1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; modifying certain career and technical education 
1.3 	funding provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.4531, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Career and technical revenue. (a) A district with a career and 
1.9 	technical program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is 
1.10 	certified is eligible for career and technical revenue equal to 35 percent of approved 
1.11 	expenditures in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following:
1.12 	(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel and nonlicensed community experts 
1.13 	providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year, including extended 
1.14 	contracts, for services rendered in the district's approved career and technical education 
1.15 	programs, excluding salaries reimbursed by another school district under clause (2);
1.16 	(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential, 
1.17 	licensed personnel and nonlicensed community experts providing direct instructional 
1.18 	services to students in that fiscal year for services rendered in the district's approved 
1.19 	career and technical education programs;
1.20 	(3) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota 
1.21 	school district or cooperative center under chapter 123A or 136D;
1.22 	(4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical 
1.23 	education personnel;
2.1 	(5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for 
2.2 	vocational student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes;
2.3 	(6) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for 
2.4 	improvement based on program assessment;
2.5 	(7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for 
2.6 	noncollegiate credit-bearing professional development; and
2.7 	(8) specialized vocational instructional supplies.
2.8 	(b) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal 
2.9 	year in which it is certified.
2.10 	(c) The amount of the revenue calculated under this subdivision may not exceed 
2.11 	$17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 for taxes payable in 2013, and 
2.12 	$20,657,000 for taxes payable in 2014.
2.13 	(d) If the estimated revenue exceeds the amount in paragraph (c), the commissioner 
2.14 	must reduce the percentage in paragraph (a) until the estimated revenue no longer exceeds 
2.15 	the limit in paragraph (c).

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.