1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; modifying the Monticello school district special 
1.3 	education adjustment;amending Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
1.4 	4, section 11.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 11, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 	Sec. 11. SPECIAL EDUCATION ADJUSTMENT; MONTICELLO SCHOOL 
1.9 	DISTRICT.
 1.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 125A.76 and 127A.45, special education 
1.11 	aid payments to Independent School District No. 882, Monticello, must be increased by 
1.12 	$800,000 in fiscal year 2018 to mitigate cash flow problems created by an unforeseeable 
1.13 	reduction in the district's special education aid for fiscal year 2016 as a result of the combined 
1.14 	effects of converting from a host district cooperative to a joint powers cooperative and 
1.15 	implementation of a new special education aid formula in the same fiscal year.
1.16 	(b) Special education aid payments to Independent School District No. 882, Monticello, 
1.17 	must not be reduced by the same amount in fiscal year 2019 to offset the fiscal year 2018 
1.18 	increase.
1.19 	(c) Special education aid payments to Independent School District No. 882, Monticello, 
1.20 	must be increased by $200,000 per year for fiscal years 2020 to 2023.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.