SF 1749

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing the state aid for consolidating school
districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.485, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123A.485, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2.

Aid.

(a) Consolidation transition aid is equal to $200 $300 times the
number of resident pupil units in the newly created district in the year of consolidation and
$100 $150 times the number of resident pupil units in the first year following the year
of consolidation. The number of pupil units used to calculate aid in either year shall not
exceed 1,000 for districts consolidating July 1, 1994, and 1,500 for districts consolidating
July 1, 1995, and thereafter.

(b) If the total appropriation for consolidation transition aid for any fiscal year, plus
any amount transferred under section 127A.41, subdivision 8, is insufficient to pay all
districts the full amount of aid earned, the department must first pay the districts in the first
year following the year of consolidation the full amount of aid earned and distribute any
remaining funds to the newly created districts in the first year of consolidation.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment for
consolidations occurring on or after July 1, 2006, for revenue for fiscal year 2007 and later.