Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 374-H.F.No. 125 
           An act relating to education; making corrections to 
          the 1993 omnibus education finance law; authorizing a 
          levy in independent school district No. 256, Red Wing; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 124.155, 
          subdivision 1; 125.05, subdivision 1a; 125.185, 
          subdivision 4; and 128B.03, subdivision 2; Laws 1993, 
          chapter 224, article 1, sections 10; 14; and 18, 
          subdivision 1; article 2, sections 14; and 15, 
          subdivision 2; article 3, sections 18; 24, subdivision 
          2b; 25; 26; 40; and 41; article 4, sections 14; and 
          43, subdivision 4; article 6, sections 16, subdivision 
          8; 32; and 33; article 7, sections 6; and 31; article 
          8, sections 18, subdivision 1; 21, subdivision 1; and 
          23; article 12, section 32; article 13, section 40; 
          and article 14, section 7; and 17. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CORRECTION 1; REFERENDUM REDUCTION.] Laws 
1993, chapter 224, article 1, section 10, if enacted, is amended 
to read: 
    Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124A.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 3b.  [REFERENDUM ALLOWANCE REDUCTION.] A district's 
referendum allowance under subdivision 1c is reduced by the 
amounts calculated in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c). 
    (a) The referendum allowance reduction equals the amount by 
which a district's supplemental revenue reduction exceeds the 
district's supplemental revenue allowance for fiscal year 1993. 
    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if a district's initial 
referendum allowance is less than ten percent of the formula 
allowance for that year, the reduction equals the lesser of (1) 
an amount equal to $100, or (2) the amount calculated in 
paragraph (a). 
    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or (b), a school 
district's referendum allowance reduction equals (1) an amount 
equal to $100, times (2) one minus the ratio of 20 percent of 
the initial referendum formula allowance limit minus the 
district's initial referendum allowance limit to 20 percent of 
the formula allowance for that year if: 
    (i) the district's adjusted net tax capacity for assessment 
year 1992 per actual pupil unit for fiscal year 1995 is less 
than $3,000; 
    (ii) the district's net unappropriated operating fund 
balance as of June 30, 1993, divided by the actual pupil units 
for fiscal year 1995 is less than $200; 
    (iii) the district's supplemental revenue allowance for 
fiscal year 1993 is equal to zero; and 
    (iv) the district's initial referendum revenue authority 
for the current year divided by the district's net tax capacity 
for assessment year 1992 is greater than ten percent. 
    Sec. 2.  [CORRECTION 2; SPARSITY; NETT LAKE.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 1, section 14, if enacted, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124A.22, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [DEFINITIONS.] The definitions in this 
subdivision apply only to subdivisions 6 and 6a.  
    (a) "High school" means a secondary school that has pupils 
enrolled in at least the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.  If there 
is no secondary school in the district that has pupils enrolled 
in at least the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, and the school is 
at least 19 miles from the next nearest school, the commissioner 
shall designate one school in the district as a high school for 
the purposes of this section. 
    (b) "Secondary average daily membership" means, for a 
district that has only one high school, the average daily 
membership of resident pupils in grades 7 through 12.  For a 
district that has more than one high school, "secondary average 
daily membership" for each high school means the product of the 
average daily membership of resident pupils in grades 7 through 
12 in the high school, times the ratio of six to the number of 
grades in the high school. 
    (c) "Attendance area" means the total surface area of the 
district, in square miles, divided by the number of high schools 
in the district.  For a district that does not operate a high 
school and is less than 19 miles from the nearest operating high 
school, the attendance area equals zero. 
    (d) "Isolation index" for a high school means the square 
root of one-half the attendance area plus the distance in miles, 
according to the usually traveled routes, between the high 
school and the nearest high school.  
    (e) "Qualifying high school" means a high school that has 
an isolation index greater than 23 and that has secondary 
average daily membership of less than 400.  
