1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing funding for community education for 
1.3 	adults with disabilities programming; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2018, section 124D.56; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11, 
1.5 	article 9, section 3, subdivision 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.56, is amended to read:
1.8 	124D.56 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM REVENUE; ADULTS WITH 
1.9 	DISABILITIES.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Revenue amount. A district that is eligible according to section 124D.20, 
1.11 	subdivision 2, may receive revenue for a program for adults with disabilities. Revenue for 
1.12 	the program for adults with disabilities for a district ~~or a group of districts~~ equals the lesser 
1.13 	of:
1.14 	(1) the actual expenditures for approved programs and budgets; or
1.15 	(2) ~~$60,000~~ the greater of (i) $1.00 times the population of the school district as 
1.16 	determined according to section 275.14, or (ii) the district's adults with disabilities revenue 
1.17 	for fiscal year 2020.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Aid. Program aid for adults with disabilities equals the ~~lesser of:~~
1.19 	~~(1) one-half of the actual expenditures for approved programs and budgets; or~~
1.20 	~~(2) $30,000.~~ difference between the district's adults with disabilities aid and its adults 
1.21 	with disabilities levy. If the district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the district's 
1.22 	adults with disabilities aid is reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Levy. A district may levy for a program for adults with disabilities ~~an amount~~ 
2.2 	~~up to the amount designated in subdivision 2. In the case of a program offered by a group~~ 
2.3 	~~of districts, the levy amount must be apportioned among the districts according to the~~ 
2.4 	~~agreement submitted to the department.~~ in an amount not to exceed the greater of (1) the 
2.5 	district's revenue under subdivision 1, or (2) the product of a tax rate not to exceed .0003 
2.6 	times the district's adjusted net tax capacity for the year prior to the year the levy is certified.
2.7 		Subd. 4.Outside revenue. A district may receive money from public or private sources 
2.8 	to supplement revenue for the program for adults with disabilities. Aid may not be reduced 
2.9 	as a result of receiving money from these sources.
2.10 		Subd. 5.Use of revenue. Revenue for the program for adults with disabilities may be 
2.11 	used only to provide programs for adults with disabilities.
2.12 		Subd. 6.Cooperation encouraged. A school district offering programming for adults 
2.13 	with disabilities is encouraged to provide its programming in cooperation with other school 
2.14 	districts and other public and private organizations providing services to disabled adults.

2.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

2.16 	Sec. 2. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11, article 9, section 3, subdivision 3, is 
2.17 	amended to read:
2.18 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. For adults with disabilities programs 
2.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

2.20 | | $ | 710,000 | ..... | 2020
2.222.21

$

~~710,000~~
.......

.....

2021

2.23 	The 2020 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2019 and $639,000 for 2020.
2.24 	The 2021 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2020 and ~~$639,000~~ $....... for 2021.
2.25 	For fiscal year 2021 only, a school district's adults with disabilities aid equals the greater 
2.26 	of zero or its adults with disabilities revenue minus the district's adults with disabilities levy 
2.27 	actually certified for taxes payable in 2020.