Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to unemployment insurance; modifying wage credits and providing
3	3		1.3 reimbursement; authorizing transfers from the general fund; providing
4		-	1.4 unemployment insurance aid; requiring ~~reports~~; appropriating money; amending
	4	+	1.4 unemployment insurance aid; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending
5	5		1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 126C.43, subdivision 2; 127A.45, subdivision
6	6		1.6 12; 268.085, subdivision 7; 268.19, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law
7	7		1.7 in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124D; 268; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022,
8	8		1.8 section 268.085, subdivision 8.
9	9		1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
10	10		1.10 Section 1. [124D.995] UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AID.
11	11		1.11 (a) School districts and charter schools, including intermediate school districts and other
12	12		1.12cooperative units under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, are eligible to receive unemployment
13	13		1.13insurance aid under this section. For each fiscal year, an eligible entity's aid is the difference
14	14		1.14between:
15	15		1.15 (1) net audited unemployment costs, as reported under section 123B.76, for the prior
16	16		1.16fiscal year; and
17	17		1.17 (2) the base period net audited unemployment costs pursuant to paragraph (b).
18	18		1.18 (b) The base period net audited unemployment costs equals the eligible entity's fiscal
19	19		1.19year 2022 net audited unemployment costs.
20	20		1.20 (c) If the total eligible unemployment insurance aid for a fiscal year is greater than the
21	21		1.21annual appropriation for that year, the commissioner must proportionately reduce the aid
22	22		1.22payment to each eligible entity.
23	23		1.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aid beginning in fiscal year 2025.
24	24		1Section 1.
25		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 ~~THIRD~~ ENGROSSMENT
	25	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT
26	26		State of Minnesota
27	27		This Document can be made available
28	28		in alternative formats upon request
29	29		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30		H. F. No. 20
31	31		NINETY-THIRD SESSION
32	32		Authored by Greenman, Hortman, Long, Noor, Frazier and others01/04/2023
33	33		The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy
34	34		Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance02/06/2023
35		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy02/13/2023
36		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means03/27/2023 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	35	+	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy02/13/2023 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37	36		2.2 Subd. 2.Payment to unemployment insurance program trust fund by state and
38	37		2.3political subdivisions.(a) A district may levy the amount necessary (1) to pay the district's
39	38		2.4obligations under section 268.052, subdivision 1, and (2) to pay for job placement services
40	39		2.5offered to employees who may become eligible for benefits pursuant to section 268.085 for
41	40		2.6the fiscal year the levy is certified.
42	41		2.7 (b) Districts with a balance remaining in their reserve for reemployment as of June 30,
43	42		2.82003, may not expend the reserved funds for future reemployment expenditures. Each year
44	43		2.9a levy reduction must be made to return these funds to taxpayers. The amount of the levy
45	44		2.10reduction must be equal to the lesser of: (1) the remaining reserved balance for reemployment,
46	45		2.11or (2) the amount of the district's current levy under paragraph (a).
47	46		2.12 (c) The amount in paragraph (a) must be reduced by any amount received by the district
48	47		2.13under section 124D.995.
49	48		2.14 (d) A district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other cooperative
50	49		2.15unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may include in its authority under this section
51	50		2.16the costs associated with qualifying obligations under paragraph (a) for the cooperative unit.
52	51		2.17Revenue raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the cooperative unit.
53	52		2.18 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
54	53		2.19 Subd. 12.Payment percentage for certain aids.One hundred percent of the aid for
55	54		2.20the current fiscal year must be paid for the following aids: reimbursement for enrollment
56	55		2.21options transportation, according to sections 124D.03, subdivision 8, and 124D.09,
57	56		2.22subdivision 22, and chapter 124E; school lunch aid, according to section 124D.111; and
58	57		2.23support services aid, for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing according to
59	58		2.24section 124D.57; and unemployment insurance aid according to section 124D.995.
60	59		2.25 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.085, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
61	60		2.26 Subd. 7.School employees; between terms denial.(a) Wage credits from employment
62	61		2.27with an educational institution or institutions may not be used for unemployment benefit
63	62		2.28purposes for any week during the period between two successive academic years or terms
64	63		2.29if:
65	64		2.30 (1) the applicant had employment for an educational institution or institutions in the
66	65		2.31prior academic year or term; and
67	66		2Sec. 4.
68		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 ~~THIRD~~ ENGROSSMENT 3.1 (2) there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant will have employment for an
	67	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 3.1 (2) there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant will have employment for an
69	68		3.2educational institution or institutions in the following academic year or term.
