1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring a school district to grant secondary credit for 
1.3 	postsecondary courses outside the school year; appropriating money;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.09, subdivision 8; 126C.10, subdivision 
1.5 	2a.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 8.Limit on participation. (a) A pupil who first enrolls in grade 9 may not enroll 
1.9 	in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent 
1.10 	of four academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 10 may not enroll in postsecondary 
1.11 	courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent of three academic 
1.12 	years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 11 may not enroll in postsecondary courses under 
1.13 	this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent of two academic years. A 
1.14 	pupil who first enrolls in grade 12 may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section 
1.15 	for secondary credit for more than the equivalent of one academic year. If a pupil in grade 
1.16 	9, 10, 11, or 12 first enrolls in a postsecondary course for secondary credit during the school 
1.17 	year, the time of participation shall be reduced proportionately. If a pupil is in a learning 
1.18 	year or other year-round program and begins each grade in the summer session, summer 
1.19 	sessions shall not be counted against the time of participation. If a school district determines 
1.20 	a pupil is not on track to graduate, the limit on participation does not apply to that pupil. A 
1.21 	pupil who has graduated from high school cannot participate in a program under this section. 
1.22 	A pupil who has completed course requirements for graduation but who has not received a 
1.23 	diploma may participate in the program under this section.
2.1 	(b) The limits on participation under paragraph (a) do not apply to a pupil who enrolls 
2.2 	in postsecondary courses under this section outside of the regular school year, unless the 
2.3 	student has graduated from high school before enrolling in the postsecondary course. 
2.4 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a student who enrolls in postsecondary courses 
2.5 	outside of the regular school year generates extended time revenue. A school district must 
2.6 	grant secondary credit to a pupil who completes a postsecondary course outside of the 
2.7 	regular school year.

2.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
2.10 		Subd. 2a.Extended time revenue. (a) A school district's extended time revenue is equal 
2.11 	to the product of $5,117 and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for each pupil 
2.12 	in average daily membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, 
2.13 	subdivision 8.
2.14 	(b) Extended time revenue for pupils placed in an on-site education program at the Prairie 
2.15 	Lakes Education Center or the Lake Park School, located within the borders of Independent 
2.16 	School District No. 347, Willmar, for instruction provided after the end of the preceding 
2.17 	regular school year and before the beginning of the following regular school year equals 
2.18 	membership hours divided by the minimum annual instructional hours in section 126C.05, 
2.19 	subdivision 15, not to exceed 0.20, times the pupil unit weighting in section 126C.05, 
2.20 	subdivision 1, times $5,117.
2.21 	(c) A school district's extended time revenue may be used for extended day programs, 
2.22 	extended week programs, summer school, vacation break academies such as spring break 
2.23 	academies and summer term academies, and other programming authorized under the 
2.24 	learning year program.
2.25 	(d) A school district's extended time revenue includes hours of participation under section 
2.26 	124D.09, subdivision 8, paragraph (b).

2.27 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
 2.28 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.29 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
2.30 	designated.
2.31 		Subd. 2.General education. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.32 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

3.1		$
	.......
	.....
	2024
	
3.2		$
	.......
	.....
	2025
	
3.3 	(b) Of this amount, $....... is for the additional cost of extended time aid under Minnesota 
3.4 	Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 8, paragraph (b).