1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing general education revenue by $51 per 
1.3 	pupil unit; increasing the state reimbursement for school lunch meals from 12 to 
1.4 	18 cents per meal; eliminating the aid portion of integration revenue; repealing the 
1.5 	school desegregation rule; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.6 	2008, sections 124D.111, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 2; proposing 
1.7 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C; repealing Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes 2008, section 124D.86; Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100; 3535.0120; 
1.9 	3535.0130; 3535.0140; 3535.0150; 3535.0160; 3535.0170; 3535.0180.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.111, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.12 	read:
1.13 		Subdivision 1.School lunch aid computation. Each school year, the state must pay 
1.14 	participants in the national school lunch program the amount of 12 18 cents for each full 
1.15 	paid, reduced, and free student lunch served to students.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal years 2010 
1.17 	and later.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 2.Basic revenue. (a) The basic revenue for each district equals the formula 
1.20 	allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The formula 
1.21 	allowance for fiscal year 2007 is $4,974. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2008 is 
1.22 	$5,074 and the formula allowance for fiscal year 2009 and subsequent years is $5,124.
1.23 	(b) For fiscal years 2010 and later, a school district's basic revenue is increased by an 
1.24 	amount equal to $51 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal years 2010 
2.2 	and later.

2.3 	Sec. 3. [126C.459] GENERAL FUND LEVY.
2.4 		Subdivision 1.Fiscal year 2010. For fiscal year 2010 only, a school district may use 
2.5 	the levy certified under section 124.86 for any general fund purpose.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Levy authority. For taxes payable in 2010 and later, a school district may 
2.7 	levy an amount not to exceed its levy authority under section 124D.86 for taxes payable 
2.8 	in 2009. The proceeds of this levy may be used for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes 
2.9 	2008, section 124D.86, or any other general fund purpose.
2.10 		Subd. 3.Shifted levies. A school district's levy that is 100 percent forward shifted 
2.11 	under section 124D.86 remains 100 percent forward shifted under this section.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.

2.13 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.14 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.15 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
2.16 	designated.
2.17 		Subd. 2.School lunch aid. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.18 	124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

2.19		$
	.......
	.....
	2010
	
2.20		$
	.......
	.....
	2011

2.21 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 2.22 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.86, and  Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100; 
2.23 	3535.0120; 3535.0130; 3535.0140; 3535.0150; 3535.0160; 3535.0170; and 3535.0180,
2.24 	are repealed.

2.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.