Minnesota Legislature
HF 835
as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/22/2013 01:49pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education; authorizing a school district to publish its minutes and
budget information on its Web site; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
123B.09, subdivision 10; 123B.10.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.09, subdivision 10, is amended to
read:
Subd. 10.
Publishing proceedings.
The board must deleted text begin causedeleted text end new text begin publishnew text end its official
proceedings deleted text begin to be publisheddeleted text end new text begin on its Web site or new text end once in the official newspaper of the
district. Such publication shall be made within 30 days of the meeting at which such
proceedings occurred. new text begin For a board that chooses to publish its proceedings in the official
newspaper of the district, new text end if the board determines that publication of a summary of the
proceedings would adequately inform the public of the substance of the proceedings, the
board may direct that only a summary be published, conforming to the requirements of
section 331A.01, subdivision 10.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective July 1, 2013.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.10, is amended to read:
123B.10 PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
Subdivision 1.
Budgets; form of notification.
(a)new text begin For purposes of this section,
"publish" means to post information on the district's Web site or publish information in the
official newspaper of the district.
new text end
new text begin (b)new text end Every board must publish revenue and expenditure budgets for the current year
and the actual revenues, expenditures, fund balances for the prior year and projected fund
balances for the current year in a form prescribed by the commissioner within one week
of the acceptance of the final audit by the board, or November 30, whichever is earlier.
The forms prescribed must be designed so that year to year comparisons of revenue,
expenditures and fund balances can be made.
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end A school board annually must notify the public of its revenue, expenditures,
fund balances, and other relevant budget information. The board must post the materials
in a conspicuous place on the district's official Web site, including a link to the district's
school report card on the Department of Education's Web sitedeleted text begin , anddeleted text end new text begin .
new text end
new text begin (d) The board annually mustnew text end publish new text begin in the official newspaper of the district new text end a
deleted text begin summary of the information anddeleted text end new text begin notice listingnew text end the address of the district's official Web site
deleted text begin where the information can be found in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the
districtdeleted text end new text begin and stating that the district's budget information, including revenue, expenditures,
and fund balance is available on the district's Web sitenew text end .
Subd. 2.
Debt summary.
The board must also publish at the same time a summary
of bonds outstanding, paid, and sold; a summary of orders not paid for want of funds;
certificates of indebtedness for the year ending June 30; the statutory operating debt of the
district as defined and certified pursuant to section 123B.81; and the balance amount of the
reserved fund balance reserve account for purposes of statutory operating debt reduction
established pursuant to sections 126C.40 to 126C.45, 126C.48, and 124D.22.
Subd. 3.
Budget inspection.
A statement must be included new text begin on the Web site or new text end in the
deleted text begin publicationdeleted text end new text begin official newspaper of the districtnew text end that the complete budget in detail may be
inspected by any resident of the district upon request to the chief school administrator.
Subd. 4.
Cost per pupil.
The board must also publish at the same time the average
cost per pupil in average daily membership educated in that district in the preceding year.
This computation must be made exclusive of debt service or capital outlay costs.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective July 1, 2013.
new text end