1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying school administrator licensure fee; creating an 
1.3 	administrator licensure account in the special revenue fund; appropriating money;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 122A.14, subdivision 9; 122A.175, 
1.5 	subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.14, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 9.Fee. Each person licensed by the Board of School Administrators shall pay the 
1.9 	board a fee of $75 $100, collected each fiscal year. When transmitting notice of the license 
1.10 	fee, the board also must notify the licensee of the penalty for failing to pay the fee within 
1.11 	the time specified by the board. The board may provide a lower fee for persons on retired 
1.12 	or inactive status. After receiving notice from the board, any licensed school administrator 
1.13 	who does not pay the fee in the given fiscal year shall have all administrative licenses held 
1.14 	by the person automatically suspended, without the right to a hearing, until the fee has been 
1.15 	paid to the board. If the board suspends a licensed school administrator for failing to pay 
1.16 	the fee, it must immediately notify the district currently employing the school administrator 
1.17 	of the school administrator's suspension. The executive secretarydirector shall deposit the 
1.18 	fees in the educatoradministrator licensure account in the special revenue fund in the state 
1.19 	treasury.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

2.1 	Sec. 2. [122A.145] SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNTS; ADMINISTRATOR 
2.2 	LICENSURE.
2.3 	An administrator licensure account is created in the special revenue fund. Fees received 
2.4 	by the Board of School Administrators under section 122A.14, subdivision 9, and Minnesota 
2.5 	Rules, chapter 3512, must be deposited in the administrator licensure account. Any funds 
2.6 	appropriated from this account that remain unexpended at the end of the biennium cancel 
2.7 	to the administrator licensure account in the special revenue fund.

2.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

2.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.175, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.10 		Subdivision 1.Educator licensure account. An educator licensure account is created 
2.11 	in the special revenue fund. Applicant licensure fees received by the Department of 
2.12 	Education,or the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, or the Board of 
2.13 	School Administrators must be deposited in the educator licensure account. Any funds 
2.14 	appropriated from this account that remain unexpended at the end of the biennium cancel 
2.15 	to the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

2.17 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS; BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
 2.18 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the administrator licensure 
2.19 	account in the special revenue fund to the commissioner of education for the Board of School 
2.20 	Administrators:

2.21		$
	387,000
	.....
	2020
	
2.22		$
	347,000
	.....
	2021
	
2.23 	(b) For fiscal year 2020 only, if the amount in the administrator licensure account is 
2.24 	insufficient, the remainder of the appropriation must be made from the general fund.
2.25 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
2.26 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $347,000.

2.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

3.1 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
3.2 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 3.3 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the educator licensure 
3.4 	account in the special revenue fund to the commissioner of education for the Professional 
3.5 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated:

3.6		$
	2,743,000
	.....
	2020
	
3.7		$
	2,718,000
	.....
	2021
	
3.8 	(b) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
3.9 	support subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing information 
3.10 	technology costs will be incorporated into an interagency agreement and will be paid to the 
3.11 	Office of MN.IT Services by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
3.12 	under the mechanism specified in that agreement.
3.13 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
3.14 	(d) If the amount in the educator licensure account is insufficient, the remainder of the 
3.15 	appropriation must be made from the general fund.
3.16 	(e) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $2,718,000.

3.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.