Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education finance; making permanent the expansion of the voluntary
3	3	1.3 prekindergarten and school readiness plus program; appropriating money; amending
4	4	1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.151, subdivision 6; 126C.05, subdivision
5	5	1.5 1; 126C.10, subdivision 2d.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.151, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subd. 6.Participation limits.(a) Notwithstanding section 126C.05, subdivision 1,
9	9	1.9paragraph (d), the pupil units for a voluntary prekindergarten program for an eligible school
10	10	1.10district or charter school must not exceed 60 percent of the kindergarten pupil units for that
11	11	1.11school district or charter school under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
12	12	1.12 (b) In reviewing applications under subdivision 5, the commissioner must limit the total
13	13	1.13number of participants in the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus programs
14	14	1.14under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 9, to not more than 7,160
15	15	1.15participants for fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, and 3,160 participants for
16	16	1.16fiscal years 2024 and later per fiscal year.
17	17	1.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
18	18	1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19	19	1.19 Subdivision 1.Pupil unit.Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the age
20	20	1.20of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in
21	21	1.21average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district under
22	22	1.22sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, or 124D.68; in a charter school under
23	23	1Sec. 2.
24	24	23-02106 as introduced01/10/23 REVISOR CM/CH
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 615NINETY-THIRD SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: KUNESH)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading01/23/2023
31	31	Referred to Education Finance 2.1chapter 124E; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 123A.22,
32	32	2.2123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03
33	33	2.3to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.
34	34	2.4 (a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by
35	35	2.5the commissioner and has an individualized education program is counted as the ratio of
36	36	2.6the number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.0 with a minimum
37	37	2.7average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.0 pupil unit.
38	38	2.8 (b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is counted
39	39	2.9as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.0.
40	40	2.10 (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by the
41	41	2.11commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education
42	42	2.12services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individualized education program to 875,
43	43	2.13but not more than one.
44	44	2.14 (d) A prekindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (a) or (b) and is enrolled
45	45	2.15in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151 is counted as
46	46	2.16the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more than 0.6 pupil
47	47	2.17units.
48	48	2.18 (e) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as 1.0 pupil
49	49	2.19unit if the pupil is enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available to
50	50	2.20all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school that meets the minimum hours requirement in
51	51	2.21section 120A.41, or is counted as .55 pupil unit, if the pupil is not enrolled in a free all-day,
52	52	2.22every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school.
53	53	2.23 (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 1.0 pupil unit.
54	54	2.24 (g) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.2 pupil units.
55	55	2.25 (h) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted as 1.2
56	56	2.26pupil units.
57	57	2.27 (i) For fiscal years 2018 through 2023, A prekindergarten pupil who:
58	58	2.28 (1) is not included in paragraph (a), (b), or (d);
59	59	2.29 (2) is enrolled in a school readiness plus program under Laws 2017, First Special Session
60	60	2.30chapter 5, article 8, section 9; and
61	61	2.31 (3) has one or more of the risk factors specified by the eligibility requirements for a
62	62	2.32school readiness plus program,
63	63	2Sec. 2.
64	64	23-02106 as introduced01/10/23 REVISOR CM/CH 3.1is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more
65	65	3.2than 0.6 pupil units. A pupil qualifying under this paragraph must be counted in the same
66	66	3.3manner as a voluntary prekindergarten student for all general education and other school
67	67	3.4funding formulas.
68	68	3.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
69	69	3.6 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
70	70	3.7 Subd. 2d.Declining enrollment revenue.(a) A school district's declining enrollment
71	71	3.8revenue equals the greater of zero or the product of: (1) 28 percent of the formula allowance
72	72	3.9for that year and (2) the difference between the adjusted pupil units for the preceding year
73	73	3.10and the adjusted pupil units for the current year.
74	74	3.11 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2024 only, prekindergarten pupil units
75	75	3.12under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), must be excluded from the calculation
76	76	3.13of declining enrollment revenue.
77	77	3.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
78	78	3.15 Sec. 4. VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGAR TEN AND SCHOOL READINESS PLUS
79	79	3.16LEVY ADJUSTMENT.
80	80	3.17 Subdivision 1.Levy calculation adjustment.Each year, the Department of Education
81	81	3.18must calculate each school district's levy, with and without a school district's portion of the
82	82	3.194,000 voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus participants that are included in
83	83	3.20the school district's levy calculations, and determine the difference for each school district.
84	84	3.21The difference must be provided to each school district in state aid.
85	85	3.22 Subd. 2.Levy certification.Each year, the Department of Education must calculate
86	86	3.23each school district's certified levies for the year, excluding 4,000 voluntary prekindergarten
87	87	3.24and school readiness plus participants.
88	88	3.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
89	89	3.26 Sec. 5. APPROPRIATIONS.
90	90	3.27 The amounts necessary to pay for the increase in state aids to school districts and charter
91	91	3.28schools under this act are annually appropriated from the general fund to the Department
92	92	3.29of Education.
93	93	3.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
94	94	3Sec. 5.
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