SF 447

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; adjusting pupil weightings; 
  1.3             providing employer-paid insurance benefits; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 126C.05, subdivision 
  1.5             1; and 126C.12, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.05, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [PUPIL UNIT.] Pupil units for each 
  1.10  Minnesota resident pupil in average daily membership enrolled in 
  1.11  the district of residence, in another district under sections 
  1.12  123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.06, 124D.07, 124D.08, or 
  1.13  124D.68; in a charter school under section 124D.10; or for whom 
  1.14  the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 
  1.15  123A.22, 123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, 
  1.16  subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 
  1.17  125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.  
  1.18     (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is 
  1.19  enrolled in a program approved by the commissioner and has an 
  1.20  individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the number 
  1.21  of hours of assessment and education service to 825 with a 
  1.22  minimum of 0.28, but not more than one. 
  1.23     (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined 
  1.24  not to be handicapped is counted as the ratio of the number of 
  1.25  hours of assessment service to 825.  
  2.1      (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled 
  2.2   in a program approved by the commissioner is counted as the 
  2.3   ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education 
  2.4   services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual 
  2.5   education program plan to 875, but not more than one. 
  2.6      (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph 
  2.7   (c) is counted as .53 of a pupil unit for fiscal year years 1995 
  2.8   through 1999, .54 for fiscal year 2000, .59 for fiscal year 
  2.9   2001, and .65 for fiscal year 2002 and thereafter. 
  2.10     (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 
  2.11  1.06 pupil units for fiscal year 1995 and thereafter.  A pupil 
  2.12  who is in grades 1 to 3 is counted as 1.09 pupil units in fiscal 
  2.13  year 2000, 1.13 pupil units in fiscal year 2001, and 1.17 pupil 
  2.14  units in fiscal year 2002 and thereafter. 
  2.15     (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 
  2.16  1.3 pupil units.  For fiscal year 2000, a pupil who is in grade 
  2.17  12 is counted as 1.10 pupil units.  For fiscal year 2001, a 
  2.18  pupil who is in grade 12 is counted as .9 pupil units.  For 
  2.19  fiscal year 2002 and thereafter, a pupil who is in grade 12 is 
  2.20  counted as .5 pupil units.  
  2.21     (g) A pupil who is in grades 7 through 11 or in the 
  2.22  post-secondary enrollment options program is counted as 1.3 
  2.23  pupil units.  
  2.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.12, 
  2.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.26     Subdivision 1.  [REVENUE.] Of a district's general 
  2.27  education revenue an amount equal to the sum of the number of 
  2.28  elementary fund balance pupils in average daily membership 
  2.29  defined in section 126C.05, subdivision 5, and one-half of the 
  2.30  number of kindergarten fund balance pupils in average daily 
  2.31  membership as defined in section 126C.05, subdivision 5, times 
  2.32  .06 for fiscal year 1995 and thereafter times the formula 
  2.33  allowance must be reserved according to this section.  Beginning 
  2.34  in fiscal year 2000, the reserved amount shall be increased to 
  2.35  reflect the weighting changes in section 126C.05, subdivision 1. 
  2.36     Sec. 3.  [EMPLOYER-PAID INSURANCE BENEFITS.] 
  3.1      Subdivision 1.  [DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.] A school district 
  3.2   must provide employer-paid hospital, medical, and dental 
  3.3   insurance benefits to a teacher as defined in Minnesota 
  3.4   Statutes, section 354.05, subdivision 2, or 354A.011, 
  3.5   subdivision 27, who: 
  3.6      (1) during the 1998-1999 school year, was primarily 
  3.7   assigned to teach any of grades 9 through 12 or was 
  3.8   substantially engaged in teaching students in grade 9, 10, 11, 
  3.9   or 12; 
  3.10     (2) is eligible for employer-paid hospital, medical, and 
  3.11  dental insurance under the applicable collective bargaining 
  3.12  agreement or personnel plan in effect on May 14, 1999; 
  3.13     (3) has at least 25 years of combined service credit in any 
  3.14  Minnesota public pension plans governed by Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.15  section 356.30, subdivision 3; 
  3.16     (4) has at least as many months of service with the current 
  3.17  employer as the number of months younger than age 65 the person 
  3.18  is at the time of retirement; 
  3.19     (5) upon termination of active teaching service is 
  3.20  immediately eligible for a retirement annuity if the person is a 
  3.21  member of the teachers retirement association or a first class 
  3.22  city teacher retirement fund association; 
  3.23     (6) is at least 55 and is not yet 65 years of age; and 
  3.24     (7) terminates active teaching service and applies for a 
  3.25  retirement annuity on or after May 15, 1999, and before July 21, 
  3.26  1999. 
  3.27     Subd. 2.  [CONDITIONS; COVERAGE.] For the purposes of this 
  3.28  section, a person retires when the person terminates active 
  3.29  employment as a teacher and applies for retirement benefits.  
  3.30  The retired teacher is eligible for the single and dependent 
  3.31  coverages and school district payments to which the person was 
  3.32  entitled immediately before retirement, subject to any 
  3.33  subsequent changes in coverage and school district and employee 
  3.34  premium payments or deductibles through collective bargaining or 
  3.35  personnel plans, for employees in school district positions 
  3.36  equivalent to the position from which the teacher retired.  The 
  4.1   retired employee is not eligible for school district-paid life 
  4.2   insurance.  Eligibility ceases when the retired teacher attains 
  4.3   the age of 65, or when the teacher chooses not to receive the 
  4.4   retirement benefits for which the teacher has applied, or when 
  4.5   the employee is eligible for school district-paid health 
  4.6   insurance from a new employer.  Coverages must be coordinated 
  4.7   with relevant health insurance benefits provided through the 
  4.8   federally sponsored Medicare program.  
  4.9      Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.] Unilateral 
  4.10  implementation of this section by a school district is not an 
  4.11  unfair labor practice for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.12  chapter 179A.  The authority provided in this section for a 
  4.13  district to pay health insurance costs for certain retired 
  4.14  employees is not subject to the limits in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.15  section 179A.20, subdivision 2a.  
  4.16     Subd. 4.  [LEVY.] A school district may levy the amount 
  4.17  necessary to make employer premium payments for hospital, 
  4.18  medical, or dental insurance for retired employees under this 
  4.19  section.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.75, 
  4.20  50 percent of the amount levied must be recognized as revenue 
  4.21  for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified.  This levy 
  4.22  must not be considered in computing the aid reduction under 
  4.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.44.  If a school district 
  4.24  levies according to this section, it may not also levy according 
  4.25  to Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.73, subdivision 12, for 
  4.26  eligible employees.