SF 4478

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 04/08/2022 08:19am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing a onetime adjustment to a school district's
American Indian education aid; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION AID; ONETIME ADJUSTMENT;
APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Aid adjustment notification. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must notify
any school district that had its American Indian education aid reduced in fiscal years 2020,
2021, and 2022 due to the school's actual expenditures not meeting the school's planned
expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b),
that it may be eligible for a onetime adjustment.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School district action. new text end

new text begin A school district eligible for an adjustment under
subdivision 1 must apply to the commissioner for the aid in the form and manner determined
by the commissioner. The application must describe the reasons why the district was unable
to spend the full amount of its American Indian education aid in the designated fiscal years,
outline how the district intends to spend the funds in the 2022-2023 school year, and include
approval for the revised spending from the school's American Indian education parent
advisory committee.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Appropriation; American Indian education aid. new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2023
is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education to restore American
Indian education aid amounts to school districts that have complied with subdivisions 1 and
2.
new text end