70	69		3.3 This paragraph applies to a vacation period or holiday recess if the applicant was
71	70		3.4employed immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable
72	71		3.5assurance that the applicant will be employed immediately following the vacation period
73	72		3.6or holiday recess. This paragraph also applies to the period between two regular but not
74	73		3.7successive terms if there is an agreement for that schedule between the applicant and the
75	74		3.8educational institution.
76	75		3.9 This paragraph does not apply if the subsequent employment is substantially less
77	76		3.10favorable than the employment of the prior academic year or term, or the employment prior
78	77		3.11to the vacation period or holiday recess.
79	78		3.12 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an applicant who, at the end of the prior academic
80	79		3.13year or term, had an agreement for a definite period of employment between academic years
81	80		3.14or terms in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity and
82	81		3.15the educational institution or institutions failed to provide that employment. any week during
83	82		3.16the period between two successive academic years or terms if an applicant worked in a
84		-	3.17capacity other than instructional, research, or principal administrative.
85		-	3.18 (c) If unemployment benefits are denied to any applicant under paragraph (a) who was
86		-	3.19employed in the prior academic year or term in other than an instructional, research, or
87		-	3.20principal administrative capacity and who was not offered an opportunity to perform the
88		-	3.21employment in the following academic year or term, the applicant is entitled to retroactive
89		-	3.22unemployment benefits for each week during the period between academic years or terms
90		-	3.23that the applicant filed a timely continued request for unemployment benefits, but
91		-	3.24unemployment benefits were denied solely because of paragraph (a). Paragraph (a) applies
92		-	3.25to a vacation period or holiday recess if the applicant was employed immediately before
93		-	3.26the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant
94		-	3.27will be employed immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess, including
95		-	3.28applicants who worked in a capacity other than instructional, research, or principal
96		-	3.29administrative.
97		-	3.30 (d) This subdivision applies to employment with an educational service agency if the
98		-	3.31applicant performed the services at an educational institution or institutions. "Educational
99		-	3.32service agency" means a governmental entity established and operated for the purpose of
100		-	3.33providing services to one or more educational institutions.
	83	+	3.17capacity other than instructional, research, or principal administrative. For individuals in
	84	+	3.18the employment of an employer as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or 123A.55,
	85	+	3.19an instructional position is one for which a license is required by the Professional Educator
	86	+	3.20Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School Administrators.
	87	+	3.21 (c) If unemployment benefits are denied to any applicant under paragraph (a) who was
	88	+	3.22employed in the prior academic year or term in other than an instructional, research, or
	89	+	3.23principal administrative capacity and who was not offered an opportunity to perform the
	90	+	3.24employment in the following academic year or term, the applicant is entitled to retroactive
	91	+	3.25unemployment benefits for each week during the period between academic years or terms
	92	+	3.26that the applicant filed a timely continued request for unemployment benefits, but
	93	+	3.27unemployment benefits were denied solely because of paragraph (a). Paragraph (a) applies
	94	+	3.28to a vacation period or holiday recess if the applicant was employed immediately before
	95	+	3.29the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that the applicant
	96	+	3.30will be employed immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess, including
	97	+	3.31applicants who worked in a capacity other than instructional, research, or principal
	98	+	3.32administrative.
	99	+	3.33 (d) This subdivision applies to employment with an educational service agency if the
	100	+	3.34applicant performed the services at an educational institution or institutions. "Educational
101	101		3Sec. 4.
102		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 ~~THIRD~~ ENGROSSMENT 4.~~1 (e) This subdivision applies to employment with Minnesota,~~ a ~~political subdivision,~~ or
103		-	4.~~2a nonprofit organization, if the~~ services ~~are provided to~~ or ~~on behalf of an~~ educational
104		-	4.~~3institution~~ or ~~institutions.~~
105		-	4.~~4 (f) Paragraph (a) applies beginning~~ the ~~Sunday~~ of ~~the week that there is a reasonable~~
106		-	4.~~5assurance of employment~~.
107		-	4.6 (g) ~~Employment and~~ a reasonable ~~assurance with multiple education institutions must~~
108		-	4.~~7be aggregated for purposes~~ of ~~application of this subdivision~~.