    (f) "Qualifying elementary school" means an elementary 
school that is located 19 miles or more from the nearest 
elementary school or from the nearest elementary school within 
the district and, in either case, has an elementary average 
daily membership of an average of 20 or fewer per grade. 
    (g) "Elementary average daily membership" means, for a 
district that has only one elementary school, the average daily 
membership of resident pupils in kindergarten through grade 6.  
For a district that has more than one elementary school, 
"average daily membership" for each school means the average 
daily membership of kindergarten through grade 6 multiplied by 
the ratio of seven to the number of grades in the elementary 
school. 
    Sec. 3.  [CORRECTION 3; CLASS SIZE REVENUE; ALLOCATION.] 
Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 1, section 18, subdivision 1, if 
enacted, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [REVENUE.] (a) Of a district's general 
education revenue an amount equal to the sum of the number of 
elementary pupil units defined in section 124.17, subdivision 1, 
clause (f) and kindergarten pupil units as defined in section 
124.17, subdivision 1, clause (e), times .03 for fiscal year 
1994 and .06 for fiscal year 1995 and thereafter times the 
formula allowance must be reserved according to this section. 
    (b) For fiscal year 1995, a district that is not subject to 
a supplemental revenue reduction under section 17 or a 
referendum revenue reduction under section 10 must reserve an 
additional amount of revenue equal to $100 must reserve an 
additional amount equal to the greater of 
    (i) $0, or 
    (ii) $100 minus the sum of the reduction for supplemental 
revenue under section 17 and the reduction for referendum 
revenue under section 10 times the district's actual pupil units 
times the ratio of the district's elementary average daily 
membership to the district's average daily membership according 
to this section.  The revenue must be placed in a learning and 
development reserved account and may only be used according to 
this section. 
    (c) The ratio in paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995 is 
adjusted by adding an amount equal to the ratio of the 
difference between the formula allowance for fiscal year 1995 
minus 3,150 to 10,000. 
    Sec. 4.  [CORRECTION 4; LATE ACTIVITY LEVY.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 2, section 14, if enacted, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 14.  [ADDITIONAL LATE ACTIVITY LEVY.] 
    A school district that is eligible to certify a levy under 
section 12 and was not eligible to certify a levy in 1992 under 
Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.226, subdivision 9, may 
certify an additional amount in 1993 for taxes payable in 1994 
equal to the amount it would have been authorized to certify in 
1992 for taxes payable in 1993 had it been eligible.  A levy 
authorized under this section must be recognized according to 
Minnesota Statutes, section 124.918, subdivision 6. 
    Sec. 5.  [CORRECTION 5; TRANSPORTATION AID.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 2, section 15, subdivision 2, if enacted, 
is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION AID.] For transportation aid 
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124.225: 
     $127,889,000     .....     1994
     $141,658,000     .....     1995
    The 1994 appropriation includes $18,327,000 for 1993 and 
$108,706,000 $109,562,000 for 1994.  
    The 1995 appropriation includes $19,183,000 $19,334,000 for 
1994 and $120,410,000 $122,324,000 for 1995.  
    Sec. 6.  [CORRECTION 6; SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUE 
ALLOCATION.] Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 3, section 18, is 
amended to read: 
    Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.321, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [REVENUE ALLOCATION FROM COOPERATIVES AND 
INTERMEDIATE DISTRICTS.] (a) For purposes of this section, a 
special education cooperative or an intermediate district shall 
allocate to participating school districts the sum of the 
following amounts: 
    (1) 68 percent of the salaries paid to essential personnel 
in that cooperative or intermediate district minus the amount of 
state aid and any federal aid, if applicable, paid to that 
cooperative or intermediate district for salaries of these 
essential personnel under section 124.32, subdivisions 1b and 
10, for the year to which the levy is attributable, plus 
    (2) 68 percent of the salaries paid to essential personnel 
in that district minus the amount of state aid and any federal 
aid, if applicable, paid to that district for salaries of those 
essential personnel under section 124.574, subdivision 2b, for 
the year to which the levy is attributable, plus 
    (3) 68 percent of the salaries paid to limited English 
proficiency program teachers in that cooperative or intermediate 
district minus the amount of state aid and any federal aid, if 
applicable, paid to that cooperative or intermediate district 
for salaries of these teachers under section 124.273, 
subdivision 1b, for the year to which the levy is attributable. 
