1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; restoring funding for 
  1.3             secondary vocational programming; appropriating money; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, 
  1.5             subdivision 3; repealing Laws 1999, chapter 241, 
  1.6             article 3, section 5, as amended. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.453, 
  1.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [CAREER AND TECHNICAL AID.] A district's career 
  1.11  and technical education aid for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 2002 
  1.12  and later equals the sum of career and technical equipment aid 
  1.13  under subdivision 3a, and the lesser of: 
  1.14     (a) $73 times the district's average daily membership in 
  1.15  grades 10 to 12; or 
  1.16     (b) 25 percent of approved expenditures for the following: 
  1.17     (1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel 
  1.18  providing direct instructional services to students in that 
  1.19  fiscal year for services rendered in the district's approved 
  1.20  career and technical education programs; 
  1.21     (2) contracted services provided by a public or private 
  1.22  agency other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative 
  1.23  center under subdivision 7; 
  1.24     (3) necessary travel between instructional sites by 
  1.25  licensed career and technical education personnel; 
  1.26     (4) necessary travel by licensed career and technical 
  2.1   education personnel for vocational student organization 
  2.2   activities held within the state for instructional purposes; 
  2.3      (5) curriculum development activities that are part of a 
  2.4   five-year plan for improvement based on program assessment; 
  2.5      (6) necessary travel by licensed career and technical 
  2.6   education personnel for noncollegiate credit bearing 
  2.7   professional development; and 
  2.8      (7) specialized vocational instructional supplies. 
  2.9      (c) Up to ten percent of a district's career and technical 
  2.10  aid may be spent on equipment purchases.  Districts using career 
  2.11  and technical aid for equipment purchases must report to the 
  2.12  department on the improved learning opportunities for students 
  2.13  that result from the investment in equipment.  
  2.14     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.15     $....... in fiscal year 2002 and $....... in fiscal year 
  2.16  2003 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of 
  2.17  children, families, and learning for the purposes of career and 
  2.18  technical education aid. 
  2.19     Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.20     Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 3, section 5, as amended by 
  2.21  Laws 2000, chapter 489, article 4, section 9, is repealed. 
  2.22     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.23  following final enactment.