1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing funding of adult basic education revenue 
1.3 	for certain innovative programs; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2014, section 124D.531, subdivision 1; Laws 2015, First Special Session 
1.5 	chapter 3, article 11, section 3, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law 
1.6 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [124D.5222] ADDITIONAL ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AID.
1.9 	The International Education Center, the American Indian Opportunities 
1.10 	Industrialization Center, and the Minnesota Office of Communication Service for the 
1.11 	Deaf are eligible for additional adult basic education aid for innovative programs. The 
1.12 	aid for each organization equals $400,000 times the ratio of the organization's number of 
1.13 	students served for the previous fiscal year to the sum of the three organizations' number 
1.14 	of students served for the previous fiscal year.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE.  This section is effective for state aid payments for fiscal 
1.16 	year 2017 and later.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subdivision 1.State total adult basic education aid. (a) The state total adult basic 
1.19 	education aid for fiscal year 2011 equals $44,419,000 2017 equals $51,144,000, plus any 
1.20 	amount that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of adjustments under 
1.21 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic 
1.22 	education aid for later fiscal years equals:
2.1 	(1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any 
2.2 	amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under 
2.3 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times
2.4 	(2) the lesser of:
2.5 	(i) 1.03; or
2.6 	(ii) the average growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years.
2.7 	Three percent of the state total adult basic education aid must be set aside for adult 
2.8 	basic education supplemental service grants under section 124D.522, and $400,000 of the 
2.9 	state total adult basic education aid must be set aside for additional adult basic education 
2.10 	services under section 124D.5222.
2.11 	(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals 
2.12 	the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic 
2.13 	population aid under subdivision 2.

2.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE.  This section is effective for state aid payments for fiscal 
2.15 	year 2017 and later.

2.16 	Sec. 3. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 11, section 3, subdivision 2, 
2.17 	is amended to read:
2.18 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
2.19 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

2.20		$
	49,118,000
	.....
	2016
	
2.21
2.22		$
	50,592,000 
50,952,000
	.....
	2017
	
2.23 	The 2016 appropriation includes $4,782,000 for 2015 and $44,336,000 for 2016.
2.24 	The 2017 appropriation includes $4,926,000 for 2016 and $45,666,000 $46,026,000 
2.25 	for 2017.