></a><var>126.9</var>(8) community engagement and programmatic alignment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.10"></a><var>126.10</var>(9) reduction of remedial education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.11"></a><var>126.11</var>(d) The commissioner, in consultation with grant recipients, must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.12"></a><var>126.12</var>(1) develop and revise core indicators of progress toward outcomes specifying impacts
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.13"></a><var>126.13</var>for each tier identified under subdivision 4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.14"></a><var>126.14</var>(2) establish a reporting system for grant recipients to measure program outcomes
         using <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.15"></a><var>126.15</var>data sources and program goals; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.16"></a><var>126.16</var>(3) evaluate effectiveness based on the core indicators established by each partnership
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.17"></a><var>126.17</var>for each tier.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.18"></a><var>126.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Requirements.</b> A grant recipient's program in the planning, development, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.19"></a><var>126.19</var>implementation phase must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.20"></a><var>126.20</var>(1) integrated supportive services programming, as specified in paragraph (b), within
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.21"></a><var>126.21</var>specific community or geographic area for all ages of children and youth and their
         families <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.22"></a><var>126.22</var>within that area, provided that services may be phased in to all ages over time; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.23"></a><var>126.23</var>(2) a system for evaluating goals and outcomes as provided under subdivision 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.24"></a><var>126.24</var>paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.25"></a><var>126.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Grants.</b> The commissioner shall award Tier 1 and Tier 2 grants to qualifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.26"></a><var>126.26</var>recipients that can demonstrate a nonstate source of funds, including in-kind contributions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.27"></a><var>126.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Legislative report.</b> By December 15 of each odd-numbered year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.28"></a><var>126.28</var>commissioner shall submit a report on the education partnership program to the chairs
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.29"></a><var>126.29</var>ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.30"></a><var>126.30</var>through grade 12 education, early childhood education, economic development, and human
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.1"></a><var>127.1</var>services. At a minimum, the report must summarize grantee activities, identify grant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.2"></a><var>127.2</var>recipients and awards, analyze program performance measures and outcomes, and make
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.3"></a><var>127.3</var>any recommendations for legislative changes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.4"></a><var>127.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017, and subdivision 6 applies <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.5"></a><var>127.5</var>to reports due starting in calendar year 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.2.0"></a><a id="pl.127.6"></a><var>127.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.127.7"></a><var>127.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.8"></a><var>127.8</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.9"></a><var>127.9</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.10"></a><var>127.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Community education aid.</b> For community education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.11"></a><var>127.11</var>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.127.12"></a><var>127.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">483,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.127.13"></a><var>127.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">393,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.127.14"></a><var>127.14</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $53,000 for 2017 and $430,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.15"></a><var>127.15</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $47,000 for 2018 and $346,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.16"></a><var>127.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Adults with disabilities program aid.</b> For adults with disabilities programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.17"></a><var>127.17</var>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.127.18"></a><var>127.18</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.127.19"></a><var>127.19</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.127.20"></a><var>127.20</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2017 and $639,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.21"></a><var>127.21</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2018 and $639,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.22"></a><var>127.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Hearing-impaired adults.</b> For programs for hearing-impaired adults under <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.23"></a><var>127.23</var>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.127.24"></a><var>127.24</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.127.25"></a><var>127.25</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.127.26"></a><var>127.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>School-age care aid.</b> For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.27"></a><var>127.27</var>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.127.28"></a><var>127.28</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.127.29"></a><var>127.29</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.127.30"></a><var>127.30</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $1,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.31"></a><var>127.31</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $0 for 2018 and $1,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.1"></a><var>128.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Tier 1 grants.</b> (a) For education partnership program Tier 1 sustaining grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.2"></a><var>128.2</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:<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.128.3"></a><var>128.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.128.4"></a><var>128.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.128.5"></a><var>128.5</var>(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,300,000 each year is for the Northside <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.6"></a><var>128.6</var>Achievement Zone and $1,300,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.7"></a><var>128.7</var>(c) The base funding for Tier 1 sustaining grants is $2,600,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.8"></a><var>128.8</var>(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.9"></a><var>128.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Tier 2 implementing grants.</b> (a) For Tier 2 implementing grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.10"></a><var>128.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:<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.128.11"></a><var>128.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">480,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.128.12"></a><var>128.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">480,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.128.13"></a><var>128.13</var>(b) For fiscal years 2018 and 2019 only, $160,000 each year is for the Northfield
         Healthy <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.14"></a><var>128.14</var>Community Initiative in Northfield; $160,000 is for the Jones Family Foundation for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.15"></a><var>128.15</var>Every Hand Joined program in Red Wing; and $160,000 is for the United Way of Central
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.16"></a><var>128.16</var>Minnesota for the Partners for Student Success program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.17"></a><var>128.17</var>(c) The base funding for Tier 2 implementing grants is $480,000. The commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.18"></a><var>128.18</var>must competitively award all grants under this subdivision for fiscal year 2020 and
         later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.19"></a><var>128.19</var>(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.128.20"></a><var>128.20</var><b>ARTICLE 10</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.128.21"></a><var>128.21</var><b>SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.10.1.0"></a><a id="pl.128.22"></a><var>128.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.52, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.23"></a><var>128.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Performance tracking system.</b> (a) By July 1, 2000, each approved adult basic <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.24"></a><var>128.24</var>education program must develop and implement a performance tracking system to provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.25"></a><var>128.25</var>information necessary to comply with federal law and serve as one means of assessing
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.26"></a><var>128.26</var>effectiveness of adult basic education programs. For required reporting, longitudinal
         studies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.27"></a><var>128.27</var>and program improvement, the tracking system must be designed to collect data on the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.28"></a><var>128.28</var>following core outcomes for learners, including English learners, who have completed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.29"></a><var>128.29</var>participating in the adult basic education program:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.30"></a><var>128.30</var>(1) demonstrated improvements in literacy skill levels in reading, writing, speaking
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.31"></a><var>128.31</var>English language, numeracy, problem solving, English language acquisition, and other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.32"></a><var>128.32</var>literacy skills;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.1"></a><var>129.1</var>(2) placement in, retention in, or completion of postsecondary education, training,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.2"></a><var>129.2</var>unsubsidized employment, or career advancement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.3"></a><var>129.3</var>(3) receipt of a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.4"></a><var>129.4</var>(4) reduction in participation in the diversionary work program, Minnesota family
