2006 Minnesota Statutes

124D.135 EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION (ECFE) REVENUE.
    Subdivision 1. Revenue. The revenue for early childhood family education programs for a
school district equals $112 for fiscal year 2007 and later, times the greater of:
(1) 150; or
(2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1 of the
previous school year.
    Subd. 2. Population. For the purposes of subdivision 1, data reported to the department may
be used to determine the number of people under five years of age residing in the district. The
commissioner, with the assistance of the state demographer, shall review the number reported by
any district operating an early childhood family education program. If requested, the district shall
submit to the commissioner an explanation of its methods and other information necessary to
document accuracy. If the commissioner determines that the district has not provided sufficient
documentation of accuracy, the commissioner may request the state demographer to prepare an
estimate of the number of people under five years of age residing in the district and may use
this estimate for the purposes of subdivision 1.
    Subd. 3. Early childhood family education levy. For fiscal year 2001 to obtain early
childhood family education revenue, a district may levy an amount equal to the tax rate of
.5282 percent times the adjusted tax capacity of the district for the year preceding the year the
levy is certified. Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2002, by September 30 of each year,
the commissioner shall establish a tax rate for early childhood education revenue that raises
$21,027,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $22,135,000 in fiscal year 2003 and each subsequent year. If
the amount of the early childhood family education levy would exceed the early childhood family
education revenue, the early childhood family education levy must equal the early childhood
family education revenue.
    Subd. 4. Early childhood family education aid. If a district complies with the provisions
of section 124D.13, it must receive early childhood family education aid equal to the difference
between the early childhood family education revenue and the early childhood family education
levy. If the district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the early childhood family education
aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
    Subd. 5. Use of revenue restricted. Early childhood family education revenue may be
used only for early childhood family education programs. Not more than five percent of early
childhood family education revenue, as defined in subdivision 7, may be used to administer
early childhood family education programs.
    Subd. 6. Home visiting levy. A district that enters into a collaborative agreement to provide
education services and social services to families with young children may levy an amount
equal to $1.60 times the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on
September 1 of the last school year. Levy revenue under this subdivision must not be included
as revenue under subdivision 1. The revenue must be used for home visiting programs under
section 124D.13, subdivision 4.
    Subd. 7. Reserve account. Early childhood family education revenue, which includes aids,
levies, fees, grants, and all other revenues received by the district for early childhood family
education programs, must be maintained in a reserve account within the community service fund.
    Subd. 8. Reserve account limit. (a) Under this section, the average balance, during the most
recent three-year period in a district's early childhood family education reserve account on June
30 of each year, adjusted for any prior reductions under this subdivision, must not be greater than
25 percent of the sum of the district's maximum early childhood family education annual revenue
under subdivision 1, excluding adjustments under this subdivision, plus any fees, grants, or other
revenue received by the district for early childhood family education programs for the prior year.
(b) If a district's adjusted average early childhood family education reserve over the
three-year period is in excess of the limit under paragraph (a), the district's early childhood family
education state aid and levy authority for the current school year must be reduced by the lesser of
the current year revenue under subdivision 1 or the excess reserve amount. The aid reduction
equals the product of the lesser of the excess reserve amount or the current year revenue under
subdivision 1 times the ratio of the district's aid for the current year under subdivision 4 to the
district's revenue for the current year under subdivision 1. The levy reduction equals the excess
reserve amount minus the aid reduction. For purposes of this paragraph, if a district does not
levy the entire amount permitted under subdivision 3, the revenue under subdivision 1 must be
reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2003, the excess reserve amount shall be
computed using the balance in a district's early childhood family education reserve account on
June 30, 2002. For fiscal year 2004, the excess reserve amount shall be computed using the
adjusted average balance in a district's early childhood family education reserve account on
June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003.
    Subd. 9. Waiver. If a district anticipates that the reserve account may exceed the 25 percent
limit established under subdivision 8 because of extenuating circumstances, prior approval to
exceed the limit must be obtained in writing from the commissioner.
History: 1984 c 463 art 4 s 3; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 4 s 6; 1987 c 398 art 4 s 13; 1988 c 486 s
39; 1989 c 329 art 4 s 10,11; 1991 c 265 art 4 s 13; 1993 c 224 art 4 s 24-26; art 14 s 10; 1994 c
647 art 4 s 22,23; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 18; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 4 s 7; 1997 c 162 art 1 s 6,7;
1998 c 397 art 3 s 76,103; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 1 s 16; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 42,43; 1999 c 249
s 7; 1Sp2001 c 3 art 1 s 8,9; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 7 s 6,7; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 7 s 4,5; 2006 c 282 art 2 s 7