Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: HF2333

hf2333LAWS 1999 - CHAPTER 241FIFTH ENGROSSMENTOmnibus K-12 policy and
appropriations bill.ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Sec. 1: Nonpublic pupil
transportation aid formula modified. Sec. 2: charter school general education
revenue modified. Sec. 3: adjusted LEP revenue set for year 2000. Sec. 4: school
district LEP revenue set for year 2000 and beyond. Sec. 5: Graduation incentives
program enrollment verification provisions modified related to basic skills
revenue. Sec. 6: Contracted alternative education program aid provisions
modified related to basic skills revenue. Sec. 7: fiscal year 2000 and later
integration revenue formula provided. Sec. 8: Pupil unit calculation modified
for prekindergarten students. Sec. 9: Charter school, contracted alternative
program, and school buildings with increased enrollment compensation revenue
pupil units calculation provided. Sec. 10-11: adjusted and resident pupil units
calculations provided. Sec. 12: charter schools included in pupil units served
definition. Sec. 13: General education revenue computation provision modified to
include equity revenue and referendum offset adjustment. Sec. 14: Basic revenue
formula allowance for fiscal year 2000 provided. Sec. 15: Basic skills revenue
formula modified. Sec. 16: training and experience revenue formula modified.
Sec. 17: secondary and elementary average daily membership conforming changes
provided. Sec. 18-20: secondary and elementary sparsity, and supplemental
revenue definitions clarified. Sec. 21: Supplemental levy formula modified. Sec.
22: supplemental revenue reduction provided. Sec. 23: total operating capital
revenue formula provided. Sec. 24: Total operating capital revenue uses modified
related to operating capital-related assessments and purchasing technology..
Sec. 25: transportation sparsity revenue formula definition clarified. Sec.
26-27: Transition allowance and transition revenue adjustment provisions
modified. Sec. 28: Transition levy adjustment formula modified. Sec. 29:
referendum offset adjustment provided. Sec. 30-34: Equity revenue, regional
equity gap, district equity gap, district equity index, and equity region
computations provided. Sec. 35-36: Learning and development revenue amount and
use provisions expanded. Sec. 37: General education tax rate and provisions
modified. Sec. 38: General education levy exclusions expanded to include
transition revenue. Sec. 39: Compensatory education revenue changed to basic
skills revenue and provisions modified. Sec. 40-42: Referendum allowance
provisions modified. Sec. 43: Referendum equalization revenue provisions
modified. Sec. 44: Referendum equalization levy formula provisions modified.
Sec. 45: referendum revenue ballot provisions conforming changes provided. Sec.
46: previous retired employee health benefits levy restriction removed. Sec. 47:
State aids reduced for the purpose of levy revenue recognition modified. Sec.
48: aid to serving district provided. Sec. 49: Alternative attendance programs
general education formula provisions modified related to special education
transportation aid. Sec. 50: charter school aid provisions modified. Sec. 51:
abatements provisions modified. Sec. 52: excess tax increment provisions
modified. Sec. 53: statewide average revenue conforming changes made. Sec. 54:
previous repealer effective date modified. Sec. 55: Previous learning year pupil
units repealer eliminated. Sec. 56 Previous school district levy adjustments
revenue conversion provision modified. Sec. 57: Previous school district levy
adjustments tax rate adjustment provision modified. Sec. 58: Previous school
district levy adjustments equalizing factors provision modified. Sec. 59:
Previous school district levy adjustments qualifying rate provision modified.
Sec. 60: Fund transfers provided for Monticello, White Bear Lake, Oklee, and
Deer River, Faribault, and Westonka. Sec. 61: Eden Prairie authorized lease levy
for administrative space. Sec. 62: operating debt levy for independent school
district No. 417, Tracy, authorized. Sec. 63: department of children, families,
and learning directed to make appropriate weighting adjustments to pupil unit in
fiscal year 2000. Sec. 64: contingent formula increase provided. Sec. 65:
supplemental revenue increases provided for independent school district Nos. 11,
Anoka, and 279, Osseo. Sec. 66: equity revenue adjustment provided. Sec. 67:
class size, all-day kindergarten, and special education student-to-instructor
ratio reserve requirements provided. Sec. 68: Money appropriated for general and
supplemental education aid, transportation safety, transportation aid for
enrollment options, and district cooperation revenue,. Sec. 69: Repealer. Sec.