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.5"></a><var>129.5</var>investment program, and food support education and training program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.6"></a><var>129.6</var>(b) A district, group of districts, state agency, or private nonprofit organization
         providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.7"></a><var>129.7</var>an adult basic education program may meet this requirement by developing a tracking
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.8"></a><var>129.8</var>based on either or both of the following methodologies:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.9"></a><var>129.9</var>(1) conducting a reliable follow-up survey; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.10"></a><var>129.10</var>(2) submitting student information, including collected Social Security numbers for data <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.11"></a><var>129.11</var>matching.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.12"></a><var>129.12</var>Data related to obtaining employment must be collected in the first quarter following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.13"></a><var>129.13</var>program completion or can be collected while the student is enrolled, if known. Data
         related <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.14"></a><var>129.14</var>to employment retention must be collected in the third quarter following program exit. Data <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.15"></a><var>129.15</var>related to any other of the specified outcome outcomes may be collected at any time during <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.16"></a><var>129.16</var>a program year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.17"></a><var>129.17</var>(c) When a student in a program is requested to provide the student's Social Security
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.18"></a><var>129.18</var>number, the student must be notified in a written form easily understandable to the
         student <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.19"></a><var>129.19</var>that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.20"></a><var>129.20</var>(1) providing the Social Security number is optional and no adverse action may be
         taken <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.21"></a><var>129.21</var>against the student if the student chooses not to provide the Social Security number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.22"></a><var>129.22</var>(2) the request is made under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 7</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.23"></a><var>129.23</var>(3) if the student provides the Social Security number, it will be used to assess
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.24"></a><var>129.24</var>effectiveness of the program by tracking the student's subsequent career; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.25"></a><var>129.25</var>(4) the Social Security number will be shared with the Department of Education; <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.26"></a><var>129.26</var>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; Office of Higher Education; Department
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.27"></a><var>129.27</var>Human Services; and Department of Employment and Economic Development in order to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.28"></a><var>129.28</var>accomplish the purposes described in paragraph (a) and will not be used for any other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.29"></a><var>129.29</var>purpose or reported to any other governmental entities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.30"></a><var>129.30</var>(d) Annually a district, group of districts, state agency, or private nonprofit organization
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.31"></a><var>129.31</var>providing programs under this section must forward the tracking data collected to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.32"></a><var>129.32</var>Department of Education. For the purposes of longitudinal studies on the employment
         status <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.1"></a><var>130.1</var>of former students under this section, the Department of Education must forward the
         Social <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.2"></a><var>130.2</var>Security numbers to the Department of Employment and Economic Development to <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.3"></a><var>130.3</var>electronically match the Social Security numbers of former students with wage detail
         reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.4"></a><var>130.4</var>filed under section 
         <statute_ref>268.044</statute_ref>. The results of data matches must, for purposes of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.5"></a><var>130.5</var>and consistent with the requirements of the United States Code, title 29, section 2871, of <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.6"></a><var>130.6</var>the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, be <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.7"></a><var>130.7</var>compiled in a longitudinal form by the Department of Employment and Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.8"></a><var>130.8</var>Development and released to the Department of Education in the form of summary data
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.9"></a><var>130.9</var>that does not identify the individual students. The Department of Education may release
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.10"></a><var>130.10</var>this summary data. State funding for adult basic education programs must not be based
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.11"></a><var>130.11</var>the number or percentage of students who decline to provide their Social Security
         numbers <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.12"></a><var>130.12</var>or on whether the program is evaluated by means of a follow-up survey instead of data
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.13"></a><var>130.13</var>matching.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.2.0"></a><a id="pl.130.14"></a><var>130.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.549, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.15"></a><var>130.15</var><b>124D.549 </b><b>GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TESTS RULES; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.16"></a><var>130.16</var><b>COMMISSIONER</b><b> COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.17"></a><var>130.17</var><b>TEST</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.18"></a><var>130.18</var>The commissioner may amend rules to reflect changes in the national minimum standard <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.19"></a><var>130.19</var>score for passing the general education development (GED) tests, in consultation with adult <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.20"></a><var>130.20</var>basic education stakeholders, must select a high school equivalency test. The commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.21"></a><var>130.21</var>may issue a high school equivalency diploma to a Minnesota resident 19 years of age
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.22"></a><var>130.22</var>older who has not earned a high school diploma, who has not previously been issued
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.23"></a><var>130.23</var>general education development (GED) certification, and who has exceeded or achieved
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.24"></a><var>130.24</var>minimum passing score on the equivalency test established by the publisher. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.25"></a><var>130.25</var>commissioner of education may waive the minimum age requirement if supportive evidence
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.26"></a><var>130.26</var>is provided by an employer or a recognized education or rehabilitation provider.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.3.0"></a><a id="pl.130.27"></a><var>130.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.55, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.28"></a><var>130.28</var><b>124D.55 </b><b>GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED)</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.29"></a><var>130.29</var><b>COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY </b><b>TEST FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.30"></a><var>130.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible individual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.31"></a><var>130.31</var>for the full battery of general education development (GED) the commissioner-selected <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.32"></a><var>130.32</var>high school equivalency tests, but not more than $40 for an eligible individual.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.1"></a><var>131.1</var>For fiscal year 2017 only, the commissioner shall pay 100 percent of the fee charged
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.2"></a><var>131.2</var>an eligible individual for the full battery of general education development (GED)
         tests, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.3"></a><var>131.3</var>not more than the cost of one full battery of tests per year for any individual.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.4.0"></a><a id="pl.131.4"></a><var>131.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.08, subdivision 38, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.5"></a><var>131.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 38. <b>Full-time student.</b> "Full-time student" means a person who is enrolled in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.6"></a><var>131.6</var>graded or ungraded primary, intermediate, secondary, GED commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.7"></a><var>131.7</var>education-selected high school equivalency preparatory, trade, technical, vocational, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.8"></a><var>131.8</var>postsecondary school, and who meets the school's standard for full-time attendance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.5.0"></a><a id="pl.131.9"></a><var>131.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.08, subdivision 39, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.10"></a><var>131.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 39. <b>General educational development or GED</b><b> Commissioner of </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.131.11"></a><var>131.11</var><b>education-selected high school equivalency</b><b>.</b> "General educational development" or "GED" <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.12"></a><var>131.12</var>"Commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency" means the general educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.13"></a><var>131.13</var>development high school equivalency certification issued by the commissioner of education <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.14"></a><var>131.14</var>as an equivalent to a secondary school diploma under Minnesota Rules, part 3500.3100, <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.15"></a><var>131.15</var>subpart 4 section 124D.549.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.6.0"></a><a id="pl.131.16"></a><var>131.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.131.17"></a><var>131.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.18"></a><var>131.18</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.19"></a><var>131.19</var>designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.20"></a><var>131.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.21"></a><var>131.21</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.131.22"></a><var>131.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">50,010,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.131.23"></a><var>131.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">51,497,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.131.24"></a><var>131.24</var>The 2018 appropriation includes $4,881,000 for 2017 and $45,129,000 for 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.25"></a><var>131.25</var>The 2019 appropriation includes $5,014,000 for 2018 and $46,483,000 for 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.26"></a><var>131.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>High school equivalency tests.</b> For payment of 60 percent of the costs of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.27"></a><var>131.27</var>commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.28"></a><var>131.28</var>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.131.29"></a><var>131.29</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">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.131.30"></a><var>131.30</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">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.10.7.0"></a><a id="pl.132.1"></a><var>132.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.2"></a><var>132.2</var>In Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.3"></a><var>132.3</var>term "commissioner-selected high school equivalency" or similar term for "general
