1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; creating an alternative
1.3 	to out-of-school suspension; authorizing a funding
1.4 	mechanism; appropriating money; proposing coding for
1.5 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [121A.575] ALTERNATIVES TO PUPIL SUSPENSION.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Suspension alternatives. Notwithstanding
1.9 	any law to the contrary and in accordance with sections 121A.40
1.10 	to 121A.56, after a school administration notifies a pupil of
1.11 	the grounds for suspension, the school administration may,
1.12 	instead of imposing the suspension, do one or more of the
1.13 	following:
1.14 	(1) strongly encourage a parent or guardian of the pupil to
1.15 	attend school with the pupil for one day;
1.16 	(2) assign the pupil to attend school on Saturday as
1.17 	supervised by the principal or the principal's designee; and 
1.18 	(3) petition the juvenile court that the student is in need
1.19 	of services under chapter 260C.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Funding. A school district that offers an
1.21 	alternative to out-of-school suspension is eligible for aid
1.22 	equal to the lesser of the district's actual costs for the
1.23 	alternative program described in subdivision 1 or $54 per hour.
1.24 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005,
1.25 	for revenue for fiscal year 2006.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.2 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2006 and $.......
2.3 	is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 from the general fund to the
2.4 	commissioner of education for payment of alternative school
2.5 	suspension aid under section 1.