1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; increasing ITV revenue for 
  1.3             certain combined or consolidated districts whose 
  1.4             preexisting districts entered into ITV leases before 
  1.5             consolidation or combination; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1994, section 124.91, subdivision 5. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124.91, 
  1.9   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 5.  [INTERACTIVE TELEVISION.] (a) A school district 
  1.11  with its central administrative office located within economic 
  1.12  development region one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 
  1.13  eight, nine, and ten may apply to the commissioner of education 
  1.14  for ITV revenue up to the greater of .5 percent of the adjusted 
  1.15  net tax capacity of the district or $25,000 for the 
  1.16  construction, maintenance, and lease costs of an interactive 
  1.17  television system for instructional purposes.  The approval by 
  1.18  the commissioner of education and the application procedures set 
  1.19  forth in subdivision 1 shall apply to the revenue in this 
  1.20  subdivision.  In granting the approval, the commissioner must 
  1.21  consider whether the district is maximizing efficiency through 
  1.22  peak use and off-peak use pricing structures. 
  1.23     (b) To obtain ITV revenue, a district may levy an amount 
  1.24  not to exceed the district's ITV revenue times the lesser of one 
  1.25  or the ratio of: 
  1.26     (1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax 
  2.1   capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy 
  2.2   is certified by the actual pupil units in the district for the 
  2.3   year to which the levy is attributable; to 
  2.4      (2) 100 percent of the equalizing factor as defined in 
  2.5   section 124A.02, subdivision 8, for the year to which the levy 
  2.6   is attributable. 
  2.7      (c) A district's ITV aid is the difference between its ITV 
  2.8   revenue and the ITV levy. 
  2.9      (d) The revenue in the first year after reorganization for 
  2.10  a district that has reorganized under section 122.22, 122.23, or 
  2.11  122.241 to 122.247 shall be the greater of: 
  2.12     (1) the revenue computed for the reorganized district under 
  2.13  paragraph (a), or 
  2.14     (2)(i) for two districts that reorganized, 75 percent of 
  2.15  the revenue computed as if the districts involved in the 
  2.16  reorganization were separate, or 
  2.17     (ii) for three or more districts that reorganized, 50 
  2.18  percent of the revenue computed as if the districts involved in 
  2.19  the reorganization were separate. 
  2.20     (e) The revenue in paragraph (d) is increased by the 
  2.21  difference between the initial revenue and ITV lease costs for 
  2.22  leases that had been entered into by the preexisting districts 
  2.23  on the effective date of the consolidation or combination and 
  2.24  with a term not exceeding ten years.  This increased revenue is 
  2.25  only available for the remaining term of the lease.  However, in 
  2.26  no case shall the revenue exceed the amount available had the 
  2.27  preexisting districts received revenue separately.