         education <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.4"></a><var>132.4</var>development," "GED," or similar terms for wherever the term refers to the tests or
         programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.5"></a><var>132.5</var>leading to a certification issued by the commissioner of education as an equivalency
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.6"></a><var>132.6</var>secondary diploma.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.8.0"></a><a id="pl.132.7"></a><var>132.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.8"></a><var>132.8</var>Minnesota Rules, part 3500.3100, subpart 4, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.132.9"></a><var>132.9</var><b>ARTICLE 11</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.132.10"></a><var>132.10</var><b>STATE AGENCIES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.11.1.0"></a><a id="pl.132.11"></a><var>132.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.14, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.12"></a><var>132.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b> Fee.</b> Each person licensed by the Board of School Administrators shall pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.13"></a><var>132.13</var>the board a fee of $75, collected each fiscal year. When transmitting notice of the
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.14"></a><var>132.14</var>fee, the board also must notify the licensee of the penalty for failing to pay the
         fee within <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.15"></a><var>132.15</var>the time specified by the board. The board may provide a lower fee for persons on
         retired <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.16"></a><var>132.16</var>or inactive status. After receiving notice from the board, any licensed school administrator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.17"></a><var>132.17</var>who does not pay the fee in the given fiscal year shall have all administrative licenses
         held <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.18"></a><var>132.18</var>by the person automatically suspended, without the right to a hearing, until the fee
         has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.19"></a><var>132.19</var>paid to the board. If the board suspends a licensed school administrator for failing
         to pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.20"></a><var>132.20</var>the fee, it must immediately notify the district currently employing the school administrator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.21"></a><var>132.21</var>of the school administrator's suspension. The executive secretary shall deposit the
         fees in <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.22"></a><var>132.22</var>the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund in the state treasury.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.23"></a><var>132.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.2.0"></a><a id="pl.132.24"></a><var>132.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. <b>[122A.175] SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNTS; EDUCATOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.25"></a><var>132.25</var><b>LICENSURE AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.26"></a><var>132.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Educator licensure account.</b> An educator licensure account is created <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.27"></a><var>132.27</var>in the special revenue fund. Applicant licensure fees received by the Department of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.28"></a><var>132.28</var>Education, the Board of Teaching, or the Board of School Administrators must be deposited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.29"></a><var>132.29</var>in the educator licensure account. Any funds appropriated from this account that remain
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.30"></a><var>132.30</var>unexpended at the end of the biennium cancel to the educator licensure account in
         the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.31"></a><var>132.31</var>revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.1"></a><var>133.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Background check account.</b> An educator licensure background check account <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.2"></a><var>133.2</var>is created in the special revenue fund. The Department of Education, the Board of
         Teaching, <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.3"></a><var>133.3</var>and the Board of School Administrators must deposit all payments submitted by license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.4"></a><var>133.4</var>applicants for criminal background checks conducted by the Bureau of Criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.5"></a><var>133.5</var>Apprehension in the educator licensure background check account. Amounts in the account
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.6"></a><var>133.6</var>are annually appropriated to the commissioner of education for payment to the superintendent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.7"></a><var>133.7</var>of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for the costs of background checks on applicants
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.8"></a><var>133.8</var>for licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.9"></a><var>133.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.3.0"></a><a id="pl.133.10"></a><var>133.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 7c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.11"></a><var>133.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7c. <b>Temporary military license.</b> The Board of Teaching shall establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.12"></a><var>133.12</var>temporary license in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>197.4552</statute_ref> for teaching. The fee for a temporary <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.13"></a><var>133.13</var>license under this subdivision shall be $87.90 for an online application or $86.40
         for a paper <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.14"></a><var>133.14</var>application. The board must deposit the fees received from applicants in the educator <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.15"></a><var>133.15</var>licensure account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.16"></a><var>133.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.4.0"></a><a id="pl.133.17"></a><var>133.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.18"></a><var>133.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Background checks.</b> (a) The Board of Teaching and the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.19"></a><var>133.19</var>education must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.20"></a><var>133.20</var>Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all first-time teaching applicants for licenses
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.21"></a><var>133.21</var>their jurisdiction. Applicants must include with their licensure applications:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.22"></a><var>133.22</var>(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.23"></a><var>133.23</var>(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.24"></a><var>133.24</var>for the fee for conducting payment to conduct the criminal history background check. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.25"></a><var>133.25</var>Board of Teaching and the commissioner of education must deposit payments received
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.26"></a><var>133.26</var>under this subdivision in the educator licensure background check account in the special
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.27"></a><var>133.27</var>revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.28"></a><var>133.28</var>(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.29"></a><var>133.29</var>background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data
         as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.30"></a><var>133.30</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>13.87 </statute_ref>and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records repository. <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.31"></a><var>133.31</var>The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.32"></a><var>133.32</var>Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall
         recover <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.1"></a><var>134.1</var>the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to the applicant
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.2"></a><var>134.2</var>paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.3"></a><var>134.3</var>(c) The Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education may issue a license pending
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.4"></a><var>134.4</var>completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify the individual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.5"></a><var>134.5</var>that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the background
         check.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.6"></a><var>134.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.5.0"></a><a id="pl.134.7"></a><var>134.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.8"></a><var>134.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Licensure applications.</b> Each applicant submitting an application for <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.9"></a><var>134.9</var>the issuance, renewal, or extension of to the Board of Teaching to issue, renew, or extend <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.10"></a><var>134.10</var>a teaching license to teach, including applications for licensure via portfolio under subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.11"></a><var>134.11</var>2, must be accompanied by include a processing fee of $57. The processing fee for a teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.12"></a><var>134.12</var>license and for the licenses of supervisory personnel must be paid to the executive
         secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.13"></a><var>134.13</var>of the appropriate board and deposited in the educator licensure account in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.14"></a><var>134.14</var>revenue fund. The executive secretary of the board shall deposit the fees with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.15"></a><var>134.15</var>commissioner of management and budget. The fees as set by the board are nonrefundable <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.16"></a><var>134.16</var>for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, a fee must be refunded by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.17"></a><var>134.17</var>commissioner of management and budget must refund a fee in any case in which the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.18"></a><var>134.18</var>already holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or reduce fees for applicants
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.19"></a><var>134.19</var>who apply at the same time for more than one license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.20"></a><var>134.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.6.0"></a><a id="pl.134.21"></a><var>134.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.22"></a><var>134.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Licensure via portfolio.</b> (a) An eligible candidate may use licensure via portfolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.23"></a><var>134.23</var>to obtain a professional five-year teaching license or to add a licensure field, consistent
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.24"></a><var>134.24</var>applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.25"></a><var>134.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A candidate for a professional five-year teaching license must submit to the Educator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.26"></a><var>134.26</var>Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating pedagogical competence
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.27"></a><var>134.27</var>and one portfolio demonstrating content competence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.28"></a><var>134.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field must submit to the Educator Licensing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.29"></a><var>134.29</var>Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating content competence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.30"></a><var>134.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) The Board of Teaching must notify a candidate who submits a portfolio under <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.31"></a><var>134.31</var>paragraph (b) or (c) within 90 calendar days after the portfolio is received whether
         or not <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.32"></a><var>134.32</var>the portfolio was approved. If the portfolio was not approved, the board must immediately
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.1"></a><var>135.1</var>inform the candidate how to revise the portfolio to successfully demonstrate the requisite
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.2"></a><var>135.2</var>competence. The candidate may resubmit a revised portfolio at any time and the Educator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.3"></a><var>135.3</var>Licensing Division at the department must approve or disapprove the portfolio within
         60 <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.4"></a><var>135.4</var>calendar days of receiving it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.5"></a><var>135.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) A candidate must pay to the executive secretary of the Board of Teaching a $300
         fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.6"></a><var>135.6</var>for the first portfolio submitted for review and a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.7"></a><var>135.7</var>subsequently. The revenue generated from Board of Teaching executive secretary must <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.8"></a><var>135.8</var>deposit the fee must be deposited in an education the educator licensure portfolio account <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.9"></a><var>135.9</var>in the special revenue fund. The fees set by the Board of Teaching are nonrefundable
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.10"></a><var>135.10</var>applicants not qualifying for a license. The Board of Teaching may waive or reduce
         fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.11"></a><var>135.11</var>for candidates based on financial need.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.12"></a><var>135.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.7.0"></a><a id="pl.135.13"></a><var>135.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.21, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.14"></a><var>135.14</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.15"></a><var>135.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Annual appropriations.</b> (a) The amounts collected under subdivision 2 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.16"></a><var>135.16</var>deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund are annually
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.17"></a><var>135.17</var>appropriated to the Board of Teaching.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.18"></a><var>135.18</var>(b) The appropriations in paragraph (a) must be reduced by the amount of any money
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.19"></a><var>135.19</var>specifically appropriated for the same purposes in any year from any state fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.20"></a><var>135.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.8.0"></a><a id="pl.135.21"></a><var>135.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>TRANSFERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.135.22"></a><var>135.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Portfolio account.</b> On July 1, 2019, the commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.23"></a><var>135.23</var>and budget shall transfer any balances in the educator licensure portfolio account
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.24"></a><var>135.24</var>special revenue fund to the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.25"></a><var>135.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Background check.</b> Any balance in an account that holds fees collected under <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.26"></a><var>135.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is transferred to the educator
         licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.27"></a><var>135.27</var>background check account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.28"></a><var>135.28</var>122A.175, subdivision 2. On July 2, 2019, $80,000 is transferred from the educator
         licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.29"></a><var>135.29</var>background check account in the special revenue fund to the educator licensure account
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.30"></a><var>135.30</var>the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.9.0"></a><a id="pl.136.1"></a><var>136.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.136.2"></a><var>136.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> Unless otherwise indicated, the sums indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.3"></a><var>136.3</var>in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.4"></a><var>136.4</var>the fiscal years designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.5"></a><var>136.5</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.136.6"></a><var>136.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 19,854,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.136.7"></a><var>136.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 19,829,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.136.8"></a><var>136.8</var>Of these amounts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.9"></a><var>136.9</var>(1) $231,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators. Beginning in fiscal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.10"></a><var>136.10</var>year 2020, the amount indicated is appropriated from the educator licensure account
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.11"></a><var>136.11</var>special revenue fund;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.12"></a><var>136.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.13"></a><var>136.13</var>(3) $200,000 each year is for the Lola and Rudy Perpich arts education and outreach
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.14"></a><var>136.14</var>division; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.15"></a><var>136.15</var>(4) $370,000 each year is for grants for arts integration and Turnaround Arts programs.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.16"></a><var>136.16</var>The base for fiscal year 2020 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.17"></a><var>136.17</var>(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.18"></a><var>136.18</var>(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.19"></a><var>136.19</var>Washington, D.C. office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.20"></a><var>136.20</var>(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.21"></a><var>136.21</var>and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.22"></a><var>136.22</var>(e) If H.F. 140 or a similarly styled bill transferring the Educator Licensing Division
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.23"></a><var>136.23</var>the Board of Teaching is enacted, the fiscal year 2018 appropriation in paragraph
         (a) is <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.24"></a><var>136.24</var>reduced by $836,000 and the fiscal year 2019 appropriation in paragraph (a) is reduced
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.25"></a><var>136.25</var>$845,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.26"></a><var>136.26</var>(f) The agency's base in fiscal year 2020 is $19,228,000 and $19,228,000 in 2021.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.27"></a><var>136.27</var>(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), if H.F. 140 or a similarly styled bill transferring
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.28"></a><var>136.28</var>Educator Licensing Division to the Board of Teaching or its successor organization
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.29"></a><var>136.29</var>enacted, the base in fiscal year 2020 is $18,294,000 and $18,205,000 in 2021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.10.0"></a><a id="pl.137.1"></a><var>137.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; BOARD OF TEACHING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.137.2"></a><var>137.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Board of Teaching.</b> (a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.3"></a><var>137.3</var>from the general fund to the Board of Teaching or any successor organization for the
         fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.4"></a><var>137.4</var>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.137.5"></a><var>137.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,481,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.137.6"></a><var>137.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,493,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.137.7"></a><var>137.7</var>(b) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.8"></a><var>137.8</var>support subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing information <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.9"></a><var>137.9</var>technology costs will be incorporated into an interagency agreement and will be paid
