SF 1519

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying basic alternative teacher compensation aid;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 3;
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 new text begin ratio of the formula allowance for the current fiscal year to the
formula allowance for fiscal year 2007 times the new text end 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, paragraphs (a) and (b).

(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.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.415, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Revenue timing.

(a) Districts, intermediate school districts, school sites,
or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative compensation
revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district, school site,
or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional pay system under this
subdivision and section 122A.414. For fiscal year 2007 and later, a qualifying district,
intermediate school district, school site, or charter school that received alternative teacher
compensation aid for the previous fiscal year must receive at least an amount of alternative
teacher compensation revenue equal to the lesser of the amount it received for the previous
fiscal year or the amount it qualifies for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if
the district, intermediate school district, school site, or charter school submits a timely
application and the commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district,
school site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional
pay system, consistent with its application under this section.

(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1,
and section 122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b), and 2a, if the applicant is a charter
school, in the order in which they are received, select applicants that qualify for this
program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter
schools about the program, develop and disseminate application materials, and carry out
other activities needed to implement this section.

deleted text begin (c) For applications approved under this section before August 1 of the fiscal year for
which the aid is paid, the portion of the state total basic alternative teacher compensation
aid entitlement allocated to charter schools must not exceed $522,000 for fiscal year
2006 and $3,374,000 for fiscal year 2007. For fiscal year 2008 and later, the portion of
the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement allocated to charter
schools must not exceed the product of $3,374,000 times the ratio of the state total charter
school enrollment for the previous fiscal year to the state total charter school enrollment
for the second previous year. Additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid may
be approved for charter schools after August 1, not to exceed the charter school limit for
the following fiscal year, if the basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement
for school districts based on applications approved by August 1 does not expend the
remaining amount under the limit.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 3.

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

Subd. 34.

Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.

deleted text begin (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.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (a) new text end For fiscal year 2007 deleted text begin and later deleted text end , 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 an intermediate school
district or charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a
and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, 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.

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2008 and later, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for
a school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals the
alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, subdivision 1, minus
$70 times the number of pupils enrolled at participating sites on October 1 of the previous
fiscal year. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate school
district or charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a
and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times the ratio of the formula
allowance for the current fiscal year to the formula allowance for fiscal year 2007 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.
new text end

(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) and section 122A.415, subdivision 1,
the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed
deleted text begin $19,329,000 for fiscal year 2006 and deleted text end $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2007 deleted text begin and later deleted text end . new text begin For
fiscal years 2009 and later, the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid
entitlement must not exceed the product of the limit on state total basic alternative teacher
compensation aid for the previous fiscal year times 1.1 times the ratio of the formula
allowance for the current fiscal year to the formula allowance for the previous fiscal
year. new text end The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation aid
approved under section 122A.415 so as not to exceed these limits.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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