SF 2517

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/11/2016 09:10am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; extending graduation incentives program funding
to certain pupils between the ages of 21 and 24; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.68, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.68, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Eligible pupils.

new text begin (a) new text end A pupil under the age of 21 or who meets the
requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), is eligible to participate in
the graduation incentives program, if the pupil:

(1) performs substantially below the performance level for pupils of the same age
in a locally determined achievement test;

(2) is behind in satisfactorily completing coursework or obtaining credits for
graduation;

(3) is pregnant or is a parent;

(4) has been assessed as chemically dependent;

(5) has been excluded or expelled according to sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;

(6) has been referred by a school district for enrollment in an eligible program or
a program pursuant to section 124D.69;

(7) is a victim of physical or sexual abuse;

(8) has experienced mental health problems;

(9) has experienced homelessness sometime within six months before requesting a
transfer to an eligible program;

(10) speaks English as a second language or is an English learner; or

(11) has withdrawn from school or has been chronically truant; or

(12) is being treated in a hospital in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer or
other life threatening illness or is the sibling of an eligible pupil who is being currently
treated, and resides with the pupil's family at least 60 miles beyond the outside boundary
of the seven-county metropolitan area.

new text begin (b) A pupil otherwise qualifying under paragraph (a) who is at least 21 years of age
and not yet 24 years of age and is an English learner with an interrupted formal education
according to section 124D.59, subdivision 2a, is eligible to participate in the graduation
incentives program under section 124D.68 and in job training and other adult education
programming under section 124D.231, and is funded in the same manner as other pupils
under this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2017
and later.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; OVER AGE 21.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of education for payment of additional general education aid for the costs incurred under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.68, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
new text end