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.10"></a><var>137.10</var>Office of MN.IT Services by the Board of Teaching under the mechanism specified in
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.11"></a><var>137.11</var>agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.12"></a><var>137.12</var>(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $2,513,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $2,525,000
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.13"></a><var>137.13</var>fiscal year 2019 are available only if H.F. 140 or a similarly styled bill is enacted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.14"></a><var>137.14</var>(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.15"></a><var>137.15</var>(e) The base for fiscal year 2020 is $968,000. This amount is increased by $1,766,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.16"></a><var>137.16</var>if H.F. 140 or a similarly styled bill is enacted. The base for fiscal year 2021 is
         $968,000. <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.17"></a><var>137.17</var>This amount is increased by $1,741,000 if H.F. 140 or a similarly styled bill is enacted.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.18"></a><var>137.18</var>Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the amounts indicated are appropriated from the educator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.19"></a><var>137.19</var>licensure account in the special revenue fund or, if the amount in the educator licensure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.20"></a><var>137.20</var>account is insufficient, from the general fund to the Board of Teaching or any successor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.21"></a><var>137.21</var>organization. If a successor organization is established, the Department of Administration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.22"></a><var>137.22</var>must provide administrative support to the successor organization under Minnesota
         Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.23"></a><var>137.23</var>section 16B.371. The commissioner of administration must assess the board for services
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.24"></a><var>137.24</var>provided under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.25"></a><var>137.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Licensure by portfolio.</b> For licensure by portfolio:<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.137.26"></a><var>137.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">34,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.137.27"></a><var>137.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">34,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.137.28"></a><var>137.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This appropriation is from the educator licensure portfolio account in the special
         revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.29"></a><var>137.29</var>fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.11.0"></a><a id="pl.137.30"></a><var>137.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.137.31"></a><var>137.31</var>(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.32"></a><var>137.32</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.138.1"></a><var>138.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,204,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.138.2"></a><var>138.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,186,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.138.3"></a><var>138.3</var>(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.12.0"></a><a id="pl.138.4"></a><var>138.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.138.5"></a><var>138.5</var>(a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich
         Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.6"></a><var>138.6</var>for Arts Education and to its successor fiscal agent 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.138.7"></a><var>138.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,212,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.138.8"></a><var>138.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,786,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.138.9"></a><var>138.9</var>(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $162,000 in fiscal year 2018 and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.10"></a><var>138.10</var>$361,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for transfer to the Department of Administration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.11"></a><var>138.11</var>(c) The base for fiscal year 2020 and later is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.12"></a><var>138.12</var>(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.138.13"></a><var>138.13</var><b>ARTICLE 12</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.138.14"></a><var>138.14</var><b>FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.138.15"></a><var>138.15</var><b>A. GENERAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.1.0"></a><a id="pl.138.16"></a><var>138.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.17"></a><var>138.17</var>2, as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 27, section 17, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.18"></a><var>138.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>General education aid.</b> For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.19"></a><var>138.19</var>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.138.20"></a><var>138.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		  
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,649,435,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.138.21"></a><var>138.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.138.22"></a><var>138.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,815,372,000 <br />
                  		6,848,521,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.138.23"></a><var>138.23</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $622,908,000 for 2015 and 6,026,524,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.24"></a><var>138.24</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $641,412,000 for 2016 and $6,173,962,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.25"></a><var>138.25</var>$6,207,109,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.26"></a><var>138.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.2.0"></a><a id="pl.139.1"></a><var>139.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision 3,
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.2"></a><var>139.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.3"></a><var>139.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Enrollment options transportation.</b> For transportation of pupils attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.4"></a><var>139.4</var>postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.09</statute_ref>, or for transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.5"></a><var>139.5</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.139.6"></a><var>139.6</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.139.7"></a><var>139.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.139.8"></a><var>139.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">42,000 <br />
                  		26,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.139.9"></a><var>139.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.3.0"></a><a id="pl.139.10"></a><var>139.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision 4,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.11"></a><var>139.11</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.12"></a><var>139.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Abatement revenue.</b> For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.139.13"></a><var>139.13</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.139.14"></a><var>139.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,051,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.139.15"></a><var>139.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.139.16"></a><var>139.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,425,000 <br />
                  		2,666,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.139.17"></a><var>139.17</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $278,000 for 2015 and $2,773,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.18"></a><var>139.18</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $308,000 for 2016 and $3,117,000 $2,358,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.19"></a><var>139.19</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.20"></a><var>139.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.4.0"></a><a id="pl.139.21"></a><var>139.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision 6,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.22"></a><var>139.22</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.23"></a><var>139.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Nonpublic pupil education aid.</b> For nonpublic pupil education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.24"></a><var>139.24</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.139.25"></a><var>139.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,759,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.139.26"></a><var>139.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.139.27"></a><var>139.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,235,000 <br />
                  		16,879,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.139.28"></a><var>139.28</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,575,000 for 2015 and $15,184,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.29"></a><var>139.29</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $1,687,000 for 2016 and $15,548,000 $15,192,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.30"></a><var>139.30</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.31"></a><var>139.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.5.0"></a><a id="pl.140.1"></a><var>140.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision 7,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.2"></a><var>140.2</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.3"></a><var>140.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Nonpublic pupil transportation.</b> For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.4"></a><var>140.4</var>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.140.5"></a><var>140.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,673,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.140.6"></a><var>140.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.140.7"></a><var>140.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,103,000 <br />
