1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing appropriations for advanced placement 
1.3 	and international baccalaureate examination fees and teacher training and related 
1.4 	costs.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.8 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.9 	designated.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For students' 
1.11 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota 
1.12 	Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs for teachers and 
1.13 	other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:

1.14		$
	5,500,000
	.....
	2018
	
1.15		$
	5,500,000
	.....
	2019
	
1.16 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each 
1.17 	year, and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation 
1.18 	each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement 
1.19 	and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory 
1.20 	Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts 
1.21 	of the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for 
1.22 	each program.
2.1 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000 
2.2 	each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
2.3 	support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
2.4 	programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
2.5 	international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The 
2.6 	commissioner of education shall determine the payment process and the amount of the 
2.7 	subsidy.
2.8 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.