1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; increasing pupil unit count for certain growing school 
1.3 	districts.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT; PUPIL UNIT COUNT.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, for fiscal 
1.7 	years 2008 and 2009, a school district with more than 12,000 pupils in average daily 
1.8 	membership and an annual growth in average daily membership of more than 2.5 percent 
1.9 	may count certain pupil units according to this section.
1.10 	(b) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.05, 
1.11 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), is counted as .625 of a pupil unit.
1.12 	(c) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 3 is counted as 1.25 pupil units.
1.13 	(d) A pupil who is in any of grades 4 to 6 is counted as 1.175 pupil units.
1.14 	(e) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.4 pupil units.