1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; creating a onetime funding source for school 
1.3 	district technology needs; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Aid amount. For fiscal year 2008, a school district's technology aid 
1.7 	equals $100 times its adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year. For fiscal year 
1.8 	2009, a school district's technology aid equals $99 times its adjusted marginal cost pupil 
1.9 	units for that year.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Revenue uses. A school district must spend its technology aid received 
1.11 	under subdivision 1 for computer and connectivity hardware, software and shared 
1.12 	licensing resources, online assessment activities, wiring, and staff development relating 
1.13 	to technology in the classroom.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.15 	$94,700,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $94,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.16 	from the general fund to the commissioner of education for payment of technology aid 
1.17 	under section 1.
1.18 	Any balance in fiscal year 2008 does not cancel but is available in fiscal year 2009.