SF 1612

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; providing for high school 
  1.3             graduation incentives; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1994, sections 126.22, subdivisions 3a and 8; and 
  1.5             126.23. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126.22, 
  1.8   subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3a.  [ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE PROGRAM.] A pupil who is at 
  1.10  least 16 years of age, who is eligible under subdivision 2, 
  1.11  clause (a), and who has been enrolled only in a public school, 
  1.12  if the pupil has been enrolled in any school, during the year 
  1.13  immediately before transferring under this subdivision, may 
  1.14  transfer to any nonprofit, nonpublic school that has contracted 
  1.15  with the serving school district to provide nonsectarian 
  1.16  educational services.  Such a school must enroll every eligible 
  1.17  pupil who seeks to transfer to the school under this program 
  1.18  subject to available space.  If a school board elects not to 
  1.19  enter into a contract under this subdivision, the school may 
  1.20  appeal the school board's decision to the state board of 
  1.21  education if two members of the school board voted to enter into 
  1.22  a contract with the school.  If the state board authorizes the 
  1.23  school to participate in the program, the state board shall 
  1.24  enter into a contract with the school. 
  1.25     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126.22, 
  2.1   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  2.2      Subd. 8.  [ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION.] (a) For a pupil 
  2.3   attending an eligible program full time under subdivision 3, 
  2.4   paragraph (d), or 3a, the department of education shall pay 88 
  2.5   percent of the basic general revenue of the district as computed 
  2.6   according to section 124.248, subdivision 1, to the eligible 
  2.7   program and 12 percent of the basic revenue to the resident 
  2.8   district within 30 days after the eligible program verifies 
  2.9   enrollment using the form provided by the department.  For a 
  2.10  pupil attending an eligible program part time, basic revenue 
  2.11  shall be reduced proportionately, according to the amount of 
  2.12  time the pupil attends the program, and the payments to the 
  2.13  eligible program and the resident district shall be reduced 
  2.14  accordingly.  A pupil for whom payment is made according to this 
  2.15  section may not be counted by any district for any purpose other 
  2.16  than computation of basic general revenue, according to 
  2.17  section 124A.22 124.248, subdivision 2 1.  If payment is made 
  2.18  for a pupil under this subdivision, a school district shall not 
  2.19  reimburse a program under section 126.23 for the same pupil. 
  2.20     (b) The department of education shall pay up to 100 percent 
  2.21  of the basic revenue to the eligible program if there is an 
  2.22  agreement to that effect between the school district and the 
  2.23  eligible program. 
  2.24     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126.23, is 
  2.25  amended to read: 
  2.26     126.23 [AID FOR PRIVATE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS.] 
  2.27     If a pupil enrolls in an alternative program, eligible 
  2.28  under section 126.22, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), or 
  2.29  subdivision 3a, operated by a private organization that has 
  2.30  contracted with a school district to provide educational 
  2.31  services for eligible pupils under section 126.22, subdivision 
  2.32  2, the district contracting with the private organization must 
  2.33  reimburse the provider an amount equal to at least 88 percent of 
  2.34  the basic general revenue of the district as computed according 
  2.35  to section 124.248, subdivision 1, for each pupil attending the 
  2.36  program full time.  For a pupil attending the program part time, 
  3.1   basic revenue paid to the program shall be reduced 
  3.2   proportionately, according to the amount of time the pupil 
  3.3   attends the program, and basic revenue paid to the district 
  3.4   shall be reduced accordingly.  Pupils for whom a district 
  3.5   provides reimbursement may not be counted by the district for 
  3.6   any purpose other than computation of basic general revenue, 
  3.7   according to section 124A.22 124.248, subdivision 2 1.  If 
  3.8   payment is made to a district or program for a pupil under this 
  3.9   section, the department of education shall not make a payment 
  3.10  for the same pupil under section 126.22, subdivision 8.