109		-	4.8 (h) ~~If all of the applicant's~~ employment with ~~any educational institution or~~ institutions
110		-	4.~~9during the prior academic year or term consisted~~ of ~~on-call employment,~~ ~~and the applicant~~
111		-	4.~~10has a reasonable assurance~~ of ~~any on-call~~ employment with any educational institution or
112		-	4.~~11institutions for~~ the ~~following~~ academic year or term, ~~it is not considered substantially less~~
113		-	4.~~12favorable~~ employment.
114		-	4.~~13 (i) A "reasonable~~ ~~assurance" may be written, oral, implied,~~ or ~~established by custom or~~
115		-	4.~~14practice~~.
116		-	4.15 (j) ~~An "educational institution" is~~ a ~~school~~, ~~college~~, ~~university~~, or ~~other educational entity~~
117		-	4.~~16operated by Minnesota, a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or a nonprofit~~
118		-	4.~~17organization.~~
119		-	4.~~18 (k) An "instructional~~, ~~research~~, or ~~principal administrative capacity" does not include~~
120		-	4.~~19an educational assistant~~.
121		-	4.20 ~~EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.~~
122		-	4.~~21 Sec~~. ~~5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:~~
123		-	4.22 ~~Subdivision 1~~.~~Use of data.(a) Except as provided by~~ this section~~, data gathered from~~
124		-	4.~~23any person under the administration of the~~ Minnesota ~~Unemployment Insurance Law are~~
125		-	4.~~24private~~ data ~~on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02,~~
126		-	4.~~25subdivisions 9 and 12,~~ ~~and may not be disclosed except according to a district court order~~
127		-	4.~~26or~~ section 13.~~05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data may be~~
128		-	4.~~27disseminated~~ to ~~and used by the following agencies without the consent of the subject of~~
129		-	4.~~28the~~ data:
130		-	4.~~29 (1) state~~ and ~~federal~~ agencies ~~specifically authorized access to~~ the ~~data by state or federal~~
131		-	4.~~30law;~~
132		-	4.31 (2) ~~any agency of any other~~ state or ~~any~~ federal ~~agency charged with the administration~~
133		-	4.~~32of an unemployment insurance program~~;
	102	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 4.1service agency" means a governmental entity established and operated for the purpose of
	103	+	4.2providing services to one or more educational institutions.
	104	+	4.3 (e) This subdivision applies to employment with Minnesota, a political subdivision, or
	105	+	4.4a nonprofit organization, if the services are provided to or on behalf of an educational
	106	+	4.5institution or institutions.
	107	+	4.6 (f) Paragraph (a) applies beginning the Sunday of the week that there is a reasonable
	108	+	4.7assurance of employment.
	109	+	4.8 (g) Employment and a reasonable assurance with multiple education institutions must
	110	+	4.9be aggregated for purposes of application of this subdivision.
	111	+	4.10 (h) If all of the applicant's employment with any educational institution or institutions
	112	+	4.11during the prior academic year or term consisted of on-call employment, and the applicant
	113	+	4.12has a reasonable assurance of any on-call employment with any educational institution or
	114	+	4.13institutions for the following academic year or term, it is not considered substantially less
	115	+	4.14favorable employment.
	116	+	4.15 (i) A "reasonable assurance" may be written, oral, implied, or established by custom or
	117	+	4.16practice.
	118	+	4.17 (j) An "educational institution" is a school, college, university, or other educational entity
	119	+	4.18operated by Minnesota, a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or a nonprofit
	120	+	4.19organization.
	121	+	4.20 (k) An "instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity" does not include
	122	+	4.21an educational assistant.
	123	+	4.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	124	+	4.23 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
	125	+	4.24 Subdivision 1.Use of data.(a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered from
	126	+	4.25any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law are
	127	+	4.26private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02,
	128	+	4.27subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court order
	129	+	4.28or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data may be
	130	+	4.29disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the subject of
	131	+	4.30the data:
	132	+	4.31 (1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal
	133	+	4.32law;
134	134		4Sec. 5.
