Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0875

E Modifying certain provisions relating to K-12 education and the + department
of children, families and learning (CFL); modifying the authority of +the
commissioner of children, families and learning to close schools, +eliminating
certain state aid reduction or denial prohibitions; changing the name+ of the
Minnesota Indian scholarship committee to the American Indian +education
committee; eliminating certain instructional hours requirements of +area
learning centers and education districts; modifying the calculation +of
referendum revenue for certain reorganized school districts; +expanding the
authority of school boards to lease real property and changing +references to
capital expenditure funds to operating capital accounts; reducing the+ health
and safety and school age care levy limits; modifying the building +construction
down payment program, providing for capital project referendum +accounts and
levies; eliminating certain basis requirements for school district comprehensive
pupil transportation safety policies; expanding the +definitions of regular and
excess transportation relating to nonresident pupils +for transportation aid
entitlement purposes; clarifying the +responsibility of school districts
enrolling nonresident pupils in alternative +attendance programs to provide
transportation to the pupils; clarifying certain provisions under the
post-secondary enrollment options (PSEO) +program; modifying the formula for the
payment of general education revenue to+ charter schools relating to the
transportation transition allowance; +modifying the early childhood family
education (ECFE) and school readiness reserve +account limits; transferring the
authority for approval of school boards use +of nonlicensed community education
directors from the commissioner to +the Minnesota board of school
administrators; modifying the total +community education levy formula;
regulating the payment of aid for access to +the transition system for children
with disabilities; expanding certain +budget approval requirements for the
payment of integration revenue; +modifying the definition of high school
relating to districts without secondary +schools for general education revenue
purposes; eliminating the requirement for +reservation of a portion of the
transition revenue adjustment under the basic +skills revenue reservation
requirement; eliminating a certain referendum +levy assumption relating to the
determination of referendum tax base +replacement aid and modifying certain
requirements for referenda to revoke or reduce +increased revenue amounts;
increasing the statutory operating debt levy +formula; modifying certain levy
procedure adjustment requirements; modifying +certain provisions under the
maximum effort school aid law relating to levies+ and expanding eligibility for
capital loans; modifying area learning +center tuition charging requirements;
modifying the formulas for determination of +certain aid adjustments; increasing
the net debt limit for special school +district #1, Minneapolis; eliminating
certain driver training course +responsibilities of the commissioner; modifying
the determination of attached machinery aid +and the reservation requirement
relating to the receipt of taconite tax +proceeds, eliminating the authority of
school districts to use the proceeds for+ outcome based learning programs;
modifying the treatment of certain surplus +funds used to reduce certain levies
and state aids; increasing the net tax +capacity rate for the severance levy by
independent school district #625, St. Paul; specifying certain reference change
and codification instructions to +the revisor of statutes; repealing certain
provisions relating to levy +limits of reorganized districts, limited English
proficiency (LEP) programs +aid, the Indian scholarship committee, intervention
demonstration projects, +regional clearinghouses for improving education
technology, general education +levy equity, a certain standing appropriation to
the department for the +payment of adjustment aids, certain obsolete reporting
and data collection +requirements of the commissioner, a certain uncodified
provision requiring certain +commissioner school district formula adjustments
and certain rules relating to the+ teacher lunch period, pupil transportation,
services for the blind and +physically disabled, disaster plans, civil defense
construction and the training+ and experience index (je, ja)