1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; reinstating training and experience revenue;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.01, subdivision 9; 
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.01, subdivision 9, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 9.Training and experience index. "Training and experience index" 
1.9 	means a measure of a district's teacher training and experience relative to the education 
1.10 	and experience of teachers in the state. The measure must be determined pursuant to 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 126C.11 126C.111. 

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.

1.13 	Sec. 2. [126C.111] TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE INDEX.
1.14 	The training and experience index for fiscal year 2009 and later must be constructed 
1.15 	in the following manner:
1.16 	(a) The department must construct a matrix that classifies teachers by the extent 
1.17 	of training received in accredited institutions of higher education and by the years of 
1.18 	experience that districts take into account in determining teacher salaries.
1.19 	(b) The average salary for each cell of the matrix must be computed as follows 
1.20 	using data from the previous fiscal year:
1.21 	(1) for each district, multiply the salary paid to full-time equivalent teachers with 
1.22 	that combination of training and experience according to the district's teacher salary 
1.23 	schedule by the number of resident pupil units in that district; and
2.1 	(2) add the amounts computed in clause (1) for all districts in the state and divide 
2.2 	the resulting sum by the total number of resident pupil units in all districts in the state 
2.3 	that employ teachers.
2.4 	(c) For each cell in the matrix, compute the ratio of the average salary in that cell to 
2.5 	the average salary for all teachers in the state during the previous fiscal year.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2009.