123A.442 APPROVAL AUTHORITY; APPLICATION FORMS.
Subdivision 1.
Approval by commissioner. To the extent money is available, the
commissioner may approve projects from applications submitted under section
123A.443. The
grant money must be used only to acquire, construct, remodel or improve the building or site of a
cooperative secondary facility under contracts to be entered into within 15 months after the
date on which each grant is awarded.
Subd. 2.
Cooperation and combination. Districts that receive a cooperative secondary
facilities grant after May 1, 1991, shall:
(1) submit a plan as set forth in section
123A.36 for approval by the State Board of Education
before December 31, 1999, or Department of Education after December 30, 1999; and
(2) hold a referendum on the question of combination no later than four years after a grant is
awarded under subdivision 1.
The districts are eligible for cooperation and combination revenue under section
123A.39,
subdivision 3
.
History: 1987 c 400 s 35,59; 1989 c 300 art 2 s 13; 1991 c 265 art 6 s 40; 1992 c 499 art 5 s
8,9; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 67,164; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 4 s 29; 2000 c
464 art 3 s 9; 2000 c 489 art 5 s 19,27; 2004 c 294 art 5 s 3