SF 1301

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:19am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; defining local education agency for certain special
education purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 125A.01;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 125A.01, is amended to read:

125A.01 DEFINITIONS.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Terms defined. new text end

For purposes of this chapter, the words defined in
section 120A.05 have the same meaning.

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new text begin Local education agency. new text end

new text begin "Local education agency" means a public
board of education or other public authority legally constituted within the state for
either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public
elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other
political subdivision of the state, or for a combination of school districts in the state as an
administrative agency for its public elementary and secondary schools. Local education
agency includes a fiscal host. The Minnesota Department of Education must continue to
recognize fiscal hosts for purposes of paying Minnesota's special education aids and
calculating tuition billing amounts.
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Sec. 2.

new text begin [125A.015] FISCAL HOST; FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
EDUCATION.
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new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a school district may provide special
education services to its students through a fiscal host provided that a district that is
a member of a fiscal host continues to be responsible for free and appropriate public
education services for the students within its district.
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