1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; appropriating money for school 
  1.3             district energy costs. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.] 
  1.6      Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER.] By January 31, 2001, the 
  1.7   commissioner of children, families, and learning shall certify 
  1.8   the heating fuel costs for school facilities and the fuel costs 
  1.9   for transporting students for each school district for the 
  1.10  1999-2000 school year. 
  1.11     Subd. 2.  [SCHOOL DISTRICT.] By February 28, 2001, each 
  1.12  school district shall submit its anticipated heating fuel costs 
  1.13  for school facilities and its anticipated fuel costs for 
  1.14  transporting students for the 2000-2001 school year to the 
  1.15  commissioner. 
  1.16     Subd. 3.  [ENERGY COST.] The commissioner shall calculate 
  1.17  the difference between the 2000-2001 anticipated heating fuel 
  1.18  and transportation fuel costs under subdivision 2, and the 
  1.19  certified 1999-2000 heating fuel and transportation fuel costs 
  1.20  under subdivision 1. 
  1.21     Subd. 4.  [REIMBURSEMENT.] The commissioner shall reimburse 
  1.22  school districts for 97 percent of the amount calculated under 
  1.23  subdivision 3 not to exceed a statewide total of $30,000,000.  
  1.24  If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner shall 
  2.1   proportionately reduce the reimbursement. 
  2.2      Subd. 5.  [CHARTER SCHOOL.] For the purposes of this 
  2.3   section, a charter school is a school district. 
  2.4      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.5   following final enactment. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.7      $30,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2001 from the 
  2.8   general fund to the commissioner of children, families, and 
  2.9   learning for emergency energy assistance under section 1.  This 
  2.10  appropriation is available until June 30, 2002. 
  2.11     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.12  following final enactment.