1998 Minnesota Statutes

     126C.34 Support services aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    Support services.  "Support services" 
 means services and programs beyond the core instruction 
 considered essential to allow students to achieve the basic 
 outcomes including, but not limited to, the following: 

    (1) counselors, psychologists, and social workers; 

    (2) services and programs for students needing special 
 education and handicapped children aged zero to three; 

    (3) health care, including early childhood screening; 

    (4) transportation; 

    (5) nutrition programs; 

    (6) libraries and other media and information centers; 

    (7) programs for specialized curricula relating to programs 
 such as violence prevention, AIDS awareness and prevention, and 
 drug abuse prevention; and 

    (8) programs and services for students judged to be at high 
 risk of not completing their education or otherwise having a 
 social or economic problem in excess of other students. 

    Subd. 2.    Determination of aid.  The total amount of 
 support services aid shall be determined according to indices 
 for each service recommended by the commissioner of children, 
 families, and learning after consultations with appropriate 
 state agencies, educators, and other interested persons.  The 
 indices shall reflect the need for each service based on the 
 economic, geographic, demographic, and other appropriate 
 characteristics of each district. 

    HIST: 1993 c 224 art 1 s 26; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1997 c 7 
 art 2 s 12