1998 Minnesota Statutes

     126C.32 Core instructional aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    Basic outcomes.  Basic outcomes are 
 defined as learner outcomes that must be achieved as a 
 requirement for graduation, specified in rule by the state board 
 of education.  Basic outcomes are the basic knowledge and skills 
 determined necessary by the board for graduates to become 
 productive employees, parents, and citizens.  The board shall 
 review and amend, if necessary, its graduation rule every two 
 years. 

    Subd. 2.    Aid amount.  Core instructional aid is equal 
 to the cost determined necessary by the legislature to achieve 
 the basic outcomes for each student times the number of resident 
 pupil units for the school year plus support services aid for 
 the district as determined under section 126C.34.  The core 
 instructional aid allowance for fiscal year 1998 and thereafter 
 is zero. 

    Subd. 3.    Aid to learning sites.  Each district is 
 encouraged to direct core instructional aid to the learning 
 sites in the district and minimize the core instructional aid 
 used for other programs or services.  Each district shall, to 
 the extent possible, facilitate allocation of each learning 
 site's core instructional aid by site management teams 
 consisting of site administrators, teachers, parents, and other 
 interested persons. 

    Subd. 4.    Aid uses.  Aid received under this section 
 may only be used to deliver instructional services needed to 
 assure that all pupils in the district achieve the basic 
 outcomes through the following programs and services: 

    (1) salaries and benefits for licensed and nonlicensed 
 instructional staff used to instruct or direct instructional 
 delivery or provide academic instructional support services; 

    (2) instructional supplies and resources including, but not 
 limited to, curricular materials, maps, individualized 
 instructional materials, test materials, and other related 
 supplies; 

    (3) payments to other service providers for direct 
 instruction or instructional materials; 

    (4) computers, interactive television, and other 
 technologically related equipment used in the direct delivery of 
 instruction; 

    (5) programs and services related to students' academic and 
 career progression including, but not limited to, community- and 
 work-based learning through mentoring, community service, and 
 youth apprenticeships; 

    (6) early childhood education programs designed to ensure 
 that students are ready to learn when they enter the education 
 system; and 

    (7) activities related to measurement of student progress 
 toward basic outcomes. 

    HIST: 1992 c 499 art 7 s 5; 1993 c 224 art 1 s 25; 1998 c 397 
 art 11 s 3 

*   NOTE:  This section, as added by Laws 1992, chapter 499, 
*article 7, section 5, is effective for revenue for fiscal year 
*2000.  Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 7, section 32.