1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education; expanding opportunities for 
  1.3             students and staff through cooperative education 
  1.4             programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1998, sections 136D.281, subdivision 4; 
  1.6             136D.741, subdivision 4; and 136D.88, subdivision 4; 
  1.7             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.8             chapter 123A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.9             sections 136D.281, subdivision 8; 136D.741, 
  1.10            subdivision 8; 136D.88, subdivision 8; and 136D.94. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  [123A.245] [COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS.] 
  1.13     Subdivision 1.  [COOPERATIVE UNIT.] "Cooperative unit" has 
  1.14  the meaning given it in section 123A.24, subdivision 2. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [GRADUATION STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION REVENUE.] A 
  1.16  cooperative unit is eligible for graduation standards 
  1.17  implementation revenue equal to $800 times the cooperative 
  1.18  unit's number of full-time equivalent licensed instructional 
  1.19  staff.  The revenue must be used for staff development purposes 
  1.20  designed to implement the graduation rule under sections 120B.02 
  1.21  and 120B.03 or other staff development activities approved by 
  1.22  the board of the cooperative unit. 
  1.23     Subd. 3.  [SUMMER SCHOOL AND TRANSITION PROGRAMMING 
  1.24  REVENUE.] A cooperative unit is eligible for revenue for summer 
  1.25  school and for transition programming.  Revenue is equal to $3 
  1.26  times the number of resident pupil units in each of the 
  1.27  cooperative unit's member school districts.  In order to qualify 
  1.28  for the revenue, the cooperative unit must offer a summer school 
  2.1   program designed to assist students in meeting Minnesota's 
  2.2   graduation standards. 
  2.3      Subd. 4.  [EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY REVENUE.] A cooperative 
  2.4   unit is eligible for revenue for equipment and technology 
  2.5   purposes.  The revenue may be used only for the purposes listed 
  2.6   in section 126C.10, subdivision 14, clauses (15), (17) to (21), 
  2.7   (23), and (24).  Revenue is equal to $2 times the number of 
  2.8   resident pupil units in each of the cooperative unit's member 
  2.9   school districts. 
  2.10     Subd. 5.  [FACILITIES REVENUE.] A cooperative unit is 
  2.11  eligible for facilities revenue equal to $3 times the number of 
  2.12  resident pupil units in each of the cooperative unit's member 
  2.13  school districts. 
  2.14     Subd. 6.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER FACILITIES REVENUE.] (a) A 
  2.15  cooperative unit, upon approval through adoption of a resolution 
  2.16  by each of its member school district's board of directors and 
  2.17  approval of the department of children, families, and learning, 
  2.18  qualifies for revenue under sections 123B.53 to 123B.57, and 
  2.19  126C.40. 
  2.20     (b) Levy authority associated with this revenue shall be 
  2.21  proportionately allocated among a cooperative unit's member 
  2.22  school districts. 
  2.23     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136D.281, 
  2.24  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.25     Subd. 4.  [REVERSE REFERENDUM.] The intermediate school 
  2.26  board ~~shall not~~ may sell and issue bonds for acquisition or 
  2.27  betterment purposes if:  (1) each member school district board 
  2.28  has adopted a resolution authorizing the project; (2) the 
  2.29  intermediate board has prepared and published in a newspaper of 
  2.30  general circulation in the district a notice of the public 
  2.31  meeting on the intermediate district's intent to sell bonds; and 
  2.32  (3) the intermediate board has adopted a resolution authorizing 
  2.33  the bonds.  The resolution becomes final unless within 30 days 
  2.34  after the meeting where the resolution was adopted a petition 
  2.35  requesting an election signed by a number of qualified voters in 
  2.36  excess of five percent of the registered voters of the 
  3.1   intermediate school district on the day the petition is filed 
  3.2   with the board.  If the petition is filed, then the board 
  3.3   resolution authorizing the sale and issuance of bonds has no 
  3.4   effect until the question of their issuance has been submitted 
  3.5   to the voters of the intermediate school district at a special 
  3.6   election held in and for the intermediate district.  The date of 
  3.7   the election, the question to be submitted, and all other 
  3.8   necessary conduct of the election shall be fixed by the 
  3.9   intermediate school board.  The election shall be conducted and 
  3.10  canvassed under the direction of the intermediate school board 
  3.11  in accordance with chapter 205A, insofar as applicable. 
  3.12     If a majority of the total number of votes cast on the 
  3.13  question within the intermediate school district is in favor of 
  3.14  the question, the intermediate school board may proceed with the 
  3.15  sale and issuance of the bonds. 
