2001 Minnesota Statutes

     124D.871 Magnet school and program grants. 

    (a) The commissioner of education, in consultation with the 
 desegregation/integration office under section 124D.892, shall 
 award grants to school districts and chartered public schools 
 for planning and developing magnet schools and magnet programs. 

    (b) Grant recipients must use the grant money under 
 paragraph (a) to establish or operate a magnet school or a 
 magnet program and provide all students with equal educational 
 opportunities.  Grant recipients may expend grant money on: 

    (1) teachers who provide instruction or services to 
 students in a magnet school or magnet program; 

    (2) educational paraprofessionals who assist teachers in 
 providing instruction or services to students in a magnet school 
 or magnet program; 

    (3) clerical support needed to operate a magnet school or 
 magnet program; 

    (4) equipment, equipment maintenance contracts, materials, 
 supplies, and other property needed to operate a magnet school 
 or magnet program; 

    (5) minor remodeling needed to operate a magnet school or 
 magnet program; 

    (6) transportation for field trips that are part of a 
 magnet school or magnet program curriculum; 

    (7) program planning and staff and curriculum development 
 for a magnet school or magnet program; 

    (8) disseminating information on magnet schools and magnet 
 programs; and 

    (9) indirect costs calculated according to the state's 
 statutory formula governing indirect costs. 

    HIST: 1994 c 647 art 8 s 38