1997 Minnesota Statutes

     124A.02 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  For the purpose of 
 this chapter and chapter 124, the following terms have the 
 meaning given them.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 1 

    Subd. 3.  Renumbered 124A.02 subd 14 

    Subd. 3a.    Adjusted net tax capacity.  "Adjusted net 
 tax capacity" means the net tax capacity of the taxable property 
 of the school district as adjusted by the commissioner of 
 revenue under section 124.2131.  The adjusted net tax capacity 
 for any given calendar year shall be used to compute levy 
 limitations for levies certified in the succeeding calendar year 
 and aid for the school year beginning in the second succeeding 
 calendar year. 

    Subd. 3b.    Referendum market value.  "Referendum 
 market value" means the market value of all taxable property, 
 except that any class of property, or any portion of a class of 
 property, with a class rate of less than one percent under 
 section 273.13 shall have a referendum market value equal to its 
 net tax capacity multiplied by 100. 

    Subd. 4.  Renumbered 124A.02 subd 23 

    Subd. 4a. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 12 art 1 s 37 subd 1 

    Subd. 5.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 3 

    Subd. 5a.  Repealed, 1988 c 486 s 102 

    Subd. 6.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 3 

    Subd. 7.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 1 

    Subd. 8.    Equalizing factor.  "Equalizing factor" 
 means the ratio, rounded to the nearest dollar, of the formula 
 allowance to the general education tax rate for the 
 corresponding year.  

    Subd. 9.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 3 

    Subd. 10.    Levy use.  A levy "for use in a particular 
 school year," "attributable to a particular school year," or 
 "recognized as revenue in a particular school year," means the 
 levy certified in the calendar year ending in the school year 
 preceding that particular school year, and payable in the 
 calendar year in which that school year begins. 

    Subd. 11.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 3 

    Subd. 12.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 3 

    Subd. 13.  Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 3 

    Subd. 14. Repealed, 1987 c 398 art 1 s 27 subd 1 

    Subd. 15.    Pupil units, actual.  "Actual pupil units" 
 means pupil units identified in section 124.17, subdivision 1.  

    Subd. 16.    Pupil units, AFDC.  "AFDC pupil units" for 
 fiscal year 1993 and thereafter means pupil units identified in 
 section 124.17, subdivision 1d.  

    Subd. 17. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 12 art 1 s 37 subd 1 

    Subd. 18. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 12 art 1 s 37 subd 1 

    Subd. 19. Repealed, 1991 c 130 s 38; 1991 c 265 art 1 s 
 33 

    Subd. 20.    Shared time average daily membership.  The 
 average daily membership of a pupil enrolled on a shared time 
 basis shall equal the ratio of the total minutes for which the 
 pupil is enrolled and the minimum minutes required during the 
 year for a regularly enrolled public school pupil.  

    Subd. 21.    Shared time aid.  Aid for shared time 
 pupils shall equal the formula allowance times the full-time 
 equivalent actual pupil units for shared time pupils.  Aid for 
 shared time pupils shall be in addition to any other aid to 
 which the district is otherwise entitled.  Shared time average 
 daily membership shall not be used in the computation of pupil 
 units under section 124.17, subdivision 1, for any purpose other 
 than the computation of shared time aid pursuant to subdivisions 
 20 to 22 and section 124A.034, subdivisions 1 to 1b. 

    Subd. 22.    Shared time pupils.  Shared time pupils are 
 defined as those pupils who attend public school programs for 
 part of the regular school day and who otherwise fulfill the 
 requirements of section 120.101 by attendance at a nonpublic 
 school.  

    Subd. 23.    Training and experience index.  "Training 
 and experience index" means a measure of a district's teacher 
 training and experience relative to the education and experience 
 of teachers in the state.  The measure shall be determined 
 pursuant to section 124A.04. 

    Subd. 24.    Average salary for beginning teachers.  
 "Average salary for beginning teachers" means the average salary 
 for all teachers in the state who are in their first year of 
 teaching and who have no additional credits or degrees above a 
 bachelor's degree.  At least biennially, the department shall 
 recompute this average using complete new data. 

    Subd. 25.    Net unappropriated operating fund balance.  
 "Net unappropriated operating fund balance" means the sum of the 
 fund balances in the general, food service, and community 
 service funds minus the balances reserved for statutory 
 operating debt reduction, bus purchase, severance pay, taconite, 
 reemployment insurance, maintenance levy reduction, operating 
 capital, disabled access, health and safety, and encumbrances, 
 computed as of June 30 each year. 

    HIST: 1981 c 358 art 1 s 20,21,25,26; 1Sp1981 c 2 s 5; 3Sp1981 
 c 2 art 2 s 4,5,6; art 4 s 4; 1982 c 548 art 1 s 3,4,8; art 7 s 
 5; 1983 c 314 art 1 s 1,2,4,5,9,22; 1984 c 463 art 1 s 3,4,5; 
 1Sp1985 c 12 art 1 s 9-13; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 4 s 23,24; 1Sp1986 c 
 1 art 9 s 15,16; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 18; 1987 c 268 art 6 s 5; 
 art 7 s 12,13; 1987 c 398 art 1 s 4-7; 1988 c 486 s 46-48; 1988 
 c 719 art 5 s 4,5,84; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 
 20; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11; 1991 c 265 art 1 s 8,9; 1994 c 488 s 
 8; 1994 c 647 art 1 s 13,14; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 13 s 6; 1996 c 412 
 art 1 s 13 

*   NOTE:  Subdivisions 16, 23, and 24 are repealed effective 
*June 30, 1999.  Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 7, section 31.