                  		18,278,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.140.8"></a><var>140.8</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $1,816,000 for 2015 and $15,857,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.9"></a><var>140.9</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $1,761,000 for 2016 and $16,342,000 $16,517,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.10"></a><var>140.10</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.11"></a><var>140.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.6.0"></a><a id="pl.140.12"></a><var>140.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision 9,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.13"></a><var>140.13</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.14"></a><var>140.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Career and technical aid.</b> For career and technical aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.15"></a><var>140.15</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.140.16"></a><var>140.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,922,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.140.17"></a><var>140.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.140.18"></a><var>140.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,262,000 <br />
                  		4,806,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.140.19"></a><var>140.19</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $574,000 for 2015 and $5,348,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.20"></a><var>140.20</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $517,000 for 2016 and $3,745,000 $4,289,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.21"></a><var>140.21</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.22"></a><var>140.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.140.23"></a><var>140.23</var><b>B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.7.0"></a><a id="pl.140.24"></a><var>140.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 2,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.25"></a><var>140.25</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 44, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.26"></a><var>140.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Alternative compensation.</b> For alternative teacher compensation aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.27"></a><var>140.27</var>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.140.28"></a><var>140.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">78,907,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.140.29"></a><var>140.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.140.30"></a><var>140.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">89,049,000 <br />
                  		88,137,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.140.31"></a><var>140.31</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $7,766,000 for 2015 and $71,141,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.1"></a><var>141.1</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $7,876,000 for 2016 and $81,173,000 $80,261,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.2"></a><var>141.2</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.3"></a><var>141.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.8.0"></a><a id="pl.141.4"></a><var>141.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 3,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.5"></a><var>141.5</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 45, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.6"></a><var>141.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Achievement and integration aid.</b> For achievement and integration aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.7"></a><var>141.7</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.862</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.141.8"></a><var>141.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,439,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.141.9"></a><var>141.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.141.10"></a><var>141.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">69,372,000 <br />
                  		67,091,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.141.11"></a><var>141.11</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $6,382,000 for 2015 and $59,057,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.12"></a><var>141.12</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $6,561,000 for 2016 and $62,811,000 $60,530,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.13"></a><var>141.13</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.14"></a><var>141.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.9.0"></a><a id="pl.141.15"></a><var>141.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 4,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.16"></a><var>141.16</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.17"></a><var>141.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Literacy incentive aid.</b> For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.18"></a><var>141.18</var>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.141.19"></a><var>141.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">44,538,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.141.20"></a><var>141.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.141.21"></a><var>141.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">45,855,000 <br />
                  		45,803,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.141.22"></a><var>141.22</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $4,683,000 for 2015 and $39,855,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.23"></a><var>141.23</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $4,428,000 for 2016 and $41,427,000 $41,375,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.24"></a><var>141.24</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.25"></a><var>141.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.10.0"></a><a id="pl.141.26"></a><var>141.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 5,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.27"></a><var>141.27</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.28"></a><var>141.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.</b> For <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.29"></a><var>141.29</var>interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.30"></a><var>141.30</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.141.31"></a><var>141.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,423,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.142.1"></a><var>142.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.142.2"></a><var>142.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,193,000 <br />
                  		13,496,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.142.3"></a><var>142.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.11.0"></a><a id="pl.142.4"></a><var>142.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 7,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.5"></a><var>142.5</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.6"></a><var>142.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Tribal contract schools.</b> For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.7"></a><var>142.7</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.83</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.142.8"></a><var>142.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,539,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.142.9"></a><var>142.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.142.10"></a><var>142.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,715,000 <br />
                  		3,278,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.142.11"></a><var>142.11</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2015 and $3,335,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.12"></a><var>142.12</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $370,000 for 2016 and $3,345,000 $2,908,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.13"></a><var>142.13</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.14"></a><var>142.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.12.0"></a><a id="pl.142.15"></a><var>142.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 11,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.16"></a><var>142.16</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.17"></a><var>142.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>American Indian education aid.</b> For American Indian education aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.18"></a><var>142.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.81, subdivision 2a</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.142.19"></a><var>142.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,740,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.142.20"></a><var>142.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.142.21"></a><var>142.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">8,878,000 <br />
                  		8,838,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.142.22"></a><var>142.22</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $0 for 2015 and $7,740,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.23"></a><var>142.23</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $860,000 for 2016 and $8,018,000 $7,978,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.24"></a><var>142.24</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.25"></a><var>142.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.13.0"></a><a id="pl.142.26"></a><var>142.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.27"></a><var>142.27</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 28, section 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.28"></a><var>142.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Charter school building lease aid.</b> For building lease aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.29"></a><var>142.29</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124E.22</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.142.30"></a><var>142.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">63,540,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.142.31"></a><var>142.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.142.32"></a><var>142.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">70,132,000 <br />
                  		68,046,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.143.1"></a><var>143.1</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $6,032,000 for 2015 and $57,508,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.2"></a><var>143.2</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $6,389,000 for 2016 and $63,743,000 $61,657,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.3"></a><var>143.3</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.4"></a><var>143.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.143.5"></a><var>143.5</var><b>C. SPECIAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.14.0"></a><a id="pl.143.6"></a><var>143.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, subdivision 2,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.7"></a><var>143.7</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 29, section 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.8"></a><var>143.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Special education; regular.</b> For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.9"></a><var>143.9</var>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.143.10"></a><var>143.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,183,619,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.143.11"></a><var>143.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.143.12"></a><var>143.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,247,107,000 <br />
