1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; establishing declining pupil 
  1.3             unit aid for school; appropriating money; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 126C.05, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision; and 126C.10, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.05, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 18.  [DECLINING PUPIL UNITS.] Declining pupil units 
  1.10  for a district is a district's pupil units, as defined in 
  1.11  subdivision 1, three years prior to the current year less a 
  1.12  district's pupil units in the current year.  Declining pupil 
  1.13  units for a district shall not be less than zero. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.10, is 
  1.15  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 23.  [DECLINING PUPIL UNIT AID.] A district's 
  1.17  declining pupil unit aid is equal to its declining pupil units 
  1.18  multiplied by the formula allowance. 
  1.19     Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.20     Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND 
  1.21  LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated 
  1.22  from the general fund to the department of children, families, 
  1.23  and learning for the fiscal years designated. 
  1.24     Subd. 2.  [DECLINING PUPIL UNIT AID.] 
  1.25       $49,770,000     .....     2000
  2.1        $72,760,000     .....     2001
  2.2      Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.3      Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  2.4   enactment.