135		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 5.1 (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment offices
136		-	5.2for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
137		-	5.3 (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in
138		-	5.4accordance with section 256.978;
139		-	5.5 (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
140		-	5.6 (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota
141		-	5.7laws;
142		-	5.8 (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance
143		-	5.9programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
144		-	5.10 (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the
145		-	5.11Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under
146		-	5.12Minnesota law;
147		-	5.13 (9) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its agents
148		-	5.14within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for
149		-	5.15investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when the
150		-	5.16provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
151		-	5.17 (10) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject
152		-	5.18for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those
153		-	5.19agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction
154		-	5.20with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment
155		-	5.21program and other cash assistance programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
156		-	5.22and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program by
157		-	5.23providing data on recipients and former recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
158		-	5.24Program (SNAP) benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child
159		-	5.25care assistance under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B or 256L or
160		-	5.26formerly codified under chapter 256D;
161		-	5.27 (11) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, wages,
162		-	5.28and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an assistance
163		-	5.29program;
164		-	5.30 (12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining
165		-	5.31the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a
166		-	5.32criminal investigation;
	135	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 5.1 (2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the administration
	136	+	5.2of an unemployment insurance program;
	137	+	5.3 (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment offices
	138	+	5.4for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
	139	+	5.5 (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in
	140	+	5.6accordance with section 256.978;
	141	+	5.7 (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
	142	+	5.8 (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota
	143	+	5.9laws;
	144	+	5.10 (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance
	145	+	5.11programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
	146	+	5.12 (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the
	147	+	5.13Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under
	148	+	5.14Minnesota law;
	149	+	5.15 (9) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its agents
	150	+	5.16within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for
	151	+	5.17investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when the
	152	+	5.18provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
	153	+	5.19 (10) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject
	154	+	5.20for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those
	155	+	5.21agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction
	156	+	5.22with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment
	157	+	5.23program and other cash assistance programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
	158	+	5.24and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program by
	159	+	5.25providing data on recipients and former recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
	160	+	5.26Program (SNAP) benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child
	161	+	5.27care assistance under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B or 256L or
	162	+	5.28formerly codified under chapter 256D;
	163	+	5.29 (11) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, wages,
	164	+	5.30and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an assistance
	165	+	5.31program;
167	166		5Sec. 5.
168		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 6.1 (13) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on
169		-	6.2specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific
170		-	6.3employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
171		-	6.4 (14) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
172		-	6.5 (15) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of case planning and internal research
173		-	6.6for preprobation, probation, and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced
174		-	6.7to probation and preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed
175		-	6.8offenders;
176		-	6.9 (16) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity building
177		-	6.10zones as required under section 469.3201; and
178		-	6.11 (17) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program improvement,
179		-	6.12system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide Longitudinal Education
180		-	6.13Data System, and for the purposes of unemployment insurance aid under section 268.193;
181		-	6.14 (18) the Department of Education for the purposes of unemployment insurance aid under
182		-	6.15section 124D.995, and the school district unemployment insurance levy under section
183		-	6.16126C.43, subdivision 2;
184		-	6.17 (19) the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of
185		-	6.18unemployment insurance aid under section 268.193; and
186		-	6.19 (20) the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the
187		-	6.20purposes of unemployment insurance aid under section 268.193.
188		-	6.21 (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the
189		-	6.22department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data on individuals
190		-	6.23and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3
191		-	6.24and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district court order or to a party
192		-	6.25named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
193		-	6.26 (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota unemployment
194		-	6.27insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil
195		-	6.28proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by the department.
196		-	6.29 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
197		-	6.30 Sec. 6. [268.193] POSTSECONDAR Y UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AID.
198		-	6.31 Subdivision 1.Postsecondary institutions.For the purposes of this section, an eligible
199		-	6.32postsecondary institution means:
200		-	6Sec. 6.
201		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 7.1 (1) the University of Minnesota;
202		-	7.2 (2) a postsecondary institution governed by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
203		-	7.3Colleges and Universities; or
204		-	7.4 (3) a Tribal college, which means Leech Lake Tribal College, White Earth Tribal College,
205		-	7.5or Red Lake Nation Tribal College.
206		-	7.6 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance aid.Eligible postsecondary institutions are eligible
207		-	7.7to receive unemployment insurance aid under this section. For each fiscal year, an eligible
208		-	7.8entity's aid is the difference between fiscal year 2022's unemployment insurance costs and
209		-	7.9the current year's unemployment insurance costs, as reflected in the unemployment insurance
210		-	7.10employer accounts maintained by the state. If the total eligible unemployment insurance
211		-	7.11aid for a fiscal year is greater than the annual appropriation for that year, the Board of
212		-	7.12Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or the commissioner of the Office
213		-	7.13of Higher Education, as applicable, must proportionately reduce the aid payment to each
214		-	7.14eligible entity.
215		-	7.15 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aid beginning in fiscal year 2024.
216		-	7.16 Sec. 7. REPORTS.