  3.16     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136D.741, 
  3.17  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  3.18     Subd. 4.  [REVERSE REFERENDUM.] The intermediate school 
  3.19  board ~~shall not~~ may sell and issue bonds for acquisition or 
  3.20  betterment purposes if:  (1) each member school district board 
  3.21  has adopted a resolution authorizing the project; (2) the 
  3.22  intermediate board has prepared and published in a newspaper of 
  3.23  general circulation in the district a notice of the public 
  3.24  meeting on the intermediate district's intent to sell bonds; and 
  3.25  (3) the intermediate board has adopted a resolution authorizing 
  3.26  the bonds.  The resolution becomes final unless within 30 days 
  3.27  after the meeting where the resolution was adopted a petition 
  3.28  requesting an election signed by a number of qualified voters in 
  3.29  excess of five percent of the registered voters of the 
  3.30  intermediate school district on the day the petition is filed 
  3.31  with the board.  If the petition is filed, then the board 
  3.32  resolution authorizing the sale and issuance of bonds has no 
  3.33  effect until the question of their issuance has been submitted 
  3.34  to the voters of the intermediate school district at a special 
  3.35  election held in and for such intermediate district.  The date 
  3.36  of such election, the question to be submitted, and all other 
  4.1   necessary conduct of such election shall be fixed by the 
  4.2   intermediate school board and said election shall be conducted 
  4.3   and canvassed under the direction of the intermediate school 
  4.4   board in accordance with chapter 205A, insofar as the same may 
  4.5   be deemed applicable. 
  4.6      If a majority of the total number of votes cast on the 
  4.7   question within the intermediate school district is in favor of 
  4.8   the question, the intermediate school board may thereupon 
  4.9   proceed with the sale and the issuance of said bonds. 
  4.10     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136D.88, 
  4.11  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.12     Subd. 4.  [REVERSE REFERENDUM.] The intermediate school 
  4.13  board ~~shall not~~ may sell and issue bonds for acquisition or 
  4.14  betterment purposes if:  (1) each member school district board 
  4.15  has adopted a resolution authorizing the project; (2) the 
  4.16  intermediate board has prepared and published in a newspaper of 
  4.17  general circulation in the district a notice of the public 
  4.18  meeting on the intermediate district's intent to sell bonds; and 
  4.19  (3) the intermediate board has adopted a resolution authorizing 
  4.20  the bonds.  The resolution becomes final unless within 30 days 
  4.21  after the meeting where the resolution was adopted a petition 
  4.22  requesting an election signed by a number of qualified voters in 
  4.23  excess of five percent of the registered voters of the 
  4.24  intermediate school district on the day the petition is filed 
  4.25  with the board.  If the petition is filed, then the board 
  4.26  resolution authorizing the sale and issuance of bonds has no 
  4.27  effect until the question of their issuance has been submitted 
  4.28  to the voters of the intermediate school district at a special 
  4.29  election held in and for the intermediate district.  The date of 
  4.30  the election, the question to be submitted, and all other 
  4.31  necessary conduct of the election shall be fixed by the 
  4.32  intermediate school board.  The election shall be conducted and 
  4.33  canvassed under the direction of the intermediate school board 
  4.34  in accordance with chapter 205A, insofar as applicable. 
  4.35     If a majority of the total number of votes cast on the 
  4.36  question within the intermediate school district is in favor of 
  5.1   the question, the intermediate school board may thereupon 
  5.2   proceed with the sale and issuance of the bonds. 
  5.3      Sec. 5.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  5.4      Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND 
  5.5   LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated 
  5.6   from the general fund to the commissioner of children, families, 
  5.7   and learning in the fiscal years designated. 
  5.8      Subd. 2.  [COOPERATIVE UNITS REVENUE.] For the purposes of 
  5.9   section 1: 
  5.10       $.,...,...     .....     2000 
  5.11       $.,...,...     .....     2001 
  5.12     Subd. 3.  [PLANNING GRANT.] For the study of intermediate 
  5.13  school district facility needs and for a cooperative facilities 
  5.14  plan for building space shared with the Minnesota state college 
  5.15  and university system: 
  5.16       $ 150,000      .....     2000
  5.17     This appropriation is available until June 30, 2001. 
  5.18     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
  5.19     Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 136D.281, subdivision 8; 
  5.20  136D.741, subdivision 8; 136D.88, subdivision 8; and 136D.94, 
  5.21  are repealed. 
  5.22     Sec. 7.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.23     Sections 1 and 5 are effective for revenue for fiscal year 
  5.24  2000 and later.  Sections 2, 3, 4, and 6 are effective July 1, 
  5.25  1999.