    (b) A special education cooperative or an intermediate 
district that allocates amounts to participating school 
districts under this subdivision must report the amounts 
allocated to the department of education. 
    (c) For purposes of this subdivision, the Minnesota state 
academy for the deaf or the Minnesota state academy for the 
blind each year shall allocate an amount equal to 68 percent of 
salaries paid to instructional aides in either academy minus the 
amount of state aid and any federal aid, if applicable, paid to 
either academy for salaries of these instructional aides under 
sections 124.32, subdivisions 1b and 10, for the year to each 
school district that assigns a child with an individual 
education plan requiring an instructional aide to attend either 
academy.  The school districts that assign a child who requires 
an instructional aide may make a levy in the amount of the costs 
allocated to them by either academy. 
    (d) When the Minnesota state academy for the deaf or the 
Minnesota state academy for the blind allocates unreimbursed 
portions of salaries of instructional aides among school 
districts that assign a child who requires an instructional 
aide, for purposes of the districts making a levy under this 
subdivision, the academy shall provide information to the 
department of education on the amount of unreimbursed costs of 
salaries it allocated to the school districts that assign a 
child who requires an instructional aide. 
    Sec. 7.  [CORRECTION 7; SECONDARY VOCATIONAL AID.] Laws 
1993, chapter 224, article 3, section 24, subdivision 2b, if 
enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.573, 
subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2b.  [SECONDARY VOCATIONAL AID.] A district's or 
cooperative center's "secondary vocational aid" for secondary 
vocational education programs for a fiscal year equals the sum 
of the following amounts for each program: 
    (a) the greater of zero, or 75 percent of the difference 
between:  
    (1) the salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel in 
that school year for services rendered in that program, salaries 
paid to essential, licensed personnel providing direct 
instructional services to students in that fiscal year for 
services rendered in the district's approved secondary 
vocational education programs; and 
    (2) 50 percent of the general education revenue 
attributable to secondary pupils for the number of hours that 
the pupils are enrolled in that program; and 
    (b) 40 percent of approved expenditures for the following: 
    (1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel 
providing direct instructional services to students in that 
fiscal year for services rendered in the district's approved 
secondary vocational education programs; 
    (2) contracted services provided by a public or private 
agency other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative 
center under subdivision 3a; 
    (3) (2) necessary travel between instructional sites by 
licensed secondary vocational education personnel; 
    (4) (3) necessary travel by licensed secondary vocational 
education personnel for vocational student organization 
activities held within the state for instructional purposes; 
    (5) (4) curriculum development activities that are part of 
a five-year plan for improvement based on program assessment; 
    (6) (5) necessary travel by licensed secondary vocational 
education personnel for noncollegiate credit bearing 
professional development; and 
    (7) (6) specialized vocational instructional supplies. 
    Sec. 8.  [CORRECTION 8; ALLOCATION OF SECONDARY VOCATIONAL 
AID.] Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 3, section 25, if enacted, 
is amended to read: 
    Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.573, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 2e.  [ALLOCATION FROM COOPERATIVE CENTERS AND 
INTERMEDIATE DISTRICTS.] For purposes of subdivision 2b, 
paragraph (b), a cooperative center or an intermediate district 
shall allocate its approved expenditures for secondary 
vocational education programs among participating school 
districts.  Secondary vocational aid for services provided by a 
cooperative center or an intermediate district shall be paid to 
the participating school district. 
