1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing state equalization aid for school district 
1.3 	debt service and referendum levies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2018, sections 123B.53, subdivisions 4, 5; 126C.17, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.53, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Debt service equalization revenue. (a) The debt service equalization revenue 
1.8 	of a district equals the sum of the first tier debt service equalization revenue and the second 
1.9 	tier debt service equalization revenue.
1.10 	(b) The first tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater of zero 
1.11 	or the eligible debt service revenue minus the amount raised by a levy of 15.74 ten percent 
1.12 	times the adjusted net tax capacity of the district minus the second tier debt service 
1.13 	equalization revenue of the district.
1.14 	(c) The second tier debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater of 
1.15 	zero or the eligible debt service revenue, minus the amount raised by a levy of 26.24 15
1.16 	percent times the adjusted net tax capacity of the district.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2020 and later.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.53, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 5.Equalized debt service levy. (a) The equalized debt service levy of a district 
1.20 	equals the sum of the first tier equalized debt service levy and the second tier equalized debt 
1.21 	service levy.
2.1 	(b) A district's first tier equalized debt service levy equals the district's first tier debt 
2.2 	service equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of:
2.3 	(1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the 
2.4 	year before the year the levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for the 
2.5 	school year ending in the year prior to the year the levy is certified; to
2.6 	(2) $3,400 in fiscal year 2016, $4,430 in fiscal year 2017, and the greater of $4,430 or 
2.7 	55.33 percent of the initial equalizing factor in fiscal year 2018 and later.
2.8 	(c) A district's second tier equalized debt service levy equals the district's second tier 
2.9 	debt service equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of:
2.10 	(1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the 
2.11 	year before the year the levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for the 
2.12 	school year ending in the year prior to the year the levy is certified; to
2.13 	(2) $8,000 in fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and the greater of $8,000 or 100 percent of 
2.14 	the initial equalizing factor in fiscal year 2018 and later.
2.15 	(d) For the purposes of this subdivision, the initial equalizing factor equals the quotient 
2.16 	derived by dividing the total adjusted net tax capacity of all school districts in the state for 
2.17 	the year before the year the levy is certified by the total number of adjusted pupil units in 
2.18 	all school districts in the state in the year before the year the levy is certified.

2.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2020 and later.

2.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.21 		Subd. 6.Referendum equalization levy. (a) A district's referendum equalization levy 
2.22 	equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization levy, the second tier referendum 
2.23 	equalization levy, and the third tier referendum equalization levy.
2.24 	(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's first tier 
2.25 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
2.26 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000.
2.27 	(c) A district's second tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's second tier 
2.28 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
2.29 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $510,000 $650,000.
2.30 	(d) A district's third tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's third tier 
2.31 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
2.32 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $290,000.

3.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2020 and later.

3.2 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 3.3 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
3.4 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
3.5 	designated.
3.6 		Subd. 2.Debt service equalization aid. For debt service equalization aid under 
3.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

3.8		$
	.......
	.....
	2020
	
3.9		$
	.......
	.....
	2021
	
3.10 	The 2020 appropriation includes $....... for 2019 and $....... for 2020. The 2021 
3.11 	appropriation includes $....... for 2020 and $....... for 2021.
3.12 		Subd. 3.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.13 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

3.14		$
	.......
	.....
	2020
	
3.15		$
	.......
	.....
	2021
	
3.16 	The 2020 appropriation includes $....... for 2019 and $....... for 2020. The 2021 
3.17 	appropriation includes $....... for 2020 and $....... for 2021.