1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; clarifying the aid payment schedule for state school 
1.3 	nutrition programs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, 
1.4 	subdivisions 12, 13, 14a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 12.Payment percentage for certain aids.  One hundred percent of the aid for 
1.8 	the current fiscal year must be paid for the following aids: reimbursement for enrollment 
1.9 	options transportation, according to sections 124D.03, subdivision 8, and 124D.09, 
1.10 	subdivision 22, and chapter 124E; school lunch aid, according to section 124D.111;, and 
1.11 	support services aid, for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing according to 
1.12 	section 124D.57.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
1.15 		Subd. 13.Aid payment percentage. Except as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a, 
1.16 	and 14, and 14a, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and chapters 
1.17 	120A, 120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, 134, and section 
1.18 	273.1392, shall be paid at the current year aid payment percentage of the estimated 
1.19 	entitlement during the fiscal year of the entitlement. For the purposes of this subdivision, 
1.20 	a district's estimated entitlement for special education aid under section 125A.76 for fiscal 
1.21 	year 2014 and later equals 97.4 percent of the district's entitlement for the current fiscal 
1.22 	year. The final adjustment payment, according to subdivision 9, must be the amount of the 
2.1 	actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during the 
2.2 	fiscal year of the entitlement.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

2.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 14a, is amended to read:
2.5 		Subd. 14a.State nutrition programs. Notwithstanding subdivision subdivisions 3 and 
2.6 	13, the state shall pay 100 percent of the aid for the current year according to sections 
2.7 	124D.111, 124D.1158, and 124D.118 based on submitted monthly vouchers showing meals 
2.8 	and milk served.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.