    Sec. 9.  [CORRECTION 9; SALARIES.] Laws 1993, chapter 224, 
article 3, section 26, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.574, 
subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2b.  [SALARIES.] (a) Each year the state shall pay to 
any district or cooperative center a portion of the salary of 
each essential licensed person who provides direct instructional 
services to students, employed during that fiscal year for 
services rendered in that district's or center's secondary 
vocational education programs for children with a disability. 
    (b) For fiscal year 1993 and thereafter, the portion for a 
full-time person is an amount not to exceed the lesser of 55.2 
percent of the salary or $15,320.  The portion for a part-time 
or limited-time person is the lesser of 55.2 percent of the 
salary or the product of $15,320 times the ratio of the person's 
actual employment to full-time employment. 
    Sec. 10.  [CORRECTION 10; REPEALER.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 3, section 40, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 40.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.32, subdivision 5; and 
124.573, subdivisions 2c and 4, is are repealed effective July 
1, 1994.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 124.331; 124.332; 
124.333; and 124.573, subdivisions 2c and subdivision 2d, are 
repealed effective July 1, 1993. 
    Sec. 11.  [CORRECTION 11; EFFECTIVE DATE.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 3, section 41, if enacted, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 41.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 10 and 29 are effective beginning with the 
1992-1993 school year. 
    Sections 16, 25, and 28 are effective beginning with fiscal 
year 1995. 
    Section 33 is effective the day after final enactment and 
applies through the 1998-1999 school year if the St. Paul school 
district complies with the requirements in section 33, 
subdivision 2. 
    Section 36 is effective the day following final enactment 
and applies to participating school districts through the 
1996-1997 school year. 
    Section 32, clause (b), is effective June 30, 1994, and 
section 32, clauses (c) and (d), are effective June 30, 1995. 
    Section 35 is effective the day after final enactment and 
shall remain in effect until February 15, 1994, except that 
subdivision 5 shall remain in effect until June 1, 1994. 
    Sec. 12.  [CORRECTION 12; SCREENING.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 4, section 14, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 123.702, 
subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1b.  (a) A screening program shall include at least 
the following components:  developmental assessments, hearing 
and vision screening or referral, immunization review and 
referral, the child's height and weight, identification of risk 
factors that may influence learning, an interview with the 
parent about the child, and referral for assessment, diagnosis, 
and treatment when potential needs are identified.  The school 
district and the person performing or supervising the screening 
shall provide a parent or guardian with clear written notice 
that the parent or guardian may decline to answer questions or 
provide information about family circumstances that might affect 
development and identification of risk factors that may 
influence learning.  The notice shall clearly state that 
declining to answer questions or provide information does not 
prevent the child from being enrolled in kindergarten or first 
grade if all other screening components are met.  If a parent or 
guardian is not able to read and comprehend the written notice, 
the school district and the person performing or supervising the 
screening must convey the information in another manner.  The 
notice shall also inform the parent or guardian that a child 
need not submit to the school district screening program if the 
child's health records indicate to the school that the child has 
received comparable developmental screening performed within the 
preceding 365 days by a public or private health care 
organization or individual health care provider.  The notice 
shall be given to a parent or guardian at the time the district 
initially provides information to the parent or guardian about 
screening and shall be given again at the screening location.  
    (b) All screening components shall be consistent with the 
standards of the state commissioner of health for early 
developmental screening programs.  No developmental screening 
program shall provide laboratory tests or a physical examination 
to any child.  The school district shall request from the public 
or private health care organization or the individual health 
care provider the results of any laboratory test or physical 
examination within the 12 months preceding a child's scheduled 
screening.  
    (c) If a child is without health coverage, the school 
district shall refer the child to an appropriate health care 
provider.  
    (d) A school board may offer additional components such as 
nutritional, physical and dental assessments, review of family 
circumstances that might affect development, blood pressure, 
laboratory tests, and health history.  State aid shall not be 
paid for additional components. 
    (e) If a statement signed by the child's parent or guardian 
is submitted to the administrator or other person having general 
control and supervision of the school that the child has not 
been screened because of conscientiously held beliefs of the 
parent or guardian, the screening is not required. 