217		-	7.17 (a) By January 15 of each year, the Department of Education, in consultation with the
218		-	7.18Department of Employment and Economic Development, must report to the education
219		-	7.19committees of the legislature the balances in unemployment insurance aid accounts and
220		-	7.20information about the annual changes in reimbursable costs for school workers receiving
221		-	7.21unemployment insurance benefits.To the extent possible, the report must break out the costs
222		-	7.22by district and major job classes. The report must be filed according to Minnesota Statutes,
223		-	7.23section 3.195.
224		-	7.24 (b) By January 15 of each year, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota,
225		-	7.25the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and the Office of
226		-	7.26Higher Education, in consultation with the Department of Employment and Economic
227		-	7.27Development, must each report to the higher education committees of the legislature the
228		-	7.28balances in unemployment insurance aid accounts and information about the annual changes
229		-	7.29in reimbursable costs for higher education workers receiving unemployment insurance
230		-	7.30benefits. To the extent possible, the report must break out the costs by campus and major
231		-	7.31job classes. The report must be filed according to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
232		-	7Sec. 7.
233		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 8.1 Sec. 8. APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
234		-	8.2 $366,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $366,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the
235		-	8.3general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of
236		-	8.4unemployment insurance aid for the University of Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes,
237		-	8.5section 268.193.
238		-	8.6 Sec. 9. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND
239		-	8.7UNIVERSITIES.
240		-	8.8 $809,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $809,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the
241		-	8.9general fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for
242		-	8.10the purposes of unemployment insurance aid to individual Minnesota State Colleges and
243		-	8.11Universities governed by the Board of Trustees under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.193.
244		-	8.12 Sec. 10. APPROPRIATION; OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
245		-	8.13 $495,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $495,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the
246		-	8.14general fund to the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education. Of this amount,
247		-	8.15$471,000 is for the purposes of unemployment insurance aid to individual Tribal colleges
248		-	8.16under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.193, and $24,000 is for administration of the
249		-	8.17unemployment insurance aid.
250		-	8.18 Sec. 11. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
251		-	8.19 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
252		-	8.20appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
253		-	8.21designated.
254		-	8.22 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance aid administration.(a) For administrative expenses:
255		-	2024.....275,0008.23 $
256		-	2025.....175,0008.24 $
257		-	8.25 (b) $175,000 in fiscal year 2025 is for administration of unemployment insurance aid
258		-	8.26under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995. The base for fiscal year 2026 and thereafter
259		-	8.27is $175,000.
260		-	8.28 Subd. 3.Unemployment insurance aid.(a) For unemployment insurance aid for school
261		-	8.29districts, charter schools, and cooperatives:
262		-	2024............8.30 $
263		-	2025.....135,199,0008.31 $
264		-	8Sec. 11.
265		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 9.1 (b) $161,755,000 in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter are base amounts to the Department
266		-	9.2of Education for unemployment insurance aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995.
267		-	9.3The base may be adjusted if the Department of Education and the Department of Employment
268		-	9.4and Economic Development jointly forecast a different aid entitlement for hourly school
269		-	9.5workers.
270		-	9.6 (c) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
271		-	9.7the aid payment to each recipient pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995,
272		-	9.8paragraph (c).
273		-	9.9 Sec. 12. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
274		-	9.10 Subdivision 1.Minnesota State Academies.The sums indicated in this section are
275		-	9.11appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota State Academies in the fiscal years
276		-	9.12designated.
277		-	9.13 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance costs.(a) For unemployment insurance costs for
278		-	9.14the Minnesota State Academies:
279		-	2024.....321,0009.15 $
280		-	2025.....321,0009.16 $
281		-	9.17 (b) $321,000 in fiscal year 2025 and thereafter is for unemployment insurance costs.
282		-	9.18 Sec. 13. APPROPRIATION; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
283		-	9.19 Subdivision 1.Perpich Center for Arts Education.The sums indicated in this section
284		-	9.20are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich Center for Arts Education in the fiscal
285		-	9.21years designated.
286		-	9.22 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance costs.(a) For unemployment insurance costs of the
287		-	9.23Perpich Center for Arts Education:
288		-	2024.....25,0009.24 $
289		-	2025.....25,0009.25 $
290		-	9.26 (b) $25,000 in fiscal year 2025 and thereafter is for unemployment insurance costs.
291		-	9.27 Sec. 14. REPEALER.
292		-	9.28 Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.085, subdivision 8, is repealed.
