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SF 3922

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/03/2024 10:58am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to education finance; allowing school-age care programs to provide
preschool care; increasing school-age care revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, sections 124D.19, by adding a subdivision; 124D.20, subdivision 8; 124D.22.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.19, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 11a. new text end

new text begin Preschool care. new text end

new text begin In addition to other authority, a school district that offers a
licensed child care program serving children age 33 months or older or a program that is
exempt from licensure under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), may
offer, as part of a community education program, a preschool care program for the portion
of the day a child is not enrolled in early childhood special education, a voluntary
prekindergarten program, a school readiness plus program, or a school readiness program.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.20, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Uses of general revenue.

(a) General community education revenue may be
used for:

(1) nonvocational, recreational, and leisure time activities and programs;

(2) programs for adults with disabilities, if the programs and budgets are approved by
the department;

(3) adult basic education programs, according to section 124D.52;

(4) summer programs for elementary and secondary pupils;

(5) implementation of a youth development plan;

(6) implementation of a youth service program;

(7) early childhood family education programs, according to section 124D.13;

(8) school readiness programs, according to section 124D.15; and

(9) school-age care programs, according to section 124D.19, subdivision 11new text begin , and
preschool care programs, according to section 124D.19, subdivision 11anew text end .

(b) In addition to money from other sources, a district may use up to ten percent of its
community education revenue for equipment that is used exclusively in community education
programs. This revenue may be used only for the following purposes:

(1) to purchase or lease computers and related materials;

(2) to purchase or lease equipment for instructional programs; and

(3) to purchase textbooks and library books.

(c) General community education revenue must not be used to subsidize the direct activity
costs for adult enrichment programs. Direct activity costs include, but are not limited to,
the cost of the activity leader or instructor, cost of materials, or transportation costs.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.22, is amended to read:


124D.22 SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Eligibility.

A district that offers a school-age care program according to
section 124D.19, subdivision 11,new text begin or a preschool care program according to section 124D.19,
subdivision 11a,new text end is eligible for school-age care revenue for the additional costs of providing
services to children with disabilities or to children experiencing family or related problems
of a temporary nature who participate in the school-age care program.

Subd. 2.

School-age care revenue.

The school-age care revenue for an eligible district
equals the approved additional cost of providing services to children with disabilities or
children experiencing family or related problems of a temporary nature who participate in
the school-age care programnew text begin or the preschool care programnew text end .

Subd. 3.

School-age care levy.

To obtain school-age care revenue, a school district may
levy an amount equal to the district's school-age care revenue as defined in subdivision 2
multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted
net tax capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy is certified by the resident
pupil units in the district for the school year to which the levy is attributable, to deleted text begin $2,318deleted text end new text begin
$16,476new text end .

Subd. 4.

School-age care aid.

A district's school-age care aid is the difference between
its school-age care revenue and its school-age care levy. If a district does not levy the entire
amount permitted, school-age care aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount
levied.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.
 new text end