70: Effective dates.ARTICLE 2 - SPECIAL PROGRAMS Sec. 1: Health-related programs
expanded to include human papilloma virus (HPV) and sexually transmitted
infection (STI). Sec. 2: student replaced with pupil in exclusion and expulsion
of pupils with a disability provision. Sec. 3: Oral aural deaf education program
teacher licensure provided. Sec. 4-7: Alternative learning center reserve
revenue formula, access to services, program focus, and people to be served
provisions modified. Sec. 8: District integration aid required to be recognized
in the same fiscal year as the integration levy. Sec. 9: first-grade
preparedness program qualifying school site continuing eligibility restriction
provided. Sec. 10: state total school-to-work program-disabled revenue provided.
Sec. 11: state total limited English proficiency programs revenue provided. Sec.
12: Interdistrict desegregation and integration transportation grants changed to
state aid. Sec. 13: Educational placement of children with a disability dispute
resolution lay person district reimbursement by the department eliminated. Sec.
14: transportation responsibilities clarified for child with a disability
temporarily placed in another district for care and treatment. Sec. 15: Special
education reciprocity agreement form developed by the department of children,
families, and learning. Sec. 16: Alternative delivery of specialized
instructional services application contents provisions modified related to
assurance of mastery programs. Sec. 17: Alternative delivery of specialized
instructional services evaluation information submitted in the form of an annual
report. Sec. 18: legal residence defined when parental rights have been
terminated for child placed in a residential or foster facility. Sec. 19:
commissioner's approval required of education program for placement of children
without disabilities. Sec. 20-34: Faribault academies board duties transferred
to the Minnesota state academies board, membership specified, and powers and
responsibilities transferred. Sec. 35: full state payment provisions extended to
approved programs at foster facilities. Sec. 36: Special education program
litigation and hearing costs to include interpreter and transliterator fees, and
provisions modified. Sec. 37 Aid percentage factor and levy percentage factor
definitions eliminated related to special education revenue. Sec. 38: special
education base revenue provisions clarified. Sec. 39: State total special
education revenue changed to aid and increased. Sec. 40: School district special
education revenue changed to aid. Sec. 41: Average daily membership and program
growth factor defined and general revenue definition modified related to special
education excess cost aid. Sec. 42: Special education excess cost aid provided
for fiscal years 2000 and . Sec. 43: Special education initial excess cost aid
formula provided. Sec. 44: State total special education excess cost aid formula
provided. Sec. 45: District special education excess cost aid formula provided.
Sec. 46: out-of-state child tuition provided. Sec. 47: Uniform billing for the
education costs of out-of-home placed students provided. Sec. 48: crime-related
costs levy provisions modified. Sec. 49: Forward shifted integration aid
payments provided. Sec. 50: School district aid payment percentage provision
expanded to include forward shifted integration aid. Sec. 51: Homeless pupils
considered resident of school district that enrolls the student. Sec. 52:
juvenile offender education programs commissioner approval required. Sec. 53:
education programs offered in residential or nonresidential programs
commissioner approval required. Sec. 54: Department of children, families, and
learning considered the agency responsible for assessing or investigating
reports of maltreatment in schools. Sec. 55: Previous American Sign Language
(ASL) teacher certification guideline provisions modified and oral aural deaf
education teachers not included. Sec. 56: Previous first-grade preparedness
appropriation allocation specified and provisions modified. Sec. 57: effective
date. Sec. 58: design and implementation of uniform billing system required.
