as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/20/2015 09:16am
A bill for an act
relating to education finance; creating numeracy incentive aid for eighth grade
students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.98.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.98, is amended to read:
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literacy new text begin and numeracy new text end incentive aid equals the sum of the proficiency deleted text begin aiddeleted text end new text begin aidsnew text end under
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new text end proficiency aid for each school is equal to the product of the school's new text begin literacy new text end proficiency
allowance times the number of third grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous
fiscal year. A school's new text begin literacy new text end proficiency allowance is equal to the percentage of students
in each building that meet or exceed proficiency on the third grade reading Minnesota
Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the previous three test administrations,
times $530.
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aid for each new text begin elementary new text end school is equal to the product of the school's new text begin literacy new text end growth
allowance times the number of fourth grade pupils enrolled at the school on October 1 of
the previous fiscal year. A school's new text begin literacy new text end growth allowance is equal to the percentage
of students at that school making medium or high growth, under section 120B.299, on
the fourth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the
previous three test administrations, times $530.
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Numeracy proficiency aid for each school is
equal to the product of the school's numeracy proficiency allowance times the number
of eighth grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's
numeracy proficiency allowance is equal to the percentage of students in each building
that meet or exceed proficiency on the eighth grade math Minnesota Comprehensive
Assessment, averaged across the previous three test administrations, times $530.
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Numeracy growth aid for each school is equal to
the product of the school's numeracy growth allowance times the number of eighth grade
pupils enrolled at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's numeracy
growth allowance is equal to the percentage of students at that school making medium or
high growth, under section 120B.299, on the eighth grade math Minnesota Comprehensive
Assessment, averaged across the previous three test administrations, times $530.
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This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016
and later.
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