1.1 	 A bill for an act
1.2 	 relating to education finance; authorizing voluntary full-day kindergarten; 
1.3 	authorizing prekindergarten school readiness services for certain four-year-old 
1.4 	students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.05, subdivision 1.
1.5 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		 Subdivision 1.Pupil unit.  Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil in average 
1.8 	daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district under sections 
1.9 	123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.06, 124D.07, 124D.08, or 124D.68; in a charter 
1.10 	school under section 124D.10; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 
1.11 	123A.18, 123A.22, 123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, subdivision 
1.12 	4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 125A.65, shall be counted 
1.13 	according to this subdivision.
1.14 	 (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved 
1.15 	by the commissioner and has an individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the 
1.16 	number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.25 with a minimum 
1.17 	average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.25 pupil units.
1.18 	 (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be handicapped is 
1.19 	counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.25.
1.20 	 (c) A prekindergarten pupil who is at least four years of age and identified by the 
1.21 	school district as lacking the preliteracy skills necessary to be at grade level by the end 
1.22 	of the first grade.  A prekindergarten pupil who qualifies under this paragraph is only 
1.23 	eligible for revenue equal to the general education aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 
1.24 	2, times the ratio of the number of hours of education services to 875, but not more than 
2.1 	one.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a school district may contract for these 
2.2 	educational services with a provider that would otherwise qualify under section 124D.15.
2.3 	 (d) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved 
2.4 	by the commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and 
2.5 	education services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual education program 
2.6 	plan to 875, but not more than one.
2.7 	 (d) (e) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as.557 
2.8 	1.0 of a pupil unit for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
2.9 	 (e) (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 3 is counted as 1.115 pupil units for 
2.10 	fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
2.11 	 (f) (g) A pupil who is any of grades 4 to 6 is counted as 1.06 pupil units for fiscal 
2.12 	year 1995 and thereafter.
2.13 	 (g) (h) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.3 pupil units.
2.14 	 (h) (i) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted 
2.15 	as 1.3 pupil units.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2006 
2.17 	and later.