1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; increasing pupil unit count for all-day, every day 
1.3 	kindergarten pupils; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
1.4 	section 126C.05, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Pupil unit. Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the 
1.8 	age of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 
1.9 	in average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district under 
1.10 	sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, or 124D.68; in a charter school under 
1.11 	section 124D.10; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 
1.12 	123A.22, 123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, subdivision 4, 124D.04, 
1.13 	124D.05, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 125A.65, shall be counted according to this 
1.14 	subdivision. 
1.15 	(a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved 
1.16 	by the commissioner and has an individual education plan is counted as the ratio of the 
1.17 	number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.25 with a minimum 
1.18 	average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.25 pupil units. 
1.19 	(b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is 
1.20 	counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.25. 
1.21 	(c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved 
1.22 	by the commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and 
1.23 	education services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individual education program 
1.24 	plan to 875, but not more than one.
2.1 	(d) A kindergarten pupil who is in an all-day kindergarten every day is counted 
2.2 	as 1.115 pupil units for fiscal year 2010.
2.3 	(e) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraphparagraphs (c) and (d) is 
2.4 	counted as .612 pupil units.
2.5 	(e)(f) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 3 is counted as 1.115 pupil units for 
2.6 	fiscal year 2000 and thereafter. 
2.7 	(f)(g) A pupil who is any of grades 4 to 6 is counted as 1.06 pupil units for fiscal 
2.8 	year 1995 and thereafter. 
2.9 	(g)(h) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.3 pupil units.
2.10 	(h)(i) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted 
2.11 	as 1.3 pupil units.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2010.

2.13 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.14 	The following amount is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.15 	education for the fiscal year designated for the purposes of section 1:

2.16		$
	55,000,000
	.....
	2010