SF 13

as introduced - 91st Legislature, 2020 7th Special Session (2020 - 2020) Posted on 12/15/2020 07:52am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; extending the application deadline for free or
reduced-price lunch for the fall 2020 count of eligible students; requiring federal
funds replacement; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE LUNCH APPLICATION DEADLINE;
FALL 2020 COUNT.
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new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for purposes of determining the count of the
number of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price lunch on October 1, 2020, under Minnesota
Statutes, section 126C.05, subdivision 16, pupils must be determined eligible by January
4, 2021.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from October 1, 2020.
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Sec. 2. new text begin FEDERAL FUNDS REPLACEMENT; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Suspension of statutory appropriation. new text end

new text begin The appropriation in Minnesota
Statutes, section 4.07, subdivision 3, does not apply to any federal funds for COVID-19
received by the state of Minnesota between the effective date of this act and June 30, 2023,
for which a general fund appropriation or transfer in this act is an eligible expenditure.
Federal funding for which this section applies shall not be used for any other purpose.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Cancellation. new text end

new text begin If the state of Minnesota receives federal funds for COVID-19
between the effective date of this act and June 30, 2023, for which any general fund
appropriation or transfer enacted in this act is an eligible expenditure, the commissioner
must cancel the general fund appropriation or transfer in this act in an amount up to, but
not greater than, the amount appropriated or transferred in this act. The commissioner may
designate a portion of an appropriation or transfer for cancellation if the federal funds are
not sufficient to replace the entire general fund appropriation or transfer.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Appropriation and transfer. new text end

new text begin Each amount canceled under subdivision 2 is
appropriated from the federal fund for the original purposes of the general fund appropriation
or transfer in this act. Any appropriation and transfer under this subdivision is a onetime
appropriation or transfer.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin This section does not apply to federal funds after the general fund
appropriations in this act have been canceled and federal funds have been appropriated for
the same purpose.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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