2000 Minnesota Statutes

     126C.12 Learning and development revenue amount and use. 

    Subdivision 1.    Revenue.  Of a district's general 
 education revenue for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter each 
 school district shall reserve an amount equal to the formula 
 allowance multiplied by the following calculation: 

    (1) the sum of adjusted marginal cost pupils in average 
 daily membership, according to section 126C.05, subdivision 5, 
 in kindergarten times .057; plus 

    (2) the sum of adjusted marginal cost pupils in average 
 daily membership, according to section 126C.05, subdivision 5, 
 in grades 1 to 3 times .115; plus 

    (3) the sum of adjusted marginal cost pupils in average 
 daily membership, according to section 126C.05, subdivision 5, 
 in grades 4 to 6 times .06. 

    Subd. 2.    Instructor defined.  Primary instructor 
 means a public employee licensed by the board of teaching whose 
 duties are full-time instruction, excluding a teacher for whom 
 categorical aids are received pursuant to section 125A.76.  
 Except as provided in section 122A.68, subdivision 6, instructor 
 does not include supervisory and support personnel, except 
 school social workers as defined in section 122A.15.  An 
 instructor whose duties are less than full-time instruction must 
 be included as an equivalent only for the number of hours of 
 instruction in grades kindergarten through 6. 

    Subd. 3.    Instruction contact time.  Instruction may 
 be provided by a primary instructor, by a team of instructors, 
 or by teacher resident supervised by a primary instructor.  The 
 district must maximize instructor to learner average 
 instructional contact time. 

    Subd. 4.    Revenue use.  (a) Revenue must be used 
 according to either paragraph (b) or (c). 

    (b) Revenue must be used to reduce and maintain the 
 district's instructor to learner ratios in kindergarten through 
 grade 6 to a level of 1 to 17 on average.  The district must 
 prioritize the use of the revenue to attain this level initially 
 in kindergarten and grade 1 and then through the subsequent 
 grades as revenue is available.  

    (c) The revenue may be used to prepare and use an 
 individualized learning plan for each learner.  A district must 
 not increase the district wide instructor-to-learner ratios in 
 other grades as a result of reducing instructor-to-learner 
 ratios in kindergarten through grade 6.  Revenue may not be used 
 to provide instructor preparation time.  A district may use a 
 portion of the revenue reserved under this section to employ up 
 to the same number of full-time equivalent education assistants 
 or aides as the district employed during the 1992-1993 school 
 year under Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.331, subdivision 
 2. 

    Subd. 5.    Additional revenue use.  If the board of a 
 district determines that the district has achieved and is 
 maintaining the instructor-to-learner ratios specified in 
 subdivision 4 and is using individualized learning plans, the 
 board may use the revenue to purchase material and services or 
 provide staff development needed for reduced 
 instructor-to-learner ratios.  If additional revenue remains, 
 the district must use the revenue to improve program offerings, 
 including programs provided through interactive television, 
 throughout the district or other general education purposes. 

    HIST: 1993 c 224 art 1 s 18; 1993 c 374 s 3; 1994 c 647 art 1 
 s 25; art 7 s 2; art 8 s 12,13; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 1 s 45; art 13 s 
 8; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 66; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 11 s 3; 1998 c 397 art 7 
 s 152,153,164; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 1 s 35,36; 2000 c 464 
 art 3 s 5; 2000 c 489 art 2 s 21; art 10 s 14