SF 354

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; modifying the alternative teacher pay calculation
for intermediate school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
122A.415, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 34.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.415, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Revenue amount.

(a) A school district, intermediate school district,
school site, or charter school that meets the conditions of section 122A.414 and submits an
application approved by the commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation
revenue.

(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner
must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by a
district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain an
alternative teacher professional pay system agreement that:

(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with
section 122A.414; and

(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations
Act under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 179A.20, subdivision 3, a
district may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years.

Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site in
which the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place
teachers in the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay system
equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled at the district or site on October 1 of
the previous fiscal year. Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying
intermediate school district must be calculated under section 126C.10, subdivision 34,
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(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed
using the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts entering
into the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue
computed for a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings,
school openings, or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current
year.

(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts,
school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher professional
pay system by October 1 of the current school year.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 34, is amended to read:

Subd. 34.

Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.

(a) For fiscal year 2006,
the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school district or an intermediate
school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals the
alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, subdivision 1. The
basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with an approved plan
under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled
in the school on October 1 of the previous school year, or on October 1 of the current
fiscal year for a charter school in the first year of operation.

(b) For fiscal year 2007 and later, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for
a school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals
73.1 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415,
subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for deleted text begin an intermediate school
district or deleted text end new text begin a new text end charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a
and 2b, deleted text begin if the recipient is a charter school, deleted text end equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled
in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or on October 1 of the current fiscal
year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the
alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all
participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue
for those districts under section 122A.415, subdivision 1.

(c) new text begin The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate school district
with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals $3,800 times the
number of licensed teachers teaching in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year.
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new text begin (d) new text end Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) deleted text begin and deleted text end new text begin , new text end (b) new text begin , and (c), new text end and section 122A.415,
subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement must
not exceed $19,329,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2007 and
later. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation aid
approved under section 122A.415 so as not to exceed these limits.

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