                  		1,258,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.143.13"></a><var>143.13</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $137,932,000 for 2015 and $1,045,687,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.14"></a><var>143.14</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $147,202,000 for 2016 and $1,099,905,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.15"></a><var>143.15</var>$1,111,048,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.16"></a><var>143.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.15.0"></a><a id="pl.143.17"></a><var>143.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, subdivision 3,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.18"></a><var>143.18</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.19"></a><var>143.19</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.143.20"></a><var>143.20</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.143.21"></a><var>143.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">416,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.143.22"></a><var>143.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.143.23"></a><var>143.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">435,000 <br />
                  		482,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.143.24"></a><var>143.24</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $35,000 for 2015 and $381,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.25"></a><var>143.25</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $42,000 for 2016 and $393,000 $440,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.26"></a><var>143.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.16.0"></a><a id="pl.144.1"></a><var>144.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, subdivision 5,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.2"></a><var>144.2</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.3"></a><var>144.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Aid for children with disabilities.</b> For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.144.4"></a><var>144.4</var>125A.75, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.5"></a><var>144.5</var>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.144.6"></a><var>144.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,307,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.7"></a><var>144.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.144.8"></a><var>144.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,516,000 <br />
                  		1,390,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.144.9"></a><var>144.9</var>If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
         year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.10"></a><var>144.10</var>available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.11"></a><var>144.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.17.0"></a><a id="pl.144.12"></a><var>144.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, subdivision 6,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.13"></a><var>144.13</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.14"></a><var>144.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Court-placed special education revenue.</b> For reimbursing serving school <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.15"></a><var>144.15</var>districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in
         the serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.16"></a><var>144.16</var>school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>125A.79, 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.144.17"></a><var>144.17</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.144.18"></a><var>144.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.144.19"></a><var>144.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">57,000 <br />
                  		45,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.144.20"></a><var>144.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.144.21"></a><var>144.21</var><b>D. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.18.0"></a><a id="pl.144.22"></a><var>144.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 6, section 13, subdivision 2,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.23"></a><var>144.23</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 30, section 23, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.24"></a><var>144.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Long-term </b><b>facilities </b><b>maintenance </b><b>equalization</b><b> equalized</b><b> aid.</b> For long-term <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.25"></a><var>144.25</var>facilities maintenance equalization equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>123B.595</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.144.26"></a><var>144.26</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.144.27"></a><var>144.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.144.28"></a><var>144.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">52,844,000 <br />
                  		50,571,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.144.29"></a><var>144.29</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $52,844,000 $50,571,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.30"></a><var>144.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.19.0"></a><a id="pl.145.1"></a><var>145.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 6, section 13, subdivision 3,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.2"></a><var>145.2</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.3"></a><var>145.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Debt service equalization.</b> For debt service aid according to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.4"></a><var>145.4</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 6</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="41px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.145.5"></a><var>145.5</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.145.6"></a><var>145.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.145.7"></a><var>145.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,926,000 <br />
                  		20,406,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.145.8"></a><var>145.8</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $2,295,000 for 2015 and $18,054,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.9"></a><var>145.9</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $2,005,000 for 2016 and $20,921,000 $18,401,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.10"></a><var>145.10</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.11"></a><var>145.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.145.12"></a><var>145.12</var><b>E. NUTRITION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.20.0"></a><a id="pl.145.13"></a><var>145.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 7, section 7, subdivision 2, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.14"></a><var>145.14</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 27, section 18, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.15"></a><var>145.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>School lunch.</b> For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.145.16"></a><var>145.16</var>124D.111
         </statute_ref>, 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.145.17"></a><var>145.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,251,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.145.18"></a><var>145.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.145.19"></a><var>145.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,775,000 <br />
                  		16,234,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.145.20"></a><var>145.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.21.0"></a><a id="pl.145.21"></a><var>145.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 7, section 7, subdivision 3, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.22"></a><var>145.22</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 27, section 19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.23"></a><var>145.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>School breakfast.</b> For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.24"></a><var>145.24</var>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.145.25"></a><var>145.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,457,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.145.26"></a><var>145.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.145.27"></a><var>145.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,365,000 <br />
                  		9,869,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.145.28"></a><var>145.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.22.0"></a><a id="pl.146.1"></a><var>146.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 7, section 7, subdivision 4, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.2"></a><var>146.2</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.3"></a><var>146.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Kindergarten milk.</b> For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.4"></a><var>146.4</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.146.5"></a><var>146.5</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.146.6"></a><var>146.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.146.7"></a><var>146.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">788,000 <br />
                  		758,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.146.8"></a><var>146.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.146.9"></a><var>146.9</var><b>F. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.23.0"></a><a id="pl.146.10"></a><var>146.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 8, subdivision 5, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.11"></a><var>146.11</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.12"></a><var>146.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family education <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.13"></a><var>146.13</var>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.146.14"></a><var>146.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">27,948,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.146.15"></a><var>146.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.146.16"></a><var>146.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		 
               </td>
               <td align="right">29,336,000 <br />
                  		28,944,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.146.17"></a><var>146.17</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $2,713,000 for 2015 and $25,235,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.18"></a><var>146.18</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $2,803,000 for 2016 and $26,533,000 $26,141,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.19"></a><var>146.19</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.20"></a><var>146.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.24.0"></a><a id="pl.146.21"></a><var>146.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 8, subdivision 6, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.22"></a><var>146.22</var>amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 17, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.23"></a><var>146.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Developmental screening aid.</b> For developmental screening aid under <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.24"></a><var>146.24</var>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.146.25"></a><var>146.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,477,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.146.26"></a><var>146.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.146.27"></a><var>146.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,488,000 <br />
