| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; adjusting the special education initial aid amount |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; creating a supplemental special |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 education aid for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; appropriating |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 money. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. SPECIAL EDUCATION INITIAL AID ADJUSTMENT; DULUTH. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (a) For fiscal year 2026 and later, special education initial aid for Independent School |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9District No. 709, Duluth, must be increased each year by $500,000 to reflect changes not |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10included when the 2016 special education base was established. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (b) Each year, the Department of Education must add the amount in paragraph (a) to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12special education initial aid computed under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.76, subdivision |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.132a, for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for special education aid for fiscal year |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.152026 and later. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SPECIAL EDUCATION. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19designated. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 Subd. 2.Special education base adjustment.For the special education aid base |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21adjustment under section 1 for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CR/MI 25-0320802/06/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 1539 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2026.....500,0002.1 $ |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2027.....500,0002.2 $ |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3 Subd. 3.Supplemental special education aid.For supplemental special education aid |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2026.....1,000,0002.5 $ |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2027.....1,000,0002.6 $ |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 36 | 36 | | REVISOR CR/MI 25-0320802/06/25 |
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