1998 Minnesota Statutes

     126C.15 Compensatory education revenue. 

    Subdivision 1.    Use of the revenue.  The compensatory 
 education revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 3, and the 
 portion of the transition revenue adjustment under section 
 126C.10, subdivision 20, attributable to the compensatory 
 transition allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 19, 
 paragraph (b), must be used to meet the educational needs of 
 pupils who enroll under-prepared to learn and whose progress 
 toward meeting state or local content or performance standards 
 is below the level that is appropriate for learners of their 
 age.  Any of the following may be provided to meet these 
 learners' needs: 

    (1) direct instructional services under the assurance of 
 mastery program according to section 124D.66; 

    (2) remedial instruction in reading, language arts, 
 mathematics, other content areas, or study skills to improve the 
 achievement level of these learners; 

    (3) additional teachers and teacher aides to provide more 
 individualized instruction to these learners through individual 
 tutoring, lower instructor-to-learner ratios, or team teaching; 

    (4) a longer school day or week during the regular school 
 year or through a summer program that may be offered directly by 
 the site or under a performance-based contract with a 
 community-based organization; 

    (5) comprehensive and ongoing staff development consistent 
 with district and site plans according to section 122A.60, for 
 teachers, teacher aides, principals, and other personnel to 
 improve their ability to identify the needs of these learners 
 and provide appropriate remediation, intervention, 
 accommodations, or modifications; 

    (6) instructional materials and technology appropriate for 
 meeting the individual needs of these learners; 

    (7) programs to reduce truancy, encourage completion of 
 high school, enhance self-concept, provide health services, 
 provide nutrition services, provide a safe and secure learning 
 environment, provide coordination for pupils receiving services 
 from other governmental agencies, provide psychological services 
 to determine the level of social, emotional, cognitive, and 
 intellectual development, and provide counseling services, 
 guidance services, and social work services; 

    (8) bilingual programs, bicultural programs, and programs 
 for learners of limited English proficiency; 

    (9) all day kindergarten; 

    (10) extended school day and extended school year programs; 

    (11) substantial parent involvement in developing and 
 implementing remedial education or intervention plans for a 
 learner, including learning contracts between the school, the 
 learner, and the parent that establish achievement goals and 
 responsibilities of the learner and the learner's parent or 
 guardian; and 

    (12) other methods to increase achievement, as needed.  

    Subd. 2.    Building allocation.  (a) A district must 
 allocate its compensatory revenue to each school building in the 
 district where the children who have generated the revenue are 
 served. 

    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 1999 
 and 2000, upon approval by the commissioner, a district may 
 allocate up to five percent of the amount of compensatory 
 revenue that the district would have received under section 
 126C.10, subdivision 3, for fiscal year 1998 to school sites 
 according to a plan adopted by the school board. 

    (c) For the purposes of this section and section 126C.05, 
 subdivision 3, "building" means education site as defined in 
 section 123B.04, subdivision 1. 

    (d) If the pupil is served at a site other than one owned 
 and operated by the district, the revenue shall be paid to the 
 district and used for services for pupils who generate the 
 revenue. 

    Subd. 3.    Recommendation.  A school site 
 decision-making team, as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 
 3, paragraph (a), or the instruction and curriculum advisory 
 committee under section 120B.11, if the school has no school 
 site decision team, shall recommend how the revenue will be used 
 to carry out the purpose of this section. 

    Subd. 4.    Separate accounts.  Each district that 
 receives compensatory education revenue shall maintain separate 
 accounts to identify expenditures for salaries and programs 
 related to basic skills revenue. 

    Subd. 5.    Annual expenditure report.  Each year a 
 district that receives compensatory education revenue must 
 submit a report identifying the expenditures it incurred to meet 
 the needs of eligible learners under subdivision 1.  The report 
 must conform to uniform financial and reporting standards 
 established for this purpose. 

    HIST: 1987 c 398 art 1 s 17; 1988 c 718 art 1 s 9,10; 1989 c 
 329 art 3 s 19; 1994 c 647 art 1 s 28; 1996 c 412 art 1 s 27; 
 1Sp1997 c 4 art 1 s 51; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 157,164; art 11 s 3; 
 1998 c 398 art 1 s 34,35; 1Sp1998 c 3 s 18 

*   NOTE:  This section (formerly section 124A.28) is repealed 
*effective June 30, 2001.  Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 7, 
*section 31, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 1, 
*section 39.