1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; clarifying that a district may voluntarily implement 
1.3 	an integration plan;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.86.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.86, is amended to read:
1.6 	124D.86 INTEGRATION REVENUE.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Use of revenue. Integration revenue under this section must be 
1.8 	used for programs established under a desegregation plan filed with the Department of 
1.9 	Education according to Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180, ~~or~~ under court 
1.10 	order, or according to a voluntary plan formally adopted by a school district's board of 
1.11 	directors. The revenue must be used to create or enhance learning opportunities which 
1.12 	are designed to provide opportunities for students to have increased interracial contacts 
1.13 	through classroom experiences, staff initiatives, and other educationally related programs.
1.14 		Subd. 1a.Budget approval process. Each year before a district receives any 
1.15 	revenue under subdivision 3, clause (4), (5), or (6), the district must submit to the 
1.16 	Department of Education, for its review and approval a budget detailing the costs of the 
1.17 	desegregation/integration plan voluntarily filed or filed under Minnesota Rules, parts 
1.18 	3535.0100 to 3535.0180. Notwithstanding chapter 14, the department may develop 
1.19 	criteria for budget approval. The department shall consult with the Desegregation 
1.20 	Advisory Board in developing these criteria. The criteria developed by the department 
1.21 	should address, at a minimum, the following:
1.22 	(1) budget items cannot be approved unless they are part of a voluntary plan, any 
1.23 	overall desegregation plan approved by the district for isolated sites, or by the Multidistrict 
1.24 	Collaboration Council and participation individual members;
2.1 	(2) the budget must indicate how revenue expenditures will be used specifically to 
2.2 	support increased opportunities for interracial contact;
2.3 	(3) components of the budget to be considered by the department, including staffing, 
2.4 	curriculum, transportation, facilities, materials, and equipment and reasonable planning 
2.5 	costs, as determined by the department; and
2.6 	(4) if plans are proposed to enhance existing programs, the total budget being 
2.7 	appropriated to the program must be included, indicating what part is to be funded using 
2.8 	integration revenue and what part is to be funded using other revenues.
2.9 		Subd. 1b.Plan components. Plans submitted by each district under Minnesota 
2.10 	Rules, parts 3535.0160 and 3535.0170, and voluntary plans must be approved by the 
2.11 	district's board each year before integration revenue will be awarded. If a district is 
2.12 	applying for revenue for a plan that is part of a multidistrict council, the individual district 
2.13 	shall not receive revenue unless it ratifies the plan adopted by its multidistrict council or 
2.14 	approves a modified plan with a written explanation of any modifications. Each plan 
2.15 	shall contain:
2.16 	(1) an identification of the integration issues at the sites or districts covered by the 
2.17 	voluntary plan or by Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180;
2.18 	(2) a description of the community outreach that preceded the integration plan, such 
2.19 	that the commissioner can determine whether the membership of the planning councils 
2.20 	complied with the requirements of Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180; and
2.21 	(3) the specific goals of the integration plan.
2.22 	By June 30 of the subsequent fiscal year, each district shall report to the commissioner in 
2.23 	writing about the extent to which the integration goals identified in the plan were met.
2.24 		Subd. 2.Separate account. Integration revenue shall be maintained in a separate 
2.25 	account to identify expenditures for salaries and programs related to this revenue.
2.26 		Subd. 3.Integration revenue. Integration revenue equals the following amounts:
2.27 	(1) for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, $206 times the adjusted pupil 
2.28 	units for the school year;
2.29 	(2) for Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, $445 times the adjusted 
2.30 	pupil units for the school year;
2.31 	(3) for Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, the sum of $445 times the 
2.32 	adjusted pupil units for the school year and an additional $35 times the adjusted pupil units 
2.33 	for the school year that is provided entirely through a local levy;
2.34 	(4) for a district not listed in clause (1), (2), or (3), that voluntarily implements a 
2.35 	plan or must implement a plan under Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180, 
2.36 	where the district's enrollment of protected students, as defined under Minnesota Rules, 
3.1 	part 3535.0110, exceeds 15 percent, the lesser of (i) the actual cost of implementing the 
3.2 	plan during the fiscal year minus the aid received under subdivision 6, or (ii) $129 times 
3.3 	the adjusted pupil units for the school year;
3.4 	(5) for a district not listed in clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), that voluntarily implements a 
3.5 	plan or is required to implement a plan according to the requirements of Minnesota Rules, 
3.6 	parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180, the lesser of
3.7 	(i) the actual cost of implementing the plan during the fiscal year minus the aid 
3.8 	received under subdivision 6, or
3.9 	(ii) $92 times the adjusted pupil units for the school year.
3.10 	Any money received by districts in clauses (1) to (3) which exceeds the amount 
3.11 	received in fiscal year 2000 shall be subject to the budget requirements in subdivision 
3.12 	1a; and
3.13 	(6) for a member district of a multidistrict integration collaborative that files a plan 
3.14 	with the commissioner, but is not contiguous to a racially isolated district, integration 
3.15 	revenue equals the amount defined in clause (5).
3.16 		Subd. 4.Integration levy. A district may levy an amount equal to ~~37 percent for~~ 
3.17 	~~fiscal year 2003, 23 percent for fiscal year 2004, and~~ 30 percent ~~for fiscal year 2005 and~~ 
3.18 	~~thereafter~~ of the district's integration revenue as defined in subdivision 3.
3.19 		Subd. 5.Integration aid. A district's integration aid equals the difference between 
3.20 	the district's integration revenue and its integration levy.
3.21 		Subd. 6.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The integration aid under 
3.22 	subdivision 5 must be adjusted for each pupil residing in a district eligible for integration 
3.23 	revenue under subdivision 3, clause (1), (2), or (3), and attending a nonresident district 
3.24 	under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.06, and 124D.08, that is not eligible 
3.25 	for integration revenue under subdivision 3, clause (1), (2), or (3), and has implemented 
3.26 	a plan under Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180, if the enrollment of the 
3.27 	pupil in the nonresident district contributes to desegregation or integration purposes. The 
3.28 	adjustments must be made according to this subdivision. 
3.29 	(b) Aid paid to a district serving nonresidents must be increased by an amount equal 
3.30 	to the revenue per pupil unit of the resident district under subdivision 3, clause (1), (2), or 
3.31 	(3), minus the revenue attributable to the pupil in the nonresident district under subdivision 
3.32 	3, clause (4), (5), or (6), for the time the pupil is enrolled in the nonresident district.

3.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.