1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; clarifying the current 
  1.3             funding for limited English proficiency programs; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 124D.65, 
  1.5             subdivision 5; 126C.10, subdivision 4; repealing 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 124D.65, subdivision 
  1.7             4.  
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 124D.65, 
  1.10  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 5.  [SCHOOL DISTRICT LEP REVENUE.] (a) ~~A school~~ 
  1.12  ~~district's limited English proficiency programs revenue for~~ 
  1.13  ~~fiscal year 2000 equals the state total limited English~~ 
  1.14  ~~proficiency programs revenue, minus the amount determined under~~ 
  1.15  ~~paragraph (b), times the ratio of the district's adjusted~~ 
  1.16  ~~limited English proficiency programs base revenue to the state~~ 
  1.17  ~~total adjusted limited English proficiency programs base revenue.~~
  1.18     ~~(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the limited English~~ 
  1.19  ~~proficiency programs base revenue for a district equals zero,~~ 
  1.20  ~~the limited English proficiency programs revenue equals the sum~~ 
  1.21  ~~of the following amounts, computed using current year data:~~ 
  1.22     ~~(1) 68 percent of the salary of one full-time equivalent~~ 
  1.23  ~~teacher for each 40 pupils of limited English proficiency~~ 
  1.24  ~~enrolled, or 68 percent of the salary of one-half of a full-time~~ 
  1.25  ~~teacher in a district with 20 or fewer pupils of limited English~~ 
  1.26  ~~proficiency enrolled; and~~ 
  2.1      ~~(2) for supplies and equipment purchased or rented for use~~ 
  2.2   ~~in the instruction of pupils of limited English proficiency an~~ 
  2.3   ~~amount equal to 47 percent of the sum actually spent by the~~ 
  2.4   ~~district but not to exceed an average of $47 in any one school~~ 
  2.5   ~~year for each pupil of limited English proficiency receiving~~ 
  2.6   ~~instruction.~~ 
  2.7      ~~(c)~~ A district's limited English proficiency programs 
  2.8   revenue for fiscal year 2001 and later equals the product of 
  2.9   $584 times the greater of 20 or the number of adjusted marginal 
  2.10  cost pupils of limited English proficiency enrolled in the 
  2.11  district during the current fiscal year. 
  2.12     ~~(d)~~ (b) A pupil ceases to generate state limited English 
  2.13  proficiency aid in the school year following the school year in 
  2.14  which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a 
  2.15  commissioner-provided assessment that measures the pupil's 
  2.16  emerging academic English. 
  2.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.10, 
  2.18  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.19     Subd. 4.  [BASIC SKILLS REVENUE.] ~~(a) For fiscal year 2002,~~ 
  2.20  ~~a school district's basic skills revenue equals the sum of:~~ 
  2.21     ~~(1) compensatory revenue under subdivision 3; plus~~ 
  2.22     ~~(2) limited English proficiency revenue according to~~ 
  2.23  ~~section 124D.65, subdivision 5; plus~~ 
  2.24     ~~(3) $190 times the limited English proficiency pupil units~~ 
  2.25  ~~according to section 126C.05, subdivision 17; plus~~ 
  2.26     ~~(4) $22.50 times the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil~~ 
  2.27  ~~units in kindergarten to grade 8.~~ 
  2.28     ~~(b)~~ For fiscal year 2003 and later, a school district's 
  2.29  basic skills revenue equals the sum of: 
  2.30     (1) compensatory revenue under subdivision 3; plus 
  2.31     (2) limited English proficiency revenue under section 
  2.32  124D.65, subdivision 5; plus 
  2.33     (3) $190 times the limited English proficiency pupil units 
  2.34  under section 126C.05, subdivision 17. 
  2.35     Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.36     Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 124D.65, subdivision 4, is 
  3.1   repealed.