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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to education finance; expanding use of nonpublic pupil textbook aid; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 123B.41, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>123B.42; 123B.43; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 123B.41, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 123B.41, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Textbook.</b> (a) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>electronic books as well as other printed materials delivered electronically, which a pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>uses as a text or text substitute in a particular class or program in the school regularly <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>attended and a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>pupil in this class or program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(b) For purposes of calculating the annual nonpublic pupil aid entitlement for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>textbooks,  the term shall be limited to books, workbooks, or manuals, whether bound <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>or in loose-leaf form, as well as electronic books and other printed materials delivered <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>electronically, intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>group of students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(c) For purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.48,  the term includes terms "textbook" <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>and "software or other educational technology" include only such secular, neutral, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>nonideological textbooks materials as are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>public school pupils.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2012.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.41, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5a. <b>Software or other educational technology.</b> For purposes of sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>123B.42 and 123B.43, "software or other educational technology" includes software, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>programs, applications, hardware, and any other electronic educational technology.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2012.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.42, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><b>123B.42 TEXTBOOKS; INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION OR COOPERATIVE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><b>LEARNING MATERIAL; STANDARD TESTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Providing education materials and tests.</b> The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>education shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 requiring that in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>each school year, based upon formal requests by or on behalf of nonpublic school pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>in a nonpublic school, the local districts or intermediary service areas must purchase or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>otherwise acquire textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>software or other educational technology, and standardized tests and loan or provide them <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>for use by children enrolled in that nonpublic school. These textbooks, individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>and standardized tests must be loaned or provided free to the children for the school year <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>for which requested. The loan or provision of the textbooks, individualized instructional or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>cooperative learning materials, and standardized tests shall be subject to rules prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>by the commissioner of education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Curriculum; electronic components.</b> A school district that provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>curriculum to resident students that has both physical and electronic components must <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>make the electronic component accessible to a resident student in a home school in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>compliance with sections 
         <statute_ref>120A.22</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>120A.24</statute_ref> at the request of the student or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>student's parent or guardian, provided that the district does not incur more than an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>incidental cost as a result of providing access electronically.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Title to education materials and tests.</b> The title to textbooks, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>educational technology, and standardized testing materials must remain in the servicing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>school district or intermediary service area, and possession or custody may be granted <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>or charged to administrators of the nonpublic school attended by the nonpublic school <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>pupil or pupils to whom the textbooks, individualized instructional or cooperative learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>materials, or standardized tests are loaned or provided.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Cost; limitation.</b> (a) The cost per pupil of the textbooks, individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>and standardized tests provided for in this section for each school year must not exceed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>statewide average expenditure per pupil, adjusted pursuant to clause (b), by the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>public elementary and secondary schools for textbooks, individualized instructional <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>materials and standardized tests as computed and established by the department by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>then available.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(b) The cost computed in clause (a) shall be increased by an inflation adjustment <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>equal to the percent of increase in the formula allowance, pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, <br />
            		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, from the second preceding school year to the current school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>(c) The commissioner shall allot to the districts or intermediary service areas the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>total cost for each school year of providing or loaning the textbooks, individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>and standardized tests for the pupils in each nonpublic school. The allotment shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>exceed the product of the statewide average expenditure per pupil, according to clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>(a), adjusted pursuant to clause (b), multiplied by the number of nonpublic school pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>who make requests pursuant to this section and who are enrolled as of September 15 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>the current school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2012.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.43, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var><b>123B.43 USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>(a) The commissioner shall assure that textbooks and individualized instructional <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>materials loaned to nonpublic school pupils are secular, neutral, nonideological and that <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>they are incapable of diversion for religious use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>(b) Textbooks and, individualized instructional materials, software or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>educational technology must not be used in religious courses, devotional exercises, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>religious training or any other religious activity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>(c) Textbooks and individualized instructional materials must be loaned only to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>individual pupils upon the request of a parent or guardian or the pupil on a form designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>for this use by the commissioner. The request forms shall provide for verification by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>parent or guardian or pupil that the requested textbooks and individualized instructional <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>materials are for the use of the individual pupil in connection with a program of instruction <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>in the pupil's elementary or secondary school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(d) The servicing school district or the intermediary service area must take adequate <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>measures to ensure an accurate and periodic inventory of all textbooks and, individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>instructional materials, software or other educational technology loaned to elementary <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>and secondary school pupils attending nonpublic schools. The commissioner of education <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>shall promulgate rules under the provisions of chapter 14 to terminate the eligibility of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>any nonpublic school pupil if the commissioner determines, after notice and opportunity <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>for hearing, that the textbooks or, individualized instructional materials, or software or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>other educational technology, have been used in a manner contrary to the provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123B.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.42</statute_ref>, or this section or any rules promulgated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>the commissioner of education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(e) Nothing contained in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.41, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.42</statute_ref>, or this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>shall be construed to authorize the making of any payments to a nonpublic school or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>faculty, staff or administrators for religious worship or instruction or for any other purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2012.<br />
         		
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