293		-	9.29 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
294		-	9Sec. 14.
295		-	REVISOR SS H0020-3HF20 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 268.085 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; PAYMENTS THAT AFFECT BENEFITS.
	167	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 6.1 (12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining
	168	+	6.2the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a
	169	+	6.3criminal investigation;
	170	+	6.4 (13) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on
	171	+	6.5specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific
	172	+	6.6employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
	173	+	6.7 (14) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
	174	+	6.8 (15) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of case planning and internal research
	175	+	6.9for preprobation, probation, and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced
	176	+	6.10to probation and preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed
	177	+	6.11offenders;
	178	+	6.12 (16) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity building
	179	+	6.13zones as required under section 469.3201; and
	180	+	6.14 (17) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program improvement,
	181	+	6.15system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide Longitudinal Education
	182	+	6.16Data System, and for the purposes of reimbursement under section 268.193, subdivision 5;
	183	+	6.17 (18) the Department of Education for the purposes of reimbursement under section
	184	+	6.18124D.995, and the school district unemployment insurance levy under section 126C.43,
	185	+	6.19subdivision 2;
	186	+	6.20 (19) the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of
	187	+	6.21reimbursement under section 268.193, subdivision 3; and
	188	+	6.22 (20) the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the
	189	+	6.23purposes of reimbursement under section 268.193, subdivision 4.
	190	+	6.24 (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the
	191	+	6.25department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data on individuals
	192	+	6.26and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3
	193	+	6.27and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district court order or to a party
	194	+	6.28named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
	195	+	6.29 (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota unemployment
	196	+	6.30insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil
	197	+	6.31proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by the department.
	198	+	6.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	199	+	6Sec. 5.
	200	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 7.1 Sec. 6. [268.193] REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTS.
	201	+	7.2 Subdivision 1.Reimbursement administered.(a) For the purposes of this subdivision,
	202	+	7.3the following terms have the meanings given:
	203	+	7.4 (1) "participating higher education educational institution" means:
	204	+	7.5 (i) the University of Minnesota;
	205	+	7.6 (ii) a postsecondary institution governed by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
	206	+	7.7Colleges and Universities; or
	207	+	7.8 (iii) a Tribal college as defined in subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1); and
	208	+	7.9 (2) "qualifying unemployment benefits" has the meanings given in subdivision 2,
	209	+	7.10paragraph (a); subdivision 3, paragraph (a); and subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (2), as
	210	+	7.11applicable to the participating higher education educational institution.
	211	+	7.12 (b) The commissioner of employment and economic development shall calculate and
	212	+	7.13certify the qualifying unemployment benefits payments charged and credited to the
	213	+	7.14reimbursable account of the participating higher education educational institutions as
	214	+	7.15provided under section 268.045 each calendar quarter and share and transmit the applicable
	215	+	7.16certified amount to:
	216	+	7.17 (1) the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of
	217	+	7.18reimbursement under subdivision 2;
	218	+	7.19 (2) the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the
	219	+	7.20purposes of reimbursement under subdivision 3; or
	220	+	7.21 (3) the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for the purposes of reimbursement
	221	+	7.22under subdivision 4.
	222	+	7.23 Subd. 2.University of Minnesota reimbursement account.(a) For the purposes of
	223	+	7.24this subdivision, "qualifying unemployment benefits" means unemployment benefits charged
	224	+	7.25and credited to the University of Minnesota as provided under section 268.045 for an
	225	+	7.26applicant for any week during a period between successive academic years or terms, if the
	226	+	7.27applicant worked in a capacity other than instructional, research, or principal administrative.
	227	+	7.28 (b) There is created in the special revenue fund an account, to be known as the University
	228	+	7.29of Minnesota reimbursement account, that does not lapse nor revert to any other fund or
	229	+	7.30account. This account consists of all money appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision,
	230	+	7.31unless otherwise appropriated by law. Funds appropriated for the purposes of reimbursement
	231	+	7Sec. 6.
	232	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 8.1under this subdivision must be transferred to the University of Minnesota reimbursement
	233	+	8.2account in the special revenue fund.
	234	+	8.3 (c) As provided in this subdivision, money in the account is appropriated to the Board
	235	+	8.4of Regents of the University of Minnesota and shall be used to reimburse the University of
	236	+	8.5Minnesota for payments of qualifying unemployment benefits certified under subdivision
	237	+	8.61, paragraph (b), clause (1). The Board of Regents shall reimburse the University of
	238	+	8.7Minnesota for certified reimbursement amounts in the form and manner prescribed by the
	239	+	8.8board.
