1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; making the career and 
  1.3             technical levy permanent; modifying the career and 
  1.4             technical program language; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 
  1.6             7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.7             124D.453, subdivisions 1, 2, 5.  
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, 
  1.10  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 3.  [CAREER AND TECHNICAL AID LEVY.] A district's 
  1.12  career and technical education aid for fiscal years 2000 and 
  1.13  2001 levy equals the lesser of: 
  1.14     (a) $73 times the district's average daily membership in 
  1.15  grades 10 to 12; or 
  1.16     (b) 25 percent of approved expenditures in the prior year 
  1.17  for the following: 
  1.18     (1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel 
  1.19  providing direct instructional services to students in that 
  1.20  fiscal year for services rendered in the district's approved 
  1.21  career and technical education programs; 
  1.22     (2) contracted services provided by a public or private 
  1.23  agency other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative 
  1.24  center under subdivision 7; 
  1.25     (3) necessary travel between instructional sites by 
  1.26  licensed career and technical education personnel; 
  2.1      (4) necessary travel by licensed career and technical 
  2.2   education personnel for vocational student organization 
  2.3   activities held within the state for instructional purposes; 
  2.4      (5) curriculum development activities that are part of a 
  2.5   five-year plan for improvement based on program assessment; 
  2.6      (6) necessary travel by licensed career and technical 
  2.7   education personnel for noncollegiate credit bearing 
  2.8   professional development; and 
  2.9      (7) specialized vocational instructional supplies. 
  2.10     (c) Up to ten percent of a district's career and technical 
  2.11  aid may be spent on equipment purchases.  Districts using career 
  2.12  and technical aid for equipment purchases must report to the 
  2.13  department on the improved learning opportunities for students 
  2.14  that result from the investment in equipment.  
  2.15     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, 
  2.16  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.17     Subd. 4.  [ALLOCATION FROM COOPERATIVE CENTERS AND 
  2.18  INTERMEDIATE DISTRICTS.] For purposes of subdivisions 3, 
  2.19  paragraph (b), and 5, paragraph (b) this section, a cooperative 
  2.20  center or an intermediate district must allocate its approved 
  2.21  expenditures for career and technical education programs among 
  2.22  participating districts.  For purposes of subdivision 5, 
  2.23  paragraph (a), a cooperative center or an intermediate district 
  2.24  must allocate its secondary vocational aid for fiscal year 1994 
  2.25  among participating districts.  For 1995 and later fiscal years, 
  2.26  career and technical aid for services provided by a cooperative 
  2.27  center or an intermediate district shall be paid to the 
  2.28  participating district.  
  2.29     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, 
  2.30  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.31     Subd. 6.  [COMPLIANCE WITH RULES.] Aid must be paid Revenue 
  2.32  may be generated under this section only for services rendered 
  2.33  or for costs incurred in career and technical education programs 
  2.34  approved by the commissioner and operated in accordance with 
  2.35  rules promulgated by the commissioner.  These rules must provide 
  2.36  minimum student-staff ratios required for a career and technical 
  3.1   education program area to qualify for this aid.  The rules must 
  3.2   not require the collection of data at the program or course 
  3.3   level to calculate career and technical aid.  The rules must not 
  3.4   require any minimum number of administrative staff, any minimum 
  3.5   period of coordination time or extended employment for career 
  3.6   and technical education personnel, or the availability of 
  3.7   vocational student activities or organizations for a career and 
  3.8   technical education program to qualify for this aid.  The 
  3.9   requirement in these rules that program components be available 
  3.10  for a minimum number of hours must not be construed to prevent 
  3.11  pupils from enrolling in career and technical education courses 
  3.12  on an exploratory basis for less than a full school year.  The 
  3.13  commissioner must not require a district to offer more than four 
  3.14  credits or 560 hours of vocational education course offerings in 
  3.15  any school year.  Rules relating to career and technical 
  3.16  education programs must not incorporate the provisions of the 
  3.17  state plan for vocational education by reference.  This aid 
  3.18  shall be paid revenue is only for services rendered and for 
  3.19  costs incurred by essential, licensed personnel who meet 
  3.20  the work experience requirements for licensure pursuant to the 
  3.21  rules of the department of children, families, and learning.  
  3.22  Licensed personnel means persons holding a valid career and 
  3.23  technical license issued by the commissioner.  If an average of 
  3.24  five or fewer secondary full-time equivalent students are 
  3.25  enrolled per teacher in an approved post-secondary program at 
  3.26  intermediate district No. 287, 916, or 917, licensed personnel 
  3.27  means persons holding a valid vocational license issued by the 
  3.28  commissioner or the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
  3.29  colleges and universities.  Notwithstanding section 127A.42, the 
  3.30  commissioner may modify or withdraw the program or aid approval 
  3.31  and withhold aid under this section without proceeding under 
  3.32  section 127A.42 at any time.  To do so, the commissioner must 
  3.33  determine that the program does not comply with rules of the 
  3.34  department of children, families, and learning or that any facts 
  3.35  concerning the program or its budget differ from the facts in 
  3.36  the district's approved application. 
  4.1      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, 
  4.2   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  4.3      Subd. 7.  [AID FOR CONTRACTED SERVICES.] In addition to the 
  4.4   provisions of subdivisions 2 and 6, a school district or 
  4.5   cooperative center may contract with a public or private agency 
  4.6   other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative center for 
  4.7   the provision of career and technical education services.  The 
  4.8   commissioner must promulgate rules relating to program approval 
  4.9   procedures and criteria for these contracts and aid must be paid 
  4.10  only for contracts approved by the commissioner.  The district 
  4.11  or cooperative center contracting for these services must be 
  4.12  construed to be providing the services.  
  4.13     Sec. 5.  [REVISOR INSTRUCTION.] 
  4.14     In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.15  the headnote to section 124D.453 shall be changed from "CURRENT 
  4.16  FUNDING FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION" to "FUNDING FOR 
  4.17  CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION." 
  4.18     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
  4.19     Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, subdivisions 1, 
  4.20  2, and 5, are repealed.