1998 Minnesota Statutes

     120B.05 Graduation standards implementation revenue. 

    (a) A school district's graduation standards implementation 
 revenue is equal to $52 times its resident pupil units for 
 fiscal year 1999 plus $14 times its resident pupil units for 
 fiscal year 1999 if the district implements the graduation rule 
 under section 120B.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and $43 per 
 pupil unit for all districts for fiscal year 2000 and later.  
 Graduation standards implementation revenue is reserved and must 
 be used according to paragraphs (b) and (c). 

    (b) For fiscal year 1999, revenue must be reserved for 
 programs according to clauses (1) to (3). 

    (1) At least $20 per resident pupil unit plus $14 per 
 resident pupil unit for a district that implements the 
 graduation rule under section 120B.03, subdivision 1, paragraph 
 (b), must be allocated to school sites in proportion to the 
 number of students enrolled at each school site weighted 
 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 1, and is reserved for 
 programs designed to enhance the implementation of the 
 graduation rule through intensive staff development and 
 decentralized decision making. 

    (2) At least $5 per resident pupil unit is reserved for 
 gifted and talented programs that are integrated with the 
 graduation rule.  This aid must supplement, not supplant, money 
 spent on gifted and talented programs authorized under Laws 
 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, section 24. 

    (3) Remaining aid under this paragraph must be used: 

    (i) for technology purposes including wiring, network 
 connections, and other technology-related infrastructure 
 improvements; purchase or lease of computer software and 
 hardware to be used in classrooms and for instructional 
 purposes; purchase or lease of interactive television network 
 equipment and network support; purchase or lease of computer 
 software and hardware designed to support special needs 
 programming and limited English proficiency programming; network 
 and technical support; and purchase of textbooks and other 
 instructional materials; or 

    (ii) to reduce class size. 

    (c) For fiscal year 2000 and later, revenue must be 
 allocated to school sites in proportion to the number of 
 students enrolled at each school site weighted according to 
 section 126C.05, subdivision 1, and reserved for programs 
 designed to enhance the implementation of the graduation rule 
 through:  (1) staff development programs; (2) technology 
 purposes under paragraph (b), clause (3); (3) gifted and 
 talented programs; or (4) class size reduction programs based at 
 the school site. 

    (d) To the extent possible, school districts shall make 
 opportunities for graduation standards implementation available 
 to teachers employed by intermediate school districts.  If the 
 commissioner determines that the supplemental appropriation made 
 for this subdivision under Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 1, 
 section 40, subdivision 2, is in excess of the amount needed for 
 this subdivision, the commissioner shall make equal payments of 
 one-third of the excess to each intermediate school district for 
 the purpose of paragraph (a). 

    (e) A district that qualifies for the referendum allowance 
 reduction under section 126C.17, subdivision 12, and whose 
 referendum allowance under section 126C.17, subdivision 1, as 
 adjusted under section 126C.17, subdivisions 2 and 12, does not 
 exceed the referendum allowance limit under section 126C.17, 
 subdivision 2, clause (2), shall receive a graduation standards 
 implementation equity adjustment.  In fiscal year 1999, the 
 equity adjustment aid is equal to $34 per resident pupil unit.  
 In fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the equity adjustment is 
 equal to $25 per resident pupil unit. 

    HIST: 1987 c 398 art 1 s 11; 1988 c 486 s 58-60; 1988 c 718 
 art 1 s 1-3; 1989 c 329 art 1 s 5-12; 1990 c 375 s 3; 1990 c 562 
 art 8 s 28; 1991 c 130 s 37; 1991 c 265 art 1 s 12-19; 1992 c 
 499 art 6 s 20; art 12 s 13,14,29; 1993 c 224 art 1 s 12-17; 
 1993 c 374 s 2; 1994 c 647 art 1 s 21-24; 1995 c 212 art 4 s 64; 
 1Sp1995 c 3 art 1 s 25-44; art 13 s 7; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 
 art 1 s 23-25; art 9 s 6; 1997 c 1 s 4; 1997 c 2 s 6; 1Sp1997 c 
 4 art 1 s 36-45; art 4 s 22,23; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 164; art 7 s 
 145-151; art 11 s 3; art 12 s 3-5; 1998 c 398 art 1 s 28-31; art 
 4 s 8; 1Sp1998 c 3 s 17