	240	+	8.9 Subd. 3.Minnesota State Colleges and Universities reimbursement account.(a) For
	241	+	8.10the purposes of this subdivision, "qualifying unemployment benefits" means unemployment
	242	+	8.11benefits charged and credited to a Minnesota state college or university governed by the
	243	+	8.12Board of Trustees as provided under section 268.045 for an applicant for any week during
	244	+	8.13a period between successive academic years or terms, if the applicant worked in a capacity
	245	+	8.14other than instructional, research, or principal administrative.
	246	+	8.15 (b) There is created in the special revenue fund an account, to be known as the Minnesota
	247	+	8.16State Colleges and Universities reimbursement account, that does not lapse nor revert to
	248	+	8.17any other fund or account. This account consists of all money appropriated for the purposes
	249	+	8.18of this subdivision unless otherwise appropriated by law. Funds appropriated for the purposes
	250	+	8.19of reimbursement under this subdivision must be transferred to the Minnesota State Colleges
	251	+	8.20and Universities reimbursement account in the special revenue fund.
	252	+	8.21 (c) As provided in this subdivision, money in the account is appropriated to the Board
	253	+	8.22of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and shall be used to reimburse
	254	+	8.23individual Minnesota state colleges and universities for payments of qualifying
	255	+	8.24unemployment benefits certified under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (2). The Board
	256	+	8.25of Trustees shall reimburse individual Minnesota state colleges and universities for certified
	257	+	8.26reimbursement amounts in the form and manner prescribed by the board. If certified
	258	+	8.27reimbursement amounts exceed the money available in the Minnesota State Colleges and
	259	+	8.28Universities reimbursement account, reimbursement shall be dispersed to individual
	260	+	8.29Minnesota state colleges and universities on a pro rata basis.
	261	+	8.30 Subd. 4.Tribal colleges reimbursement account.(a) For the purposes of this
	262	+	8.31subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given:
	263	+	8.32 (1) "Tribal college" means Leech Lake Tribal College, White Earth Tribal College, or
	264	+	8.33Red Lake Nation Tribal College, referred to collectively in this subdivision as Tribal colleges;
	265	+	8.34and
	266	+	8Sec. 6.
	267	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 9.1 (2) "qualifying unemployment benefits" means unemployment benefits charged and
	268	+	9.2credited to a Tribal college as provided under section 268.045 for an applicant for any week
	269	+	9.3during a period between successive academic years or terms, if the applicant worked in a
	270	+	9.4capacity other than instructional, research, or principal administrative.
	271	+	9.5 (b) There is created in the special revenue fund an account, to be known as the Tribal
	272	+	9.6colleges reimbursement account, that does not lapse nor revert to any other fund or account.
	273	+	9.7This account consists of all money appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision unless
	274	+	9.8otherwise appropriated by law. Funds appropriated for the purposes of reimbursement under
	275	+	9.9this section must be transferred to the Tribal colleges reimbursement account in the special
	276	+	9.10revenue fund.
	277	+	9.11 (c) As provided in this subdivision, money in the account is appropriated to the
	278	+	9.12commissioner of the Office of Higher Education and shall be used to reimburse individual
	279	+	9.13Tribal colleges for payments of qualifying unemployment benefits certified under subdivision
	280	+	9.141, paragraph (b), clause (3). The commissioner shall administer payments of certified
	281	+	9.15reimbursement amounts to a Tribal college on or before the last day of the month following
	282	+	9.16the end of the next calendar quarter following certification. If the certified reimbursement
	283	+	9.17amounts exceed the money available in the Tribal colleges reimbursement account,
	284	+	9.18reimbursement shall be dispersed to individual Tribal colleges on a pro rata basis.
	285	+	9.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	286	+	9.20 Sec. 7. REPORT.
	287	+	9.21 By January 15 of each year, the Department of Education, in consultation with the
	288	+	9.22Department of Employment and Economic Development, must report to the education
	289	+	9.23committees of the legislature about the annual reimbursable costs and the number of hourly
	290	+	9.24school workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits during the summer term. To
	291	+	9.25the extent possible, the report must categorize eligible employees by major job class. The
	292	+	9.26report must be filed according to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
	293	+	9.27 Sec. 8. TRANSFERS.