                  		3,573,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.146.28"></a><var>146.28</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $338,000 for 2015 and $3,139,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.29"></a><var>146.29</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $348,000 for 2016 and $3,140,000 $3,225,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.30"></a><var>146.30</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.31"></a><var>146.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.25.0"></a><a id="pl.147.1"></a><var>147.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3, subdivision 2,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.2"></a><var>147.2</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 18, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.3"></a><var>147.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Community education aid.</b> For community education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.4"></a><var>147.4</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</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.147.5"></a><var>147.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">790,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.147.6"></a><var>147.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.147.7"></a><var>147.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">553,000 <br />
                  		555,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.147.8"></a><var>147.8</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $107,000 for 2015 and $683,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.9"></a><var>147.9</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $75,000 for 2016 and $478,000 $480,000 for 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.10"></a><var>147.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.147.11"></a><var>147.11</var><b>G. SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.26.0"></a><a id="pl.147.12"></a><var>147.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 11, section 3, subdivision 2,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.13"></a><var>147.13</var>as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 34, section 19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.14"></a><var>147.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.15"></a><var>147.15</var>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.147.16"></a><var>147.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">48,231,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.147.17"></a><var>147.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.147.18"></a><var>147.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">49,683,000 <br />
                  		48,762,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.147.19"></a><var>147.19</var>The 2016 appropriation includes $4,782,000 for 2015 and $43,449,000 for 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.20"></a><var>147.20</var>The 2017 appropriation includes $4,827,000 for 2016 and $44,856,000 $43,935,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.21"></a><var>147.21</var>2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.22"></a><var>147.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment."<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.23"></a><var>147.23</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.147.24"></a><var>147.24</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.147.25"></a><var>147.25</var>relating to education finance; providing funding in early childhood, kindergarten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.26"></a><var>147.26</var>through grade 12, and adult education, including general education, education <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.27"></a><var>147.27</var>excellence, teachers, special education, facilities and technology, nutrition, libraries,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.28"></a><var>147.28</var>early childhood and family support, community education and prevention, <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.29"></a><var>147.29</var>self-sufficiency and lifelong learning, and state agencies; making forecast <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.30"></a><var>147.30</var>adjustments; requiring a report; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.31"></a><var>147.31</var>2016, sections 43A.08, subdivisions 1, 1a; 120A.22, subdivision 9; 120A.41; <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.32"></a><var>147.32</var>120B.021, subdivisions 1, 3; 120B.022, subdivision 1b; 120B.12, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.33"></a><var>147.33</var>2a, 3; 120B.125; 120B.132; 120B.22, subdivision 2; 120B.23, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.34"></a><var>147.34</var>120B.232, subdivision 1; 120B.30, subdivision 1; 120B.31, subdivision 4, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.35"></a><var>147.35</var>adding a subdivision; 120B.35, subdivision 3; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 121A.22, <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.36"></a><var>147.36</var>subdivision 2; 121A.221; 122A.14, subdivision 9; 122A.18, subdivisions 7c, 8; <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.37"></a><var>147.37</var>122A.21, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 122A.40, subdivision 10; <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.38"></a><var>147.38</var>122A.41, by adding a subdivision; 122A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.415, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.1"></a><var>148.1</var>4; 122A.416; 123A.30, subdivision 6; 123A.73, subdivision 2; 123B.41, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.2"></a><var>148.2</var>subdivisions 2, 5a; 123B.52, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 123B.595, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.3"></a><var>148.3</var>subdivisions 1, 4; 123B.71, subdivisions 11, 12; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.03,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.4"></a><var>148.4</var>subdivision 5a; 124D.05, subdivision 3; 124D.09, subdivisions 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.5"></a><var>148.5</var>by adding subdivisions; 124D.1158, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.165, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.6"></a><var>148.6</var>2, 3, 4; 124D.52, subdivision 7; 124D.549; 124D.55; 124D.59, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.7"></a><var>148.7</var>124D.68, subdivision 2; 124D.695; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.05, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.8"></a><var>148.8</var>7; 124E.11; 124E.22; 125A.0941; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.21, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.9"></a><var>148.9</var>2; 125A.515; 125A.56, subdivision 1; 125A.74, subdivision 1; 125A.76, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.10"></a><var>148.10</var>2c; 126C.05, subdivisions 1, 8; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3, 13a, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.11"></a><var>148.11</var>subdivision; 126C.17, subdivision 9; 127A.45, subdivision 10; 134.31, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.12"></a><var>148.12</var>2; 136A.1791, subdivisions 1, 2, 9; 256B.0625, subdivision 26; 256J.08, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.13"></a><var>148.13</var>subdivisions 38, 39; 297A.70, subdivision 2; Laws 2015, First Special Session <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.14"></a><var>148.14</var>chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 4, as amended, 6,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.15"></a><var>148.15</var>as amended, 7, as amended, 9, as amended; article 2, section 70, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.16"></a><var>148.16</var>as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 7, as amended, 11, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.17"></a><var>148.17</var>amended; article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended; article 5, section 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.18"></a><var>148.18</var>subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 5, as amended, 6; article 6, section 13,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.19"></a><var>148.19</var>subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; article 7, section 7, subdivisions 2, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.20"></a><var>148.20</var>amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 9, section 8, subdivisions 5, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.21"></a><var>148.21</var>amended, 6, as amended; article 10, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended; article
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.22"></a><var>148.22</var>11, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.23"></a><var>148.23</var>sections 58; 62, subdivisions 7, 11, 17; article 30, section 25, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.24"></a><var>148.24</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A; 120B; 121A; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.25"></a><var>148.25</var>122A; 124D; 127A; 136A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 122A.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.26"></a><var>148.26</var>subdivision 11; 122A.41, subdivision 14; 123A.73, subdivision 3; 124D.151; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.27"></a><var>148.27</var>124D.73, subdivision 2; 125A.75, subdivision 7; 125A.76, subdivision 2b; 129C.10,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.28"></a><var>148.28</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 4a, 5a, 6, 7, 8; 129C.105; 129C.15; 129C.20; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.29"></a><var>148.29</var>129C.25; 129C.26; 129C.30; Minnesota Rules, parts 3500.3100, subpart 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.30"></a><var>148.30</var>3600.0010, subparts 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 6; 3600.0020; 3600.0030, subparts 1, 2, 4, 6;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.31"></a><var>148.31</var>3600.0045; 3600.0055; 3600.0065; 3600.0075; 3600.0085."<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.1"></a><var>149.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.149.2"></a><var>149.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.3"></a><var>149.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.4"></a><var>149.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Jenifer Loon<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Sondra Erickson<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.5"></a><var>149.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.6"></a><var>149.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Peggy Bennett<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Ron Kresha<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.7"></a><var>149.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.8"></a><var>149.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Mary Murphy<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.9"></a><var>149.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.10"></a><var>149.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.11"></a><var>149.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Carla J. Nelson<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Eric R. Pratt<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.12"></a><var>149.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.13"></a><var>149.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Justin Eichorn<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Bill Weber<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.14"></a><var>149.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.149.15"></a><var>149.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Charles W. Wiger<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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