1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; fully funding the concurrent enrollment formula; 
1.3 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.091.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.091, is amended to read:
1.6 	124D.091 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AID.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Accreditation. To establish a uniform standard by which concurrent 
1.8 	enrollment courses and professional development activities may be measured, postsecondary 
1.9 	institutions must adopt and implement the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment 
1.10 	Partnership's program standards and required evidence for accreditation by the 2020-2021 
1.11 	school year and later.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. A district that offers a concurrent enrollment course according to 
1.13 	an agreement under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid for the costs 
1.14 	of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal year 2011,
1.15 	Districts only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses 
1.16 	offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment 
1.17 	Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of 
1.18 	comparable standard to accredited courses, or are technical courses within a recognized 
1.19 	career and technical education program of study approved by the commissioner of education 
1.20 	and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Aid. (a) An eligible district shall receive $150 per pupil enrolled in a concurrent 
2.2 	enrollment course. The money must be used to defray the cost of delivering the course at 
2.3 	the high school.
2.4 	(b) The commissioner shall establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt 
2.5 	of aid payments. By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner, in 
2.6 	consultation with the chancellor, shall recommend to the education committees of the 
2.7 	legislature the per pupil level of funding sufficient to fully fund the average concurrent 
2.8 	enrollment charges from participating higher education institutions.

2.9 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.10 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner of education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.11 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal years 
2.12 	designated.
2.13 		Subd. 2.Concurrent enrollment aid. For concurrent enrollment aid under Minnesota 
2.14 	Statutes, section 124D.091:

2.15		$
	12,896,000
	.....
	2018
	
2.16		$
	14,186,000
	.....
	2019
	
2.17 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.