1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; requiring a three-fifths vote to pass legislation 
1.3 	reducing the school aid payment percentage below 90;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2012, section 127A.45, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies to all aids or credits paid by the 
1.8 	commissioner from the general fund to districts. The current year aid payment percentage 
1.9 	specified in subdivision 2 must not be reduced below 90 unless the legislation affecting 
1.10 	the aid payment percentage has received a vote of three-fifths of the members of each 
1.11 	house of the legislature.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.