	294	+	9.28 (a) $68,470,000 in fiscal year 2024 is transferred from the general fund to the Board of
	295	+	9.29Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of reimbursement under Minnesota
	296	+	9.30Statutes, section 268.193, subdivision 3, and subject to the requirements of that subdivision.
	297	+	9.31This is a onetime transfer and is available until expended.
	298	+	9Sec. 8.
	299	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 10.1 (b) $39,123,000 in fiscal year 2024 is transferred from the general fund to the Board of
	300	+	10.2Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the purposes of reimbursement
	301	+	10.3under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.193, subdivision 4, and subject to the requirements
	302	+	10.4of that subdivision. This is a onetime transfer and is available until expended.
	303	+	10.5 (c) $471,000 in fiscal year 2024 is transferred from the general fund to the commissioner
	304	+	10.6of the Office of Higher Education for the purposes of reimbursement under Minnesota
	305	+	10.7Statutes, section 268.193, subdivision 5, and subject to the requirements of that subdivision.
	306	+	10.8This is a onetime transfer and is available until expended.
	307	+	10.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	308	+	10.10Sec. 9. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
	309	+	10.11 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
	310	+	10.12appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
	311	+	10.13designated.
	312	+	10.14 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance aid administration.(a) For administrative expenses:
	313	+	2024............10.15 $
	314	+	2025.....200,00010.16 $
	315	+	10.17 (b) $200,000 in fiscal year 2025 is for administration of unemployment insurance aid
	316	+	10.18under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995. The base for fiscal year 2026 and thereafter
	317	+	10.19is $175,000.
	318	+	10.20 Subd. 3.Unemployment insurance aid.(a) For unemployment insurance aid for school
	319	+	10.21districts, charter schools, and cooperatives:
	320	+	2024............10.22 $
	321	+	2025.....161,755,00010.23 $
	322	+	10.24 (b) $161,755,000 in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter are base amounts to the Department
	323	+	10.25of Education for unemployment insurance aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995.
	324	+	10.26The base may be adjusted if the Department of Education and the Department of Employment
	325	+	10.27and Economic Development jointly forecast a different aid entitlement for hourly school
	326	+	10.28workers.
	327	+	10.29 (c) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
	328	+	10.30the aid payment to each recipient pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.995,
	329	+	10.31paragraph (c).
	330	+	10Sec. 9.
	331	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 11.1 Sec. 10. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
	332	+	11.2 Subdivision 1.Minnesota State Academies.The sums indicated in this section are
	333	+	11.3appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota State Academies in the fiscal years
	334	+	11.4designated.
	335	+	11.5 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance costs.(a) For unemployment insurance costs for
	336	+	11.6the Minnesota State Academies:
	337	+	2024.....217,00011.7 $
	338	+	2025.....217,00011.8 $
	339	+	11.9 (b) $217,000 in fiscal year 2025 and thereafter is for unemployment insurance costs.
	340	+	11.10Sec. 11. APPROPRIATION; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
	341	+	11.11 Subdivision 1.Perpich Center for Arts Education.The sums indicated in this section
	342	+	11.12are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich Center for Arts Education in the fiscal
	343	+	11.13years designated.
	344	+	11.14 Subd. 2.Unemployment insurance costs.(a) For unemployment insurance costs of the
	345	+	11.15Perpich Center for Arts Education:
	346	+	2024.....66,00011.16 $
	347	+	2025.....66,00011.17 $
	348	+	11.18 (b) $66,000 in fiscal year 2025 and thereafter is for unemployment insurance costs.
	349	+	11.19Sec. 12. REPEALER.
	350	+	11.20 Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.085, subdivision 8, is repealed.
	351	+	11.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	352	+	11Sec. 12.
	353	+	REVISOR SS H0020-2HF20 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 268.085 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; PAYMENTS THAT AFFECT BENEFITS.
296	354		Subd. 8.Services for school contractors.(a) Wage credits from an employer are subject to
297	355		subdivision 7, if:
298	356		(1) the employment was provided under a contract between the employer and an elementary or
299	357		secondary school; and
300	358		(2) the contract was for services that the elementary or secondary school could have had
301	359		performed by its employees.
302	360		(b) Wage credits from an employer are not subject to subdivision 7 if:
303	361		(1) those wage credits were earned by an employee of a private employer performing work
304	362		under a contract between the employer and an elementary or secondary school; and
305	363		(2) the employment was related to food services provided to the school by the employer.
306	364		1R
307	365		APPENDIX
308		-	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H0020-3
	366	+	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H0020-2