Sec. 59: task force convened to seek recommendations for a system to approve
education programs serving children at care and treatment facilities. Sec. 60:
Money appropriated for American Indian language and culture education programs,
American Indian education, American Indian post-secondary preparation grants,
American Indian scholarships, Indian teacher preparation grants, tribal contract
schools, early childhood programs at tribal schools, magnet school grants,
integration programs, special education aid, aid for children with a disability,
travel for home-based services, special education excess cost aid, career and
technical programs for children with a disability, special programs equalization
aid, integration aid, additional revenue for homeless students, interdistrict
desegregation or integration transportation aid, adolescent parenting grants,
center for victims of torture, out-of-state tuition, uniform billing system
technical assistance, state approval of education programs at care and treatment
facilities, first-grade preparedness grants, litigation costs, court-placed
special education revenue, and Independent school district, No. 535, Rochester.
Sec. 61: revisor instruction. Sec. 62: Repealer. Sec. 63: Effective
dates.ARTICLE 3 - LIFEWORK DEVELOPMENT Sec. 1: Secondary vocation aid provided
for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 2: independent school district No. 330, Heron
Lake-Okabena; previous Southwest Star concept school grant availability deadline
provided. Sec. 3: Money appropriated for secondary vocational education aid,
youthworks programs, education and employment transitions program grants, and
learn and earn graduation achievement program. Sec. 4: Instruction to the
revisor. Sec. 5: Repealer. Sec. 6: effective date.ARTICLE 4 - FACILITES AND
TECHNOLOGY Sec. 1: debt service equalization eligibility provisions modified.
Sec. 2: Debt service equalization revenue formula provided. Sec. 3: Equalized
debt service levy provided. Sec. 4: Debt service equalization aid provisions
modified. Sec. 5: debt service equalization aid payment schedule provided. Sec.
6: Debt service appropriation modified. Sec. 7: Health and safety levy modified.
Sec. 8: alternative facilities bonding and levy program qualification modified.
Sec. 9: Capital equipment purchase provisions modified related to prepay special
assessments. Sec. 10: metropolitan magnet school grant maximum amount increased,
and joint powers and members authorized to enter into long-term agreements. Sec.
11: Telecommunication access grant and statewide coordination provisions
modified. Sec. 12 Interactive television capital levy provisions modified. Sec.
13: commissioner of finance continuing disclosure agreements authorized. Sec. 14
Levy definition modified for the purpose of maximum effort capital and debt
service loans. Sec. 15 Maximum effort debt service levy definition modified.
Sec. 16 Capital loans eligibility modified in July, 1999. Sec. 17 Capital loan
amount limits modified. Sec. 18 Previous Minnesota education telecommunications
council duties modified. Sec. 19 Telecommunications access grant repealer
delayed. Sec. 20: previous East Metropolitan Integration magnet school grant
site development fund usage authorized. Sec. 21 Independent school district No.
2687, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, reorganization operating debt levy authority
date provided. Sec. 22: independent school district No. 508, St. Peter,
declining pupil unit aid eligibility provided. Sec. 23: Independent school
district Nos. 592, Climax, 2171 Kittson Central, , Ada-Borup, 2176,
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, 846, Breckenridge, 595 East Grand Forks, and 2856
Aygyle-Stephen declining pupil units aid provided. Sec. 24: independent school
district No. 704, Proctor, ice arena health and safety improvements authorized.
Sec. 25: independent school district Nos. 622, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale,
and 834, Stillwater, alternative facilities revenue program eligibility
provided. Sec. 26: previous unused residential academy grant funds reallocated.
Sec. 27: Money appropriated for health and safety aid, debt service aid,
interactive television (ITV) aid, alternative facilities bonding aid, urban
league street academy, telecommunications access grants, disaster relief
facilities grants to St. Paul and Comfrey, and flood-related declining pupil aid
for independent school district No. 508, St. Peter.. Sec. 28: Instruction to the
revisor provided. Sec. 29: Repealer. Sec. 30: Effective dates.ARTICLE 5 -
EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Sec. 1: agriculture education grant program grants
authorized for elementary programs. Sec. 2: persons enrolled in board-approved
teacher programs authorized to be employed as short-call substitute teachers.
