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124D.65 Limited English proficiency (LEP) programs aid.

Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1999 c 241 art 1 s 69

Subd. 2. Repealed, 1999 c 241 art 1 s 69

Subd. 3. Repealed, 1999 c 241 art 1 s 69; art 2 s 62

Subd. 4. State total LEP revenue. (a) The state total limited English proficiency programs revenue for fiscal year 2000 equals $27,454,000.

(b) The state total limited English proficiency programs revenue for later fiscal years equals:

(1) the state total limited English proficiency programs revenue for the preceding fiscal year; times

(2) the program growth factor under section 125A.76 subdivision 1; times

(3) the ratio of the state total number of pupils with limited English proficiency for the current fiscal year to the state total number of pupils with limited English proficiency for the preceding fiscal year.

Subd. 5. School district LEP revenue. (a) A school district's limited English proficiency programs revenue for fiscal year 2000 equals the state total limited English proficiency programs revenue, minus the amount determined under paragraph (b), times the ratio of the district's adjusted limited English proficiency programs base revenue to the state total adjusted limited English proficiency programs base revenue.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the limited English proficiency programs base revenue for a district equals zero, the limited English proficiency programs revenue equals the sum of the following amounts, computed using current year data:

(1) 68 percent of the salary of one full-time equivalent teacher for each 40 pupils of limited English proficiency enrolled, or 68 percent of the salary of one-half of a full-time teacher in a district with 20 or fewer pupils of limited English proficiency enrolled; and

(2) for supplies and equipment purchased or rented for use in the instruction of pupils of limited English proficiency an amount equal to 47 percent of the sum actually spent by the district but not to exceed an average of $47 in any one school year for each pupil of limited English proficiency receiving instruction.

(c) A district's limited English proficiency programs revenue for fiscal year 2001 and later equals the product of $584 times the greater of 20 or the number of adjusted marginal cost pupils of limited English proficiency enrolled in the district during the current fiscal year.

(d) A pupil ceases to generate state limited English proficiency aid in the school year following the school year in which the pupil attains the state cut-off score on a commissioner-provided assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.

Subd. 6. Participation of nonpublic school pupils. In counting the number of pupils of limited English proficiency for purposes of this section, districts may include pupils of limited English proficiency who attend nonpublic schools in the district. A district which counts those pupils and receives aid pursuant to this section must offer those pupils the same programs on the same terms that it offers to pupils of limited English proficiency who attend the public school. A program provided for a nonpublic school pupil pursuant to this subdivision must be provided at a public school or a neutral site as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13. Nonpublic school pupils served by a district's educational program for pupils of limited English proficiency must be counted for average daily membership pursuant to sections 126C.01, subdivisions 6 to 8, and 126C.19, subdivisions 1 to 4.

Subd. 7. Application dates. To obtain aid for limited English proficiency programs, a district must submit information required by the department to implement this section.

Subd. 8. Notification; revenue. The department must promptly inform each applicant district of the amount of revenue it will receive pursuant to this section.

Subd. 9. Records; audit. A district which applies for aid pursuant to this section must maintain records which support the information contained in all of its applications. The commissioner may audit these records upon request. A district which receives aid pursuant to this section must keep additional records in the manner prescribed by the commissioner to ensure that an educational program for pupils of limited English proficiency is implemented and operated in accordance with sections 124D.58 to 124D.64.

Subd. 10. Money from other sources. A district providing a program for pupils of limited English proficiency must be eligible to receive moneys for these programs from other government agencies and from private sources when these moneys are available.

Subd. 11. Allocations from cooperative units. For the purposes of this section and section 125A.77, pupils of limited English proficiency enrolled in a cooperative or intermediate school district unit shall be counted by the school district of residence, and the cooperative unit shall allocate its approved expenditures for limited English proficiency programs among participating school districts. Limited English proficiency aid for services provided by a cooperative or intermediate school district shall be paid to the participating school districts.

HIST: 1981 c 358 art 3 s 10; 1982 c 548 art 3 s 8-11; 1983 c 314 art 1 s 22; art 3 s 8; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 3 s 10; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 17; art 7 s 26; 1989 c 329 art 3 s 4,5; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 5; 1993 c 224 art 3 s 11,12; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 15 s 1-3; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 3 s 11-14; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 2 s 8-11; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 93-96,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 1 s 21; 1999 c 241 art 1 s 3,4; art 2 s 11; 2000 c 464 art 3 s 1; 2000 c 489 art 2 s 5; 1Sp2001 c 6 art 3 s 4

* NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 5 by Laws 2001, First *Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 4, is effective *July 1, 2002. Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 6, *article 3, section 4, the effective date.

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