1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; fostering educational innovation to improve student and 
1.3 	school performance;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, 
1.4 	subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.5 	120B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [120B.0245] EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION.
1.8 	A school district must use five percent of the basic revenue it receives each year to 
1.9 	incorporate peer-reviewed, research-based curriculum, instruction, and other education 
1.10 	measures and practices to improve students' academic performance that it demonstrates 
1.11 	using a growth-based value-added assessment model under this chapter. A school district 
1.12 	that fails to demonstrate student improvement sufficient to meet expected levels of student 
1.13 	academic growth and achievement must file a plan with the commissioner that describes 
1.14 	how the district proposes to use its innovation revenue. Once the commissioner approves 
1.15 	the district's plan, the district must spend its innovation revenue consistent with that plan.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2009-2010 school year and 
1.17 	later.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 2.Basic revenue. The basic revenue for each district equals the formula 
1.20 	allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The formula 
1.21 	allowance for fiscal year 2007 is $4,974. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2008 is 
1.22 	$5,074 and the formula allowance for fiscal year 2009 and subsequent years is ~~$5,124~~
1.23 	$........

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.