Sec. 3: Staff development program goals expanded to include mentoring and
supporting new teachers. Sec. 4: Staff development revenue provisions modified
and percentage earmarked for new teacher mentoring programs. Sec. 5: Home school
defined for the purpose of school board required fees provision. Sec. 6: Home
school students considered fully eligible to participate in extracurricular
activities. Sec. 7: Education cooperative boards and town or city governing
entities authorized to sponsor charter schools. Sec. 8: Formation of charter
schools provisions modified and state board required to vote on application
within 90 days. Sec. 9: School board allowed to convert school(s) to charter
school(s) if 60 percent of the full-time teachers sign petition. Sec. 10:
Charter school sponsor's contract required to be completed within 90 days of
state board's approval. Sec. 11: Charter school teachers authorized to perform
administrative, supervisory, and instruction leadership duties without valid
administrator's license. Sec. 12: Results-oriented charter school build lease
aid formula modified. Sec. 13: Charter school aid, grants, and revenue
eligibility modified. Sec. 14: State aid payment to charter schools specified.
Sec. 15: School software development provisions modified. Sec. 16: Minnesota
learning academy training opportunities expanded to include school media and
information technology professionals. Sec. 17: salary credit for prior
experience and training provided program graduates of the collaborative urban
educator, southeast Asian teacher licensure, or circles of support in
educational leadership programs. Sec. 18: Money appropriated for St. Paul
community-based school program, advanced placement and international
baccalaureate programs, statewide testing, charter school building lease aid,
charter school start-up grants, graduation rule resource grants, charter school
integration aid, homework hotline, Minnesota talented youth math project, and
programs training teachers of special needs students. Sec. 19: Effective
dates.ARTICLE 6 - OTHER PROGRAMS Sec. 1: Compulsory attendance reporting to
include student's date of birth rather than age. Sec.2: District board adoption
of proposed plat provisions expanded related to public votes. Sec. 3: School
board members' right to employment provision modified. Sec. 4: Minnesota
academic excellence foundation board of directors membership modified. Sec. 5:
Minnesota academic excellence foundation contracts subject to the same review
and approval procedures as department of children, families ,and learning
contracts. Sec. 6: Minnesota academic excellence foundation staff provisions
modified. Sec. 7: 1977 statutory operating debt provisions modified. Sec. 8:
1983 operating debt provisions modified. Sec. 9: Abatement levy provisions
modified. Sec. 10: Cumulative amount guaranteed and payment date definitions
modified related to payment of aids and credits to school districts. Sec. 11:
School district payment dates and percentages appeal conditions expanded. Sec.
12: Abatement provisions modified related to school district aid adjustments.
Sec. 13: previous levy authority extended to independent school district No. ,
Lac qui Parle Valley. Sec. 14: Money appropriated for abatement aid, nonpublic
pupil aid, consolidation transition aid, nonpublic pupil transportation, and the
Minnesota learning resource center, HIV education training sites, magnet school
grants, and Angle Inlet school operation in independent school district No. ,
Warroad. Sec. 15: Repealer. Sec. 16: Effective dates. ARTICLE 7 - NUTRITION
PROGRAMS Sec. 1: Fast break to learning grant program established and expiration
date provided. Sec. 2: Money appropriated for school lunch aid, summer food
service replacement aid, fast break to learning grants, and school breakfast
program. Sec. 3: Repealer.ARTICLE 8 - LIBRARIES Sec. 1: Previous independent
school district No. 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin, library pilot project provisions
modified. Sec. 2: previous library site technology development grants
eligibility criteria modified. Sec. 3: database access program for public
libraries and school media centers provisions modified. Sec. 4: Money
appropriated for basic support grants; multicounty, multitype library systems;
regional library telecommunications aid; Minnesota library for the blind and
physically handicapped, and database access program. Sec. 5: Repealer.ARTICLE 9
- EDUCATION POLICY Sec. 1: Government data classification provisions modified
related to data collected on students receiving AFDC or MFIP-S. Sec. 2: school
districts authorized to begin school year before September 1 to accommodate
construction or remodeling. Sec. 3: board of education reference removed. Sec.
