1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; modifying special education 
  1.3             base revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 125A.76, subdivision 
  1.5             2; Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 2, section 60, 
  1.6             subdivision 11. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.9   125A.76, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE REVENUE.] (a) The special 
  1.11  education base revenue equals the sum of the following amounts 
  1.12  computed using base year data: 
  1.13     (1) 68 85 percent of the salary of each essential person 
  1.14  employed in the district's program for children with a 
  1.15  disability during the fiscal year, not including the share of 
  1.16  salaries for personnel providing health-related services counted 
  1.17  in clause (8), whether the person is employed by one or more 
  1.18  districts or a Minnesota correctional facility operating on a 
  1.19  fee-for-service basis; 
  1.20     (2) for the Minnesota state academy for the deaf or the 
  1.21  Minnesota state academy for the blind, 68 85 percent of the 
  1.22  salary of each instructional aide assigned to a child attending 
  1.23  the academy, if that aide is required by the child's individual 
  1.24  education plan; 
  1.25     (3) for special instruction and services provided to any 
  1.26  pupil by contracting with public, private, or voluntary agencies 
  2.1   other than school districts, in place of special instruction and 
  2.2   services provided by the district, 52 percent of the difference 
  2.3   between the amount of the contract and the basic revenue of the 
  2.4   district for that pupil for the fraction of the school day the 
  2.5   pupil receives services under the contract; 
  2.6      (4) for special instruction and services provided to any 
  2.7   pupil by contracting for services with public, private, or 
  2.8   voluntary agencies other than school districts, that are 
  2.9   supplementary to a full educational program provided by the 
  2.10  school district, 52 percent of the amount of the contract for 
  2.11  that pupil; 
  2.12     (5) for supplies and equipment purchased or rented for use 
  2.13  in the instruction of children with a disability, not including 
  2.14  the portion of the expenses for supplies and equipment used to 
  2.15  provide health-related services counted in clause (8), an amount 
  2.16  equal to 47 percent of the sum actually expended by the 
  2.17  district, or a Minnesota correctional facility operating on a 
  2.18  fee-for-service basis, but not to exceed an average of $47 in 
  2.19  any one school year for each child with a disability receiving 
  2.20  instruction; 
  2.21     (6) for fiscal years 1997 and later, special education base 
  2.22  revenue shall include amounts under clauses (1) to (5) for 
  2.23  special education summer programs provided during the base year 
  2.24  for that fiscal year; 
  2.25     (7) for fiscal years 1999 and later, the cost of providing 
  2.26  transportation services for children with disabilities under 
  2.27  section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4); and 
  2.28     (8) for fiscal years 2001 and later, the cost of salaries, 
  2.29  supplies and equipment, and other related costs actually 
  2.30  expended by the district for the nonfederal share of medical 
  2.31  assistance services according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 
  2.32  26. 
  2.33     (b) If requested by a school district operating a special 
  2.34  education program during the base year for less than the full 
  2.35  fiscal year, or a school district in which is located a 
  2.36  Minnesota correctional facility operating on a fee-for-service 
  3.1   basis for less than the full fiscal year, the commissioner may 
  3.2   adjust the base revenue to reflect the expenditures that would 
  3.3   have occurred during the base year had the program been operated 
  3.4   for the full fiscal year. 
  3.5      (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), the portion of 
  3.6   a school district's base revenue attributable to a Minnesota 
  3.7   correctional facility operating on a fee-for-service basis 
  3.8   during the facility's first year of operating on a 
  3.9   fee-for-service basis shall be computed using current year data. 
  3.10     Sec. 2.  Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 2, section 60, 
  3.11  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  3.12     Subd. 11.  [SPECIAL EDUCATION AID.] For special education 
  3.13  aid according to Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75: 
  3.14       $456,015,000   .....     2000 
  3.15       $472,900,000 $.......  .....     2001 
  3.16     The 2000 appropriation includes $39,300,000 for 1999 and 
  3.17  $416,715,000 for 2000.  
  3.18     The 2001 appropriation includes $46,300,000 for 2000 and 
  3.19  $426,600,000 $....... for 2001.  
  3.20     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.21     Sections 1 and 2 are effective for fiscal year 2001.