1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; increasing the pupil units for 
  1.3             a pupil in grade 6; reserving revenue for successful 
  1.4             programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, 
  1.5             section 126C.05, subdivision 1; proposing coding for 
  1.6             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.9   126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [PUPIL UNIT.] Pupil units for each 
  1.11  Minnesota resident pupil in average daily membership enrolled in 
  1.12  the district of residence, in another district under sections 
  1.13  123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.06, 124D.07, 124D.08, or 
  1.14  124D.68; in a charter school under section 124D.10; or for whom 
  1.15  the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 
  1.16  123A.22, 123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, 
  1.17  subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 
  1.18  125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.  
  1.19     (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is 
  1.20  enrolled in a program approved by the commissioner and has an 
  1.21  individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the number 
  1.22  of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.25 
  1.23  with a minimum of 0.28, but not more than 1.25. 
  1.24     (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined 
  1.25  not to be handicapped is counted as the ratio of the number of 
  1.26  hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.25.  
  2.1      (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled 
  2.2   in a program approved by the commissioner is counted as the 
  2.3   ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education 
  2.4   services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual 
  2.5   education program plan to 875, but not more than one. 
  2.6      (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph 
  2.7   (c) is counted as .557 of a pupil unit for fiscal year 2000 and 
  2.8   thereafter. 
  2.9      (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 3 is counted as 
  2.10  1.115 pupil units for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter. 
  2.11     (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 4 to 6 5 is counted as 
  2.12  1.06 pupil units for fiscal year 1995 and thereafter. 
  2.13     (g) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 6 to 12 is counted as 
  2.14  1.3 pupil units.  
  2.15     (h) A pupil who is in the post-secondary enrollment options 
  2.16  program is counted as 1.3 pupil units.  
  2.17     Sec. 2.  [126C.125] [RESERVE REVENUE FOR YOUNG 
  2.18  ADOLESCENTS.] 
  2.19     Subdivision 1.  [REVENUE.] Of a district's general 
  2.20  education revenue for fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, each 
  2.21  school district shall reserve an amount equal to the formula 
  2.22  allowance, multiplied by the sum of the number of adjusted 
  2.23  marginal pupil units in average daily membership in grade 6, 
  2.24  times .24. 
  2.25     Subd. 2.  [REVENUE USE.] Revenue must be used for students 
  2.26  in grade 6 for young adolescent programs to ensure the student 
  2.27  is prepared for learning in a secondary school environment.  
  2.28  Young adolescent programs under this section shall include the 
  2.29  following criteria: 
  2.30     (1) advisor-advisee arrangements; 
  2.31     (2) community service; 
  2.32     (3) daily physical activity; 
  2.33     (4) exploratory or elective programs; 
  2.34     (5) instruction attuned to the range of concrete and 
  2.35  abstract thinking; 
  2.36     (6) interdisciplinary instruction; 
  3.1      (7) instruction based on the use of thematic units; 
  3.2      (8) developmental counseling; 
  3.3      (9) professional development for all staff attuned to young 
  3.4   adolescent students; 
  3.5      (10) team arrangements for students or a 
  3.6   school-within-a-school plan; and 
  3.7      (11) team planning time for teachers. 
  3.8      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.9      Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2000.