4: previous student achievement levels requirements start date modified. Sec. 5:
school discipline policy required to be developed in consultation with law
enforcement agencies, county attorney offices, and social service agencies. Sec.
6: commissioner required to maintain and make available a model crisis
management policy, and school districts required to adopt district crisis
management policies. Sec. 7: board of teaching teacher licensure rules and
dispute provisions modified. Sec. 8: teacher preparation programs required to
include best practices to teach reading. Sec. 9-11: board of education
references removed. Sec. 12: teachers' and administrators' license application
provisions modified. Sec. 13: school boards required to give written notice of
teacher contract nonrenewal by July 1. Sec. 14-16: termination of contract after
probationary period, written decision notification deadline, and discharge or
demotion deadline provisions modified to July 1. Sec. 17: staff development
committee provisions modified. Sec. 18: cooperative units authorized to apply
for all competitive grants administered by state and other sources. Sec. 19:
limitations on school district participation and financial support provisions
applied only to certain agreements. Sec. 20: school board revenue estimate
reports required prior to budget appropriation. Sec. 21: state board
requirements reference replace with high school graduation requirements. Sec.
22-24: student school bus safety training expanded to include use of lap belts
and shoulder belts, and conforming changes provided. Sec. 25: nonresident
habitual truant students enrollment termination authorized. Sec. 26: state board
reference removed. Sec. 27: integration revenue rule reference clarified. Sec.
28: cultural exchange grant program district desegregation plan and summer
program requirements eliminated. Sec. 29-30: state board references removed.
Sec. 31: teacher shortage survey provided, and reports required. Sec. 32-36:
state board of education references removed, and duties transferred to
commissioner of children, families, and learning. Sec. 37: High school league
board member terms specified and per diems not allowed for certain members. Sec.
38: High school league commercial relationship prohibition provisions modified.
Sec. 39: commissioner authorized to examine any high school league activities or
issues when warranted. Sec. 40: school bus definitions modified. Sec. 41:
persons engaged in working upon highways required to follow safety of school
children duties of other drivers provisions. Sec. 42: school bus driver
endorsement cancellation provision modified. Sec. 43: waiver of permanent
cancellation of school bus driver endorsement provisions modified. Sec. 44:
school district payroll policy requirements clarified. Sec. 45: school district
bond issuance contested election surety bond requirements provided. Sec. 46:
grant program to promote professional teaching standards provisions clarified,
and regional coordinators provided. Sec. 47: alternative pathways for teacher
preparation program established. Sec. 48: board of teaching required to
communicate with school districts on procedures for expediting hiring of
substitute teachers. Sec. 49: transition membership terms defined. Sec. 50:
model state policy on student records and recommendations to the legislature
required. Sec. 51: independent school district Nos. 253, Goodhue, 912, Milaca,
and 518, Worthington, authorized to begin school year early. Sec. 52: previous
laws provisions state board of education changed to commissioner of children,
families, and learning. Sec. 53: money appropriated for alternative pathways for
teacher preparation; collaborative urban educator programs; independent school
district No. 116, Pillager, lawsuit reimbursement; partners for quality school
improvement; and professional teaching standards grant awards. Sec. 54:
repealer. Sec. 55: Effective dates. ARTICLE 10 - STATE AGENCIES Sec. 1: state
academies for the deaf and blind authorized to start school year before
September 1. Sec. 2: Lola and Rudy Perpich Minnesota Center for Arts Education
authorized to start school prior to September 1. Sec. 3: commissioners duties
clarified in cases of neglect or abuse in a facility. Sec. 4: drug policy and
violence prevention powers and duties of department of children, families, and
learning transferred to department of public safety. Sec. 5: Department of
children, families, and learning appropriated money for teaching and learning
program, lifework development program, management and support services program,
and office of community services program. Sec. 6: Lola and Rudy Perpich
Minnesota Center for Arts Education appropriated money. Sec. 7: Minnesota state
academies for the deaf and blind appropriated money. Sec. 8: Instruction to the
revisor provided. Sec. 9: repealer. Sec. 10: Effective date. hlbcth