1999 Minnesota Statutes

     124D.453 Current funding for career and technical 
  education. 

    Subdivision 1.    State payment of aids.  The state 
 shall pay aids for career and technical programs on a current 
 funding basis. 

    Subd. 2.    Limit.  The commissioner may withhold all or 
 any portion of the aid paid under this section for a career and 
 technical education program which receives funds from any other 
 source.  A district or center must not receive a total amount of 
 state aid pursuant to this section which, when added to funds 
 from other sources, will provide the program an amount for 
 salaries and travel which exceeds 100 percent of the amount of 
 its expenditures for salaries and travel in the program.  

    Subd. 3.    Career and technical aid.  A district's 
 career and technical education aid for fiscal year 2000 equals 
 the lesser of: 

    (a) $73 times the district's average daily membership in 
 grades 10 to 12; or 

    (b) 25 percent of approved expenditures for the following: 

    (1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel 
 providing direct instructional services to students in that 
 fiscal year for services rendered in the district's approved 
 career and technical education programs; 

    (2) contracted services provided by a public or private 
 agency other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative 
 center under subdivision 7; 

    (3) necessary travel between instructional sites by 
 licensed career and technical education personnel; 

    (4) necessary travel by licensed career and technical 
 education personnel for vocational student organization 
 activities held within the state for instructional purposes; 

    (5) curriculum development activities that are part of a 
 five-year plan for improvement based on program assessment; 

    (6) necessary travel by licensed career and technical 
 education personnel for noncollegiate credit bearing 
 professional development; and 

    (7) specialized vocational instructional supplies. 

    (c) Up to ten percent of a district's career and technical 
 aid may be spent on equipment purchases.  Districts using career 
 and technical aid for equipment purchases must report to the 
 department on the improved learning opportunities for students 
 that result from the investment in equipment.  

    Subd. 4.    Allocation from cooperative centers and 
 intermediate districts.  For purposes of subdivisions 3, 
 paragraph (b), and 5, paragraph (b), a cooperative center or an 
 intermediate district must allocate its approved expenditures 
 for career and technical education programs among participating 
 districts.  For purposes of subdivision 5, paragraph (a), a 
 cooperative center or an intermediate district must allocate its 
 secondary vocational aid for fiscal year 1994 among 
 participating districts.  For 1995 and later fiscal years, 
 career and technical aid for services provided by a cooperative 
 center or an intermediate district shall be paid to the 
 participating district.  

    Subd. 5.    Aid guarantee.  Notwithstanding subdivision 
 3, the career and technical education aid for a district is not 
 less than the lesser of: 

    (a) 95 percent of the career and technical education aid 
 the district received for the previous fiscal year; or 

    (b) 40 percent of the approved expenditures for career and 
 technical programs included in subdivision 3, paragraph (b). 

    Subd. 6.    Compliance with rules.  Aid must be paid 
 under this section only for services rendered or for costs 
 incurred in career and technical education programs approved by 
 the commissioner and operated in accordance with rules 
 promulgated by the commissioner.  These rules must provide 
 minimum student-staff ratios required for a career and technical 
 education program area to qualify for this aid.  The rules must 
 not require the collection of data at the program or course 
 level to calculate career and technical aid.  The rules must not 
 require any minimum number of administrative staff, any minimum 
 period of coordination time or extended employment for career 
 and technical education personnel, or the availability of 
 vocational student activities or organizations for a career and 
 technical education program to qualify for this aid.  The 
 requirement in these rules that program components be available 
 for a minimum number of hours must not be construed to prevent 
 pupils from enrolling in career and technical education courses 
 on an exploratory basis for less than a full school year.  The 
 commissioner must not require a district to offer more than four 
 credits or 560 hours of vocational education course offerings in 
 any school year.  Rules relating to career and technical 
 education programs must not incorporate the provisions of the 
 state plan for vocational education by reference.  This aid 
 shall be paid only for services rendered and for costs incurred 
 by essential, licensed personnel who meet the work experience 
 requirements for licensure pursuant to the rules of the 
 department of children, families, and learning.  Licensed 
 personnel means persons holding a valid career and technical 
 license issued by the commissioner.  If an average of five or 
 fewer secondary full-time equivalent students are enrolled per 
 teacher in an approved post-secondary program at intermediate 
 district No. 287, 916, or 917, licensed personnel means persons 
 holding a valid vocational license issued by the commissioner or 
 the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 universities.  Notwithstanding section 127A.42, the commissioner 
 may modify or withdraw the program or aid approval and withhold 
 aid under this section without proceeding under section 127A.42 
 at any time.  To do so, the commissioner must determine that the 
 program does not comply with rules of the department of 
 children, families, and learning or that any facts concerning 
 the program or its budget differ from the facts in the 
 district's approved application. 

    Subd. 7.    Aid for contracted services.  In addition to 
 the provisions of subdivisions 2 and 6, a school district or 
 cooperative center may contract with a public or private agency 
 other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative center for 
 the provision of career and technical education services.  The 
 commissioner must promulgate rules relating to program approval 
 procedures and criteria for these contracts and aid must be paid 
 only for contracts approved by the commissioner.  The district 
 or cooperative center contracting for these services must be 
 construed to be providing the services.  

    Subd. 8.    District reports.  Each district or 
 cooperative center must report data to the department for all 
 career and technical education programs as required by the 
 department to implement the career and technical aid formula.  

    HIST: 1976 c 271 s 62; 1977 c 447 art 5 s 10; 1978 c 764 s 
 69-71; 1979 c 334 art 5 s 27; 1981 c 358 art 5 s 39-42; 1982 c 
 548 art 5 s 12-15; 1984 c 463 art 5 s 24; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 6 s 
 9,10; 1Sp1986 c 1 art 9 s 12,13; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 22; 1989 c 
 329 art 3 s 8-11; 1990 c 562 art 3 s 3; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 
 13,14; 1993 c 224 art 3 s 24,25; art 13 s 41; 1993 c 374 s 7,8; 
 1994 c 647 art 3 s 12-15; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 
 art 13 s 16; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 109-115,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 
 398 art 5 s 55; 1999 c 241 art 3 s 1,4 

*   NOTE:  This section is repealed by Laws 1999, chapter 241, 
*article 3, section 5, effective for revenue for fiscal year 2001.