1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing funding for English learners; appropriating 
1.3 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 126C.05, subdivision 17; 
1.4 	126C.10, subdivision 4; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, 
1.5 	section 19, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.05, subdivision 17, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 17.English learner pupil units. (a) English learner pupil units ~~for fiscal year~~ 
1.9 	~~2004 and thereafter shall~~ must be determined according to this subdivision.
1.10 	(b) The English learner concentration percentage for a district equals the product of 100 
1.11 	times the ratio of:
1.12 	(1) the number of eligible English learners in average daily membership enrolled in the 
1.13 	district during the current fiscal year; to
1.14 	(2) the number of pupils in average daily membership enrolled in the district.
1.15 	(c) The English learner pupil units for each eligible English learner in average daily 
1.16 	membership equals the lesser of one or the quotient obtained by dividing the English learner 
1.17 	concentration percentage for the pupil's district of enrollment by ~~11.5~~ 23.
1.18 	(d) English learner pupil units shall be counted by the district of enrollment.
1.19 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), for the purposes of this subdivision, pupils enrolled 
1.20 	in a cooperative or intermediate school district shall be counted by the district of residence.
1.21 	(f) For the purposes of this subdivision, the terms defined in section 124D.59 have the 
1.22 	same meaning.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2019 and later.

2.2 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.3 		Subd. 4.Basic skills revenue. A school district's basic skills revenue equals the sum 
2.4 	of:
2.5 	(1) compensatory revenue under subdivision 3; plus
2.6 	(2) English learner revenue under section 124D.65, subdivision 5; plus
2.7 	(3) ~~$250~~ $500 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 
2.8 	17.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2019 and later.

2.10 	Sec. 3. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 2, is 
2.11 	amended to read:
2.12 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.13 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

2.14 | | $ | 7,032,051,000 | ..... | 2018
2.162.15

$

~~7,227,809,000~~
.......

.....

2019

2.17 	The 2018 appropriation includes $686,828,000 for 2017 and $6,345,223,000 for 2018.
2.18 	The 2019 appropriation includes $705,024,000 for 2018 and ~~$6,522,785,000~~ $....... for 
2.19 	2019.