SF 3133

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; delaying by one year the implementation of the state
determined tuition rates for special education services provided by intermediate
school districts and other cooperative providers of special education services.

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

Section 1. new text begin INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION TUITION
BILLING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND FISCAL YEAR 2007.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph
(a), and Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (d), for fiscal year
2006 an intermediate district is not subject to the uniform special education tuition billing
calculations, but may instead continue to bill the resident school districts for the actual
unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with a disability as determined by the intermediate
district.
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new text begin (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph
(c), for fiscal year 2007 only, an intermediate district may apply to the commissioner of
education for a waiver from the uniform special education tuition calculations and aid
adjustments under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and
Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (e). The commissioner
must grant the waiver within 30 days of receiving the following information from the
intermediate district:
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new text begin (1) a detailed description of the intermediate district's methodology for calculating
special education tuition for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, as required by the intermediate
district to recover the full cost of serving pupils with a disability;
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new text begin (2) sufficient data to determine the total amount of special education tuition actually
charged for each student with a disability, as required by the intermediate district to
recover the full cost of serving pupils with a disability in fiscal year 2006; and
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new text begin (3) sufficient data to determine the amount that would have been charged for each
student for fiscal year 2006 using the uniform tuition billing methodology according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, or Minnesota Statutes, section
127A.47, subdivision 7, as applicable.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
for fiscal year 2006.
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