    Sec. 13.  [CORRECTION 13; REPORTS BY COLLABORATION.] Laws 
1993, chapter 224, article 4, section 43, subdivision 4, if 
enacted, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [REPORTS BY COLLABORATIVES.] Collaboratives 
receiving implementation grants must submit a report to the 
children's cabinet.  The report shall describe the progress the 
collaborative made toward implementing the local plan, how funds 
received under subdivision 3 were used, the number and type of 
clients served, and the types of services provided.  The report 
shall be submitted to the children's cabinet by December 31, 
1994, by collaboratives whose local plan was approved no later 
than February 1, 1994, and by December 31, 1995, for those 
collaboratives whose local plan was approved no later than 
February 1, 1995.  Within two years of the date on which a 
collaborative receives an implementation grant, a collaborative 
shall submit a report to the children's cabinet describing the 
extent to which the collaborative achieved the outcomes 
developed under Minnesota Statutes, section 121.8355, 
subdivision 1 2, paragraph (a), clause (1). 
    Sec. 14.  [CORRECTION 14; ADDITIONAL LEVY AUTHORITY.] Laws 
1993, chapter 224, article 6, section 16, subdivision 8, if 
enacted, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [ADDITIONAL LEVY AUTHORITY.] A district other 
than a member of an intermediate school district No. 287 on July 
1, 1993 under chapter 136D, may levy for taxes payable in 1995, 
$5 times the number of actual pupil units, for taxes payable in 
1996, $9 times the number of actual pupil units, for taxes 
payable in 1997, $13 times the number of actual pupil units and 
for taxes payable in 1998 and thereafter, $17 times the number 
of actual pupil units in the district for the year for which the 
levy is attributable. 
    (c) The levy revenue under this subdivision must be used 
according to subdivision 6d.  Of the levy revenue under 
subdivision 8, paragraph (b), except that at least 55 percent 
must be spent on secondary vocational programs. 
    Sec. 15.  [CORRECTION 15; REPEALERS.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 6, section 32, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 32.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 124.2721; 124.2725, 
subdivision 8; and 124.575, subdivisions 2 and 4; and 124.912, 
subdivisions 4 and 5, are repealed for revenue for fiscal year 
1995.  
    Sec. 16.  [CORRECTION 16; EFFECTIVE DATE.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 6, section 33, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 33.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 3 and 8 are effective July 1, 1994.  Section 28, 
subdivisions 1 and 2, are effective for taxes payable in 1994 
and thereafter. 
    Sections 7, 13, 19, 20, and 22 are effective the day 
following final enactment. 
    Sec. 17.  [CORRECTION 17; SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.] 
Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 7, section 6, if enacted, is 
amended to read: 
    Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 123.33, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.] A member must 
receive training in school finance and management developed in 
consultation with the Minnesota school boards association and 
consistent with section 9 5.  The school boards association 
shall make available to each newly-elected school board member 
training in school finance and management consistent with 
section 9 5 within 180 days of that member taking office.  The 
program shall be developed in consultation with the department 
of education and appropriate representatives of higher education.
    Sec. 18.  [CORRECTION 18; REPEALER.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 7, section 31, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 31.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 121.609; 124A.27, 
subdivisions 1 to 9; 125.05, subdivision 1b; and 125.185, 
subdivision 4a, are repealed July 1, 1993. 
    Sec. 19.  [CORRECTION 19; EMPLOYER-PAID HEALTH INSURANCE.] 
Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 8, section 18, subdivision 1, if 
enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 18.  [EMPLOYER-PAID HEALTH INSURANCE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.] A school district, 
intermediate school district, or joint vocational technical 
district formed under Minnesota Statutes, sections 136C.60 to 
136C.69, shall provide employer-paid hospital, medical, and 
dental benefits to a person teacher, as defined in Minnesota 
Statutes, section 354.05, subdivision 2 or 354A.011, subdivision 
27, who: 
    (1) is eligible for employer-paid insurance under 
collective bargaining agreements or personnel plans in effect on 
the day before the effective date of this section; 
    (2) has at least 25 years of combined service credit in any 
Minnesota public pension plans other than volunteer firefighter 
plans; 
    (3) has at least as many months of service with the current 
employer as the number of months younger than age 65 the person 
is at the time of retirement; 
    (4) upon retirement is immediately eligible for a 
retirement annuity if the person is a member of a defined 
benefit plan; 
    (5) is at least 55 and not yet 65 years of age; and 
    (6) in the case of a school district employee, retires on 
or after May 15 17, 1993, and before July 21 August 1, 1993; 
and in the case of an employee of another employer in this 
subdivision, retires on or after July 1, 1993, and before 
October 1, 1993.  
    Sec. 20.  [CORRECTION 20; ARTS PROGRAM.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 8, section 21, subdivision 1, if enacted, is 
amended to read: 
    Sec. 21.  [MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
APPROPRIATION.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ARTS CENTER.] The sums indicated in this 
section are appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota 
center for arts education in the fiscal year designated: 
      $387,000     .....     1994
      $421,000     .....     1995
    Of the fiscal year 1994 appropriation, $225,000 is to fund 
artist and arts organization participation in the education 
residency project, $75,000 is for school support for the 
residency project, and $87,000 is for further development of the 
partners:  arts and school for students (PASS) program, 
including pilots.  Of the fiscal year 1995 appropriation, 
$215,000 $225,000 is to fund artist and arts organizations 
participation in the education residency project, $75,000 is for 
school support for the residency project, and $121,000 is to 
fund the PASS program, including additional pilots.  The 
guidelines for the education residency project and the pass 
program shall be developed and defined by the Minnesota arts 
board.  The Minnesota arts board shall participate in the review 
and allocation process.  The center for arts education shall 
cooperate with the Minnesota arts board to fund these projects. 
    Sec. 21.  [CORRECTION 21; EARLY RETIREMENT LEVY EFFECTIVE 
DATE.] Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 8, section 23, if 
enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 23.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 11 is effective July 1, 1993, and applies for the 
first time to levies for 1993 taxes payable in 1994. 
    Sections 16 and 19 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Section 14 is effective the day after final enactment. 
    Section Sections 17 is and 18 are effective the day 
following final enactment. 
    Sec. 22.  [CORRECTION 22; REPEALER.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 12, section 32, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 32.  [REPEALER.] 
    (a) Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 120.095; 120.101, 
subdivision 5a; 120.75, subdivision 2; 120.80, subdivision 2; 
121.11, subdivisions 6 and 13; 121.165; 121.19; 121.49; 121.883; 
121.90; 121.901; 121.902; 121.904, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 
11a, and 11c; 121.908, subdivision 4; 121.9121, subdivisions 3 
and 5; 121.931, subdivisions 6, 6a, 7, and 8; 121.934; 121.936 
subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 121.937; 121.94; 121.941; 121.942; 
121.943; 123.33, subdivisions 10, 14, 15, and 16; 123.35, 
subdivision 14; 123.352; 123.36, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 4a, 6, 8, 
9, and 12; 123.40, subdivisions 4 and 6; 123.61; 123.67; 
123.709; 123.744; 124.615; 124.62; 124.64; 124.645; 124.67; 
124.68; 124.69; 124.79; 125.12, subdivisions 3a and 4a; 125.17, 
subdivisions 2a and 3a; 126.09; 126.111; 126.112; 126.20, 
subdivision 4; 126.24; and 126.268, are repealed. 
    (b) Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 121.11, subdivision 
15, is repealed. 
