1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing funding for the community education for 
1.3 	adults with disabilities program; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2022, section 124D.56.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.56, is amended to read:
1.7 	124D.56 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM REVENUE; ADULTS WITH 
1.8 	DISABILITIES.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Revenue amount. A district that is eligible according to section 124D.20, 
1.10 	subdivision 2, may receive revenue for a program for adults with disabilities. Revenue for 
1.11 	the program for adults with disabilities for a district or a group of districts equals the lesser 
1.12 	of:
1.13 	(1) the actual expenditures for approved programs and budgets; or
1.14 	(2) $60,000 the greater of (i) $1.00 times the population of the school district as 
1.15 	determined according to section 275.14, or (ii) the district's adults with disabilities revenue 
1.16 	for fiscal year 2023. If the district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the district's 
1.17 	adults with disabilities aid is reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Aid. Program aid for adults with disabilities equals the lesser of:
1.19 	(1) one-half of the actual expenditures for approved programs and budgets; or
1.20 	(2) $30,000 difference between the district's adults with disabilities revenue and the 
1.21 	district's adults with disabilities levy.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Levy. A district may levy for a program for adults with disabilities in an amount 
2.2 	up to the amount designated in subdivision 2. In the case of a program offered by a group 
2.3 	of districts, the levy amount must be apportioned among the districts according to the 
2.4 	agreement submitted to the department. not to exceed the greater of:
2.5 	(1) the district's revenue under subdivision 1; or
2.6 	(2) the product of a tax rate not to exceed .00007 times the district's adjusted net tax 
2.7 	capacity for the year prior to the year the levy is certified.
2.8 		Subd. 4.Outside revenue. A district may receive money from public or private sources 
2.9 	to supplement revenue for the program for adults with disabilities. Aid may not be reduced 
2.10 	as a result of receiving money from these sources.
2.11 		Subd. 5.Use of revenue. Revenue for the program for adults with disabilities may be 
2.12 	used only to provide programs for adults with disabilities.
2.13 		Subd. 6.Cooperation encouraged. A school district offering programming for adults 
2.14 	with disabilities is encouraged to provide programming in cooperation with other school 
2.15 	districts and other public and private organizations providing services to adults with 
2.16 	disabilities.

2.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.

2.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR ADULTS WITH 
2.19 	DISABILITIES.
 2.20 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.21 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
2.22 	designated.
2.23 		Subd. 2.Adults with disabilities. (a) For the community education for adults with 
2.24 	disabilities program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

2.25		$
	.......
	.....
	2024
	
2.26		$
	.......
	.....
	2025
	
2.27 	(b) Notwithstanding section 1, for fiscal year 2024 only, a school district's adults with 
2.28 	disabilities levy equals the amount the district certified for this program for taxes payable 
2.29 	in 2023.
2.30 	(c) For fiscal year 2024 only, a district's adults with disabilities aid equals the district's 
2.31 	adults with disabilities revenue computed under section 1 less the district's adults with 
2.32 	disabilities levy calculated according to paragraph (b).