1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; creating a new component of general education 
1.3 	revenue to support school counselors;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 126C.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.General education revenue. For fiscal year 2006 and later, the 
1.8 	general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, 
1.9 	extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, basic skills revenue, school counselors 
1.10 	revenue, training and experience revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity 
1.11 	revenue, transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, 
1.12 	alternative teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.15 	to read:
1.16 		Subd. 4a.School counselors revenue. (a) A school district's school counselors 
1.17 	revenue equals the greater the sum of the school counselors revenue for each of its 
1.18 	secondary school sites. Secondary school site revenue equals the product of: 
1.19 	(1) the district's limited mobility index; 
1.20 	(2) the number of pupils enrolled at the secondary school site on October 1 of the 
1.21 	previous fiscal year; and 
1.22 	(3) $1,000.  
2.1 	(b) "Secondary school site" means a school program that serves at least 100 students 
2.2 	in any of grades 7 to 12. 
2.3 	(c) "Mobility index" means the ratio of the sum of the school site's midyear transfers 
2.4 	in, midyear intradistrict transfers, and midyear transfers out to the school site's October 
2.5 	1 enrollment for the same year. 
2.6 	(d) "Limited mobility index" means the lesser of 0.4, or the greater of zero or the 
2.7 	school site's mobility index less 0.2. 
2.8 	(e) Revenue received under this subdivision must be spent by the school board for 
2.9 	school counselors.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.