    (c) Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 120.101, subdivision 
5b; 121.11, subdivision 16; 121.585, subdivision 3; 124.19, 
subdivisions 1, 1b, 6, and 7; 126.02; 126.025; 126.031; 126.06; 
126.08; 126.12, subdivision 2; 126.661; 126.662; 126.663; 
126.664; 126.665; 126.666; 126.67; 126.68; 126A.01; 126A.02; 
126A.04; 126A.05; 126A.07; 126A.08; 126A.09; 126A.10; 126A.11; 
and 126A.12, are repealed. 
    Sec. 23.  [CORRECTION 23; INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 13, section 40, if enacted, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.48, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [AWARDS.] The commissioner state board, 
with the advice and counsel of the Minnesota Indian scholarship 
committee, may award scholarships to any Minnesota resident 
student who is of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry, who has 
applied for other existing state and federal scholarship and 
grant programs, and who, in the opinion of the 
commissioner board, has the capabilities to benefit from further 
education.  Scholarships shall be for advanced or specialized 
education in accredited or approved colleges or in business, 
technical or vocational schools.  Scholarships shall be used to 
defray the total cost of education including tuition, incidental 
fees, books, supplies, transportation, other related school 
costs and the cost of board and room and shall be paid directly 
to the college or school concerned.  The total cost of education 
includes all tuition and fees for each student enrolling in a 
public institution and the portion of tuition and fees for each 
student enrolling in a private institution that does not exceed 
the tuition and fees at a comparable public institution.  Each 
student shall be awarded a scholarship based on the total cost 
of the student's education and a standardized need analysis.  
The amount and type of each scholarship shall be determined 
through the advice and counsel of the Minnesota Indian 
scholarship committee.  
    When an Indian student satisfactorily completes the work 
required by a certain college or school in a school year the 
student is eligible for additional scholarships, if additional 
training is necessary to reach the student's educational and 
vocational objective.  Scholarships may not be given to any 
Indian student for more than five years of study without special 
approval of the Minnesota Indian scholarship committee. 
    Sec. 24.  [CORRECTION 24; SCHOOL BOARD BUDGETS.] Laws 1993, 
chapter 224, article 14, section 7, if enacted, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 123.71, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  Every school board shall, no later than 
October 1, publish revenue and expenditure budgets for the 
current year and the actual revenues, expenditures, fund 
balances for the prior year and projected fund balances for the 
current year in a form prescribed by the state board of 
education after consultation with the advisory council on 
uniform financial accounting and reporting standards.  The forms 
prescribed shall be designed so that year to year comparisons of 
revenue, expenditures and fund balances can be made.  These 
budgets, reports of revenue, expenditures and fund balances 
shall be published in a qualified newspaper of general 
circulation in the district. 
    Sec. 25.  [CORRECTION 25; REPEALER.] Laws 1993, chapter 
224, article 14, section 17, if enacted, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 17.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 121.93, subdivision 5; 
and 124.195, subdivision 13; and 128B.03, subdivision 2, are 
repealed. 
    Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 124.155, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT.] Each year state 
aids and credits enumerated in subdivision 2 payable to any 
school district, education district, or secondary vocational 
cooperative for that fiscal year shall be adjusted, in the order 
listed, by an amount equal to (1) the amount the district, 
education district, or secondary vocational cooperative 
recognized as revenue for the prior fiscal year pursuant to 
section 121.904, subdivision 4a, clause (b), plus revenue 
recognized according to section 121.904, subdivision 4e, minus 
(2) the amount the district recognizes as revenue for the 
current fiscal year pursuant to section 121.904, subdivision 4a, 
clause (b), plus revenue recognized according to section 
121.904, subdivision 4e.  For the purposes of making the aid 
adjustment under this subdivision, the amount the district 
recognizes as revenue for either the prior fiscal year or the 
current fiscal year pursuant to section 121.904, subdivision 4a, 
clause (b), plus revenue recognized according to section 
121.904, subdivision 4e, shall not include any amount levied 
pursuant to sections 124.226, subdivision 9, 124.912, 
subdivisions 2, 3, and 5 or a successor provision only for those 
districts affected, 124.916, subdivisions 1 and 2, 124.918, 
subdivision 6, and 124A.03, subdivision 2; and Laws 1992, 
chapter 499, articles 1, section 20, and 6, section 36.  Payment 
from the permanent school fund shall not be adjusted pursuant to 
this section.  The school district shall be notified of the 
amount of the adjustment made to each payment pursuant to this 
section. 
    Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 125.05, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  [TEACHER AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS.] 
(a) The board of teaching shall issue licenses under its 
jurisdiction to persons the board finds to be qualified and 
competent for their respective positions. 
    (b) The board shall require a person to successfully 
complete an examination of skills in reading, writing, and 
mathematics before being admitted to a post-secondary teacher 
preparation program approved by the board if that person seeks 
to qualify for an initial teaching license to provide direct 
instruction to pupils in kindergarten, elementary, secondary, or 
special education programs. 
    (c) Before admission to a pilot internship program, the 
board shall require a person to successfully complete an 
examination of general pedagogical knowledge.  Before granting a 
first continuing license to participants in the pilot projects, 
the board shall require a person to successfully complete a 
supervised and assessed internship in a professional development 
school and an examination of licensure-specific teaching 
skills.  The board shall determine effective dates for the 
examination of general pedagogical knowledge, the internship, 
and examinations of licensure-specific skills. 
    Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 125.185, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [LICENSE AND RULES.] (a) The board shall adopt 
rules to license public school teachers and interns subject to 
chapter 14. 
    (b) The board shall adopt rules requiring successful 
completion of an examination of skills in reading, writing, and 
mathematics before being admitted to a teacher preparation 
program. 
    (c) The board shall adopt rules to approve teacher 
preparation programs. 
    (d) The board shall provide the leadership and shall adopt 
rules for the redesign of teacher education programs to 
implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that 
focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective.  
The board shall implement new systems of teacher preparation 
program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based on 
proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program 
outcomes. 
    (e) The board shall adopt rules requiring successful 
completion of an examination of general pedagogical knowledge 
and examinations of licensure-specific teaching skills.  The 
rules shall be effective on the dates determined by the board, 
but not later than July 1, 1999. 
    (f) Until July 1, 1998, the board may select schools to be 
pilot professional development schools according to initial 
criteria adopted by the board.  Initial criteria are not subject 
to chapter 14.  Upon specific legislative authorization to 
implement a statewide restructured licensure program, the board 
shall adopt rules to approve or disapprove professional 
development schools. 
    (g) The board shall adopt rules requiring teacher educators 
to work directly with elementary or secondary school teachers in 
elementary or secondary schools to obtain periodic exposure to 
the elementary or secondary teaching environment. 
    (h) (g) The board shall grant licenses to interns and to 
candidates for initial licenses. 
    (i) (h) The board shall design and implement an assessment 
system which requires a candidate for an initial license and 
first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities necessary 
to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at 
appropriate levels. 
    (j) (i) The board shall receive recommendations from local 
committees as established by the board for the renewal of 
teaching licenses. 
    (k) (j) The board shall grant life licenses to those who 
qualify according to requirements established by the board, and 
suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 125.09 and 
214.10.  The board shall not establish any expiration date for 
application for life licenses. 
    (l) (k) With regard to post-secondary vocational education 
teachers the board of teaching shall adopt and maintain as its 
rules the rules of the state board of technical colleges. 
    Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 128B.03, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [MAY GET FEDERAL AID.] The council may receive 
federal aid to Indians according to section 124.64. 
    Sec. 30.  [RED WING LEVY.] 
    Independent school district No. 256, Red Wing, may levy up 
to $500,000 to purchase the Towerview campus of the Red 
Wing/Winona technical college.  The district may levy this 
amount over a three-year period beginning with the levy payable 
in 1994. 
    Presented to the governor May 20, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 24, 1993, 12:13 p.m.