1997 Minnesota Statutes

     124.2727 School district cooperation revenue. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1992 c 499 art 6 s 39; 1992 c 
 603 s 10 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1992 c 499 art 6 s 39; 1992 c 603 s 
 10 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1992 c 499 art 6 s 39; 1992 c 603 s 
 10 

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1992 c 499 art 6 s 39; 1992 c 603 s 
 10 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1992 c 499 art 6 s 39; 1992 c 603 s 
 10 

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 6 s 42 

    Subd. 6a.    District cooperation revenue.  A district's 
 cooperation revenue is equal to the greater of $67 times the 
 actual pupil units or $25,000. 

    Subd. 6b.    District cooperation levy.  To receive 
 district cooperation revenue, a district may levy an amount 
 equal to the district's cooperation revenue multiplied by the 
 lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by dividing 
 the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year 
 preceding the year the levy is certified by the actual pupil 
 units in the district for the school year to which the levy is 
 attributable to $3,500. 

    Subd. 6c.    District cooperation aid.  A district's 
 cooperation aid is the difference between its district 
 cooperation revenue and its district cooperation levy.  If a 
 district does not levy the entire amount permitted, aid must be 
 reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied. 

    Subd. 6d.    Revenue uses.  (a) A district must place 
 its district cooperation revenue in a reserved account and may 
 only use the revenue to purchase goods and services from 
 entities formed for cooperative purposes or to otherwise provide 
 educational services in a cooperative manner. 

    (b) A district that was a member of an intermediate school 
 district organized pursuant to chapter 136D on July 1, 1996, 
 must place its district cooperation revenue in a reserved 
 account and must allocate a portion of the reserved revenue for 
 instructional services from entities formed for cooperative 
 services for special education programs and secondary vocational 
 programs.  The allocated amount is equal to the levy made 
 according to section 124.2727, subdivision 6, for taxes payable 
 in 1994 divided by the actual pupil units in the intermediate 
 school district for fiscal year 1995 times the number of actual 
 pupil units in the school district in 1995.  The district must 
 use 5/11 of the revenue for special education and 6/11 of the 
 revenue for secondary vocational education.  The district must 
 demonstrate that the revenue is being used to provide the full 
 range of special education and secondary vocational programs and 
 services available to each child served by the intermediate.  
 The secondary vocational programs and service must meet the 
 requirements established in an articulation agreement developed 
 between the state board of education and the board of trustees 
 of the Minnesota state colleges and universities. 

    (c) A district that was not a member of an intermediate 
 district organized under chapter 136D on July 1, 1994, must 
 spend at least $9 per pupil unit of its district cooperation 
 revenue on secondary vocational programs. 

    Subd. 7. Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 6 s 42 

    Subd. 8. Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 6 s 42 

    Subd. 9.    Proration.  (a) If the total appropriation 
 available for district cooperation aid for any fiscal year, plus 
 any amount transferred under section 124.14, subdivision 7, is 
 insufficient to pay all districts the full amount of aid earned, 
 the department of children, families, and learning shall reduce 
 each district's district cooperation revenue according to the 
 calculations in paragraphs (b) to (d). 

    (b) If there is insufficient district cooperation aid 
 available, the department must recompute the district 
 cooperation revenue by proportionally reducing the formula 
 allowance and the revenue minimum to the levels that result in 
 an aid entitlement, adjusted by the percentage in section 
 124.195, subdivision 10, equal to the amount available.  The 
 levy amounts must not be recomputed. 

    (c) A district's proration aid reduction is equal to the 
 lesser of zero, or the difference of the existing aid 
 calculation minus the aid amount computed for the district under 
 paragraph (b). 

    (d) If a district's proration aid reduction is less than 
 its revenue reduction, its district cooperation levy authority 
 for the following year must be reduced by the amount of the 
 difference between its revenue reduction and its aid reduction. 

    HIST: 1991 c 265 art 6 s 39; 1992 c 499 art 6 s 18,19,39, subd 
 3; 1993 c 224 art 6 s 16; 1993 c 374 s 14; 1994 c 647 art 6 s 
 24-26,42; 1995 c 212 art 4 s 64; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 
 1Sp1997 c 4 art 4 s 11