1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for 
  1.3             a metropolitan magnet school grant; authorizing state 
  1.4             bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 124D.88, subdivision 
  1.6             3. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.9   124D.88, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.] (a) Any group of 
  1.11  school districts that meets the criteria required under 
  1.12  paragraph (b)(1) may apply for a magnet school grant in an 
  1.13  amount not to exceed $20,800,000 for the approved costs or 
  1.14  expansion of a magnet school facility. 
  1.15     (b)(1) Any group of districts that submits an application 
  1.16  for a grant shall submit a proposal to the commissioner for 
  1.17  review and comment under section 123B.71, and the commissioner 
  1.18  shall prepare a review and comment on the proposed magnet school 
  1.19  facility, regardless of the amount of the capital expenditure 
  1.20  required to design, acquire, construct, remodel, improve, 
  1.21  furnish, or equip the facility.  The commissioner must not 
  1.22  approve an application for a magnet school grant for any 
  1.23  facility unless the facility receives a favorable review and 
  1.24  comment under section 123B.71 and the participating districts: 
  1.25     (i) establish a joint powers board under section 471.59 to 
  1.26  represent all participating districts and govern the magnet 
  2.1   school facility; 
  2.2      (ii) design the planned magnet school facility to meet the 
  2.3   applicable requirements contained in Minnesota Rules, chapter 
  2.4   3535; 
  2.5      (iii) submit a statement of need, including reasons why the 
  2.6   magnet school will facilitate integration and improve learning; 
  2.7      (iv) prepare an educational plan that includes input from 
  2.8   both community and professional staff; and 
  2.9      (v) develop an education program that will improve learning 
  2.10  opportunities for students attending the magnet school. 
  2.11     (2) The districts may develop a plan that permits social 
  2.12  service, health, and other programs serving students and 
  2.13  community residents to be located within the magnet school 
  2.14  facility.  The commissioner shall consider this plan when 
  2.15  preparing a review and comment on the proposed facility.  
  2.16     (c) When two or more districts enter into an agreement 
  2.17  establishing a joint powers board to govern the magnet school 
  2.18  facility, all member districts shall have the same powers.  
  2.19     (d) A joint powers board of participating school districts 
  2.20  established under paragraphs (b) and (c) that intends to apply 
  2.21  for a grant must adopt a resolution stating the costs of the 
  2.22  proposed project, the purpose for which the debt is to be 
  2.23  incurred, and an estimate of the dates when the contracts for 
  2.24  the proposed project will be completed.  A copy of the 
  2.25  resolution must accompany any application for a state grant 
  2.26  under this section. 
  2.27     (e)(1) The commissioner shall examine and consider all 
  2.28  grant applications.  If the commissioner finds that any joint 
  2.29  powers district is not a qualified grant applicant, the 
  2.30  commissioner shall promptly notify that joint powers board.  The 
  2.31  commissioner shall make awards to no more than two qualified 
  2.32  applicants whose applications have been on file with the 
  2.33  commissioner more than 30 days.  
  2.34     (2) A grant award is subject to verification by the joint 
  2.35  powers board under paragraph (f).  A grant award must not be 
  2.36  made until the participating districts determine the site of the 
  3.1   magnet school facility.  If the total amount of the approved 
  3.2   applications exceeds the amount of grant funding that is or can 
  3.3   be made available, the commissioner shall allot the available 
  3.4   amount equally between the approved applicant districts.  The 
  3.5   commissioner shall promptly certify to each qualified joint 
  3.6   powers board the amount, if any, of the grant awarded to it. 
  3.7      (f) Each grant must be evidenced by a contract between the 
  3.8   joint powers board and the state acting through the 
  3.9   commissioner.  The contract obligates the state to pay to the 
  3.10  joint powers board an amount computed according to paragraph 
  3.11  (e)(2) and a schedule, and terms and conditions acceptable to 
  3.12  the commissioner of finance. 
  3.13     (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 123B.02, 
  3.14  subdivision 3, the joint powers and its individual members may 
  3.15  enter into long-term lease agreements as part of the magnet 
  3.16  school program.  
  3.17     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION AND BOND SALE.] 
  3.18     Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] $17,700,000 is 
  3.19  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
  3.20  children, families, and learning for a metropolitan magnet 
  3.21  school grant to district No. 6067, Tri-District, to acquire 
  3.22  land, design, construct, furnish, and equip a new school 
  3.23  building. 
  3.24     Subd. 2.  [BOND SALE.] To provide the money appropriated in 
  3.25  this section from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of 
  3.26  finance, on request of the governor, shall sell and issue bonds 
  3.27  of the state in an amount up to $17,700,000 in the manner, upon 
  3.28  the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.29  sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
  3.30  article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  3.31     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.32     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  3.33  enactment.