HF 1194

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/19/2025 11:14am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; linking extended time revenue to increases in the
general education basic formula allowance; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Extended time revenue.

(a) A school district's extended time allowance equals
$5,117 for fiscal deleted text begin year 2023 and later deleted text end new text begin years 2024 and 2025 new text end . new text begin A school district's extended time
allowance for fiscal year 2026 and later equals the extended time formula allowance for the
previous year times the greater of one or the ratio of the basic formula allowance under
subdivision 2 for the current year to the basic formula allowance for the previous year.
new text end

(b) A school district's extended time revenue is equal to the product of the extended time
allowance in paragraph (a) and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for each
pupil in average daily membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section
126C.05, subdivision 8.

(c) Extended time revenue for pupils placed in an on-site education program at the Prairie
Lakes Education Center or the Lake Park School, located within the borders of Independent
School District No. 347, Willmar, for instruction provided after the end of the preceding
regular school year and before the beginning of the following regular school year equals
membership hours divided by the minimum annual instructional hours in section 126C.05,
subdivision 15, not to exceed 0.20, times the pupil unit weighting in section 126C.05,
subdivision 1, times the extended time allowance in paragraph (a).

(d) A school district qualifies for extended time revenue for instruction provided after
the end of the preceding regular school year and before the beginning of the following
regular school year for (1) every pupil attending a day treatment program, and (2) every
pupil placed in a children's residential facility, whether the education services are provided
on-site or off-site. Extended time revenue under this paragraph equals total membership
hours in summer instruction divided by the minimum annual instructional hours in section
126C.05, subdivision 15, not to exceed 0.20, times the pupil unit weighting in section
126C.05, subdivision 1, times the extended time allowance.

(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "children's residential facility" means a residential
facility for children, including a psychiatric residential treatment facility, licensed by the
Department of Human Services or the Department of Corrections and subject to Minnesota
Rules, chapter 2960, or an inpatient hospitalization that includes mental health services.

(f) For purposes of this subdivision, "day treatment program" means:

(1) a site-based structured mental health program consisting of psychotherapy for three
or more individuals and individual or group skills training provided by a team, under the
treatment supervision of a mental health professional; or

(2) any other day treatment program designated by the commissioner of education
consistent with the Minnesota Automated Reporting Student System manual, procedure 27.

(g) A school district's extended time revenue may be used for extended day programs,
extended week programs, summer school, vacation break academies such as spring break
academies and summer term academies, and other programming authorized under the
learning year program.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2026 and later.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; GENERAL EDUCATION AID.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin General education aid. new text end

new text begin For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:
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